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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Prevailinig among a specific group of people or in a specific are or country This disease is ________ in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the population are at one time or another affected by it.






2. Invigorating medicine The ________ water invigorated her - contrary to the enervating effect of the alcohol.






3. Nearness; kinship Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere ________: they were more than relatives; they were true friends.






4. Retire from public life; segregate; seclude Although he had hoped for a long time to ________ himself in a small community - he never was able to drop his busy round of activities in the city.






5. Argumentative; fond of argument People avoided discussing contemporary problems with him because of his ________ manner.






6. Get one's bearings; adjust Philip spent his first day in Denver ________ing himself to the city.






7. Pure - Her ________ and decorous garb was appropriately selected for the solemnity of the occasion.






8. Confuse thoroughly His attempts to clarify the situation succeeded only on ________(ing) her further.






9. Thin; rare; slim The allegiance of our allies is held by rather ________ ties; let us hope they will remain loyal.






10. Oily; bland; insincerely suave Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by ________ protestations of his "'umility."






11. Nimbleness The ________ of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.






12. Disintegration; looseness in morals The profligacy and ________ of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians.






13. Neatly or smartly dresssed Priding himself on being a ________ dresser - the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.






14. Irresistible crushin force Nothing could survive in the path of the ________.






15. Apart; reserved Shy by nature - she remained ________ while all the rest conversed.






16. Features - especially of the face She quickly sketched the ________ of his face.






17. Work Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony - he did not regard it as his major ________.






18. A manually skilled worker Artists and ________s alike are necessary to the development of a culture.






19. Obstruct The minority party agreed not to ________ the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace.






20. Dishonest behavior The investigation into municipal corruption turned up new instances of ________ daily.






21. Straightforward; direct; frank I prefer Jill's ________ approach to Jack's tendency to beat around the bush.






22. Calm; not easily disturbed The nurse was a cheerful but ________ person - unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.






23. Earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.






24. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance This new material is ________ to liquids.






25. Windy The ________ weather made sailing precarious.






26. Punishing He asked for ________ measures against the offender.






27. Correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship The student demonstrated the ________ of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem.






28. Boastful; excessively conceited She was a ________ and arrogant individual.






29. Crash; rush The runaway train ________d toward disaster.






30. Dig into They ________(ied) blocks of marble out of the hillside.






31. Descent; ancestry He traced his ________ back to Mayflower days.






32. Compensating; rewarding I find my new work so ________ that I may not return to my previous employment.






33. Monumental tomb His body was placed in the family ________.






34. Strict disciplinarian The commanding officer was a ________ who observed each regulation to the ltter.






35. Menial work Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of ________.






36. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






37. Bear one's self; behave He ________ed himself with great dignity.






38. Very precise and formal; exceedingly proper Many people commented on the contrast between the ________ attire of the young lady and the inappropriate clothing worn by her escort.






39. Surrender something; efect; vomit Unwilling to ________ the cash he had stolen from the pension fund - the embezzler tried to run away.






40. Dormant; hidden Her ________ talent was discovered by accident.






41. Calm; pacify The crew tried to ________ the fears of the passengers by announcing that the fire had been controlled.






42. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved We could not understand Martin's ________ rudeness to his mother's guests.






43. Trying to please; obliging The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a ________ manner.






44. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.






45. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.






46. Discuss lightly; exchange blows or words The president refused to ________ words with reporters at the press conference.






47. Power of knowing without reasoning She claimed to know the truth by ________.






48. Command I cannot accept government by ________; I feel that I must be consulted.






49. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy We received only ________ support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.






50. Not lasting forever; limited by time; secular At one time in our history - ________ rulers assumed that they had been given their thrones by divine right.






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