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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Scorn I ________ your attempts at a reconciliation at this time and refuse to meet you.
despise
reimburse
obstreperous
authoritarian
2. Open for the public to read; obvious It was ________ to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
patent
scintillate
masticate
mote
3. Deliverance from a charge His ________ by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty.
tender
alluvial
addendum
acquittal
4. Wasteful; reckless with money The ________ son squandered his inheritance.
prodigal
concatenate
hubris
catalyst
5. Blame; censure I want my work to be above ________ and without error
invulnerable
reproach
connivance
revulsion
6. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal He gave her his ________ and vowed to cherish her always.
troth
rig
tactile
outwit
7. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.
hoard
stoic
quiescent
dilute
8. Salty The slightly ________ taste of this mineral water is pleasant.
precipitous
decadence
saline
comprehensive
9. Room to move; margin When you set a deadline - allow a little ________.
anthropomorphic
leeway
maelstrom
serendipity
10. Flood; rush When we advertised the position - we received a ________ of applications.
naivete
vituperative
deluge
provender
11. Lying on back The defeated pugilist lay ________ on the canvas.
emollient
supine
oligarchy
maxim
12. Sudden flood I am worried about the possibility of a ________ if the rains do not diminish soon.
glaze
hypothetical
interminable
spate
13. Extremely high (of prices etc.) The super computer's price was ________.
apothegm
prohibitive
mimicry
skirmish
14. Make hostile; separate Her attempts to ________ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.
momentous
filch
epitome
alienate
15. Brawl; melee The military police stopped the ________ in the bar and arrested the belligerents.
fracas
contrived
sodden
oligarchy
16. Coax; wheedle - I will not be ________d into granting your wish.
pedestrian
brook
cajole
alliteration
17. Person who turns animal hides into leather Using a solution of tanbark - the ________ treated the cowhide - transforming it into supple leather.
pragmatist
tanner
eugenic
lope
18. Brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten Just as a lamp can ________ a dark room - a perceptive comment can illuminate a knotty problem.
tilter
offhand
illuminate
braggart
19. Revoke; annul What would the effect on our society be if we decriminalized drug use by ________ing the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?
repeal
nirvana
euphony
deranged
20. Scientific student of birds Auduborn's drawings of American bird life have been of interest not only to the ________s but also to the general public.
disclaim
venerate
dexterous
ornithologist
21. Strangle The criminal tried to ________ the old man with his bare hands.
throttle
emaciated
skinflint
proscenium
22. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch His callused hands had lost their ________ sensitivity.
resonant
veneer
tactile
clamber
23. Baffle; frustrate He felt that everyone was tying to ________ his plans and prevent his success.
don
disinterested
asceticism
thwart
24. Invigorating medicine The ________ water invigorated her - contrary to the enervating effect of the alcohol.
incantation
refectory
diverse
tonic
25. Doubts Hamlet described his ________ to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his foreboding of evil.
misgivings
flamboyant
tarry
ferret
26. Distance around something; circunference It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable ________.
dissolution
virtue
egotism
girth
27. Rude; insensitive Though Mr. Potts constantly interrupted his wife - she ignored his ________ behavior - for she had lost hope of teaching him courtesy.
boorish
peccadillo
verity
quell
28. Very cautious. The spies grew ________ as they approached the sentry.
wary
dormer
supersede
compact
29. Controlling influence President Marcos failed to maintain his ________ over Philippines.
pundit
endorse
ascendancy
firebrand
30. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness Neither drunkards nor comics are noted for ________.
sobriety
querulous
bountiful
dispassionate
31. Verbose; drawn out Her ________ arguments irritated and bored the jury.
scurvy
asunder
prolix
allure
32. Food There was a variety of ________s at the feast.
maverick
salutary
viand
reproach
33. Disease communicator The doctors are looking for a specific medicine to control this ________.
diversion
converge
virus
precursor
34. Environment; means of expression His ________ is watercolors - although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.
abash
fitful
docket
milieu
35. Marginal; outer We lived - not in central London - but in one of those ________ suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of the great city.
stint
peripheral
vent
queasy
36. Defeat; frustrate In the end - Skywalker is able to ________ Vader's diabolical schemes.
voyeur
foil
problematic
prescience
37. Not influenced by emotions; fair Even though he was her son - she tried to be ________ about his behavior.
objective
fictitious
vanguard
panacea
38. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.
flux
awry
espouse
spangle
39. Germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen Although Freud has generally been regarded as a ________ thinker who shaped the course of psychology - his psychoanalytic methods have come under attack recently.
vitriolic
vassal
seminal
calligraphy
40. Talkativeness The man who married a dumb wife asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's ________ after her cure.
eerie
aquiline
garrulity
seine
41. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition The piece concluded with a distinctive ________ that strikingly brought together various motifs.
coda
cartographer
roster
musky
42. Chew We must ________ our food carefully and slowly in order to avoid digestive disorders.
masticate
mausoleum
stilted
interpolate
43. Remove water from; dry out Vigorous dancing quickly ________s the body; between dances - be sure to drink more water than normal.
agglomeration
imminent
dehydrate
superannuated
44. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships to hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly ________ deed.
belligerent
altruistic
thespian
array
45. State of violent agitation We were frightened by the ________ of the ocean during the storm.
turbulence
allegory
anguish
arid
46. Accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver - he was guilty of ________.
turmoil
pander
skeptic
spoonerism
47. Check flow of blood It is imperative that we ________ the gushing wound before we attend to the other injuries.
antagonistic
supplicate
stanch
agenda
48. Question closely; cross-examine Knowing that the Nazis would ________ him about his background - the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their quesions.
autocrat
scenario
wistful
interrogate
49. Resent I ________ every minute I have to spend attending meetings.
desultory
preponderance
begrudge
inveterate
50. Muddle; drive crazy This idiotic plan is confusing enough to ________ anyone.
salubrious
addle
concession
glib