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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

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1. Having a common center The target was made of ________ circles.






2. Imposing; impressive His ________ manner impressed those who met him for the first time.






3. Extremely small Tiny and delicate - the model was built on a ________ scale.






4. Abolish He intended to ________ the decree issued by his predecessor.






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






6. Premonition; foreboding Hamlet felt a ________ about his meeting with Laertes.






7. Deserving high respect We do not mean to be disrespectful when we refuse to follow the advice of our ________ leader.






8. Wild tumult When the ships collided in the harbor - ________ broke out among the passengers.






9. Forerunners; advance forces We are the ________ of a tremendous army that is following us.






10. Insolent I regard your remarks as ________ and I resent them.






11. Contrast In "Star Wars -" dark - evil Darth Vader is a perfect ________ for fair-haired - naive Luke Skywalker.






12. Derived byreasoning If we accept your premise - your conclusions are easily ________.






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






14. List; mention one by one Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson ________d his many flaws.






15. Feign He ________ insanity in order to avoid punishment for his crime.






16. Able to pay all debts By dint of very frugal living - he was finally able to become ________ and avoid bankruptcy proceedings.






17. Unruly; refractory The horse was ________ and refused to enter the starting gate.






18. Government by a few The feudal ________ was supplanted by an autocracy.






19. Celebrity; dignitary A leading light of the American stage - Ethel Barrymore was a theatrical ________ whose name lives on.






20. Narrow canyon; steep - rocky cleft Terrified of heights - George could not bring himself to peer down into the ________ to see the rapids below.






21. Surrender of prisoner by one state to another The lawyers opposed the ________ of their client on the grounds that for more than five years he had been a model citizen.






22. Embarrass - He was not at all ________ed by her open admiration.






23. Sticky; viscous Molasses is a ________ substance.






24. Homeless wanderer Because he was a stranger in town with no visible means of support - Martin feared he would be jailed as a ________.






25. Peeping Jill called Jack a ________ when she caught him aiming his binoculars at a bedroom window of the house next door.






26. Spacious and After sleeping in a small roadside cabins - they found their hotel suite ________.






27. Partial shadow (in an eclipse) During an eclipse - we can see an area of total darkness and a lighter area - which is the ________.






28. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things By its nature - ________ is opposed to idealism - for where the materialist emphasizes the needs of the body - the idealist emphasizes the needs of the soul.






29. Receiver Although he had been the ________ of many favors - he was not grateful to his benefactor.






30. Trick; practical joke Embarrassed by the ________ - he reddened and left the room.






31. Displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness You do not have to be so ________ to prove that you are devout.






32. Dock; landing place Because of the captain's carelessness - the ship crashed into the ________.






33. Dress with vulgar finery The witch doctors were ________ed in their gaudiest costumes.






34. Ungrateful person That ________ Bob sneered at the tie I gave him.






35. Kindle; light When Desi crooned - "Baby - light my fire -" literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________.






36. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.






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






38. Speed The train went by at considerable ________.






39. Restore to good condition; renew They claim that they can ________ worn shoes so that they look like new ones.






40. Support; reinforce The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to ________ their arguments.






41. Person convicted of a grave crime A convicted________ loses the right to vote






42. Youthful; immature - In that youthful movement - the leaders were only a little less ________ than their immature followers.






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






44. Imaginary Although this book purports to be a biography of George Washington - many of the incidents are ________.






45. Group of closely located islands When he looked at the map and saw the ________es in the South Seas - he longed to visit them.






46. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.






47. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.






48. Last demand; warning Since they have ignored our ________ - our only recourse is to declare war.






49. Neatly or smartly dresssed Priding himself on being a ________ dresser - the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.






50. Something new; newness The computer is no longer a ________ around the office.







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