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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Act as judge She was called upon to ________ the dispute between the union and the management.






2. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.






3. Strange; mysterious You have the ________ knack of reading my innermost thoughts.






4. Warm and damp August in New York City is often ________.






5. Belittle Do not ________ anyone's contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums.






6. Shove; bump In the subway he was ________d by the crowds.






7. Equality; close resemblance I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the ________ between the two illustrations.






8. Traitor who aids invaders In his conquest of Europe - Hitler was aided by the ________s who betrayed their own people and served in the puppet governments established by the Nazis.






9. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.






10. Self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt Although the commencement speaker had some good things to say - we had to laugh at his ________ and general air of parading his own dignity.






11. Comparable She called our attention to the things that had been done in an ________ situation and recommended that we do the same.






12. Armed band Caesar and his Roman ________ conquered almost all of the known world.






13. Dark; not transparent The ________ window kept the sunlight out of the room.






14. Understatement for emphasis To say - "He little realizes -" when we mean that he does not realize at all - is an example of the kind of understatement we call ________.






15. Spotted; stained Instead of writing that Gorbachev had a birthmark on his forehead - the pompous young poet sang of the former premier's ________ brow.






16. Vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young Many people regard the whale as a fish and do not realize that it is a ________.






17. Construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many ________s.






18. Small hill The ascent of the ________ is not difficult and the view from the hilltop is ample reward tor the effort.






19. Belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control With ________ - he accepted the hardships that beset him.






20. Liberated; freed from chains Chained to the wall for months on end - the hostage despaired that he would ever be ________.






21. Picture made of smell - colorful inlaid tiles The mayor compared the ciry to a beautiful ________ made up of people of every race and religion on earth.






22. Self-satisfied There was a ________ look on his face as he examined his paintings.






23. Prolong Seeking to delay the union members' vote - the management team tried to ________ the negotiations endlessly - but the union representatives saw through their strategy.






24. Lying; false He was pathological liar - and his friends learned to discount his ________ stories.






25. Trembling; slight quiver She had a nervous ________ in her right hand.






26. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion On his trip to Japan - though the President spoke at length about the merits of American automobiles - he made few ________s to his beliefs.






27. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action This decision sets a ________ for future cases of a similar nature.






28. Speaking several languages New York City is a ________ community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.






29. Plunder If you do not yield - I am afraid the enemy will ________ the countryside.






30. Steep; overhasty This hill is difficult to climb because it is so ________; one slip - and our descent will be precipitous as well.






31. Approve; ratify Nothing will convince me to ________ the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.






32. Language; idiom All this legal ________ confuses me; I need an interpreter.






33. Please Her parents were ________(ied) by her success.






34. Hang about; wait nearby The police helicopter ________ed above the accident.






35. Storehouse for grain We have reason to be thankful - for our crops were good and our ________(ies) are full.






36. Slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the ________ enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.






37. Decide; settle; solve Homes resolved to travel to Bohemia to ________ the dispute between Irene Adler and the King.






38. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body - Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a ________ by purging the soul of base concepts.






39. Female fox; ill-tempered woman Aware that she was right once again - he lost his temper and called her a shrew and a ________.






40. In a spirited manner; with courage Because he had fought ________ against a much superior boxer - the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.






41. Controversy; argument in support of point of view Her essays were - for the main part - ________s for the party's policy.






42. Oval building with tiers of seats The spectators in the ________ cheered the gladiators.






43. Agitation; commotion With the breakup of the Soviet Union - much of Eastern Europe was in a state of ________.






44. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent A psychoanalyst must maintain a ________ point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients' perssonal lives.






45. Loss of speech due to injury or illness After the automobile accident - the victim had periods of ________ when he could not speak at all or could only mumble incoherently.






46. Writ summoning a witness to appear The prosecutor's office was ready to serve a ________ on the reluctant witness.






47. Person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy You may change your ________ as often as you wish.






48. Babble The children ________ endlessly about their new toys.






49. Changeable; faithless He discovered his supposedly faithful girlfriend was ________.






50. Insipid; inane She delivered an uninspired and ________ address.