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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Injury to the body The riot was marked not only by ________ - with its attendant loss of life and limb - but also by arson and pillage.
paramour
mayhem
inalienable
incredulity
2. Suppress; extinguish; inhibit Halfway through the boring lecture - Laura gave up trying to ________ her yawns.
temperate
stifle
ruminate
aloft
3. Tear or rip; split The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation - creating a ________ in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.
rent
vestige
fruition
fluctuation
4. Homeless wanderer Because he was a stranger in town with no visible means of support - Martin feared he would be jailed as a ________.
vagrant
migrant
disgruntle
muddle
5. Be revealed; happen When Austen writes the sentence "It had just ________d that he had left gaming debts behind him -" her meaning is not that the debts had just been incurred - but the the shocking news had just leaked out.
inviolability
convex
transpire
brackish
6. Amount produced; crop; income on investment. An experienced farmer can estimate the annual _________ of his acres with surprising accuracy.
symbiosis
bulwark
revoke
yield
7. Lose animation; lose strength In stories - lovelorn damsels used to ________ and pine away.
killjoy
diligence
piscatorial
languish
8. Connection I fail to see the ________ that binds these two widely separated events.
gaudy
comatose
nexus
retrograde
9. Real being As soon as the charter was adopted - the United Nations became an ________ and had to be considered as a factor in world diplomacy.
entity
fitful
bereavement
incursion
10. Frankness - The ________ and simplicity of his speech impressed all - it was all clear he held nothing back.
realm
heyday
troth
candor
11. Person hardened in sin - devoid of a sense of decency I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the ________ you say he is.
reprobate
parochial
wreak
tumid
12. Unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in ________.
dilapidated
troth
unison
august
13. Dismay; shock We were ________led by the horrifying conditions in the city's jails.
euphoria
appal
repercussion
truncate
14. Infamy; vilification He refused to defend himself against the slander and ________ hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.
gruel
gaunt
opprobrium
vitreous
15. Totally clear; definite; outspoken Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be ________ about what's bugging you.
throng
pinion
recourse
explicit
16. Childish; infantlike When will he outgrow such ________ behavior?
hue
infantile
propinquity
apprehensive
17. Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests - The ________ was defeated when its scheme was discovered.
cabal
trajectory
rave
incapacitate
18. Joyous; celebratory Their wedding in the park was a ________ occasion.
concave
festive
extricate
pliant
19. Pride; arrogance I resent his ________ because he is no better than we are.
apparition
sherbet
haughtiness
marital
20. Given to unwholesome thought; gloomy These ________ speculations are dangerous; we must lighten our spirits by emphasizing more pleasant matters.
concord
equitable
asceticism
morbid
21. Something new; newness The computer is no longer a ________ around the office.
perusal
scuffle
novelty
natation
22. Method or system of government When a Frenchman mentions the Old ________ - he refers to the government existing before the revolution.
unfettered
regime
vicarious
musty
23. Trader The ________ exchanged trinkets for the natives' furs.
hydrophobia
foist
barterer
perceptive
24. Stroke; loss of consciousness followed by paralysis He was crippled by an attack of ________.
apoplexy
succumb
inviolability
lout
25. Good-naturedly ridiculing They resented his ________ remarks because they misinterpreted his teasing as sarcasm.
bantering
amplify
avocation
sublimate
26. Bizzare; peculiar; unconventional The eccentric professor who engages in markedly ________ behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.
outlandish
probe
indeterminate
manifold
27. Stubborn; persistent He is bound to succeed because his ________ nature will not permit him to quit.
incontinent
eloquence
pertinacious
hazardous
28. Large volume He spent much time in the libraries poring over ancient ________s.
smattering
premise
pandemonium
tome
29. Pertaining to ships or navigation The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships - logbooks - anchors and many other items of a ________ nature.
intimate
nautical
thematic
lethal
30. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.
writ
reprimand
estranged
disjointed
31. Compulsion; repression of feelings There was a feeling of ________ in the room because no one dared to criticize the speaker.
exorcise
chauvinist
soporific
constraint
32. Lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree In Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly sang and danced his way throughtthe lighthearted title number in a properly ________ style.
jaunty
grandeur
erode
lateral
33. Very small quantity She hadn't an ________ of common sense.
iota
respite
ostentatious
rarefied
34. Not reciprocated Suffering the pangs of ________ love - Olivia rebukes Cesario for his hard-heartedness.
evince
refectory
unrequited
penurious
35. Intellectuals; members of the educated elite She preferred discussions about sports and politics to the literary conversations of the ________.
simile
disgruntle
intelligentsia
unwarranted
36. Weaken; sap The recent corruption scandals have ________d many people's faith in the city government.
eddy
beneficent
undermine
redress
37. Demanding much work or care; tedious In putting together his dictionary of the English language - Doctor Johnson undertook a ________ task.
laborious
cog
tryst
reprobation
38. Study of fish Jacques Cousteau's rpograms about sea life have advanced the cause of ________.
testy
derelict
ichthyology
practicable
39. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.
poseur
portly
flag
martinet
40. Having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious Even though your argument is ________ - I still would like to have more proof.
disdain
diverge
plausible
rider
41. Shameless; bold; unconcealed Shocked by Huck Finn's ________ lies - Miss Watson prayed the good Lord would give him a sense of his unregenerate wickedness.
barefaced
vulnerable
embargo
ludicrous
42. Filled to capacity; abundantly supplied The book is ________ with humorous situations.
replete
harrow
fidelity
deplete
43. Outmoded "Hip" is an ________ expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.
succor
novelty
obsolete
malleable
44. Pertaining to the lungs In his researches on ________ diseases - he discovered many facts about the lungs of animals and human beings.
incognito
pulmonary
hoax
chafe
45. Daily A farmer cannot neglect his ________ tasks at any time; cows - for example - must be milked regularly.
intimate
diurnal
polyglot
dissolution
46. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight After these bandages are sterilized - they are placed in ________ containers.
overwrought
slake
hermetic
slur
47. Clak volcanic rock The deposits of ________ on the mountain slopes were an indiacation that volcano had erupted in ancient times.
hummock
perversion
obsidian
muddle
48. Anger ar an injustice He felt ________ at the ill-treatment of the helpless animals.
epic
indignation
motley
pestle
49. Move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth The general ordered the battalion to ________ in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.
impinge
conclusive
attenuate
deploy
50. Narrow canyon; steep - rocky cleft Terrified of heights - George could not bring himself to peer down into the ________ to see the rapids below.
gorge
euphoria
neophyte
restraint