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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Suitable for drinking The recent drought in the Middle Atlantic States has emphasized the need for extensive research in ways of making sea water ________.






2. Mental keenness His business ________ helped him to succeed where others had failed.






3. Gradual intrusion The ________ of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.






4. Introduction; forerunner I am afraid that this border raid is the ________ to more serious attacks.






5. Scold strongly He feared she would ________ him for his forgetfulness.






6. Keep; employ Fighting to retain his seat in Congress - Senator Foghorn ________ed a new manager to head his reelection campaign.






7. Offensive I find your behavior ________; please mend your ways.






8. Avoid He tried to ________ all display of temper.






9. Surmise; guess I will end all your ________s; I admit I am guilty as charged.






10. Soak; saturate Be sure to ________ the fabric in the dye bath for the full time prescribed.






11. Remainder I suggest that you wait until the store places the ________s of these goods on sale.






12. Increase or intensify; raise in power - wealth - rank or honor The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a President may ________ his power to act aggressively in international affairs without considering the wishes of Congress.






13. Every two years The group held ________ meetings instead of annual ones.






14. Not essential; external Do not pad your paper with ________ matters; stick to essential items only.






15. Urge The evangelist will ________ all sinners in his audience to reform.






16. Imprudent disrespect; haughtiness How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of you ________.






17. Lifeless she was asked to identify the still and ________ body.






18. Complete; consummate; make perfect The waiter recommended a glass of port to ________ the cheese.






19. Not repentant We could see by his brazen attitude that he was ________.






20. Uncorrectable Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck - Miss Watson pronounced him ________le and said he would come to no good end.






21. Outward decorations; ornaments He loved the ________ of success: the limousines - the stock options - the company jet.






22. Fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor Even though it is February - the air is ________ of spring.






23. Positive; arbitrary Do not be so ________ about that statement; it can be easily refuted.






24. Neatly or smartly dresssed Priding himself on being a ________ dresser - the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.






25. Compose on the spur of the moment She would sit at the piano and ________ for hours on themes from Bach and Handel.






26. Dullness; impassivenss The earthquake shattered his usual ________; trembling - he crouched on the no longer stable ground.






27. Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a ________ was present.






28. Pour off gently Be sure to ________ this wine before serving it.






29. Decorate Parsley was used to ________ the boiled potato.






30. Harsh and shrill His ________ laughter irritated me and grated on my ears.






31. Support; reinforce The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to ________ their arguments.






32. Struggle; compete; assert earnestly In Revolt of the Black Athlete - sociologist Harry Edwards ________ that young black athletes have been exploited by some college recruiters.






33. Face; appearance The stern ________ of the judge indicated that she had decided to impose a severe penalty.






34. Exalted; noble; uplifting Mother Teresa has been honored for her ________ deeds.






35. Obstruct The minority party agreed not to ________ the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace.






36. Self-governing This island is a colony; however - in most matters - it is ________ and receives no orders from the mother country.






37. Bury They are going to ________ the body tomorrow ar Broadlawn Cemetry.






38. Revive The lifeguard tried to ________ the drowned child by applying artificial respiration.






39. Disown; renounce claim to If I grant you this previlege - will you ________ all other rights?






40. Exit Barnum's sign "To the ________" fooled many people who thought they were going to see an animal and instead found themselves in the street.






41. Unchangeable Scientists are constantly seeking to discover the ________ laws of nature.






42. File of documents on a subject Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator - the FBI compiled a complete ________






43. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body He was advised to apply a flaxseed ________ to the inflammation.






44. Menial work Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of ________.






45. Pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described I was particularly impressed by the ________ presentation of the storm.






46. Infallibility Jane refused to believe in the pope's ________ - reasoning: "All human beings are capable of error. The pope is a human being. Therefore - he pope is capable of error.






47. Two-chambered - as a legislative body The United States Congress is a ________ body.






48. Complete; totally unlimited; certain Although the King of Siam was an ________ monarch - he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.






49. Negligent He was accused of being ________ in his duty when the prisoner escaped.






50. Uneasiness; distress She felt a sudden vague ________ when she heard sounds at the door.







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