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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Make shiny by rubbing; polish - The maid ________ed the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.






2. Raise in rank or dignity; praise The actor Alec Guinness was ________ed to the rank of knighthood by the Queen; he now is known as Sir Alec Guinness.






3. Little - round hill Robert Louis Stevenson's grave is on a ________ in Samoa; to reach the grave site - you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.






4. Boorish; rude - Dismayed by his ________ manners at the party - the girls vowed never to invite him again.






5. Suitable for sevants; low I cannot understand why a person of your ability and talent should engage in such ________ activities.






6. Social outcast I am not a ________ to be shunned and ostracized.






7. Adherence to established rules or procedures Signing this petition is a mere ________; it does not obligate you in any way.






8. Coloring matter Van Gogh mixed various ________s with linseed oil to create his paints.






9. Flexible; yielding; adaptable In remodeling the bathroom - we replaced all the old - rigid lead pipes with new - ________ copper tubing.






10. Scold - Grandma began to ________ Steven for his lying.






11. Easily burned After the recent outbreak of fires in private homes - the fire commissioner ordered that all ________ materials be kept in safe containers.






12. Talk at length At this time - please give us a brief resume of your work; we shall permit you to ________ later.






13. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.






14. Mischance; ill luck The young explorer met death by ________.






15. Approve; support Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for the city council the mayor would ________.






16. Dry up A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to ________ food in order to preserve it.






17. Shrewd; thrifty - The ________ Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.






18. Invulnerable Until the development of the airplane as a military weapon - the fort was considered ________.






19. Publicize; praise excessively I lost confidence in my broker after he ________ed some junk bonds that turned out to be a bad investment.






20. Enjoyment; enthusiasm He accepted the assignment with such ________ that I feel he would have been satisfied with a smaller salary.






21. Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend With the ________ of his friends - he plotted to embarrass the teacher.






22. Expand In the dark - the pupils of your eyes ________.






23. Narrow canyon; steep - rocky cleft Terrified of heights - George could not bring himself to peer down into the ________ to see the rapids below.






24. Highly conspicuous; harshly bright ________ spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers.






25. Flabby His sedentary life had left him with ________ muscles.






26. Well-bred; elegant We are looking for a man with a ________ apperance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.






27. Temporary stay After his ________ in Florida - he began to long for the colder climate of his native New England home.






28. Vague statement This report is filled with ________(ies); you must be more specific in you statements.






29. Disown; disavow He announced that he would ________ all debts incurred by his wife.






30. Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic Helen valued people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively ________ waiter or a fawning salesclerk.






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






32. Decorate Wall paintings and carved statues ________ed the temple.






33. Begin formally; install in office The candidate promised that he would inaugurate a new nationwide health care plan as soon as he was ________d as president.






34. Able to be touched; real; palpable Although Tom did not own a house - he had several ________ assets--a car - a television - a PC--that he could sell if he needed cash.






35. Edge - especially of a round surface He sensed that there was something just beyond the ________ of his vision.






36. Tending to overthrow; destructive At first glance - the notion that Styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most environmentalists as ________.






37. Irritable; short-tempered My advice is to avoid discussing this problem with him today as he is rather ________ and may shout at you.






38. Superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious Your composition is ________; you can easily reduce its length.






39. Not planned; impromtu Because his ________ remarks were misinterpreted - he decided to write all his speeches in advance.






40. Theme This simple ________ runs throughout the score.






41. Declare openly I must ________ that I am innocent.






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






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






44. Disposition ot be lenient; mildness - as of the weather - The lawyer was pleased when the case was sent to Judge Smith's chambers because Smith was noted for her ________ toward first offenders.






45. Thin - liquid porridge Our daily allotment of ________ made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.






46. Hesitate When told to dive off the high board - she did not ________ - but proceeded at once.






47. Impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions ________ - hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called poker face.






48. Move heavily of clumsily Still somewhat torpid after its long hibernation - the bear ________ed through the woods.






49. Designed to create ill will or envy We disregarded her ________ remarks because we realized how jealous she was.






50. Ill luck By ________ - he lost his week's salary.