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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.






2. Untidy; slipshod Such ________ work habits will never produce good products.






3. Attribute; ascribe If I wished to ________ blame to the officers in charge of this program - I would state my feelings definitely and immediately.






4. Tight; ready The captain maintained that he ran a ________ ship.






5. Warm and damp August in New York City is often ________.






6. Flattery Despite the salesperson's ________s - the customer did not buy the outfit.






7. Revenging agent Captain Bligh vowed to be Christian's ________.






8. Relating to paradise; blissful An afternoon sail on the bay was for her an ________ journey.






9. Monarch with supreme power He ran his office like an ________ - giving no one else any authority.






10. Divided into two branches; forked With a ________ branch and a piece of elastic rubber - he made a crude but effective slingshot.






11. Cut into small parts When the Austrian Empire was ________ed - several new countries were established.






12. Approach and speak first to a person When the two young men ________ed me - I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.






13. Damaged; disfigured She had to refinish the ________surface of the table.






14. Odd; old-fashioned; picturesque Her ________ clothes and old-fashioned language marked her as an eccentric.






15. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged Sucked into the ________ of the tornado - Dorothy and Toto were carried from Kansas to Oz.






16. Supplement to the body of a will This ________ was drawn up five years after the writing of the original will.






17. Urge The evangelist will ________ all sinners in his audience to reform.






18. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm His ________ nature could not be repressed.






19. Awkward He is an ________ young man; he trips over everything.






20. Prudent; cautious - Investigating before acting - she tried always to be ________.






21. Deceptive; not real Unfortunately - the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved ________.






22. Wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gas Your composition suffers from a ________ of ideas; try to be more compact.






23. Lack of harmony; absurdity The ________ of his wearing sneakers with formal attire amused the observers.






24. Tooth projecting from a wheel A bicycle chain moves through a series of ________s in order to propel the bike.






25. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing The manufacturers of this frying pan recommended the use of a rubber ________ to avoid scratching the specially treated surface.






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






27. Worldly as opposed to spiritual He was concerned only with ________ matters - especially the daily stock market quotations.






28. Ridicule They greeted his proposal with ________ and refused to consider it seriously.






29. Blame; criticize - He was ________d for his inappropriate behavior.






30. Difficult to please; squeamish The waitresses disliked serving him dinner because of his very ________taste.






31. Self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt Although the commencement speaker had some good things to say - we had to laugh at his ________ and general air of parading his own dignity.






32. Shield; defense Under the ________ of the Bill of Rights - we enjoy our most treasured freedoms.






33. At the point of death The doctors called the family to the bedside of the ________ patient.






34. Deluge; upheaval - A ________ such as the French Revolution affects all countries.






35. Person who turns animal hides into leather Using a solution of tanbark - the ________ treated the cowhide - transforming it into supple leather.






36. Surround Although we were ________ed by enemy forces - we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.






37. Translation; artistic interpretation of a song - etc. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she completed her ________ of the aria.






38. Attractive; agreeable I would rather have a poor and ________ wife than a rich and homely one.






39. Harmless Let him drink it; it is ________ and will have no ill effect.






40. Treat with scorn or contempt You make enemies of all you ________.






41. Used to prevent disease Despite all ________ measures introduced by the authorities - the epidemic raged until cool weather set in.






42. Letdown in thought or emotion After the fine performance in the first act - the rest of the play was an ________.






43. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.






44. Cutting; keen I am afraid of his ________ wit for it is so often sarcastic.






45. Lead-coloredl; black and blue; ashen; enraged His face was so ________ with rage that we were afraid that he might have an attack of apoplexy.






46. Widespread; generally accepted A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views ________ in the America of his day.






47. Holding of an office; time during which such an office is held He was permanent ________ in this position and cannot be fired.






48. Negative in connotation; having a belittling effect Instead of criticizing Clinton's policies - the Republicans made ________ remarks about his character.






49. Split asunder - The lightening ________s the tree in two.






50. Flay; abrade These shoes are so ill-fitting that they will ________ the feet and create blisters.