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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Copy When you ________ your notes - please send a copy to Mr.Smith and keep the original for our files.






2. No longer stylish; old-fahioned Unconcerned about keeping in style - Lenore was perfectly happy to wear ________ clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.






3. Deviate; turn aside sharply The car ________d wildly as the driver struggled to regain control of the wheel.






4. Confused; discomposed The novice square dancer became so ________ that he wandered into wrong set.






5. Deceive; delude Having been ________ed once by the fast-talking salesman - he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car.






6. Make known by official proclamation or publication As soon as the Civil Service Commission ________s the names of the successful candidates - we shall begin to hire members of our staff.






7. Excess; overabundance She offered a ________ of excuses for her shortcomings.






8. Tending toward the center - Does ________force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface?






9. Poke; stir up; urge If you ________ him hard enough - he'll eventually clean his room.






10. Trembling; wavering She was ________ more from excitement than from fear.






11. Amuse The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year - thousands more ________ themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.






12. Flattery Despite the salesperson's ________s - the customer did not buy the outfit.






13. Unsupportable I find your theory ________ and must reject it.






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






15. Talk at length At this time - please give us a brief resume of your work; we shall permit you to ________ later.






16. Queer and amusing He was a popular guest because his ________ anecdotes were always entertaining.






17. State confidently I wish to ________ that I am certain of success.






18. Pollute The sewage system of the city so ________d the water that swimming was forbidden.






19. Troublesome or annoying person He was a ________; always bothering people.






20. 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.






21. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






22. Spacious and After sleeping in a small roadside cabins - they found their hotel suite ________.






23. Truthfulness Trying to prove Hill a liar - Senator Spector repeatedly questioned her ________.






24. Destruction by fire Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the ________ that followed.






25. Hesitate When told to dive off the high board - she did not ________ - but proceeded at once.






26. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) - often mutually beneficial Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their ________; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth - the bird derives nouri






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






28. Impartial; fair Do men and women receive ________ treatment from their teachers - or - as recent studies suggest - do teachers pay more attention to male students than to females?






29. Turn upside down or inside out When he ________ed his body in a hand stand - he felt the blood rush to his head.






30. Small; minute Grass grew there - an ________ outcropping among the rocks.






31. Concerning the sense of smell The ________ organ is the nose.






32. Determine or seek opinions - votes - etc. - After ________ing the sentiments of his constituents - the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.






33. Vex Johnny often ________ his mother with his pranks.






34. Burdensome He asked for an assistant because his work load was too ________.






35. Yellowish; sickly in color We were disturbed by his ________ complexion - which was due to jaundice.






36. Sweet sound Noted for its ________ even when it is spoken - the Italian language is particularly pleasing to the ear when sung.






37. Unscrupulous; excessive She found the load shark's demands ________ and impossible to meet.






38. Penitent Her ________ tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.






39. Emotional urges behind human activity The psychiatrist maintained that suppression of the ________ often resulted in maladjustment and neuroses.






40. Rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained The ________ weeds in the garden killed all the flowers that had been planted in the spring.






41. Showing hard work; taking great care The new high-frequency word list is the result of ________ efforts on the part of our research staff.






42. Pertaining to the body; physical Why do you ignore the spiritual aspects and emphasize only the corporeal and the ________ ones?






43. Roman outer robe Marc Antony pointed to the slashes in Caesar's ________.






44. Giving off an odor The ________ spices stimulated her jaded appetite.






45. Abusive; scolding He became more ________ as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish.






46. Antiquated "Methinks -" "thee -" and "thou" are ________ words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.






47. Not practical or applied; hypothetical Bob was better at applied engineering and computer programming than he was at ________ physics and math. While I can still think of some theoretical objections to your plan - you've convinced me of its basic sou






48. Drive or hunt out of hiding She was ________ed out their secret.






49. Untrue; made up To impress his friends - Tom invented ________ tales of his adventures in the big city.






50. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.