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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Conditional The continuation of this contract is ________ on the quality of your first output.






2. Abuse He had expected criticism but not the ________ that greeted his proposal.






3. Coming from the side In order to get good plant growth - the gardener must pinch off all ________ shoots.






4. Having womanly traits His voice was high-pitched and ________.






5. Combine; constitute; pay interest; increase The makers of the popular cold remedy ________ed a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine.






6. Criminal We must try to bring these ________s to justice.






7. Artificial; pretended His ________ mannerisms irritated may of us who had known him before his promotion.






8. Thorough; inclusive This book provides a ________ review of verbal and math skills for the SAT.






9. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.






10. Madly excited As soon as they smelled smoke - the ________ animals milled about in their cages.






11. Slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the ________ enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.






12. Monarch; sovereign The ________ spent more time at Monte Carlo than he did at home on his throne.






13. Loathe; hate Moses scolded the idol worshippers in the tribe because he ________d the custom.






14. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger Brian has a strong sense of duty; he would never ________ any responsibility.






15. Disregard Be prepared to ________ what he has to say about his ex-wife.






16. Withholding belief; skeptical When Jack claimed he hadn't eaten the jelly doughnut - Jill took an ________ look at his smeared face and laughed.






17. Suitable for sevants; low I cannot understand why a person of your ability and talent should engage in such ________ activities.






18. Chain; fetter The criminal's ankles were ________d to prevent his escape.






19. Causing sadness - compassion - pity; touching Everyone in the auditorium was weeping by the time he finished his ________ tale about the orphaned boy.






20. Deny She was too honest to ________ the truth of the report.






21. Slandering; aspersion He is offended by your frequent ________s of his ability as a leader.






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






23. Unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech Such ________ joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.






24. To strip a priest or minister of church authority To disbar a lawyer - to ________ a priest - to suspend a doctor's license to practice--these are extreme steps that the authorities should take only after careful consideration.






25. Become popular with He tried to ________ himself into her parents' good graces.






26. Unit of light energy (one candle's worth) In buying light bulbs - she checked not only their power - as measured in watts - but their brightness - as measured in ________s.






27. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.






28. Thought - Mathematics problems sometimes require much ________.






29. Domestic; made at home homespun wit - like homespun cloth - was often coarse and plain.






30. Droop; grow feeble When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first period - the home team's spirits ________ged.






31. Poem or song expressing lamentation On the death of Edward King - Milton composed the ________ "Lycidas."






32. Damnation; complete ruin Praying for salvation - young Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal ________.






33. Pompous walk His ________ as he marched about the parade ground revealed him for what he was: a pompous buffoon.






34. Close; squeeze; The ________ed the package under her arm.






35. Besiege As soon as the city was beleaguered - the life became more subdued as the citizens began their long wait for outside assitance.






36. Suffering from indigestion; irritable His ________ temperament was apparent to all who heard him rant about his difficulties.






37. Diligent The young woman was so ________ that she received a commendation for her hard work.






38. Blessing; benefit The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a ________ to the whole community.






39. Language used by special group; gibberish We tried to understand the ________ of the peddlers in the market place but could not find any basis for comprehension.






40. Become worse; deteriorate As the fight dragged on - the champion's style________ until he could barely keep on his feet.






41. Swollen; pompous; bombastic I especially dislike his ________ style; I prefer writing which is less swollen and bombastic.






42. Excessively exacting You are ________ in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes.






43. Indirect speech; hypocritical; evasive Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked - Jack made a few ________ comments and tried to change the subject.






44. Contend; compete Politicians ________ with one another - competing for donations and votes.






45. Summit Let us drop a perpendicular line from the ________ of the triangle to the base.






46. Efficient If we are to succeed - we must seek ________ means of securing our goals.






47. Recede; lessen His fortunes began to ________ during the recession.






48. Examine closely and critically Searching for flaws - the sergeant ________d every detail of the private's uniform.






49. Unfortunate; annoying ________ circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.






50. Slang In the ________ of the underworld - she "was taken for a ride."






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