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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Deceit; duplicity She achieved her high position by ________ and treachery.






2. Spread throughout Despite airing them for several hours - she could not rid her clothes of the ________ odor of mothbals that clung to them.






3. Like a glacier; extremely cold Never a warm person - when offended hugo could seem positively ________.






4. Intimidate Your threats cannot ________ me.






5. Impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions ________ - hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called poker face.






6. Pertaining to Pharisees - who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical Walter Lippmann has pointed out that moralists who do not attempt to explain the moral code they advocate are often regarded as ________ and ignored.






7. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully The hostages were held under ________ until the prisoners' demands were met.






8. Speed of music I find the conductor's ________ too slow for such a brilliant piece of music.






9. Mass for the dead; dirge They played Mozart's ________ at the funeral.






10. Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water In times of drought - this ________ enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation.






11. Pertaining to spring We may expect ________ showers all during the month of April.






12. Undertaker The ________ prepared the corpse for burial.






13. Muscular strength; sturdiness It takes ________ to become a champion weight-lifter.






14. Boat or yacht race Many boating enthusiasts followed the ________ in their own yachts.






15. Opening; break The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a ________ in the clouds.






16. Servile flatterer The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the ________s in his retinue.






17. Outstanding; superior The king traveled to Boston because he wanted the ________ surgeon in the field to perform the operation.






18. Repay in kind (usually for bad treatment) Fear that we will ________ immediately deters our foe from attacking us.






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






20. Party; clique; dissension The quarrels and bickering of the two small ________s within the club disturbed the majority of the members.






21. Shallow body of water near a sea; lake They enjoyed their swim in the calm ________.






22. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.






23. Relating to the stars Although hampered by optical and mechanical flaws - the orbiting Hubble space telescope has relayed extraordinary images of distant ________ bodies.






24. Free The company offered to give one package ________ to every purchaser of one of their products.






25. Barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion The company was forced to retreat through the ________ of heavy canyons.






26. Frenzied; frantic His ________ activities convinced us that he had no organized plan of operation.






27. Bind as servant or apprentice to master Many immigrants could come to America only after they had________ themselves for several years.






28. Construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many ________s.






29. Descent; ancestry He traced his ________ back to Mayflower days.






30. Related to population balance In conducting a survey - one should take into account ________ trends in the region.






31. Plainly expressed Her ________ comments eliminated all posibility of misinterpretation.






32. Peak; pinnacle; highest point Welles's success in Citizen Kane marked the ________ of his career as an actor; never again did he achieve such popular acclaim.






33. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action This decision sets a ________ for future cases of a similar nature.






34. Plan of a trip Before leaving for his first visit to France and England - he discussed his ________ with people who had been there and with his travel agent.






35. Paint or draw with dots Seurat carefully ________d dabs of pure color on the canvas - juxtaposing dots of blue and yellow that the viewer's eye would interpret as green.






36. Excessively or elaborately decorated Furniture of the Baroque period can be recognized by its ________ carvings.






37. Sound in judgment; wise At a key moment in his life - he made a ________ investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.






38. Vexation; disappointment - Her refusal to go with us filled us with ________.






39. Adjacent to; touching upon The two countries are ________ for a few miles; then they are separated by the gulf.






40. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.






41. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.






42. Reading desk The chaplain delivered his sermon from a hastily improvised ________.






43. Punish by placing in a wooden frame; subject to criticism and ridicule Even though he was mocked and ________(ied)- he maintained that he was correct in his beliefs.






44. Refrain; withhold from participation After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance - he decided to ________ from drinking while he trained for the race.






45. Commit an offense Only an insane person could ________ such a horrible crime.






46. Something fit to be eaten The roast turkey and other ________s - the wines - and the excellent service made this Thanksgiving dinner particularly memorable.






47. Board on which a painter mixes pigments At the present time - art supply stores are selling a paper ________ that may be discarded after use.






48. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation We kept careful records of the ________ we noted in the course of these experiments.






49. Freedom from punishment The bully mistreated everyone in the class with ________ for he felt that no one would dare retaliate.






50. Wavering Meteorologists watch the ________s of the barometer in order to predict the weather.