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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) - often mutually beneficial Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their ________; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth - the bird derives nouri






2. Mental disorder We must endeavor to find an outlet for the patient's repressed desires if we hope to combat this ________.






3. Destruction by fire Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the ________ that followed.






4. Oval; ambiguous - either purposely or because key words have been left out An ________ billiad ball wobbles because it is not perfectly round; an elliptical remark baffles because it is not perfectly clear.






5. Strong inclination; liking He had a strong ________ for sculpture and owned many statues.






6. Loss of speech due to injury or illness After the automobile accident - the victim had periods of ________ when he could not speak at all or could only mumble incoherently.






7. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.






8. Arrange (laws - rules) as a code; classify We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and ________ them into a national health code.






9. Bitterness; hatred Let us forget out ________ and cooperate in this new endeavor.






10. Pertaining to Pharisees - who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical Walter Lippmann has pointed out that moralists who do not attempt to explain the moral code they advocate are often regarded as ________ and ignored.






11. Pretense; evasion As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a ________ we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.






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






13. Drive our evil spirits By incantation and prayer - the medicine man sought to ________ the evil spirits that had taken possession of the young warrior.






14. Hesitate; shrink He did not ________ in the face of danger but fought back bravely.






15. Hairstyle You can make a statement with your choice of ________: in the 60's many African-Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.






16. Suitable; to the point The lawyer wanted to know all the ________ details.






17. Impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions ________ - hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called poker face.






18. Crisis;joining point At this critical ________ - let us think carefully before determining the course we shall follow.






19. Trader The ________ exchanged trinkets for the natives' furs.






20. Informal discussion I enjoy our ________(ies) but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching.






21. Irregularity A bird that cannot fly is an ________.






22. Kill - usually one out of ten We do more to ________ our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.






23. Embarrass - He was not at all ________ed by her open admiration.






24. Gather; assemble Washington mustered his forces at Trenton.






25. Imprison; shut up in confinement For the two weeks before the examination - the student ________ed himself in his room and concentrated upon his studies.






26. Unbeliever The Saracens made war against tne ________s.






27. Write; compose Cyrano ________d many letters for Christian.






28. Common; pertaining to the common people His speeches were aimed at the ________ minds and emotions; they disgusted the more refined.






29. Bringing into conformity with reason All attempts at ________ at this time are doomed to failure; tempers and emotions run too high for intelligent thought to prevail.






30. Denial I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any ________ of his evidence.






31. Violent; hasty; rash We tried to curb his ________ behavior because we felt that in his haste he might offend some people.






32. Occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner It is ________ that his success came when he least wanted it.






33. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed The player was afraid to accept his opponent's ________ because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see.






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






35. Lash; whip; severe punishment They feared the plague and regarded it as a deadly ________.






36. Handle roughly The rock star was ________ed by his overexcited fans.






37. Dig into They ________(ied) blocks of marble out of the hillside.






38. Flattery; admiration The rock star thrived on the ________ of his groupies and yes-men.






39. Long period of time; an age It has taken ________s for our civilization to develop.






40. Daring; bold Audiences cheered as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia made their ________ - death-defying leap to freedom and escaped Darth Vader's troops.






41. Subordinate possessions He bought the estate and all its ________.






42. Arsonist The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an ________.






43. Expose to slander His opponents tried to ________ the candidate's reputation by spreading rumors about his past.






44. Liable to err I know I am ________ - but I feel confident that I am right this time.






45. Ill-humored; irritable - Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff - he was a ________ patient.






46. Recoiling from progress; retrograde His program was ________ since it sought to abolish many of the social reforms instituted by the previous administration.






47. Roman outer robe Marc Antony pointed to the slashes in Caesar's ________.






48. Raised platform for guests of honor When he approached the ________ - he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.






49. Cancel; retract Repeat offenders who continue to drive under the influence of alcohol face having their driver's licensespermanently ________d.






50. Propriety; seemliness Shocked by the unruly behavior - the teacher criticized the class for its lack of ________.