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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's ________ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






2. Extreme poverty When his pension fund failed - George feared he would end his days in ________.






3. Shapeless; vague; indeterminate John was subject to panic attacks that left him prey to vague - ________ fears: he knew he was terrified - but could neither define nor explain the cause of his terror.






4. Reddish; healthy-looking His ________ features indicated that he had spent much time in the open.






5. Participation; involvement You cannot keep your ________ in this affair secret very long; you would be wise to admit your involvement immediately.






6. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosic-like pattern. In laying the floor - the carpenters combined redwood and oak in an elegant ________.






7. Blood feud The rival mobs engaged in a bitter ________.






8. Experienced Though pleased with her new batch of rookies - the basketball coach wished she had a few more ________ players on the team.






9. Program asfor trial; book where such entries are made The case of Smith v. Jones was entered in the ________ for July 15.






10. Drawback; debtsHer lack of an extensive vocabulary was a ________ that she was able to overcome.






11. Refine; purify We must strive to ________ these desires and emotions into worthwhile activities.






12. Work laboriously; make slow painful progress You must ________ through 3500 words list in order to achieve a high score on GRE.






13. Rickety; falling apart The boys propped up the ________ clubhouse with a couple of boards.






14. Social or moral custom; established practice Flying in the face of ________ - George Sand (Amandine Dudevant) shocked her contemporaries by taking lovers and wearing men's clothes.






15. Cutting; keen I am afraid of his ________ wit for it is so often sarcastic.






16. Having minute hairs - The paramecium is a ________ - one-celled animal.






17. Treat as a celebrity She enjoyed being ________d and adored by the public.






18. Flimsy; unsubstantial This is a ________ fabric; it will not wear well.






19. Rolling - treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America Despite the cold - many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the ________.






20. Authoritative; imperious The learned doctor laid down the law to his patient in a ________ tone of voice.






21. Insert improperly; palm off I will not permit you to ________ such ridiculous ideas upon the membership of this group.






22. Illicit lover She sought a divorce on the grounds that her husband had a ________ in another town.






23. Settle accounts; clear up He was able to ________ all his debts in short period of time.






24. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action This decision sets a ________ for future cases of a similar nature.






25. Hardened; unfeeling - He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was ________ to the suffering in the wards.






26. Superfluous; more than needed or demanded We have more than enough witnesses to corroborate your statement; to present any more would be ________.






27. Descendants; future generations We hope to leave a better world to ________.






28. Enthusiastic applause When Placido Domingo came on stage in the first act of La Boheme - he was greeted by a tremendous ________.






29. Held in common; of a group of people When they were divorced - they had trouble dividing their ________ property.






30. Relating to a unifying motif or idea Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying ________ import.






31. Mythical figure - half man and half horse - I was particularly impressed by the statue of the ________ in the Roman Hall of the museum.






32. Thriftless He was constantly being warned to mend his ________ ways and begin to "save for a rainy day."






33. Dose (of liquid) Tristan and Lsolde drink a love ________ in the first act of the opera.






34. Third He is so thorough that he analyzes ________ causes where other writers are content with primary and secondary reasons.






35. Untimely; poorly chosen A rock concert is an ________ setting for a quiet conversation.






36. Protective; pertaining to a guardianship I am acting in my ________ capacity when I refuse to grant you permission to leave the campus.






37. Body divided into ranks It was difficult to step out of one's place in this ________.






38. Cautious; careful A miser hoards money not because he is ________ but because he is greedy.






39. Pardon (an offense) The father confessor ________d him of his sins.






40. Let down; restrain Until it was time to open the presents - the children had to ________ their curiosity.






41. Honor at a festival The returning hero was ________d at a community supper and dance.






42. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.






43. Providing a general overview; summary The professor turned to the latest issue of Dissertation Abstracts for a ________ account of what was new in the field.






44. Shrewd; thrifty - The ________ Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.






45. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land In a magnificent feat of engineering - Goethals and his men cut through the ________ of Panama in constructing the Panama Canal.






46. Dull We were disappointed by the ________ performance.






47. Make shiny by rubbing; polish - The maid ________ed the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.






48. Blacken All attempts to ________ the character of our late President have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.






49. Conclusion It is not until we reach the ________ of this play that we can understand the author's message.






50. Ravenous The wolf is a ________ animal - its hunger never satisfied.