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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Without guile; open and honest Red Riding Hood's ________ comment - "Grandma - what big eyes you have!" indicates the child's innocent surprises at her "grandmother's" changed appearance.
artless
inchoate
desecrate
salvage
2. Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to ________ the other.
discredit
preposterous
brittle
fulcrum
3. Lascivious; lustful Chaucer's monk is not pious but ________ - a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.
salacious
fracas
quarry
indefatigable
4. Spread throughout Despite airing them for several hours - she could not rid her clothes of the ________ odor of mothbals that clung to them.
pervasive
distend
relinquish
guile
5. Compiler of a dictionary The new dictionary is the work of many ________s who spent years compiling and editing the work.
lexicographer
abominate
inchoate
hone
6. Agree; accept It gives me great pleasure to ________ to your request.
depreciate
ceremonious
assent
macerate
7. State of apathy; daze; lack of awareness In his ________ - the addict was unaware of the events taking place around him.
improvident
stupor
appease
agitate
8. Comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous The ridiculous decision the jury has arrived at is a ________ of justice.
yoke
travesty
homespun
extenuate
9. Cruel; deadly The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the ________ disease
fell
incorporeal
acumen
rotunda
10. Based on experience He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on ________ data.
empirical
apostate
symbiosis
convene
11. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved We could not understand Martin's ________ rudeness to his mother's guests.
unwarranted
nonplus
arrears
meddlesome
12. Permanent The ________ bonds of marriage are all too often being dissolved.
wince
minutiae
indissoluble
artless
13. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.
obsolete
annihilate
deplicity
rant
14. Vicious assault We suffered many casualties during unexpected ________ of the enemy troops.
zany
onslaught
dilapidated
abominate
15. Squirm - twist. He was _________(ing - no e) in pain - desperate for the drug his body required.
windfall
extenuate
writhe
hoary
16. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.
abase
incongruity
itinerant
verisimilitude
17. Scandinavian myth; any legend This is a ________ of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.
proponent
capillary
saga
desultory
18. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances Forget about ethics! He's such an ________ that he'll vote in favor of any deal that will give him a break.
depravity
hazardous
opportunist
monumental
19. Atrocious; hatefully bad Hitler's ________ crimes will never be forgotten.
caprice
heinous
exhort
decant
20. Sheer; transparent They saw the burglar clearly through the ________ curtain.
obsession
diaphanous
spatula
demographic
21. Desert; abandon; renounce No one expected Foster to ________ his wife and children and run off with another woman.
forsake
quagmire
epitaph
latitude
22. Pompous array of words After we had waded through all the ________ - we discovered that the writer had said very little.
agnostic
propitiate
scanty
verbiage
23. Extremely obvious; loudly offensive Caught in a ________ lie - the scoundrel had only one regret: he wished that he had lied more subtly.
blatant
patent
quibble
discernible
24. Very important On this ________ occasion - we must be very solemn.
regimen
momentous
inexorable
buxom
25. Extremely small Why should I involve myself with a project with so ________ a chance for success?
chaffing
roil
metropolis
minuscule
26. Distress; suffering After all the trials and ________s we have gone through - we need this rest.
tribulation
aristocracy
prehensile
killjoy
27. Reckon; calculate He failed to ________ the interest - so his bank balance was not accurate.
indiscriminate
abut
compute
philanthropist
28. Pure; spotless The West Point cadets were ________ as they lined up for inspection.
azure
haphazard
immaculate
impute
29. Inborn His ________ talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.
clandestine
innate
cameo
gambol
30. Biting; sarcastic; stinging Actors feared the critic's ________ pen.
mordant
epicure
founder
purveyor
31. Put on When Clark Kent had to ________ his Superman outfit - he changed clothes in a convenient phone booth.
alloy
vehement
don
paragon
32. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.
flick
hermetic
felicity
preclude
33. Steadfast She approached the guillotine with ________ steps.
suffragist
unfaltering
incorrigible
prelate
34. Sink The sailors decided to ________ their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.
replete
scuttle
etymology
remorse
35. Premonition; foreboding Hamlet felt a ________ about his meeting with Laertes.
cogitate
incapacitate
omniscient
presentiment
36. Someone easily fooled While the gullible Watson often was made a ________ by unscrupulous parties - Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
gerontocracy
dupe
doctrinaire
noxious
37. Ransack; thoroughly search When we ________d through the trunks in the attic - we found many souvenirs of our childhood days.
rummage
canard
jollity
vassal
38. Lessening; reduction in size The blockaders hoped to achieve victory as soon as the ________ of the enemy's supplies became serious.
badinage
parsimonious
diminution
entity
39. Unrefined; coarse His ________ remarks often embarrassed the women in the audience.
glaze
earthy
foray
mercenary
40. Faithless lover; flirt Swearing he had never so much as looked at another woman - Jack assured Jill he was no ________.
divulge
philanderer
pretentious
viand
41. Fret; complain There is no sense ________(ing) over the work you have left undone.
repine
comatose
foment
talisman
42. Question closely; cross-examine Knowing that the Nazis would ________ him about his background - the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their quesions.
affable
usury
erratic
interrogate
43. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully The hostages were held under ________ until the prisoners' demands were met.
perceptive
duress
hazy
connoisseur
44. Inlaid; mosaic I recall seeing a table with a ________ top of bits of stone and glass in a very interesting pattern.
tesselated
saboteur
carnal
plagiarize
45. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.
potentate
passive
grisly
muted
46. Check flow of blood It is imperative that we ________ the gushing wound before we attend to the other injuries.
stanch
chagrin
ornate
tyranny
47. Thin layer; cover Casual acquaintances were deceived by his ________ of sophistication and failed to recognize his fundamental shallowness.
veneer
extant
leery
invincible
48. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.
regal
connotation
vehement
expedite
49. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument There must be a fallacy in this ________; I cannot accept its conclusion.
gouge
arcade
syllogism
seine
50. Sweet sounding The ________ sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.
dulcet
aplomb
repress
tarry