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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.






2. Wordy This article is too ________; we must edit it.






3. Confused; discomposed The novice square dancer became so ________ that he wandered into wrong set.






4. 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.






5. Playful Such a ________ attitude is surprising in a person as serious as you usually are.






6. Devilish This scheme is so ________ that I must reject it.






7. Extremely small Tiny and delicate - the model was built on a ________ scale.






8. Untimely; poorly chosen A rock concert is an ________ setting for a quiet conversation.






9. Cancel; remove If you behave - I will ________ this notation from your record.






10. Unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech Such ________ joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.






11. Lie Some people believe that to ________ in a good cause is justifiable and regard the statement as a "white lie."






12. Vibrant and lively; critical; living - breathing The ________ - highly energetic first aid instructor stressed that it was vital in examining accident victims to note their vital signs.






13. Express sympathetic sorrow His friends gathered to ________ with him over his loss.






14. Correct - usually a text The critic ________ed the book by retranslating several passages.






15. Prohibit; restrain The child was not ________ed in her responses.






16. Physician specializing in delivery of babies Unlike midwives - who care for women giving birth at home - ________s generally work in a hospital setting.






17. Isolation; solitude One moment she loved crowds; the next - she sought ________.






18. Warlike His ________ disposition alienated his friends.






19. Irreverence; wickedness We must regard your blasphemy as an act of ________.






20. Fate ________ is the Arabic word for "fate."






21. Outer boundary To find the ________ of any quadrilateral - we add the lengths of the four sides.






22. Based on assumptions or hypotheses Why do we have to consider ________ cases when we have actual case histories that we may examine?






23. Twisted; with a humorous twist.We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its _________ wit.






24. Incompatible; not able to be resolved Because the separated couple were ________ - the marriage counselor recommended a divorce.






25. Dig up; unearth They ________red the body and held an autopsy.






26. Filled to capacity; abundantly supplied The book is ________ with humorous situations.






27. At the point of death The doctors called the family to the bedside of the ________ patient.






28. Celebrity; dignitary A leading light of the American stage - Ethel Barrymore was a theatrical ________ whose name lives on.






29. Longing; urge. She had a _________ to get away and live on her own for a while.






30. Firmly established by nature or habit His ________ love of justice compelled him to come to their aid.






31. Interjection; profane oath The sergeant's remarks were filled with ________s that offended the new recruits.






32. Insignificant; unimportant Brushing off Ali's apologies for having broken the wine glass - Tamara said - "Don't worry about it; it's ________."






33. Payments make to an ex-spouse after divorce Because Tony had supported Tina through medical school - on their divorce he asked the court to award him a month in ________.






34. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.






35. Suspicious; cautious Don't eat sushi at this restaurant; I'm a bit leery about how fresh it is.






36. Abundantly fruitful She was a ________ writer who produced as many as three books a year.






37. Token of disgrace; brand I do not attach any ________ to the fact that you were accused of this crime; the fact that you were acquitted clears you completely.






38. Manner of walking or running; speed The lame man walked with an uneven ________.






39. Courteous regard for another's wish In ________ to his desires - the employers granted him a holiday.






40. Scholar Our faculty includes many worldfamous ________s.






41. Unavoidable Death and taxes are both ________.






42. Comparison of one thing with another - using the word like or as "My love is like a red - red rose" is a ________.






43. Enormously large or extensive The government seemed willing to spend ________ sums on weapons development.






44. Fame For many years an unheralded researcher - Barbara McClintock gained international ________ when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.






45. Head off; forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself; supplant Hoping to ________ any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue - the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.






46. Spcial usage in language I could not understand their ________s because literal translation made no sense.






47. Apparent; professed; pretended Although the ________ purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands - we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.






48. 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.






49. Coarse food for cattle - horses etc. One of Nancy's chores ar the ranch was to put fresh supplies of ________ in the horses' stalls.






50. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.