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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Cowardly; fainthearted You should be ashamed of your ________ conduct during this dispute.






2. Oddity; idiosyncrasy Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the ________ of genius.






3. Moving force; incentive; stimulus A new federal highway program would create jobs and five added ________ to our economic recovery.






4. Vigorous; strong The candidate for the football team had a ________ physique.






5. Hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a ________ fashion as they grope for the right words.






6. Sharpen To make shaving easier - he ________d his razor with great care.






7. Move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth The general ordered the battalion to ________ in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.






8. A facial distortion to show feeling such as pain - disgust - etc. Even though he remained silent - his ________ indicated his displeasure.






9. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.






10. Oval building with tiers of seats The spectators in the ________ cheered the gladiators.






11. Rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide - not ones who ________.






12. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.






13. Prohibit; restrain The child was not ________ed in her responses.






14. Totally clear; definite; outspoken Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be ________ about what's bugging you.






15. Private; peculiar to an individual Such behavior is ________ - it is as easily identifiable as a signature.






16. Accuse; serve as evidence against The witness's testimony against the racketeers ________s some high public officials as well.






17. Copy Are you going to hang this ________ of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?






18. Agree; accept It gives me great pleasure to ________ to your request.






19. Related to monks Wanting to live a religious life - he took his ________ vows.






20. Harmful We must trace the source of these ________ gases before they asphyxiate us.






21. Scolding woman No one wanted to marry Shakespeare's Kate because she was a ________.






22. Insignificant; unimportant Brushing off Ali's apologies for having broken the wine glass - Tamara said - "Don't worry about it; it's ________."






23. 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.






24. Deceit; duplicity She achieved her high position by ________ and treachery.






25. Generous gift Lady Bountiful distributed ________ to the poor.






26. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.






27. Urgent situation In this ________ - we must look for aid from our allies.






28. Looking within oneself We all have our ________ moments during which we examine our souls.






29. Outmoded "Hip" is an ________ expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.






30. Intimidate Your threats cannot ________ me.






31. Having to do with predicting the future In interpreting Pharaoh's ________ dream - Joseph said that the seven fat cows eaten by the seven lean cows represented seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine.






32. State of reacting readily to appeals - order - etc. The audience cheered and applauded - delighting the performers by its ________.






33. Pertaining to soil deposits left by running water The farmers found the ________ deposits at the mouth of the river very fertile.






34. Abundant He had ________ opportunity to dispose of his loot before his police caught up with him.






35. Superfluous; more than needed or demanded We have more than enough witnesses to corroborate your statement; to present any more would be ________.






36. Attach I shall ________ this chart to my report.






37. Doubt; challenge; gainsay I cannot ________ your honesty without evidence.






38. Wallow. At the height of the battle - the casualties were so numerous that the victims ________ed in their blood while waiting for medical attention.






39. Doubtful; ambiguous Macbeth was misled by the ________ statements of the witches.






40. Expressing possibility; latent The juvenile delinquent is a ________ murderer.






41. Reckon; calculate He failed to ________ the interest - so his bank balance was not accurate.






42. Trying to please; obliging The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a ________ manner.






43. 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.






44. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury) In the Godfather - the mobsters used bribery and threats to ________ the witnesses against Don Michael Corleone.






45. Treat as a celebrity She enjoyed being ________d and adored by the public.






46. Mischievous child (usually a boy) Get out! This store is no place for grubby ________s!






47. Drive our evil spirits By incantation and prayer - the medicine man sought to ________ the evil spirits that had taken possession of the young warrior.






48. Arrange (laws - rules) as a code; classify We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and ________ them into a national health code.






49. Bravery He received the Medal of Honor for his ________ in battle.






50. Dullness; impassivenss The earthquake shattered his usual ________; trembling - he crouched on the no longer stable ground.






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