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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Based on experience He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on ________ data.






2. Poverty Neither the economists nor the political scientists have found a way to wipe out the inequities of wealth and eliminate ________ from our society.






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






4. Obstinately stubborn Donkeys are reputed to be the most ________ of animals.






5. Terminology; system of names She struggled to master scientific ________.






6. Accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver - he was guilty of ________.






7. Change in direction After what seemed an eternity - the wind ________ed to the east and the storm abated.






8. Respectful; obedient The ________ child grew up to be a conscientious adult aware of his civic obligations.






9. Impressive; majestic Visiting the palace at Versailes - she was impressed by the ________ surroundings in which she found herself.






10. Supporting bar The engineer calculated that the ________ supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.






11. Awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable The large carton was so ________ that the movers had trouble getting it up the stairs.






12. Temporary invasion The nightly ________s and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force.






13. Supposed; reputed Although there are some doubts - the ________ author of this work is Massinger.






14. Peculiarity; eccentricity One of his personal ________(ies) was his habit of rinsing all cutlery given him in a restaurant.






15. Intimidate Your threats cannot ________ me.






16. Sudden flood I am worried about the possibility of a ________ if the rains do not diminish soon.






17. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer - He taught by engaging his pupils in a ________ until they gave him the correct answer.






18. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






19. Ardent Her ________ enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.






20. Force or push out Much pressure is required to ________ these plastics.






21. Disapproval; condemnation The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with ________.






22. Talent She has an uncanny ________ for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.






23. Sleep producing I do not need a sedative when I listen to one of his ________ speeches.






24. Combine; constitute; pay interest; increase The makers of the popular cold remedy ________ed a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine.






25. Journey Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose ________s took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.






26. Range of knowledge I cannot answer your question since this matter is beyond my ________.






27. Habitually silent; talking a little New Englanders are reputedly ________ people.






28. Naive; young and unsophisticated Although she was over forty - the movie star still insisted that she be cast as an ________ sweet young thing.






29. Without feeling; not affected by pain The Native American has been incorrectly depicted as an ________ individual - undemonstrative and stoical.






30. Dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual Though the ad writers had come up with a highly creative campaign to publicize the company's newest product - the head office rejected it for a more ________ - down-to-earth approach.






31. Motherly Many animals display ________ instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.






32. Expedient; prudent; well devised Even though he was disappointed - he did not think it ________ to refuse the offer.






33. Stocky; short and thick Tolkien's hobbits are somewhat ________ - sturdy little creatures - fond of good ale - good music - and good food.






34. Rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide - not ones who ________.






35. Nonentity; worthless person or thing - She claimed her ex-husband was a total ________ and wondered why she had ever married him.






36. Correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel Every time we try to ________ our checkbook with the bank statement - we quarrel. However - despite these monthly lovers' quarrels - we always manage to reconcile.






37. Refer; attribute; assign I can ________ no motive for her acts.






38. Imprudent disrespect; haughtiness How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of you ________.






39. Praise All the ________(ies) of his friends could not remove the sting of the calumny heaped upon him by his enemies.






40. 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.






41. Estimation; appraisal I would like to have your ________ of the situation in South Africa.






42. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff Claire thought Lord Byron's boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a ________ - she was astounded when he dove from the high bluff into the waters below.






43. Noble ambition Youth's ________s should be as lofty as the stars.






44. Loosely connected Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow - John found the novel too ________.






45. Shapeless; vague; indeterminate John was subject to panic attacks that left him prey to vague - ________ fears: he knew he was terrified - but could neither define nor explain the cause of his terror.






46. Having a very fine bore - The changes in surface tension of liquids in ________ vessels is of special interest to physicists.






47. Tyranny The people rebelled against the ________ of the king.






48. Self-evident truth requiring no proof Before a student can begin to think along the lines of Euclidean geometry - he must accept certain principles or ________s.






49. Lying on back The defeated pugilist lay ________ on the canvas.






50. Turn away from Do not ________ from the truth; you must face the facts.