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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Token; reminder Take this book as a ________ of your visit.
memento
incontrovertible
wispy
gruff
2. Mass of material sticking together In such a ________ of miscellaneous statistics - it was impossible to find a single area of analysis.
knavery
petulant
embryonic
conglomeration
3. To bring to an end When his contract was ________d unexpectedly - he desperately needed a new job.
expurgate
frieze
terminate
satiate
4. Parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased Using chemical reagents - scientists have been able to restore the original writings on many ________s.
holocaust
oscillate
malfeasance
palimpsest
5. Enjoyment; enthusiasm He accepted the assignment with such ________ that I feel he would have been satisfied with a smaller salary.
conceit
clique
shyster
gusto
6. Weightless I can evaluate the data gathered in this study; the ________ items are not so easily analyzed.
dire
ironic
constituent
imponderable
7. Introductory The chairman made a few ________ remarks before he called on the first speaker.
apprise
fiat
prefactory
domicile
8. Person wearing tattered clothes He felt sorry for the ________ who was begging for food and gave him money to buy a meal.
foreshadow
odium
glaring
ragamuffin
9. Minor crime The culprit pleaded guilty to a ________ rather than face trial for a felony.
potent
misdemeanor
bogus
podium
10. Tomb Annabel Lee was buried in a ________ by the sea.
militant
sepulcher
gibe
ingrained
11. Composed; grave The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and ________.
sedate
comatose
hiatus
rarefied
12. Prankish; gay The ________ puppy tried to lick the face of its master.
frolicsome
composure
rider
motility
13. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The ________ of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.
prim
anthropoid
dissection
dilate
14. Accidental; casual He found this ________ meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.
adventitious
waffle
modulation
comatose
15. Binding; rigid I think these regulations are too ________.
abash
stringent
arable
empirical
16. The West It will take ________ to understand the ways and customs of the orient.
mitigate
touchy
occident
recalcitrant
17. Oppression; cruel government Frederick Douglass fought against the ________ of slavery throughout his entire life.
nib
podiatrist
tyranny
pecuniary
18. Hairs on back and neck - especially of a dog The dog's ________ rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder.
hackles
grisly
instigate
histrionic
19. State of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness How are lawyers different from agricultural inspectors? Where lawyers check ________(ie) in witnesses' statements - agricultural inspectors check inconsistencies in Grade A eggs.
inconsistency
avocation
abrasive
demise
20. Curving outward He polished the ________ lens of his telescope.
pauper
sedulous
convex
diversity
21. Put into effect; carry out The choreographer wanted to see how well she could ________ a pirouette.
sumptuous
innate
gait
execute
22. Feasible The board of directors decided that the plan was ________ and agreed to undertake the project.
disparity
enumerate
equable
practicable
23. Peeping Jill called Jack a ________ when she caught him aiming his binoculars at a bedroom window of the house next door.
insensate
determinate
voyeur
demoniac
24. Substance causing vomiting The use of an ________ like mustard is useful in cases of poisoning.
acrid
dissuade
bedizen
emetic
25. Frenzied Angered - he went ________ and began to wreck the room.
affable
rent
berserk
anesthetic
26. Journey Auntie Mame was a world traveler whose ________s took her from Tiajuana to Timbuctoo.
atone
peregrination
sagacious
attest
27. Upset; distracted by anxiety The ________ parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.
distraught
garish
canny
precursor
28. Most favorable If you wait for the ________ moment to act - you may never begin your project .
optimum
purchase
serenity
provident
29. Liable to err I know I am ________ - but I feel confident that I am right this time.
inconsequential
celibate
fallible
advent
30. Strongly held belief Nothing could shake his ________ that she was innocent.
conviction
levee
callow
grueling
31. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.
propulsive
ambidextrous
venerate
conciliatory
32. Playful Such a ________ attitude is surprising in a person as serious as you usually are.
allegory
vent
sportive
reprove
33. Last demand; warning Since they have ignored our ________ - our only recourse is to declare war.
rakish
floe
ultimatum
quarry
34. Rebel; nonconformist To the masculine literary establishment - George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a ________ who fought her proper womanly role.
maverick
palpable
stupor
gloat
35. Work laboriously; make slow painful progress You must ________ through 3500 words list in order to achieve a high score on GRE.
flaccid
miscreant
impede
toil
36. Habitually silent; talking a little New Englanders are reputedly ________ people.
taciturn
indemnify
clairvoyant
physiological
37. Guilt; self-reproach The murderer felt no ________ for his crime.
colander
gibe
ingenuous
remorse
38. Combine; constitute; pay interest; increase The makers of the popular cold remedy ________ed a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine.
astute
compound
philistine
tumid
39. Opposite The inevitable ________ of peace is not war but annihilation.
malfeasance
converse
forswear
expatriate
40. Crisis;joining point At this critical ________ - let us think carefully before determining the course we shall follow.
unkempt
juncture
saturnine
denounce
41. Shine erratically; twinkle In the darkness of the cavern - the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof ________ed like distant stars.
maniacal
efficacy
exploit
glimmer
42. Washing His daily ________s were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
legend
quixotic
ablution
incoherent
43. Head off; forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself; supplant Hoping to ________ any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue - the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.
preempt
hackles
pallid
precipice
44. Narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes Although Jane Austen writes novels set in small rural communities - her concerns are universal - not ________.
retroactive
anticlimax
parochial
misnomer
45. Record of descent; lineage He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
bouillon
thwart
pterodactyl
genealogy
46. Dethrone; remove form office The army attempted to ________ the king and set up a military government.
depose
gamely
pallet
interminable
47. Cause to sprout; sprout After the seeds ________ and develop their permanent leaves - the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.
hydrophobia
germinate
licentious
repartee
48. Pleasing to taste or smell The ripe peach was ________.
luscious
heckler
saboteur
oaf
49. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.
caption
debacle
entomology
insurrection
50. Understandable; clear His evil intentions were ________ and yet we could not stop him.
optometrist
pivotal
manifest
improvident