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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Having the odor of musk She left a trace of ________ perfume behind her.
clarion
weather
nugatory
musky
2. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty No matter how often he hiked through the mountains - David never failed to be struck by the ________ of the Sierra Nevada range.
penury
avert
legacy
grandeur
3. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.
askew
gossamer
camaraderie
migratory
4. Run-down; decrepit; disreputable I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a ________ downtown hotel.
auspicious
amorphous
seedy
vendetta
5. Direct financial aid by government - etc. Without this ________ - American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
narrative
causal
subsidy
rostrum
6. Sharpness In time his youthful ________ of vision failed him - and he needed glasses.
scuttle
acuity
eclipse
burly
7. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of Little Orphan Annie truly ________d the stocks Daddy Warbucks ave her - whose value appreciated considerably over the years.
fetid
glutton
grotto
appreciate
8. Like a glacier; extremely cold Never a warm person - when offended hugo could seem positively ________.
lofty
glacial
paramount
obstetrician
9. Vexation; disappointment - Her refusal to go with us filled us with ________.
chagrin
distrait
scanty
fluke
10. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.
prognosticate
verity
deplicity
infringe
11. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.
skimp
atavism
doddering
irreverent
12. Having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause The editorials in this periodical are ________ rather than truth-seeking.
refectory
concentric
tendentious
apocryphal
13. Supporting bar The engineer calculated that the ________ supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.
strut
rummage
retrospective
malodorous
14. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.
incontinent
dissonance
beget
skittish
15. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body - Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a ________ by purging the soul of base concepts.
implicit
affable
cipher
catharsis
16. Gigantic The ________ corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing
taciturn
nuance
castigation
mammoth
17. Sink The sailors decided to ________ their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.
substantiate
primordial
panacea
scuttle
18. Lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined Looking over the bare - unheated room with its hard cot - he wondered what he was doing in such ________ quarters. Only his ________ sense of duty kept him at his post.
nepotism
insalubrious
transpire
spartan
19. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.
apropos
sham
compliant
perjury
20. Student of the history and science of humankind ________s have discovered several relics of prehistoric humans in this area.
optician
vital
thrive
anthropologist
21. Obligated; indebted Since I do not wish to be ________ to anyone - I cannot accept this favor.
hoodwink
usury
refurbish
beholden
22. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own The editor could tell that the writer had ________d parts of the article; he could recognize whole paragraphs from the original source.
condone
plagiarize
homeostasis
strut
23. Mysterious; secret; supernatural The ________ rites of the organization were revealed only to members.
trigger
liaison
occult
bourgeois
24. Foremost in importance; supreme Proper nutrition and hygiene are of ________ importance in adolescent development and growth.
paramount
execrate
jettison
congenial
25. Sensitive; irascible Do not discuss this phase of the problem as he is very ________ about it.
converse
array
mores
touchy
26. Concise; meaty I enjoy reading his essays because they are always compact and ________.
avow
factitous
raiment
pithy
27. Conference The peace ________ has not produced the anticipated truce.
sloth
subtlety
prototype
parley
28. Pester; annoy She was forced to change her telephone number because she was ________ed by obscene phone calls.
jingoism
caliber
badger
realm
29. Struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry. The twins briefly ________d - wrestling to see which of them would get the toy. When their big brother yelled - "Let go of my Gameboy!" they scuffled off down the hall.
warrant
scuffle
indignation
ignite
30. Disagree In a landmark Supreme Court decision - Justice Marshall ________ed from the majority opinion.
protrude
piscatorial
diffusion
dissent
31. Refer indirectly Try not to ________ to this matter in his presence because the topic annoys him.
headlong
allude
animated
protract
32. Derived byreasoning If we accept your premise - your conclusions are easily ________.
deducible
concord
buttress
gall
33. Filled Since this enterprise is ________ with danger - I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks.
inkling
universal
accoutre
fraught
34. Slavish; cringing Constantly fawning on his employer - humble Uriah Heap was a ________ creature.
enduring
verge
servile
disgruntle
35. Unchanging; lacking development Nothing had changed at home; things were ________ there
conscript
insinuate
static
manifold
36. Avoid committing oneself; gain time I cannot permit you to ________ any longer; I must have a definite answer today.
solicitous
temporize
waggish
repine
37. Reproduce; duplicate To the chagrin of the scientists - they were unable to ________ the results of their controversial experiment.
mendicant
replicate
fructify
comely
38. Indifferent He felt ________ about the conditions he had observed and did not care to fight against them.
assiduous
divulge
junta
apathetic
39. Small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation The thousands of ________s on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
impute
spangle
paleontology
shyster
40. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.
dank
minuscule
protean
mogul
41. Given to joking The salesman was so ________ that many of his customers suggested that he become a stand-up comic.
choreography
gorge
frolicsome
jocose
42. Indecent; obscene She took offense at his ________ remarks.
gossamer
bawdy
igneous
expostulation
43. Attach I shall ________ this chart to my report.
ruddy
append
stipend
granulate
44. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.
exotic
wither
prerogative
fissure
45. Unprejudiced The only ________ person in the room was the judge.
disinterested
unrequited
epitaph
stint
46. Explanatory; serving to explain The mannual that came with my VCR was no masterpiece of ________ prose: its explanations were so garbled that I couldn't even figure out how to rewind a tape.
pendulous
expository
foreboding
purveyor
47. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess The good news we have been receiving lately indicates that there is little reason for your ________.
avuncular
pessimism
lucre
kleptomaniac
48. Violent anguish The ________ of despair can be as devastating as the spasms accompanying physical pain.
burly
halting
aviary
throes
49. Doctrine of self-denial We find ________ practiced in many monastries.
pied
asceticism
adverse
sodden
50. Moving force; incentive; stimulus A new federal highway program would create jobs and five added ________ to our economic recovery.
catapult
impetus
firebrand
jollity