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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Final; not susceptible to further analysis Scientists are searching for the ________ truths.
frieze
ultimate
apothegm
gambit
2. Occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal Your analysis is highly ________; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
gusty
subjective
shackle
replicate
3. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.
torrent
nullify
quadruped
sacrosanct
4. State of being inert or indisposed to move Our ________ in this matter may prove disastrous; we must move to aid our allies immediately.
condign
inertia
insouciant
gaunt
5. Accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity. He decided he would ________ himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables.
irrelevant
contiguous
caste
wean
6. Porous; allowing passage through Glass is ________ to light.
demure
permeable
remonstrance
preposterous
7. Lacking He was ________ of any personal desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community.
appease
devoid
kismet
colander
8. Most reliable or complee Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the ________ work on the life of the Emancipator.
nondescript
temper
libidinous
definitive
9. Slander She is a liar and is always trying to ________ my reputation.
prodigal
brevity
mediocre
vilify
10. Rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide - not ones who ________.
concord
domineer
animated
levy
11. Slave; bondage The captured soldier was held in ________ by the conquering army.
gauche
detonation
thrall
contagion
12. Burning; sarcastically biting - The critic's ________ remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.
deference
pragmatic
deflect
caustic
13. Faultfinding - His criticisms were always ________ and frivolous - never offering constructive suggestions.
captious
title
diadem
braggart
14. Discipline; punish in order to correct - Whom God loves - God ________s.
estranged
amoral
colossal
chasten
15. Equal Your ignoring their pathetic condition is ________ to the murder.
enamored
tantamount
dogged
adamant
16. Free; disentangle He found that he could not ________ himself from the trap.
gratuity
extricate
leeway
foray
17. Reparation; indemnification He offered to make ________ for the window broken by his son.
aureole
gloat
restitution
outlandish
18. Lie Some people believe that to ________ in a good cause is justifiable and regard the statement as a "white lie."
knead
prevaricate
rancor
intuition
19. Adherence to established rules or procedures Signing this petition is a mere ________; it does not obligate you in any way.
valid
bowdlerize
congruence
formality
20. Weaken She was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window ________d her.
enervate
disseminate
limpid
fitful
21. State of being immovable Modern armies cannot afford the luxury of ________ - as they are vulnerable to attack while standing still.
immobility
skirmish
docket
insalubrious
22. Premonition of evil Caeser ridiculed his wife's ________ about the Ides of March.
dapper
plenitude
foreboding
commiserate
23. Division; partition; separation The ________ of church and state is a basic principle of our government.
avocation
affable
purgatory
severance
24. An act of yielding Before they could reach an agreement - both sides had to make certain ________s.
concession
supposition
defray
exigency
25. Peeping Jill called Jack a ________ when she caught him aiming his binoculars at a bedroom window of the house next door.
prototype
bask
swill
voyeur
26. Great fire In the ________ that followed the 1906 earthquake - much of San Francisco was destroyed.
conflagration
rationalize
spangle
theocracy
27. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer - He taught by engaging his pupils in a ________ until they gave him the correct answer.
catechism
implicit
ornithologist
dolorous
28. Wrong name; incorrect designation His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname - King Eric the Just - was a ________.
sonorous
gall
atheistic
misnomer
29. Unfavorable; hostile ________ circumstances compelled him to close his business.
adverse
elicit
vehement
prolific
30. Sharp; bitterly pungent The ________ odor of burnt gunpowder filled the room after the pistol had been fired.
appropriate
hazy
embezzlement
acrid
31. Suppress; extinguish; inhibit Halfway through the boring lecture - Laura gave up trying to ________ her yawns.
glaring
toga
dross
stifle
32. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.
vindicate
hydrophobia
deplicity
apocryphal
33. Move with a wavelike motion The flag ________d in the breeze.
manifest
dissonance
undulate
disembark
34. Story set to music - to be sung by a chorus - The choral society sang the new ________ composed by its leader.
invincible
antagonistic
reciprocate
cantata
35. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ________ in the hold to get her back on an even keel.
appellation
macerate
diverge
ballast
36. Disgraceful The country smarted under the ________ defeat and dreamed of the day when it would be victorious.
festive
plenitude
ignominious
protract
37. Fatigued; surfeited He looked for exotic foods to stimulate his ________ appetite.
troth
niggardly
jaded
lucid
38. Lacking in spirit or energy We had expected him to be full of enthusiasm and were surprised by his ________ attitude.
tenacious
metaphysical
punctilious
listless
39. Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time Lexy's joy at finding the perfect Christmas gift for Phil was ________; she still had to find presents for the cousins and Uncle Bob. Located near the airport - this hotel caters to the largely transient
transient
squander
trappings
bulwark
40. Hardened; unfeeling - He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was ________ to the suffering in the wards.
preposterous
pauper
virtue
callous
41. Repect; value; judge I ________ Ezra Pound both for his exciting poetry and for his acute comments on literature.
complicity
implicit
esteem
scotch
42. Violent; rough; noisy The unruly crowd became even more ________ when he tried to quiet them.
agglomeration
nocturnal
fundamental
boisterous
43. Point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth The rocket which was designed to take photographs of the moon was launched as the moon approached its ________.
ratiocination
caprice
perigee
fluctuation
44. Flowing smoothly; smooth Italian is a ________ language.
tactile
mellifluous
metropolis
geniality
45. Warn; reprove He ________ed his listeners to change their wicked ways.
disavowal
enclave
autopsy
admonish
46. Relating to the highest point - When he reached the ________ portions of the book - he could not stop reading.
slake
porous
climactic
tarry
47. Ardent Her ________ enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.
gullible
reproach
modish
fervid
48. At rest; dormant After this geyser erupts - it will remain ________ for twenty-four hours.
nib
rotunda
spectrum
quiescent
49. Misleading Your reasoning must be ________ because it leads to a ridiculous answer.
perennial
disdain
fallacious
anathematize
50. Boxer The famous ________ Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammed Ali.
incendiary
migrant
garbled
pugilist