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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Speaking several languages New York City is a ________ community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.
muse
polyglot
grapple
transparent
2. Shameless boldness She had the ________ to insult the guest.
zeal
tempo
effrontery
lewd
3. Peeping Jill called Jack a ________ when she caught him aiming his binoculars at a bedroom window of the house next door.
malefactor
probe
voyeur
seemly
4. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.
circumspect
compliant
allege
deride
5. Curse; express abhorrence for The world ________s the memory of Hitler and hopes that genocide will never again be the policy of any nation.
forsake
malingerer
execrate
prone
6. Brief - comprehensive summary This text can serve as a ________ of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this field.
ardor
overhaul
symmetry
compendium
7. Wild; sensational The ________ stories he told shocked his listeners.
onerous
enduring
pacify
lurid
8. Waterspout carved in groteque figures on a building The ________s adorning the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness.
gargolye
gambit
assay
delusive
9. Ambush; lie in wait. They agreed to ________ their victim as he passed through the dark alley going home.
waylay
jostle
melee
reconcile
10. Unrepressed The congregation was shocked by her ________ laughter during the sermon.
uninhibited
quack
stipple
abscond
11. Kinship She felt an ________ with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.
prognosis
affinity
disjointed
headstrong
12. Theoretical; not concrete; non-representational To him - hunger was an ________ concept; he had never missed a meal.
consensus
redoubtable
abstract
affinity
13. Deserving blame Your vicious conduct in this situation is ________.
reprehensible
bristling
unison
rhetoric
14. Counselor-at-law Galsworthy started as a ________ - but when he found the practice of law boring - turned to writing.
barrister
nubile
environ
functionary
15. Pertaining to speculative philosophy The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the ________ poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images.
levy
metallurgical
disembark
metaphysical
16. Provide with some quality; endow He was ________d with a lion's courage.
thrifty
coercion
functionary
endue
17. Obstruct The minority party agreed not to ________ the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace.
mincing
oblivion
surveillance
hamper
18. Petition humbly; pray to grant a favor We ________ Your Majesty to grant him amnesty.
avocation
taciturn
infantile
supplicate
19. Place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited Walking along the treelined paths of the ________ - Rita noted poplars - firs - and some particularly fine sycamores.
torque
luster
arboretum
awry
20. Like wood Petrified wood may be ________ in appearance - but it is stonelike in composition.
superimpose
impecunious
ligneous
unbridled
21. Outer boundary To find the ________ of any quadrilateral - we add the lengths of the four sides.
homily
surfeit
perimeter
caricature
22. Theft Because of the prisoner's record - the district attorney refused to reduce the charge from grand ________ to petit larceny.
uxorious
obituary
larceny
embargo
23. Act of assuming a human body and human nature The ________ of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.
apprehensive
incarnation
foil
cloying
24. Delusion I think you were frightened by a ________ that you created in you own mind.
pliable
aperture
hallucination
defunct
25. Slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness Fearing detection by the sentries on duty - the scout inched his way toward the enemy camp with great ________.
reprimand
posthumous
whinny
stealth
26. Having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental precesses Though Jack was emotionally immature - his ________ development was admirable; he was very advanced intellectually.
mannered
unguent
cognitive
profane
27. Stupid person I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead - I find myself addressing a pack of ________s.
extrovert
dolt
stratum
embellish
28. Having only one color Most people who are color blind actually can distinguish several colors; some - however - have a truly ________ view of a world all in shades of gray.
loll
monochromatic
subsidiary
overt
29. Enclosure for birds The ________ at the zoo held nearly 300 birds.
humdrum
refute
lumber
aviary
30. Point directly overhead in the sky; summit.When the sun was at its _________ - the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.
complaisant
dislodge
zenith
prelude
31. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile ________.
refute
skiff
replete
delta
32. Soaked; dull - as if from drink He set his ________ overcoat near the radiator to dry.
filibuster
hegemony
sodden
mordant
33. Enormously large or extensive The government seemed willing to spend ________ sums on weapons development.
transport
hovel
astronomical
admonish
34. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.
herbivorous
acquiesce
vertex
testy
35. Small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation The thousands of ________s on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.
spangle
aureole
prevaricate
viper
36. Foolish; inane He is far too intelligent to utter such ________ remarks.
fatuous
addle
gastronomy
augment
37. Temporary stay During the twenty-four-hour ________ - the lawyers sought to make the stay of execution permanent.
reprieve
wince
clique
faculty
38. Very destructive - harmful He argued that these books had a ________ effect on young and susceptible minds.
hackles
pernicious
somnambulist
eschew
39. Smirk; smile affectedly Complimented on her appearance - Stella self-consciously ________ed.
simper
avid
tractable
dishearten
40. Fear or hatred of foreigners.When the refugee arrived in America - he was unprepared for the _________ he found there.
xenophobia
prevalent
nihilism
aver
41. Foretell; presage The king did not know what these omens might ________ and asked his soothsayers to interpret them.
portend
addendum
levy
malaise
42. Song of praise or joy ________s celebrating the victory filled the air.
leniency
hibernate
paean
thrive
43. Longing; urge. She had a _________ to get away and live on her own for a while.
mitigate
denouement
plummet
yen
44. Decorate Parsley was used to ________ the boiled potato.
garnish
emaciated
marshal
extraneous
45. Confused; discomposed The novice square dancer became so ________ that he wandered into wrong set.
integrate
dissertation
discombobulated
foppish
46. Dangerous Your occupation is too ________ for insurance companies to consider your application.
gauche
hazardous
rapport
assiduous
47. Pertaining to the stars He was the ________ attraction of the entire performance.
supplicate
braggart
pathos
stellar
48. Surfeit; satisfy fully The guests - having eaten until they were ________d - now listened inattentively to the speakers.
satiate
tarry
discretion
nascent
49. Characterizing or affecting all; present everywhere At first - no one shared Christopher's opinions; his theory that the world was round was met with universal disdain.
expiate
universal
authoritative
matriarch
50. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.
palpable
immolate
stint
dilemma