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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Cowardly; fainthearted You should be ashamed of your ________ conduct during this dispute.
edify
pusillanimous
goad
metaphor
2. Oddity; idiosyncrasy Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the ________ of genius.
anarchist
eccentricity
unequivocal
incidence
3. Moving force; incentive; stimulus A new federal highway program would create jobs and five added ________ to our economic recovery.
impetus
libretto
consistency
viable
4. Vigorous; strong The candidate for the football team had a ________ physique.
lassitude
skiff
mordant
robust
5. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.
halting
adage
minutiae
purge
6. Sharpen To make shaving easier - he ________d his razor with great care.
hone
anesthetic
consort
troth
7. Move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth The general ordered the battalion to ________ in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.
ravage
recapitulate
deploy
cadaverous
8. A facial distortion to show feeling such as pain - disgust - etc. Even though he remained silent - his ________ indicated his displeasure.
grimace
divergent
commiserate
silt
9. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.
augury
disenfranchise
amphibian
plagiarize
10. Oval building with tiers of seats The spectators in the ________ cheered the gladiators.
pachyderm
amphitheater
asperity
estranged
11. Rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide - not ones who ________.
molecule
veracity
gourmet
domineer
12. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.
ventriloquist
atavism
sully
extrapolation
13. Prohibit; restrain The child was not ________ed in her responses.
sybarite
apoplexy
discernible
inhibit
14. Totally clear; definite; outspoken Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be ________ about what's bugging you.
explicit
mosaic
recession
contingent
15. Private; peculiar to an individual Such behavior is ________ - it is as easily identifiable as a signature.
idiosyncratic
provisional
unerringly
repartee
16. Accuse; serve as evidence against The witness's testimony against the racketeers ________s some high public officials as well.
macabre
incriminate
scurrilous
extemporaneous
17. Copy Are you going to hang this ________ of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?
cacophony
cantankerous
repulsion
replica
18. Agree; accept It gives me great pleasure to ________ to your request.
catechism
wean
tribulation
assent
19. Related to monks Wanting to live a religious life - he took his ________ vows.
apothegm
bovine
monastic
boisterous
20. Harmful We must trace the source of these ________ gases before they asphyxiate us.
forestall
peripheral
noxious
virulent
21. Scolding woman No one wanted to marry Shakespeare's Kate because she was a ________.
repository
unassuming
benison
shrew
22. Insignificant; unimportant Brushing off Ali's apologies for having broken the wine glass - Tamara said - "Don't worry about it; it's ________."
jubilation
haggard
inconsequential
disenfranchise
23. Stir up a fire; feed plentifully As a Scout - Marisa learned how to light a fire - how to ________ it if it started to die down - and how to extinguish it completely.
recant
stoke
unfaltering
awry
24. Deceit; duplicity She achieved her high position by ________ and treachery.
cipher
vortex
guile
prefactory
25. Generous gift Lady Bountiful distributed ________ to the poor.
attribute
secrete
largess
espionage
26. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.
exalt
hoard
averse
emaciated
27. Urgent situation In this ________ - we must look for aid from our allies.
substantiate
impotent
comeuppance
exigency
28. Looking within oneself We all have our ________ moments during which we examine our souls.
promulgate
canvass
glutinous
introspective
29. Outmoded "Hip" is an ________ expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.
exorbitant
larder
mosaic
obsolete
30. Intimidate Your threats cannot ________ me.
capacious
mores
equitable
daunt
31. 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.
gape
patronize
prophetic
hone
32. State of reacting readily to appeals - order - etc. The audience cheered and applauded - delighting the performers by its ________.
responsiveness
husbandry
entreat
assumption
33. Pertaining to soil deposits left by running water The farmers found the ________ deposits at the mouth of the river very fertile.
waive
lament
amiable
alluvial
34. Abundant He had ________ opportunity to dispose of his loot before his police caught up with him.
ample
remiss
gratis
supple
35. Superfluous; more than needed or demanded We have more than enough witnesses to corroborate your statement; to present any more would be ________.
supererogatory
foment
devoid
spendthrift
36. Attach I shall ________ this chart to my report.
psychosis
nullify
ravel
append
37. Doubt; challenge; gainsay I cannot ________ your honesty without evidence.
emaciated
libidinous
impugn
cantankerous
38. Wallow. At the height of the battle - the casualties were so numerous that the victims ________ed in their blood while waiting for medical attention.
incontinent
futile
hone
welter
39. Doubtful; ambiguous Macbeth was misled by the ________ statements of the witches.
prescience
equivocal
hatch
bandy
40. Expressing possibility; latent The juvenile delinquent is a ________ murderer.
unfrock
potential
statute
waggish
41. Reckon; calculate He failed to ________ the interest - so his bank balance was not accurate.
ape
induce
jaunty
compute
42. Trying to please; obliging The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a ________ manner.
complement
append
circumspect
complaisant
43. Unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China - but the repressive response of the ________ hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy.
doctrinaire
dais
probity
wan
44. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury) In the Godfather - the mobsters used bribery and threats to ________ the witnesses against Don Michael Corleone.
gloss
suborn
inflated
degraded
45. Treat as a celebrity She enjoyed being ________d and adored by the public.
exorcise
parameter
lionize
missile
46. Mischievous child (usually a boy) Get out! This store is no place for grubby ________s!
denizen
anticlimax
urchin
reminiscence
47. Drive our evil spirits By incantation and prayer - the medicine man sought to ________ the evil spirits that had taken possession of the young warrior.
festive
exorcise
periphery
welt
48. Arrange (laws - rules) as a code; classify We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and ________ them into a national health code.
codify
euphoria
impiety
precise
49. Bravery He received the Medal of Honor for his ________ in battle.
foray
valor
overweening
rendition
50. Dullness; impassivenss The earthquake shattered his usual ________; trembling - he crouched on the no longer stable ground.
abrogate
inept
stolidity
seemly
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