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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Discipline; punish in order to correct - Whom God loves - God ________s.
chasten
lechery
pestle
ludicrous
2. Mentally quick and observant; having insight Because he was considered the most ________ member of the firm - he was assigned the most difficult cases.
discerning
rebate
exorbitant
luxuriant
3. Sham; not genuine; inferior You will never get the public to buy such ________ material.
trepidation
shoddy
spectral
forebears
4. Disown; disavow He announced that he would ________ all debts incurred by his wife.
repudiate
subterfuge
surreptitious
aphasia
5. The meat of a deer The hunters dined on ________.
emetic
enervate
venison
brindled
6. Gratifying the senses The nobility during the Renaissance led ________ lives.
fallow
incisive
voluptuous
satire
7. Unit of light energy (one candle's worth) In buying light bulbs - she checked not only their power - as measured in watts - but their brightness - as measured in ________s.
lumen
undulate
optimum
labyrinth
8. Averse; reluctant They were both ________ for him to go.
barrage
loath
pulmonary
vassal
9. Oily; bland; insincerely suave Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by ________ protestations of his "'umility."
unctous
prolong
ribald
purgatory
10. Crafty; double-dealing I do not think he will be a good embassador because he is not accustomed to the ________ maneuverings of foreign diplomats.
machiavellian
humility
disembark
taciturn
11. Without feeling She lay there as ________ as a log.
surmise
arduous
deploy
insensate
12. Twisted; with a humorous twist.We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its _________ wit.
quarantine
avuncular
prototype
wry
13. Person who establishes (an organization - business) Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the ________ of the Abraham & Straus chain.
ungainly
servitude
spectral
founder
14. Stupid person I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead - I find myself addressing a pack of ________s.
realm
burlesque
dolt
ingratiate
15. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.
acquittal
epistemologist
abortive
piebald
16. Ghost; phantom Hamlet was uncertain about the identity of the ________ that had appeared and spoken to him.
downcast
askew
equestrian
apparition
17. Display ostentatiously She is not the one of those actresses who ________ their physical charms; she can act.
fulsome
fusion
flaunt
conviction
18. Inner excitement; exuberance Nothing depressed her for long; her natural ________ soon reasserted itself.
effervescence
impinge
debase
masochist
19. Put into words I know you don't like to talk about these things - but please try to ________ your feelings.
laborious
disabuse
verbalize
illuminate
20. Weaken; mitigate It is easier for us to ________ our own shortcomings than those of others.
espouse
extenuate
ordination
canny
21. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc. Seeing how tenderly Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ________.
troth
ethos
filigree
homeostasis
22. Open widely The huge pit ________d before him; if he stumbled - he would fall in.
odorous
responsiveness
gape
ewe
23. Spasmodic; intermittent After several ________ attempts - he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.
fitful
spatula
ichthyology
marsupial
24. To make invalid Once the contract was ________(ied)- it no longer had any legal force.
realm
nullify
offhand
killjoy
25. Dig up; unearth They ________red the body and held an autopsy.
remiss
languish
pensive
disinter
26. Pollute; profane The hoodlums ________d the church with their scurrilous writing.
garnish
fetter
defile
fancier
27. Green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting Judging by the ________ on this bronze statue - we can conclude that this is the work of a medieval artist.
meticulous
disgruntle
apothegm
patina
28. Attach or add on; fasten First the registrar had to affix his signature to the license; then he had to ________ his official seal.
affix
prudent
stem
laity
29. Unfortunate This ________ creature had never known a moment's pleasure.
hapless
scanty
fractious
repository
30. Devoutness; reverence for God Living her life in prayer and good works - Mother Teresa exemplifies the true sprit of ________.
aberrant
piety
sacrosanct
interim
31. Occurring at the same time Some people find the ________ events in Hardy's novels annoyingly improbable.
coincident
agrarian
rout
sepulcher
32. Original work used as a model by others The crude typewriter on display in this museum is the ________ of the elaborate machines in use today.
prototype
ceremonious
indemnify
patent
33. Non-moral The ________ individual lacks a code of ethics; he should not be classified as immoral.
agog
pacifist
amoral
canker
34. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities Her insistence that the book be memorized marked the teacher as a ________ rather than a scholar.
vagrant
pedant
germinal
potion
35. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something This coming trip to France should provide me with a ________ test of the value of my conversational French class.
pragmatic
qualified
scrutinize
laborious
36. Stikingly bright; shining with intense heat If you leave on an ________light bulb - it quickly grows too hot to touch.
periphery
momentous
eccentric
incandescent
37. Revenging agent Captain Bligh vowed to be Christian's ________.
contravene
sultry
festive
nemesis
38. Lacking substance; insignificant; frail His hopes for a career in acting proved ________; no one would cast him - even in an insubstantial role.
lofty
insubstantial
protract
dishearten
39. Fertility; fruitfulness The ________ of his mind is illustrated by the many vivid images in his poems.
gibberish
ensconce
fecundity
transcend
40. Obscene; indecent Your ________ remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.
scurrilous
philanderer
comestible
maculated
41. Lessen in value If you neglect this properly - it will ________.
stem from
unfaltering
stodgy
depreciate
42. Sensitive; irascible Do not discuss this phase of the problem as he is very ________ about it.
manifesto
extenuate
renegade
touchy
43. Ridicule This article ________s the pretensions of some movie moguls.
awry
lampoon
galaxy
stint
44. Float in the air (especially by magical means) As the magician passed his hands over the recumbent body of his assistant - she appeared to rise and ________ about three feet above the table.
unsightly
levitate
hatch
runic
45. Ordinary; unimaginative Unintentionally boring - he wrote page after page of ________ prose.
injurious
tumult
pedestrian
ductility
46. Be disturbed; boil The nation was ________ing with discontent as the nobleman continued their arrogant ways.
amnesia
coeval
unprecedented
seethe
47. Lie Some people believe that to ________ in a good cause is justifiable and regard the statement as a "white lie."
prevaricate
fritter
malediction
presumptous
48. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.
inadvertently
compress
caustic
larder
49. Decree Passing a red light is a violation of a city ________.
ordinance
livid
celibate
rant
50. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs He was one of the few ________s in the Congress; he constantly voiced his objections to the Presidential program.
annotate
fiasco
malcontent
gamely