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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Start; beginning She was involved with the project from its ________.






2. Vain about dress and appearance He tried to imitate the ________ manner of the young men of the court.






3. Secret News of their ________ meeting gradually leaked out.






4. Disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters - Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly ________.






5. Throw into confusion He became ________ed in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the dispute.






6. Lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's ________ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






7. Favoritism (to a relative) John left his position with the company because he felt that advancement was based on ________ rather than ability.






8. Comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous The ridiculous decision the jury has arrived at is a ________ of justice.






9. Marshal; draw up in order His actions were bound to ________ public sentiment against him.






10. Float in the air (especially by magical means) As the magician passed his hands over the recumbent body of his assistant - she appeared to rise and ________ about three feet above the table.






11. State without proof It is ________d that she had worked for the enemy.






12. Deliver; provide; represent He ________ed aid to the needy and indigent.






13. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities Her insistence that the book be memorized marked the teacher as a ________ rather than a scholar.






14. Created by statute or legislative action The judicial courts review and try ________ crimes.






15. Delay; object To ________ at this time will only worsen the already serious situation; now is the time for action.






16. Supposed He is the ________ father of the child.






17. Narrow-minded person - uncultured and exculsively interested in material gain We need more men of culture and enlightenment; we have too many ________s among us.






18. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions A good salesperson in usually an ________ - who likes to mingle with people.






19. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.






20. Lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion Because of the great ________ between the number of men and women invited - the dance was unsuccessful.






21. Causing cancer - Many supposedly harmless substances have been revealed to be ________.






22. Irresistible crushin force Nothing could survive in the path of the ________.






23. Swift; momentarily brilliant We all wondered at his ________ rise to fame.






24. Clear A ________ stream ran through his property.






25. Express; utter He ________ed his wrath on his class.






26. Kindly; doing good The overgenerous philanthropist had to curb his ________ impulses before he gave away all his money and left himself with nothing.






27. Demanding and leaving no choice From Jack's ________ knock on the door - Jill could tell he would not give up until she let him in.






28. Vague; hazy; cloudy She had only a ________ memory of her grandmother's face.






29. Bending of a ray of light When you look at a stick inserted in water - it looks bent because of the ________ of the light by the water.






30. Slow gallop - Because the racehorse had outdistanced its competition so easily - the reporter wrote that the race was won in a ________.






31. Lawsuit Try to settle this amicably; I do not want to start ________.






32. Stronghold; something seen as a source of protection The villagers fortified the town hall - hoping this improvised ________ could protect them from the guerrila raids.






33. New or newly coined word or phrase As we invent new techniques and professions - we must also invent ________ such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.






34. Nimbleness The ________ of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.






35. Clean; remove offensive parts of a book The editors felt that certain passages in the book had to be ________d before it could be used in the classroom.






36. Moved by sexual love; loving Don Juan was known for his ________ adventures.






37. Seize; commandeer The army ________d all available supplies of uranium.






38. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






39. Filled Since this enterprise is ________ with danger - I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks.






40. Docile You will find the children in this school very ________ and willing to learn.






41. Destruction by fire Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the ________ that followed.






42. Oppression; cruel government Frederick Douglass fought against the ________ of slavery throughout his entire life.






43. Decay Despite the body's advanced state of ________ - the police were able to identify the murdered man.






44. Seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning Instead of advancing valid arguments - he tried to overwhelm his audience with a flood of ________(ies).






45. Resent I ________ every minute I have to spend attending meetings.






46. Ruined because of neglect We felt that the ________ building needed several coats of paint.






47. Soothing; mild She used a ________ ointment for her sunburn.






48. Prohibit; restrain The child was not ________ed in her responses.






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






50. Absorbing; engrossing The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a ________ tale: absorbed in the story - he had finished it in a single evening.