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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Indifference; lack of interest Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such ________; the mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.






2. Knowledge During the election campaign - the two candidates were kept in full ________ of the international situation.






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






4. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.






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






6. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.






7. Commotion; riot; noise She could not make herself heard over the ________ of the mob.






8. Manly I do not accept the premise that a man is ________ only when he is belligerent.






9. Width; extent We were impressed by the ________ of her knowledge.






10. False belief; hallucination This scheme is a snare and a ________.






11. Fail completely; sink After hitting the submerged iceberg - the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon ________ed.






12. Notoriously bad Jesse James was an ________ outlaw.






13. Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth The audience saw through his attempts to ________ on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.






14. Essence she was asked to give the ________ of the essay in two sentence.






15. Place of spiritual expiation In this ________ - he could expect no help from his comrades.






16. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult She took ________ at his remarks and stormed away in a huff.






17. Projection; conjecture Based on their ________ from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday - the networks predicted that George Bush would be the Republican candidate for the presidency.






18. Keep; employ Fighting to retain his seat in Congress - Senator Foghorn ________ed a new manager to head his reelection campaign.






19. Dig out of the ground; remove from a grave Because of the rumor that he had been poisoned - his body was ________d in order that an autopsy might be performed.






20. Token; reminder Take this book as a ________ of your visit.






21. Fit of petulance; caprice ACtors are known for their ________s.






22. Very precise and formal; exceedingly proper Many people commented on the contrast between the ________ attire of the young lady and the inappropriate clothing worn by her escort.






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






24. Equal Your ignoring their pathetic condition is ________ to the murder.






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






26. Remove water from; dry out Vigorous dancing quickly ________s the body; between dances - be sure to drink more water than normal.






27. Travel; journey The tribe made their ________ further north that summer in search of game.






28. Shallow body of water near a sea; lake They enjoyed their swim in the calm ________.






29. Crafty; double-dealing I do not think he will be a good embassador because he is not accustomed to the ________ maneuverings of foreign diplomats.






30. Occurring at the same time Some people find the ________ events in Hardy's novels annoyingly improbable.






31. Boredom; weariness We hope this radio will help overcome the ________ of your stay in the hospital.






32. Tease; torture with disappointment Tom loved to ________ his younger brother with candy; he knew the boy was forbidden to have it.






33. Embarrass - He was not at all ________ed by her open admiration.






34. Suave; refined; elegant The courtier was ________ and sophisticated






35. Eliminate from consideration; reject Believing in John's love for her - she ________ed the notion that he might be unfaithful.






36. Bravery He received the Medal of Honor for his ________ in battle.






37. Pale purple The ________ tint in the lilac bush was another indication that spring had finally arrived.






38. Mongrel; mixed breed Mendel's formula explains the appearance of ________s and pure species in breeding.






39. Sameness; consistency; monotony After a while - the ________ of TV situation comedies becomes boring.






40. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.






41. Admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote) Although blacks were ________d shortly after the Civil War - women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.






42. Burden Some people ________ themselves with too much luggage - when they take short trips.






43. Person celebrated for wisdom Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet - Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary ________.






44. Treacherous; stealthy; sly The fifth column is ________ because it works secretly within our territory for our defeat.






45. Insert improperly; palm off I will not permit you to ________ such ridiculous ideas upon the membership of this group.






46. Venomous spider We need an antitoxin to counteract the bite of the ________.






47. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc. Seeing how tenderly Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ________.






48. Drawback; debtsHer lack of an extensive vocabulary was a ________ that she was able to overcome.






49. False testimony while under oath When several witnesses appeared to challenge his story - he was indicted for ________.






50. Nourish; educate; foster The head Start program attempts to ________ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter public school.