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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Obedient; easily managed As ________ as he seems today - that old lion was once a ferocious - snarling beast.






2. Fickle; incalculable - The storm was ________ and changed course constantly.






3. Sky blue ________ skies are indicative of good weather.






4. Humbleness of spirit He spoke with a ________ and lack of pride that impressed his listeners.






5. Associate with We frequently judge people by the company with whom they ________.






6. Squander The young man quickly ________d his inheritance and was soon broke.






7. Amends; compensation At the peace conference - the defeated country promised to pay ________s to the victors.






8. Command; arrange; consecrate The king ________ed that no foreigner should be allowed to enter the city.






9. Stubborn; unmanageable The ________ horse was eliminated from the race when he refused to obey the jockey.






10. Curative Now better known for its racetrack - Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the ________ qualities of its famous "healing waters."






11. Unaccustomed He hesitated to assume the ________ role of master of ceremonies at the dinner.






12. Notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking She was an ________ liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said.






13. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated As ________ governor - Sir Henry administered the Queen's law in his remote corner of Canada.






14. The smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance In chemistry - we study how atoms and ________s react to form new substances.






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






16. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch His callused hands had lost their ________ sensitivity.






17. Uncouple; separate; disconnect A standard movie routine involves the hero's desperate attempt to ________ a railroad car from a moving train.






18. Gift giver; patron Scrooge later became Tiny Tim's ________ and gave him a benediction.






19. Revive The lifeguard tried to ________ the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.






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






21. Means; effort By ________ of much hard work - the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire.






22. Reprove severely I am afraid that my parents will ________ me when I show them my report card.






23. Motionless; stale; dull The ________ water was a breeding ground for disease






24. Shameless; bold; unconcealed Shocked by Huck Finn's ________ lies - Miss Watson prayed the good Lord would give him a sense of his unregenerate wickedness.






25. Char or burn; brand Accidentally brushing against the hot grill - she ________ed her hand badly.






26. Approve; ratify Nothing will convince me to ________ the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.






27. Waterspout carved in groteque figures on a building The ________s adorning the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness.






28. Furthest behind The coward could always be found in the ________ lines whenever a battle was being waged.






29. Very wicked He was universally feared because of his many ________ deeds.






30. Pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a ________ society would lower the nation's standards.






31. Fear or hatred of foreigners.When the refugee arrived in America - he was unprepared for the _________ he found there.






32. Sweltering He could not adjust himself to the ________ climate of the tropics.






33. Salary; compensation In addition to the ________ this position offers - you must consider the social prestige it carries with it.






34. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness His monotonous voice acted like an ________; his audience was soon asleep.






35. Shade of difference in meaning or color The unskilled eye of the layperson has difficulty in dicerning the ________s of color in the paintings.






36. Whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor He was an entertaining companion - always expressing himself in amusing ________s and witty turns of phrase.






37. Estimate the value of It is difficult to ________ old paintings; it is easier to call them priceless.






38. Noble; aristocratic We greatly admired her well-bred - ________ elegance






39. Encouraging; exhortive The crowd listened to his ________ statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions.






40. Brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten Just as a lamp can ________ a dark room - a perceptive comment can illuminate a knotty problem.






41. Repay; revenge The wretch ________d his benefactors by betraying them.






42. Boorish; rude - Dismayed by his ________ manners at the party - the girls vowed never to invite him again.






43. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet Tolkien's use of Old English words and inscriptions in the ________ alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.






44. Grow gradually smaller. From now until December 21 - the winter solstice - the hours of daylight will ________.






45. Upset; distracted by anxiety The ________ parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.






46. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?






47. Chief - If you want to increase your word power - the ________ rule of vocabulary-building is to read.






48. 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.






49. Winemaker; seller of wine The poet wondered what the ________s could buy that would be half as precious as the wine they sold.






50. Retire from public life; segregate; seclude Although he had hoped for a long time to ________ himself in a small community - he never was able to drop his busy round of activities in the city.