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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Highest point When the moon in its orbit is furthest away from the earth - it is at its ________.






2. One who studies the skin and its diseases I advise you to consult a ________ about your acne.






3. Minor fight Custer's troops expected they might run into a ________ or two on maneuvers; they did not expect to face a major battle.






4. Resistance to authority; insubordination His words - though not treasonous in themselves - were calculated to arouse thoughts of ________.






5. Outstanding; superior The king traveled to Boston because he wanted the ________ surgeon in the field to perform the operation.






6. Calamity - The Johnstown flood was a ________.






7. Give up; do without Determined to lose weight for the summer - Ida decided to ________ dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.






8. Unfrightening Though Phil had expected to feel overawed when he met Joe Montana - he found the experience ________ and relaxing.






9. Pertaining to hell; devilish They could think of no way to hinder his ________ scheme.






10. Supposed; reputed Although there are some doubts - the ________ author of this work is Massinger.






11. Vigorous; strong The candidate for the football team had a ________ physique.






12. Clever He came up with a use for Styrofoam packing balls that was so ________ that his business school professors declared it was marketable.






13. Oversimplified; lacking individuality; seen as a type My chief objection to the book is that the characters are ________; they come across as ethnic caricatures - not as real people with individual quirks - fears - and dreams.






14. Forewarning We ignored these ________s of disaster because they appeared to be based on childish fears.






15. Light stroke as with a whip The horse needed no encouragement; only one ________of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.






16. Nervous laugh Her aunt's constant ________ nearly drove her mad.






17. Small; minute Grass grew there - an ________ outcropping among the rocks.






18. Boaster Modest by nature - she was no ________ - preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.






19. Huge Radio City Music Hall has a ________ stage.






20. Reject; mock The headstrong youth ________ all authority; he refused to be curbed.






21. Turn into a god; idolize Admire the rock star all you want; just don't ________ him.






22. Lean and angular; barren His once-round face looked surprisingly ________ after he had lost weight.






23. Mixture as of metals ________ of gold are used more frequently than the pure metal.






24. Too particular; fussy The old lady was ________ about her food and ate very little.






25. Thoroughly examine the condition of and repair if necessary It is necessary for the engineers of NASA to ________ the rocket everyday; otherwise - an incident similar to that of Challenger accident might happen.






26. Foretell The vultures flying overhead ________d the discovery of the corpse in the desert.






27. Stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable When Hannibal Lecter was in a ________ mood - he ate the flesh of his victims.






28. Divided into two branches; forked With a ________ branch and a piece of elastic rubber - he made a crude but effective slingshot.






29. Plowed but sowed; uncultivated Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to let ________ every few years.






30. Secret code - Lacking his code book - the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in ________.






31. Blessed; consecrated She was laid to rest in ________ ground.






32. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.






33. Puzzle in which pictures stand for words A coven of witches beside a tree is a possible ________ for the town Coventry.






34. The smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance In chemistry - we study how atoms and ________s react to form new substances.






35. Rankle - produce irritation or resentment Joe's insult ________ed in Anne's mind for days - and made her too angry to speak to him.






36. Stale; spoiled by age The attic was dark and ________.






37. Riddle; difficult problem During the long car ride - she invented ________s to entertain the children.






38. Crevice The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny ________s in the rock.






39. Stamp-collector When she heard the value of the Penny Black stamp - Phyllis was inspired to become a ________.






40. Absorbing; engrossing The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a ________ tale: absorbed in the story - he had finished it in a single evening.






41. Odd; old-fashioned; picturesque Her ________ clothes and old-fashioned language marked her as an eccentric.






42. Avoid committing oneself; gain time I cannot permit you to ________ any longer; I must have a definite answer today.






43. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships to hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly ________ deed.






44. Moo From the hilltop - they could see the herd like ants in the distance; they could barely hear the cattle ________.






45. Drive our evil spirits By incantation and prayer - the medicine man sought to ________ the evil spirits that had taken possession of the young warrior.






46. Large group The movie actor was surrounded by a ________ of startlets.






47. Extreme poverty When his pension fund failed - George feared he would end his days in ________.






48. Lose animation; lose strength In stories - lovelorn damsels used to ________ and pine away.






49. Scandinavian myth; any legend This is a ________ of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.






50. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff Claire thought Lord Byron's boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a ________ - she was astounded when he dove from the high bluff into the waters below.