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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Affectedly dainty Yum-Yum walked across the stage with ________ steps.






2. Climb up; ascend To locate a book on the top shelf of the stacks - Lee had to ________ an exceptionally rickety ladder.






3. Exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land Henry James was an American ________ who settled in England.






4. Dealth notice I first learned of her death when I read the ________ in the newspaper.






5. Remove (forcible) Thrusting her fist up under the choking man's lower ribs - Margaret used the Heimlich maneuver to ________ the food caught in this throat.






6. Agitation; commotion With the breakup of the Soviet Union - much of Eastern Europe was in a state of ________.






7. Warm by rubbing - The collar ________d his neck.






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






9. Rear; encourage According to the legend - Romulus and Remus were ________ed by a she-wolf that raised the abandoned infants as her own.






10. Essential; pertaining to the substance Although the delegates were aware of the importance of the problem - they could not agree on the ________ issues.






11. Give in; surrender. The wounded knight refused to _________ to his foe.






12. Destruction One of the major aims of the air force was the complete ________ of all means of transportation by the bombing of rail lines and the terminals.






13. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal As soon as he learned of its existence - the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the ________.






14. Spasmodic; intermittent After several ________ attempts - he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.






15. Person who supports or proposes (an idea) After the bill had been amended and re-amended in committee - even its original ________s didn't want to vote in its favor.






16. Depressed; gloomy To the dismay of his parents - he became more and more ________ every day.






17. Binding; rigid I think these regulations are too ________.






18. Pertaining to disease As we study the pathological aspects of this disease - we must not overlook the ________ elements.






19. Pretense; evasion As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a ________ we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.






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






21. Lavish expenditure; overabundant condition Seldom have I seen food and drink served in such ________ as at the wedding feast.






22. Preceding in time - rank - etc. Our discussions - ________ to this event - certainly did not give you any reason to believe that we would adopt your proposal.






23. Cliff; dangerous position Suddenly Indiana Jones found himself dangling from the edge of a ________.






24. 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.






25. Languish - decline; long for - yearn Though she tried to be happy living with Clara in the city - Heidi ________d for the mountains and for her gruff but loving grandfather.






26. Missile Man has always hurled ________s at his enemy whether in the form of stones or of highly explosive shells.






27. Highly excited; intensely curious We were all ________ at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter a monastery.






28. Violent; hasty; rash We tried to curb his ________ behavior because we felt that in his haste he might offend some people.






29. Mass of floating ice The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice ________s.






30. Pierce; put a hole through Before you can open the aspirin bottle - you must first ________ the plastic safety seal that covers the cap.






31. Confused uproar The marketplace was a scene of ________ and excitement.






32. Begin formally; install in office The candidate promised that he would inaugurate a new nationwide health care plan as soon as he was ________d as president.






33. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol In ordaining the new priests - the bishop carefully observed all the ________s for the ordination service.






34. Place of spiritual expiation In this ________ - he could expect no help from his comrades.






35. Accidental; by chance There is no connection between these two events; their timing is entirely ________.






36. Artificial; sham Hollywood actresses often create ________ tears by using glycerine.






37. Morbid fear Her fear of flying was more than mere nervousness; it was a real ________.






38. Flowing together; crowd They built the city at the ________ of two rivers.






39. Introverted; remote. Rebuffed by his colleagues - the initially outgoing young researcher became increasingly _________.






40. Broad comedy; mockery Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a ________.






41. Arrogance; excessive self-conceit Filled with ________ - Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings.






42. Obstruct The minority party agreed not to ________ the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace.






43. Fearful; demonstrating fear His ________ manner betrayed the fear he felt at the moment.






44. Two-chambered - as a legislative body The United States Congress is a ________ body.






45. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing We will remove the ________s as soon as the wound heals.






46. Expurgate After the film editors had ________d the language in the script - the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG."






47. Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water In times of drought - this ________ enables farmers to obtain water for irrigation.






48. Bravery; courage He was awarded the medal for his ________ in the battle.






49. Exhausting The marathon is a ________ race.






50. Occurring irregularly Although there are still ________ outbursts of shooting in the streets - the rebellion is essentially over.