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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Poverty - misfortune We must learn to meet ________ gracefully.






2. Range of knowledge I cannot answer your question since this matter is beyond my ________.






3. Gaiety; cheerfulness The festive Christmas dinner was a merry one - and old and young alike joined in the general ________.






4. Trifles; unimportant matters Too many magazines ignore newsworthy subjects and feature ________.






5. Having to do with predicting the future In interpreting Pharaoh's ________ dream - Joseph said that the seven fat cows eaten by the seven lean cows represented seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine.






6. Agree If I ________ to this demand for blackmail - I am afraid that I will be the victim of future demands.






7. Wrong; faulty Seeing her frown - he wondered if anything were ________.






8. Like an uncle ________ pride did not prevent him from noticing his nephew's shortcomings.






9. Handle used to move the boat's rudder (to steer) Fearing the wind might shift suddenly and capsize the skiff - Tom kept one hand on the ________ at all times.






10. Too certain to be disputed In the face of these ________ statements - I withdraw my complaint.






11. Hothead; troublemaker The police triedto keep track of all the local ________s when the President came to town.






12. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.






13. Harass; trouble Many problems ________ the American public school system.






14. Ardent Her ________ enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.






15. Cowlike; placid and dull Nothing excites Esther; even when she won the state lottery - she still preserved her air of ________ calm.






16. Lack of consistency; difference The police noticed some ________(ies) in his description of the crime and did not believe him.






17. State of collagse caused by illness or old age I was unprepared for the state of ________ in which I had found my old friend; he seemed to have aged twenty years in six months.






18. Addition of details; intricacy Tell what happened simply - without any ________.






19. Favoring success With favorable weather conditions - it was an auspicious moment to set sail.






20. Dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness The ________ youth gazed at the painting for a long time and then sighed.






21. Tender to sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings. The quiet tone of ________ that ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly sentimental.






22. 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.






23. Lacking caution; injudicious It is ________ to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.






24. State of violent agitation We were frightened by the ________ of the ocean during the storm.






25. Epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink ________s lack self-restraint; if they enjoy a particular cuisine - they eat far too much of it.






26. Pamphlet; a region of indefinite size The King granted William Penn a ________ of land in the New World.






27. Exceed Her SAT scores ________ed out expectations.






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






29. Motionless; stale; dull The ________ water was a breeding ground for disease






30. Revenging agent Captain Bligh vowed to be Christian's ________.






31. Preceding in time - rank - etc. Our discussions - ________ to this event - certainly did not give you any reason to believe that we would adopt your proposal.






32. Tending to overthrow; destructive At first glance - the notion that Styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most environmentalists as ________.






33. Menacing; threatening We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a ________ foe.






34. Highly ornate Accustomed to the severe - angular lines of modern skyscrapers - they found the flamboyance of ________ architecture amusing.






35. Standstill; stalemate The negotiations had reached a ________.






36. Edge - especially of a round surface He sensed that there was something just beyond the ________ of his vision.






37. Ill-humored; sullen When we first meet Hamlet - we find him ________ and depressed.






38. Stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe The country boy ________ed at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.






39. Collarbone - Even though he wore shoulder pads - the football player broke his ________ during a practice scrimmage.






40. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.






41. Despicable; contemptible Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his ________ crew.






42. Omen; prophecy He interpreted the departures of the birds as an ________ of evil.






43. Forecasted course of a disease; prediction If the doctor's ________ is correct - the patient will be in a coma for at least twenty-four hours.






44. Overpowering; irresistible in effect The prosecutor presented a well-reasoned case - but the defense attorney's ________ arguments for leniency won over the jury.






45. Slanderous remark Do not cast ________s on her character.






46. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing So many kings of France were named Charles that modern students need epithets to tell them apart: Charles the Wise - for example - was someone far different from Charles the Fat.






47. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.






48. In a state of rage The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran ________ in the department store.






49. Avoid committing oneself; gain time I cannot permit you to ________ any longer; I must have a definite answer today.






50. Dull We were disappointed by the ________ performance.







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