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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Rolling - treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America Despite the cold - many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the ________.






2. Iron block used in hammering out metals After heating the iron horseshoe in the forge - the blacksmith picked it up with his tongs and set it on the ________.






3. Cancel Because of public resentment - the king had to ________ his order.






4. Make whole; combine; make into one unit She tried to ________ all their activities into one program.






5. Filled to capacity; abundantly supplied The book is ________ with humorous situations.






6. Divide into branches or subdivisions When the plant begins to ________ - it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches.






7. Disgraceful The country smarted under the ________ defeat and dreamed of the day when it would be victorious.






8. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus The car lost ________ as it tried to ascend the steep hill.






9. Cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder His long hours in the blacking factory left young Dickens numb and incurious - as if the menial labor had ________ed his mind.






10. Openmouthed She stared - ________ - at the many strange animals in the zoo.






11. Map-maker - Though not a professional ________ - Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.






12. Wring from; get money by threats - etc. The blackmailer ________ed money from his victim.






13. Hindrance; stumbling-block She had a speech ________ that prevented her from speaking clearly.






14. Member of the working class The aristocrats feared mob rule and gave the right to vote only to the wealthy - thus depending the ________s of a voice in government.






15. Corruption; wickedness The ________ of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.






16. Throw overboard In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm - the captain had to ________ much of his cargo.






17. Hiding place - The detectives followed the suspects until he led them to the ________ where he had stored his loot.






18. Pompous walk His ________ as he marched about the parade ground revealed him for what he was: a pompous buffoon.






19. Act of dissecting living animals The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opposed ________ and deplored the practice of using animals in scientific experiments.






20. Calmness; placidity The ________ of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.






21. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.






22. Deprived of; lacking The foolish gambler soon found himself ________ of funds.






23. Excessive The people grumbled at his ________ prices but paid them because he had a monopoly.






24. Excessively fat It is advisable that ________ people try to lose weight.






25. Ransack; thoroughly search When we ________d through the trunks in the attic - we found many souvenirs of our childhood days.






26. Rising like bristles; showing irritation The dog stood there - ________ with anger.






27. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.






28. Doctrine of self-denial We find ________ practiced in many monastries.






29. Person of prominence or influence The steel ________ decided to devote more time to city politics.






30. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc. Seeing how tenderly Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ________.






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






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






33. Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome The punishment had a ________ effect on the boy - as he became a model student.






34. Many-colored Without her glasses - Gretchen saw the fields of tulips as a ________ blur.






35. Rubble A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City - workers were still carting away the________






36. With identity concealed; using an assumed name The monarch enjoyed traveling throughthe town ________ and mingling with the populace.






37. In love Narcissus became ________ of his own beauty.






38. Antiquated; ancient The ________ customs had apparently not changed for thousands of years.






39. Thick-skinned animal The elephant is probably the best-known ________






40. Doubtful; ambiguous Macbeth was misled by the ________ statements of the witches.






41. An assumed name John Smith's ________ was Bob Jones.






42. 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.






43. Endless Although his speech lasted for only twenty minutes - it seemed ________ to his bored audience.






44. Monarch with supreme power He ran his office like an ________ - giving no one else any authority.






45. Scold - Grandma began to ________ Steven for his lying.






46. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances Forget about ethics! He's such an ________ that he'll vote in favor of any deal that will give him a break.






47. Puff or gust (of air - scent - etc.); hint. The slightest ________ of Old Spice cologne brought memories of George to her mind.






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






49. Intellectuals; members of the educated elite She preferred discussions about sports and politics to the literary conversations of the ________.






50. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosic-like pattern. In laying the floor - the carpenters combined redwood and oak in an elegant ________.