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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Foul; rotten; decayed The gangrenous condition of the wound was indicated by the ________ smell when the bandages were removed.






2. Disaster; misery - As news of the ________ spread - offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.






3. Unconquerable Superman is ________.






4. Misleading vision It is easy to create an optical ________ in which lines of equal length appear different.






5. Vigorous; strong The candidate for the football team had a ________ physique.






6. Turn into a god; idolize Admire the rock star all you want; just don't ________ him.






7. Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend With the ________ of his friends - he plotted to embarrass the teacher.






8. Unrefined; coarse His ________ remarks often embarrassed the women in the audience.






9. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.






10. Lassitude; depression His friends tried to overcome the ________ into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.






11. Not to be taken away; nontransferable The Declaration of Independence mentions the ________ rights that all of us possess.






12. Reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence Hughes preferred ________ employees to loquacious ones - noting that the formers' dislike of idle chatter might ensure their discretion about his affairs.






13. Eat away The limestone was ________d by the dripping water






14. Flexible; pliant The angler found a s________ limb and used it as a fishing rod.






15. Dig out of the ground; remove from a grave Because of the rumor that he had been poisoned - his body was ________d in order that an autopsy might be performed.






16. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.






17. Change in direction After what seemed an eternity - the wind ________ed to the east and the storm abated.






18. Lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort When her father died - Marius did his best to ________ Cosette.






19. To make invalid Once the contract was ________(ied)- it no longer had any legal force.






20. In feudalism - one who held land of a superior lord The lord demanded that his ________s contribute more to his military campaign.






21. Sharp; bitterly pungent The ________ odor of burnt gunpowder filled the room after the pistol had been fired.






22. Moo From the hilltop - they could see the herd like ants in the distance; they could barely hear the cattle ________.






23. Uprightness; wholeness Lincoln - whose personal ________ has inspired millions - fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the republic - that these United States might remain undivided for all time.






24. Rebel; nonconformist To the masculine literary establishment - George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a ________ who fought her proper womanly role.






25. Harmful; damaging Your acceptance of her support will ultimately prove ________ rather than helpful to your cause.






26. Irresistable; not to be escaped He felt that his fate was ________ and refused to make any attempt to improve his lot.






27. Complete; consummate; make perfect The waiter recommended a glass of port to ________ the cheese.






28. Theatrical He was proud of his ________ ability and wanted to paly the role of Hamlet.






29. Form into grains Sugar that has been ________d dissolves more readily than lump sugar.






30. Insult; offend Accustomed to being treated with respect - Miss Challoner was ________ed by Vidal's offensive behavior.






31. Plead; ask earnestly She ________ed her father to let her stay out till midnight.






32. Courage Even the adversaries of young Indiana Jones were impressed by the boy's ________ in trying to rescue the archeological treasure they had stolen.






33. Permitting to light to pass through freely; easily detected Your scheme is so ________ that it will fool no one.






34. Items of business at a meeting We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ________ that there was very little time for the meeting.






35. Having the title of an office without the obligations Although he was the ________ head of the company - the real decisions were made by his general manager.






36. Fix or manipulate The ward boss was able to ________ the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with ballots marked in his candidate's favor.






37. Tip Many service employees rely more on ________(ies) than on salaries for their livelihood.






38. Minor fight Custer's troops expected they might run into a ________ or two on maneuvers; they did not expect to face a major battle.






39. Languish - decline; long for - yearn Though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city - Heidi ________d for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather.






40. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity The slow ________ of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area.






41. Elastic; having the power of springing back Highly ________ - steel makes excellent bedsprings.






42. Green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting Judging by the ________ on this bronze statue - we can conclude that this is the work of a medieval artist.






43. Exclude from public favor; ban As soon as the newspapers carried the story of his connection with the criminals - his friends began to ________ him.






44. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.






45. Mass of material sticking together In such a ________ of miscellaneous statistics - it was impossible to find a single area of analysis.






46. Great waterfall; eye abnormality - She gazed with awe at the mighty ________ known as Niagara Falls.






47. One who studies reptiles As a boy - Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes; sensibly enough - he studies to be archaeologist - not a ________.






48. Odd; whimsical; irregular The comet passed close by the earth in its ________ orbit.






49. Beg persistently Democratic and Republican phone solicitors ________d her for contributions so frequently that she decided to give nothing to either party.






50. Chew We must ________ our food carefully and slowly in order to avoid digestive disorders.