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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Incapable of being pacified Madame Defarge was the ________ enemy of the Evremonde family.
staid
rancid
implacable
malaise
2. Correct a false impression; undeceive I will attempt to ________ you of your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.
insensate
memorialize
solvent
disabuse
3. Mental keenness His business ________ helped him to succeed where others had failed.
perimeter
devoid
prehensile
acumen
4. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer - He taught by engaging his pupils in a ________ until they gave him the correct answer.
mirage
puerile
eerie
catechism
5. Pertaining to marriage After the publication of his book on ________ affairs - he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.
marital
homily
rustic
broach
6. Change of form The ________ of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.
metamorphosis
antediluvian
excerpt
explicate
7. Sharpness (of temper) These remarks - spoken with ________ - stung the boys to whom they had been directed.
penchant
ostentatious
endue
asperity
8. Bitterness; hatred Let us forget out ________ and cooperate in this new endeavor.
salutary
prosaic
yore
rancor
9. Holding fast I had to struggle to break his ________ hold on my arm.
tenacious
febrile
fester
punitive
10. Strict disciplinarian The commanding officer was a ________ who observed each regulation to the ltter.
bedraggle
smattering
carat
martinet
11. Be thrifty; set limits "Spare no expense -" the bride's father said - refusing to ________ on the wedding arrangements.
extirpate
denizen
stint
inception
12. Oppose with arguments; contradict To ________ your theory will require much time but it is essential that we disprove it.
controvert
pillory
ascendancy
lumen
13. Uprightness; wholeness Lincoln - whose personal ________ has inspired millions - fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the republic - that these United States might remain undivided for all time.
baroque
integrity
engage
venerable
14. Gradual intrusion The ________ of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.
cacophony
encroachment
motley
incriminate
15. Striker (tongue) of a bell - Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell - Dale wound his scarf around the ________ to muffle its striking.
percussion
goad
secrete
clapper
16. Approve; ratify Nothing will convince me to ________ the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.
sedative
sanction
stipend
baleful
17. Boasting He was disliked because his manner was always full of ________.
benevolent
probity
braggadocio
rigor
18. Stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion What ________ can be used to measure the character of a person?
mace
extraneous
touchstone
cartographer
19. Germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen Although Freud has generally been regarded as a ________ thinker who shaped the course of psychology - his psychoanalytic methods have come under attack recently.
aria
mendicant
oracular
seminal
20. Insolent Her ________ contempt for authority angered the officials.
brazen
iniquitous
compute
deplicity
21. Horrified He was ________ at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.
turbulence
aghast
spry
allusion
22. Loiter; waste time Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline - do not ________ over this work.
prophylactic
dawdle
clamber
adverse
23. Violent She had a sudden fit of ________ rage.
simper
mammal
despotism
unbridled
24. Destruction by fire Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the ________ that followed.
holocaust
incarnation
rationalize
dorsal
25. Projection; conjecture Based on their ________ from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday - the networks predicted that George Bush would be the Republican candidate for the presidency.
extrapolation
quibble
saboteur
scoff
26. Childish; infantlike When will he outgrow such ________ behavior?
infantile
qualms
ballast
amiable
27. Fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle A sigle thread pulled loose - and the entire scarf started to ________.
manifesto
querulous
ravel
hover
28. Substitute For a fatherless child - a male teacher may become a father ________.
default
subsume
surrogate
foliage
29. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.
filch
askance
swerve
calligraphy
30. Existing at birth His ________ deformity disturbed his parents.
satirical
gait
physiological
congenital
31. Bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization This building marks the ________ of all our aspirations and years of hard work.
flag
fruition
pivotal
insubstantial
32. Preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; early life; ancestors Before giving permission for Drummie to marry Estella - Miss Havisham had a few questions about the young man's birth and ________.
argot
juggernaut
antecedents
auxiliary
33. Puff or gust (of air - scent - etc.); hint. The slightest ________ of Old Spice cologne brought memories of George to her mind.
rococo
anguish
aspirant
whiff
34. Corpse - In some states - it is illegal to dissect ________s.
cadaver
adroit
demoniac
amphitheater
35. Suave; refined; elegant The courtier was ________ and sophisticated
urbane
circumscribe
perpetrate
skimp
36. Withered; shriveled. The _________ old man in the home for the aged was still active and energetic.
monetary
zephyr
wizened
thrive
37. Oversimplified Though Jack's solution dealt adequately with one aspect of the problem - it was ________ in failing to consider various complicating factors that might arise.
talisman
taut
simplistic
insomnia
38. Menacing; threatening We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a ________ foe.
pliable
caprice
formidable
franchise
39. Flowing together; crowd They built the city at the ________ of two rivers.
confluence
epic
pariah
probity
40. Drive or hunt out of hiding She was ________ed out their secret.
devolve
cavil
ferret
colossus
41. Government by bureaus - Many people fear that the constant introduction of federal agencies will create a government by ________.
noisome
breadth
bureaucracy
homeostasis
42. Protest; objection The authorities were deaf to the pastor's ________s about the lack of police protection in the area.
ventral
remonstrance
mammoth
manipulate
43. Spoil the effect of; make inoperative Fraud will ________ the contract.
itinerary
unique
impuissance
vitiate
44. Practical person No ________ enjoys becoming involved in a game that he can never win
irrepressible
ramify
sodden
pragmatist
45. Spoil by clumsy behavior - I was afraid you would ________ his assignment but I had no one else to send.
soliloquy
bungle
oblique
atavism
46. Meanly stingy; parsimonious The ________ pittance the widow receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty.
memorialize
niggardly
intangible
pinion
47. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.
agog
nostrum
pedantic
placate
48. Having an evil influence; virulent This is a ________ disease; we must have to use drastic measures to stop its spread.
doctrinaire
somnambulist
limpid
malignant
49. Careful about money; economical A ________ shopper compares prices before making major purchases.
propitiate
silt
thrifty
perceptive
50. 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.
influx
censor
embed
plagiarize