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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Repeat He ________d the warning to make sure everyone understood it.






2. Shed or cast off hair or feathers The male robin ________ed in the spring.






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






4. Pertaining to passionate love The ________ passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.






5. Science of law He was more a student of ________ than a practitioner of the law.






6. Mania for doing grandiose things Developers who spend millions trying to build the world's tallest skyscraper suffer from ________.






7. Kindly; favorable; not malignant The old man was well liked because of his ________ attitude toward friend and stranger alike.






8. Slip or slide During the recent ice storm - many people ________ed down this hill as they walked to the station.






9. Room to move; margin When you set a deadline - allow a little ________.






10. Feverish In his ________ condition - he was subject to nightmares and hallucinations.






11. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.






12. Calm; not easily disturbed The nurse was a cheerful but ________ person - unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.






13. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.






14. Slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the ________ enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.






15. Spying In order to maintain its power - the government developed a system of ________ that penetrated every hosehold.






16. Having foresight; fortuneteller - Cassandra's ________ warning was not heeded by the Trojans.






17. Absentminded Because of his concentration on the problem - the professor often appeared ________ and unconcerned about routine.






18. Abuse He had expected criticism but not the ________ that greeted his proposal.






19. Skillful The magician was so ________ that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks.






20. Wandering; traveling He was an ________ peddler and traveled through Pennsylvania and Virginia selling his wares.






21. Period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn The vernal ________ is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.






22. Meager; insufficient Thinking his helping of food was ________ - Oliver Twist asked for more.






23. Fantastic; comically hideous On Halloween people enjoy wearing ________ costumes.






24. Silent; muffled; toned down In the funeral parlor - the mourners' voices had a ________ quality.






25. Sweltering He could not adjust himself to the ________ climate of the tropics.






26. Person of prominence or influence The steel ________ decided to devote more time to city politics.






27. Unsuccessful; fruitless We had to abandon our ________ attempts.






28. Narrow valley with steep sides Steeper than a gully - less precipitous than a canyon - a ________ is - like them - the product of years of erosion.






29. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.






30. Monarch with supreme power He ran his office like an ________ - giving no one else any authority.






31. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal He gave her his ________ and vowed to cherish her always.






32. Quarrel The children ________ed morning - noon - and night - exasperating their parents.






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






34. Pertaining to the woods; rustic His paintings of nymphs in ________ backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.






35. Dissolve; disperse The chess club ________ed after its disastrous initial season.






36. To make watertight (by plugging seams) When water from the shower leaked into the basement - we knew it was time to ________ the tiles at the edges of the shower stall.






37. Banish; consign to inferior position If we ________ these experts to minor posts because of their political persuasions - we shall lose their valuable services.






38. Deep-rooted; habitual She is an ________ smoker and cannot break the habit.






39. Arrival Most Americans were unaware of the ________ of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them.






40. Firm dislike Their mutual ________ was so great that they refused to speak to one another.






41. Homesickness; longing for the past The first settlers found so much work to do that they had little time for ________.






42. Surfeit; satisfy fully The guests - having eaten until they were ________d - now listened inattentively to the speakers.






43. Powerlessness; feebleness The lame duck President was frustrated by his shift from enormous power to relative ________.






44. Lack of harmony; absurdity The ________ of his wearing sneakers with formal attire amused the observers.






45. Board on which a painter mixes pigments At the present time - art supply stores are selling a paper ________ that may be discarded after use.






46. Map-maker - Though not a professional ________ - Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.






47. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






48. Mournful The ________ howling of the dogs added to our sadness.






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






50. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.