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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Making up for; repaying Can a ________ education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?
supplicate
hover
compensatory
hatch
2. Painful labor How long do you think a man can endure such ________ and degradation without rebelling?
travail
illimitable
tilter
check
3. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.
reverent
indigenous
lexicon
magnitude
4. Features - especially of the face She quickly sketched the ________ of his face.
lineaments
epitome
blunder
sophistication
5. Stuff oneself The gluttonous guest ________d himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.
nostrum
gorge
livid
sedition
6. Pester; annoy She was forced to change her telephone number because she was ________ed by obscene phone calls.
badger
affluence
articulate
naivete
7. Violate; desecrate Tourists are urged not to ________ the sanctity of holy places by wearing improper garb.
mutilate
apprehend
poultice
profane
8. Flowery; ruddy His complexion was even more ________ than usual because of his anger.
conclave
stanza
accede
florid
9. Knickknack; bauble Whenever she traveled abroad - Ethel would pick up costume jewelry and other ________s as souvenirs.
inevitable
resumption
anthropoid
trinket
10. Mark from beating or whipping. The evidence of child abuse was very clear; Jennifer's small body was covered with ________s and bruises.
beguile
megalomania
misanthrope
welt
11. Condescend He felt that he would debase himself if he ________ed to answer his critics.
obelisk
desecrate
plauditory
deign
12. Incurable; uncorrectable The error she made was ________; she could see no way to repair it.
gargantuan
irremediable
imply
thrive
13. Commonplace; trite The English teacher criticized her story because of its ________ and unoriginal plot.
hackneyed
migrant
necromancy
recourse
14. Partly transparent We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the ________ curtains that separated us.
translucent
ligneous
array
humility
15. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.
surly
gorge
aggrandize
herbivorous
16. Story set to music - to be sung by a chorus - The choral society sang the new ________ composed by its leader.
cantata
vicarious
flamboyant
missile
17. Doubts Hamlet described his ________ to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his foreboding of evil.
rescind
burlesque
artifice
misgivings
18. Fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by Like a bee flitting from flower to flower - Rose ________ted from one boyfriend to the next.
cogent
flit
potion
contraband
19. Over explain away No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue - President Bush could not ________ over the fact that he had raised the taxes after all.
rapport
salutary
gloss
skiff
20. Most reliable or complee Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the ________ work on the life of the Emancipator.
diorama
espionage
perimeter
definitive
21. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.
neophyte
rudimentary
fluted
mitigate
22. Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to ________ the other.
uncanny
bate
discredit
heretic
23. Grow tiresome The study of word lists can eventually ________ and put one to sleep.
responsiveness
pall
chaffing
galaxy
24. Skillful His ________ handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.
epic
remission
adroit
fatuous
25. Conceited smile Wipe that ________ off your face!
smirk
encomium
bicameral
mogul
26. Criticize harshly Hoping for a rave review of his new show - the playwright was miserable when the critics ________ned it unanimously.
manifesto
pan
lassitude
pellucid
27. Parched; dry After the unseasonably dry winter the Berkeley hills looked dusty and ________.
scintilla
reprise
verdant
sere
28. Murder of a king or queen The beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was an act of ________.
inception
virulent
wistful
regicide
29. Attacking; insulting; distasteful Getting into street brawls is no minor offense for professional boxers - who are required by law to restrict their ________ impulses to the ring.
protrude
component
offensive
authenticate
30. Warlike His ________ disposition alienated his friends.
bellicose
therapeutic
aptitude
capricious
31. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.
stalwart
resplendent
conviction
perjury
32. Oppression; cruel government Frederick Douglass fought against the ________ of slavery throughout his entire life.
tyranny
jurisprudence
etymology
empirical
33. Easily frightened; apprehensive He was ________ and cowardish; always backing up at daunting situations.
felon
tangential
timid
vernacular
34. Dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the ________ corporation.
sadistic
inquisitor
volition
defunct
35. Meeting place The two fleets met at the ________ at the appointed time.
comport
rendezvous
piquant
etymology
36. Work of art put together from fragments Scraps of cloth - paper doilies - and old photographs all went into her ________.
collage
nostrum
impuissance
primp
37. Support; reinforce The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to ________ their arguments.
inflated
hydrophobia
bolster
vignette
38. Active strength Although he was over seventy years old - Jack had the ________ of a man in his prime.
snicker
gratuity
vigor
sate
39. Nook; recess Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room - an ________ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.
optician
carillon
hilarity
alcove
40. Harmless Let him drink it; it is ________ and will have no ill effect.
innocuous
badinage
introvert
vapid
41. Handle roughly The rock star was ________ed by his overexcited fans.
maul
manacle
rousing
comestible
42. Able to walk He was described as an ________ patient because he was not confined to his bed.
ambulatory
demagogue
abrasive
burlesque
43. Kindle; light When Desi crooned - "Baby - light my fire -" literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________.
ignite
gambol
amorous
mirth
44. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful An ________ parent damages a child both mentally and physically.
azure
agglomeration
abusive
gnarled
45. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others His ________ prevented him from seeing the needs of his colleagues.
avert
acclivity
egoism
lambaste
46. Make unnecessary; get rid of I hope this contribution will ________ any need for further collections of funds.
bantering
cathartic
obviate
hibernate
47. Pine tree; cone-bearing tree According to geologists - the ________s were the first plants to bear flowers.
diva
conifer
nostalgia
paradox
48. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.
sycophant
facsimilie
idiosyncrasy
placebo
49. Complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement He was called in to settle the ________ but failed to bring harmony into the situation.
imbroglio
demagogue
supine
jaded
50. Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage By the time the police arrived - the room was a shambles.
impervious
shambles
hardy
ostracize
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