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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Plundering After the ________s of the invaders - the people were penniless.






2. Senility In his ________ - the old man bored us with long tales of events in his childhood.






3. Loyalty A dog's ________ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.






4. Curved - hooked He can be recognized by his ________ nose - curved like the beak of the eagle.






5. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.






6. Accidental; casual He found this ________ meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.






7. Having a low-cut neckline Fashion decrees that evening gowns be ________ this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue.






8. Long heroic poem - novel - or similar work of art Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai is an ________ portraying the struggle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers.






9. Servile flatterer The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the ________s in his retinue.






10. Scatter The molecules will ________ throughout the space according to the second law of thermodynamics.






11. Desert; abandon; renounce No one expected Foster to ________ his wife and children and run off with another woman.






12. Suitable to debate or courts of law In her best ________ manner - the lawyer addressed the jury.






13. Prescribed diet and habits I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict ________.






14. Meager; insufficient Thinking his helping of food was ________ - Oliver Twist asked for more.






15. Glowing ardor Their kiss was full of the ________ of first love.






16. Lacking self-restraint His ________ behavior off stage shocked many people and they refused to attend the plays and movies in which he appeared.






17. Time past. He dreamed of the elegant homes of _________ - but gave no thought to their inelegant plumbing.






18. Discuss lightly; exchange blows or words The president refused to ________ words with reporters at the press conference.






19. Arrogance; excessive self-conceit Filled with ________ - Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.






20. Tolerate; endure The dean would ________ no interference with his disciplinary actions.






21. Pale; wan Because his occupation required that he work at night and sleep during the day - he had an exceptionally ________ complexion.






22. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp His ________ dreams of wealth were costly to those of his friends who supported him financially.






23. Submissive; patient and long-suffering Mr. Barrett never expected his ________ daughter would dare to defy him by eloping with her suitor.






24. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.






25. Damaged; disfigured She had to refinish the ________surface of the table.






26. Clumsy; boorish Such remarks are ________ and out of place; you should apologize for making them.






27. Shameless; bold; unconcealed Shocked by Huck Finn's ________ lies - Miss Watson prayed the good Lord would give him a sense of his unregenerate wickedness.






28. Explore with tools The surgeon ________d the wound for foreign matter before suturing it.






29. Incurable; uncorrectable The error she made was ________; she could see no way to repair it.






30. Work together Two writers ________d in preparing this book.






31. Authorized agent Please act as my ________ and vote for this slate of candidates in my absence.






32. Repay; revenge The wretch ________d his benefactors by betraying them.






33. Pertaining to fishing He spent many happy hours at the lake in his ________ activities.






34. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.






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






36. A facial distortion to show feeling such as pain - disgust - etc. Even though he remained silent - his ________ indicated his displeasure.






37. Substance that prevents infection It is advisable to apply an ________ to any wound - no matter how slight or insignificant.






38. Paint or draw with dots Seurat carefully ________d dabs of pure color on the canvas - juxtaposing dots of blue and yellow that the viewer's eye would interpret as green.






39. Be suited to; be incumbent upon In this time of crisis - it ________s all of us to remain calm and await the instructions of our superiors.






40. Disagree In a landmark Supreme Court decision - Justice Marshall ________ed from the majority opinion.






41. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.






42. Stingy; excessively frugal His ________ nature did not permit him to enjoy any luxuries.






43. Having human form or characteristics Primitive religions often have deities with ________ characteristics.






44. Justify; authorize. Before the judge issues the injunction - you must convince her this action is ________ed.






45. Agree Did you ________ with the decision of the court or did you find it unfair?






46. Idealistic but impractical His head is in the clouds; he is constantly presenting these ________ schemes.






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






48. Hatch; scheme Inasmuch as our supply of electricity is cut off - we shall have to rely on the hens to ________ these eggs.






49. Pertaining to Pharisees - who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical Walter Lippmann has pointed out that moralists who do not attempt to explain the moral code they advocate are often regarded as ________ and ignored.






50. Temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon Though Senator Tsongas had been treated for cancer - his symptoms were in ________ - and he was considered fit to handle the strains of a Presidential race.







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