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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Paint or draw with dots Seurat carefully ________d dabs of pure color on the canvas - juxtaposing dots of blue and yellow that the viewer's eye would interpret as green.






2. Color; aspect The aviary contained birds of every possible ________.






3. Deprive of a civil right The imposition if the poll tax effectively ________d poor Southern blacks - who lost their right to vote.






4. Tear out In that fight - all the rules were forgotten; the adversaries bit - kicked - and tried to ________ each other's eyes out.






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






6. Acute pain; extreme suffering Visiting the site of explosion - Premier Gorbachev wept to see the ________ of the victims and their families.






7. Cheerful; hopeful Let us not be too ________ about the outcome; something could go wrong.






8. Verbose; drawn out Her ________ arguments irritated and bored the jury.






9. Devout The ________ parents gave their children a religious upbringing.






10. Occurring irregularly Although there are still ________ outbursts of shooting in the streets - the rebellion is essentially over.






11. Pertaining to the woods; rustic His paintings of nymphs in ________ backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.






12. Imaginary land with perfect social and political system Shangri-la was the name of James Hilton's Tibetan ________.






13. Reject; mock The headstrong youth ________ all authority; he refused to be curbed.






14. Tranquillity He was impressed by the air of ________ and peace that pervaded the valley.






15. Having a very fine bore - The changes in surface tension of liquids in ________ vessels is of special interest to physicists.






16. Giving off an odor The ________ spices stimulated her jaded appetite.






17. Authoritative; imperious The learned doctor laid down the law to his patient in a ________ tone of voice.






18. Capable of using either hand with equal ease A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ________.






19. Monarch; sovereign The ________ spent more time at Monte Carlo than he did at home on his throne.






20. Courting favor by cringing and flattering She was constantly surrounded by a group of ________ admirers who had hoped to win some favor.






21. Correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship The student demonstrated the ________ of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem.






22. Hatred of marriage He remained a bachelor not because of ________ but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.






23. Charm She wore the ________ to ward off evil.






24. Fall back or sink again The economy ________d into a depression from the peak.






25. Well-paid position with little responsibility My job is no ________; I work long hours and have much responsibility.






26. Tolling of a bell - especially to indicate a funeral - disaster - etc.; sound of the funeral bell "The curfew tolls the ________ of parting day."






27. Throb; flutter As he became excited - his heart began to ________ more and more erratically.






28. Point at which the sun is farthest from the equator The winter ________ usually occurs on December 21.






29. Quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion Watching the tearful reunion of the long-separated mother and child - the social worker was touched by the ________ of the scene.






30. Vicious assault We suffered many casualties during unexpected ________ of the enemy troops.






31. Person who establishes (an organization - business) Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the ________ of the Abraham & Straus chain.






32. Copy Are you going to hang this ________ of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?






33. Mild; fragrant A ________ breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.






34. Stoop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue The chief of police ________ed at sending his officers into the riot-torn area.






35. Effective; distinct Her ________ presentation of the advertising campaign impressed her employers.






36. Children; offspring He was proud of his ________ but regarded George as the most promising of all his children.






37. Two-chambered - as a legislative body The United States Congress is a ________ body.






38. Stroll slowly As we ________ed through the park - we stopped frequently to admire the spring flowers.






39. Extended scolding; denunciation Long before he had finished his ________ - we were sufficiently aware of the seriousness of our misconduct.






40. Punishment; severe criticism - Sensitive even to mild criticism - Woolf could not bear ________ that she found in certain reviews.






41. Equivocate; play on words Do not ________; I want a straightforward and definite answer.






42. Wanton; profane He sang a ________ song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.






43. Privilege; unquestionable right The President cannot levy taxes; that is the ________ of the legislative branch of government.






44. Uncertain; risky I think this stock is a ________ investment and advise against its purchase.






45. One of the hereditary classes in Hindu society - social stratification; prestige - The differences created by ________ in India must be wiped out if true democracy is to prevail in that country.






46. Make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee ________d with milk.






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






48. Speed; rapidity - Hamlet resented his mother's ________ in remarrying within a month after his father's death.






49. Suppress; extinguish; inhibit Halfway through the boring lecture - Laura gave up trying to ________ her yawns.






50. Merry Santa Claus is always vivacious and ________.







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