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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.






2. Provide scantily; live very economically They were forced to ________ on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.






3. Slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness Fearing detection by the sentries on duty - the scout inched his way toward the enemy camp with great ________.






4. Supporter The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry ________s after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.






5. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.






6. Existing at birth His ________ deformity disturbed his parents.






7. Active enmity He incurred the ________ of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.






8. Bearlike; pertaining to a bear Because of its ________ appearance - the great panda has been identified with the bears; actually - it is closely related to the raccoon.






9. Able to be touched; real; palpable Although Tom did not own a house - he had several ________ assets--a car - a television - a PC--that he could sell if he needed cash.






10. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post ________d the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.






11. State of violent agitation We were frightened by the ________ of the ocean during the storm.






12. Careless We dislike restaurants where the service is ________ and inattentive.






13. Move briskly The White Rabbit had to ________ to get to his appointment on time.






14. Confused uproar The marketplace was a scene of ________ and excitement.






15. Essence she was asked to give the ________ of the essay in two sentence.






16. Government under a single hereditary ruler with varying degrees of power England today remains a ________.






17. Digressing; rambling They were annoyed and bored by her ________ remarks.






18. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.






19. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. - produce interesting symmetrical effects People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the ________; they found the ever-changing patterns






20. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.






21. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.






22. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.






23. Based on experience He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on ________ data.






24. Affectedly dainty Yum-Yum walked across the stage with ________ steps.






25. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






26. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.






27. Dizziness We test potential plane pilots for susceptibility to spells of ________.






28. Praise All the ________(ies) of his friends could not remove the sting of the calumny heaped upon him by his enemies.






29. Destruction One of the major aims of the air force was the complete ________ of all means of transportation by the bombing of rail lines and the terminals.






30. Pistol case Even when he was not in uniform - he carried a ________ and pistol under his arm.






31. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.






32. Irritable; short-tempered My advice is to avoid discussing this problem with him today as he is rather ________ and may shout at you.






33. Appearance; costume In the ________ of a plumber - the detective investigated the murder case.






34. Equality; close resemblance I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the ________ between the two illustrations.






35. Strip; deprive He was ________ed of his power to act and could no longer govern.






36. Temporary stay After his ________ in Florida - he began to long for the colder climate of his native New England home.






37. Uncorrectable Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck - Miss Watson pronounced him ________le and said he would come to no good end.






38. Marginal; outer We lived - not in central London - but in one of those ________ suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of the great city.






39. Grave; serius; coy She was ________ and reserved.






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






41. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.






42. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.






43. Having to do with predicting the future In interpreting Pharaoh's ________ dream - Joseph said that the seven fat cows eaten by the seven lean cows represented seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine.






44. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence A wise investor - she had the ________ to buy land just before the current real estate boom.






45. Light stroke as with a whip The horse needed no encouragement; only one ________of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.






46. Complete agreement We were surprised by the ________ with which our proposals were accepted by the different groups.






47. Limited; restricted Unable to give the candidate full support - the mayor gave him only a ________ endorsement.






48. Vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point The spokes of the wheel ________ from the hub.






49. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant Though Wellington delegated many tasks to his chief ________ - Lord Fitzroy Somerset - Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all major decisions.






50. Dormant; hidden Her ________ talent was discovered by accident.