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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Invigorate; make forceful and active Rather than exhausting Maggie - dancing ________d her.
energize
profusion
deviate
tender
2. Deduce; conclude We must be particularly cautious when we ________ that a person is guilty on the basis of circumstantial evidence.
confidant
ballast
promulgate
infer
3. Inharmonious The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were ________.
gustatory
oscillate
generic
incompatible
4. Slightly obscure In ________ weather - you cannot see the top of this mountain.
savor
hazy
accord
altruistic
5. Bloody The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly ________ with many casualties.
affluence
staccato
embryonic
sanguinary
6. Impertinent; forward I think your ________ and impudent remarks call for an apology.
pert
luminary
conversant
restitution
7. Tilt; lean over That flagpole should be absolutely vertical; instead - it ________s to one side.
debris
list
brusque
conifer
8. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic Helen valued people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively ________ waiter or a fawning salesclerk.
robust
obsequious
multifarious
pharisaical
9. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.
lectern
gruesome
neologism
larceny
10. Opposite There is an ________ ratio between the strength of light and its distance.
inverse
arraign
odorous
asunder
11. Supplying nourishment The ________ canal in our bodies is so named because digestion of foods occurs there.
alimentary
multilingual
kudos
quash
12. Deception; trickery The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and ________ were often more effective than military might.
wizardry
artifice
fervor
fray
13. Supporter; follower In the wake of the scandal - the senator's one-time ________ quietly deserted him.
surfeit
tesselated
dilapidated
adherent
14. Advance; improve Your chances for promotion in this department will be ________d if you take some more courses in evening school.
vernal
enhance
treatise
litany
15. Pastoral song His program of folk songs included several ________s which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.
swelter
madrigal
manifestation
retrieve
16. Expressing praise The critics' ________ comments helped to make her a star.
introspective
laudatory
forte
holster
17. Reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling After the glass is ________ed - it will be less subject to chipping and cracking.
terminology
alias
anneal
elegy
18. Correction of errors; improvement Please initial all the ________s you have made in this contract.
realm
panoramic
emendation
cognizance
19. Disprove The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to ________ the false testimony of the prosecution's only witness.
antithesis
juxtapose
refute
adverse
20. Trip - especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense Though she maintained she had gone abroad to collect firsthand data on the Common Market - the opposition claimed that her trip was merely a political ________.
censorious
junket
badger
whit
21. Connoisseur of food and drink ________s frequent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes.
grueling
epicure
inalienable
lackluster
22. Discipline; punish in order to correct - Whom God loves - God ________s.
chasten
bourgeois
gnarled
effrontery
23. Refer indirectly Try not to ________ to this matter in his presence because the topic annoys him.
entrance
allude
epithet
subversive
24. Lavish expenditure; overabundant condition Seldom have I seen food and drink served in such ________ as at the wedding feast.
profusion
syllogism
evenhanded
succinct
25. Make hostile; separate Her attempts to ________ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.
obdurate
alienate
toga
intangible
26. Forerunner Though Gray and Burns share many traits with the Romantic poets who followed them - most critics consider them ________s of the Romantic Movement - not true Romantics.
prosaic
eloquence
precursor
astronomical
27. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.
proximity
appropriate
monochromatic
silt
28. Union; coalition The opponents of the political party in power organized a ________ of disgruntled groups and became an important element in the election.
incendiary
dinghy
buxom
fusion
29. Stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending By living with a man to whom she was not married - George Eliot broke Victorian society's most ________ rule of respectable behavior.
infraction
summation
seismic
rigid
30. Cancel; retract Repeat offenders who continue to drive under the influence of alcohol face having their driver's licensespermanently ________d.
evenhanded
apoplexy
revoke
inconsistency
31. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.
allusion
absolute
mote
vampire
32. Abnormal or deviant - Given the ________ nature of the data - we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.
thermal
disband
aberrant
agenda
33. Limited; restricted Unable to give the candidate full support - the mayor gave him only a ________ endorsement.
placebo
prelate
impede
qualified
34. Frenzied; frantic His ________ activities convinced us that he had no organized plan of operation.
frenetic
shoddy
accessory
sluggish
35. Sink The sailors decided to ________ their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.
lascivious
scuttle
filial
gainsay
36. Noise - The ________ of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap.
clamor
secrete
alienate
subterfuge
37. One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch The most common ________ in North America is the opposum.
portent
marsupial
warren
desecrate
38. Regret Although I ________ the vulgarity of your language - I defend your right to express yourself freely.
ultimate
foppish
deplore
effete
39. Basically different; unrelated It is difficult - if not impossible - to organize these ________ elements into a coherent whole.
fetter
laity
disparate
perverse
40. Tear out In that fight - all the rules were forgotten; the adversaries bit - kicked - and tried to ________ each other's eyes out.
pithy
esteem
boorish
gouge
41. Spotted The sunlight filtering though the screens created a ________ effect on the wall.
controvert
clamor
dappled
probity
42. Separate; part Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously ________ed.
rankle
insularity
sunder
nebulous
43. Settle comfortably The parents thought that their children were ________d safely in the private school and decided to leave for Europe.
protrude
piety
stratified
ensconce
44. Container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave - business cycle - etc.) The hungry pigs struggled to get at the fresh swill in the ________. The surfer rode her board - coasting along in the trough between two waves.
trough
whiff
prolific
buxom
45. Scold - Grandma began to ________ Steven for his lying.
natation
deplicity
chide
approbation
46. Pardon When his first child was born - the king granted ________ to all in prison.
disabuse
amnesty
polyglot
compendium
47. Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language The politician could bever speak simply; she was always ________.
obviate
rustic
ratiocination
grandiloquent
48. Disapproval; condemnation The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with ________.
proviso
disapprobation
careen
realm
49. Shining; issuing light The sun is a ________ body.
slither
argot
disconcolate
luminous
50. Beat The severity with which he was ________ed was indicated by the bruises he displayed on his head and face.
perpetrate
abscond
pummel
baffle