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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Like wood Petrified wood may be ________ in appearance - but it is stonelike in composition.






2. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.






3. Hugeness (in a bad sense) He did not realize the ________ of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.






4. Crazy; comic. I can watch the Marx brothers'_________ antics for hours.






5. Rankle - produce irritation or resentment Joe's insult ________ed in Anne's mind for days - and made her too angry to speak to him.






6. Vertical Before hanging wallpaper it is advisable to drop a ________ line from the ceiling as a guide.






7. Bitter scolding; invective During the lengthy ________ delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled.






8. Complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement He was called in to settle the ________ but failed to bring harmony into the situation.






9. Quarrelsome Whenever he had too much to drink - he became________and tried to pick fights with strangers.






10. Weary; sluggish; listless Her siege of illness left her ________ and pallid.






11. Operatic singer; prima donna Although world famous as a ________ - she did not indulge in fits of temerament.






12. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.






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






14. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried - Though the late Havelock Ellis wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in such matters - recent studies maintain he was ________ throughout his life.






15. Go ashore; unload cargo from a ship Before the passengers could ________ - they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser.






16. Nimbleness The ________ of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.






17. Shred; least bit You have not produced a ________ of evidence to support your argument.






18. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.






19. Stray; random He tried to study - but could not collect his ________ thoughts.






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






21. Someone who wastes money Easy access to credit encourages people to turn into ________s who shop till they drop.






22. Concise; meaty I enjoy reading his essays because they are always compact and ________.






23. Make young again The charlatan claimed that his elixir would ________ the aged and weary.






24. Riddle; difficult problem During the long car ride - she invented ________s to entertain the children.






25. Improve Many social workers have attempted to ________ the conditions of people living in the slums.






26. Urgent situation In this ________ - we must look for aid from our allies.






27. Hairstyle You can make a statement with your choice of ________: in the 60's many African-Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.






28. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?






29. Distasteful; morally offensive People with ________ reputations should not be allowed to work with young children.






30. Slave; bondage The captured soldier was held in ________ by the conquering army.






31. Incapable of injury Achilles was ________ except in his heel.






32. Examine closely and critically Searching for flaws - the sergeant ________d every detail of the private's uniform.






33. Brief; terse; compact His remarks are always ________ and pointed.






34. Ponder For a moment he ________d about the beauty of the scene - but his thought soon changed as he recalled his own personal problems.






35. Forced; artificial; not spontaneous Feeling ill at ease with his new in-laws; James made a few ________ attempts at conversation and then retreated into silence.






36. Hostile feeling or intent The ________ of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.






37. Sharpen; stimulate. The odors from the kitchen are ________ting my appetite; I will be ravenous by the time the meal is served.






38. Rival; imitate As long as our political leaders ________ the virtues of the great leaders of this country - we shall flourish.






39. Kind His ________ and considerate treatment of the unfortunate endeared him to all.






40. Not naive; sophisticated Although he was young - his remarks indicated that he was ________.






41. Study of prehistoric life The professor of ________ had a superb collection of fossils.






42. Security given for loan The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by ________.






43. Three-pronged spear Neptune is usually depicted as rising from the sea - carrying his ________ on his shoulder.






44. Particular variety of art or literature Both a short story writer and a poet - Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either ________.






45. Disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters - Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly ________.






46. Temporary stay After his ________ in Florida - he began to long for the colder climate of his native New England home.






47. Rave; speak bombastically As we heard him ________ on the platform - we could not understand his strange popularity with many people.






48. Thorough; inclusive This book provides a ________ review of verbal and math skills for the SAT.






49. Slanting; deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line The sergeant ordered the men to march "________ right."






50. Daily A farmer cannot neglect his ________ tasks at any time; cows - for example - must be milked regularly.