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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Stipulation I am ready to accept your proposal with the two ________ that you meet your obligations within the next two weeks.






2. Selected passage (written or musical) The cinematic equivalent of an ________ from a novel is a clip from a film.






3. Slang In the ________ of the underworld - she "was taken for a ride."






4. Extend; draw out; lengthen In their determination to discover ways to ________ human life - doctors fail to take into account that longer lives are not always happier ones.






5. Smooth and shining I want this photograph printed on ________ paper - not matte.






6. Slow down Seeing the emergency blinkers in the road ahead - he ________d quickly.






7. Something attached to but holding an inferior position I will entertain this concept as an ________ to the main proposal.






8. Retired or disqualified because of age The ________ man was indignant because he felt that he could still perform a good day's work.






9. Framework and working parts of an automobile - Examining the car after the accident - the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that the ________ was unharmed.






10. Sober; sedate Her conduct during the funeral ceremony was ________ and solemn.






11. Cause of ruin Lack of public transportation is the ________ of urban life.






12. Talkativeness The man who married a dumb wife asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's ________ after her cure.






13. Fatigued; surfeited He looked for exotic foods to stimulate his ________ appetite.






14. Support militantly Martin Luther King - Jr. - won the Nobel Peace Prize because he ________ed the oppressed in their struggle for equality.






15. Overwhelmingly favorable review Though critic John Simon seldom has a good word to say about contemporary plays - his review of All in the Timing was a total ________.






16. Expand In the dark - the pupils of your eyes ________.






17. Kinship The lawsuit developed into a test of the ________ of the claimant to the estate.






18. Savor; enjoy I ________ a good joke as much as anyone else.






19. Fretful; whining His classmates were repelled by his ________ and complaining statements.






20. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.






21. Impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions ________ - hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called poker face.






22. Complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement He was called in to settle the ________ but failed to bring harmony into the situation.






23. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The ________ of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.






24. Cunning; artful. She is as ________ as a fox in avoiding trouble.






25. Dizziness We test potential plane pilots for susceptibility to spells of ________.






26. Apparent; professed; pretended Although the ________ purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands - we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.






27. Healthy After a brief illness - he was soon ________.






28. Dummy The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in ________.






29. Person who has a compulsive desire to steal They discovered that the wealthy customer was a ________ when they caught her stealing some cheap trinkets.






30. Act of finding oneself in soiety Freshman ________ provides the incoming students with an opportunity to learn about their new environment and their place in it.






31. Not reciprocated Suffering the pangs of ________ love - Olivia rebukes Cesario for his hard-heartedness.






32. Pointed tool used for piercing She used an ________ to punch additional holes in the leather belt she had bought.






33. Wise; shrewd That was a very ________ observation.






34. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning Gradually his listeners began to realize that the excessive praise he was lavishing was merely ________; he was actually denouncing his opponent.






35. Teaching; instructional; preaching or moralizing The ________ qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more memorable than the lines.






36. Pollute The sewage system of the city so ________d the water that swimming was forbidden.






37. Animal-biting fly; an irritating person Like a ________ - he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours - everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.






38. Ostracize; banish; outlaw Antony - Octavius and Lepidus ________d all those who had conspired against Julius Caesar.






39. Hatred of marriage He remained a bachelor not because of ________ but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.






40. Point directly overhead in the sky; summit.When the sun was at its _________ - the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.






41. Ill-humored; irritable - Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff - he was a ________ patient.






42. Devilish This scheme is so ________ that I must reject it.






43. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






44. Gigantic ________ waves beat aginst the shore during the hurricane.






45. Irreverent The congregation was offended by her ________ remarks.






46. Disregard Be prepared to ________ what he has to say about his ex-wife.






47. Calamity - The Johnstown flood was a ________.






48. Condemn; critcize The reform candidate ________d the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.






49. Treat with scorn or contempt You make enemies of all you ________.






50. Reclining; lying down completely or in part The command "AT EASE" does not permit you to take a ________ position.