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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Differing in some characteristics; various There are ________ ways of approaching this problem.






2. Irritable; easily angered Her ________ temper frightened me.






3. Poisonous snake The habitat of the horned ________ - a particularly venomous snake - is in sandy regions like the Sahara or the Sinai peninsula.






4. Blame; censure I want my work to be above ________ and without error






5. Social or moral custom; established practice Flying in the face of ________ - George Sand (Amandine Dudevant) shocked her contemporaries by taking lovers and wearing men's clothes.






6. Break up ground after plowing; torture I don't want to ________ you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience.






7. Languor; weariness The hot - tropical weather created a feeling of ________ and encouraged drowsiness.






8. Split asunder - The lightening ________s the tree in two.






9. Clowning John Candy's ________ in Uncle Buck was hilarious.






10. Dishonest behavior The investigation into municipal corruption turned up new instances of ________ daily.






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






12. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.






13. Decorate Wall paintings and carved statues ________ed the temple.






14. Food I am very happy to be able to provide you with these ________; I know you are hungry.






15. 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.






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






17. Powerful; strong; potent We must keep his friendship for he will make a ________ ally.






18. Recover The doctors were worried because the patient did not ________ as rapidly as they had expected.






19. Undeveloped; rudimentary The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an ________ state; otherwise - it may grow to dangerous proportions.






20. Repect; value; judge I ________ Ezra Pound both for his exciting poetry and for his acute comments on literature.






21. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually ________led the morning mist.






22. Theft Because of the prisoner's record - the district attorney refused to reduce the charge from grand ________ to petit larceny.






23. Person celebrated for wisdom Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet - Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary ________.






24. Collect The miser's aim is to ________ and hoard as much gold as possible.






25. Flowing smoothly; smooth Italian is a ________ language.






26. Grow tiresome The study of word lists can eventually ________ and put one to sleep.






27. Suspended action - The deal was held in ________ until her arrival.






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






29. Gaudy She wore a ________ rhinestone necklace.






30. Pouring forth The critics objected to her literary ________ because it was too flowery.






31. Swamp gas; heavy - vaporous atmosphere - often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome - reeking of decay - it was a visible ________.






32. Stray; random He tried to study - but could not collect his ________ thoughts.






33. Serious or fatal accident - The number of automotive ________(ies) on this holiday weekend was high.






34. Lazy person "You are a ________ - a drone - a parasite -" the angry father shouted at his lazy son.






35. Illicit lover She sought a divorce on the grounds that her husband had a ________ in another town.






36. Detest We ________d the wicked villain.






37. Excessive zeal The leader of the group was held responsible even though he could not control the ________ of his followers.






38. Temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution Before painting the house - the workers put up a ________ to allow them to work on the second story.






39. Trespass; enter as an uninvited person She hesitated to ________ on their conversation.






40. Slingshot; hurling machine - Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by ________s.






41. Suitable to debate or courts of law In her best ________ manner - the lawyer addressed the jury.






42. Moment of calm Not wanting to get wet - they waited under the awning for a ________ in the rain.






43. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth ________ing on the beach - she relaxed so completely that she fell asleep.






44. Suggest a meaning not expressed Even though your statement does not declare that you are at war with that country - your actions ________ that that is the actual situation.






45. Gay; joyous; careless Shelley called the skylark a "________ spirit" because of its happy song.






46. Patient submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job If Bob Cratchit had not accepted Scrooge's bullying with timid ________ - he might have gotten up the nerve to hand in his resignation.






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






48. Unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in ________.






49. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship - The psychologist maintained there was a ________ relationship between the nature of one's early childhood experiences and one's adult personality.






50. Burden Some people ________ themselves with too much luggage - when they take short trips.