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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Amendment or clause added to a legislative bill Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution ________ to the bill.






2. Supporter The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry ________s after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.






3. Lying; false He was pathological liar - and his friends learned to discount his ________ stories.






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






5. Relating to the stars She was amazed at the number of ________ bodies the new telescope revealed.






6. Consider; ponder; unhurried Offered the new job - she asked for time to ________ before she made her decision.






7. Darkness; gloom The ________ and fog of the waterfront that evening depressed me.






8. Indecent; obscene She took offense at his ________ remarks.






9. Hint; imply What are you trying to ________ by that remark?






10. Like a lion He was ________ in his rage.






11. Strangle The criminal tried to ________ the old man with his bare hands.






12. Happines; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.) She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great ________ in their wedded life.






13. Talent She has an uncanny ________ for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.






14. Provide a refuge for; hide The church ________ed illegal aliens who were political refugees.






15. Devout The ________ parents gave their children a religious upbringing.






16. Not able to be corrected or repaired Your apology cannot atone for the ________ damage you have done to her reputation.






17. Poem or song expressing lamentation On the death of Edward King - Milton composed the ________ "Lycidas."






18. Become engaged to marry The announcement that they had become ________ed surprised their friends who had not suspected any romance.






19. Corrupt; make intemperate A vicious newspaper can ________ public ideals.






20. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill In a controlled experiment - fifty volunteers were given erythromycin tablets; the control group received only ________s.






21. Adjacent to; touching upon The two countries are ________ for a few miles; then they are separated by the gulf.






22. Motionless; stale; dull The ________ water was a breeding ground for disease






23. Neglectful of duty; abandoned The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being ________ in his duty.






24. Frenzied Angered - he went ________ and began to wreck the room.






25. Cancel Because of public resentment - the king had to ________ his order.






26. Put under a spell; carry away with emotion Shafts of sunlight on a wall could ________ her and leave her spellbound.






27. Inclination; natural tendency The cross old lady has a ________ to grumble.






28. Fear of being locked in - His fellow classmates laughed at his ________ and often threatened to lock him in his room.






29. Near at hand; impending Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was ________.






30. Weakness The doctor prescribed vitamin and mineral supplements for the sick old woman because of her ________.






31. Tendency to keep together A firm believer in the maxim "Divide and conquer -" the emperor - by lies and trickery - sought to disrupt the ________ of the free nations.






32. Inborn His ________ talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.






33. To speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner She greatly enjoyed her Hawaiian vacation and ________d about it for weeks.






34. Assume an affected pose; act artificially No matter how much Arnold boasted or ________d - I could not believe he was as important as he pretended to be.






35. Fate ________ is the Arabic word for "fate."






36. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






37. Incurable; uncorrectable The error she made was ________; she could see no way to repair it.






38. Insert between She talked so much that I could not ________ a single remark.






39. Make less difficult He tried to ________ repayment of the loan by getting a part-time job.






40. Brother or sister We may not enjoy being ________s - but we cannot forget that we still belong to the same family.






41. Approach and speak first to a person When the two young men ________ed me - I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.






42. Courage; spirit When challenged by the other horses in the race - the thoroughbred proved its ________ by its determination to hold the lead.






43. Highly gifted child; marvel Menuhin was a ________ - performing wonders on his violin when he was barely eight years old.






44. Complete agreement We were surprised by the ________ with which our proposals were accepted by the different groups.






45. Region; climate - His doctors advised him to move to a milder ________.






46. Horrified He was ________ at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.






47. Stubborn; willful; unyielding Because she refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her - everyone scolded Minna and called her a foolish - ________ girl.






48. Necessary requirement Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a ________ for admission.






49. Pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses He was stimulated by the sights - sounds and smells about him; he was enjoying his ________ experience.






50. Startling twise; caprice By a ________ of fate - he found himself working for the man whom he had discharged years before.