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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Boredom; weariness We hope this radio will help overcome the ________ of your stay in the hospital.
tedium
vaunted
dissemble
precipitate
2. Untrue; made up To impress his friends - Tom invented ________ tales of his adventures in the big city.
decry
apocryphal
environ
cadaverous
3. Lacking caution; injudicious It is ________ to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.
precipitate
cerebral
imprudent
divergent
4. Gigantic The ________ corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing
poignancy
malignant
mammoth
rant
5. Produced by fire; volcanic Lava - pumice - and other ________ rocks are found in great abundance around Mount Vesuvius near Naples.
igneous
laudable
imbue
longevity
6. Powerful person The oil ________s made great profits when the price of gasoline rose.
vigor
rectify
requiem
mogul
7. 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.
numismatist
dissonance
leery
seedy
8. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.
deflect
conduit
allegory
camaraderie
9. Worship of idols; excessive admiration Such ________ of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth.
beset
choleric
idolatry
concise
10. Lean and angular; barren His once-round face looked surprisingly ________ after he had lost weight.
gaunt
pulsate
peripatetic
episodic
11. Make numb; stun; amaze Disapproving of drugs in general - Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might ________ her.
stupefy
spontaneity
sloth
extol
12. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness Neither drunkards nor comics are noted for ________.
incipient
inimical
compensatory
sobriety
13. Religious image; idol The ________s on the walls of the church were painted in the 13th century.
gloat
icon
misgivings
irony
14. Easy; expert Because he was a ________ speaker - he never refused a request to address an organization.
facile
ordinance
surly
averse
15. Firmness; persistency; adhesiveness It is extremely difficult to overcome the ________ of a habit such as smoking.
tenacity
relegate
conjecture
effigy
16. Change; convert to something different He was unable to ________ his dreams into actualities.
imperiousness
transmute
percussion
indenture
17. Created by statute or legislative action The judicial courts review and try ________ crimes.
nexus
propellant
statutory
climactic
18. Equip The fisherman was ________d with the best that the sporting goods store could supply
canny
gratify
accoutre
effectual
19. Deliver officially; entrust; set apart The court ________d the child to her paternal grandmother's care.
consign
moribund
ballast
requiem
20. Seniority by birth By virtue of ________ - in some cultures the first-born child has many privileges denied his brothers and sisters.
precipice
incarnate
primogeniture
patronize
21. Acting without dialogue Because he worked in ________ - the clown could be understood wherever he appeared.
pantomime
skimp
phlegmatic
canard
22. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk This ________ - found in the ruins of Pompeii - is now on exhibition in the museum in Naples.
elicit
colloquial
superimpose
torso
23. Mar; disfigure If you ________ a library book - you will have to pay a hefty fine.
fret
testy
deface
ape
24. Good-naturedly ridiculing They resented his ________ remarks because they misinterpreted his teasing as sarcasm.
tensile
bantering
imbue
artless
25. Excessively or elaborately decorated Furniture of the Baroque period can be recognized by its ________ carvings.
construe
somnolent
ornate
therapeutic
26. Forerunners; advance forces We are the ________ of a tremendous army that is following us.
sloth
vanguard
anthropomorphic
unprecedented
27. Accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver - he was guilty of ________.
hackneyed
spoonerism
monastic
submissive
28. Good natured; merry A frown seemed out of place on his invariably ________ face.
shimmer
deleterious
jovial
mutable
29. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.
perturb
founder
infiltrate
herbivorous
30. Record of descent; lineage He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
holster
feint
genealogy
gratuity
31. Program asfor trial; book where such entries are made The case of Smith v. Jones was entered in the ________ for July 15.
knit
lurid
choleric
docket
32. Eliminate from consideration; reject Believing in John's love for her - she ________ed the notion that he might be unfaithful.
dismiss
depict
occult
psychosis
33. Unconquerable The founders of our country had ________ willpower.
synchronous
heterodox
surfeit
indomitable
34. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.
careen
stultify
palliate
exotic
35. Wandering The return of the ________ birds to the northern sections of this country is a harbinger of spring.
delude
yield
misdemeanor
migratory
36. Nook; recess Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room - an ________ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.
alcove
egregious
medley
deft
37. Expedient; prudent; well devised Even though he was disappointed - he did not think it ________ to refuse the offer.
parsimonious
politic
broach
swill
38. Common; pertaining to the common people His speeches were aimed at the ________ minds and emotions; they disgusted the more refined.
ominous
plebeian
solvent
intrepid
39. Stubborn intolerance Brought up in a democratic atmosphere - student was shocked by the ________ and narrowness expressed by several of his classmates.
adversary
pallet
bigotry
savory
40. Person with power to decide a matter in a dispute; judge As an ________ in labor disputes - she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.
gouge
zealot
solicitous
arbiter
41. Kinship She felt an ________ with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.
fluke
affinity
consecrate
incur
42. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.
megalomania
resolution
ornate
dissonance
43. One who studies the skin and its diseases I advise you to consult a ________ about your acne.
raspy
inequity
dermatologist
check
44. Combine; constitute; pay interest; increase The makers of the popular cold remedy ________ed a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine.
spate
compound
physiological
regime
45. Secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place We set the post in concrete to ________ it in place.
colloquial
brackish
bicker
anchor
46. Recent convert; beginner This monuntain slope contains slides that will challenge esperts as well as________s.
neophyte
seminary
expatriate
abash
47. Exceed Her SAT scores ________ed out expectations.
canny
cleft
accretion
surpass
48. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind The professor of ________ headed an expedition to the Gobi Desert in search of ancient ruins.
precocious
pluck
archaeology
fervor
49. Meeting place The two fleets met at the ________ at the appointed time.
clamor
codicil
rendezvous
pensive
50. Sharpness (of temper) These remarks - spoken with ________ - stung the boys to whom they had been directed.
asperity
psychiatrist
grovel
ratify