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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Making up for; repaying Can a ________ education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?






2. Painful labor How long do you think a man can endure such ________ and degradation without rebelling?






3. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.






4. Features - especially of the face She quickly sketched the ________ of his face.






5. Stuff oneself The gluttonous guest ________d himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.






6. Pester; annoy She was forced to change her telephone number because she was ________ed by obscene phone calls.






7. Violate; desecrate Tourists are urged not to ________ the sanctity of holy places by wearing improper garb.






8. Flowery; ruddy His complexion was even more ________ than usual because of his anger.






9. Knickknack; bauble Whenever she traveled abroad - Ethel would pick up costume jewelry and other ________s as souvenirs.






10. Mark from beating or whipping. The evidence of child abuse was very clear; Jennifer's small body was covered with ________s and bruises.






11. Condescend He felt that he would debase himself if he ________ed to answer his critics.






12. Incurable; uncorrectable The error she made was ________; she could see no way to repair it.






13. Commonplace; trite The English teacher criticized her story because of its ________ and unoriginal plot.






14. Partly transparent We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the ________ curtains that separated us.






15. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.






16. Story set to music - to be sung by a chorus - The choral society sang the new ________ composed by its leader.






17. Doubts Hamlet described his ________ to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his foreboding of evil.






18. Fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by Like a bee flitting from flower to flower - Rose ________ted from one boyfriend to the next.






19. Over explain away No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue - President Bush could not ________ over the fact that he had raised the taxes after all.






20. Most reliable or complee Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the ________ work on the life of the Emancipator.






21. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.






22. Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to ________ the other.






23. Grow tiresome The study of word lists can eventually ________ and put one to sleep.






24. Skillful His ________ handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.






25. Conceited smile Wipe that ________ off your face!






26. Criticize harshly Hoping for a rave review of his new show - the playwright was miserable when the critics ________ned it unanimously.






27. Parched; dry After the unseasonably dry winter the Berkeley hills looked dusty and ________.






28. Murder of a king or queen The beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was an act of ________.






29. Attacking; insulting; distasteful Getting into street brawls is no minor offense for professional boxers - who are required by law to restrict their ________ impulses to the ring.






30. Warlike His ________ disposition alienated his friends.






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






32. Oppression; cruel government Frederick Douglass fought against the ________ of slavery throughout his entire life.






33. Easily frightened; apprehensive He was ________ and cowardish; always backing up at daunting situations.






34. Dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the ________ corporation.






35. Meeting place The two fleets met at the ________ at the appointed time.






36. Work of art put together from fragments Scraps of cloth - paper doilies - and old photographs all went into her ________.






37. Support; reinforce The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to ________ their arguments.






38. Active strength Although he was over seventy years old - Jack had the ________ of a man in his prime.






39. Nook; recess Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room - an ________ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.






40. Harmless Let him drink it; it is ________ and will have no ill effect.






41. Handle roughly The rock star was ________ed by his overexcited fans.






42. Able to walk He was described as an ________ patient because he was not confined to his bed.






43. Kindle; light When Desi crooned - "Baby - light my fire -" literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________.






44. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful An ________ parent damages a child both mentally and physically.






45. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others His ________ prevented him from seeing the needs of his colleagues.






46. Make unnecessary; get rid of I hope this contribution will ________ any need for further collections of funds.






47. Pine tree; cone-bearing tree According to geologists - the ________s were the first plants to bear flowers.






48. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.






49. Complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement He was called in to settle the ________ but failed to bring harmony into the situation.






50. Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage By the time the police arrived - the room was a shambles.







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