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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical The hero of Jonathan Gash's mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell ________ antiques from the real things.
masochist
impassive
spurious
brindled
2. Combination (of two business corporations) When the firm's president married the director of financial planning - the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage - it was a ________.
merger
seep
insolvent
interpolate
3. Spcial usage in language I could not understand their ________s because literal translation made no sense.
rendezvous
idiom
raucous
polyglot
4. Limit; confine Although I do not wish to ________ your activities - I must insist that you complete this assignment before you start anything else.
chase
circumscribe
incense
derelict
5. Restrain; handcuff The police immediately ________d the prisoner so he could not escape.
worldly
profane
manacle
finite
6. Dizziness We test potential plane pilots for susceptibility to spells of ________.
vertigo
ironic
breach
expatriate
7. Offensive I find your behavior ________; please mend your ways.
obnoxious
acclivity
staid
agrarian
8. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste Neither Jack's underbaked opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were ________ to me.
enunciate
palatable
drab
papyrus
9. Essentially; inherently; naturally Although my grandmother's china has ________ little value - I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.
congruence
congenital
intrinsically
intervene
10. Tiresome dwelling on a subject After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his ________ on my indebtedness to him.
harping
dregs
glean
aviary
11. Opposite The inevitable ________ of peace is not war but annihilation.
converse
coincident
espouse
foil
12. Entice; attract ________d by the song of the sirens - the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.
clairvoyant
allure
apocryphal
endue
13. Forgetfulness Her work had fallen into a state of ________; no one bothered to read them.
vagrant
asperity
oblivion
diminution
14. Taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax) Because the new pension law was ________ to the first of the year - even though Martha had retired in February she was eligible for the pension.
deranged
retroactive
spurn
aviary
15. Multiply; spread Since bacteria ________ more quickly in unsanitary environments - it is important to keep hospital rooms clean.
pittance
propagate
tightwad
orient
16. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury) In the Godfather - the mobsters used bribery and threats to ________ the witnesses against Don Michael Corleone.
centigrade
suborn
accessory
disparity
17. Greatness; extent It is difficult to comprehend the ________ of his crime.
reverie
opaque
magnitude
vulnerable
18. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.
incisive
petty
espouse
sibling
19. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the ________ of her feelings.
ambivalence
toga
nugatory
diverge
20. 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.
timbre
prototype
portent
continence
21. Small planet ________s have become commonplace to the readers of interstellar travel stories in science fiction magazines.
protract
temerity
asteroid
immolate
22. Link as in a chain It is difficult to understand how these events could ________ as they did without outside assistance.
slake
dissuade
fatuous
concatenate
23. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension. Your statement is ________ and will upset the harmony that now exists.
factious
sheaf
pejorative
loll
24. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
zenith
resolve
abscond
extrinsic
25. 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.
ameliorate
wastrel
malcontent
monochromatic
26. Run-down; decrepit; disreputable I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a ________ downtown hotel.
seedy
deft
disavowal
graduated
27. Like a glacier; extremely cold Never a warm person - when offended hugo could seem positively ________.
annotate
pulsate
glacial
problematic
28. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect Let us not be misled by such ________ arguments.
specious
finale
cavalcade
docket
29. Items of business at a meeting We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ________ that there was very little time for the meeting.
conciliatory
provoke
epoch
agenda
30. Huge Radio City Music Hall has a ________ stage.
exploit
pillory
colossal
pyre
31. Restore to good condition; renew They claim that they can ________ worn shoes so that they look like new ones.
ovoid
inclement
skirmish
renovate
32. Rude; cross Because of his ________ attitude - many people avoided his company.
centripetal
impugn
surly
monumental
33. Unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China - but the repressive response of the ________ hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy.
conglomeration
seamy
doctrinaire
amnesia
34. Urging; demanding He tried to hide from his ________ creditors until his allowance arrived.
extirpate
optional
importunate
cohorts
35. Punish - I must ________ you for this offense.
implication
chastise
boisterous
lucrative
36. Boasting He was disliked because his manner was always full of ________.
braggadocio
concerted
guffaw
concur
37. Sullen; stubborn The man was ________ abd taciturn.
noncommittal
grudging
dour
fete
38. Disown; renounce claim to If I grant you this previlege - will you ________ all other rights?
affluence
intrude
disclaim
alchemy
39. Stoop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue The chief of police ________ed at sending his officers into the riot-torn area.
skeptic
determinate
carapace
balk
40. Existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary The Neanderthal Man is one of our ________ ancestors.
materialism
primordial
magnate
proxy
41. Slavish; cringing Constantly fawning on his employer - humble Uriah Heap was a ________ creature.
nib
servile
incongruity
tenure
42. Stir up a fire; feed plentifully As a Scout - Marisa learned how to light a fire - how to ________ it if it started to die down - and how to extinguish it completely.
gambol
permeable
stoke
paranoia
43. Given to joking The salesman was so ________ that many of his customers suggested that he become a stand-up comic.
obelisk
cerebral
jocose
scintillate
44. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.
murkiness
inchoate
iconoclastic
fallible
45. Secret; mysterious What was ________ to us was clear to the psychologist.
arcane
cavalier
infirmity
repository
46. Scarcity The ________ of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.
effectual
dearth
taxonomist
renown
47. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.
meticulous
visage
mammoth
viscous
48. Brief; terse; compact His remarks are always ________ and pointed.
seclusion
succinct
uniformity
dissolution
49. Something new; newness The computer is no longer a ________ around the office.
novelty
absolute
lurid
facile
50. Hatred of marriage He remained a bachelor not because of ________ but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.
misogamy
sluice
friction
voluminous