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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Ornamental clasp She treasured the ________ because it was an heirloom.






2. Doubt; challenge; gainsay I cannot ________ your honesty without evidence.






3. Disparage; depreciate Parents should not ________ their children's early attempts at drawing - but should encourage their efforts.






4. Mutually agreed on; done together The girl scouts in the troop made a ________ effort to raise funds for their annual outing - and emitted a concerted sigh when their leader announced that they had reached their goal.






5. Display ostentatiously She is not the one of those actresses who ________ their physical charms; she can act.






6. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight After these bandages are sterilized - they are placed in ________ containers.






7. Lacking substance; insignificant; frail His hopes for a career in acting proved ________; no one would cast him - even in an insubstantial role.






8. Pour off gently Be sure to ________ this wine before serving it.






9. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.






10. Private; peculiar to an individual Such behavior is ________ - it is as easily identifiable as a signature.






11. Regret Although I ________ the vulgarity of your language - I defend your right to express yourself freely.






12. Branching into two parts The ________ of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards.






13. Short - simple story teaching a moral Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this ________ teaches.






14. Tranquillity He was impressed by the air of ________ and peace that pervaded the valley.






15. Stubborn intolerance Brought up in a democratic atmosphere - student was shocked by the ________ and narrowness expressed by several of his classmates.






16. Ardent; hot She felt that the ________ praise was excessive and somewhat undeserved.






17. Understood; not put into words We have a ________ agreement based on only a handshake.






18. Drink greedily Singing - "Yo - ho - ho - and a bottle of rum -" Long John Silver and his fellow pirates ________ed their grog.






19. 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.






20. Mangle; tear Her body was ________d in the automobile crash.






21. Copy Many museums sell ________s of the works of art on display.






22. Subdue; crush; squash The authorities acted quickly to ________ the student rebellion - sending in tanks to cow the demonstrators.






23. Agreeable; gracious; engaging. By her _________ manner - she made herself liked by everyone who met her.






24. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.






25. Bear fruit This peach tree should ________ in three years.






26. Pertaining to cultivation of gardens When he bought his house - he beganto look for flowers and decorative shrubs - and began to read books dealing with ________ matters.






27. Element; ingredient I wish all the ________s of my stereo system were working at the same time.






28. Standstill; stalemate The negotiations had reached a ________.






29. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess The good news we have been receiving lately indicates that there is little reason for your ________.






30. Person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church She was punished by the Spanish Inquisition because she was a ________.






31. Agreeable; lovable His ________ disposition pleased all who had dealings with him.






32. Soak Their clothes were ________d by the rain.






33. Tax levied by a ruler; mark of respect The colonists refused to pay ________ to a foreign despot.






34. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.






35. Fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event. This huge tax refund is quite a ________.






36. Bow She made an ________ as the king and queen entered the room.






37. The smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance In chemistry - we study how atoms and ________s react to form new substances.






38. Study of insects I found ________ the least interesting part of my course in biology; studying insects bored me.






39. Pine tree; cone-bearing tree According to geologists - the ________s were the first plants to bear flowers.






40. Behavior; bearing His sober ________ quieted the noisy revelers.






41. Suppress; extinguish; inhibit Halfway through the boring lecture - Laura gave up trying to ________ her yawns.






42. Hard - inflexible He was ________ in his determination to punish the wrongdoer.






43. Atrocious; hatefully bad Hitler's ________ crimes will never be forgotten.






44. Soothing or softening remedy He applied an ________ to the inflamed area.






45. Split; tear apart In his grief - he tried to ________ his garments.






46. Composed; grave The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and ________.






47. Obtaining The personnel department handles the ________ of new employees.






48. Immaterial; without a material body We must devote time to the needs of our ________ mind as well as our corporeal body.






49. Animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant The tapeworm is an example of the kind of ________ that may infest the human body.






50. Hothead; troublemaker The police triedto keep track of all the local ________s when the President came to town.