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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Evolve - as in prenatal growth While this scheme was being ________d by the conspirators - they maintained complete silence about their intentions.






2. Occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal Your analysis is highly ________; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.






3. Guardianship; training Under the ________ of such masters of the instrument - she made rapid progress as a virtuoso.






4. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.






5. Pertaining to the moon ________ craters can be plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.






6. Overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter - Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a ________ but understand the need for this precaution.






7. 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.






8. Catch sight of In the distance - we could barely ________ the enemy vessels.






9. Husband or wife The search for a ________ for the young Queen Victoria ended happily.






10. Marked by changes in fortune - During his ________ career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.






11. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.






12. Rising again after defeat - etc. The ________ nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.






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






14. Grating; harsh The sergeant's ________ voice grated on the recruits' ears.






15. Strict - stern His ________ demeanor prevented us from engaging in our usual frivolous activities.






16. Squabble; minor dispute What had started out as a mere ________ escalated into a full-blown argument.






17. Fertile; abundant; ornate Farming was easy in this ________ soil.






18. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.






19. Put to rout; defeat; disconcert This ruse will ________ the enemy.






20. Pertaining to the lungs In his researches on ________ diseases - he discovered many facts about the lungs of animals and human beings.






21. Appease Nothing he did could ________ her wrath; she was unforgiving.






22. Nonsense; babbling Did you hear that foolish boy spouting ________ about monsters from outer space?






23. Cut away; cut out When you ________ the dead and dying limbs of a tree - you not only improve its appearance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit.






24. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.






25. Drifting wreckage Beachcombers eke out a living by salvaging the ________ and jetsam of the sea.






26. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.






27. Those of gentle birth; refinement Her family was proud of its ________ and elegance.






28. Insult to one's character or reputation; slander Polls revealed that the front-runner's standing had been damaged by the ________s and innuendoes circulated by his opponent's staff.






29. Dangerous Your occupation is too ________ for insurance companies to consider your application.






30. Heat; passion; zeal Katya's ________ was contagious; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers - inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.






31. Defeat; frustrate In the end - Skywalker is able to ________ Vader's diabolical schemes.






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






33. Abundance; wealth Foreigners are amazed by the ________ and luxury of the American way of life.






34. Easily understood; clear; intelligible Her explanation was ________ enought for a child to grasp.






35. Putrid; producing putrefaction The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from ________ poisoning.






36. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.






37. Disdainful; sarcastic; cynical The ________ humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.






38. Scarcity They closed the restaurant because the ________ of customers made it uneconomical to operate.






39. Bombastic; stiffly pompous His ________ rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bombastic utterances.






40. Change or harden into bone When he called his opponent a "bonehead -" he implied that his adversary's brain had ________(ied) and that he was not capable of clear thinking.






41. Controlling force She dreamt of living an independent life - free of all ________s.






42. Cut the top off The top of the cone that has been ________d in a plane parallel to its base is a circle.






43. Pleasing to taste or smell The ripe peach was ________.






44. Settle a dispute through the services of an outsider Let us ________ out differences rather than engage in a costly strike.






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






46. Tear or rip; split The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation - creating a ________ in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.






47. Besiege As soon as the city was beleaguered - the life became more subdued as the citizens began their long wait for outside assitance.






48. Remainder I suggest that you wait until the store places the ________s of these goods on sale.






49. Stormy; unkind I like to read a good book in ________ weather.






50. Cunning; artful. She is as ________ as a fox in avoiding trouble.