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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain The doctor called her patient a ________ because he had borne the pain of the examination without whimpering.
hapless
cohesion
precursor
stoic
2. Wasteful; reckless with money The ________ son squandered his inheritance.
contingent
seine
savory
prodigal
3. Pious phraseology; jargon of criminals - Angry that the president had slashed the education budget - we dismissed his speech on the importance of education as mere ________.
precept
vituperative
cant
discount
4. Distress; suffering After all the trials and ________s we have gone through - we need this rest.
tribulation
axiom
sacrilegious
sully
5. Belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control With ________ - he accepted the hardships that beset him.
codify
replenish
rationalize
fatalism
6. Pollute The sewage system of the city so ________d the water that swimming was forbidden.
impetuous
imply
contaminate
conjugal
7. Comprehend; investigate I find his motives impossible to ________.
acquittal
rakish
probe
fathom
8. Think over ________ on this problem; the solution will come.
tutelary
peroration
cogitate
derision
9. Infringe; touch; collide with How could they be married without ________ing on one another's freedom?
impinge
cognate
gossamer
privation
10. Give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure In retrospect - political analysts realized that Yeltsin's defiance of the attempted coup ________ed his emergence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic.
censorious
foreshadow
determinate
phobia
11. Impression produced by achievements or reputation The wealthy man sought to obtain social ________ by contributing to popular charities.
preposterous
arduous
spat
prestige
12. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together The lawyer picked up a ________ of papers as he rose to question the witness.
sheaf
anecdote
lament
practical
13. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances Forget about ethics! He's such an ________ that he'll vote in favor of any deal that will give him a break.
rancor
depravity
opportunist
unrequited
14. Foolish; inane He is far too intelligent to utter such ________ remarks.
fulminate
eugenic
fatuous
burgeon
15. Wrap around; bandage When I visited him in the hospital - I found him ________d in bandages.
malediction
audit
hale
swathe
16. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.
gestate
shambles
warren
severity
17. Very cautious. The spies grew ________ as they approached the sentry.
wary
tesselated
relic
titanic
18. Noble; aristocratic We greatly admired her well-bred - ________ elegance
patrician
distant
appreciate
inhibit
19. Act of dissecting living animals The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opposed ________ and deplored the practice of using animals in scientific experiments.
despise
vivisection
meditation
debauch
20. Blood feud The rival mobs engaged in a bitter ________.
stint
statutory
loath
vendetta
21. Seize; commandeer The army ________d all available supplies of uranium.
jaunt
incumbent
opulence
confiscate
22. Curved - hooked He can be recognized by his ________ nose - curved like the beak of the eagle.
uninhibited
aquiline
pathos
vagary
23. Very poor person Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income - she was by no means a ________.
pauper
dowdy
pharisaical
forestall
24. Raid The company staged a midnight ________ against the enemy outpost.
pillage
foray
farce
tirade
25. Support; prop up - Just as architects buttress the walls of cathedrals with flying buttresses - debates ________ their arguments with facts.
dissuade
buttress
mercenary
pretext
26. Desertion The children - who had made him an idol - were hurt most by his ________ from our cause.
carnage
disingenuous
trek
defection
27. Cliff; dangerous position Suddenly Indiana Jones found himself dangling from the edge of a ________.
sophist
lewd
stint
precipice
28. Excessively grasping; plundering Hawks and other ________ birds prey on variety of small animals.
mores
rapacious
affinity
malfeasance
29. Point directly overhead in the sky; summit.When the sun was at its _________ - the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.
hardy
zenith
lampoon
umbrage
30. Peak We could see the morning sunlight illuminate the ________ while the rest of the mountain lay in shadow.
abrasive
pinnacle
pathos
prestige
31. Expressiveness; persuasive speech The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King's ________.
eloquence
monetary
allay
hap
32. Home of a hermit Even in his remote ________ he could not escape completely from the world.
concerted
churlish
hermitage
lethargic
33. Excuse He looked for a good ________ to get out of paying a visit to his aunt.
spectral
larder
compatible
pretext
34. Requiring sitting Because he had a ________ occupation - he decided to visit a gymnasium weekly.
benison
inveigh
gazette
sedentary
35. Person hardened in sin - devoid of a sense of decency I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the ________ you say he is.
reprobate
irreverent
imbue
exalt
36. Intentional; headstrong. Donald had planned to kill his wife for months; clearly - her death was a case of deliberate - ________ murder - not a crime of passion committed by a hasty - willful youth unable to foresee the consequences of his deeds.
wily
horticultural
willful
manumit
37. Swift; momentarily brilliant We all wondered at his ________ rise to fame.
garish
meteoric
toady
disparate
38. Repay in kind If they attack us - we shall be compelled to ________ and bomb their territory.
reciprocate
embellish
stupor
rote
39. Exclamation He could not repress an ________ of surprise when he heard the news.
thrifty
loll
ejaculation
retribution
40. Disheveled; with uncared-for appearance The beggar was dirty and ________.
statutory
succinct
bauble
unkempt
41. Profligate. He was denounced as a ________ who had dissipated his inheritance.
wastrel
resolution
inquisitor
rusticate
42. Support on which a lever rests If we use this stone as a ________ and the crowbar as a lever - we may be able to move this boulder.
stodgy
affix
fulcrum
stealth
43. Binding; causing contraction; harsh or severe The ________ quality of unsweetened lemon juice made swallowing difficult.
grate
astringent
magniloquent
kismet
44. Open for the public to read; obvious It was ________ to everyone that the witness spoke the truth.
cogent
ample
patent
nicety
45. At rest; dormant After this geyser erupts - it will remain ________ for twenty-four hours.
quiescent
monastic
introspective
conjecture
46. Additional object; useful but not essential thing She bought an attractive handbag as an ________ for her dress.
autocrat
accessory
polyglot
antiseptic
47. Person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment The ________ was concerned that the new dam would upset the natural balance of the creatures living in Glen Canyon.
ecologist
loathe
peroration
animadversion
48. Despicable; contemptible Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his ________ crew.
scurvy
seemly
agape
contentious
49. Very bad The anecdote was in ________ taste and shocked the audience.
prudent
tremor
pterodactyl
execrable
50. Infamy; vilification He refused to defend himself against the slander and ________ hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.
lax
opprobrium
presentiment
adversary