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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Beak; pen point The ________s of fountain pens often become clotted and corroded.
supple
meddlesome
nib
opportunist
2. Not repentant We could see by his brazen attitude that he was ________.
sanguine
aperture
rubric
impenitent
3. Deceptive; raising vain hopes Do not raise your hopes on the basis of his ________ promises.
deference
lurid
subsidy
delusive
4. Subdue; crush; squash The authorities acted quickly to ________ the student rebellion - sending in tanks to cow the demonstrators.
ascribe
dilettante
quash
deploy
5. Marked by changes in fortune - During his ________ career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.
tryst
imposture
checkered
addendum
6. Throb; flutter As he became excited - his heart began to ________ more and more erratically.
palpitate
confound
transport
weather
7. Act as judge She was called upon to ________ the dispute between the union and the management.
congenital
fundamental
arbitrate
mode
8. Terse; concise; aphoristic After reading so many redundant speeches - I find his ________ style particulary pleasing.
temerity
sententious
anthropoid
sanctimonious
9. Vex Johnny often ________ his mother with his pranks.
migratory
punitive
exasperate
encomiastic
10. Highly gifted child; marvel Menuhin was a ________ - performing wonders on his violin when he was barely eight years old.
equine
belated
anthropoid
prodigy
11. Pertaining to marriage Their dreams of ________ bliss were shattered as soon as their temperaments clashed.
conjugal
buxom
swindler
unfeigned
12. Pretend He ________med sickness to get out of going to school.
vise
sham
eulogy
effusive
13. To strip a priest or minister of church authority To disbar a lawyer - to ________ a priest - to suspend a doctor's license to practice--these are extreme steps that the authorities should take only after careful consideration.
idiom
unfrock
castigation
dorsal
14. Weightless I can evaluate the data gathered in this study; the ________ items are not so easily analyzed.
withdrawn
gratis
imponderable
tutelage
15. Fits of depression or gloom We could not discover the cause of her recurrent ________.
baroque
robust
moodiness
anchor
16. Matchless; not able to be imitated We admire Auden for his ________ use of language; he is one of a kind.
subterfuge
inimitable
prosperity
aspersion
17. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few New Yorker short stories often include ________ allusions to obscure people and events: the implication is if you are in the in-crowd - you'll get the reference; if you come from Cleveland - you won't.
devolve
incorporate
esoteric
indulgent
18. Check flow of blood It is imperative that we ________ the gushing wound before we attend to the other injuries.
rift
stanch
concomitant
alchemy
19. Abundant He had ________ opportunity to dispose of his loot before his police caught up with him.
encroachment
ample
overweening
conflagration
20. Subside or moderate - Rather than leaving immediately - they waited for the storm to ________.
perverse
abate
rarefied
pathological
21. Subordinate possessions He bought the estate and all its ________.
filigree
appurtenances
bestow
antithesis
22. Rankle - produce irritation or resentment Joe's insult ________ed in Anne's mind for days - and made her too angry to speak to him.
respite
anticlimax
fester
worldly
23. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work The audience was so disappointed in the play that many did not remain to hear the ________.
shrew
epilogue
decollete
lumber
24. Subordinate The captain treated his ________s as though they were children rather than commissioned officers.
title
frenzied
bovine
subaltern
25. Emit (odor) The room ________ed with stale tobacco smoke.
desiccate
authoritarian
reek
staid
26. Ease pain; make less severe or offensive If we cannot cure this disease at present - we can - at least try to ________ the symptoms.
palliate
yield
paraphernalia
wizardry
27. Commotion; riot; noise She could not make herself heard over the ________ of the mob.
tumult
tout
partial
idyllic
28. Raise in rank or dignity; praise The actor Alec Guinness was ________ed to the rank of knighthood by the Queen; he now is known as Sir Alec Guinness.
ordain
devout
exalt
avuncular
29. Without an equal; single in kind You have the ________ distinction of being the first student whom I have had to fail in this course.
condone
hypercritical
relinquish
unique
30. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal The church leaders decided not interfere in ________ matters.
secular
cant
eclipse
uninhibited
31. Lying; false He was pathological liar - and his friends learned to discount his ________ stories.
circlet
mendacious
collusion
dutiful
32. Raid The company staged a midnight ________ against the enemy outpost.
aromatic
rig
abate
foray
33. Insult to one's character or reputation; slander Polls revealed that the front-runner's standing had been damaged by the ________s and innuendoes circulated by his opponent's staff.
carat
slur
contest
sonorous
34. Abolish He intended to ________ the decree issued by his predecessor.
ape
abrogate
anodyne
revoke
35. Vague; hazy; cloudy She had only a ________ memory of her grandmother's face.
nebulous
anodyne
rift
defamation
36. Descendants; future generations We hope to leave a better world to ________.
contravene
posterity
preamble
conjecture
37. Soothing or softening remedy He applied an ________ to the inflamed area.
prelate
emollient
enjoin
mayhem
38. Similary timed; simultaneous with We have many examples of scientists in different parts of the world who have made ________ discoveries.
complacent
charlatan
synchronous
spatial
39. Surrender something; efect; vomit Unwilling to ________ the cash he had stolen from the pension fund - the embezzler tried to run away.
quack
dyspeptic
disgorge
chronic
40. Narrow-minded person - uncultured and exculsively interested in material gain We need more men of culture and enlightenment; we have too many ________s among us.
philistine
vertex
seep
nomenclature
41. Efficient If we are to succeed - we must seek ________ means of securing our goals.
ribald
effectual
adorn
anoint
42. Drunken Emperor Nero attended the ________ orgy.
whinny
bacchanalian
clairvoyant
nemesis
43. Not frank; eluding Your ________ answers convinced the judge that you were witholding important evidence.
gentry
incorporeal
rehabilitate
evasive
44. Name; title He was amazed when the witches hailed him with his correct ________.
balm
rhapsodize
appellation
eulogistic
45. Study of prehistoric life The professor of ________ had a superb collection of fossils.
paleontology
approbation
irrelevant
appurtenances
46. Combination (of two business corporations) When the firm's president married the director of financial planning - the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage - it was a ________.
substantiate
merger
underscore
subjugate
47. Free; disentangle He found that he could not ________ himself from the trap.
extricate
intimate
mortify
hypercritical
48. Plowed but sowed; uncultivated Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to let ________ every few years.
cite
paramount
precipitous
fallow
49. Well-bred; elegant We are looking for a man with a ________ apperance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.
demolition
defile
genteel
dire
50. Flexible; pliant The angler found a s________ limb and used it as a fishing rod.
integral
coincident
supple
pastiche