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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Reject; mock The headstrong youth ________ all authority; he refused to be curbed.
incorrigible
fusilade
slough
flout
2. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.
formidable
whelp
blanch
tightwad
3. Trip - especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense Though she maintained she had gone abroad to collect firsthand data on the Common Market - the opposition claimed that her trip was merely a political ________.
premise
junket
arbitrary
medley
4. Solemn urging Her ________ to tell the truth did not change the witnesses' testimony.
metropolis
grotto
adjuration
headlong
5. Boisterous mirth The ________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning.
hilarity
obviate
stolidity
alchemy
6. Reason; justify an improper act Do not try to ________ your behavior by blaming your companions.
rationalize
lectern
phobia
archaic
7. Like a glacier; extremely cold Never a warm person - when offended hugo could seem positively ________.
glacial
laxative
malfeasance
virulent
8. Plundering The hawk is a ________ bird.
aspiration
predatory
precedent
stipple
9. Attractive; agreeable I would rather have a poor and ________ wife than a rich and homely one.
offhand
comely
glimmer
guise
10. Denying the existence of God His ________ remarks shocked the religious worshippers.
potential
levee
atheistic
distend
11. Tight; ready The captain maintained that he ran a ________ ship.
asceptic
collation
taut
flourish
12. Not frank; eluding Your ________ answers convinced the judge that you were witholding important evidence.
infraction
ingratiate
evasive
equanimity
13. Power to produce desired effect The ________ of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage.
abate
unilateral
efficacy
whinny
14. Unattractive During adolescence many attractive young people somehow acquire the false notion that their appearance is ________.
stickler
unprepossessing
prate
explicit
15. Penitent Her ________ tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.
title
fitful
distill
contrite
16. Harshness; plainness The newspapers disapproved of the ________ of the sentence.
raiment
hackneyed
severity
abject
17. Totally clear; definite; outspoken Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be ________ about what's bugging you.
compendium
quixotic
ramification
explicit
18. Based on experience He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on ________ data.
empirical
infantile
amnesty
cessation
19. Extremely high (of prices etc.) The super computer's price was ________.
ingenuous
prohibitive
linguistic
aristocracy
20. Mixed up; jumbled; distorted A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one person to another; by the time it reaches the last player - the message has become totally ________.
garbled
seemly
chase
catechism
21. Make amends for (a sin) He tried to ________ his crimes by a full confession to the authorities.
glower
sundry
slither
expiate
22. Person who has a compulsive desire to steal They discovered that the wealthy customer was a ________ when they caught her stealing some cheap trinkets.
insolence
nicety
kleptomaniac
interim
23. Predicament from which there is no escape In this ________ - all turned to prayer as their last hope.
barrage
antagonistic
impasse
maudlin
24. Contrast; direct opposite of or to This tyranny was the ________ of all that he had hoped for - and he fought it with all his strength.
jostle
antithesis
laity
machinations
25. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance This new material is ________ to liquids.
requite
impermeable
solemnity
prod
26. Pointed tool used for piercing She used an ________ to punch additional holes in the leather belt she had bought.
sardonic
chaste
awl
concise
27. Treacherous; disloyal When Caesar realized that Brutus had betrayed him - he reproached his ________ friend.
querulous
striated
jettison
perifidious
28. Inharmonious; conflicting She tried to unite the ________ factions.
candor
centrifugal
abject
discordant
29. Detest We ________d the wicked villain.
diatribe
loathe
tirade
comestible
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.
eccentricity
retrench
solace
incorporate
31. Vigorously active; nimble She was eighty years old - yet still ________ and alert.
incursion
dormant
spry
surveillance
32. Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen He was famous for his ________ remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many banquet.
maritime
felicitous
quay
pugilist
33. Mournful The ________ howling of the dogs added to our sadness.
lugubrious
despicable
subpoena
circumvent
34. Stray; random He tried to study - but could not collect his ________ thoughts.
extrapolation
turgid
pacifist
vagrant
35. Invigorating medicine The ________ water invigorated her - contrary to the enervating effect of the alcohol.
rejuvenate
tonic
carapace
macerate
36. Full-bosomed; plump; jolly - High fashion models usually are slender rather than ________.
circumspect
anachronism
civil
buxom
37. Unfortunate This ________ creature had never known a moment's pleasure.
nib
hapless
trigger
leonine
38. Plainly expressed Her ________ comments eliminated all posibility of misinterpretation.
dirge
knotty
perspicuous
touchstone
39. Mischievous; humorous; tricky. He was a prankster who - unfortunately - often overlooked the damage he could cause with his ________ tricks.
proscenium
waggish
ruminate
incorrigible
40. Death Upon the ________ of the dictator - a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
homespun
demise
stanza
extirpate
41. Mischance; ill luck The young explorer met death by ________.
gamely
epitome
irreverent
misadventure
42. Devout The ________ parents gave their children a religious upbringing.
pious
avow
horde
privy
43. Absentminded Because of his concentration on the problem - the professor often appeared ________ and unconcerned about routine.
distrait
firebrand
monetary
grievance
44. Unfrightening Though Phil had expected to feel overawed when he met Joe Montana - he found the experience ________ and relaxing.
circumlocution
besmirch
venal
unintimidating
45. Period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn The vernal ________ is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
predecessor
labyrinth
avid
equinox
46. Arrival Most Americans were unaware of the ________ of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them.
quirk
malaise
epitome
advent
47. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.
array
satiate
inveigh
enfranchise
48. Sink The sailors decided to ________ their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.
bludgeon
scuttle
perspicacious
yokel
49. Deadlock Negotiations between the union and the employers have reached a ________; neither side is willing to budge from previously stated positions.
prerogative
stalemate
sibylline
portly
50. Obscene; indecent Your ________ remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.
horde
scurrilous
reverberate
constraint