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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Boredom; weariness We hope this radio will help overcome the ________ of your stay in the hospital.






2. Untrue; made up To impress his friends - Tom invented ________ tales of his adventures in the big city.






3. Lacking caution; injudicious It is ________ to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.






4. Gigantic The ________ corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing






5. Produced by fire; volcanic Lava - pumice - and other ________ rocks are found in great abundance around Mount Vesuvius near Naples.






6. Powerful person The oil ________s made great profits when the price of gasoline rose.






7. Run-down; decrepit; disreputable I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a ________ downtown hotel.






8. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.






9. Worship of idols; excessive admiration Such ________ of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth.






10. Lean and angular; barren His once-round face looked surprisingly ________ after he had lost weight.






11. Make numb; stun; amaze Disapproving of drugs in general - Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might ________ her.






12. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness Neither drunkards nor comics are noted for ________.






13. Religious image; idol The ________s on the walls of the church were painted in the 13th century.






14. Easy; expert Because he was a ________ speaker - he never refused a request to address an organization.






15. Firmness; persistency; adhesiveness It is extremely difficult to overcome the ________ of a habit such as smoking.






16. Change; convert to something different He was unable to ________ his dreams into actualities.






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






18. Equip The fisherman was ________d with the best that the sporting goods store could supply






19. Deliver officially; entrust; set apart The court ________d the child to her paternal grandmother's care.






20. Seniority by birth By virtue of ________ - in some cultures the first-born child has many privileges denied his brothers and sisters.






21. Acting without dialogue Because he worked in ________ - the clown could be understood wherever he appeared.






22. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk This ________ - found in the ruins of Pompeii - is now on exhibition in the museum in Naples.






23. Mar; disfigure If you ________ a library book - you will have to pay a hefty fine.






24. Good-naturedly ridiculing They resented his ________ remarks because they misinterpreted his teasing as sarcasm.






25. Excessively or elaborately decorated Furniture of the Baroque period can be recognized by its ________ carvings.






26. Forerunners; advance forces We are the ________ of a tremendous army that is following us.






27. Accidental transposition of sounds in sucessive words When the radio announcer introduced the President as Hoobert Herver - he was guilty of ________.






28. Good natured; merry A frown seemed out of place on his invariably ________ face.






29. Grain-eating Some ________ animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.






30. Record of descent; lineage He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.






31. Program asfor trial; book where such entries are made The case of Smith v. Jones was entered in the ________ for July 15.






32. Eliminate from consideration; reject Believing in John's love for her - she ________ed the notion that he might be unfaithful.






33. Unconquerable The founders of our country had ________ willpower.






34. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.






35. Wandering The return of the ________ birds to the northern sections of this country is a harbinger of spring.






36. Nook; recess Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room - an ________ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.






37. Expedient; prudent; well devised Even though he was disappointed - he did not think it ________ to refuse the offer.






38. Common; pertaining to the common people His speeches were aimed at the ________ minds and emotions; they disgusted the more refined.






39. Stubborn intolerance Brought up in a democratic atmosphere - student was shocked by the ________ and narrowness expressed by several of his classmates.






40. Person with power to decide a matter in a dispute; judge As an ________ in labor disputes - she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.






41. Kinship She felt an ________ with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.






42. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.






43. One who studies the skin and its diseases I advise you to consult a ________ about your acne.






44. Combine; constitute; pay interest; increase The makers of the popular cold remedy ________ed a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine.






45. Secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place We set the post in concrete to ________ it in place.






46. Recent convert; beginner This monuntain slope contains slides that will challenge esperts as well as________s.






47. Exceed Her SAT scores ________ed out expectations.






48. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind The professor of ________ headed an expedition to the Gobi Desert in search of ancient ruins.






49. Meeting place The two fleets met at the ________ at the appointed time.






50. Sharpness (of temper) These remarks - spoken with ________ - stung the boys to whom they had been directed.