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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Over explain away No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue - President Bush could not ________ over the fact that he had raised the taxes after all.






2. Harmful; damaging Your acceptance of her support will ultimately prove ________ rather than helpful to your cause.






3. Courteous regard for another's wish In ________ to his desires - the employers granted him a holiday.






4. Money Preferring ________ to undying fame - he wrote stories of popular appeal.






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






6. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept Among the divisions of Hell are Purgatory and ________.






7. Correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship The student demonstrated the ________ of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem.






8. Variety; dissimilitude The ________ of colleges in this country indicates that many levels of ability are being served.






9. Cater to the low desires of others The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon of ________ing to the masses' taste of violence.






10. Scrupulous; careful A ________ editor checked every definition for its accuracy.






11. Chain; fetter The criminal's ankles were ________d to prevent his escape.






12. Old age; feeble mindedness of old age Most of the decisions are being made by the junior members of the company because of the ________ of the president.






13. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff Claire thought Lord Byron's boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a ________ - she was astounded when he dove from the high bluff into the waters below.






14. Language used by special group; gibberish We tried to understand the ________ of the peddlers in the market place but could not find any basis for comprehension.






15. Unintentional; not knowing She was the ________ tool of the swindlers






16. Sensitive; irascible Do not discuss this phase of the problem as he is very ________ about it.






17. Deputize; pass to others It ________d upon us - the survivors - to arrange peace terms with the enemy.






18. Intruder The merchant thought of his competitors as ________s who were stealing away his trade.






19. Serving as a model; outstanding Her exemplary behavior was praised at commencement.






20. Measure; distribute He tried to be impartial in his efforts to ________ out justice.






21. Construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many ________s.






22. Survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your ________- capture them for questioning.






23. Notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking She was an ________ liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said.






24. Easily deceived He preyed upon ________ people - who believed his stories of easy wealth.






25. Radiating; departing from the center - Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by ________ force.






26. Hang about; wait nearby The police helicopter ________ed above the accident.






27. Poisonous We must seek an antidote for whatever ________ substance he has eaten.






28. Private meeting He was present at all their ________s as an unofficial observer.






29. Charlatan; impostor Do not be misled by the exorbitant claims of this ________; he cannot cure you.






30. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver It is interesting to note how public opinion ________s between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.






31. Dig; investigate ________(ing) into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.






32. Not essential; minor The scholarship covered his major expenses at college and some of his ________expenses as well.






33. Aid; assistance; relief We shall be ever grateful for the ________ our country gave us when we were in need.






34. Clever He came up with a use for Styrofoam packing balls that was so ________ that his business school professors declared it was marketable.






35. Solemn curse; someone or something that is despised He heaped ________ upon his foe.






36. Very small In the twentieth century - physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of ________ objects like the atom and its parts.






37. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of ________s.






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






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






40. Wandering Many a charming tale has been written about the knights-________ who helped the weak and punished the guilty during the Age of Chivalry.






41. Loiter; waste time Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline - do not ________ over this work.






42. Swagger; assumed air of defiance The ________ of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.






43. Come between She ________d in the argument between her two sons.






44. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.






45. Something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable Unnoticed by the critics at its publication - the eventual Pulitzer Prize winner was a classic ________.






46. Dark; dusky Despite the stereotype - not all Italians are ________; many are fair and blond.






47. Protest; objection The authorities were deaf to the pastor's ________s about the lack of police protection in the area.






48. Trinket; trifle The child was delighted with the ________ she had won in the grab bag.






49. Sheer; like cobwebs Nylon can be woven into ________ or thick fabrics.






50. Fame For many years an unheralded researcher - Barbara McClintock gained international ________ when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.