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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Very poor person Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income - she was by no means a ________.






2. Resistance to authority; insubordination His words - though not treasonous in themselves - were calculated to arouse thoughts of ________.






3. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed The player was afraid to accept his opponent's ________ because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see.






4. Make known by official proclamation or publication As soon as the Civil Service Commission ________s the names of the successful candidates - we shall begin to hire members of our staff.






5. Protective; pertaining to a guardianship I am acting in my ________ capacity when I refuse to grant you permission to leave the campus.






6. Reveal I will not tell you this news because I am sure you will ________ it prematurely.






7. Security from being destroyed - corrupted or profaned They respected the ________ of her faith and did not try to change her manner of living.






8. Cure-all; something invigorating The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an ________.






9. Pertaining to Pharisees - who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical Walter Lippmann has pointed out that moralists who do not attempt to explain the moral code they advocate are often regarded as ________ and ignored.






10. Boat or yacht race Many boating enthusiasts followed the ________ in their own yachts.






11. Wallow. At the height of the battle - the casualties were so numerous that the victims ________ed in their blood while waiting for medical attention.






12. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful An ________ parent damages a child both mentally and physically.






13. Sermon; serious warning His speeches were always ________(ies) - advising his listeners to repent and reform.






14. Check the flow The paramedic used a tourniquet to ________ the bleeding from the slashed artery.






15. Fear A ruler who maintains his power by ________ is bound to develop clandestine resistance.






16. Cause; provoke; provide a cue for an actor Whatever ________ed you to ask for such a big piece of cake when you're on a diet?






17. Change in direction After what seemed an eternity - the wind ________ed to the east and the storm abated.






18. Lure; attract; tempt She always tried to ________ her baby brother into mischief.






19. Large city Every evening this terminal is filled with the thousands of commuters who are going from this ________ to their homes in the suburbs.






20. Immature; shallow Your ________ remarks are a sign of your youth and indicate that you have not given much thought to the problem.






21. Flay; abrade These shoes are so ill-fitting that they will ________ the feet and create blisters.






22. Disaster; misery - As news of the ________ spread - offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.






23. Demanding much work or care; tedious In putting together his dictionary of the English language - Doctor Johnson undertook a ________ task.






24. Shut; close A blood clot ________d an artery to the heart.






25. Not frank; eluding Your ________ answers convinced the judge that you were witholding important evidence.






26. Sleep producing I do not need a sedative when I listen to one of his ________ speeches.






27. Beginning; in an early stage I will go to sleep early for I want to break an ________ cold.






28. Husband or wife The search for a ________ for the young Queen Victoria ended happily.






29. Rude; cross Because of his ________ attitude - many people avoided his company.






30. Correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel Every time we try to ________ our checkbook with the bank statement - we quarrel. However - despite these monthly lovers' quarrels - we always manage to reconcile.






31. Undistinctive; ordinary The private detective was a short - ________ fellow with no ourstanding features - the sort of person one would never notice in a crowd.






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






33. Awkward He is an ________ young man; he trips over everything.






34. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.






35. Small ornamental statuette In the Maltese Falcon - Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing ________ of a black bird.






36. Refer; attribute; assign I can ________ no motive for her acts.






37. Branching into two parts The ________ of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards.






38. Beautiful writing; excellent penmanship - As we examine ancient manuscripts - we became impressed with the ________ of the scribes.






39. Abundant; current In the face of the many rumors of scandal - which are ________ at the moment - it is best to remain silent.






40. Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious From the very beginning of his ministry it was clear from his ________ pronouncements that John was destined for a high pontifical office.






41. Generate pus When her finger began to ________ - the doctor lanced it and removed the splinter that had caused the pus to form.






42. Systematic An accountant must be ________ and maintain order among his financial records.






43. Favoring or exercising total control; non-democratic The people had no control over their destiny; they were forced to obey the dictates of the ________ regime.






44. Charmingly carefree; simple Far from the city - she led an ________ existence in her rural retreat.






45. Wandering Many a charming tale has been written about the knights-________ who helped the weak and punished the guilty during the Age of Chivalry.






46. Revoke; annul What would the effect on our society be if we decriminalized drug use by ________ing the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?






47. Broad comedy; mockery Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a ________.






48. Abundant He had ________ opportunity to dispose of his loot before his police caught up with him.






49. Pretense; evasion As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a ________ we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.






50. Intellectuals; members of the educated elite She preferred discussions about sports and politics to the literary conversations of the ________.