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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Lustful Because they might arouse ________ impulses in their readers - the lewd books were banned by the clergy.






2. Disposition ot be lenient; mildness - as of the weather - The lawyer was pleased when the case was sent to Judge Smith's chambers because Smith was noted for her ________ toward first offenders.






3. Dullness; impassivenss The earthquake shattered his usual ________; trembling - he crouched on the no longer stable ground.






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






5. Untrue; made up To impress his friends - Tom invented ________ tales of his adventures in the big city.






6. Problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this ________ - he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.






7. Mental disorder We must endeavor to find an outlet for the patient's repressed desires if we hope to combat this ________.






8. Abundant; current In the face of the many rumors of scandal - which are ________ at the moment - it is best to remain silent.






9. Settle accounts; clear up He was able to ________ all his debts in short period of time.






10. Restore to proper condition We must ________ those whom we send to prison.






11. State of being nameless; anonymousness The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his ________.






12. Sternness; severity; lack of luxuries The ________ and dignity of the court were maintained by the new justices - who were a strict and solemn group.






13. Partly transparent We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the ________ curtains that separated us.






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






15. Infallibility Jane refused to believe in the pope's ________ - reasoning: "All human beings are capable of error. The pope is a human being. Therefore - he pope is capable of error.






16. Clamorous; noisy The crowd grew vociferous in its anger and threatened to take the law into its own hands.






17. Attractive The man I am seeking to fill this position must be ________ since he will be representing us before the public.






18. Make impure by mixing with baser substances It is a crime to ________ foods without informing the buyer.






19. Food There was a variety of ________s at the feast.






20. All-powerful The monarch regarded himself as ________ and responsible to no one for his acts.






21. Deluge; upheaval - A ________ such as the French Revolution affects all countries.






22. A manually skilled worker Artists and ________s alike are necessary to the development of a culture.






23. Discord - Some people seem to enjoy the ________ of an orchestra that is tuning up.






24. Strengthen the base of Whereas relativity theory ________d the Newtonian mechanics - cosmology was undergirded by it.






25. Peculiarity; eccentricity One of his personal ________(ies) was his habit of rinsing all cutlery given him in a restaurant.






26. Turn aside; divert; sidetrack If the switchman failed to ________ the Silver Streak onto a side track - the train would plow right into Union Station.






27. Person who looks on the bright side The pessimist says the glass is half-empty; the ________ says it is half-full.






28. Hang around; linger The policeman told him not to ________in the alley.






29. Person wearing tattered clothes He felt sorry for the ________ who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.






30. Frenzy; great excitement The story of her embezzlement of the funds created a ________ on the stock exchange.






31. Filthy; base; vile The social worker was angered by the ________ housing provided for the homeless.






32. Yellowish; sickly in color We were disturbed by his ________ complexion - which was due to jaundice.






33. Producing motion Designers of the electric automobile find that their greatest obstacle lies in the development of light and efficient storage batteries - the source of the ________ energy needed to propel the vehicle.






34. Widespread; affecting the majority of people They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach ________ proportions.






35. Fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor Even though it is February - the air is ________ of spring.






36. Pertaining to money I never expected a ________ reward for my work in this activity.






37. Indifference; lack of interest Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such ________; the mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.






38. Gift giver; patron Scrooge later became Tiny Tim's ________ and gave him a benediction.






39. Differing; deviating The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably ________ accounts of the same epipode.






40. Not able to be corrected or repaired Your apology cannot atone for the ________ damage you have done to her reputation.






41. Harshness; plainness The newspapers disapproved of the ________ of the sentence.






42. Adequate; deservedly severe The public approved the ________ punishment for the crime.






43. Varied; greatly diversified A career woman and mother - she was constantly busy with the ________ activities of her daily life.






44. Unsatisfied; not soothed Her anger is ________ by your apology.






45. Person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader He was accused of being a ________ because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.






46. Let down; restrain Until it was time to open the presents - the children had to ________ their curiosity.






47. Weaken; destroy The relatives who received little or nothing sought to ________ the will by claiming that the deceased had not been in his right mind when he signed the document.






48. Discharge; give forth The maple syrup is obtained from the sap that the trees ________ in early spring.






49. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post ________d the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.






50. Not able to be pierced or entered How could the murderer have gotten into the locked room? To Watson - the mystery - like the room - was ________e.