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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. 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.
ignominious
incognito
levee
blighted
2. Singing or chanting of magical formula Uttering ________s to make the brew more potent - the witch doctor stirred the liquid in the caldron.
kudos
suavity
recluse
incantation
3. Weakness of mind I am amazed at the ________ of the readers of these trashy magazines.
alimony
imbecility
consort
cathartic
4. Agressiveness; ferocity Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of ________.
flippancy
enamored
lethargic
truculence
5. Outcome The ________ of the rematch was that the former champion proved that he still possessed all the skills of his youth.
effusion
knell
upshot
concatenate
6. Desert; abandon; renounce No one expected Foster to ________ his wife and children and run off with another woman.
swathe
disclaim
sedative
forsake
7. Reparable Let us be grateful that the damage is ________.
braggadocio
voluble
humane
remediable
8. Moved gently by wind or waves. Daydreaming - he gazed at the leaves that ________ed past his window.
augment
usury
waft
glut
9. Wise; shrewd That was a very ________ observation.
wax
subaltern
scurry
astute
10. Causing cancer - Many supposedly harmless substances have been revealed to be ________.
appellation
carcinogenic
assimilate
prescience
11. Connection I fail to see the ________ that binds these two widely separated events.
consort
censure
nexus
dialectic
12. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for Quit making ________ comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.
gratuitous
unearth
arbitrary
disaffected
13. Provide ofr the payment of Her employer offered to ________ the costs of her postgraduate education.
trepidation
extraneous
defray
prehensile
14. Highly excited; intensely curious We were all ________ at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter a monastery.
incantation
exchequer
agog
libertine
15. Contend; compete Politicians ________ with one another - competing for donations and votes.
cleft
vie
retrench
genesis
16. Stockpile; accumulate for future use Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage - people are tempted to ________ food.
atone
hoard
pensive
intermittent
17. Put down; quiet The police used fire hoses and teat gas to ________ the rioters.
adjuration
quell
pusillanimous
attest
18. Hot-tempered - His flushed - angry face indicated a ________ nature.
foil
figurative
nether
choleric
19. Environment; atmosphere She went to the restaurant not for the food but for the ________.
ambience
seminal
vendetta
optimum
20. Lacking He was ________ of any personal desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community.
surmount
winsome
chivalrous
devoid
21. Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources His style of interior decoration was ________: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods - strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique color.
miserly
axiom
eclectic
clairvoyant
22. Emotional closeness; harmony In team teaching - it is important that all teachers in the group have good ________ with one another.
rapport
remediable
nubile
babble
23. Laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise We must be ________ in our planning of this affair - for any error may be regarded as a personal affront.
punctilious
entrance
lassitude
snivel
24. Lament with music The funeral ________ stirred us to tears.
scoff
dirge
chicanery
hireling
25. Man owing small estate; middle-class farmer.It was not the aristocrat but the ________ who determined the nation's policies.
rapacious
shyster
yeoman
jaundiced
26. Cliff; dangerous position Suddenly Indiana Jones found himself dangling from the edge of a ________.
fell
precipice
surmount
halcyon
27. Lizard that changes color in different situations - Like the ________ - he assumed the political coloration of every group he met.
juncture
allege
vivacious
chameleon
28. Feign He ________ insanity in order to avoid punishment for his crime.
consistency
simulate
vendor
cadaver
29. Scowl The angry boy ________ed at his father.
paraphernalia
nuptial
microcosm
glower
30. Tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl From the way in which the elderly pharmacist pounded the drug with his ________ - young George could tell that his employer was agitated about something.
debase
pestle
impropriety
subtlety
31. Calmness of temperament In his later years - he could look upon the foolishness of the world with ________ and humor.
promontory
defrock
macerate
equanimity
32. Ostracize; banish; outlaw Antony - Octavius and Lepidus ________d all those who had conspired against Julius Caesar.
malapropism
proscribe
discerning
arid
33. Generous; charitable His ________ nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him.
timbre
attribute
milieu
benevolent
34. Teaching; art of education Though Maria Montessori gained fame for her innovations in ________ - it took years before her teaching techniques became common practice in American schools.
approbation
grievance
cavil
pedagogy
35. No longer stylish; old-fahioned Unconcerned about keeping in style - Lenore was perfectly happy to wear ________ clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.
retrieve
pantomime
apposite
outmoded
36. Reflection; thought She reached her decision only after much ________.
meditation
subjugate
wrangle
satiate
37. Outlandish; clumsy; boorish Most biographers portray Lincoln as an ________ and ungainly young man.
impuissance
conformity
uncouth
asperity
38. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure; gap They found a ________ in the enemy's fortifications and penetrated their lines.
coalesce
cliche
breach
gloat
39. Bombastic; stiffly pompous His ________ rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bombastic utterances.
tithe
stilted
isotope
docile
40. Stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable When Hannibal Lecter was in a ________ mood - he ate the flesh of his victims.
homespun
perverse
apposite
ravenous
41. Suspicious; cautious Don't eat sushi at this restaurant; I'm a bit leery about how fresh it is.
purgatory
broach
inundate
leery
42. Copy Are you going to hang this ________ of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?
farce
replica
scale
fracas
43. Flowing together; crowd They built the city at the ________ of two rivers.
nondescript
statute
grouse
confluence
44. Dig into They ________(ied) blocks of marble out of the hillside.
satellite
hap
precise
quarry
45. At the point of death The doctors called the family to the bedside of the ________ patient.
suborn
moribund
lurid
harrow
46. Entangle; stick in swampy ground Their rear wheels became ________d in mud.
mire
prelude
vent
irksome
47. Insignificant; tiny; weak Our ________ efforts to stop the flood were futile.
puny
halting
staccato
tentative
48. Very generous The ________ gift was presented to the bride by her rich uncle.
munificent
scapegoat
subliminal
mandatory
49. Unintentional; not knowing She was the ________ tool of the swindlers
hallucination
unwitting
dehydrate
vigilance
50. Surpass; outdo Jesse Owens easily ________ped his competitors to win the gold metal at the Olympic Games.
attenuate
ordinance
outrtip
hue