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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Celebrity; dignitary A leading light of the American stage - Ethel Barrymore was a theatrical ________ whose name lives on.
luminary
acuity
ascetic
runic
2. Uncertain; risky I think this stock is a ________ investment and advise against its purchase.
periphery
precarious
yoke
rakish
3. One who commits sabotage; destroyer of property Members of the Resistance acted as ________s - blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.
saboteur
catalyst
factitous
deplore
4. Pious phraseology; jargon of criminals - Angry that the president had slashed the education budget - we dismissed his speech on the importance of education as mere ________.
brochure
foment
cant
appurtenances
5. Merriment; laughter Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's ________ improper.
mirth
glower
archives
filibuster
6. Determined;stubborn Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long - ________ pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.
disclose
litany
dogged
amity
7. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc. Seeing how tenderly Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ________.
defile
ethos
multilingual
inclusive
8. Mechanism that imitates actions of humans Long before science fiction readers became aware of robots - writers were creating stories of ________ who could outperform humans.
privy
automaton
podiatrist
precipice
9. Unorthodox; unconventional To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move - Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly ________.
arable
engage
prate
heterodox
10. Make use of - sometimes unjustly Caesar Chavez fought attempts to ________ migrant farmworkers in California.
sedentary
insensate
maul
exploit
11. Damnation; complete ruin Praying for salvation - young Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal ________.
perdition
throng
windfall
preternatural
12. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved We could not understand Martin's ________ rudeness to his mother's guests.
fraught
unwarranted
conventional
repine
13. Ability to move spontaneously Certain organisms exhibit remarkable ________; motile spores - for example - may travel for miles before coming to rest.
relent
solstice
motility
partisan
14. Agressiveness; ferocity Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of ________.
apoplexy
truculence
congeal
appropriate
15. Dormant; hidden Her ________ talent was discovered by accident.
ameliorate
vacuous
dispatch
latent
16. Universally present; ubiquitous On Christmas Eve - Santa Claus is ________.
facetious
ordeal
apocryphal
omnipresent
17. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one The expression "he passed away" is a ________for "he died."
sumptuous
euphemism
archetype
savor
18. Unfairness In demanding equal pay for equal work - women protest the basic ________ of a system that allots greater financial rewards to men.
inequity
propinquity
lackadaisical
forberance
19. A place where bees are kept Although he spent many hours daily in the ________ - he was very seldom stung by a bee.
apiary
usurp
presumptous
sear
20. Extinct flying reptile The remains of ________s indicate that these flying reptiles had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.
pterodactyl
ultimate
efface
posthumous
21. Annoy; chafe Their taunts ________ed him.
guffaw
gall
comprise
facet
22. Near at hand; impending Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was ________.
demographic
imminent
untoward
braggart
23. Sun's corona; halo Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with ________ around their heads.
outskirts
palatable
aureole
perusal
24. Exclude from public favor; ban As soon as the newspapers carried the story of his connection with the criminals - his friends began to ________ him.
ostracize
extemporaneous
concur
allusion
25. Juicy; full of richness To some people - Florida citrus fruits are more ________ than those from California.
succulent
facade
jocund
rescind
26. That which is hinted at or suggested If I understand the ________ of your remark - you do not trust our captain.
quadruped
mottled
potion
implication
27. Breeder or dealer of animals The dog ________ exhibited her prize collie at the annual Kennel Club show.
fancier
comprehensive
demolition
frivolous
28. One opposed to force; antimilitarist The ________s urged that we reduce our military budget and recall our troops stationed overseas.
overhaul
pacifist
natty
trilogy
29. Wasteful; reckless with money The ________ son squandered his inheritance.
calumny
statutory
salacious
prodigal
30. Neatly or smartly dresssed Priding himself on being a ________ dresser - the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.
lunar
chary
affected
natty
31. Confirm; ratify I will not publish my findings until I ________ my results.
validate
fluency
extenuate
larceny
32. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of ________ism To the existential philosopher - human reason is inadequate to explain an irrational - meaningless universe.
wrest
angular
existential
entreat
33. Punishing He asked for ________ measures against the offender.
odorous
quadruped
beguile
punitive
34. Region; climate - His doctors advised him to move to a milder ________.
cascade
inured
clime
filigree
35. Quarrel The children ________ed morning - noon - and night - exasperating their parents.
churlish
excerpt
bicker
bugaboo
36. Lament with music The funeral ________ stirred us to tears.
atheistic
innocuous
despondent
dirge
37. Cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven As bread dough is ________ed - it puffs up - expanding in volume.
renown
secular
leaven
interim
38. Inscription in memory of a dead person In his will - he dictated the ________ he wanted placed on his tombstone.
despise
prone
testy
epitaph
39. Flowery; ruddy His complexion was even more ________ than usual because of his anger.
admonish
olfactory
impolitic
florid
40. Goal; aim A degree in medicine was her ultimate ________.
ordinance
rhapsodize
objective
annals
41. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth ________ing on the beach - she relaxed so completely that she fell asleep.
ostracize
pyromaniac
equivocate
bask
42. Support on which a lever rests If we use this stone as a ________ and the crowbar as a lever - we may be able to move this boulder.
deprecate
fulcrum
recourse
nadir
43. Comprehend; investigate I find his motives impossible to ________.
adjutant
bicameral
pachyderm
fathom
44. Antiquated "Methinks -" "thee -" and "thou" are ________ words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.
pathetic
ewe
archaic
iniquitous
45. Hanging down from something Her ________ earrings glistened in the light.
pendant
sustenance
catholic
patrician
46. Deep dish for serving soup The waiters brought the soup to the tables in silver ________s.
tureen
demotic
decipher
manifestation
47. Long heroic poem - novel - or similar work of art Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai is an ________ portraying the struggle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers.
alacrity
ideology
epic
dorsal
48. Reparation; indemnification He offered to make ________ for the window broken by his son.
restitution
timid
seethe
dispassionate
49. Severe disapproval The students showed their ________ of his act by refusing to talk with him.
reprobation
malleable
temporize
devoid
50. Insolent Her ________ contempt for authority angered the officials.
brazen
discount
meteoric
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