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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Slightly obscure In ________ weather - you cannot see the top of this mountain.






2. Armed band Caesar and his Roman ________ conquered almost all of the known world.






3. Rising again after defeat - etc. The ________ nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.






4. Universally present; ubiquitous On Christmas Eve - Santa Claus is ________.






5. Pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a ________ society would lower the nation's standards.






6. Helpful; contributive Rest and proper diet are ________ to good health.






7. Servile flatterer; yes man Never tell the boss anything he doesn't wish to hear: he doesn't want an independent adviser - he just wants a ________.






8. Any ulcerous sore; any evil - Poverty is a ________ in the body politic; it must be cured.






9. Ordinary; typical His ________ upbringing left him wholly unprepared for his wife's eccentric family.






10. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth ________ing on the beach - she relaxed so completely that she fell asleep.






11. Act of assuming a human body and human nature The ________ of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.






12. Self-imposed punishment for sin The Ancient Mariner said - "I have penance done and ________ more will do -" to atone for the sin of killing the albatross.






13. Suitable to debate or courts of law In her best ________ manner - the lawyer addressed the jury.






14. Make amends for; pay for He knew no way in which he could ________ for his brutal crime.






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






16. Tool for holding work in place Before filling its edges - the keysmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a ________.






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






18. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search - especially for food If you need car parts that the dealers no longer stock - try ________ing for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards.






19. In love Narcissus became ________ of his own beauty.






20. Clean by removing impurities; clear of changes If you are to be ________d of the charge of contempt of Congress - you must be willing to answer the questions previously asked.






21. Non-moral The ________ individual lacks a code of ethics; he should not be classified as immoral.






22. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.






23. Replace; usurp Corazon Aquino ________ed Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines.






24. Sameness; consistency; monotony After a while - the ________ of TV situation comedies becomes boring.






25. Pertaining to land or its cultivation As a result of its recent industrialization - the country is gradually losing its ________ traditions.






26. Loyal; unswerving Penelope was ________ in her affections - faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.






27. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body - Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a ________ by purging the soul of base concepts.






28. Be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers ________ on the littel rascals - too.






29. Induce someone to convert to religion or belief In these interfaith meetings - there must be no attempt to ________; we must respect all points of view.






30. Target of a hunt; victim In Stalking the Wild Asparagus - Euell Gibbons has as his ________ not wild beasts but wild plants.






31. Hard; strenuous Her ________ efforts had sapped her energy.






32. Shrink back; flinch. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her ________.






33. Trespass; enter as an uninvited person She hesitated to ________ on their conversation.






34. Violent; rough; noisy The unruly crowd became even more ________ when he tried to quiet them.






35. Place side by side Comparison will be easier if you ________ the two objects.






36. Movable; not fixed The ________ blood bank operated by the Red Cross visited our neighborhood today.






37. Similarity; parallelism Your ________ is not a good one because the two situations are not similar.






38. Occurring again and again These ________ attacks disturbed us and we consulted a physician.






39. Pertaining to the stars He was the ________ attraction of the entire performance.






40. Enthusiastic follower A ________ of the opera - he bought season tickets every year.






41. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






42. Sediment; worthless residue David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the ________.






43. Steep; overhasty This hill is difficult to climb because it is so ________; one slip - and our descent will be precipitous as well.






44. Trembling; wavering She was ________ more from excitement than from fear.






45. Frenzied Angered - he went ________ and began to wreck the room.






46. Person who has a compulsive desire to steal They discovered that the wealthy customer was a ________ when they caught her stealing some cheap trinkets.






47. Wasteful; reckless with money The ________ son squandered his inheritance.






48. Petty details She would have liked to ignore the ________ of daily living.






49. Set free At first - the attempts of the Abolitioninst to ________ the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.






50. Cause of complaint When her supervisor ignored her complaint - she took her ________ to the union.