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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Make void The parents of the eloped couple tried to ________ the marriage.






2. Express evil satisfaction; view malevolently As you ________ over your ill-gotten wealth - do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?






3. Urge; plead for The abolitionists ________d freedom for the slaves.






4. Beginning; forming of a idea At the first ________ of the work - he was consulted.






5. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together The lawyer picked up a ________ of papers as he rose to question the witness.






6. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried - Though the late Havelock Ellis wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in such matters - recent studies maintain he was ________ throughout his life.






7. Shove; bump In the subway he was ________d by the crowds.






8. Moved gently by wind or waves. Daydreaming - he gazed at the leaves that ________ed past his window.






9. Blameless and exemplary Her conduct in office was ________ and her record is spotless.






10. Sharp projection form fishhook - etc.; pointed comment The ________ from the fishhook caught in his finger as he grabbed the fish.






11. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.






12. Throw headlong; hasten The removal of American political support appeared to have ________d the downfall of the Marcos regime.






13. Destruction of life - The ________ that can be caused by atomic warfare adds to the responsibilities of our statesmen.






14. Meat-eating - The lion is a ________ animal.






15. Bizzare; peculiar; unconventional The eccentric professor who engages in markedly ________ behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.






16. Dissipated; wasteful; licentious In this ________ company - she lost all sense of decency.






17. Deadlock Negotiations between the union and the employers have reached a ________; neither side is willing to budge from previously stated positions.






18. Extinct flying reptile The remains of ________s indicate that these flying reptiles had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.






19. Abundant; current In the face of the many rumors of scandal - which are ________ at the moment - it is best to remain silent.






20. Expand In the dark - the pupils of your eyes ________.






21. Distortion; burlesque - The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued.






22. Small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation The thousands of ________s on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.






23. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman The Red Cross sought to put an end to the ________ treatment of prisoners of war.






24. Quarrelsome We heard loud and ________ noises in the next room.






25. Tough; strong and firm The steak was too ________ to chew






26. Huge; enormous The ________ wrestler was terrified of mice.






27. State of being immovable Modern armies cannot afford the luxury of ________ - as they are vulnerable to attack while standing still.






28. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body - Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a ________ by purging the soul of base concepts.






29. Hard; strenuous Her ________ efforts had sapped her energy.






30. Soothe We tried to ________ the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.






31. Enclosure for birds The ________ at the zoo held nearly 300 birds.






32. Drawback; debtsHer lack of an extensive vocabulary was a ________ that she was able to overcome.






33. Overflow; flood The tremendous waves ________d the town.






34. Stubborn We tried to persuade him to give up smoking - but he was ________ and refused to change.






35. Bury They are going to ________ the body tomorrow ar Broadlawn Cemetry.






36. Soften by soaking in liquid; waste away The strawberries had been soaking in the champagn for so long that they had begun to ________: they literally fell apart at the touch of a spoon.






37. Kill - usually one out of ten We do more to ________ our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.






38. Self-control; formal but distant manner Although some girls were attracted by Mark's ________ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.






39. Strip; deprive He was ________ed of his power to act and could no longer govern.






40. Change; introduction of something new She loved ________ just because they were new.






41. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness His monotonous voice acted like an ________; his audience was soon asleep.






42. Award of merit In Hollywood - an "Oscar" is the highest ________.






43. Putrid; producing putrefaction The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from ________ poisoning.






44. Church dignitary The archbishop of Moscow and other high-ranking ________s visited the Russian Orthodox seminary.






45. Dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness The ________ youth gazed at the painting for a long time and then sighed.






46. Guilt; self-reproach The murderer felt no ________ for his crime.






47. Mixture The band played a ________ of Gershwin tunes.






48. Mass of floating ice The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice ________s.






49. Small ornamental statuette In the Maltese Falcon - Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing ________ of a black bird.






50. Pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses He was stimulated by the sights - sounds and smells about him; he was enjoying his ________ experience.







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