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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Doubtful; ambiguous Macbeth was misled by the ________ statements of the witches.






2. Sing; babble. Every morning the birds ________d outside her window.






3. Scarcity They closed the restaurant because the ________ of customers made it uneconomical to operate.






4. Claw of bird The falconer wore a leather gauntlet to avoid being clawed by the hawk's ________s.






5. Severity Many settlers could not stand the ________s of the New England winters.






6. Change; introduction of something new She loved ________ just because they were new.






7. Poisonous We must seek an antidote for whatever ________ substance he has eaten.






8. Chatter idly The little girl ________d about her doll.






9. Right or claim to possession; mark of rank; name (of a book - film - etc.) Though the penniless Duke of Ragwort no longer held title to the family estate - he still retained his ________ as head of one of England's oldest families.






10. Marrigeable Mrs. Bennet - in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five ________ daughters.






11. At rest; dormant After this geyser erupts - it will remain ________ for twenty-four hours.






12. Skillful His ________ handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.






13. Question severely In violation of the Miranda law - the police ________ed the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights.






14. Speak equivocally about an issue. When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal - the press secretary ________d - talking all around the issue.






15. Conceited person A ________ is his own best friend.






16. Outstanding; superior The king traveled to Boston because he wanted the ________ surgeon in the field to perform the operation.






17. Courteous; faithful; brave - ________ behavior involves noble words and good deeds.






18. Rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide - not ones who ________.






19. Hater of women She accused him of being a ________ because he had been a bachelor all his life.






20. Tendency to keep together A firm believer in the maxim "Divide and conquer -" the emperor - by lies and trickery - sought to disrupt the ________ of the free nations.






21. Harass; tease The soldiers ________ed the prisoners - terrorizing them.






22. Overjoyed; in high spirits Grinning from ear to ear - Bonnie Blair was clearly ________ by her Olympic victory.






23. Foul; rotten; decayed The gangrenous condition of the wound was indicated by the ________ smell when the bandages were removed.






24. Something new; newness The computer is no longer a ________ around the office.






25. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.






26. Suffering from indigestion; irritable His ________ temperament was apparent to all who heard him rant about his difficulties.






27. Bordering on the sea; nautical The ________ Provinces depend on the sea for their wealth.






28. Clear from blame He was ________d of the crime when the real criminal confessed.






29. Accidental; by chance There is no connection between these two events; their timing is entirely ________.






30. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic Helen valued people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively ________ waiter or a fawning salesclerk.






31. Soil - defile The scandalous remarks in the newspaper ________ the reputations of every member of the society.






32. Sleep producer; deadener of pain By such ________s - she made the people forget their difficulties and accept their unpleasant circumstances.






33. Reckon; calculate He failed to ________ the interest - so his bank balance was not accurate.






34. Existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary The Neanderthal Man is one of our ________ ancestors.






35. Calamity - The Johnstown flood was a ________.






36. Sullen; stubborn The man was ________ abd taciturn.






37. Think over ________ on this problem; the solution will come.






38. Disastrous People ignored her ________ predictions of an approaching depression.






39. Destroy completely The owners intend to ________ the hotel and erect an office building on the site.






40. Person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church She was punished by the Spanish Inquisition because she was a ________.






41. Dry; barren The cactus had adapted to survive in an ________ environment.






42. Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a ________ was present.






43. Wakefulness; inability to sleep He refused to join us in a midnight cup of coffee because he claimed it gave him ________.






44. Talk at length At this time - please give us a brief resume of your work; we shall permit you to ________ later.






45. Having foresight; fortuneteller - Cassandra's ________ warning was not heeded by the Trojans.






46. Cover with a thin and shiny surface The freezing rain ________d the streets and made driving hazardous.






47. Pacify; soothe We have discovered that - when we try to ________ our enemies - we encourage them to make additional demands.






48. Wrong name; incorrect designation His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname - King Eric the Just - was a ________.






49. Wild At the time of the collision - many people became ________ with fear.






50. Disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters - Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly ________.