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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Act as judge She was called upon to ________ the dispute between the union and the management.
fundamental
arbitrate
mimicry
militant
2. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.
dank
vegetate
balm
sedition
3. Strange; mysterious You have the ________ knack of reading my innermost thoughts.
deplicity
uncanny
constraint
weather
4. Warm and damp August in New York City is often ________.
contagion
vestige
muggy
jovial
5. Belittle Do not ________ anyone's contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums.
prelate
disparage
fancied
flinch
6. Shove; bump In the subway he was ________d by the crowds.
incidental
equivocate
livid
jostle
7. Equality; close resemblance I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the ________ between the two illustrations.
wily
sate
parity
pulchritude
8. Traitor who aids invaders In his conquest of Europe - Hitler was aided by the ________s who betrayed their own people and served in the puppet governments established by the Nazis.
fritter
quisling
palpable
brawn
9. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.
valedictory
hermetic
deposition
subterfuge
10. Self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt Although the commencement speaker had some good things to say - we had to laugh at his ________ and general air of parading his own dignity.
spat
demographic
pomposity
heckler
11. Comparable She called our attention to the things that had been done in an ________ situation and recommended that we do the same.
cherubic
pretext
analogous
frailty
12. Armed band Caesar and his Roman ________ conquered almost all of the known world.
maverick
warble
cohorts
accost
13. Dark; not transparent The ________ window kept the sunlight out of the room.
opaque
serpentine
calamity
shun
14. Understatement for emphasis To say - "He little realizes -" when we mean that he does not realize at all - is an example of the kind of understatement we call ________.
optimist
litotes
cache
title
15. Spotted; stained Instead of writing that Gorbachev had a birthmark on his forehead - the pompous young poet sang of the former premier's ________ brow.
maculated
authoritative
mollycoddle
phobia
16. Vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young Many people regard the whale as a fish and do not realize that it is a ________.
rabid
introvert
mammal
degraded
17. Construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many ________s.
agrarian
vindicate
solecism
enervate
18. Small hill The ascent of the ________ is not difficult and the view from the hilltop is ample reward tor the effort.
cognizance
hummock
timid
abash
19. Belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control With ________ - he accepted the hardships that beset him.
fatalism
disband
disapprobation
unguent
20. Liberated; freed from chains Chained to the wall for months on end - the hostage despaired that he would ever be ________.
euthanasia
centrifugal
unfettered
discretion
21. Picture made of smell - colorful inlaid tiles The mayor compared the ciry to a beautiful ________ made up of people of every race and religion on earth.
carcinogenic
derogatory
monolithic
mosaic
22. Self-satisfied There was a ________ look on his face as he examined his paintings.
meek
validate
entreat
complacent
23. Prolong Seeking to delay the union members' vote - the management team tried to ________ the negotiations endlessly - but the union representatives saw through their strategy.
provincial
undergird
hypercritical
protract
24. Lying; false He was pathological liar - and his friends learned to discount his ________ stories.
lateral
mendacious
subaltern
grotesque
25. Trembling; slight quiver She had a nervous ________ in her right hand.
hoary
tremor
simplistic
brocade
26. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion On his trip to Japan - though the President spoke at length about the merits of American automobiles - he made few ________s to his beliefs.
factitous
modulation
homeostasis
convert
27. Something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action This decision sets a ________ for future cases of a similar nature.
retort
quarantine
precedent
practical
28. Speaking several languages New York City is a ________ community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.
dogged
scenario
polyglot
promontory
29. Plunder If you do not yield - I am afraid the enemy will ________ the countryside.
douse
despoil
bugaboo
accost
30. Steep; overhasty This hill is difficult to climb because it is so ________; one slip - and our descent will be precipitous as well.
coalesce
precipitous
foist
lachrymose
31. Approve; ratify Nothing will convince me to ________ the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.
sanction
encompass
stanch
deadpan
32. Language; idiom All this legal ________ confuses me; I need an interpreter.
belligerent
stupefy
parlance
carcinogenic
33. Please Her parents were ________(ied) by her success.
gratify
resuscitate
paramour
bland
34. Hang about; wait nearby The police helicopter ________ed above the accident.
verdant
liquidate
euphoria
hover
35. Storehouse for grain We have reason to be thankful - for our crops were good and our ________(ies) are full.
equine
granary
incontinent
haggard
36. Slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the ________ enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.
upshot
thematic
sloth
rendition
37. Decide; settle; solve Homes resolved to travel to Bohemia to ________ the dispute between Irene Adler and the King.
prevalent
haggle
resolve
wastrel
38. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body - Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a ________ by purging the soul of base concepts.
catharsis
methodical
deciduous
accessible
39. Female fox; ill-tempered woman Aware that she was right once again - he lost his temper and called her a shrew and a ________.
vixen
introspective
disgorge
incur
40. In a spirited manner; with courage Because he had fought ________ against a much superior boxer - the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.
unction
obsolete
gamely
incorporeal
41. Controversy; argument in support of point of view Her essays were - for the main part - ________s for the party's policy.
obelisk
polemic
sordid
sloth
42. Oval building with tiers of seats The spectators in the ________ cheered the gladiators.
amphitheater
desperado
thrall
moribund
43. Agitation; commotion With the breakup of the Soviet Union - much of Eastern Europe was in a state of ________.
canter
ferment
philanderer
unwieldy
44. Emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent A psychoanalyst must maintain a ________ point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients' perssonal lives.
detached
laity
remonstrance
paramour
45. Loss of speech due to injury or illness After the automobile accident - the victim had periods of ________ when he could not speak at all or could only mumble incoherently.
onslaught
aphasia
abut
repine
46. Writ summoning a witness to appear The prosecutor's office was ready to serve a ________ on the reluctant witness.
argot
salutary
blurt
subpoena
47. Person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy You may change your ________ as often as you wish.
prune
beneficiary
striated
anarchist
48. Babble The children ________ endlessly about their new toys.
conclusive
catholic
unilateral
prattle
49. Changeable; faithless He discovered his supposedly faithful girlfriend was ________.
fickle
introvert
canine
misnomer
50. Insipid; inane She delivered an uninspired and ________ address.
dictum
adversity
beneficiary
vapid