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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Fitness; talent The counselor evaluated his ________s before advising him about the career he should follow.






2. Occurring again and again These ________ attacks disturbed us and we consulted a physician.






3. Enclose; place in something Tales of actual historical figures like King Alfred have become ________ded in legends.






4. Fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle A sigle thread pulled loose - and the entire scarf started to ________.






5. Blindly devoted patriot - A ________ cannot recognize any faults in his country - no matter how flagrant they may be.






6. Unwilingness Some mornings I feel a great ________ to get out of bed.






7. Disobedient; lawless The only way to curb this ________ mob is to use tear gas.






8. Long - passionate - and vehement speech In her lengthy ________ - the principal berated the offenders.






9. Prolong Seeking to delay the union members' vote - the management team tried to ________ the negotiations endlessly - but the union representatives saw through their strategy.






10. Give up; do without Determined to lose weight for the summer - Ida decided to ________ dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.






11. Boisterous; noisy The crowd became ________ and shouted their disapproval of the proposals made by the speaker.






12. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.






13. Make shiny by rubbing; polish - The maid ________ed the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.






14. Supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work He performed his daily ________ cheerfully and willingly.






15. Random; by chance His ________ reading left him unaquainted with the authors of the books.






16. Slavish; cringing Constantly fawning on his employer - humble Uriah Heap was a ________ creature.






17. Victim; object of a hunt The police closed in on their ________.






18. Extended scolding; denunciation Long before he had finished his ________ - we were sufficiently aware of the seriousness of our misconduct.






19. Merriment; laughter Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's ________ improper.






20. Last stop of railroad After we reached the railroad ________ - we continued our journey into the wilderness on saddle horses.






21. Court of justice The decision of the ________ was final and the prisoner was sentenced to death.






22. Making up for; repaying Can a ________ education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?






23. Cutting; sharp His ________ remarks made us see the fallacy in our plans.






24. Swimming The Red Cross emphasizes the need for courses in ________.






25. Harass; trouble Many problems ________ the American public school system.






26. Greedy; eager for He was ________ for learning and read everything he could get.






27. Cause to become sick; fill with disgust The foul smells began to ________ him.






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






29. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.






30. Prominent One of the ________ features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.






31. Based on experience; useful He was a ________ man - opposed to theory






32. Beggar From the moment we left the ship - we were surrounded by ________s and peddlers.






33. Blessedness; state of bliss Growing closer to God each day - the mystic achieved a state of indescribable ________.






34. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.






35. Cruel; deadly The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the ________ disease






36. Outward appearance; guise Although this book has a ________ of wisdom and scholarship - a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.






37. Abandon; disown; repudiate Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to ________ her belief that her voices came from God.






38. Tolling of a bell - especially to indicate a funeral - disaster - etc.; sound of the funeral bell "The curfew tolls the ________ of parting day."






39. Command I cannot accept government by ________; I feel that I must be consulted.






40. Throb We could see the blood vessels in his temple ________ as he became more angry.






41. Pertaining to earthquakes The Richter scale is a measurement of ________ disturbances.






42. Refer to Since you ________ to this matter so frequently - you must regard it as important.






43. Combative; disposed to fight As a child he was ________ and fought with everyone.






44. Heat-producing - Coal is much more ________ than green wood.






45. Beginning; origin Tracing the ________ of a family is the theme of "Roots."






46. Check the flow The paramedic used a tourniquet to ________ the bleeding from the slashed artery.






47. Clever He came up with a use for Styrofoam packing balls that was so ________ that his business school professors declared it was marketable.






48. Speak foolishly; boast idly Let us not ________ about our qualities; rather - let our virtues speak for themselves.






49. Keen; shrewd; having insight He is much too ________ to be fooled by a trick like that.






50. Prohibit; forbid Civilized nations must ________ the use of nuclear weapons if we expect out society to live.