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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Atrocious; hatefully bad Hitler's ________ crimes will never be forgotten.






2. Self-restraint; sexual chastity She vowed to lead a life of ________.






3. Spasmodic; intermittent After several ________ attempts - he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.






4. Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die Some historians claim the Nile Valley was the ________ of the Western civilization.






5. Plead; ask earnestly She ________ed her father to let her stay out till midnight.






6. Masses of leaves Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the colorful fall ________.






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






8. Despicable; contemptible Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his ________ crew.






9. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.






10. Suitable; practical; politic A pragmatic politician - he was guided by what was ________ rather than by what was ethical.






11. Idle person; male bee Content to let his wife support him - the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a ________.






12. Check the flow The paramedic used a tourniquet to ________ the bleeding from the slashed artery.






13. Traitor who aids invaders In his conquest of Europe - Hitler was aided by the ________s who betrayed their own people and served in the puppet governments established by the Nazis.






14. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult She took ________ at his remarks and stormed away in a huff.






15. Disheveled; with uncared-for appearance The beggar was dirty and ________.






16. Grave; serius; coy She was ________ and reserved.






17. Words formed in imitation of natural sounds Words like "rustle" and "gargle" are illustrations of ________.






18. Situated beyond; unstated and often questionable You must have an ________ motive for your behavior - since there is no obvious reason for it.






19. Deduce; conclude We must be particularly cautious when we ________ that a person is guilty on the basis of circumstantial evidence.






20. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.






21. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury) In the Godfather - the mobsters used bribery and threats to ________ the witnesses against Don Michael Corleone.






22. Marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy The ________ comedy hit Home Alone featured Macaulay Culkin - whose mugging and comic antics provoked gales of uproarious laughter from audiences coast to coast.






23. Public records; place where public records are kept These documents should be part of the ________ so that historians may be able to evaluate them in the future.






24. Suggested or implied meaning of an expression Foreigners frequently are unaware of the ________s of the words they use.






25. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.






26. Well-paid position with little responsibility My job is no ________; I work long hours and have much responsibility.






27. Comment; make explanatory notes In the appendix to the novel - the critic sought to ________ many of the more esoteric references.






28. Draw; outline; describe Parodoxically - the more realistic the details this artist chooses - the better able to ________ her fantastic - other- worldly landscapes.






29. Excessively exacting You are ________ in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes.






30. Yearly allowance The ________ he set up with the insurance company supplements his social security benefits so that he can live very comfortably without working.






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






32. Practical person No ________ enjoys becoming involved in a game that he can never win






33. Moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) Not even her supervisor's grumpiness could ________ Nancy's enthusiasm for her new job.






34. Vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact ________ from the sinners.






35. V. abstain from; resist n. chorus Whenever he heard a song with a lively chorus - Sol could never ________ from joining in on the refrain.






36. Permanent The ________ bonds of marriage are all too often being dissolved.






37. Drink with relish As we ________ed our ale - we listened to the gay songs of the students in the tavern.






38. Items of business at a meeting We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ________ that there was very little time for the meeting.






39. Show by example; furnish an example Three-time winner of the Super Bowl - Joe Montana ________(ies) the ideal quarterback.






40. Destroy The enemy in its revenge tried to ________ the entire population.






41. Title; chapter heading; text under illustration - I find the ________s that accompany these cartoons very clever and humorous.






42. Very cautious. The spies grew ________ as they approached the sentry.






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






44. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight After these bandages are sterilized - they are placed in ________ containers.






45. Location The attorney asked for a change of ________; he thought his client would do better if the trial were held in a less conservative county.






46. Irreverent The congregation was offended by her ________ remarks.






47. Doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view. In this matter - I am a ________; I want proof.






48. Give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure In retrospect - political analysts realized that Yeltsin's defiance of the attempted coup ________ed his emergence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic.






49. Fringes; outer borders Living ________ of Boston - Sarah sometimes felt as if she were cut off from the cultural heart of the city.






50. Discord - Some people seem to enjoy the ________ of an orchestra that is tuning up.