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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Hothead; troublemaker The police triedto keep track of all the local ________s when the President came to town.






2. Murder of a king or queen The beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was an act of ________.






3. Careful about money; economical A ________ shopper compares prices before making major purchases.






4. Animals of a period or region The scientist could visualize the ________ of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.






5. Inclination; natural tendency The cross old lady has a ________ to grumble.






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






7. Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious From the very beginning of his ministry it was clear from his ________ pronouncements that John was destined for a high pontifical office.






8. Overcome He had to ________ many obstacles in order to succeed.






9. Chief - If you want to increase your word power - the ________ rule of vocabulary-building is to read.






10. Rustic; pastoral The meadow was the scene of ________ gaiety.






11. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.






12. Risk - particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open ________ to sun and wind had dried out her hair and weathered her face.






13. Grating; harsh The sergeant's ________ voice grated on the recruits' ears.






14. Determine or seek opinions - votes - etc. - After ________ing the sentiments of his constituents - the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.






15. Looking within oneself We all have our ________ moments during which we examine our souls.






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






17. Scholar Our faculty includes many worldfamous ________s.






18. Arouse to action The demogogue ________d the mob to take action into its own hands.






19. Make known by official proclamation or publication As soon as the Civil Service Commission ________s the names of the successful candidates - we shall begin to hire members of our staff.






20. Mild; fragrant A ________ breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.






21. Bloody The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the ________ massacre.






22. Unjust; wicked I cannot approve of the ________ methods you used to gain your present position.






23. Stop motion; curb or restrain - Thrusting out her arm - Grandma checked Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man -" she said - "you'd better ________ your temper."






24. Untidy; slipshod Such ________ work habits will never produce good products.






25. Basic; primary; essential The committee discussed all sorts of side issues without ever getting down to addressing the ________ problem.






26. Foreshadow; portend The gloomy skies and the sulfurious odors from the mineral springs seemed to ________ evil to those who settled in the area.






27. Disown; renounce claim to If I grant you this previlege - will you ________ all other rights?






28. Inconspicuous; not blatant The secret service agents in charge of protecting the President tried to be as ________ as possible.






29. Dock; landing place Because of the captain's carelessness - the ship crashed into the ________.






30. Loiter; waste time Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline - do not ________ over this work.






31. Mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular - particularly sexually In the opera La Boheme - we get a picture of the ________ life led by the young artists of Paris.






32. Repetition of beginning sound in poetry "The furrow followed free" is an example of ________.






33. Name; title He was amazed when the witches hailed him with his correct ________.






34. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy We received only ________ support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.






35. Wrong name; incorrect designation His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname - King Eric the Just - was a ________.






36. Introductory statement In the ________ to the Constitution - the purpose of the document is set forth.






37. Discharge; give forth The maple syrup is obtained from the sap that the trees ________ in early spring.






38. Enigmatic; mysterious The Mona Lisa's ________ expression has puzzled art lovers for centuries.






39. Accustomed; hardened She became ________ to the Alaskan cold.






40. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.






41. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.






42. Sharpness (of temper) These remarks - spoken with ________ - stung the boys to whom they had been directed.






43. Trying to please; obliging The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a ________ manner.






44. Tear out In that fight - all the rules were forgotten; the adversaries bit - kicked - and tried to ________ each other's eyes out.






45. Tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create ________ delicacies for their guests.






46. Effusively sentimental I do not like such ________ pictures. I call them tearjerkers.






47. Stubborn; persistent He is bound to succeed because his ________ nature will not permit him to quit.






48. Playful Such a ________ attitude is surprising in a person as serious as you usually are.






49. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources His style of interior decoration was ________: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods - strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique color.






50. Mildness; permissiveness Considering the gravity of the offense - we were surprised by the ________ of the sentence.