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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Plan of a trip Before leaving for his first visit to France and England - he discussed his ________ with people who had been there and with his travel agent.






2. Mysterious; secret; supernatural The ________ rites of the organization were revealed only to members.






3. Throw overboard In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm - the captain had to ________ much of his cargo.






4. Plunder If you do not yield - I am afraid the enemy will ________ the countryside.






5. Yound woman making formal entrance into society As a ________ - she was often mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers.






6. Reflection; thought She reached her decision only after much ________.






7. Report; record (in chronological order) - The gossip columnist was paid to ________ the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.






8. Critical comments; severe and adverse criticism His ________s on the author's style are prejudiced and unwarranted.






9. Fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle A sigle thread pulled loose - and the entire scarf started to ________.






10. Clumsy; boorish Such remarks are ________ and out of place; you should apologize for making them.






11. Contrast; direct opposite of or to This tyranny was the ________ of all that he had hoped for - and he fought it with all his strength.






12. Explore with tools The surgeon ________d the wound for foreign matter before suturing it.






13. Forgetfulness Her work had fallen into a state of ________; no one bothered to read them.






14. Adorn My mother-in-law's stories about her journey from Russia made us laugh because she ________ed the bare facts of her travels with humourous acecdotes.






15. Shameless boldness She had the ________ to insult the guest.






16. Break up ground after plowing; torture I don't want to ________ you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience.






17. Emancipate; free from bondage Enlightened slave owners were willing to ________ their slaves and thus put an end to the evil slavery in the country.






18. Iridescent The Ancient Mariner admired the ________ sheen on the water.






19. Correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship The student demonstrated the ________ of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem.






20. Hasty; rash The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a ________ dash across the border to freedom.






21. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.






22. A formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry In his ________ - he outlined the steps he had taken in reaching his conclusions.






23. Having insight; penetrating; astute The brillant lawyer was known for his ________ deductions.






24. Rejoicing There was great ________ when the armistice was announced.






25. Insolent Her ________ contempt for authority angered the officials.






26. Irritable; easily angered Her ________ temper frightened me.






27. Unfairness In demanding equal pay for equal work - women protest the basic ________ of a system that allots greater financial rewards to men.






28. Not frank; eluding Your ________ answers convinced the judge that you were witholding important evidence.






29. Pertaining to the improvement of race It is easier to apply ________ principles to the raising of racehorses or prize cattle than t the development of human beings.






30. Pompous array of words After we had waded through all the ________ - we discovered that the writer had said very little.






31. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet He consulted a ________ about his fallen arches.






32. Gather leavings After the crops had been harvested by the machines - the peasants were permitted to ________ the wheat left in the fields.






33. Crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate Even though we have been defeated - we do not have to ________ before our conquerors.






34. Slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness Fearing detection by the sentries on duty - the scout inched his way toward the enemy camp with great ________.






35. Departure The ________ from the hot and stuffy city was particularly noticeable on Friday evenings.






36. Enclose; place in something Tales of actual historical figures like King Alfred have become ________ded in legends.






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






38. Tireless He was ________ in his constant efforts to raise funds for the Red Cross.






39. Looking back on the past It is only when we become ________ that we can appreciate the tremendous advances made during this century.






40. Unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in ________.






41. Schemes I can see through your wily ________.






42. Weak; ineffective Although he wished to break the nicotine habit - he found himself ________ in resisisting the craving for a cigarette.






43. 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.






44. Heap of combustible material - esp. for burning a corpse. The mortician put ________ on the corpse before burning a corpse.






45. Deny; go back on He ________d on paying off his debt.






46. Division; split Let us not widen the ________ by further bickering.






47. Mutually agreed on; done together The girl scouts in the troop made a ________ effort to raise funds for their annual outing - and emitted a concerted sigh when their leader announced that they had reached their goal.






48. Issue forth A strong odor of sulfur________d from the spring.






49. Inexperienced While it is necessary to provide these ________ poets with an opportunity to present their work - it is not essential that we admire everything they write.






50. Climb by crawling - She ________ed over the wall.