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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Discipline; punish in order to correct - Whom God loves - God ________s.






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






3. Sham; not genuine; inferior You will never get the public to buy such ________ material.






4. Disown; disavow He announced that he would ________ all debts incurred by his wife.






5. The meat of a deer The hunters dined on ________.






6. Gratifying the senses The nobility during the Renaissance led ________ lives.






7. Unit of light energy (one candle's worth) In buying light bulbs - she checked not only their power - as measured in watts - but their brightness - as measured in ________s.






8. Averse; reluctant They were both ________ for him to go.






9. Oily; bland; insincerely suave Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by ________ protestations of his "'umility."






10. Crafty; double-dealing I do not think he will be a good embassador because he is not accustomed to the ________ maneuverings of foreign diplomats.






11. Without feeling She lay there as ________ as a log.






12. Twisted; with a humorous twist.We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its _________ wit.






13. Person who establishes (an organization - business) Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the ________ of the Abraham & Straus chain.






14. Stupid person I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead - I find myself addressing a pack of ________s.






15. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.






16. Ghost; phantom Hamlet was uncertain about the identity of the ________ that had appeared and spoken to him.






17. Display ostentatiously She is not the one of those actresses who ________ their physical charms; she can act.






18. Inner excitement; exuberance Nothing depressed her for long; her natural ________ soon reasserted itself.






19. Put into words I know you don't like to talk about these things - but please try to ________ your feelings.






20. Weaken; mitigate It is easier for us to ________ our own shortcomings than those of others.






21. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc. Seeing how tenderly Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ________.






22. Open widely The huge pit ________d before him; if he stumbled - he would fall in.






23. Spasmodic; intermittent After several ________ attempts - he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.






24. To make invalid Once the contract was ________(ied)- it no longer had any legal force.






25. Dig up; unearth They ________red the body and held an autopsy.






26. Pollute; profane The hoodlums ________d the church with their scurrilous writing.






27. Green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting Judging by the ________ on this bronze statue - we can conclude that this is the work of a medieval artist.






28. Attach or add on; fasten First the registrar had to affix his signature to the license; then he had to ________ his official seal.






29. Unfortunate This ________ creature had never known a moment's pleasure.






30. Devoutness; reverence for God Living her life in prayer and good works - Mother Teresa exemplifies the true sprit of ________.






31. Occurring at the same time Some people find the ________ events in Hardy's novels annoyingly improbable.






32. Original work used as a model by others The crude typewriter on display in this museum is the ________ of the elaborate machines in use today.






33. Non-moral The ________ individual lacks a code of ethics; he should not be classified as immoral.






34. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities Her insistence that the book be memorized marked the teacher as a ________ rather than a scholar.






35. Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something This coming trip to France should provide me with a ________ test of the value of my conversational French class.






36. Stikingly bright; shining with intense heat If you leave on an ________light bulb - it quickly grows too hot to touch.






37. Revenging agent Captain Bligh vowed to be Christian's ________.






38. Lacking substance; insignificant; frail His hopes for a career in acting proved ________; no one would cast him - even in an insubstantial role.






39. Fertility; fruitfulness The ________ of his mind is illustrated by the many vivid images in his poems.






40. Obscene; indecent Your ________ remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.






41. Lessen in value If you neglect this properly - it will ________.






42. Sensitive; irascible Do not discuss this phase of the problem as he is very ________ about it.






43. Ridicule This article ________s the pretensions of some movie moguls.






44. Float in the air (especially by magical means) As the magician passed his hands over the recumbent body of his assistant - she appeared to rise and ________ about three feet above the table.






45. Ordinary; unimaginative Unintentionally boring - he wrote page after page of ________ prose.






46. Be disturbed; boil The nation was ________ing with discontent as the nobleman continued their arrogant ways.






47. Lie Some people believe that to ________ in a good cause is justifiable and regard the statement as a "white lie."






48. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.






49. Decree Passing a red light is a violation of a city ________.






50. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs He was one of the few ________s in the Congress; he constantly voiced his objections to the Presidential program.