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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Fearful; demonstrating fear His ________ manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment.






2. Artificial; pretended His ________ mannerisms irritated may of us who had known him before his promotion.






3. Mischievous child (usually a boy) Get out! This store is no place for grubby ________s!






4. Lifeless she was asked to identify the still and ________ body.






5. Deliver officially; entrust; set apart The court ________d the child to her paternal grandmother's care.






6. Daily; commonplace; customary To Philip - each new day of his internship was filled with excitement; he could not dismiss his rounds as merely ________ routine.






7. Renovate; make bright by polishing The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; it was necessary to ________ our belongings.






8. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.






9. Solemn urging Her ________ to tell the truth did not change the witnesses' testimony.






10. Hard - inflexible He was ________ in his determination to punish the wrongdoer.






11. Incomplete In this issue we have published only a ________ list of contributors because we lack space to acknowledge everyone.






12. To wind or turn in its course It is difficult to sail up this stream because of the way it ________s through the countryside.






13. Abundantly fruitful She was a ________ writer who produced as many as three books a year.






14. Nourishing substance As a budding nutritionist - Kim has learned to design diets that contain foods rich in important basic ________s.






15. Speak equivocally about an issue. When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal - the press secretary ________d - talking all around the issue.






16. Agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged - Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a ________.






17. Strength; staying power I doubt that she has the ________ to run the full distance of the marathon race.






18. Wasteful; reckless with money The ________ son squandered his inheritance.






19. Take off A gentleman used to ________ his hat to a lady.






20. Discharge; give forth The maple syrup is obtained from the sap that the trees ________ in early spring.






21. Confuse thoroughly His attempts to clarify the situation succeeded only on ________(ing) her further.






22. Joyous; celebratory Their wedding in the park was a ________ occasion.






23. Temporary invasion The nightly ________s and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force.






24. Truth; reality The four ________(ies) were revealed to Buddha during his long meditation.






25. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own The editor could tell that the writer had ________d parts of the article; he could recognize whole paragraphs from the original source.






26. Model of perfection The class disliked him because the teacher was always pointing him out as a ________ of virtue.






27. Hater of women She accused him of being a ________ because he had been a bachelor all his life.






28. Diligent attention; (secondary meaning) apply Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fence - Aunt Polly praised him for his ________.






29. Liberal; wasteful The actor's ________ gifts pleased her.






30. Slander She is a liar and is always trying to ________ my reputation.






31. The act of anointing with oil The anointing with oil of a person near death is called extreme ________.






32. Marked by changes in fortune - During his ________ career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.






33. Draftee; person forced into military service Did Rambo volunteer to fight in Vietnam - or was he a ________ - drafted against his will?






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






35. Confused; discomposed The novice square dancer became so ________ that he wandered into wrong set.






36. Liable to err I know I am ________ - but I feel confident that I am right this time.






37. Beginner Even a ________ can do good work if he follows these simple directions.






38. Rising like bristles; showing irritation The dog stood there - ________ with anger.






39. 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.






40. Tranquil; steady; uniform After the hot summers and cold winters of New England - he found the climate of the West Indies ________ and pleasant.






41. Counselor; teacher During this very trying period - she could not have had a better ________ - for the teacher was sympathetic and understanding.






42. Unsuccessful; fruitless We had to abandon our ________ attempts.






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






44. Outsmart; trick By disguising himself as an old woman - Holmes was able to ________ his pursuers and escape capture.






45. Being everywhere; omnipresent That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" seemed ________: Justin heard the tune everywhere he went.






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






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






48. Charm; talisman Around her neck she wore the ________ that the witch doctor had given her.






49. Pertaining to country people; uncouth The backwoodsman looked out place in his ________ attire.






50. Not influenced by emotions; fair Even though he was her son - she tried to be ________ about his behavior.






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