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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Enjoyment; enthusiasm He accepted the assignment with such ________ that I feel he would have been satisfied with a smaller salary.






2. Scarcity The ________ of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.






3. Causing insensitivity to pain The ________ qualities of his lotion will provide temporary relief.






4. Government by a few The feudal ________ was supplanted by an autocracy.






5. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ________ gambling place in the East: it easily outglitters its competitors.






6. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.






7. Draw; outline; describe Parodoxically - the more realistic the details this artist chooses - the better able to ________ her fantastic - other- worldly landscapes.






8. Point at which the sun is farthest from the equator The winter ________ usually occurs on December 21.






9. Highly excited; intensely curious We were all ________ at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter a monastery.






10. Inclined to cruelty If we are to improve conditions in this prison - we must first get rid of the ________ warden.






11. Victim; object of a hunt The police closed in on their ________.






12. Stupid person I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead - I find myself addressing a pack of ________s.






13. Think over ________ on this problem; the solution will come.






14. Make numb; stun; amaze Disapproving of drugs in general - Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might ________ her.






15. Work laboriously; make slow painful progress You must ________ through 3500 words list in order to achieve a high score on GRE.






16. Agreement; contract The signers of the Mayflower ________ were establishing a form of government.






17. Putrid; producing putrefaction The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from ________ poisoning.






18. Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores During the course of his ________ research - the scientist developed a steel alloy of tremendous strength.






19. Stubborn He was ________ in his refusal to listen to our complaints.






20. Universally present; ubiquitous On Christmas Eve - Santa Claus is ________.






21. Language; idiom All this legal ________ confuses me; I need an interpreter.






22. Tall column tapering and ending in a pyramid Cleopatra's Needle is an ________ in New York City's Central Park.






23. Seriousness We could tell we were in serious trouble from the ________ of her expression.






24. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.






25. Pertaining to an injury caused by violence In his nightmares - he kept on recalling the ________ experience of being wounded in battle.






26. Droop; grow feeble When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first period - the home team's spirits ________ged.






27. Prevailinig among a specific group of people or in a specific are or country This disease is ________ in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the population are at one time or another affected by it.






28. Payments make to an ex-spouse after divorce Because Tony had supported Tina through medical school - on their divorce he asked the court to award him a month in ________.






29. Introduction; forerunner I am afraid that this border raid is the ________ to more serious attacks.






30. Powerlessness; feebleness The lame duck President was frustrated by his shift from enormous power to relative ________.






31. Worsen; diminish in value This arrest will ________ her reputation in the community.






32. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.






33. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.






34. Short speech at conclusion of dramatic work The audience was so disappointed in the play that many did not remain to hear the ________.






35. Refutation; response with contrary evidence The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her ________.






36. Disintegration; looseness in morals The profligacy and ________ of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians.






37. Unfounded rumor - It is almost impossible to protect oneself from such a base ________.






38. Propriety; seemliness Shocked by the unruly behavior - the teacher criticized the class for its lack of ________.






39. Express sympathetic sorrow His friends gathered to ________ with him over his loss.






40. Pitiless The escaped convict was a dangerous and ________ murderer.






41. Washing His daily ________s were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."






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






43. Thin; slight; barely discernible. Worried about preserving his few _________ tufts of hair - Walter carefully massaged his scalp and applied hair restorer every night.






44. Study of fish Jacques Cousteau's rpograms about sea life have advanced the cause of ________.






45. Lavish expenditure; overabundant condition Seldom have I seen food and drink served in such ________ as at the wedding feast.






46. Forecasted course of a disease; prediction If the doctor's ________ is correct - the patient will be in a coma for at least twenty-four hours.






47. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing We will remove the ________s as soon as the wound heals.






48. Rebuke; deserts After his earlier rudeness - we were delighted to see him get his ________.






49. Abolish He intended to ________ the decree issued by his predecessor.






50. Excessively talkative - especially about unimportant subjects; loquacious; wordy Many club members avoided the company of the ________ junior executive because his contant chatter bored them to tears.