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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Fitness; talent The counselor evaluated his ________s before advising him about the career he should follow.
exigency
archives
ornithologist
aptitude
2. Occurring again and again These ________ attacks disturbed us and we consulted a physician.
fret
recurrent
advent
redundant
3. Enclose; place in something Tales of actual historical figures like King Alfred have become ________ded in legends.
ecstasy
embed
behoove
denizen
4. Fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle A sigle thread pulled loose - and the entire scarf started to ________.
versatile
prostrate
procrastinate
ravel
5. Blindly devoted patriot - A ________ cannot recognize any faults in his country - no matter how flagrant they may be.
chauvinist
foppish
converse
decrepitude
6. Unwilingness Some mornings I feel a great ________ to get out of bed.
tome
disinclination
smolder
faculty
7. Disobedient; lawless The only way to curb this ________ mob is to use tear gas.
quip
unruly
mannered
cajole
8. Long - passionate - and vehement speech In her lengthy ________ - the principal berated the offenders.
elated
caste
harangue
intelligentsia
9. Prolong Seeking to delay the union members' vote - the management team tried to ________ the negotiations endlessly - but the union representatives saw through their strategy.
levity
extricate
satyr
protract
10. Give up; do without Determined to lose weight for the summer - Ida decided to ________ dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.
devious
forgo
ambidextrous
muddle
11. Boisterous; noisy The crowd became ________ and shouted their disapproval of the proposals made by the speaker.
obstreperous
docile
altercation
seep
12. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.
serenity
averse
infringe
extrovert
13. Make shiny by rubbing; polish - The maid ________ed the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.
ingenuous
odium
burnish
insatiable
14. Supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work He performed his daily ________ cheerfully and willingly.
stint
kleptomaniac
subsequent
alchemy
15. Random; by chance His ________ reading left him unaquainted with the authors of the books.
nirvana
haphazard
confluence
fractious
16. Slavish; cringing Constantly fawning on his employer - humble Uriah Heap was a ________ creature.
bravado
servile
strut
intimate
17. Victim; object of a hunt The police closed in on their ________.
whittle
quarry
evince
muster
18. Extended scolding; denunciation Long before he had finished his ________ - we were sufficiently aware of the seriousness of our misconduct.
tirade
pessimism
allusion
platonic
19. Merriment; laughter Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's ________ improper.
canine
chaffing
mirth
parasite
20. Last stop of railroad After we reached the railroad ________ - we continued our journey into the wilderness on saddle horses.
condole
regicide
terminus
anneal
21. Court of justice The decision of the ________ was final and the prisoner was sentenced to death.
tribunal
brawn
implement
savory
22. Making up for; repaying Can a ________ education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?
compensatory
pomposity
knoll
arrears
23. Cutting; sharp His ________ remarks made us see the fallacy in our plans.
oratorio
incisive
vagrant
prototype
24. Swimming The Red Cross emphasizes the need for courses in ________.
affable
enjoin
mealymouthed
natation
25. Harass; trouble Many problems ________ the American public school system.
infer
gregarious
manifestation
beset
26. Greedy; eager for He was ________ for learning and read everything he could get.
avid
raspy
clarion
parsimonious
27. Cause to become sick; fill with disgust The foul smells began to ________ him.
nauseate
advent
patriarch
generic
28. Slandering; aspersion He is offended by your frequent ________s of his ability as a leader.
congeal
sanguinary
humdrum
detraction
29. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.
hackneyed
warren
encumber
dinghy
30. Prominent One of the ________ features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.
dirge
salient
enmity
musty
31. Based on experience; useful He was a ________ man - opposed to theory
gratify
practical
endorse
somber
32. Beggar From the moment we left the ship - we were surrounded by ________s and peddlers.
extraneous
diffusion
mendicant
trenchant
33. Blessedness; state of bliss Growing closer to God each day - the mystic achieved a state of indescribable ________.
rustic
besmirch
floe
beatitude
34. Capable of being shaped by pounding Gold is a ________ metal.
outskirts
malleable
distill
vigor
35. Cruel; deadly The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the ________ disease
fell
garrulous
astigmatism
assessment
36. Outward appearance; guise Although this book has a ________ of wisdom and scholarship - a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.
gist
visceral
mendacious
semblance
37. Abandon; disown; repudiate Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to ________ her belief that her voices came from God.
retentive
renounce
stint
waif
38. Tolling of a bell - especially to indicate a funeral - disaster - etc.; sound of the funeral bell "The curfew tolls the ________ of parting day."
theocracy
knell
fluke
vindictive
39. Command I cannot accept government by ________; I feel that I must be consulted.
dissertation
stoic
fiat
retraction
40. Throb We could see the blood vessels in his temple ________ as he became more angry.
explicit
welt
wither
pulsate
41. Pertaining to earthquakes The Richter scale is a measurement of ________ disturbances.
seismic
analgesic
wrangle
steep
42. Refer to Since you ________ to this matter so frequently - you must regard it as important.
advert
rotunda
recalcitrant
infringe
43. Combative; disposed to fight As a child he was ________ and fought with everyone.
arable
contravene
pugnacious
integrity
44. Heat-producing - Coal is much more ________ than green wood.
detrimental
glean
calorific
palpitate
45. Beginning; origin Tracing the ________ of a family is the theme of "Roots."
wangle
genesis
suborn
quay
46. Check the flow The paramedic used a tourniquet to ________ the bleeding from the slashed artery.
glean
mirage
stem
vouchsafe
47. Clever He came up with a use for Styrofoam packing balls that was so ________ that his business school professors declared it was marketable.
prompt
moodiness
entrance
ingenious
48. Speak foolishly; boast idly Let us not ________ about our qualities; rather - let our virtues speak for themselves.
arbitrate
dialectic
prate
agility
49. Keen; shrewd; having insight He is much too ________ to be fooled by a trick like that.
parched
sagacious
renegade
truism
50. Prohibit; forbid Civilized nations must ________ the use of nuclear weapons if we expect out society to live.
grovel
stoic
interdict
detraction