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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Combative; disposed to fight As a child he was ________ and fought with everyone.






2. Poem or song expressing lamentation On the death of Edward King - Milton composed the ________ "Lycidas."






3. Preceding in time - rank - etc. Our discussions - ________ to this event - certainly did not give you any reason to believe that we would adopt your proposal.






4. Impose (a fine); collect (a payment) Crying "No taxation withouth representation -" the colonists demonstrated against England's power to ________ taxes.






5. Pertaining to marriage After the publication of his book on ________ affairs - he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.






6. Boastful - pompous In their stories of the trial - the reporters ridiculed the ________ speeches of the defense attorney.






7. Ointment Apply this ________ to the sore muscles before retiring.






8. Picture; short literary sketch The New Yorker published her latest ________.






9. Critical comments; severe and adverse criticism His ________s on the author's style are prejudiced and unwarranted.






10. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.






11. Deserter; traitor Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians - his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________.






12. Green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather Despite all attempts to protect the statue from the elements - it became coated with ________.






13. Humorous; jocular Your ________ remarks are not appropriate at this serious moment.






14. Complete; totally unlimited; certain Although the King of Siam was an ________ monarch - he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.






15. Secondary or minor occupation His hobby proved to be so fascinating and profitable that gradually he abandoned his regular occupation and concentrated on his ________.






16. Salty The slightly ________ taste of this mineral water is pleasant.






17. Dining hall In this huge ________ - we can feed the entire student body at one sitting.






18. Wrong name; incorrect designation His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname - King Eric the Just - was a ________.






19. Excessive The people grumbled at his ________ prices but paid them because he had a monopoly.






20. Arsonist The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an ________.






21. Without guile; open and honest Red Riding Hood's ________ comment - "Grandma - what big eyes you have!" indicates the child's innocent surprises at her "grandmother's" changed appearance.






22. Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly The political climate today is extremely ________: no one can predict what the electorate will do next.






23. Unwilingness Some mornings I feel a great ________ to get out of bed.






24. Superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious Your composition is ________; you can easily reduce its length.






25. Talkativeness The man who married a dumb wife asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's ________ after her cure.






26. Pale; wan Because his occupation required that he work at night and sleep during the day - he had an exceptionally ________ complexion.






27. Intensely cold Alaska is in the ________ zone.






28. Form of government of nation or state Our ________ should be devoted to the concept that the government should strive for the good of all citizens.






29. Drowsy; dull The stuffy room made her ________; she felt as if she was about to nod off.






30. Inclined to; prostrate She was ________ to sudden fits of anger.






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






32. Person who establishes (an organization - business) Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the ________ of the Abraham & Straus chain.






33. Situated beyond; unstated and often questionable You must have an ________ motive for your behavior - since there is no obvious reason for it.






34. Depravity A visitor may be denied admittance to this country if she has been guilty of moral ________.






35. Drink greedily Singing - "Yo - ho - ho - and a bottle of rum -" Long John Silver and his fellow pirates ________ed their grog.






36. Kinship The lawsuit developed into a test of the ________ of the claimant to the estate.






37. Elastic; having the power of springing back Highly ________ - steel makes excellent bedsprings.






38. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept Among the divisions of Hell are Purgatory and ________.






39. Consider; ponder; unhurried Offered the new job - she asked for time to ________ before she made her decision.






40. Pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily In order to ________ enemy lines at night without being seen - the scouts darkened their faces and wore black coveralls.






41. Drunken revel - The party degenerated into an ugly ________.






42. Stipulation I am ready to accept your proposal with the two ________ that you meet your obligations within the next two weeks.






43. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few New Yorker short stories often include ________ allusions to obscure people and events: the implication is if you are in the in-crowd - you'll get the reference; if you come from Cleveland - you won't.






44. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something This coming trip to France should provide me with a ________ test of the value of my conversational French class.






45. Renounce; give up - When Edward VII ________d the British throne - he surprised the entire world.






46. Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a ________ was present.






47. Relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols In working out the solution to an analytical logic question - you may find it helpful to construct a simple ________ diagram illustrating the relationships between the items of information






48. In a state of rage The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran ________ in the department store.






49. Appearance; costume In the ________ of a plumber - the detective investigated the murder case.






50. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so - however - remains ________.