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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Turn upside down or inside out When he ________ed his body in a hand stand - he felt the blood rush to his head.






2. Wandering Several ________ tribes of Indians would hunt in this area each year.






3. Praise All the ________(ies) of his friends could not remove the sting of the calumny heaped upon him by his enemies.






4. Practical This is an entirely ________ proposal. I suggest we adopt it.






5. Drug that relieves pain; opiate His pain was so great that no ________ could relieve it.






6. Prankish; gay The ________ puppy tried to lick the face of its master.






7. Touchy; peevish The feverish patient was ________ and restless.






8. Abnormal; irregular He was placed in the ________ position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised.






9. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.






10. Powerful; persuasive; greatly influential The jury was swayed by the highly ________ testimony of the crime's sole eyewitness.






11. With a sideways or indirect look Looking ________ at her questioner - she displayed her scorn.






12. Following; later In ________ lessons - we shall take up more difficult problems.






13. Unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in ________.






14. Evil We must defeat the ________ forces that seek our downfall.






15. Curse The witch uttered ________s against her captors.






16. Stingy; parsimonious He was a ________ man - averse to spending money even for the necessities of life.






17. Cold; cheerless The Aleutian Islands are ________ military outposts.






18. Quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion Watching the tearful reunion of the long-separated mother and child - the social worker was touched by the ________ of the scene.






19. Serious or fatal accident - The number of automotive ________(ies) on this holiday weekend was high.






20. Vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point The spokes of the wheel ________ from the hub.






21. Said or done in jest Do not take my ________ remarks seriously.






22. Extinct flying reptile The remains of ________s indicate that these flying reptiles had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.






23. Confuse; upset; embarrass The lawyer was ________ed by the evidence produced by her adversary.






24. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's ________ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






25. Desert; abandon; renounce No one expected Foster to ________ his wife and children and run off with another woman.






26. Grow forth; send out buds - In the spring - the plants that ________ are a promise of the beauty that is to come.






27. Sweet sounding The ________ sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.






28. Eye defect that prevents proper focus As soon as his parents discovered that the boy suffered from ________ - they took him to the optometrist for corrective glasses.






29. No longer stylish; old-fahioned Unconcerned about keeping in style - Lenore was perfectly happy to wear ________ clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.






30. Range of knowledge I cannot answer your question since this matter is beyond my ________.






31. Retaliation I am confident that we are ready for any ________s the enemy may undertake.






32. Boredom; weariness We hope this radio will help overcome the ________ of your stay in the hospital.






33. List of works of music - drama - etc. - a performer is prepared to present The opera company decided to include Madame Butterfly in its ________ for the following season.






34. Ash-colored; deadly pale Her face was ________ with fear.






35. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.






36. Examination of accounts When the bank examiners arrived to hold their annual ________ - they discovered the embezzlements of the chief cashier.






37. Violation Because of his many ________s of school regulations - he was suspended by the dean.






38. Power of knowing without reasoning She claimed to know the truth by ________.






39. Support; prop up - Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses - debates ________ their arguments with facts.






40. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.






41. Making up for; repaying Can a ________ education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?






42. Painting in plaste (usually fresh) The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the ________es by Glotto.






43. Commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey In devoting herself to the study of gorillas - Dian Fossey ________ed on a course of action that was to cost her her life.






44. Clever; astute A ________ investor - he took clever advantage of the fluctuations of the stock market.






45. Advanced in development By her rather adult manner of discussing serious topics - the child demonstrated that she was ________.






46. Mentally quick and observant; having insight Because he was considered the most ________ member of the firm - he was assigned the most difficult cases.






47. Muddy; having the sediment disturbed The water was ________ after the children had waded through it.






48. Faultless He was proud of his ________ manners.






49. Stick together Solids have a greater tendency to ________ than liquids.






50. Thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about In medieval times - warriors ________ed their foe with a metal ball attached to a handle.