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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Funeral ceremony Hundreads paid their last respects at his ________(ies).
obsequy
vociferous
unassuaged
scoff
2. Shell covering the back (of a turtle - crab - etc) - At the children's zoo - Richard perched on top of the giant turtle's hard ________ as it slowly made its way around the enclosure.
carapace
actuate
tutelary
latitude
3. Explain; interpret; clarify Harry Levin ________d James Joyce's novels with such clarity that even Finnegan's Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.
incantation
execute
explicate
insensate
4. Outward demonstration; indication Mozart's early attraction to the harsichord was the first ________ of his pronounced musical bent.
atheistic
manifestation
surly
alacrity
5. Pertaining to the woods; rustic His paintings of nymphs in ________ backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.
denouement
regale
vapid
sylvan
6. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty No matter how often he hiked through the mountains - David never failed to be struck by the ________ of the Sierra Nevada range.
homogeneous
nuance
grandeur
dregs
7. Mixture as of metals ________ of gold are used more frequently than the pure metal.
invidious
scrupulous
alloy
foible
8. Unreal reflection; optical illusion The lost prospector was fooled by a ________ in the desert.
mirage
frenzied
mite
aloof
9. Urging; demanding He tried to hide from his ________ creditors until his allowance arrived.
prune
circumlocution
foreboding
importunate
10. Excessively modest or proper person The X-rated film was definitely not for ________s.
restive
exhort
raconteur
prude
11. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal The church leaders decided not interfere in ________ matters.
unsullied
peripheral
lugubrious
secular
12. Purgative - Some drugs act as laxatives when taken in small doses but act as ________s when taken in much larger doses.
cathartic
glossary
frailty
calamity
13. Perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right The Internal Revenue Service agent was a ________ for accuracy; no approximations or rough estimates would satisfy him.
peroration
stickler
amok
obfuscate
14. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly In Revolt of the Black Athlete - sociologist Harry Edwards ________ that young black athletes have been exploited by some college recruiters.
condone
probe
contend
monotheism
15. Person who collects coins The ________ had a splendid collection of antique coins.
reactionary
pious
besmirch
numismatist
16. Be oppressed by heat I am going to buy an air conditioning unit for my apartment as I do not intend to ________ through another hot and humid summer.
dilatory
random
swelter
deciduous
17. Lover of mankind; doer of good As he grew older - he became famous as a ________ and benefactor of the needy.
obtuse
flourish
philanthropist
codicil
18. Animal-biting fly; an irritating person Like a ________ - he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours - everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.
philanderer
gadfly
negligible
sophist
19. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ________ in the hold to get her back on an even keel.
incriminate
ballast
malapropism
impunity
20. Cancel Because of public resentment - the king had to ________ his order.
ancillary
filibuster
rescind
perimeter
21. Interpret incorrectly; misjudge She took the passage seriously rather than humourously because she ________d the author's ironic tone.
despondent
idolatry
misconstrue
die
22. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile ________.
dour
delta
gnarled
receptive
23. Neigh like a horse. When he laughed through his nose - it sounded as if he ________(ied).
grate
fester
affluence
whinny
24. Spcial usage in language I could not understand their ________s because literal translation made no sense.
stalemate
resilient
idiom
hoary
25. Bestow courtesies with a superior air The king ________ed to grant an audience to the friends of the condemned man.
condescend
foist
ascetic
malefactor
26. Tender to sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings. The quiet tone of ________ that ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly sentimental.
proxy
pathos
suborn
pastiche
27. Resistance to authority; insubordination His words - though not treasonous in themselves - were calculated to arouse thoughts of ________.
sedition
gargolye
uniformity
altercation
28. Darken; make unclear At times he seemed purposely to ________ his meaning - preferring mystery to clarity.
obscure
sinecure
ballast
unsullied
29. Go backwards; degenerate Instead of advancing - our civilization seems to have ________d in ethics and culture.
avert
subjugate
retrograde
perquisite
30. Plunder; despoil The marauding army ________d the countryside.
reprisal
ravage
rococo
malefactor
31. Injury to the body The riot was marked not only by ________ - with its attendant loss of life and limb - but also by arson and pillage.
scavenge
rig
mendicant
mayhem
32. Crown The king's ________ was on display at the museum.
debacle
interminable
diadem
sibling
33. Infamy; vilification He refused to defend himself against the slander and ________ hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.
authoritarian
vapid
opprobrium
inimitable
34. Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated As ________ governor - Sir Henry administered the Queen's law in his remote corner of Canada.
provincial
loathe
disconcolate
amnesty
35. Mar; disfigure If you ________ a library book - you will have to pay a hefty fine.
irrepressible
deface
eminent
ablution
36. Dwarf; underground spirit In medieval mythology - ________s were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.
magnanimity
gnome
improvident
mayhem
37. Powerful person The oil ________s made great profits when the price of gasoline rose.
congruence
mogul
gastronomy
acquittal
38. Watchfulness Eternal ________ is the price of liberty.
vigilance
perversion
emanate
palimpsest
39. Analyze; evaluate When they ________ed the ore - they found that they had discovered a very rich vein.
assay
partisan
gingerly
wispy
40. Talkative boaster After all Sol's talk about his big show business connections led nowhere - Sally decided he was just another ________.
congenial
distill
forgo
blowhard
41. Deception; trickery The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and ________ were often more effective than military might.
disembark
milieu
artifice
asteroid
42. Flair; flamboyance Many performers imitate Noel Coward - but few have his ________ and sense of style.
fetter
panache
capacious
purchase
43. Poorverse Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work - most of her writing is mere ________.
genteel
doggerel
ravine
occident
44. Bugbear; object of baseless terror If we become frightened by such ________s - we are no wiser than the birds who fear scarecrows.
falter
tryst
raze
bugaboo
45. Prepare by combining; make up in concert How did the inventive chef ever ________ such strange dish?
felicitous
concoct
tenacity
mountebank
46. Combining parts into a whole Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug - our next problem is to plan its ________ in the laboratory.
synthesis
puerile
vivacious
dutiful
47. Annoying; tedious He found working on the assembly line ________ because of the monotony of the operation he had to perform.
dismantle
irksome
provincial
codify
48. Neat; skillful The ________ waiter uncorked the champagne without spilling a drop.
deft
conifer
aggrandize
plebeian
49. Denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) On the ________ thermometer - the freezing point of water is zero degrees.
cavil
centigrade
impassive
filch
50. Harass; tease The soldiers ________ed the prisoners - terrorizing them.
bait
mobile
cliche
theoretical