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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. School for training future ministers; secondary school - especially for young women Sure of his priestly vocation - Terrence planned to pursue his theological training at the local Roman Catholic ________.






2. Speak distinctly How will people understand you if you do not ________?






3. Bully; scoundrel The ________s threw stones at the police.






4. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others Some thought Dali was a brillant painter; others dismissed him as a ________.






5. Mass of floating ice The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice ________s.






6. Complain; fuss Students traditionally ________ about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dornitory food.






7. Pertaining to tailors He was as famous for the ________ splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.






8. Not literal - but metaphorical; using a figure of speech "To lose one's marbles" is a ________ expression; if you're told Jack has lost his marbles - no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.






9. Pertaining to land or its cultivation As a result of its recent industrialization - the country is gradually losing its ________ traditions.






10. Maker and seller of eyeglasses The patient took the prescription given him by his oculist to the ________.






11. Study of mankind Sociology is one aspect of the science of ________.






12. Bulky; large Despite her family burdens - she kept up a ________ correspondence with her friends.






13. Harmony Watching Tweediedum and Tweedledee battle - Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to life in ________.






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






15. Attribute; ascribe If I wished to ________ blame to the officers in charge of this program - I would state my feelings definitely and immediately.






16. Pertaining to marriage After the publication of his book on ________ affairs - he was often consulted by married people on the verge of divorce.






17. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk This ________ - found in the ruins of Pompeii - is now on exhibition in the museum in Naples.






18. Cure-all; something invigorating The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an ________.






19. Time of greatest success; prime In their ________- the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.






20. Stingy; excessively frugal His ________ nature did not permit him to enjoy any luxuries.






21. Widespread; generally accepted A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views ________ in the America of his day.






22. Timely; well chosen You have come at an ________ moment for I need a new secretary.






23. Method or system of government When a Frenchman mentions the Old ________ - he refers to the government existing before the revolution.






24. Pay for services There is a nominal ________ for this position.






25. Active strength Although he was over seventy years old - Jack had the ________ of a man in his prime.






26. Breaking up; downfall This ________ in the government can only result in anarchy.






27. Marked with parallel bands; grooved The glacier left many ________ rocks.






28. Misleading vision It is easy to create an optical ________ in which lines of equal length appear different.






29. Lukewarm During the summer - I like to take a ________ bath - not a hot one.






30. Hinder; block The special prosecutor determined that the Attorney General - though inept - had not intentionally set out to ________ the progress of the investigation.






31. Dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness The ________ youth gazed at the painting for a long time and then sighed.






32. Pistol case Even when he was not in uniform - he carried a ________ and pistol under his arm.






33. To be annonyed or vexed To ________ over your poor grades is foolish; instead - decide to work harder in the future.






34. Lack of self-confidence or courage If you are to succeed as a salesperson - you must first lose your ________ and fear of failure.






35. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things By its nature - ________ is opposed to idealism - for where the materialist emphasizes the needs of the body - the idealist emphasizes the needs of the soul.






36. Brawl; melee The military police stopped the ________ in the bar and arrested the belligerents.






37. Hiding place - The detectives followed the suspects until he led them to the ________ where he had stored his loot.






38. Undertaker The ________ prepared the corpse for burial.






39. Insane He had to be institutionalized because he was ________.






40. High; lofty After his appointment to this ________ position - he seldom had time for his former friends.






41. Having insight; penetrating; astute The brillant lawyer was known for his ________ deductions.






42. Disastrous People ignored her ________ predictions of an approaching depression.






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






44. Whim - She was an unpredictable creature - acting on ________ - never taking thought of the consequences.






45. Wandering away from the subject Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his ________s were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.






46. Restrain; crush; oppress Anne's parents tried to curb her impetuosity without ________ing her boundless high spirits.






47. Stopping - The workers threatened a ________ of all activities if their demands were not met.






48. Violent; rough; noisy The unruly crowd became even more ________ when he tried to quiet them.






49. Tender to sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings. The quiet tone of ________ that ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly sentimental.






50. Publicize; praise excessively I lost confidence in my broker after he ________ed some junk bonds that turned out to be a bad investment.