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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Tight; ready The captain maintained that he ran a ________ ship.






2. Lordliness; domineering manner; arrogance His ________ indicated that he had long been accustomed to assuming command.






3. Misleading Your reasoning must be ________ because it leads to a ridiculous answer.






4. Stubborn He was ________ in his refusal to listen to our complaints.






5. Exceed Her SAT scores ________ed out expectations.






6. Oppression; cruel government Frederick Douglass fought against the ________ of slavery throughout his entire life.






7. Unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste. Pointing to the stack of bills - Sheldon criticized Sarah for her wanton expenditures. In response - Sara accused Sheldon of making an unfounded - wanton attack.






8. Abundantly fruitful She was a ________ writer who produced as many as three books a year.






9. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.






10. Forgetfulness Her work had fallen into a state of ________; no one bothered to read them.






11. Specialized knowledge; expert skill Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields - she was hired for her particular ________ in computer programming.






12. Decode I could not ________ the doctor's handwriting.






13. Faultfinding - His criticisms were always ________ and frivolous - never offering constructive suggestions.






14. Map-maker - Though not a professional ________ - Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.






15. Fit for plowing The land was no longer ________; erosion had removed the valuable topsoil.






16. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.






17. Small - light sailboat or rowboat Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a ________ he could sail in the bay.






18. Shapeless; vague; indeterminate John was subject to panic attacks that left him prey to vague - ________ fears: he knew he was terrified - but could neither define nor explain the cause of his terror.






19. Ornamental band on a wall The ________ of the church was adorned with sculpture.






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






21. Extremely aggressive and militant patriotism We must be careful to prevent a spirit of ________ from spreading at this time.






22. Shield; defense Under the ________ of the Bill of Rights - we enjoy our most treasured freedoms.






23. Contemptuous; haughty I prefer Jill's modesty to Jack's ________ and arrogant attitude.






24. Trifles; unimportant matters Too many magazines ignore newsworthy subjects and feature ________.






25. Derived byreasoning If we accept your premise - your conclusions are easily ________.






26. Urge; start; provoke I am afraid that this statement will ________ a revolt.






27. Gay; joyous; careless Shelley called the skylark a "________ spirit" because of its happy song.






28. Government by bureaus - Many people fear that the constant introduction of federal agencies will create a government by ________.






29. Futile; worthless This agreement is ________ for no court will enforce it.






30. Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite Breaking with precedent - President Truman ordered the military to ________ blacks into every branch of the armed services.






31. Explanatory list of symbols on a map The ________ at the bottom of the map made it clear which symbols stood for rest areas along the highway and which stood for public camp sites.






32. Informal discussion I enjoy our ________(ies) but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching.






33. Turn to stone His sudden and unexpected appearance seemed to ________ her.






34. Spread throughout Despite airing them for several hours - she could not rid her clothes of the ________ odor of mothbals that clung to them.






35. Form of literature in which irony - sarcasm - and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly Gulliver's Travels - which is regarded by many as a tale for children - is actually a bitter ________ attacking human folly.






36. Enrage; infuriate Unkindness to children ________d her.






37. Deadly It is unwise to leave ________ weapons where children may find them.






38. Private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy - At the opening of Congress the members of the Democratic Party held a ________ to elect the majority leader of the House and the party whip.






39. Cure-all; remedy for all diseases There is no easy ________ that will solve our complicated international situation.






40. Skillful The magician was so ________ that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks.






41. Strong inclination; liking He had a strong ________ for sculpture and owned many statues.






42. Arise from Milton's problems in school ________ his poor study habits.






43. Cut down; economize If they were to be able to send their children to college - they would have to ________.






44. Fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle A sigle thread pulled loose - and the entire scarf started to ________.






45. Use of force They forced him to obey - but only by great ________.






46. Dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the ________ corporation.






47. Artificiality; unnaturalness; act of employing sophistry in reasoning ________ is an acquired characteristic - found more frequently among city dwellers than among residents of rural areas.






48. In utter disorder - He tried to bring order into the ________ state of affairs.






49. Infinite Human beings - having explored the far corners of the earth - are now reaching out into ________ space.






50. Limit; independent variable We need to define the ________s of the problem.