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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosic-like pattern. In laying the floor - the carpenters combined redwood and oak in an elegant ________.
foil
malediction
provender
parquet
2. Self-control; formal but distant manner Although some girls were attracted by Mark's ________ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.
abject
queue
overweening
reserve
3. Make less difficult He tried to ________ repayment of the loan by getting a part-time job.
overbearing
quibble
oblivion
facilitate
4. Reduce to lower state Do not ________ youself by becoming maudlin.
inflated
wispy
equitable
debase
5. Temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution Before painting the house - the workers put up a ________ to allow them to work on the second story.
scaffold
tether
sham
factious
6. Thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity I do not expect the ________ to come during my lifetime.
venerate
imprecation
silt
millenium
7. Crash; rush The runaway train ________d toward disaster.
eschew
lax
obtrusive
hurtle
8. Boisterous mirth The ________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning.
propriety
purchase
hilarity
pore
9. Female sheep The flock of sheep was made up of dozens of ________s - together with only a handful of rams.
imbalance
psychopathic
ewe
forebears
10. Cliff; dangerous position Suddenly Indiana Jones found himself dangling from the edge of a ________.
precipice
perforate
renovate
whorl
11. 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.
integrity
talon
ravage
lurid
12. Disastrous People ignored her ________ predictions of an approaching depression.
dire
dissipate
lackluster
embellish
13. Theme This simple ________ runs throughout the score.
cataclysm
careen
solicit
motif
14. Handle roughly The rock star was ________ed by his overexcited fans.
foist
simper
maul
mauve
15. Outward decorations; ornaments He loved the ________ of success: the limousines - the stock options - the company jet.
deducible
inquisitor
trappings
inconsistency
16. Pure; spotless The West Point cadets were ________ as they lined up for inspection.
divine
misconstrue
plaintive
immaculate
17. Strange; mysterious You have the ________ knack of reading my innermost thoughts.
parody
homeostasis
annotate
uncanny
18. Maker of a will The attorney called in his secretary and his partner to witness the signature of the ________.
blanch
testator
specious
vignette
19. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing So many kings of France were named Charles that modern students need epithets to tell them apart: Charles the Wise - for example - was someone far different from Charles the Fat.
dross
adjutant
epithet
chafe
20. Lavish; rich I cannot recall when I have had such a ________ Thanksgiving feast.
fawning
impervious
sumptuous
amiable
21. Death Upon the ________ of the dictator - a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
demise
mangy
incriminate
ironic
22. Pertaining to money Jane held the family purse strings: she made all ________ decisions affecting the household.
immure
shyster
monetary
nomenclature
23. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness Neither drunkards nor comics are noted for ________.
sobriety
comprehensive
amenable
platitude
24. Rotting flesh of a dead body - Buzzards are nature's scavengers; they eat the ________ left behind by other predators.
submissive
viscous
carrion
jargon
25. Contend; compete Politicians ________ with one another - competing for donations and votes.
meddlesome
scotch
sybarite
vie
26. Conclusion It is not until we reach the ________ of this play that we can understand the author's message.
finale
riveting
painstaking
zenith
27. Retort; comeback; reply When someone has been rude to me - I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick ________.
philistine
harbor
fabricate
rejoinder
28. Small stream As the rains continued - the trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a ________ that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.
obsidian
concatenate
rivulet
proponent
29. Invention; imaginary thing That incident never took place; it is a ________ of your imagination.
metallurgical
amenable
figment
pusillanimous
30. Refer indirectly Try not to ________ to this matter in his presence because the topic annoys him.
perifidious
skinflint
nauseate
allude
31. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.
affiliation
renegade
torque
conciliatory
32. Scoff at The people ________d his grandiose schemes.
theocracy
lassitude
mentor
deride
33. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances Forget about ethics! He's such an ________ that he'll vote in favor of any deal that will give him a break.
ignite
rapport
opportunist
surrogate
34. Magnificent He proudly showed us through his ________ home.
vitreous
portent
palatial
itinerant
35. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view. In this matter - I am a ________; I want proof.
migrant
skeptic
evince
recapitulate
36. Song of praise or joy ________s celebrating the victory filled the air.
ingrained
vainglorious
paean
unprecedented
37. Crowd ________s of shoppers jammed the aisles.
quay
throng
leniency
blandishment
38. Partly transparent We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the ________ curtains that separated us.
yen
pretext
translucent
animus
39. Outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work The play was childishly written; the ________ was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the middle of the first act.
denouement
fancier
disport
ethos
40. Make thin; weaken By withdrawing their forces - the generals hoped to ________ the enemy lines.
resurgent
deploy
attenuate
dispel
41. Rob; plunder The tricksters ________d him of his inheritance.
portend
delude
vainglorious
fleece
42. Division of a long poem - Dante's poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into ________s.
canto
delve
dismantle
obsession
43. Punishing He asked for ________ measures against the offender.
florid
resplendent
punitive
debase
44. Connection I fail to see the ________ that binds these two widely separated events.
nexus
pathetic
recrimination
luscious
45. Resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome If you maintain your ________ attitude - you will never succeed.
patronize
rife
defeatist
nepotism
46. Pertaining to earthquakes The Richter scale is a measurement of ________ disturbances.
comestible
responsiveness
seismic
viable
47. Face; appearance The stern ________ of the judge indicated that she had decided to impose a severe penalty.
visage
ken
blasphemous
ratiocination
48. Noise - The ________ of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap.
emollient
fiat
immutable
clamor
49. Stupid Your ________ remarks prove that you have not given this problem any serious consideration.
ashen
sardonic
asinine
impenetrable
50. Nimbleness The ________ of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.
incumbent
meteoric
agility
turbulence