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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Advise against He could not ________ his friend from joining the conspirators.






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






3. Impulsiveness; absence of premeditation What I liked best about Dale's parties was their ________: a couple of friends would drop by - someone would pull out a fiddle or guitar - and before you knew it the party would be in full swing.






4. Express; utter He ________ed his wrath on his class.






5. Cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can ________ almost anything she wants from her father.






6. Small - light sailboat or rowboat Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a ________ he could sail in the bay.






7. Calmness; peace After the commotion and excitement of the city - I appreciate the ________ of these fields and forests.






8. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing The manufacturers of this frying pan recommended the use of a rubber ________ to avoid scratching the specially treated surface.






9. Chance; luck In his poem ________ - Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives.






10. Acute pain; extreme suffering Visiting the site of explosion - Premier Gorbachev wept to see the ________ of the victims and their families.






11. Scold strongly He feared she would ________ him for his forgetfulness.






12. Modest He is so ________ that some people fail to realize how great a man he really is.






13. Limited quantity Although his story is based on a ________ of truth - most of the events he describes are fictitious.






14. Abnormal; irregular He was placed in the ________ position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised.






15. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.






16. Driving away; unattractive Mosquitoes find the odor so ________ that they leave any spot where this liquid has been sprayed.






17. Petty criticism; fault-finding - Welcoming constructive criticism - Lexy appreciated her editor's comments - finding them free of ________.






18. Withholding belief; skeptical When Jack claimed he hadn't eaten the jelly doughnut - Jill took an ________ look at his smeared face and laughed.






19. Marrigeable Mrs. Bennet - in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five ________ daughters.






20. Reading I am certain that you have missed important details in your rapid ________ of this document.






21. Pompous - inflated language Filled with ________ - the orator's speech left the audience more impressed with his pomposity than with his logic.






22. Lack of self-confidence or courage If you are to succeed as a salesperson - you must first lose your ________ and fear of failure.






23. Indifferent; without concern or care Your ________ attitude at such a critical moment indicates that you do not understand the gravity of the situation.






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






25. Amuse; delude; cheat I ________d himself during the long hours by playing solitaire.






26. Profitable He turned his hobby into a ________ profession.






27. Roundabout - Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways - she took a ________ route.






28. Contract into wrinkles Whenever David worries - his brow ________s in a frown.






29. Squander The young man quickly ________d his inheritance and was soon broke.






30. Lustful They objected to his ________ behavior.






31. Deceive; delude Having been ________ed once by the fast-talking salesman - he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car.






32. Pollute; profane The hoodlums ________d the church with their scurrilous writing.






33. Limited It is difficult for humanity with its ________ existence to grasp the infinite.






34. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated As ________ governor - Sir Henry administered the Queen's law in his remote corner of Canada.






35. Cancel; remove If you behave - I will ________ this notation from your record.






36. Instruct; correct morally Although his purpose was to ________ and not to entertain his audience - many of his listeners were amused and not enlightened.






37. Case for arrows Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his ________.






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






39. Unerring We must remember that none of us is ________; we all make mistakes.






40. Boaster Modest by nature - she was no ________ - preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.






41. Expose as false - exaggerated - worthless - etc.; ridicule Pointing out that he conhsistently had voted afainst strenghtening antipollution legislation - reporters ________ed the candidate's claim that he was a fervent environmentalist.






42. Enclose; place in something Tales of actual historical figures like King Alfred have become ________ded in legends.






43. Strong point or special talent I am not eager to play this rather seious role - for my ________ is comedy.






44. Oversimplified Though Jack's solution dealt adequately with one aspect of the problem - it was ________ in failing to consider various complicating factors that might arise.






45. Goal; aim A degree in medicine was her ultimate ________.






46. Waste He could not apply himself to any task and ________ed away his time in idle conversation.






47. Pedestal; raised platform The audience applauded as the conductor made his way to the ________.






48. Express sympathetic sorrow His friends gathered to ________ with him over his loss.






49. Mutually agreed on; done together The girl scouts in the troop made a ________ effort to raise funds for their annual outing - and emitted a concerted sigh when their leader announced that they had reached their goal.






50. Imprison The warden will ________ the felon after conviction.