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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Physical features of a region Before the generals gave the order to attack - they ordered a complete study of the ________ of the region.






2. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger Brian has a strong sense of duty; he would never ________ any responsibility.






3. Oddity; idiosyncrasy Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the ________ of genius.






4. Expressing praise The critics' ________ comments helped to make her a star.






5. Saturate - fill His visits to the famous Gothic cathedrals ________d him with feelings of awe and reverence.






6. Charge If the grand jury ________s the suspect - he will go to trial.






7. Nourish; educate; foster The head Start program attempts to ________ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter public school.






8. Noisy quarrel Throughout the ________ - not one sensible word was uttered.






9. Appropriate; fitting He was always able to find the ________ phrase - the correct expression for every occasion.






10. Prohibit; forbid Civilized nations must ________ the use of nuclear weapons if we expect out society to live.






11. Go backwards; degenerate Instead of advancing - our civilization seems to have ________d in ethics and culture.






12. Pretend Lady Macbeth ________ed illness in the courtyard although she was actually healthy.






13. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty No matter how often he hiked through the mountains - David never failed to be struck by the ________ of the Sierra Nevada range.






14. Char or burn; brand Accidentally brushing against the hot grill - she ________ed her hand badly.






15. Machine that separates substances by whirling them - At the dairy - we employ a ________ to separate cream from milk.






16. Shining; issuing light The sun is a ________ body.






17. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.






18. Effort; expenditure of much physical work The ________ involved in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.






19. Extended scolding; denunciation Long before he had finished his ________ - we were sufficiently aware of the seriousness of our misconduct.






20. Vex Johnny often ________ his mother with his pranks.






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






22. Downward slope The children loved to ski down the ________.






23. Prosper; flourish Despite the impact of recession on the restaurant trade - Philip's cafe ________d.






24. Person who establishes (an organization - business) Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the ________ of the Abraham & Straus chain.






25. Woman who rules a family or larger social group The ________ ruled her gypsy tribe with a firm hand.






26. Brother or sister We may not enjoy being ________s - but we cannot forget that we still belong to the same family.






27. Bring to a halt by confusion; perplex Jack's uncharacteristic rudeness ________sed Jill - leaving her uncertain how to react.






28. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed The player was afraid to accept his opponent's ________ because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see.






29. Make discontented The passengers were ________d by the numerous delays.






30. Minor quarrel; bickering Children invariably get involved in petty ________s; wise parents know when to interfere and when to let the children work things out on their own.






31. Spacious - In the ________ areas of the railroad terminal - thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their train.






32. Wool coat of a sheep They shear sheep of their ________ - which they then comb into separate strands of wool.






33. Blindly devoted patriot - A ________ cannot recognize any faults in his country - no matter how flagrant they may be.






34. Ornament (hanging from a necklace - etc.) The grateful team presented the coach with a silver chain and ________ engraved with the school's motto.






35. Revive The lifeguard tried to ________ the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.






36. Unfortunate This ________ creature had never known a moment's pleasure.






37. Shrink back; flinch. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her ________.






38. Psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution Suffering from ________ - he claimed everyone was out to get him; ironically - his claim was accurate; even paranoids have enemies.






39. Bear one's self; behave He ________ed himself with great dignity.






40. Shrewd; thrifty - The ________ Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.






41. Businessperson; contractor Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ________s from trying new fields of business activity.






42. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The ________ of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.






43. Flashy; tawdry; falsely attractive Her jewels were inexpensive but not ________.






44. Act as judge She was called upon to ________ the dispute between the union and the management.






45. Inborn His ________ talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.






46. Raid The company staged a midnight ________ against the enemy outpost.






47. Violate; desecrate Tourists are urged not to ________ the sanctity of holy places by wearing improper garb.






48. Let down; restrain Until it was time to open the presents - the children had to ________ their curiosity.






49. Cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can ________ almost anything she wants from her father.






50. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.