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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Injury to the body The riot was marked not only by ________ - with its attendant loss of life and limb - but also by arson and pillage.






2. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships to hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly ________ deed.






3. Lively; frisky She is as ________ as a kitten playing with a piece of string.






4. Having the odor of musk She left a trace of ________ perfume behind her.






5. Related to marriage Their ________ ceremony was performed in Golden Gate Park.






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






7. Conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to The design for the new school had to be in ________ with the local building code.






8. Block legislation by making long speeches Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals - we were impressed by his ability to ________ endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.






9. Ordinary; typical His ________ upbringing left him wholly unprepared for his wife's eccentric family.






10. Indifferent; without concern or care Your ________ attitude at such a critical moment indicates that you do not understand the gravity of the situation.






11. Act of driving back; distaste The ________ of the enemy forces was not accomplished bloodlessly; many of the defenders were wounded in driving the enemy back.






12. Scanty; inadequate His salary was far too ________ for him to afford to buy a new car.






13. Created by statute or legislative action The judicial courts review and try ________ crimes.






14. Charm She wore the ________ to ward off evil.






15. Put to rout; defeat; disconcert This ruse will ________ the enemy.






16. Plowed but sowed; uncultivated Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to let ________ every few years.






17. Waterspout carved in groteque figures on a building The ________s adorning the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness.






18. Humbleness of spirit He spoke with a ________ and lack of pride that impressed his listeners.






19. Extremely demanding The colonies rebelled against the ________ financial claims of the mother country.






20. Rider on horseback These paths in the park are reserved for ________s and their steeds.






21. Song of praise or joy ________s celebrating the victory filled the air.






22. Tolling of a bell - especially to indicate a funeral - disaster - etc.; sound of the funeral bell "The curfew tolls the ________ of parting day."






23. Bind as servant or apprentice to master Many immigrants could come to America only after they had________ themselves for several years.






24. On or relating to the earth We have been able to explore the ________ regions much more thoroughly than the aquatic or celestial regions.






25. Rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake The bandits ________d the countryside - burning farms and carrying off the harvest.






26. Ill-humored; irritable - Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff - he was a ________ patient.






27. Wretch; villain His kindness to the ________ amazed all of us who had expected to hear severe punishment pronounced.






28. To make watertight (by plugging seams) When water from the shower leaked into the basement - we knew it was time to ________ the tiles at the edges of the shower stall.






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






30. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.






31. Emancipate; free from bondage Enlightened slave owners were willing to ________ their slaves and thus put an end to the evil slavery in the country.






32. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.






33. Honor; glory; praise The singer complacently received ________ on his performance from his entourage.






34. Of the same kind Many educators try to put pupils of similar abilities in the same class because they believe that his ________ grouping is advisable.






35. Hostile; opposed Despite his lawyers' best efforts to stop him - the angry prisoner continued to make ________ remarks to the judge.






36. Person who supports or proposes (an idea) After the bill had been amended and re-amended in committee - even its original ________s didn't want to vote in its favor.






37. Nourishing substance As a budding nutritionist - Kim has learned to design diets that contain foods rich in important basic ________s.






38. Not naive; sophisticated Although he was young - his remarks indicated that he was ________.






39. Operatic solo At her Metropolitan Opera audition - Marian Anderson sang an ________ from Norma.






40. Reddish; healthy-looking His ________ features indicated that he had spent much time in the open.






41. Unit of light energy (one candle's worth) In buying light bulbs - she checked not only their power - as measured in watts - but their brightness - as measured in ________s.






42. Fearful; demonstrating fear His ________ manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment.






43. Indirect speech; hypocritical; evasive Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked - Jack made a few ________ comments and tried to change the subject.






44. Shell or jewel carved in relief - Tourists are advised not to purchase ________s from the street peddlers of Rome who sell poor specimens of the carver's art.






45. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.






46. Public records; place where public records are kept These documents should be part of the ________ so that historians may be able to evaluate them in the future.






47. Arrest ( a criminal); dread; perceive The police will ________ the culprit and convict him before long.






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






49. Food I am very happy to be able to provide you with these ________; I know you are hungry.






50. Green; lush in vegetation Monet's paintings of the ________ meadows were symphonies in green.







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