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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church She was punished by the Spanish Inquisition because she was a ________.






2. Bombastic; stiffly pompous His ________ rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bombastic utterances.






3. Block legislation by making long speeches Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals - we were impressed by his ability to ________ endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.






4. Intricate; difficult; tangled What to Watson had been a ________ problem to Sherlock Holmes was simplicity itself.






5. Conspicuous; notable; protruding Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles's ________ ears make him resemble the big-eared character in Mad comics?






6. Stealing The bank teller confessed his ________ of the funds.






7. Lustful They found his ________ stories objectionable.






8. Beauty; comeliness I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female ________.






9. Evolve - as in prenatal growth While this scheme was being ________d by the conspirators - they maintained complete silence about their intentions.






10. Infallibility Jane refused to believe in the pope's ________ - reasoning: "All human beings are capable of error. The pope is a human being. Therefore - he pope is capable of error.






11. Waste He could not apply himself to any task and ________ed away his time in idle conversation.






12. Pertinent; referring to the case in hand Teri was impressed by how ________ Virginia Woolf's remarks were to her as a woman writer; it was as if Woolf had been writing with Teri's situation in mind.






13. Explain; enlighten He was called upon to ________ the disputed points in his article.






14. Attractive; agreeable I would rather have a poor and ________ wife than a rich and homely one.






15. Temporary encampment While in ________ - we spent the night in our sleeping bags under the stars.






16. Split; tear apart In his grief - he tried to ________ his garments.






17. Poem or song expressing lamentation On the death of Edward King - Milton composed the ________ "Lycidas."






18. Requiring sitting Because he had a ________ occupation - he decided to visit a gymnasium weekly.






19. Shade of difference in meaning or color The unskilled eye of the layperson has difficulty in dicerning the ________s of color in the paintings.






20. Turn aside His life was saved when his cigarette case ________ed the bullet.






21. Clothing "How can I go to the ball?" asked Cinderella. "I have no ________ fit to wear."






22. Very poor person Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income - she was by no means a ________.






23. Ability to be molded When clay dries out - it loses its ________ and becomes less malleable.






24. Unbeliever The Saracens made war against tne ________s.






25. Imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing We cannot even say that her music is a ________ of this or that composer; it is rather - reminiscent of many musicians.






26. Preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; early life; ancestors Before giving permission for Drummie to marry Estella - Miss Havisham had a few questions about the young man's birth and ________.






27. Estimate the value of It is difficult to ________ old paintings; it is easier to call them priceless.






28. Member of the working class The aristocrats feared mob rule and gave the right to vote only to the wealthy - thus depending the ________s of a voice in government.






29. Rejoice We ________ed when our team won the victory.






30. Easily deceived He preyed upon ________ people - who believed his stories of easy wealth.






31. Inharmonious The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were ________.






32. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosic-like pattern. In laying the floor - the carpenters combined redwood and oak in an elegant ________.






33. Without previous preparation Her listeners were amazed that such a thorough presentation could be made in an ________ speech.






34. Self-evident truth Many a ________ is well expressed in a proverb.






35. Easily broken; difficult My employer's ________ personality made it difficult for me to get along with her.






36. Tip Many service employees rely more on ________(ies) than on salaries for their livelihood.






37. Trite remark; commonplace statement he ________s in his speech were applauded by the vast majority in his audience; only a few people perceived how trite his remarks were.






38. Pertaining to the science of the function of living To understand this disease fully - we must examine not only its ________ aspects but also its psychological elements.






39. Conceit; vanity She thought so much of herself that we found her ________ unwarranted and irritating.






40. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.






41. Open to view According to the United States Constitution - a person must commit an ________ act before he may be tried for treason.






42. Punish - I must ________ you for this offense.






43. Salty The slightly ________ taste of this mineral water is pleasant.






44. Sun's corona; halo Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with ________ around their heads.






45. Formal disscussion; conversation The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical ________ of Socrates and his followers.






46. Person competent to act as judge of art - ect.; a lover of an art She had developed into a ________ of fine china.






47. Loyalty A dog's ________ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.






48. Arrest ( a criminal); dread; perceive The police will ________ the culprit and convict him before long.






49. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme The swindlers were found guilty of ________.






50. Scarcity The ________ of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.