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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Stockpile; accumulate for future use Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage - people are tempted to ________ food.






2. Combative; bellicose Although at this time he was advocating a policy of neutrality - one could usually find him adopting a more ________ attitude.






3. Lavish expenditure; overabundant condition Seldom have I seen food and drink served in such ________ as at the wedding feast.






4. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem ________.






5. Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements Unless you can prove your allegations - your remarks constitute ________.






6. Disgustingly excessive His ________ praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.






7. Expurgate After the film editors had ________d the language in the script - the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG."






8. Chew We must ________ our food carefully and slowly in order to avoid digestive disorders.






9. Having a common center The target was made of ________ circles.






10. Declare openly I must ________ that I am innocent.






11. 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.






12. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.






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






14. Utter impulsively Before she could stop him - he ________ed out the news.






15. Dishonest behavior The investigation into municipal corruption turned up new instances of ________ daily.






16. Ghostly We were frightened by the ________ glow that filled the room.






17. Violent She had a sudden fit of ________ rage.






18. Omission of words from a text Sometimes an ________ can lead to a dangling modifier - as in the sentence "Once dressed - you should refrigerate the potato salad.






19. Sorcery; magic. Merlin amazed the knights with his _________.






20. Lazy person "You are a ________ - a drone - a parasite -" the angry father shouted at his lazy son.






21. Obedient; easily managed As ________ as he seems today - that old lion was once a ferocious - snarling beast.






22. Set free At first - the attempts of the Abolitioninst to ________ the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.






23. Recoiling from progress; retrograde His program was ________ since it sought to abolish many of the social reforms instituted by the previous administration.






24. Fertile; abundant; ornate Farming was easy in this ________ soil.






25. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.






26. Commonplace; trite The English teacher criticized her story because of its ________ and unoriginal plot.






27. That which accompanies Culture is not always a ________ of wealth.






28. Disobedient; resisting authority The ________ mob shouted defiantly at the police.






29. Expose to slander His opponents tried to ________ the candidate's reputation by spreading rumors about his past.






30. Not able to be perceived by touch; vague Though the financial benefits of his Oxford post were meager - Lewis was drawn to it by its ________ rewards: prestige - intellectual freedom - the fellowship of his peers.






31. Not essential; external Do not pad your paper with ________ matters; stick to essential items only.






32. Pertaining to an injury caused by violence In his nightmares - he kept on recalling the ________ experience of being wounded in battle.






33. Pen name Samuel Clemens' ________ was Mark Twain.






34. Unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical The coach claimed the team lost because the umpire made some ________ calls.






35. Cut away; cut out When you ________ the dead and dying limbs of a tree - you not only improve its appearance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit.






36. Having a pale or sickly color; pallid. Suckling asked - "Why so pale and ________ - fond lover?"






37. Predict I ________ disaster unless we change our wasteful ways.






38. Loathe; hate Moses scolded the idol worshippers in the tribe because he ________d the custom.






39. Defeat; frustrate In the end - Skywalker is able to ________ Vader's diabolical schemes.






40. Necessary requirement Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a ________ for admission.






41. One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch The most common ________ in North America is the opposum.






42. Weighty; unwieldy His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ________.






43. Pale purple The ________ tint in the lilac bush was another indication that spring had finally arrived.






44. Strong point or special talent I am not eager to play this rather seious role - for my ________ is comedy.






45. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.






46. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.






47. Induce; triumph over He tried to ________ on her to type his essays for him.






48. Winemaker; seller of wine The poet wondered what the ________s could buy that would be half as precious as the wine they sold.






49. Make void The parents of the eloped couple tried to ________ the marriage.






50. 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.