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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Pertaining to marriage After the publication of his book on ________ affairs - he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.
marital
odious
felicity
hovel
2. Crisis;joining point At this critical ________ - let us think carefully before determining the course we shall follow.
juncture
arrogance
prevalent
adjutant
3. Untarnished I am happy that my reputation is ________.
unsullied
prey
concede
caricature
4. Loyalty A dog's ________ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.
fidelity
centrifugal
discernible
tonsure
5. Contradict; oppose: infringe on or transgress Mr. Barrett did not expect his frail daughter Elizabeth to ________ his will by eloping with Robert Browning.
scurrilous
piety
besmirch
contravene
6. Disguise; pretend Even though John tried to ________ his motive for taking modern dance - we all knew there not to dance but to meet girls.
prominent
hamper
dissemble
expository
7. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.
itinerary
excoriate
annuity
dissonance
8. Gold and silver in the form of bars Much ________ is stored in the vaults at Fort Knox.
bullion
unseemly
muster
incredulity
9. Purify; refine; concentrate A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey; an epigrammatist ________ thoughts into quips.
distill
caulk
tranquillity
waif
10. Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die Some historians claim the Nile Valley was the ________ of the Western civilization.
kleptomaniac
martrix
perversion
prodigious
11. Pertaining to fishing He spent many happy hours at the lake in his ________ activities.
piscatorial
diurnal
concentric
redolent
12. Darken; extinguish; surpass The new stock market high ________d the previous record set in 1985.
eclipse
problematic
disband
lavish
13. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.
nostrum
poultice
hubris
arbitrary
14. Positive; arbitrary Do not be so ________ about that statement; it can be easily refuted.
grisly
facilitate
dogmatic
domineer
15. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.
aspirant
obloquy
rummage
resumption
16. Pollute; profane The hoodlums ________d the church with their scurrilous writing.
undermine
apposite
defile
constituent
17. Fearful; demonstrating fear His ________ manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment.
pachyderm
deciduous
parched
timorous
18. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.
shambles
inveigh
affix
pallid
19. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.
annul
rudimentary
agrarian
perquisite
20. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.
alliteration
infantile
odious
impertinent
21. Pretend He ________med sickness to get out of going to school.
tangential
sham
deciduous
mordant
22. Ardent Her ________ enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.
spate
valid
engage
fervid
23. Petty details She would have liked to ignore the ________ of daily living.
magniloquent
mitigate
minutiae
parry
24. Supporting bar The engineer calculated that the ________ supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.
waggish
strut
doldrums
jaunt
25. Stopping - The workers threatened a ________ of all activities if their demands were not met.
swathe
cessation
enduring
assay
26. Destroy completely The tidal wave ________d several island villages.
emissary
obliterate
sanction
qualified
27. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.
impotent
rife
petty
incontinent
28. Equality; close resemblance I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the ________ between the two illustrations.
filch
parity
formidable
collusion
29. Whim - She was an unpredictable creature - acting on ________ - never taking thought of the consequences.
avocation
caprice
ominous
invulnerable
30. Slanderous remark Do not cast ________s on her character.
aspersion
enmity
sophistry
motif
31. Truthfulness Trying to prove Hill a liar - Senator Spector repeatedly questioned her ________.
ovoid
summation
congenital
veracity
32. Frenzy; great excitement The story of her embezzlement of the funds created a ________ on the stock exchange.
epaulet
furor
galleon
jaunt
33. Contrast In "Star Wars -" dark - evil Darth Vader is a perfect ________ for fair-haired - naive Luke Skywalker.
dissident
subsequent
foil
unimpeachable
34. Slovenly; untidy She tried to change her ________ image by buying a fashionable new wardrobe.
exasperate
dowdy
adulterate
recalcitrant
35. Language used by special group; gibberish We tried to understand the ________ of the peddlers in the market place but could not find any basis for comprehension.
jargon
mandatory
liability
encompass
36. Easily deceived He preyed upon ________ people - who believed his stories of easy wealth.
apogee
volatile
exegesis
gullible
37. Settle a dispute through the services of an outsider Let us ________ out differences rather than engage in a costly strike.
interim
mediate
dote
respiration
38. Beg He ________d her to give him a second chance.
sluice
azure
implore
apocryphal
39. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile ________.
turbulence
memorialize
addendum
delta
40. Proper; appropriate Lady Bracknell did not think it was ________ for Ernest to lack a proper family; no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to marry her daughter.
anathema
seemly
valedictory
burgeon
41. Cloyingly sweet She tried to ingratiate herself - speaking sweetly and smiling a ________ smile.
saccharine
agility
lament
touchy
42. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged Sucked into the ________ of the tornado - Dorothy and Toto were carried from Kansas to Oz.
plenitude
vortex
bovine
douse
43. Supporter The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry ________s after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.
circumspect
constituent
redundant
agenda
44. Tightly packed; firm; brief His short - ________ body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.
surfeit
avert
compact
reparable
45. Debauched person - roue Although she was aware of his reputation as a ________ - she felt she could reform him and help him break his dissolute way of life.
libertine
pacifist
rudimentary
archives
46. Created by statute or legislative action The judicial courts review and try ________ crimes.
trilogy
ample
fancied
statutory
47. Fairness; justice Our courts guarantee ________ to all.
precedent
patriarch
illusion
equity
48. Nearness; kinship Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere ________: they were more than relatives; they were true friends.
abscond
propinquity
leonine
archetype
49. Confuse The teacher's sudden question ________ed him and he stammered his reply.
juncture
jettison
turgid
fluster
50. Block legislation by making long speeches Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals - we were impressed by his ability to ________ endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.
filibuster
furor
benefactor
unbridled