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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Horrible The murdered man was a ________ sight.
perforate
regatta
roster
ghastly
2. Self-restraint; sexual chastity She vowed to lead a life of ________.
proxy
continence
jollity
portly
3. Chance; luck In his poem ________ - Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.
insurgent
intransigence
privy
hap
4. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs Because he switched from one party to another - his former friends shunned him as an ________.
apostate
negligible
adulation
tendentious
5. Determine or seek opinions - votes - etc. - After ________ing the sentiments of his constituents - the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.
cacophony
attenuate
canvass
liquidate
6. Cause of complaint When her supervisor ignored her complaint - she took her ________ to the union.
stint
artifice
grievance
debauch
7. Accuse; serve as evidence against The witness's testimony against the racketeers ________s some high public officials as well.
mendicant
incriminate
philology
hermitage
8. Metal-bearing vein If this ________ that we have discovered extends for any distance - we have found a fortune.
incidental
lode
artisan
extant
9. Widespread; generally accepted A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views ________ in the America of his day.
omnipotent
indignation
plagiarize
prevalent
10. Pertaining to tailors He was as famous for the ________ splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.
gruel
satiate
grovel
sartorial
11. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.
dilute
quell
blanch
absolute
12. Plunder If you do not yield - I am afraid the enemy will ________ the countryside.
despoil
implicit
engender
prelate
13. Odd; whimsical; irregular The comet passed close by the earth in its ________ orbit.
mealymouthed
eccentric
posture
destitute
14. Advocate of voting rights (for women) In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women - Congress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the ________ Susan B. Anthony.
suffragist
hap
overbearing
diversion
15. Severe trial or affliction Terry Anderson spoke movingly of his long ________ as a hostage in Lebanon.
throng
ordeal
esteem
analogous
16. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful An ________ parent damages a child both mentally and physically.
encomiastic
warrant
abusive
preternatural
17. Comment; make explanatory notes In the appendix to the novel - the critic sought to ________ many of the more esoteric references.
annotate
distill
revile
rote
18. Systematic An accountant must be ________ and maintain order among his financial records.
homeostasis
diabolical
methodical
conservatory
19. Revive The lifeguard tried to ________ the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.
gall
resuscitate
cacophony
mealymouthed
20. Copy When you ________ your notes - please send a copy to Mr.Smith and keep the original for our files.
effigy
transcribe
tertiary
hortatory
21. Mass of floating ice The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice ________s.
vitriolic
erudite
floe
obstinate
22. Sing; babble. Every morning the birds ________d outside her window.
statute
warble
realm
inherent
23. Whimsical; visionary This is a ________ scheme because it does not consider the facts.
fanciful
lumen
inkling
meager
24. Invigorating medicine The ________ water invigorated her - contrary to the enervating effect of the alcohol.
hyperbole
tonic
assent
welt
25. Blues; listlessness; slack period Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over - she found herself in the ________.
chastise
doldrums
introvert
aggregate
26. Sordid; unwholesome In the Godfather - Michael Corleone is unwilling to expose his wife and children to the ________ side of his life as the son of a Mafia don.
seamy
impeccable
imbroglio
plumb
27. Deny; go back on He ________d on paying off his debt.
preclude
meretricious
renege
sodden
28. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the ________ of her feelings.
querulous
grapple
ambivalence
lineaments
29. Friendly; aiming to please The ________ youth was liked by all who met him - because of his cheerful and obliging manner.
debonair
amputate
humdrum
stentorian
30. Poke; stir up; urge If you ________ him hard enough - he'll eventually clean his room.
unanimity
incline
idyllic
prod
31. 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.
existential
seemly
importune
relegate
32. Face He prided himself on his ability to analyze a person's character by studying his ________.
chivalrous
physiognomy
reverberate
brackish
33. Give an imitation that ridicules - In his caricature - he ________d the mannerisms of his adversary.
acrid
insurrection
burlesque
obeisance
34. Occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner It is ________ that his success came when he least wanted it.
ramify
effeminate
ironic
squabble
35. Draftee; person forced into military service Did Rambo volunteer to fight in Vietnam - or was he a ________ - drafted against his will?
mandatory
conscript
disembark
precise
36. Hanging; suspended The ________ chandeliers swayed in the breeze as if they were about to fall from the ceiling.
infer
drab
pendulous
pretext
37. Any ulcerous sore; any evil - Poverty is a ________ in the body politic; it must be cured.
allegory
fickle
canker
anathema
38. Call upon; ask for She ________d her advisor's aid in filling out her financial aid forms.
invoke
incapacitate
dolt
amity
39. Split - Erosion caused a ________ in the huge boulder.
stifle
amplify
cleft
buttress
40. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs He was one of the few ________s in the Congress; he constantly voiced his objections to the Presidential program.
psychosis
pallet
potion
malcontent
41. Roman outer robe Marc Antony pointed to the slashes in Caesar's ________.
cliche
renegade
diabolical
toga
42. Quarrel; obtain through arguing; herd cattle. They _________led over their inheritance.
junket
hedonism
wrangle
respiration
43. Ghost; phantom Hamlet was uncertain about the identity of the ________ that had appeared and spoken to him.
apparition
reciprocal
askew
filch
44. Excessively modest or proper person The X-rated film was definitely not for ________s.
yield
equipoise
prude
ensue
45. Hairstyle You can make a statement with your choice of ________: in the 60's many African-Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.
plebeian
consign
citadel
coiffure
46. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet Tolkien's use of Old English words and inscriptions in the ________ alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.
runic
mete
reverberate
imbue
47. Lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree In Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly sang and danced his way throughtthe lighthearted title number in a properly ________ style.
jaunty
qualms
headlong
zeal
48. Strangle The criminal tried to ________ the old man with his bare hands.
opaque
throttle
compliant
prolix
49. Harmful We must trace the source of these ________ gases before they asphyxiate us.
abject
noxious
deducible
stalwart
50. Amuse The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year - thousands more ________ themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.
maniacal
disport
irate
delve