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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Pour off gently Be sure to ________ this wine before serving it.
decant
berate
masochist
bourgeois
2. Thicken; congeal; clot - Even after you remove the pudding from the burner - it will continue to ________ as it stands.
barterer
spatial
coagulate
humane
3. Frustrate; perplex The new code ________d the enemy agents.
somber
baffle
perpetual
pachyderm
4. Like a fox; crafty She disliked his sly ways - but granted him a certain ________ intelligence.
nihilism
inimitable
vulpine
petty
5. Person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain The doctor called her patient a ________ because he had borne the pain of the examination without whimpering.
funereal
contingent
progeny
stoic
6. Plead; ask earnestly She ________ed her father to let her stay out till midnight.
insipid
equivocate
tightwad
entreat
7. Suitable to debate or courts of law In her best ________ manner - the lawyer addressed the jury.
nostrum
affable
forensic
debutante
8. Drunken Emperor Nero attended the ________ orgy.
bacchanalian
jurisprudence
entity
scrupulous
9. Run-down; decrepit; disreputable I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a ________ downtown hotel.
wince
epitome
seedy
amplify
10. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) - often mutually beneficial Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their ________; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth - the bird derives nouri
brackish
congenial
symbiosis
withdrawn
11. Thick-skinned animal The elephant is probably the best-known ________
pachyderm
phlegmatic
desultory
assuage
12. Study of word parts A knowledge of ________ can help you on many English tests.
diversity
etymology
qualms
refurbish
13. Secret code - Lacking his code book - the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in ________.
belabor
regeneration
apropos
cipher
14. Religious image; idol The ________s on the walls of the church were painted in the 13th century.
disparate
spatial
indeterminate
icon
15. Tie with a Before we went to sleep - we ________ed the horses to prevent their wandering off during the night.
expedite
pellmell
tender
tether
16. Work Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony - he did not regard it as his major ________.
mutinous
opus
thermal
rationalization
17. Direct financial aid by government - etc. Without this ________ - American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
audacious
subsidy
deprecate
impecunious
18. Furthest behind The coward could always be found in the ________ lines whenever a battle was being waged.
granulate
mutter
hindmost
caste
19. Lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined Looking over the bare - unheated room with its hard cot - he wondered what he was doing in such ________ quarters. Only his ________ sense of duty kept him at his post.
array
spartan
equivocate
carrion
20. Face; appearance The stern ________ of the judge indicated that she had decided to impose a severe penalty.
insubstantial
laconic
visage
convex
21. Relentless; unyielding; implacable After listening to the pleas for clemency - the judge was ________ and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.
petulant
inexorable
circumspect
plenary
22. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land In a magnificent feat of engineering - Goethals and his men cut through the ________ of Panama in constructing the Panama Canal.
invalidate
nondescript
inanimate
isthmus
23. Crafty; double-dealing I do not think he will be a good embassador because he is not accustomed to the ________ maneuverings of foreign diplomats.
machiavellian
figment
comeuppance
tutelary
24. Sing; babble. Every morning the birds ________d outside her window.
frolicsome
physiognomy
warble
amplify
25. Outward appearance; guise Although this book has a ________ of wisdom and scholarship - a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.
vouchsafe
fritter
sanction
semblance
26. Shell or jewel carved in relief - Tourists are advised not to purchase ________s from the street peddlers of Rome who sell poor specimens of the carver's art.
exertion
obtuse
cameo
seamy
27. Self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt Although the commencement speaker had some good things to say - we had to laugh at his ________ and general air of parading his own dignity.
conundrum
pomposity
amenities
fecundity
28. Reclining; lying down completely or in part The command "AT EASE" does not permit you to take a ________ position.
scoff
mealymouthed
apropos
recumbent
29. Related to monks Wanting to live a religious life - he took his ________ vows.
mawkish
malignant
prototype
monastic
30. Contradict; give a false impression His coarse - hard-bitten exterior be________d his innate sensitivity.
luster
belie
platonic
junta
31. Deprive of a civil right The imposition if the poll tax effectively ________d poor Southern blacks - who lost their right to vote.
transient
disenfranchise
iniquitous
commiserate
32. Impartial; fair Do men and women receive ________ treatment from their teachers - or - as recent studies suggest - do teachers pay more attention to male students than to females?
guise
kindle
evenhanded
dauntless
33. Susceptible to wounds Achilles was ________ only in his heel.
vulnerable
exchequer
heyday
sallow
34. Delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest The judge granted the condemned man a ________ to enable his attorneys to file an appeal.
carousal
placid
respite
agitate
35. Renounce; abandon The captured knight could escape death only if he agreed to ________ Christianity and embrace Islam as the one true faith.
advocate
forswear
misogamy
frantic
36. Occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner It is ________ that his success came when he least wanted it.
ironic
awl
sylvan
writhe
37. Person of no importance; nonexistence Don't dismiss John as a ________; in his quiet way - he's very important to the firm.
nonentity
frugality
frailty
maul
38. Discuss lightly; exchange blows or words The president refused to ________ words with reporters at the press conference.
eerie
bandy
relent
serrated
39. Pretense; evasion As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a ________ we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.
subterfuge
wanton
holocaust
tedium
40. Throw into confusion He became ________ed in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the dispute.
levy
embroil
punitive
atrophy
41. Vexation; disappointment - Her refusal to go with us filled us with ________.
chagrin
superficial
canny
hurtle
42. Kill - usually one out of ten We do more to ________ our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.
decimate
confound
obviate
gazette
43. Dig out of the ground; remove from a grave Because of the rumor that he had been poisoned - his body was ________d in order that an autopsy might be performed.
fabricate
exhume
denigrate
foreboding
44. Abundant He had ________ opportunity to dispose of his loot before his police caught up with him.
machinations
concur
ample
witticism
45. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.
autopsy
antiseptic
calligraphy
resplendent
46. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.
assay
jurisprudence
apotheosis
provoke
47. Agree; accept It gives me great pleasure to ________ to your request.
misogynist
assent
chase
caustic
48. Move furtively and secretly He ________ed through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.
suffragist
maim
skulk
intrinsically
49. Scandinavian myth; any legend This is a ________ of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.
inanimate
spectral
patrician
saga
50. Blessing The appearance of the sun after the many rainy days was like a ________.
retroactive
epithet
benediction
vagrant