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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Subordinate; secondary This information may be used as ________ evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.






2. Raise in rank or dignity; praise The actor Alec Guinness was ________ed to the rank of knighthood by the Queen; he now is known as Sir Alec Guinness.






3. Agitation; commotion With the breakup of the Soviet Union - much of Eastern Europe was in a state of ________.






4. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.






5. Disown; disavow He announced that he would ________ all debts incurred by his wife.






6. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search - especially for food If you need car parts that the dealers no longer stock - try ________ing for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards.






7. Marshal; draw up in order His actions were bound to ________ public sentiment against him.






8. Rough-mannered Although he was blunt and ________ with most people - he was always gentle with children.






9. Capable of maintaining life; practicable; workable The infant - though prematurely born - is ________ and has a good chance to survive.






10. General agreement The ________ indicates that we are opposed to entering into this pact.






11. Curved - hooked He can be recognized by his ________ nose - curved like the beak of the eagle.






12. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.






13. Fit for plowing The land was no longer ________; erosion had removed the valuable topsoil.






14. Unbeliever The Saracens made war against tne ________s.






15. Striking one object against another sharply The drum is a ________ instrument.






16. Division of a long poem - Dante's poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into ________s.






17. Confer He wished to ________ great honors upon the hero.






18. Divided into classes; arranged into strata As the economic gap between the rich and the poor increased - Roman society grew increasingly ________.






19. Vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact ________ from the sinners.






20. Name; title He was amazed when the witches hailed him with his correct ________.






21. In name only; trifling He offered to drive her to the airport for only a ________ fee.






22. Short-lived; fleeting The mayfly is an ________ creature.






23. Withdrawal He dropped his libel suit after the newspaper published a ________of its statement.






24. Disgraceful The country smarted under the ________ defeat and dreamed of the day when it would be victorious.






25. Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite Breaking with precedent - President Truman ordered the military to ________ blacks into every branch of the armed services.






26. Urge; start; provoke I am afraid that this statement will ________ a revolt.






27. Put in order At a debate tournament - extemporaneous speakers have only a minute or two to ________ their thoughts before addressing their audience.






28. Nearness; kinship Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere ________: they were more than relatives; they were true friends.






29. Uneasiness; distress She felt a sudden vague ________ when she heard sounds at the door.






30. Sun's corona; halo Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with ________ around their heads.






31. Pen name Samuel Clemens' ________ was Mark Twain.






32. Longing; urge. She had a _________ to get away and live on her own for a while.






33. Severe trial or affliction Terry Anderson spoke movingly of his long ________ as a hostage in Lebanon.






34. Burning; sarcastically biting - The critic's ________ remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.






35. Sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a ________ when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.






36. Spotted When he blushed - his face took on a ________ hue.






37. Determined; natural talent or inclination bent on advancing in the business world - the secretary heroine of Working Girl had a true ________ for high finance.






38. Arsonist The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an ________.






39. Nimbleness The ________ of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.






40. Satisfy to the full; cloy Its hunger ________d - the lion dozed.






41. Stir up; instigate This report will ________ disssension in the club.






42. Dispute The defeated candidate attempted to ________ the election results.






43. Person with power to decide a matter in a dispute; judge As an ________ in labor disputes - she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.






44. Having many forms Snowflakes are ________ but always hexagonal.






45. Rotting flesh of a dead body - Buzzards are nature's scavengers; they eat the ________ left behind by other predators.






46. Homeless child or animal. Although he already had eight cats - he could not resist adopting yet another feline ________.






47. Explain; interpret; clarify Harry Levin ________d James Joyce's novels with such clarity that even Finnegan's Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.






48. Prepare by combining; make up in concert How did the inventive chef ever ________ such strange dish?






49. Ban on commerce or other activity As a result of the ________ - trade with colonies was at a standstill.






50. Glimmer intermittently The moonlight ________ed on the water as the moon broke through the clouds for a moment.