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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra His first appearance on the stage was as a ________ in a Shakespearean tragedy.






2. Opening; hole She discovered a small ________ in the wall - through which the insects had entered the room.






3. Adjust to climate or environment One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travellers to ________ themselves to their new and often strange environments.






4. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly He is preparing a ________ on the Elizabethan playwrights for his graduate degree.






5. Charge in court; indict After his indictment by the Grand Jury - the accused man was ________ed in the County Criminal Court.






6. Capture; enslave From the moment he saw her picture - he was ________ed by her beauty.






7. Roundabout - Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways - she took a ________ route.






8. Bravery He received the Medal of Honor for his ________ in battle.






9. Joyous; celebratory Their wedding in the park was a ________ occasion.






10. Readily managed; willing to be led He was ________ to any suggestions that came from those he looked up to; he resented advice from his inferiors.






11. Surround Although we were ________ed by enemy forces - we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.






12. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.






13. Evil We must defeat the ________ forces that seek our downfall.






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






15. Inborn His ________ talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.






16. Stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable When Hannibal Lecter was in a ________ mood - he ate the flesh of his victims.






17. Burden; mental care; nightmare The ________ of financial worry helped bring on her nervous breakdown.






18. Stoop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue The chief of police ________ed at sending his officers into the riot-torn area.






19. Bankrupt; lacking money to pay When rumors that he was ________ reached his creditors - they began to press him for payment of the money due them.






20. Without previous preparation Her listeners were amazed that such a thorough presentation could be made in an ________ speech.






21. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ________ in the hold to get her back on an even keel.






22. Neat; skillful The ________ waiter uncorked the champagne without spilling a drop.






23. Witty thought or saying - usually short Poor Richard's ________s made Benjamin Franklin famous.






24. Foremost in importance; supreme Proper nutrition and hygiene are of ________ importance in adolescent development and growth.






25. Cunning; artful. She is as ________ as a fox in avoiding trouble.






26. Expressing possibility; latent The juvenile delinquent is a ________ murderer.






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






28. Unrefined; coarse His ________ remarks often embarrassed the women in the audience.






29. Testify; bear witness Having served as a member of a grand jury - I can ________ that our system of indicting individuals is in need of improvement.






30. Border upon; adjoin Where our estates ________ - we must build a fence.






31. Coming from the side In order to get good plant growth - the gardener must pinch off all ________ shoots.






32. Ancestors Reverence for one's ________ (sometimes referred to as ancestor worship) plays an important part in many Oriental cultures.






33. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.






34. Correct spelling Many of us find English ________ difficult to master because so many of our words are written phonetically.






35. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.






36. Operatic solo At her Metropolitan Opera audition - Marian Anderson sang an ________ from Norma.






37. Binding; required It is ________ that books borrowed from the library be returned within two weeks.






38. Widespread; affecting the majority of people They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach ________ proportions.






39. Inclined to; prostrate She was ________ to sudden fits of anger.






40. Right granted by authority The city issued a ________ to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.






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






42. Resent I ________ every minute I have to spend attending meetings.






43. Ransack; thoroughly search When we ________d through the trunks in the attic - we found many souvenirs of our childhood days.






44. Perfect example or embodiment Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in The Pirates of Penzance - Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the ________ of an officer and a gentleman.






45. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.






46. 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.






47. Truth; reality The four ________(ies) were revealed to Buddha during his long meditation.






48. Mild; fragrant A ________ breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.






49. Interpret incorrectly; misjudge She took the passage seriously rather than humourously because she ________d the author's ironic tone.






50. Most favorable If you wait for the ________ moment to act - you may never begin your project .