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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Belief in one God Abraham was the first to proclaim his belief in ________.
impiety
accord
monotheism
cherubic
2. Opposite There is an ________ ratio between the strength of light and its distance.
inverse
seep
vendor
disport
3. Worn out; exhausted; barren The literature of the age reflected the ________ condition of the writers; no new ideas were forthcoming.
innovation
effete
intelligentsia
effeminate
4. Front of the building The ________ of the church had often been photographed by tourists because it was more interesting than the rear.
impute
facade
demolition
retraction
5. Commemorate Let us ________ his great contribution by dedicating this library in his honor.
memorialize
retrieve
vitriolic
desiccate
6. Mixed up; jumbled; distorted A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one person to another; by the time it reaches the last player - the message has become totally ________.
skimp
garbled
deliberate
charlatan
7. Request earnestly; seek Knowing she needed to have a solid majority for the budget to pass - the mayor telephoned all the members of the city council to ________ their votes.
litotes
sensuous
solicit
nomenclature
8. Disintegration; looseness in morals The profligacy and ________ of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians.
dissolution
abdicate
fanfare
inevitable
9. The West It will take ________ to understand the ways and customs of the orient.
comatose
occident
desultory
testator
10. Dock; landing place Because of the captain's carelessness - the ship crashed into the ________.
guile
auroral
quay
comatose
11. Restrain They ________ed his arms against his body but left his legs free so that he could move about.
pinion
cohesion
domicile
saga
12. Breathing; exhalation The doctor found that the patient's years of smoking had adversely affected both his lung capacity and his rate of ________.
respiration
inter
poseur
energize
13. Trip; short journey He took a quick ________ to Atlantic City.
fleece
ingratiate
jaunt
inconsistency
14. Unconquerable The founders of our country had ________ willpower.
exude
conversant
indomitable
immobility
15. Unreal reflection; optical illusion The lost prospector was fooled by a ________ in the desert.
mirage
rakish
spartan
secrete
16. Into parts; apart Their points of view are poles ________.
abbreviate
abortive
prod
asunder
17. Curved - hooked He can be recognized by his ________ nose - curved like the beak of the eagle.
vaunted
generality
slither
aquiline
18. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.
euthanasia
marred
jaded
herbivorous
19. Watching; guarding The FBI kept the house under constant ________ in the hope of capturing all the criminals at one time.
equity
aplomb
surveillance
admonish
20. Difference; condition of inequality The ________ in their ages made no difference at all.
disparity
frenetic
fulcrum
asylum
21. Something new; newness The computer is no longer a ________ around the office.
pusillanimous
husbandry
balk
novelty
22. Measure; distribute He tried to be impartial in his efforts to ________ out justice.
exonerate
impalpable
mete
concord
23. Aid; assistance; relief We shall be ever grateful for the ________ our country gave us when we were in need.
partiality
succor
devotee
penurious
24. Fate ________ is the Arabic word for "fate."
resolution
atrophy
kismet
impotent
25. Pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating The ________sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.
piquant
choreography
exasperate
appal
26. Unalterable Let us not brood over past mistakes since they are ________.
transient
irrevocable
clarion
rigor
27. Menacing; threatening We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a ________ foe.
formidable
consign
franchise
altruistic
28. Prankish; gay The ________ puppy tried to lick the face of its master.
impede
streotyped
inveigle
frolicsome
29. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs Because he switched from one party to another - his former friends shunned him as an ________.
carnivorous
supplicate
obstreperous
apostate
30. Easily understood; clear; intelligible Her explanation was ________ enought for a child to grasp.
lucid
liability
ecclesiastic
invective
31. Destruction One of the major aims of the air force was the complete ________ of all means of transportation by the bombing of rail lines and the terminals.
scad
demolition
tepid
paragon
32. Open for the public to read; obvious It was ________ to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
impregnable
sap
substantiate
patent
33. Habitual return to crime Prison reformers in the United States are disturbed by the high rate of ________; the number of persons serving second and third terms indicates the failure of the prisons to rehabilitate the inmates.
tempo
fanciful
arid
recidivism
34. Spcial usage in language I could not understand their ________s because literal translation made no sense.
extrinsic
sardonic
bizarre
idiom
35. Designed to create ill will or envy We disregarded her ________ remarks because we realized how jealous she was.
banal
bestow
invidious
lucid
36. Yearly allowance The ________ he set up with the insurance company supplements his social security benefits so that he can live very comfortably without working.
annuity
braggadocio
humdrum
reciprocal
37. Courtesy; civility A spirit of ________ should exist among nations.
comity
remediable
ramification
unilateral
38. Twisting force; force producing rotation With her wrench she applied sufficient ________ to the nut the loosen it.
adage
ambience
torque
implacable
39. Bear one's self; behave He ________ed himself with great dignity.
prestige
provenance
comport
amnesia
40. Lively; stirring "And now - let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Roseanne Arnold - who'll lead us in a ________ rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'"
elated
surmount
rousing
indefatigable
41. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged Sucked into the ________ of the tornado - Dorothy and Toto were carried from Kansas to Oz.
facade
default
vortex
amiss
42. Cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can ________ almost anything she wants from her father.
rife
forswear
propitiate
wheedle
43. Pertaining to farewell I found the ________ address too long; leave-taking should be brief.
valedictory
perspicacious
meticulous
doddering
44. Rebuke; deserts After his earlier rudeness - we were delighted to see him get his ________.
infraction
platitude
beatitude
comeuppance
45. Mysterious; secret; supernatural The ________ rites of the organization were revealed only to members.
occult
prate
surfeit
discretion
46. Depravity A visitor may be denied admittance to this country if she has been guilty of moral ________.
turpitude
punctilious
mire
component
47. Fear A ruler who maintains his power by ________ is bound to develop clandestine resistance.
incumbent
intimidation
dotage
stricture
48. Start; beginning She was involved with the project from its ________.
medley
serpentine
chary
inception
49. Chatter idly The little girl ________d about her doll.
distend
babble
militate
spartan
50. Period between two reigns Henry VIII desperately sought a male heir because he feared the civil strife that might occur if any prolonged ________ succeeded his death.
contagion
interregnum
provender
astringent