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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. To strip a priest or minister of church authority To disbar a lawyer - to ________ a priest - to suspend a doctor's license to practice--these are extreme steps that the authorities should take only after careful consideration.






2. Pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious From the very beginning of his ministry it was clear from his ________ pronouncements that John was destined for a high pontifical office.






3. Slander; disgrace; infamy I resent the ________ that you are casting upon my reputation.






4. Combative; disposed to fight As a child he was ________ and fought with everyone.






5. Universal; wide-ranging liberal - He was extremely ________ in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.






6. Malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ________.






7. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.






8. Peaceful; calm After his vacation in this ________ section - he felt soothed and rested.






9. Inclination; natural tendency The cross old lady has a ________ to grumble.






10. Easy to approach; obtainable We asked our guide whether the ruins were ________ on foot.






11. Brief explanation of words used in the text I have found the ________ in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary.






12. Someone who wastes money Easy access to credit encourages people to turn into ________s who shop till they drop.






13. Dig up When they ________ed the city - the archeologists found many relics of an ancient civilization.






14. Combination (of two business corporations) When the firm's president married the director of financial planning - the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage - it was a ________.






15. Highly conspicuous; harshly bright ________ spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers.






16. Stroke; loss of consciousness followed by paralysis He was crippled by an attack of ________.






17. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together The lawyer picked up a ________ of papers as he rose to question the witness.






18. Respectful His ________ attitude was appropriate in a house of worship.






19. Reprove severely I am afraid that my parents will ________ me when I show them my report card.






20. Beat The severity with which he was ________ed was indicated by the bruises he displayed on his head and face.






21. Phrase culled in meaning by repetition - High school compositions are often marred by such ________s as "strong as an ox."






22. Minor quarrel; bickering Children invariably get involved in petty ________s; wise parents know when to interfere and when to let the children work things out on their own.






23. Point at which the sun is farthest from the equator The winter ________ usually occurs on December 21.






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






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






26. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.






27. Clear from blame He was ________d of the crime when the real criminal confessed.






28. Perceive intuitively; foresee the future Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to ________ when he was not telling the truth.






29. Theme This simple ________ runs throughout the score.






30. Generous gift Lady Bountiful distributed ________ to the poor.






31. Blessing The appearance of the sun after the many rainy days was like a ________.






32. Overflow; flood The tremendous waves ________d the town.






33. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty No matter how often he hiked through the mountains - David never failed to be struck by the ________ of the Sierra Nevada range.






34. Indirect speech; hypocritical; evasive Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked - Jack made a few ________ comments and tried to change the subject.






35. Throb We could see the blood vessels in his temple ________ as he became more angry.






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






37. Fall back or sink again The economy ________d into a depression from the peak.






38. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.






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






40. Plainly expressed Her ________ comments eliminated all posibility of misinterpretation.






41. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing We will remove the ________s as soon as the wound heals.






42. Disregard Be prepared to ________ what he has to say about his ex-wife.






43. Unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in ________.






44. Repudiate; withdraw previous statement Unless you ________ your confession - you will be punished severely.






45. Shrewd; thrifty - The ________ Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.






46. Tangible; easily perceptible I cannot understand how you could overlook such a ________ blunder.






47. Condemn; critcize The reform candidate ________d the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.






48. Slight knowledge I don't know whether it is better to be ignorant of a subject or to have a mere ________ of information about it.






49. Psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution Suffering from ________ - he claimed everyone was out to get him; ironically - his claim was accurate; even paranoids have enemies.






50. Sift; separate good parts from bad. This test will _________ out the students who study from those who don't bother.