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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Stockpile; accumulate for future use Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage - people are tempted to ________ food.
affected
hoard
ostentatious
context
2. Combative; bellicose Although at this time he was advocating a policy of neutrality - one could usually find him adopting a more ________ attitude.
presage
militant
summation
blanch
3. Lavish expenditure; overabundant condition Seldom have I seen food and drink served in such ________ as at the wedding feast.
clairvoyant
unfeigned
anemia
profusion
4. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem ________.
fancied
awe
inordinate
banal
5. Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements Unless you can prove your allegations - your remarks constitute ________.
sporadic
smattering
slander
elaboration
6. Disgustingly excessive His ________ praise of the dictator annoyed his listeners.
slough
fulsome
earthy
finale
7. Expurgate After the film editors had ________d the language in the script - the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG."
hap
bowdlerize
abrasive
callow
8. Chew We must ________ our food carefully and slowly in order to avoid digestive disorders.
masticate
axiom
mountebank
lax
9. Having a common center The target was made of ________ circles.
brazen
exhort
concentric
ashen
10. Declare openly I must ________ that I am innocent.
ravage
avow
glutton
debris
11. Favoring or exercising total control; non-democratic The people had no control over their destiny; they were forced to obey the dictates of the ________ regime.
adamant
authoritarian
divest
injurious
12. Fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal. It is good to have a few _________s in our group for their enthusiasm is contagious.
zealot
metamorphosis
pedagogue
indigenous
13. Church dignitary The archbishop of Moscow and other high-ranking ________s visited the Russian Orthodox seminary.
prelate
ovation
morbid
quiescent
14. Utter impulsively Before she could stop him - he ________ed out the news.
unseemly
simulate
paltry
blurt
15. Dishonest behavior The investigation into municipal corruption turned up new instances of ________ daily.
skulduggery
cohere
arboretum
stellar
16. Ghostly We were frightened by the ________ glow that filled the room.
puny
incorrigible
spectral
equilibrium
17. Violent She had a sudden fit of ________ rage.
pernicious
cogitate
rebate
unbridled
18. Omission of words from a text Sometimes an ________ can lead to a dangling modifier - as in the sentence "Once dressed - you should refrigerate the potato salad.
dingy
rant
pragmatist
ellipsis
19. Sorcery; magic. Merlin amazed the knights with his _________.
vanguard
wry
wizardry
reciprocal
20. Lazy person "You are a ________ - a drone - a parasite -" the angry father shouted at his lazy son.
approbation
nautical
sluggard
asinine
21. Obedient; easily managed As ________ as he seems today - that old lion was once a ferocious - snarling beast.
malaise
galleon
docile
civil
22. Set free At first - the attempts of the Abolitioninst to ________ the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.
emancipate
imbibe
proxy
title
23. Recoiling from progress; retrograde His program was ________ since it sought to abolish many of the social reforms instituted by the previous administration.
reactionary
mausoleum
superficial
unfettered
24. Fertile; abundant; ornate Farming was easy in this ________ soil.
generic
luxuriant
serrated
energize
25. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.
placebo
bristling
abject
shrewd
26. Commonplace; trite The English teacher criticized her story because of its ________ and unoriginal plot.
nirvana
hackneyed
usurp
entice
27. That which accompanies Culture is not always a ________ of wealth.
melee
sage
efficacy
concomitant
28. Disobedient; resisting authority The ________ mob shouted defiantly at the police.
arrogance
contumacious
opalescent
sleeper
29. Expose to slander His opponents tried to ________ the candidate's reputation by spreading rumors about his past.
rave
veracity
traduce
irreverent
30. Not able to be perceived by touch; vague Though the financial benefits of his Oxford post were meager - Lewis was drawn to it by its ________ rewards: prestige - intellectual freedom - the fellowship of his peers.
mutinous
summation
entrepreneur
intangible
31. Not essential; external Do not pad your paper with ________ matters; stick to essential items only.
extraneous
rift
equivocal
stratified
32. Pertaining to an injury caused by violence In his nightmares - he kept on recalling the ________ experience of being wounded in battle.
salutary
wangle
traumatic
overhaul
33. Pen name Samuel Clemens' ________ was Mark Twain.
abject
decelerate
pseudonym
wince
34. Unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical The coach claimed the team lost because the umpire made some ________ calls.
arbitrary
eon
overweening
bigotry
35. Cut away; cut out When you ________ the dead and dying limbs of a tree - you not only improve its appearance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit.
clandestine
infinitesimal
excise
accessory
36. Having a pale or sickly color; pallid. Suckling asked - "Why so pale and ________ - fond lover?"
annul
enamored
gorge
wan
37. Predict I ________ disaster unless we change our wasteful ways.
prognosticate
innuendo
fulsome
alienate
38. Loathe; hate Moses scolded the idol worshippers in the tribe because he ________d the custom.
gruel
abominate
eschew
polarize
39. Defeat; frustrate In the end - Skywalker is able to ________ Vader's diabolical schemes.
foil
incommodious
slur
finite
40. Necessary requirement Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a ________ for admission.
insensible
sobriety
requisite
ramp
41. One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch The most common ________ in North America is the opposum.
languor
hoax
marsupial
pastoral
42. Weighty; unwieldy His humor lacked the light touch; his jokes were always ________.
ovation
ponderous
component
punctilious
43. Pale purple The ________ tint in the lilac bush was another indication that spring had finally arrived.
mauve
onomatopoeia
inscrutable
diversity
44. Strong point or special talent I am not eager to play this rather seious role - for my ________ is comedy.
forte
indubitably
glimmer
oblivion
45. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.
affirmation
cascade
epistemologist
effusive
46. Wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his ________ expression.
placebo
deadpan
erode
inter
47. Induce; triumph over He tried to ________ on her to type his essays for him.
quizzical
rabid
prevail
lucid
48. Winemaker; seller of wine The poet wondered what the ________s could buy that would be half as precious as the wine they sold.
filial
entomology
nomadic
vintner
49. Make void The parents of the eloped couple tried to ________ the marriage.
stamina
apogee
whiff
annul
50. Proper; appropriate Lady Bracknell did not think it was ________ for Ernest to lack a proper family; no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to marry her daughter.
seemly
gambit
onslaught
relent