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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Indifference; lack of interest Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such ________; the mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.
vivacious
servitude
jovial
nonchalance
2. Knowledge During the election campaign - the two candidates were kept in full ________ of the international situation.
saccharine
cognizance
inexorable
combustible
3. Healthy After a brief illness - he was soon ________.
sap
censure
hale
punctilious
4. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.
inchoate
victuals
chimerical
fluency
5. Deliver officially; entrust; set apart The court ________d the child to her paternal grandmother's care.
consign
throng
platitude
innocuous
6. Questionable medicine No quack selling ________s is going to cheat me.
nostrum
prosperity
antagonistic
autopsy
7. Commotion; riot; noise She could not make herself heard over the ________ of the mob.
figurine
concomitant
precipitous
tumult
8. Manly I do not accept the premise that a man is ________ only when he is belligerent.
reconcile
dispel
virile
indomitable
9. Width; extent We were impressed by the ________ of her knowledge.
problematic
acrid
breadth
assay
10. False belief; hallucination This scheme is a snare and a ________.
delusion
passe
sinewy
induce
11. Fail completely; sink After hitting the submerged iceberg - the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon ________ed.
caliber
depict
saboteur
founder
12. Notoriously bad Jesse James was an ________ outlaw.
apparition
reprobation
infamous
viscid
13. Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth The audience saw through his attempts to ________ on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.
preponderance
raucous
enhance
equivocate
14. Essence she was asked to give the ________ of the essay in two sentence.
gist
fecundity
pertinent
jaundiced
15. Place of spiritual expiation In this ________ - he could expect no help from his comrades.
nostrum
purgatory
inclined
warren
16. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult She took ________ at his remarks and stormed away in a huff.
incumbent
console
filch
umbrage
17. Projection; conjecture Based on their ________ from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday - the networks predicted that George Bush would be the Republican candidate for the presidency.
ichthyology
facet
extrapolation
cerebral
18. Keep; employ Fighting to retain his seat in Congress - Senator Foghorn ________ed a new manager to head his reelection campaign.
aptitude
retain
allure
amiable
19. 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.
apprehensive
exhume
dour
evoke
20. Token; reminder Take this book as a ________ of your visit.
inflated
imbibe
memento
insurgent
21. Fit of petulance; caprice ACtors are known for their ________s.
causal
celerity
tantrum
reticent
22. Very precise and formal; exceedingly proper Many people commented on the contrast between the ________ attire of the young lady and the inappropriate clothing worn by her escort.
prim
emolument
bovine
gregarious
23. Rebellion; uprising Given the current state of affairs in South Africa - an ________ seems unavoidable.
insurrection
exchequer
viscid
avuncular
24. Equal Your ignoring their pathetic condition is ________ to the murder.
tribulation
tantamount
catholic
swindler
25. Introverted; remote. Rebuffed by his colleagues - the initially outgoing young researcher became increasingly _________.
amend
felicitous
withdrawn
offensive
26. Remove water from; dry out Vigorous dancing quickly ________s the body; between dances - be sure to drink more water than normal.
dehydrate
intangible
synchronous
enervate
27. Travel; journey The tribe made their ________ further north that summer in search of game.
nether
rife
remnant
trek
28. Shallow body of water near a sea; lake They enjoyed their swim in the calm ________.
lank
complacent
lagoon
disjointed
29. Crafty; double-dealing I do not think he will be a good embassador because he is not accustomed to the ________ maneuverings of foreign diplomats.
malevolent
machiavellian
loathe
askance
30. Occurring at the same time Some people find the ________ events in Hardy's novels annoyingly improbable.
encroachment
gratify
coincident
ogle
31. Boredom; weariness We hope this radio will help overcome the ________ of your stay in the hospital.
nugatory
endue
tedium
prodigious
32. Tease; torture with disappointment Tom loved to ________ his younger brother with candy; he knew the boy was forbidden to have it.
grotesque
tantalize
preclude
elated
33. Embarrass - He was not at all ________ed by her open admiration.
glean
periphery
claustrophobia
abash
34. Suave; refined; elegant The courtier was ________ and sophisticated
impale
urbane
quizzical
ambidextrous
35. Eliminate from consideration; reject Believing in John's love for her - she ________ed the notion that he might be unfaithful.
dregs
dismiss
sequester
retiring
36. Bravery He received the Medal of Honor for his ________ in battle.
scuttle
valor
autopsy
ashen
37. Pale purple The ________ tint in the lilac bush was another indication that spring had finally arrived.
bate
precocious
mauve
sidereal
38. Mongrel; mixed breed Mendel's formula explains the appearance of ________s and pure species in breeding.
inkling
seismic
commodious
hybrid
39. Sameness; consistency; monotony After a while - the ________ of TV situation comedies becomes boring.
windfall
uniformity
contortions
divest
40. Deification; glorification The Roman empress Livia envied the late emperor his ________; she hoped that on her death she - too - would be exalted to the rank of a god.
accelerate
apotheosis
discomfit
denounce
41. Admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote) Although blacks were ________d shortly after the Civil War - women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.
pedagogy
enfranchise
amorous
ceremonious
42. Burden Some people ________ themselves with too much luggage - when they take short trips.
vie
encumber
perpetrate
animated
43. Person celebrated for wisdom Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet - Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary ________.
untoward
sage
misdemeanor
spectral
44. Treacherous; stealthy; sly The fifth column is ________ because it works secretly within our territory for our defeat.
inarticulate
insidious
lineaments
boon
45. Insert improperly; palm off I will not permit you to ________ such ridiculous ideas upon the membership of this group.
redoubtable
indifferent
vertigo
foist
46. Venomous spider We need an antitoxin to counteract the bite of the ________.
tarantula
elated
glaze
quiver
47. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc. Seeing how tenderly Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ________.
ebullient
ethos
disclose
charlatan
48. Drawback; debtsHer lack of an extensive vocabulary was a ________ that she was able to overcome.
assessment
liability
indignity
diatribe
49. False testimony while under oath When several witnesses appeared to challenge his story - he was indicted for ________.
paraphernalia
motility
piety
perjury
50. Nourish; educate; foster The head Start program attempts to ________ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter public school.
chase
nurture
apoplexy
hazy