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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Strong point or special talent I am not eager to play this rather seious role - for my ________ is comedy.






2. Poverty - misfortune We must learn to meet ________ gracefully.






3. Delusion I think you were frightened by a ________ that you created in you own mind.






4. Salty The slightly ________ taste of this mineral water is pleasant.






5. Small ring; band - This tiny ________ is very costly because it is set with precious stones.






6. Means of support - food - nourishment In the tropics - the natives find ________ easy to obtain because of all the fruit trees.






7. Lounge about They ________ed around in their chairs watching television.






8. Unwholesome; not healthful The mosquito-ridden swamp was an ________ place - a breeding ground for malarial contagion.






9. Enormously large or extensive The government seemed willing to spend ________ sums on weapons development.






10. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.






11. Rural In these stories of ________ life - we find an understanding of the daily tasks of country folk.






12. Raised platform for guests of honor When he approached the ________ - he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.






13. Shut; close A blood clot ________d an artery to the heart.






14. Varying form of an element The study of the ________s of uranium led to the development of the nuclear bomb.






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






16. Precede The invention of the radiotelegraph ________d the development of television by a quarter of a century.






17. Speak evil of; defame Because of her hatred of the family - she ________s all who are friendly to them.






18. Grow forth; send out buds - In the spring - the plants that ________ are a promise of the beauty that is to come.






19. Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water In times of drought - this ________ enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation.






20. Straightforward; direct; frank I prefer Jill's ________ approach to Jack's tendency to beat around the bush.






21. Foolish; idiotic. Such _________ and fatuous statements will create the impression that you are an ignorant individual.






22. Winding; full of curves Because this road is so ________ - it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it.






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






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






25. At the point of death The doctors called the family to the bedside of the ________ patient.






26. Strongly held belief Nothing could shake his ________ that she was innocent.






27. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet Tolkien's use of Old English words and inscriptions in the ________ alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.






28. One who is skeptical of the existence of knowability of a god or any ultimate reality The ________ demanded proof before she would accept the statement of the minister.






29. Neutral; unpledged; undecided We were annoyed by his ________ reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his approval.






30. Something that relieves pain Friendship is the finest ________ for the pangs of disappointed love.






31. 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.






32. Pitiless The escaped convict was a dangerous and ________ murderer.






33. Below the threshold We may not be aware of the ________ influences that affect our thinking.






34. Hatred of marriage He remained a bachelor not because of ________ but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.






35. Eliminate from consideration; reject Believing in John's love for her - she ________ed the notion that he might be unfaithful.






36. Played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt - sharp sound His ________ speech reminded one of the sound of a machine gun.






37. Poverty Neither the economists nor the political scientists have found a way to wipe out the inequities of wealth and eliminate ________ from our society.






38. Wavering Meteorologists watch the ________s of the barometer in order to predict the weather.






39. Dissipated; wasteful; licentious In this ________ company - she lost all sense of decency.






40. Small cavern The Blue ________ in Capri can be entered only by small boats rowed by natives through a natural opening in the rocks.






41. The West It will take ________ to understand the ways and customs of the orient.






42. Show by example; furnish an example Three-time winner of the Super Bowl - Joe Montana ________(ies) the ideal quarterback.






43. Spoil the effect of; make inoperative Fraud will ________ the contract.






44. Serving to warn You should have visited a doctor as soon as you felt these ________ chest pains.






45. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything Some animals - including humans - are ________ and eat both meat and vegetables; others are either carnivorous or herbivorous.






46. Flexible Hours of ballet classes kept him ________.






47. Vehicle; transfer During the transit strike - commuters used various kinds of ________s.






48. Grow tiresome The study of word lists can eventually ________ and put one to sleep.






49. Form into grains Sugar that has been ________d dissolves more readily than lump sugar.






50. Controlling force She dreamt of living an independent life - free of all ________s.