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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Bold Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking - the ________ soldier volunteered for the assignment.
vigor
exposure
glacial
dauntless
2. Kindly; favorable; not malignant The old man was well liked because of his ________ attitude toward friend and stranger alike.
rebuff
skirmish
espionage
benign
3. Feasible The board of directors decided that the plan was ________ and agreed to undertake the project.
abash
unwarranted
practicable
nuptial
4. Generous; showing bounty She distributed gifts in a ________ and gracious manner.
minute
bountiful
azure
opportunist
5. Extremely obvious; loudly offensive Caught in a ________ lie - the scoundrel had only one regret: he wished that he had lied more subtly.
lurid
loll
magnate
blatant
6. Assault He was ________ed with questions after his lecture.
catharsis
prophylactic
abortive
assail
7. Support; prop up - Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses - debates ________ their arguments with facts.
gloat
licentious
buttress
autocrat
8. Deadlock Negotiations between the union and the employers have reached a ________; neither side is willing to budge from previously stated positions.
philatelist
impromptu
impenetrable
stalemate
9. Connection I fail to see the ________ that binds these two widely separated events.
deterrent
nexus
schism
bicker
10. Dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the ________ corporation.
discourse
defunct
incredulous
derivative
11. Indirect speech; hypocritical; evasive Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked - Jack made a few ________ comments and tried to change the subject.
insubstantial
mealymouthed
disingenuous
tortuous
12. Serving to warn You should have visited a doctor as soon as you felt these ________ chest pains.
equipoise
centrifugal
forebears
premonitory
13. Neglectful of duty; abandoned The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being ________ in his duty.
incidental
extort
depravity
derelict
14. Expressing a low opinion I resent your ________ remarks.
gastronomy
derogatory
rationalize
wallow
15. Vertical Before hanging wallpaper it is advisable to drop a ________ line from the ceiling as a guide.
behemoth
psychosis
shrew
plumb
16. Hostile feeling or intent The ________ of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.
sear
dissident
animus
exalt
17. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.
winsome
aversion
theoretical
inadvertently
18. Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to ________ the other.
ensue
leery
discredit
stanch
19. Glimmer intermittently The moonlight ________ed on the water as the moon broke through the clouds for a moment.
motley
scourge
caste
shimmer
20. Decay Despite the body's advanced state of ________ - the police were able to identify the murdered man.
decomposition
malefactor
optometrist
disabuse
21. Any ulcerous sore; any evil - Poverty is a ________ in the body politic; it must be cured.
stricture
canker
floe
privy
22. Make frivolous objections - I respect your sensible criticisms - but I dislike the way you ________ about unimportant details.
lambaste
cavil
saboteur
precipitous
23. Church dignitary The archbishop of Moscow and other high-ranking ________s visited the Russian Orthodox seminary.
mutinous
knoll
prelate
expedite
24. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension. Your statement is ________ and will upset the harmony that now exists.
factious
mosaic
luscious
hyperbole
25. Nearing; approaching The entire country was saddened by the news of his ________ death.
impending
annals
alacrity
compact
26. Advocate of voting rights (for women) In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women - Congress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the ________ Susan B. Anthony.
mnemonic
prophylactic
quagmire
suffragist
27. Flattery; admiration The rock star thrived on the ________ of his groupies and yes-men.
adulation
empathy
belie
hue
28. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for Quit making ________ comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.
satyr
reminiscence
gratuitous
ebb
29. Children; offspring He was proud of his ________ but regarded George as the most promising of all his children.
progeny
temperament
concave
infiltrate
30. Call forth He ________d much criticism by his hostile manner.
meditation
evoke
devious
profound
31. Comparable She called our attention to the things that had been done in an ________ situation and recommended that we do the same.
meditation
analogous
emanate
nexus
32. Easily nauseated; squeamish As the ship left the harbor - he became ________ and thought that he was going to suffer from seasickness.
queasy
sphinx-like
gentility
tensile
33. Feign He ________ insanity in order to avoid punishment for his crime.
ancillary
reputable
simulate
convex
34. Cajole; coax; deceive by flattery. She knows she can ________ almost anything she wants from her father.
validate
incumbent
ostracize
wheedle
35. Tight; ready The captain maintained that he ran a ________ ship.
taut
improvident
inveterate
gloat
36. Marshal; draw up in order His actions were bound to ________ public sentiment against him.
saga
pyromaniac
array
fulcrum
37. Monarch with supreme power He ran his office like an ________ - giving no one else any authority.
autocrat
paradigm
flit
sequester
38. State of reacting readily to appeals - order - etc. The audience cheered and applauded - delighting the performers by its ________.
entice
rotunda
fleece
responsiveness
39. Combine; fuse The brooks ________ into one large river.
pomposity
coalesce
heterodox
carat
40. Clever; astute A ________ investor - he took clever advantage of the fluctuations of the stock market.
shrewd
multifarious
diva
abscond
41. Abstruse; profound; secret He read many ________ books in order to obtain the material for the scholarly thesis.
precipitate
swill
consensus
recondite
42. Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp His ________ dreams of wealth were costly to those of his friends who supported him financially.
elusive
delta
deference
nubile
43. Gloomy; depressing From the doctor's grim expression - I could tell he had ________ news.
lurk
muse
tranquillity
somber
44. Harmony; agreement In ________ with our rules and regulations - I am calling a meeting of our organization.
founder
contusion
conformity
dispel
45. Tangible; easily perceptible I cannot understand how you could overlook such a ________ blunder.
palpable
infernal
demeanor
discombobulated
46. Legal delay of payment If we declare a ________ and delay collection of debts for six months - I am sure the farmers will be able to meet their bills.
penurious
recondite
hew
moratorium
47. Wishing evil We must thwart his ________ schemes.
synthetic
jaundiced
malevolent
knotty
48. Extremely poor The costs of the father's illness left the family ________.
concede
banal
destitute
pastoral
49. Collect The miser's aim is to ________ and hoard as much gold as possible.
voyeur
ovation
amass
germane
50. Arraged by degree (of height - difficulty - etc.) Margaret loved her ________ set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.
endemic
graduated
sensuous
don