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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Place of refuge or shelter; protection The refugees sought ________ from religious persecution in a new land.






2. Commemorate Let us ________ his great contribution by dedicating this library in his honor.






3. Relating to the stars She was amazed at the number of ________ bodies the new telescope revealed.






4. Half-human - half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus - portrayed as wanton and cunning He was like a ________ in his lustful conduct.






5. Excessively grasping; plundering Hawks and other ________ birds prey on variety of small animals.






6. Mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular - particularly sexually In the opera La Boheme - we get a picture of the ________ life led by the young artists of Paris.






7. Complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement He was called in to settle the ________ but failed to bring harmony into the situation.






8. Dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual Though the ad writers had come up with a highly creative campaign to publicize the company's newest product - the head office rejected it for a more ________ - down-to-earth approach.






9. Call forth He ________d much criticism by his hostile manner.






10. Being everywhere; omnipresent That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" seemed ________: Justin heard the tune everywhere he went.






11. Firm grasp or footing The mountaineer struggled to get a proper ________ on the slippery rock.






12. Drive or hunt out of hiding She was ________ed out their secret.






13. Use of force They forced him to obey - but only by great ________.






14. Meaning; distinguishing by name A dictionary will always give us the ________ of a word; frequently - it will always give us its connotation.






15. Translation; artistic interpretation of a song - etc. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she completed her ________ of the aria.






16. Putrid; producing putrefaction The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from ________ poisoning.






17. Deep; not superficial; complete Freud's remarkable insights into human behavior caused his fellow scientists to honor him as a ________ thinker.






18. Surround Although we were ________ed by enemy forces - we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.






19. Layer of earth's surface; layer of society Unless we alleviate conditions in the lowest ________ of our society - we may expect grumbling and revolt.






20. Feasible The board of directors decided that the plan was ________ and agreed to undertake the project.






21. Able to be touched; real; palpable Although Tom did not own a house - he had several ________ assets--a car - a television - a PC--that he could sell if he needed cash.






22. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.






23. Pertaining to earthquakes The Richter scale is a measurement of ________ disturbances.






24. Smooth and shining I want this photograph printed on ________ paper - not matte.






25. Infallibility Jane refused to believe in the pope's ________ - reasoning: "All human beings are capable of error. The pope is a human being. Therefore - he pope is capable of error.






26. Dramatic poem set to music The Glee Club decided to present an ________ during their recital.






27. Flexible; easily influenced Catherine's disposition was ________; she was like putty in her suitor's hands.






28. Separated; alienated The ________ wife sought a divorce.






29. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities Her insistence that the book be memorized marked the teacher as a ________ rather than a scholar.






30. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept Among the divisions of Hell are Purgatory and ________.






31. Correct - usually a text The critic ________ed the book by retranslating several passages.






32. Melted The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by ________ lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.






33. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.






34. Question severely In violation of the Miranda law - the police ________ed the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights.






35. Respectable If you want to buy antiques - look for a ________ dealer; far too many dealers today pass off fakes as genuine antiques.






36. Susceptible to wounds Achilles was ________ only in his heel.






37. Testify; bear witness Having served as a member of a grand jury - I can ________ that our system of indicting individuals is in need of improvement.






38. Significance I feel that you have not grasped the full ________ of the message sent tous by the enemy.






39. Courteous Although he held a position of responsibility - he was an ________ individual and could be reached by anyone with a complaint.






40. Persuade; bring about After the quarrel - Tina said nothing could ________ her to talk to Tony again.






41. Wild tumult When the ships collided in the harbor - ________ broke out among the passengers.






42. Clever He came up with a use for Styrofoam packing balls that was so ________ that his business school professors declared it was marketable.






43. Depart secretly and hide The teller ________ed with the bonds and was not found.






44. Shabby; wretched We finally thew out the ________ rug that the dog had destroyed.






45. Superiority of power - quantity - etc. The rebels sought to overcome the ________ of strength of the government forces by engaging in guerrilla tactics.






46. Explain; interpret; clarify Harry Levin ________d James Joyce's novels with such clarity that even Finnegan's Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.






47. Indifference; lack of interest Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such ________; the mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.






48. Tolerate; endure The dean would ________ no interference with his disciplinary actions.






49. Waste The prodigal son ________ed the family estate.






50. Blameless and exemplary Her conduct in office was ________ and her record is spotless.