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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Evolve - as in prenatal growth While this scheme was being ________d by the conspirators - they maintained complete silence about their intentions.
epaulet
gestate
scurvy
odoriferous
2. Occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal Your analysis is highly ________; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
insomnia
wrest
moribund
subjective
3. Guardianship; training Under the ________ of such masters of the instrument - she made rapid progress as a virtuoso.
aria
consonance
protrude
tutelage
4. Gradual wearing down They decided to wage a war of ________ rather than to rely on all-out attack.
attrition
frugality
sham
plaintive
5. Pertaining to the moon ________ craters can be plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.
brusque
discount
glutton
lunar
6. Overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter - Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a ________ but understand the need for this precaution.
censor
felicitous
simile
anathema
7. Refrain; withhold from participation After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance - he decided to ________ from drinking while he trained for the race.
incidence
abstain
machinations
premonition
8. Catch sight of In the distance - we could barely ________ the enemy vessels.
descry
throttle
flag
universal
9. Husband or wife The search for a ________ for the young Queen Victoria ended happily.
effluvium
overt
alleviate
consort
10. Marked by changes in fortune - During his ________ career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.
intelligentsia
checkered
bauble
bedraggle
11. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.
proximity
olfactory
somnolent
abusive
12. Rising again after defeat - etc. The ________ nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.
memorialize
cohorts
ruthless
resurgent
13. Contradict; oppose: infringe on or transgress Mr. Barrett did not expect his frail daughter Elizabeth to ________ his will by eloping with Robert Browning.
vituperative
contravene
tirade
suppliant
14. Grating; harsh The sergeant's ________ voice grated on the recruits' ears.
striated
authoritative
trident
raspy
15. Strict - stern His ________ demeanor prevented us from engaging in our usual frivolous activities.
austere
recalcitrant
blandishment
debris
16. Squabble; minor dispute What had started out as a mere ________ escalated into a full-blown argument.
execute
spat
comprehensive
contravene
17. Fertile; abundant; ornate Farming was easy in this ________ soil.
catharsis
luxuriant
wrest
nutrient
18. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.
hirsute
sojourn
indigenous
cipher
19. Put to rout; defeat; disconcert This ruse will ________ the enemy.
discomfit
invidious
palimpsest
eon
20. Pertaining to the lungs In his researches on ________ diseases - he discovered many facts about the lungs of animals and human beings.
euphony
leery
meek
pulmonary
21. Appease Nothing he did could ________ her wrath; she was unforgiving.
baleful
mitigate
somatic
magisterial
22. Nonsense; babbling Did you hear that foolish boy spouting ________ about monsters from outer space?
wizened
calorific
gibberish
clamber
23. Cut away; cut out When you ________ the dead and dying limbs of a tree - you not only improve its appearance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit.
explicit
excise
flit
ciliated
24. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.
obtuse
vogue
transcribe
synthesis
25. Drifting wreckage Beachcombers eke out a living by salvaging the ________ and jetsam of the sea.
stoic
flotsam
concession
diminution
26. Taking up again; recommencement During the summer break - Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the ________ of classes - however - he felt marked excitement and pleasure.
osseus
purveyor
skirmish
resumption
27. Those of gentle birth; refinement Her family was proud of its ________ and elegance.
viper
machinations
gentility
insensible
28. Insult to one's character or reputation; slander Polls revealed that the front-runner's standing had been damaged by the ________s and innuendoes circulated by his opponent's staff.
livid
auspicious
canker
slur
29. Dangerous Your occupation is too ________ for insurance companies to consider your application.
sloth
replicate
effervescence
hazardous
30. 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.
sedentary
malefactor
manifest
ardor
31. Defeat; frustrate In the end - Skywalker is able to ________ Vader's diabolical schemes.
foil
disinterested
vaunted
enamored
32. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.
emetic
bauble
atone
bulwark
33. Abundance; wealth Foreigners are amazed by the ________ and luxury of the American way of life.
lampoon
affluence
vaunted
exigency
34. Easily understood; clear; intelligible Her explanation was ________ enought for a child to grasp.
authoritative
colossal
lucid
compress
35. Putrid; producing putrefaction The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from ________ poisoning.
exiguous
rubble
consonance
septic
36. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.
portent
ragamuffin
tortuous
poultice
37. Disdainful; sarcastic; cynical The ________ humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
anomaly
sardonic
formidable
recumbent
38. Scarcity They closed the restaurant because the ________ of customers made it uneconomical to operate.
rivulet
perceptive
paucity
figurine
39. Bombastic; stiffly pompous His ________ rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bombastic utterances.
stilted
repulsion
pall
gainsay
40. Change or harden into bone When he called his opponent a "bonehead -" he implied that his adversary's brain had ________(ied) and that he was not capable of clear thinking.
wangle
quibble
rampart
ossify
41. Controlling force She dreamt of living an independent life - free of all ________s.
offhand
pugilist
articulate
restraint
42. Cut the top off The top of the cone that has been ________d in a plane parallel to its base is a circle.
politic
indict
abysmal
truncate
43. Pleasing to taste or smell The ripe peach was ________.
sedative
luscious
insubordinate
monotony
44. Settle a dispute through the services of an outsider Let us ________ out differences rather than engage in a costly strike.
apoplexy
motif
emolument
mediate
45. Opening; break The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a ________ in the clouds.
aria
epistemologist
rift
anguish
46. Tear or rip; split The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation - creating a ________ in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.
rent
blasphemous
lugubrious
sultry
47. Besiege As soon as the city was beleaguered - the life became more subdued as the citizens began their long wait for outside assitance.
partisan
apposite
vitreous
beleaguer
48. Remainder I suggest that you wait until the store places the ________s of these goods on sale.
narcissist
fanciful
bauble
remnant
49. Stormy; unkind I like to read a good book in ________ weather.
inclement
writhe
slither
virtuoso
50. Cunning; artful. She is as ________ as a fox in avoiding trouble.
wily
panacea
cognate
subterfuge