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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Ghost; phantom Hamlet was uncertain about the identity of the ________ that had appeared and spoken to him.
effete
perceptive
subpoena
apparition
2. Sift; separate good parts from bad. This test will _________ out the students who study from those who don't bother.
spectral
shyster
bouillon
winnow
3. Old age; feeble mindedness of old age Most of the decisions are being made by the junior members of the company because of the ________ of the president.
terminology
senility
frenzied
exorbitant
4. Overwhelmingly favorable review Though critic John Simon seldom has a good word to say about contemporary plays - his review of All in the Timing was a total ________.
overweening
rave
enhance
brittle
5. Shield; defense Under the ________ of the Bill of Rights - we enjoy our most treasured freedoms.
drone
elliptical
aegis
sanction
6. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosic-like pattern. In laying the floor - the carpenters combined redwood and oak in an elegant ________.
facilitate
garbled
befuddle
parquet
7. Dispute The defeated candidate attempted to ________ the election results.
paradigm
disapprobation
contest
tranquillity
8. Beauty; comeliness I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female ________.
leaven
plauditory
pulchritude
decollete
9. Pay out When you ________ money on the company's behalf - be sure to get a receipt.
prerogative
annotate
bask
disburse
10. Show by example; furnish an example Three-time winner of the Super Bowl - Joe Montana ________(ies) the ideal quarterback.
exemplify
penurious
reprise
haughtiness
11. Wrong; faulty Seeing her frown - he wondered if anything were ________.
terminate
amiss
pest
resilient
12. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing The manufacturers of this frying pan recommended the use of a rubber ________ to avoid scratching the specially treated surface.
isthmus
spatula
invincible
extrovert
13. Contend; compete Politicians ________ with one another - competing for donations and votes.
vie
stolidity
hummock
relinquish
14. Vigorously active; nimble She was eighty years old - yet still ________ and alert.
plumb
render
perennial
spry
15. Crookedly; slanted; at an angle When he placed his hat ________ upon his head - his observers laughed.
unfledged
posture
avocation
askew
16. Not able to be corrected or repaired Your apology cannot atone for the ________ damage you have done to her reputation.
dissonance
irreparable
forestall
heckler
17. Reserved or aloof; cold in manner His ________ greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start.
hapless
diverge
distant
insurrection
18. Seniority by birth By virtue of ________ - in some cultures the first-born child has many privileges denied his brothers and sisters.
politic
primogeniture
heyday
seclusion
19. Thin - liquid porridge Our daily allotment of ________ made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.
ponderous
calligraphy
gruel
itinerary
20. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.
grandeur
artisan
somnolent
ornithologist
21. Shyness You must overcome your ________ if you intend to become a salesperson.
diffidence
attenuate
hortatory
hubris
22. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.
conjugal
passive
juncture
sundry
23. Blessing Let us pray that the ________ of peace once more shall prevail among the nations of the world.
benison
aristocracy
ensue
militant
24. Impetuous; with marked vigor He spoke with ________ eloquence in defense of his client.
concur
whittle
abate
vehement
25. Picture made of smell - colorful inlaid tiles The mayor compared the ciry to a beautiful ________ made up of people of every race and religion on earth.
medley
tenet
mosaic
masticate
26. Bear one's self; behave He ________ed himself with great dignity.
blunder
comport
rankle
partial
27. Entangle; stick in swampy ground Their rear wheels became ________d in mud.
grudging
abase
empathy
mire
28. A servile dependent He was always accompanied by several of his ________s because he enjoyed their subservience and flattery.
hibernal
insolence
garrulity
minion
29. Tie with a Before we went to sleep - we ________ed the horses to prevent their wandering off during the night.
proponent
gruel
apostate
tether
30. Pertinent; referring to the case in hand Teri was impressed by how ________ Virginia Woolf's remarks were to her as a woman writer; it was as if Woolf had been writing with Teri's situation in mind.
entreat
conjure
relevant
thermal
31. Overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter - Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a ________ but understand the need for this precaution.
dehydrate
defection
censor
palpitate
32. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer - He taught by engaging his pupils in a ________ until they gave him the correct answer.
promiscuous
catechism
pendant
indenture
33. Roundabout - Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways - she took a ________ route.
piety
ornithologist
junket
circuitous
34. Rebellious We will not discuss reforms until the ________ troops have returned to their homes.
guise
insurgent
nautical
bludgeon
35. Favorable; kindly I think it is advisable that we wait for a more ________ occasion to announce our plans; this is not a good time.
scuttle
irreverent
propitious
shrewd
36. Death Upon the ________ of the dictator - a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
demise
winnow
bane
guise
37. Dealth notice I first learned of her death when I read the ________ in the newspaper.
itinerary
ordination
congeal
obituary
38. Picture; short literary sketch The New Yorker published her latest ________.
vignette
assay
causal
mercenary
39. Capricious; fanciful. He dismissed his generous gift to his college as a sentimental fancy - an old man's ________ gesture.
vicissitude
peroration
quizzical
whimsical
40. Bottomless His arrogance is exceeded only by his ________ ignorance.
lineage
abysmal
incendiary
tonsure
41. Dissenting; rebellious In the purge that followed the student demonstrations at Tianamen Square - the government hunted down the ________ students and their supporters.
accoutre
unfettered
dissident
deadlock
42. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.
lineaments
lament
viscous
odium
43. Watching; guarding The FBI kept the house under constant ________ in the hope of capturing all the criminals at one time.
clapper
surveillance
impenitent
temperament
44. Layer of earth's surface; layer of society Unless we alleviate conditions in the lowest ________ of our society - we may expect grumbling and revolt.
symbiosis
stratum
potion
allude
45. Fear of water; rabies A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of ________.
vulnerable
temporize
fiat
hydrophobia
46. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post ________d the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
demotic
deranged
deprecate
quaint
47. Foil When the warden learned that several inmates were planning to escape - he took steps to ________ their attempt.
ungainly
balk
equestrian
subsidiary
48. Related to marriage Their ________ ceremony was performed in Golden Gate Park.
unbridled
nuptial
titular
heresy
49. Scandinavian myth; any legend This is a ________ of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.
breadth
odium
saga
requisite
50. Capable of using either hand with equal ease A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ________.
malicious
apostate
ambidextrous
magnanimity