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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.
substantiate
pontifical
bauble
quandary
2. Tip; summit; climax He was at the ________ of his career.
immure
fulminate
apex
inopportune
3. Pertaining to a son or daughter Many children forget their ________ obligations and disregard the wishes of their parents.
obscure
isotope
surveillance
filial
4. Rebel; nonconformist To the masculine literary establishment - George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a ________ who fought her proper womanly role.
raiment
unearth
maverick
unprepossessing
5. Boisterous mirth The ________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning.
hilarity
humid
wrath
rococo
6. Corruption; turning from right to wrong Inasmuch as he had no motive for his crimes - we could not understand his ________.
perimeter
figurine
perversion
turpitude
7. Odd; unpredictable Investors become anxious when the stock market appears ________.
odoriferous
erratic
demise
witticism
8. Grant condescendingly; guarantee I can safely ________ you fair return on your investment.
fraudulent
unfettered
flamboyant
vouchsafe
9. Rolling - treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America Despite the cold - many geologists are trying to discover valuable mineral deposits in the ________.
rampart
irrelevant
pundit
tundra
10. Diligent It took Rembrandt weeks of ________ labor before he was satisfied with his portrait of his son.
cerebral
assiduous
nomenclature
flux
11. Sociable Typically - party-throwers are ________; hermits are not.
languid
leonine
gregarious
communal
12. Lively; stirring "And now - let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Roseanne Arnold - who'll lead us in a ________ rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'"
incisive
scaffold
ghastly
rousing
13. Pretend Lady Macbeth ________ed illness in the courtyard although she was actually healthy.
caste
feign
pestle
incentive
14. Related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature The English word "mother" ________ to the Latin word "mater -" whose influence is visible in the words "maternal" and "maternity."
sere
cognate
privation
eloquence
15. Window projecting from roof In remodeling the attic into a bedroom - we decided that we needed to put in ________s to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room.
belligerent
dormer
indubitably
panache
16. Beauty; comeliness I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female ________.
pulchritude
quay
scenario
opiate
17. Means of support - food - nourishment In the tropics - the natives find ________ easy to obtain because of all the fruit trees.
engage
misdemeanor
sustenance
anathema
18. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.
foliage
primogeniture
amend
inertia
19. Scold - Grandma began to ________ Steven for his lying.
choleric
pendulous
overweening
chide
20. Female fox; ill-tempered woman Aware that she was right once again - he lost his temper and called her a shrew and a ________.
futile
universal
ductility
vixen
21. Remembering; honoring The new ________ stamp honors the late Martin Luther King - Jr.
commemorative
fraudulent
vampire
marshal
22. Official As his case was transferred from one ________ to another - he began to despair of ever reaching a settlement.
autonomous
functionary
complacent
statute
23. Handle roughly The rock star was ________ed by his overexcited fans.
maul
consequential
quack
interregnum
24. Brief and to the point Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are ________ types: strong men of few words.
laconic
circlet
inexorable
libretto
25. Neglectful of duty; abandoned The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being ________ in his duty.
waive
nutrient
derelict
sustain
26. Practicing self-denial; austere The wealthy young man could not understand the ________ life led by the monks.
blunder
philology
ascetic
hazy
27. Make unnecessary; get rid of I hope this contribution will ________ any need for further collections of funds.
obviate
primogeniture
apathetic
rationalization
28. Occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal Your analysis is highly ________; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
artless
subjective
concentric
libelous
29. Disobedient; lawless The only way to curb this ________ mob is to use tear gas.
heckler
perusal
unruly
compromise
30. Winding; full of curves Because this road is so ________ - it is unwise to go faster than twenty miles an hour on it.
tortuous
solicit
internecine
hermetic
31. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.
introvert
rudimentary
posterity
deploy
32. Remainder I suggest that you wait until the store places the ________s of these goods on sale.
remnant
ambivalence
amiable
outskirts
33. Shameless boldness She had the ________ to insult the guest.
minutiae
dissolution
effrontery
complacent
34. Open widely The huge pit ________d before him; if he stumbled - he would fall in.
rehabilitate
gape
haughtiness
liability
35. Cowardly; fainthearted You should be ashamed of your ________ conduct during this dispute.
saboteur
tonsure
pedagogy
pusillanimous
36. Lascivious; lustful Chaucer's monk is not pious but ________ - a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.
gamut
infallible
comestible
salacious
37. Lounge about They ________ed around in their chairs watching television.
centrifuge
loll
petrify
reverie
38. Declaration; statement of policy The Communist ________ by Marx and Engels proclaimed the principles of modern communism.
manifesto
hovel
barterer
cleft
39. Heat; passion; zeal Katya's ________ was contagious; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers - inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
ardor
podiatrist
amicable
loath
40. Stuffy; boringly conservative For a young person - Winston seems remarkably ________: you'd expect someone of his age to have a little more life.
import
grisly
stodgy
onus
41. External; not inherent; foreign Do not be fooled by ________ causes. We must look for the intrinsic reason.
extrinsic
veneer
desiccate
despise
42. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult She took ________ at his remarks and stormed away in a huff.
umbrage
volition
thrifty
opulence
43. Put in order At a debate tournament - extemporaneous speakers have only a minute or two to ________ their thoughts before addressing their audience.
marshal
precedent
traverse
narrative
44. Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing Despite Clark's attempts to distract her with ________ remarks - Lois kept on coming back to her main question: why couldn't he come out to dinner with Superman and her?
pretext
tangential
maladroit
daub
45. White with age The man was ________ and wrinkled when he was 70.
hoary
azure
talon
halting
46. Worsen; diminish in value This arrest will ________ her reputation in the community.
impair
ascetic
distrait
subsume
47. Cut away; trim With the help of her editor - she was able to ________ her manuscript into publishable form.
amicable
lacerate
uxorious
prune
48. Correction of errors; improvement Please initial all the ________s you have made in this contract.
usury
emendation
degraded
voluble
49. Introduction; forerunner I am afraid that this border raid is the ________ to more serious attacks.
prelude
diabolical
bolster
spurious
50. Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth The audience saw through his attempts to ________ on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.
conjure
equivocate
angular
absolve