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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.






2. Tip; summit; climax He was at the ________ of his career.






3. Pertaining to a son or daughter Many children forget their ________ obligations and disregard the wishes of their parents.






4. Rebel; nonconformist To the masculine literary establishment - George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a ________ who fought her proper womanly role.






5. Boisterous mirth The ________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning.






6. Corruption; turning from right to wrong Inasmuch as he had no motive for his crimes - we could not understand his ________.






7. Odd; unpredictable Investors become anxious when the stock market appears ________.






8. Grant condescendingly; guarantee I can safely ________ you fair return on your investment.






9. Rolling - treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America Despite the cold - many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the ________.






10. Diligent It took Rembrandt weeks of ________ labor before he was satisfied with his portrait of his son.






11. Sociable Typically - party-throwers are ________; hermits are not.






12. Lively; stirring "And now - let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Roseanne Arnold - who'll lead us in a ________ rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'"






13. Pretend Lady Macbeth ________ed illness in the courtyard although she was actually healthy.






14. Related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature The English word "mother" ________ to the Latin word "mater -" whose influence is visible in the words "maternal" and "maternity."






15. Window projecting from roof In remodeling the attic into a bedroom - we decided that we needed to put in ________s to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room.






16. Beauty; comeliness I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female ________.






17. Means of support - food - nourishment In the tropics - the natives find ________ easy to obtain because of all the fruit trees.






18. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.






19. Scold - Grandma began to ________ Steven for his lying.






20. Female fox; ill-tempered woman Aware that she was right once again - he lost his temper and called her a shrew and a ________.






21. Remembering; honoring The new ________ stamp honors the late Martin Luther King - Jr.






22. Official As his case was transferred from one ________ to another - he began to despair of ever reaching a settlement.






23. Handle roughly The rock star was ________ed by his overexcited fans.






24. Brief and to the point Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are ________ types: strong men of few words.






25. Neglectful of duty; abandoned The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being ________ in his duty.






26. Practicing self-denial; austere The wealthy young man could not understand the ________ life led by the monks.






27. Make unnecessary; get rid of I hope this contribution will ________ any need for further collections of funds.






28. Occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal Your analysis is highly ________; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.






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






30. Winding; full of curves Because this road is so ________ - it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it.






31. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.






32. Remainder I suggest that you wait until the store places the ________s of these goods on sale.






33. Shameless boldness She had the ________ to insult the guest.






34. Open widely The huge pit ________d before him; if he stumbled - he would fall in.






35. Cowardly; fainthearted You should be ashamed of your ________ conduct during this dispute.






36. Lascivious; lustful Chaucer's monk is not pious but ________ - a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.






37. Lounge about They ________ed around in their chairs watching television.






38. Declaration; statement of policy The Communist ________ by Marx and Engels proclaimed the principles of modern communism.






39. Heat; passion; zeal Katya's ________ was contagious; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers - inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.






40. Stuffy; boringly conservative For a young person - Winston seems remarkably ________: you'd expect someone of his age to have a little more life.






41. External; not inherent; foreign Do not be fooled by ________ causes. We must look for the intrinsic reason.






42. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult She took ________ at his remarks and stormed away in a huff.






43. Put in order At a debate tournament - extemporaneous speakers have only a minute or two to ________ their thoughts before addressing their audience.






44. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing Despite Clark's attempts to distract her with ________ remarks - Lois kept on coming back to her main question: why couldn't he come out to dinner with Superman and her?






45. White with age The man was ________ and wrinkled when he was 70.






46. Worsen; diminish in value This arrest will ________ her reputation in the community.






47. Cut away; trim With the help of her editor - she was able to ________ her manuscript into publishable form.






48. Correction of errors; improvement Please initial all the ________s you have made in this contract.






49. Introduction; forerunner I am afraid that this border raid is the ________ to more serious attacks.






50. Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth The audience saw through his attempts to ________ on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.