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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Improve Many social workers have attempted to ________ the conditions of people living in the slums.






2. Argue about prices I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because - whenever I ________ with a shopkeeper - I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.






3. Monkeylike Lemurs are nocturnal mammals and have many ________ characteristics - although they are less intelligent than monkeys.






4. Complete I have never seem anyone who makes as many stupid errors as you do; you must be a ________ idiot.






5. Perceive intuitively; foresee the future Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to ________ when he was not telling the truth.






6. Hatch; scheme Inasmuch as our supply of electricity is cut off - we shall have to rely on the hens to ________ these eggs.






7. Treat as a celebrity She enjoyed being ________d and adored by the public.






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






9. Chatter idly The little girl ________d about her doll.






10. Calmness; placidity The ________ of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.






11. Ability to identify with another's feelings - ideas - etc What made Ann such a fine counselor was her ________ - her ability to put herself in her client's place and feel his emotions as if they were her own.






12. Support; prop up - Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses - debates ________ their arguments with facts.






13. Fitness; correct conduct I want you to behave at this dinner with ________; don't embarass me.






14. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.






15. Very important On this ________ occasion - we must be very solemn.






16. Irregularity A bird that cannot fly is an ________.






17. Gather; assemble Washington mustered his forces at Trenton.






18. Very small In the twentieth century - physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of ________ objects like the atom and its parts.






19. Pertaining to the aurora borealis The ________ display was particularly spectacular that evening.






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






21. Picture; short literary sketch The New Yorker published her latest ________.






22. Gratifying the senses The nobility during the Renaissance led ________ lives.






23. Dress or groom oneself with care She ________s for hours before a dance.






24. Long - evenful journey The refugee's journey from Cambodia was a terrifying ________.






25. Sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a ________ when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.






26. Endowed with flesh; personified Your attitude is so fiendish that you must be a devil ________.






27. Brother or sister We may not enjoy being ________s - but we cannot forget that we still belong to the same family.






28. Officer who acts as go-between for two armies; intermediary As the ________ - he had to avoid offending the leaders of the two armies.






29. Kill - usually one out of ten We do more to ________ our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.






30. Freedom from narrow limitations I think you have permitted your son too much ________ in this matter.






31. Repugnance; dislike I cannot express the ________ I feel at your heinous actions.






32. 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.






33. Not planned; impromtu Because his ________ remarks were misinterpreted - he decided to write all his speeches in advance.






34. Clean; remove offensive parts of a book The editors felt that certain passages in the book had to be ________d before it could be used in the classroom.






35. Senility In his ________ - the old man bored us with long tales of events in his childhood.






36. Given to unwholesome thought; gloomy These ________ speculations are dangerous; we must lighten our spirits by emphasizing more pleasant matters.






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






38. Clear from blame He was ________d of the crime when the real criminal confessed.






39. Neatly or smartly dresssed Priding himself on being a ________ dresser - the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.






40. Study of mankind Sociology is one aspect of the science of ________.






41. Headlong; rash Do not be ________ in this matter; investigate further.






42. Bloody The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly ________ with many casualties.






43. Three-pronged spear Neptune is usually depicted as rising from the sea - carrying his ________ on his shoulder.






44. Transfer; yield title to - I intend to ________ this property to the city.






45. Nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy The ________ of his remarks was unnoticed by most of his audience.






46. Physical features of a region Before the generals gave the order to attack - they ordered a complete study of the ________ of the region.






47. Imagined; unreal You are resenting ________ insults. No one has ever said such things about you.






48. Having the odor of musk She left a trace of ________ perfume behind her.






49. Tax of one-tenth Because he was an agnostic - he refused to pay his ________s to the clergy.






50. Attractive The man I am seeking to fill this position must be ________ since he will be representing us before the public.