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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.






2. Burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment The rags ________ed for hours before they burst into flame.






3. Ordinary; unimaginative Unintentionally boring - he wrote page after page of ________ prose.






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






5. Rich - figured fabric The sofa was covered with expensive ________.






6. Recent convert; beginner This monuntain slope contains slides that will challenge esperts as well as________s.






7. Pertaining to heat The natives discovered that the host springs gave excellent ________ baths and began to develop their community as a health resort.






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






9. Laziness He outgrew his youthful ________ to become a model of industry and alertness on the job.






10. Disguise; pretend Even though John tried to ________ his motive for taking modern dance - we all knew there not to dance but to meet girls.






11. Stir up a fire; feed plentifully As a Scout - Marisa learned how to light a fire - how to ________ it if it started to die down - and how to extinguish it completely.






12. Sleepwalker The most famous ________ in literature is Lady Macbeth; her monologue in the sleepwalking scene is one of the highlights of Shakespeare's play.






13. Rob; plunder The tricksters ________d him of his inheritance.






14. Flowing into The ________ of refugees into the country has taxed the relief agencies severely.






15. Disconnected His remarks were so ________ that we could not follow his reasoning.






16. Social outcast I am not a ________ to be shunned and ostracized.






17. Ooze; trickle During the rainstorm - water ________ed through the crack in the basement wall and damaged the floor boards.






18. Parched; dry After the unseasonably dry winter the Berkeley hills looked dusty and ________.






19. Shred; least bit You have not produced a ________ of evidence to support your argument.






20. Order; charge In his inaugural address - the President stated that he had a ________ from the people to seek an end to social evils such as poverty and poor housing.






21. Spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter Preceding the bride to the altar - the flower girl will ________ rose petals along the aisle.






22. Measure; distribute He tried to be impartial in his efforts to ________ out justice.






23. Repeat He ________d the warning to make sure everyone understood it.






24. Rascality We cannot condone such ________ in public officials.






25. Without money Now that he was wealthy - he gladly contributed to funds to assist ________ and disbled persons.






26. Story-teller My father was a gifted ________ with an unlimited supply of anecdotes.






27. Pushing forward I found her a very ________ person - constantly seeking the center of the stage.






28. Approval Wanting her parents' regard - she looked for some sign of their ________.






29. Introductory The chairman made a few ________ remarks before he called on the first speaker.






30. Exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas) His claims about the new product were ________; it did not work as well as he had promised.






31. Speaking several languages New York City is a ________ community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.






32. Display ostentatiously She is not the one of those actresses who ________ their physical charms; she can act.






33. Suitable; practical; politic A pragmatic politician - he was guided by what was ________ rather than by what was ethical.






34. Boldness; rashness Do you have the ________ to argue with me?






35. Reading desk The chaplain delivered his sermon from a hastily improvised ________.






36. Calamity - The Johnstown flood was a ________.






37. Absence of governing body; state of disorder The assassination of the leaders led to a period of ________.






38. Positive; arbitrary Do not be so ________ about that statement; it can be easily refuted.






39. Dull; not fresh; cheerless Refusing to be depressed by her ________ studio apartment - Bea spent the weekend polishing the floors and windows and hanging bright posters on the walls.






40. Insult to one's dignity; snub Hypersensitive and ready to take offense at any discourtesy - Bertha was always on the lookout for real or imaginary ________s.






41. Too certain to be disputed In the face of these ________ statements - I withdraw my complaint.






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






43. Part of stage in front of curtain In the theater-in-the-round there can be no ________ or proscenium arch.






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






45. Imprudent disrespect; haughtiness How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of you ________.






46. Pertaining to ships or navigation The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships - logbooks - anchors and many other items of a ________ nature.






47. Masses of leaves Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive though the New England to admire the colorful fall ________.






48. Not noticing; disregarding He drove on - ________ of the warnings that the road was dangerous.






49. Accidental; by chance There is no connection between these two events; their timing is entirely ________.






50. Letter The ambassador received a ________ from the Secretary of State.