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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Long - evenful journey The refugee's journey from Cambodia was a terrifying ________.






2. Spoil the effect of; make inoperative Fraud will ________ the contract.






3. Hiding place - The detectives followed the suspects until he led them to the ________ where he had stored his loot.






4. Isolation; solitude One moment she loved crowds; the next - she sought ________.






5. Rubble A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City - workers were still carting away the________






6. Letdown in thought or emotion After the fine performance in the first act - the rest of the play was an ________.






7. Use of force They forced him to obey - but only by great ________.






8. Refutation; response with contrary evidence The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her ________.






9. Insignificant; unimportant Brushing off Ali's apologies for having broken the wine glass - Tamara said - "Don't worry about it; it's ________."






10. Most reliable or complee Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the ________ work on the life of the Emancipator.






11. Simultaneous firing or outburs (of missiles - questions - etc.) Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture concludes with a thunderous ________ of cannon fire.






12. Limited It is difficult for humanity with its ________ existence to grasp the infinite.






13. Enormous; marvelous He marveled at her ________ appetite when he saw all the food she ate.






14. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence A wise investor - she had the ________ to buy land just before the current real estate boom.






15. Hard; strenuous Her ________ efforts had sapped her energy.






16. Unconscious; unresponsive Sherry and I are very different; at times when I would be covered with embarrassment - she seems ________ to shame.






17. Made less dense [of a gas] The mountain climbers had difficulty breathing in the ________ atmosphere.






18. Please intensely The audience was ________d by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.






19. Drunken revel - The party degenerated into an ugly ________.






20. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.






21. Openmouthed She stared - ________ - at the many strange animals in the zoo.






22. Evil We must defeat the ________ forces that seek our downfall.






23. Terms used in a science or art The special ________ developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse laypersons than to enlighten them.






24. Slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line The sergeant ordered the men to march "________ right."






25. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal As soon as he learned of its existence - the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the ________.






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






27. Sham; not genuine; inferior You will never get the public to buy such ________ material.






28. Natural inclination Convinced of his own talent - Sol has an unfortunate ________ to belittle the talents of others.






29. Docile You will find the children in this school very ________ and willing to learn.






30. Narrow canyon; steep - rocky cleft Terrified of heights - George could not bring himself to peer down into the ________ to see the rapids below.






31. Rascality We cannot condone such ________ in public officials.






32. Slandering; aspersion He is offended by your frequent ________s of his ability as a leader.






33. Expand;swell out I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins ________ on his forehead.






34. Shrink back; flinch. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her ________.






35. Missile Man has always hurled ________s at his enemy whether in the form of stones or of highly explosive shells.






36. Crush or grind into very small particles Before sprinkling the dried herbs into the stew - Michael first ________d them into a fine powder.






37. Bottomless His arrogance is exceeded only by his ________ ignorance.






38. Stipulation I am ready to accept your proposal with the two ________ that you meet your obligations within the next two weeks.






39. Retort; comeback; reply When someone has been rude to me - I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick ________.






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. Soothing; mild She used a ________ ointment for her sunburn.






42. Fear A ruler who maintains his power by ________ is bound to develop clandestine resistance.






43. Stingy; parsimonious He was a ________ man - averse to spending money even for the necessities of life.






44. Deep; not superficial; complete Freud's remarkable insights into human behavior caused his fellow scientists to honor him as a ________ thinker.






45. Ambush; lie in wait. They agreed to ________ their victim as he passed through the dark alley going home.






46. Someone easily fooled While the gullible Watson often was made a ________ by unscrupulous parties - Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.






47. Irreverence; wickedness We must regard your blasphemy as an act of ________.






48. Surviving remnant; memento Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking mummies and other ancient ________s out of the country.






49. Biting; sarcastic; stinging Actors feared the critic's ________ pen.






50. Mistaken; wrong I thought my answer was correct - but it was ________.