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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Waste The prodigal son ________ed the family estate.
miscellany
squander
infallible
discordant
2. Kindle; light When Desi crooned - "Baby - light my fire -" literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________.
upshot
ignite
hinterlands
requisite
3. Informal discussion I enjoy our ________(ies) but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching.
attest
foreshadow
retinue
colloquy
4. Relating to a unifying motif or idea Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying ________ import.
append
thematic
kleptomaniac
substantiate
5. Curse The high priest ________ the heretic.
posthumous
anathematize
exotic
grandiloquent
6. Rosy; optimistic I am afraid you will have to alter your ________ views in the light of the distressing news that has just arrived.
roseate
pillage
enamored
sap
7. Environment; means of expression His ________ is watercolors - although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.
obese
decadence
milieu
septic
8. Call by bugles or trumpets; showy display The exposition was opened with ________ of trumpets and the firing of cannon.
genre
protuberance
fanfare
attribute
9. Small - light sailboat or rowboat Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a ________ he could sail in the bay.
skiff
fleece
concomitant
dolorous
10. Beat; thrash verbally or physically It was painful to watch the champion ________ his opponent - tearing into him mercilessly.
lambaste
suborn
aspersion
exemplary
11. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.
pulsate
diligence
heterodox
fetter
12. Wrongdoing The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's ________ until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.
assent
malfeasance
trite
impropriety
13. Make hostile; separate Her attempts to ________ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.
impenetrable
alienate
comity
stem from
14. Scholar Our faculty includes many worldfamous ________s.
acquittal
perforate
savant
spatula
15. Corruption; wickedness The ________ of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.
stilted
depravity
magnate
concomitant
16. Protest; remonstrance Despite the teacher's scoldings and________s - the class remained unruly.
adversary
imponderable
confound
expostulation
17. Explain; enlighten He was called upon to ________ the disputed points in his article.
elucidate
herpetologist
rampant
homage
18. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity The slow ________ of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area.
recession
deciduous
putrid
mausoleum
19. Servile flatterer The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the ________s in his retinue.
fluctuation
levy
sycophant
disburse
20. Obscene; indecent Your ________ remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.
imbroglio
explicit
delve
scurrilous
21. Tyranny The people rebelled against the ________ of the king.
despotism
enhance
consequential
equine
22. Rising again after defeat - etc. The ________ nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.
resurgent
nonentity
parallelism
worldly
23. Small planet ________s have become commonplace to the readers of interstellar travel stories in science fiction magazines.
swelter
asteroid
severance
remiss
24. Terms used in a science or art The special ________ developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse laypersons than to enlighten them.
linguistic
terminology
monotony
buttress
25. Biting; sarcastic; stinging Actors feared the critic's ________ pen.
consensus
mordant
improvise
genre
26. Not to be taken away; nontransferable The Declaration of Independence mentions the ________ rights that all of us possess.
ultimate
inclined
inalienable
mogul
27. Long period of time; an age It has taken ________s for our civilization to develop.
languish
insouciant
flag
eon
28. In confusion; disorderly The excited students dashed ________ into the stadium to celebrate the victory.
stipend
perjury
relinquish
pellmell
29. A great quantity Refusing Dave's offer to lend him a shirt - Phil replied - "No - thanks: I've got ________s of clothes."
sequester
brevity
scad
antecedents
30. Stuffy; boringly conservative For a young person - Winston seems remarkably ________: you'd expect someone of his age to have a little more life.
dogged
existential
stodgy
compunction
31. Cloyingly sweet She tried to ingratiate herself - speaking sweetly and smiling a ________ smile.
saccharine
foist
torrent
stanch
32. A disorderly or untidy state After the New Year's party - the once orderly house was in total ________.
painstaking
scad
disarray
ferment
33. Coarse food for cattle - horses etc. One of Nancy's chores ar the ranch was to put fresh supplies of ________ in the horses' stalls.
egress
bicker
fodder
rationalization
34. Profane; violate the sanctity of The soldiers ________d the temple.
integrate
desecrate
ingrained
dingy
35. Prove genuine An expert was needed to ________ the original Van Gogh painting - distinguishing it from its imitation.
blunder
authenticate
cliche
lax
36. Prophetic; pertaining to revelations; especially of disaster His ________ remarks were dismissed by his audience as wild surmises.
anonymity
inscrutable
audacious
apocalyptic
37. Hateful I find the task of punishing you most ________.
scale
premise
odious
prodigy
38. Salty The slightly ________ taste of this mineral water is pleasant.
pendulous
tortuous
sublime
saline
39. Uncouple; separate; disconnect A standard movie routine involves the hero's desperate attempt to ________ a railroad car from a moving train.
guile
undermine
concave
disengage
40. Grisly People screamed when her ________ appearance was flashed on the screen.
expiate
gruesome
amphibian
sleight
41. Hint; imply What are you trying to ________ by that remark?
irresolute
forthright
dissection
insinuate
42. Provide scantily; live very economically They were forced to ________ on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.
skimp
conjecture
comeuppance
throng
43. Mouthlike opening; small opening The Howe Caverns were discovered when someone observed that a cold wind was issuing from an ________ in the hillside.
abdicate
orifice
slight
pristine
44. Thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity I do not expect the ________ to come during my lifetime.
millenium
frond
trite
lofty
45. Not wise I think it is ________ to raise this issue at the present time because the public is too angry.
sinister
acme
impolitic
resignation
46. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.
unprepossessing
forberance
tithe
slag
47. Flowery; ruddy His complexion was even more ________ than usual because of his anger.
parry
florid
nondescript
proscenium
48. Increase or intensify; raise in power - wealth - rank or honor The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a President may ________ his power to act aggressively in international affairs without considering the wishes of Congress.
ingratiate
shrewd
subjective
aggrandize
49. Inclination; bias As a judge - not only must I be unbiased - but I must also avoid any evidence of ________ when I award the prize.
apotheosis
reprimand
partiality
amenable
50. One who has more than one spouse at a time He was arrested as a ________ when his two wives filed complaints about him.
polygamist
augury
congruence
pastoral