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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

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1. Brother or sister We may not enjoy being ________s - but we cannot forget that we still belong to the same family.






2. Comparable She called our attention to the things that had been done in an ________ situation and recommended that we do the same.






3. Murmur or grumble The child ________ed at the doll.






4. Loyal; unswerving Penelope was ________ in her affections - faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.






5. Entertain John ________d us with tales of his adventures in Africa.






6. Lifeless she was asked to identify the still and ________ body.






7. Idealistic but impractical His head is in the clouds; he is constantly presenting these ________ schemes.






8. Very poor person Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income - she was by no means a ________.






9. Outward demonstration; indication Mozart's early attraction to the harsichord was the first ________ of his pronounced musical bent.






10. Father; produce; give rise to One good turn may deserve another; it does not necessarily ________ another.






11. 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.






12. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.






13. Indirect reference the ________s to mythological characters in Milton's poems bewilder the reader who has not studied Latin.






14. Enigmatic; mysterious The Mona Lisa's ________ expression has puzzled art lovers for centuries.






15. Stamp-collector When she heard the value of the Penny Black stamp - Phyllis was inspired to become a ________.






16. Still in existence Although the authorities suppressed the book - many copies are ________ and may be purchased at exorbitant prices.






17. Ring of leaves around stem; ring. Identification by fingerprints is based on the difference in shape and number of ________s on the fingers.






18. Width; extent We were impressed by the ________ of her knowledge.






19. Contradict; oppose: infringe on or transgress Mr. Barrett did not expect his frail daughter Elizabeth to ________ his will by eloping with Robert Browning.






20. Mental disorder marked by confusion The drunkard in his ________ saw strange animals.






21. Preventing infection; having a cleansing effect Hospitals succeeded in lowering the mortality rate as soon as they introduced ________ conditions.






22. Exceed Her SAT scores ________ed out expectations.






23. Goblet; consecrated cup - In a small room adjoining the cathedral - many ornately decorated ________s made by the most famous European goldsmiths were on display.






24. Antiquated; ancient The ________ customs had apparently not changed for thousands of years.






25. Manlike The gorilla is the strongest of the ________ animals.






26. Unattractive During adolescence many attractive young people somehow acquire the false notion that their appearance is ________.






27. Spacious and After sleeping in a small roadside cabins - they found their hotel suite ________.






28. Punishment; severe criticism - Sensitive even to mild criticism - Woolf could not bear ________ that she found in certain reviews.






29. Agree If I ________ to this demand for blackmail - I am afraid that I will be the victim of future demands.






30. Plunder The enemy pillaged the quiet ________ and left it in ruins.






31. Charmingly carefree; simple Far from the city - she led an ________ existence in her rural retreat.






32. Intruder The merchant thought of his competitors as ________s who were stealing away his trade.






33. Mental or bodily powers; teaching staff As he grew old - he feared he might lose his ________(ies) and become useless to his employer.






34. Animal-biting fly; an irritating person Like a ________ - he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours - everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.






35. Gigantic The ________ corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing






36. Survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your ________- capture them for questioning.






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






38. Hereditary nobility; privileged class Americans have mixed feelings about hereditary ________.






39. Replace; usurp Corazon Aquino ________ed Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines.






40. Give up; do without Determined to lose weight for the summer - Ida decided to ________ dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.






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






42. Repay Let me know what you have spent and I will ________ you.






43. Immaterial; without a material body We must devote time to the needs of our ________ mind as well as our corporeal body.






44. Sameness leading to boredom He took a clerical job - but soon grew to hate the ________ of his daily routine.






45. Amuse; delude; cheat I ________d himself during the long hours by playing solitaire.






46. Fits of depression or gloom We could not discover the cause of her recurrent ________.






47. Abundant; effusive; lavish His speeches were famous for his ________ language and vivid imagery.






48. Devout The ________ parents gave their children a religious upbringing.






49. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.






50. Penitent Her ________ tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.







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