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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.






2. Marginal; outer We lived - not in central London - but in one of those ________ suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of the great city.






3. Roll in; indulge in; become helpless. The hippopotamus loves to ________in the mud.






4. Respectful His ________ attitude was appropriate in a house of worship.






5. Gentle breeze; west wind. When these _________s blow - it is good to be in an open boat under a full sail.






6. Group of three works Romain Rolland's novel Jean Christophe was first published as a ________.






7. Criticize harshly Hoping for a rave review of his new show - the playwright was miserable when the critics ________ned it unanimously.






8. Great fire In the ________ that followed the 1906 earthquake - much of San Francisco was destroyed.






9. Yielding to another; ceding - The ________ of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter.






10. Correction of errors; improvement Please initial all the ________s you have made in this contract.






11. Prophetic; pertaining to revelations; especially of disaster His ________ remarks were dismissed by his audience as wild surmises.






12. Burning; sarcastically biting - The critic's ________ remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.






13. Determined;stubborn Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long - ________ pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.






14. Combine; unite in one body The unions will attempt to ________ their groups into one national body.






15. Call forth He ________d much criticism by his hostile manner.






16. Beautiful writing; excellent penmanship - As we examine ancient manuscripts - we became impressed with the ________ of the scribes.






17. Division of a long poem - Dante's poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into ________s.






18. Laughable; trifling Let us be serious; this is not a ________ issue.






19. Striking one object against another sharply The drum is a ________ instrument.






20. Angelic; innocent-looking - With her cheerful smile and rosy cheeks - she was a particularly ________ child.






21. Having the title of an office without the obligations Although he was the ________ head of the company - the real decisions were made by his general manager.






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






23. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally) Listening to the teacher ________ - Judy wondered whether he'd ever get to his point.






24. Scatter The molecules will ________ throughout the space according to the second law of thermodynamics.






25. Freedom from narrow limitations I think you have permitted your son too much ________ in this matter.






26. Confuse; mix up His thoughts were ________d and chaotic.






27. Emancipate; free from bondage Enlightened slave owners were willing to ________ their slaves and thus put an end to the evil slavery in the country.






28. Calmness; placidity The ________ of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.






29. Hothead; troublemaker The police triedto keep track of all the local ________s when the President came to town.






30. Deserving high respect We do not mean to be disrespectful when we refuse to follow the advice of our ________ leader.






31. Sheer; transparent They saw the burglar clearly through the ________ curtain.






32. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding As the river rose and threatened to overflow the ________ - emergency workers rushed to reinforce the walls with sandbags.






33. Green; lush in vegetation Monet's paintings of the ________ meadows were symphonies in green.






34. Condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles The doctor ascribes her tiredness to ________.






35. Broad comedy; mockery Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a ________.






36. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of Little Orphan Annie truly ________d the stocks Daddy Warbucks ave her - whose value appreciated considerably over the years.






37. Pertaining to marriage Their dreams of ________ bliss were shattered as soon as their temperaments clashed.






38. Group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal As soon as he learned of its existence - the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the ________.






39. Cowardly; fainthearted You should be ashamed of your ________ conduct during this dispute.






40. Physician who specialized in treatment of the eyes In many states - an ________ is the only one who may apply medicinal drops to the eyes for the purpose of examining them.






41. Surpass; outdo Jesse Owens easily ________ped his competitors to win the gold metal at the Olympic Games.






42. Drawback; debtsHer lack of an extensive vocabulary was a ________ that she was able to overcome.






43. Introductory statement In the ________ to the Constitution - the purpose of the document is set forth.






44. Absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness Holmes judged puddings and explanations on their ________; he liked his puddings without lumps and his explanations without improbabilities.






45. Reconciling; soothing She was still angry despite his ________ words.






46. Necessary requirement Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a ________ for admission.






47. Be oppressed by heat I am going to buy an air conditioning unit for my apartment as I do not intend to ________ through another hot and humid summer.






48. Approval Wanting her parents' regard - she looked for some sign of their ________.






49. Goodness; moral excellence; good quality A ________ carried to extremes can turn into something resembling vice; humility - for example - can degenerate into servility and spinelessness.






50. Block; obstacle Stalled cars along the highway are a ________ to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay.







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