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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Incapable of being pacified Madame Defarge was the ________ enemy of the Evremonde family.






2. Correct a false impression; undeceive I will attempt to ________ you of your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.






3. Mental keenness His business ________ helped him to succeed where others had failed.






4. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer - He taught by engaging his pupils in a ________ until they gave him the correct answer.






5. Pertaining to marriage After the publication of his book on ________ affairs - he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.






6. Change of form The ________ of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.






7. Sharpness (of temper) These remarks - spoken with ________ - stung the boys to whom they had been directed.






8. Bitterness; hatred Let us forget out ________ and cooperate in this new endeavor.






9. Holding fast I had to struggle to break his ________ hold on my arm.






10. Strict disciplinarian The commanding officer was a ________ who observed each regulation to the ltter.






11. Be thrifty; set limits "Spare no expense -" the bride's father said - refusing to ________ on the wedding arrangements.






12. Oppose with arguments; contradict To ________ your theory will require much time but it is essential that we disprove it.






13. Uprightness; wholeness Lincoln - whose personal ________ has inspired millions - fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the republic - that these United States might remain undivided for all time.






14. Gradual intrusion The ________ of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.






15. Striker (tongue) of a bell - Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell - Dale wound his scarf around the ________ to muffle its striking.






16. Approve; ratify Nothing will convince me to ________ the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.






17. Boasting He was disliked because his manner was always full of ________.






18. Stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion What ________ can be used to measure the character of a person?






19. Germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen Although Freud has generally been regarded as a ________ thinker who shaped the course of psychology - his psychoanalytic methods have come under attack recently.






20. Insolent Her ________ contempt for authority angered the officials.






21. Horrified He was ________ at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.






22. Loiter; waste time Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline - do not ________ over this work.






23. Violent She had a sudden fit of ________ rage.






24. Destruction by fire Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the ________ that followed.






25. Projection; conjecture Based on their ________ from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday - the networks predicted that George Bush would be the Republican candidate for the presidency.






26. Childish; infantlike When will he outgrow such ________ behavior?






27. Fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle A sigle thread pulled loose - and the entire scarf started to ________.






28. Substitute For a fatherless child - a male teacher may become a father ________.






29. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.






30. Existing at birth His ________ deformity disturbed his parents.






31. Bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization This building marks the ________ of all our aspirations and years of hard work.






32. Preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; early life; ancestors Before giving permission for Drummie to marry Estella - Miss Havisham had a few questions about the young man's birth and ________.






33. Puff or gust (of air - scent - etc.); hint. The slightest ________ of Old Spice cologne brought memories of George to her mind.






34. Corpse - In some states - it is illegal to dissect ________s.






35. Suave; refined; elegant The courtier was ________ and sophisticated






36. Withered; shriveled. The _________ old man in the home for the aged was still active and energetic.






37. Oversimplified Though Jack's solution dealt adequately with one aspect of the problem - it was ________ in failing to consider various complicating factors that might arise.






38. Menacing; threatening We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a ________ foe.






39. Flowing together; crowd They built the city at the ________ of two rivers.






40. Drive or hunt out of hiding She was ________ed out their secret.






41. Government by bureaus - Many people fear that the constant introduction of federal agencies will create a government by ________.






42. Protest; objection The authorities were deaf to the pastor's ________s about the lack of police protection in the area.






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






44. Practical person No ________ enjoys becoming involved in a game that he can never win






45. Spoil by clumsy behavior - I was afraid you would ________ his assignment but I had no one else to send.






46. Meanly stingy; parsimonious The ________ pittance the widow receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty.






47. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.






48. Having an evil influence; virulent This is a ________ disease; we must have to use drastic measures to stop its spread.






49. Careful about money; economical A ________ shopper compares prices before making major purchases.






50. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own The editor could tell that the writer had ________d parts of the article; he could recognize whole paragraphs from the original source.