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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Arouse to action The demogogue ________d the mob to take action into its own hands.
incite
deplicity
headstrong
accost
2. Repay in kind If they attack us - we shall be compelled to ________ and bomb their territory.
portly
dossier
reciprocate
mores
3. Permanent The ________ bonds of marriage are all too often being dissolved.
megalomania
connoisseur
buxom
indissoluble
4. Being everywhere; omnipresent That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" seemed ________: Justin heard the tune everywhere he went.
militate
miscellany
ubiquitous
complacent
5. Revengeful She was very ________ and never forgave an injury.
vindictive
urbane
chasten
trivia
6. Climb by crawling - She ________ed over the wall.
vicarious
levity
glower
clamber
7. Curse; express abhorrence for The world ________s the memory of Hitler and hopes that genocide will never again be the policy of any nation.
ominous
girth
execrate
devolve
8. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs Because he switched from one party to another - his former friends shunned him as an ________.
apostate
synthetic
vulpine
shackle
9. Untrue; made up To impress his friends - Tom invented ________ tales of his adventures in the big city.
illusion
aghast
apocryphal
supposition
10. Complain; fuss Students traditionally ________ about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dornitory food.
atrophy
repeal
remunerative
grouse
11. Expurgate After the film editors had ________d the language in the script - the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG."
bowdlerize
hibernate
knit
presumptous
12. Cut to pieces with ax or sword The cavalry rushed into melee and ________ed the enemy with their swords.
feign
incarcerate
discerning
hew
13. Very large number ________s of mosquitoes from the swamps invaded our village every twilight.
myriad
diva
welter
vegetate
14. Deceptive; not real Unfortunately - the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved ________.
resplendent
avocation
archives
illusory
15. Servile flatterer The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the ________s in his retinue.
sycophant
fissure
vendetta
leonine
16. Lasting; surviving Keats believed in the ________ power of great art - which outlast its creator's brief lives.
subjugate
punctilious
maudlin
enduring
17. Characteristic of earlier times; primitive - unspoiled This area has been preserved in all its ________ wildness.
pristine
welter
extort
caulk
18. Upset; distracted by anxiety The ________ parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.
farce
distraught
contentious
fester
19. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism The visible portion of the ________ includes red at one end and violet at the other.
list
spectrum
scrutinize
calorific
20. Fond word or act Your gifts and ________s cannot make me forget your earlier insolence.
bereft
endearment
ciliated
filibuster
21. Think over ________ on this problem; the solution will come.
calamity
insensible
skirmish
cogitate
22. Long established - as a disease - The doctors were finally able to attribute his ________ headaches and nausea to traces of formaldehyde gas in his apartment.
cache
chronic
hue
comely
23. Person with power to decide a matter in a dispute; judge As an ________ in labor disputes - she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.
incognito
arbiter
lewd
capillary
24. Large group The movie actor was surrounded by a ________ of startlets.
reciprocate
entrepreneur
bevy
intuition
25. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.
casualty
hypercritical
apogee
amphibian
26. Please intensely The audience was ________d by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.
seminary
protuberance
enrapture
fusilade
27. Washing His daily ________s were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
parasite
grouse
demolition
ablution
28. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.
resolution
recrimination
mischance
sophistication
29. Stuff oneself The gluttonous guest ________d himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.
colossal
scrutinize
gorge
noxious
30. Pretense; evasion As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a ________ we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.
subterfuge
verdant
glaze
verge
31. Cut off part of body; prune When the doctors had to ________ Ted Kennedy's leg to prevent the spread of cancer - he did not let the loss of his leg keep him from participating in sports.
amputate
sonorous
mutter
resumption
32. Disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters - Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly ________.
disaffected
ebb
roster
pedantic
33. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?
remiss
prominent
contortions
piquant
34. Dock; landing place Because of the captain's carelessness - the ship crashed into the ________.
quay
realm
anomalous
abut
35. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.
warren
lagoon
forberance
hackneyed
36. Opposite The inevitable ________ of peace is not war but annihilation.
pernicious
monumental
surveillance
converse
37. Exhibiting rainbowlike colors She admired the ________ hues of the oil that floated on the surface of the water.
compliant
iridescent
rhapsodize
quaff
38. Narrow-minded; limited in scope As university chaplain - she sought to address universal religious issues and not limit herself to mere ________ concerns.
sluice
malapropism
sectarian
overwrought
39. Summon a devil; proactive magic; imagine; invent He ________d up an image of a reformed city and had the voters completely under his spell.
conjure
erotic
spurious
mire
40. Grisly People screamed when her ________ appearance was flashed on the screen.
gruesome
fathom
epigram
depreciate
41. Thicken; congeal; clot - Even after you remove the pudding from the burner - it will continue to ________ as it stands.
dynamic
inhibit
coagulate
ravage
42. Exclude from public favor; ban As soon as the newspapers carried the story of his connection with the criminals - his friends began to ________ him.
nib
gloat
ostracize
illusion
43. Pertaining to tailors He was as famous for the ________ splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.
minatory
languish
aphasia
sartorial
44. Place of refuge or shelter; protection The refugees sought ________ from religious persecution in a new land.
harry
asylum
prohibitive
austere
45. 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.
esoteric
nuptial
assumption
transmute
46. Universal; wide-ranging liberal - He was extremely ________ in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.
toxic
transition
defrock
catholic
47. Firm dislike Their mutual ________ was so great that they refused to speak to one another.
liaison
aversion
testator
unscathed
48. Stubborn He was ________ in his refusal to listen to our complaints.
efficacy
catastrophe
banal
obdurate
49. Root up The Salem witch trials were a misguided attempt to ________ superstition and heresy.
emetic
misapprehension
obsequy
extirpate
50. Make impossible; eliminate This contract does not ________ my being employed by others at the same time that I am working for you.
preclude
bureaucracy
stoic
tantrum