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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Gully Until the heavy rains of the past spring - this ________ had been a dry bed.






2. Soak; saturate Be sure to ________ the fabric in the dye bath for the full time prescribed.






3. Tie with a Before we went to sleep - we ________ed the horses to prevent their wandering off during the night.






4. Deputize; pass to others It ________d upon us - the survivors - to arrange peace terms with the enemy.






5. Arraged by degree (of height - difficulty - etc.) Margaret loved her ________ set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.






6. Confused uproar The marketplace was a scene of ________ and excitement.






7. Drink greedily Singing - "Yo - ho - ho - and a bottle of rum -" Long John Silver and his fellow pirates ________ed their grog.






8. All-powerful The monarch regarded himself as ________ and responsible to no one for his acts.






9. Teaching; art of education Though Maria Montessori gained fame for her innovations in ________ - it took years before her teaching techniques became common practice in American schools.






10. Honor; tribute In her speech she tried to pay ________ to a great man.






11. Loyalty A dog's ________ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.






12. Tool for holding work in place Before filling its edges - the keysmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a ________.






13. Below the threshold We may not be aware of the ________ influences that affect our thinking.






14. Admit; hield Despite all the evidence Monica had assembled - Mark refused to ________ that she was right.






15. Absorb; cause to become homogenous The manner in which the United States was able to ________ the hordes of immigrants during the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries will always be a source of pride.






16. Set off John is touchy today; say one word wrong and you'll ________ an explosion.






17. Twisted The ________ oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.






18. Request earnestly; seek Knowing she needed to have a solid majority for the budget to pass - the mayor telephoned all the members of the city council to ________ their votes.






19. Restrain; crush; oppress Anne's parents tried to curb her impetuosity without ________ing her boundless high spirits.






20. Refutation; response with contrary evidence The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her ________.






21. Lacking caution; injudicious It is ________ to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.






22. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The ________ of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.






23. Darkness; gloom The ________ and fog of the waterfront that evening depressed me.






24. Profitable He turned his hobby into a ________ profession.






25. Object to be thrown or projected Scientists are experimenting with guided ________s.






26. Suggest a meaning not expressed Even though your statement does not declare that you are at war with that country - your actions ________ that that is the actual situation.






27. Explanation - especially of biblical passages I can follow your ________ of this passage to a limited degree; some of your reasoning eludes me.






28. Crash; rush The runaway train ________d toward disaster.






29. Name; title He was amazed when the witches hailed him with his correct ________.






30. A place where bees are kept Although he spent many hours daily in the ________ - he was very seldom stung by a bee.






31. Soaked; dull - as if from drink He set his ________ overcoat near the radiator to dry.






32. Having a pale or sickly color; pallid. Suckling asked - "Why so pale and ________ - fond lover?"






33. Temporary invasion The nightly ________s and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force.






34. Scientific student of birds Auduborn's drawings of American bird life have been of interest not only to the ________s but also to the general public.






35. Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die Some historians claim the Nile Valley was the ________ of the Western civilization.






36. Foil When the warden learned that several inmates were planning to escape - he took steps to ________ their attempt.






37. Menial work Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of ________.






38. Punish by placing in a wooden frame; subject to criticism and ridicule Even though he was mocked and ________(ied)- he maintained that he was correct in his beliefs.






39. Become worse; deteriorate As the fight dragged on - the champion's style________ until he could barely keep on his feet.






40. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme The swindlers were found guilty of ________.






41. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.






42. Patient submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job If Bob Cratchit had not accepted Scrooge's bullying with timid ________ - he might have gotten up the nerve to hand in his resignation.






43. Situated beyond; unstated and often questionable You must have an ________ motive for your behavior - since there is no obvious reason for it.






44. Weakness of mind I am amazed at the ________ of the readers of these trashy magazines.






45. Speed The train went by at considerable ________.






46. Break up ground after plowing; torture I don't want to ________ you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience.






47. Char or burn; brand Accidentally brushing against the hot grill - she ________ed her hand badly.






48. Postpone; delay It is wise not to ________; otherwise - we find ourselves bogged down in a mass of work that should have been finished long ago.






49. Shameless boldness She had the ________ to insult the guest.






50. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.