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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Besiege As soon as the city was beleaguered - the life became more subdued as the citizens began their long wait for outside assitance.
yoke
vise
beleaguer
prude
2. Wild tumult When the ships collided in the harbor - ________ broke out among the passengers.
mutter
pandemonium
overweening
somber
3. Exceed Her SAT scores ________ed out expectations.
hatch
surpass
reciprocate
enthrall
4. Urge on He was ________ed by his friends until he yielded to their wishes.
actuate
goad
tempo
ravel
5. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.
vampire
inured
illusive
zenith
6. Person hardened in sin - devoid of a sense of decency I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the ________ you say he is.
tenacious
inscrutable
parity
reprobate
7. Burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment The rags ________ed for hours before they burst into flame.
usury
tribunal
rusticate
smolder
8. No longer stylish; old-fahioned Unconcerned about keeping in style - Lenore was perfectly happy to wear ________ clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.
optimist
outmoded
slake
niggardly
9. Surrender of prisoner by one state to another The lawyers opposed the ________ of their client on the grounds that for more than five years he had been a model citizen.
philanderer
temperament
extradition
unbridled
10. Foretell The vultures flying overhead ________d the discovery of the corpse in the desert.
alienate
presage
eschew
cloister
11. Pitiless The escaped convict was a dangerous and ________ murderer.
imminent
ruthless
stygian
retrospective
12. Humbleness of spirit He spoke with a ________ and lack of pride that impressed his listeners.
scrutinize
meditation
pied
humility
13. Pierce; put a hole through Before you can open the aspirin bottle - you must first ________ the plastic safety seal that covers the cap.
pomposity
swerve
misconstrue
perforate
14. Counselor-at-law Galsworthy started as a ________ - but when he found the practice of law boring - turned to writing.
incontrovertible
raspy
plumb
barrister
15. In essence; for practical purposes She is a ________ financial wizard when it comes to money matters.
virtual
carping
array
reaper
16. Favoring or exercising total control; non-democratic The people had no control over their destiny; they were forced to obey the dictates of the ________ regime.
natty
adjutant
enervate
authoritarian
17. Generate pus When her finger began to ________ - the doctor lanced it and removed the splinter that had caused the pus to form.
jaundiced
baleful
fester
obloquy
18. Burden; responsibility The emperor was spared the ________ of signing the surrender papers; instead - he relegated the assignment to his generals.
contaminate
onus
disinclination
pied
19. Prophetic; oracular Until their destruction by fire in 83 B.C. - the ________ books were often consulted by the Romans.
axiom
humid
sibylline
poignancy
20. Harass; tease The soldiers ________ed the prisoners - terrorizing them.
wizardry
bait
jargon
idiosyncratic
21. Without exceptions; unqualified; absolute - Though the captain claimed he was never - never sick at sea - he finally qualified his ________ denial; he was hardly ever sick at sea.
simper
stentorian
consensus
categorical
22. Stipulation I am ready to accept your proposal with the two ________ that you meet your obligations within the next two weeks.
discrepancy
haggle
proviso
boorish
23. Foul-smelling The component heap was most ________ in summer.
lithe
stultify
malodorous
congruence
24. Submissive; patient and long-suffering Mr. Barrett never expected his ________ daughter would dare to defy him by eloping with her suitor.
practicable
ferment
meek
disheveled
25. Firmly established by nature or habit His ________ love of justice compelled him to come to their aid.
solstice
fluted
inherent
abash
26. Guess I ________ that he will be late for this meeting.
surmise
piety
equestrian
prodigy
27. Unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold - He gave her a diamond that weighed three ________s and was mounted in an eighteen-carat gold band.
lacerate
carat
devious
ratiocination
28. Circular building or hall covered with a dome His body lay in state in the ________ of the Capitol.
foliage
rotunda
serenity
retrench
29. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.
perdition
kinetic
innovation
torrent
30. Manlike The gorilla is the strongest of the ________ animals.
anthropoid
virile
malcontent
hue
31. Impertinent; forward I think your ________ and impudent remarks call for an apology.
severity
harbinger
pert
ruse
32. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.
erode
amphibian
vaunted
blase
33. Habitual return to crime Prison reformers in the United States are disturbed by the high rate of ________; the number of persons serving second and third terms indicates the failure of the prisons to rehabilitate the inmates.
suavity
deducible
recidivism
ovation
34. Young wolf - dog - tiger - etc. This collie ________ won't do for breeding - but he'd make a fine pet.
averse
whelp
fluster
grimace
35. Calming drug or influence It is dangerous to drive after taking the ________; it brings drowsiness.
decry
colloquy
sedative
apprise
36. Pedestal; raised platform The audience applauded as the conductor made his way to the ________.
grate
podium
predecessor
primordial
37. Expand In the dark - the pupils of your eyes ________.
belligerent
apocalyptic
cacophony
dilate
38. Instruct; correct morally Although his purpose was to ________ and not to entertain his audience - many of his listeners were amused and not enlightened.
sage
edify
pachyderm
espionage
39. Subdue; crush; squash The authorities acted quickly to ________ the student rebellion - sending in tanks to cow the demonstrators.
puerile
putrid
enhance
quash
40. Forgivable; trivial We may regard a hugry man's stealing as a ________ crime.
stipple
alloy
anathematize
venial
41. Hatch; scheme Inasmuch as our supply of electricity is cut off - we shall have to rely on the hens to ________ these eggs.
promulgate
incubate
artifice
decomposition
42. Tending or leaning toward; bent Though I am ________ to be skeptical - the witness's manner inclines me to believe his story.
renovate
premonitory
inclined
verdant
43. Most favorable If you wait for the ________ moment to act - you may never begin your project .
patina
tumult
optimum
vent
44. Body divided into ranks It was difficult to step out of one's place in this ________.
default
haphazard
hierarchy
asylum
45. Dose (of liquid) Tristan and Lsolde drink a love ________ in the first act of the opera.
furor
potion
elucidate
unsavory
46. Corruption; turning from right to wrong Inasmuch as he had no motive for his crimes - we could not understand his ________.
hindmost
virus
perversion
moratorium
47. Nervous laugh Her aunt's constant ________ nearly drove her mad.
odoriferous
incommodious
herpetologist
titter
48. Set free At first - the attempts of the Abolitioninst to ________ the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.
emancipate
momentum
seep
gainsay
49. Cause to sprout; sprout After the seeds ________ and develop their permanent leaves - the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.
lugubrious
germinate
mode
rigor
50. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.
vainglorious
ironic
inadvertently
diffusion