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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Arrest ( a criminal); dread; perceive The police will ________ the culprit and convict him before long.
clavicle
apprehend
precise
plagiarize
2. Relating to space It is difficult to visualize the ________ extent of our universe.
temperate
spatial
repulsion
roil
3. Notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking She was an ________ liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said.
egregious
stodgy
confidant
anthropoid
4. Very generous The ________ gift was presented to the bride by her rich uncle.
verge
conviction
munificent
paucity
5. Sediment deposited by running water The harbor channel must be dredged annually to remove the ________.
gaudy
silt
inveigle
toga
6. Intensely cold Alaska is in the ________ zone.
propensity
manifesto
frigid
fervent
7. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman The Red Cross sought to put an end to the ________ treatment of prisoners of war.
bandy
bulwark
bestial
resurgent
8. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.
nostrum
optimist
piety
aloft
9. Banish to the country; dwell in the country I like city life so much that I can never understand how people can ________ in the suburbs.
paradigm
rusticate
recount
prescience
10. Ornament a metal surface by indenting - With his hammer - he carefully ________d an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.
citadel
perjury
chase
dupe
11. Moment of calm Not wanting to get wet - they waited under the awning for a ________ in the rain.
metamorphosis
estranged
haphazard
lull
12. Noxious smell Air pollution has become a serious problem in our major cities; the ________ and the poisons in the air are hazards to life.
slapdash
cleft
effluvium
silt
13. Close; squeeze; The ________ed the package under her arm.
immutable
wont
digression
compress
14. Determined; natural talent or inclination bent on advancing in the business world - the secretary heroine of Working Girl had a true ________ for high finance.
bent
cadaver
solemnity
passe
15. Confirm; ratify I will not publish my findings until I ________ my results.
vicissitude
salubrious
validate
fraught
16. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others Some thought Dali was a brillant painter; others dismissed him as a ________.
beneficent
extradition
circlet
poseur
17. Highest point When the moon in its orbit is furthest away from the earth - it is at its ________.
apogee
symmetry
bicker
stygian
18. Lawsuit Try to settle this amicably; I do not want to start ________.
onus
secular
litigation
hybrid
19. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.
benefactor
awry
rankle
ambidextrous
20. Inhabitant of Ghosts are ________s of the land of the dead who return to earth.
epoch
foray
denizen
somber
21. Happines; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.) She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great ________ in their wedded life.
laudable
sloth
capacious
felicity
22. Arrange (laws - rules) as a code; classify We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and ________ them into a national health code.
partisan
codify
reprobation
indubitably
23. Popular fashion Jeans became the ________ on many college campuses.
ulterior
grotesque
vogue
discrete
24. Dig out of the ground; remove from a grave Because of the rumor that he had been poisoned - his body was ________d in order that an autopsy might be performed.
philanderer
yield
exhume
audacious
25. Rider on horseback These paths in the park are reserved for ________s and their steeds.
equestrian
despoil
auspicious
preeminent
26. Sharpen To make shaving easier - he ________d his razor with great care.
irreconsilable
hone
repugnance
concentric
27. Partly transparent We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the ________ curtains that separated us.
translucent
scrutinize
knell
scintilla
28. Division; partition; separation The ________ of church and state is a basic principle of our government.
herpetologist
reprimand
severance
visage
29. Curving outward He polished the ________ lens of his telescope.
rustic
antithesis
convex
maelstrom
30. Renounce upon oath He ________d his allegiance to the king.
manifest
abjure
venerable
translucent
31. Speed of music I find the conductor's ________ too slow for such a brilliant piece of music.
fresco
decipher
lumber
tempo
32. Smoothness of speech He spoke French with ________ and ease.
vertigo
fluency
egotism
inarticulate
33. Boisterous; noisy The crowd became ________ and shouted their disapproval of the proposals made by the speaker.
luminous
obstreperous
degraded
reverberate
34. Scornful remarks - stinging rebuke His feelings were hurt by the ________ of his supposed friends.
sarcasm
reprobation
elixir
decry
35. Parti-colored; mixed The captain had gathered a ________ crew to sail the vessel.
practical
motley
tesselated
plenitude
36. Long period of time; an age It has taken ________s for our civilization to develop.
tenuous
impenitent
predatory
eon
37. Related to monks Wanting to live a religious life - he took his ________ vows.
irrepressible
defeatist
relevant
monastic
38. Neat and trim Every button buttoned - tie firmly in place - young Alex Keaton looked ________ and tidy for his job interview at the bank.
spruce
alimentary
tactile
refractory
39. Reluctant He was ________ to revealing the sources of his information.
minatory
uniformity
incipient
averse
40. Extremely demanding The colonies rebelled against the ________ financial claims of the mother country.
vehement
adulterate
sepulcher
exacting
41. Lack of caring; indifference A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the ________ of people who never bothered to vote.
invective
apathy
demented
instigate
42. Light-hearted; dizzy He felt his ________ youth was past.
dermatologist
catholic
provisional
giddy
43. Talkative She is very ________ and can speak on the telephone for hours.
bilk
meander
odious
loquacious
44. Ghostly We were frightened by the ________ glow that filled the room.
spectral
transparent
hermitage
defray
45. Able to live both on land and in water Frogs are classified as ________.
accede
amphibian
hackles
intrinsically
46. Premonition; foreboding Hamlet felt a ________ about his meeting with Laertes.
presentiment
attrition
ciliated
incubate
47. Crown The king's ________ was on display at the museum.
transient
receptive
diadem
glaze
48. Native Tobacco is one of the ________ plants that the early explorers found in this country.
figurine
distend
voyeur
indigenous
49. Make less difficult He tried to ________ repayment of the loan by getting a part-time job.
facilitate
inane
indignation
grandiloquent
50. Goal; aim A degree in medicine was her ultimate ________.
detonation
objective
regimen
sallow