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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

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1. Deprive of a civil right The imposition if the poll tax effectively ________d poor Southern blacks - who lost their right to vote.






2. Pantry; place where food is kept The first thing Bill did on returning home from school was to check what snacks his mother had in the ________.






3. Having an evil influence; virulent This is a ________ disease; we must have to use drastic measures to stop its spread.






4. Government of a community by religious leaders Some Pilgrims favored the establishment of a ________ in New England.






5. Shed or cast off hair or feathers The male robin ________ed in the spring.






6. Binding; rigid I think these regulations are too ________.






7. Enormously large or extensive The government seemed willing to spend ________ sums on weapons development.






8. Speaking several languages New York City is a ________ community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.






9. Druggist In Holland - ________(ies) still sell spices as well as ointments and pills.






10. Mournful The dove has a ________ and melancholy call






11. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme The swindlers were found guilty of ________.






12. Feeble - ineffective; unthinking - irresponsible Einstein was noted for his extraordinary inspirations; on the other hand - he was noted for being ________ in his daily chores.






13. Dissipated; wasteful; licentious In this ________ company - she lost all sense of decency.






14. Lasting; surviving Keats believed in the ________ power of great art - which outlast its creator's brief lives.






15. Notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking She was an ________ liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said.






16. Complete; full The union leader was given ________ power to negotiate a new contract with the employers.






17. Ordinary; commonplace We were disappointed because he gave a rather ________ performance in this role.






18. Malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ________.






19. Outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work The play was childishly written; the ________ was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the middle of the first act.






20. Thick-skinned animal The elephant is probably the best-known ________






21. Merry Santa Claus is always vivacious and ________.






22. Meaning; distinguishing by name A dictionary will always give us the ________ of a word; frequently - it will always give us its connotation.






23. Scatter The police fired tear gas into crowd to ________ the protesters.






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






25. Tendency of a system to maintain relative stability A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain ________.






26. Nimbleness The ________ of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.






27. Hindrance; stumbling-block She had a speech ________ that prevented her from speaking clearly.






28. Banish to the country; dwell in the country I like city life so much that I can never understand how people can ________ in the suburbs.






29. Servile flatterer The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the ________s in his retinue.






30. Malicious misrepresentation - He could endure his financial failure - but he could not bear the ________ that his foes heaped upon him.






31. Old-fashioned; past the prime Her style is ________ and reminiscent of the Victorian era.






32. Untidy Your ________ appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.






33. Law We have many ________s in our law books which should be repealed.






34. Move with a wavelike motion The flag ________d in the breeze.






35. Meat-eating - The lion is a ________ animal.






36. Lowered in rank; debased The ________ wretch spoke only of his past glories and honors.






37. Bitterness; hatred Let us forget out ________ and cooperate in this new endeavor.






38. Hugeness (in a bad sense) He did not realize the ________ of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.






39. Opening; break The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a ________ in the clouds.






40. Higher mental powers He thought college would develop his ________.






41. Sleepwalker The most famous ________ in literature is Lady Macbeth; her monologue in the sleepwalking scene is one of the highlights of Shakespeare's play.






42. Postpone; delay It is wise not to ________; otherwise - we find ourselves bogged down in a mass of work that should have been finished long ago.






43. Contemptible Your ________ remarks call for no reply.






44. Make whole; combine; make into one unit She tried to ________ all their activities into one program.






45. Differing; deviating The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably ________ accounts of the same epipode.






46. Denying the existence of God His ________ remarks shocked the religious worshippers.






47. Affecting the sense of taste The Thai restaurant offered an unusual ________ experience for those used in a bland cuisine.






48. Social outcast I am not a ________ to be shunned and ostracized.






49. Introverted; remote. Rebuffed by his colleagues - the initially outgoing young researcher became increasingly _________.






50. Sparkle; flash I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the conversation ________s.







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