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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.
mulct
sectarian
masticate
amphibian
2. Provide scantily; live very economically They were forced to ________ on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.
skimp
celestial
extol
benign
3. Slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness Fearing detection by the sentries on duty - the scout inched his way toward the enemy camp with great ________.
emendation
vital
stigma
stealth
4. Supporter The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry ________s after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.
jettison
incendiary
constituent
brevity
5. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.
hermetic
ventriloquist
memento
reconnaissance
6. Existing at birth His ________ deformity disturbed his parents.
pliant
confiscate
congenital
dispirited
7. Active enmity He incurred the ________ of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.
amenable
vehement
emissary
animosity
8. Bearlike; pertaining to a bear Because of its ________ appearance - the great panda has been identified with the bears; actually - it is closely related to the raccoon.
winnow
ballast
ursine
entity
9. Able to be touched; real; palpable Although Tom did not own a house - he had several ________ assets--a car - a television - a PC--that he could sell if he needed cash.
torpor
optional
pragmatic
tangible
10. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post ________d the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
cadence
incredulous
yore
deprecate
11. State of violent agitation We were frightened by the ________ of the ocean during the storm.
turgid
recuperate
pugilist
turbulence
12. Careless We dislike restaurants where the service is ________ and inattentive.
antediluvian
anecdote
ceremonious
lax
13. Move briskly The White Rabbit had to ________ to get to his appointment on time.
wily
remunerative
unwieldy
scurry
14. Confused uproar The marketplace was a scene of ________ and excitement.
hubbub
cleft
faze
presumptous
15. Essence she was asked to give the ________ of the essay in two sentence.
humid
slough
alienate
gist
16. Government under a single hereditary ruler with varying degrees of power England today remains a ________.
ravenous
demotic
monarchy
saline
17. Digressing; rambling They were annoyed and bored by her ________ remarks.
propound
skulduggery
adversity
discursive
18. Wanderer; tramp In summer - college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree ________s.
vagabond
interrogate
cardinal
bilious
19. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. - produce interesting symmetrical effects People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the ________; they found the ever-changing patterns
quietude
miasma
flout
kaleidoscope
20. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.
proxy
apprise
noisome
rapacious
21. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.
conspiracy
promiscuous
inadvertently
spat
22. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.
inured
preternatural
mandatory
dilute
23. Based on experience He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on ________ data.
pacify
forensic
empirical
ambulatory
24. Affectedly dainty Yum-Yum walked across the stage with ________ steps.
bureaucracy
venerate
mincing
glacial
25. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.
uncouth
forthright
verisimilitude
volatile
26. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.
sonorous
filigree
dutiful
awry
27. Dizziness We test potential plane pilots for susceptibility to spells of ________.
asunder
generic
retrieve
vertigo
28. Praise All the ________(ies) of his friends could not remove the sting of the calumny heaped upon him by his enemies.
inclusive
malicious
incidence
eulogy
29. 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.
deploy
impede
migrant
demolition
30. Pistol case Even when he was not in uniform - he carried a ________ and pistol under his arm.
holster
conclusive
drone
paroxysm
31. Tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live. The tenement was a veritable ________ - packed with people too poor to live elsewhere.
warren
shard
roster
delve
32. Irritable; short-tempered My advice is to avoid discussing this problem with him today as he is rather ________ and may shout at you.
hubbub
tenacious
testy
disfigure
33. Appearance; costume In the ________ of a plumber - the detective investigated the murder case.
inane
comely
guise
indiscriminate
34. Equality; close resemblance I find your analogy inaccurate because I do not see the ________ between the two illustrations.
trough
leaven
chaste
parity
35. Strip; deprive He was ________ed of his power to act and could no longer govern.
jostle
laborious
sallow
divest
36. Temporary stay After his ________ in Florida - he began to long for the colder climate of his native New England home.
iniquitous
aspirant
sojourn
outrtip
37. Uncorrectable Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck - Miss Watson pronounced him ________le and said he would come to no good end.
incorrigible
recant
doggerel
detraction
38. Marginal; outer We lived - not in central London - but in one of those ________ suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of the great city.
warble
peripheral
conservatory
tryst
39. Grave; serius; coy She was ________ and reserved.
encroachment
demure
perceptive
aperture
40. Waste He could not apply himself to any task and ________ed away his time in idle conversation.
erratic
fatuous
fritter
susceptible
41. Brilliant; lustrous The toreador wore a ________ costume called a suit of lights.
obnoxious
auspicious
apiary
resplendent
42. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.
prodigious
flag
accoutre
proximity
43. 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.
bate
dilatory
prophetic
dexterous
44. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence A wise investor - she had the ________ to buy land just before the current real estate boom.
compunction
repudiate
foresight
augury
45. Light stroke as with a whip The horse needed no encouragement; only one ________of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.
pertinent
flick
amnesia
supine
46. Complete agreement We were surprised by the ________ with which our proposals were accepted by the different groups.
seminal
repine
shrewd
unanimity
47. Limited; restricted Unable to give the candidate full support - the mayor gave him only a ________ endorsement.
qualified
reaper
fecundity
scourge
48. Vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point The spokes of the wheel ________ from the hub.
diverge
philanthropist
doff
auxiliary
49. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant Though Wellington delegated many tasks to his chief ________ - Lord Fitzroy Somerset - Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all major decisions.
deposition
sheaf
adjutant
expunge
50. Dormant; hidden Her ________ talent was discovered by accident.
censure
diabolical
fester
latent