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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Arrest ( a criminal); dread; perceive The police will ________ the culprit and convict him before long.






2. Relating to space It is difficult to visualize the ________ extent of our universe.






3. Notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking She was an ________ liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said.






4. Very generous The ________ gift was presented to the bride by her rich uncle.






5. Sediment deposited by running water The harbor channel must be dredged annually to remove the ________.






6. Intensely cold Alaska is in the ________ zone.






7. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman The Red Cross sought to put an end to the ________ treatment of prisoners of war.






8. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.






9. Banish to the country; dwell in the country I like city life so much that I can never understand how people can ________ in the suburbs.






10. Ornament a metal surface by indenting - With his hammer - he carefully ________d an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.






11. Moment of calm Not wanting to get wet - they waited under the awning for a ________ in the rain.






12. Noxious smell Air pollution has become a serious problem in our major cities; the ________ and the poisons in the air are hazards to life.






13. Close; squeeze; The ________ed the package under her arm.






14. Determined; natural talent or inclination bent on advancing in the business world - the secretary heroine of Working Girl had a true ________ for high finance.






15. Confirm; ratify I will not publish my findings until I ________ my results.






16. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others Some thought Dali was a brillant painter; others dismissed him as a ________.






17. Highest point When the moon in its orbit is furthest away from the earth - it is at its ________.






18. Lawsuit Try to settle this amicably; I do not want to start ________.






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






20. Inhabitant of Ghosts are ________s of the land of the dead who return to earth.






21. Happines; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.) She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great ________ in their wedded life.






22. Arrange (laws - rules) as a code; classify We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and ________ them into a national health code.






23. Popular fashion Jeans became the ________ on many college campuses.






24. 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.






25. Rider on horseback These paths in the park are reserved for ________s and their steeds.






26. Sharpen To make shaving easier - he ________d his razor with great care.






27. Partly transparent We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the ________ curtains that separated us.






28. Division; partition; separation The ________ of church and state is a basic principle of our government.






29. Curving outward He polished the ________ lens of his telescope.






30. Renounce upon oath He ________d his allegiance to the king.






31. Speed of music I find the conductor's ________ too slow for such a brilliant piece of music.






32. Smoothness of speech He spoke French with ________ and ease.






33. Boisterous; noisy The crowd became ________ and shouted their disapproval of the proposals made by the speaker.






34. Scornful remarks - stinging rebuke His feelings were hurt by the ________ of his supposed friends.






35. Parti-colored; mixed The captain had gathered a ________ crew to sail the vessel.






36. Long period of time; an age It has taken ________s for our civilization to develop.






37. Related to monks Wanting to live a religious life - he took his ________ vows.






38. Neat and trim Every button buttoned - tie firmly in place - young Alex Keaton looked ________ and tidy for his job interview at the bank.






39. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.






40. Extremely demanding The colonies rebelled against the ________ financial claims of the mother country.






41. Lack of caring; indifference A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the ________ of people who never bothered to vote.






42. Light-hearted; dizzy He felt his ________ youth was past.






43. Talkative She is very ________ and can speak on the telephone for hours.






44. Ghostly We were frightened by the ________ glow that filled the room.






45. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.






46. Premonition; foreboding Hamlet felt a ________ about his meeting with Laertes.






47. Crown The king's ________ was on display at the museum.






48. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.






49. Make less difficult He tried to ________ repayment of the loan by getting a part-time job.






50. Goal; aim A degree in medicine was her ultimate ________.