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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Celebrity; dignitary A leading light of the American stage - Ethel Barrymore was a theatrical ________ whose name lives on.






2. Uncertain; risky I think this stock is a ________ investment and advise against its purchase.






3. One who commits sabotage; destroyer of property Members of the Resistance acted as ________s - blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.






4. Pious phraseology; jargon of criminals - Angry that the president had slashed the education budget - we dismissed his speech on the importance of education as mere ________.






5. Merriment; laughter Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's ________ improper.






6. Determined;stubborn Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long - ________ pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.






7. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc. Seeing how tenderly Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ________.






8. Mechanism that imitates actions of humans Long before science fiction readers became aware of robots - writers were creating stories of ________ who could outperform humans.






9. Unorthodox; unconventional To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move - Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly ________.






10. Make use of - sometimes unjustly Caesar Chavez fought attempts to ________ migrant farmworkers in California.






11. Damnation; complete ruin Praying for salvation - young Daedalus feared he was damned to eternal ________.






12. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved We could not understand Martin's ________ rudeness to his mother's guests.






13. Ability to move spontaneously Certain organisms exhibit remarkable ________; motile spores - for example - may travel for miles before coming to rest.






14. Agressiveness; ferocity Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of ________.






15. Dormant; hidden Her ________ talent was discovered by accident.






16. Universally present; ubiquitous On Christmas Eve - Santa Claus is ________.






17. Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one The expression "he passed away" is a ________for "he died."






18. Unfairness In demanding equal pay for equal work - women protest the basic ________ of a system that allots greater financial rewards to men.






19. A place where bees are kept Although he spent many hours daily in the ________ - he was very seldom stung by a bee.






20. Extinct flying reptile The remains of ________s indicate that these flying reptiles had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.






21. Annoy; chafe Their taunts ________ed him.






22. Near at hand; impending Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was ________.






23. Sun's corona; halo Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with ________ around their heads.






24. Exclude from public favor; ban As soon as the newspapers carried the story of his connection with the criminals - his friends began to ________ him.






25. Juicy; full of richness To some people - Florida citrus fruits are more ________ than those from California.






26. That which is hinted at or suggested If I understand the ________ of your remark - you do not trust our captain.






27. Breeder or dealer of animals The dog ________ exhibited her prize collie at the annual Kennel Club show.






28. One opposed to force; antimilitarist The ________s urged that we reduce our military budget and recall our troops stationed overseas.






29. Wasteful; reckless with money The ________ son squandered his inheritance.






30. Neatly or smartly dresssed Priding himself on being a ________ dresser - the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.






31. Confirm; ratify I will not publish my findings until I ________ my results.






32. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of ________ism To the existential philosopher - human reason is inadequate to explain an irrational - meaningless universe.






33. Punishing He asked for ________ measures against the offender.






34. Region; climate - His doctors advised him to move to a milder ________.






35. Quarrel The children ________ed morning - noon - and night - exasperating their parents.






36. Lament with music The funeral ________ stirred us to tears.






37. Cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven As bread dough is ________ed - it puffs up - expanding in volume.






38. Inscription in memory of a dead person In his will - he dictated the ________ he wanted placed on his tombstone.






39. Flowery; ruddy His complexion was even more ________ than usual because of his anger.






40. Goal; aim A degree in medicine was her ultimate ________.






41. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth ________ing on the beach - she relaxed so completely that she fell asleep.






42. Support on which a lever rests If we use this stone as a ________ and the crowbar as a lever - we may be able to move this boulder.






43. Comprehend; investigate I find his motives impossible to ________.






44. Antiquated "Methinks -" "thee -" and "thou" are ________ words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.






45. Hanging down from something Her ________ earrings glistened in the light.






46. Deep dish for serving soup The waiters brought the soup to the tables in silver ________s.






47. Long heroic poem - novel - or similar work of art Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai is an ________ portraying the struggle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers.






48. Reparation; indemnification He offered to make ________ for the window broken by his son.






49. Severe disapproval The students showed their ________ of his act by refusing to talk with him.






50. Insolent Her ________ contempt for authority angered the officials.







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