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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Swimming The Red Cross emphasizes the need for courses in ________.






2. Recover; find and bring in The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to ________ the game killed by the hunter.






3. Near at hand; impending Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was ________.






4. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.






5. Ideas of a group of people That ________ is dangerous to this country because it embraces undemocratic philosophies.






6. Member of the working class The aristocrats feared mob rule and gave the right to vote only to the wealthy - thus depending the ________s of a voice in government.






7. Make void The parents of the eloped couple tried to ________ the marriage.






8. Give in When her stern father would not ________ and allow her to marry Robert Browning - Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor.






9. Fragment - generally of pottery The archaeologist assigned several students the task of reassembling earthenware vessels from the ________s he had brought back from the expedition.






10. Gigantic ________ waves beat aginst the shore during the hurricane.






11. Very small In the twentieth century - physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of ________ objects like the atom and its parts.






12. Secret; mysterious What was ________ to us was clear to the psychologist.






13. Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge "What is more important - a knowledge of nature of the nature of knowledge?" the ________ asked the naturalist.






14. Stamp out; thwart; hinder Heather tried to ________ the rumor that she had stolen her best friend's fiance.






15. Boasting He was disliked because his manner was always full of ________.






16. Prudent; cautious - Investigating before acting - she tried always to be ________.






17. Annoy; vex Do not let him ________ you with his sarcastic remarks.






18. Slightly obscure In ________ weather - you cannot see the top of this mountain.






19. Bloody The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly ________ with many casualties.






20. Let down; restrain Until it was time to open the presents - the children had to ________ their curiosity.






21. Vex Johnny often ________ his mother with his pranks.






22. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own The editor could tell that the writer had ________d parts of the article; he could recognize whole paragraphs from the original source.






23. Shameless; bold; unconcealed Shocked by Huck Finn's ________ lies - Miss Watson prayed the good Lord would give him a sense of his unregenerate wickedness.






24. Infinite Human beings - having explored the far corners of the earth - are now reaching out into ________ space.






25. Haphazard; careless; sloppy From the number of typos and misspellings I've found on it - it's clear that Mario proofread the report in a remarkably ________ fashion.






26. Introverted; remote. Rebuffed by his colleagues - the initially outgoing young researcher became increasingly _________.






27. Pamper; indulge excessively Don't ________ the boy - Maud! You'll spoil him.






28. Without definite purpose - plan - or aim; haphazard Although the sponsor of the raffle claimed all winners were chosen at ________ - people had their suspicions when the grand prize went to the sponsor's brother-in-law.






29. Boisterous mirth The ________ is improper on this solemn day of mourning.






30. Severe disapproval The students showed their ________ of his act by refusing to talk with him.






31. Denounce; utter censure or invective He ________ed against the demagoguery of the previous speaker and urged that the audience reject his philosophy as dangerous.






32. Monumental tomb His body was placed in the family ________.






33. Petition humbly; pray to grant a favor We ________ Your Majesty to grant him amnesty.






34. Playful Such a ________ attitude is surprising in a person as serious as you usually are.






35. Ravenous The wolf is a ________ animal - its hunger never satisfied.






36. Depravity A visitor may be denied admittance to this country if she has been guilty of moral ________.






37. Imposing; impressive His ________ manner impressed those who met him for the first time.






38. Putrid; producing putrefaction The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from ________ poisoning.






39. Stingy; mean The ________ old man hoarded his coins not out of prudence but out of greed.






40. Monarch with supreme power He ran his office like an ________ - giving no one else any authority.






41. Person who enjoys his own pain The ________ begs - "Hit me." The sadist smiles and says - "I won't."






42. Hint This came as a complete surprise to me as I did not have the slightest ________ of your plans.






43. Confuse; upset; embarrass The lawyer was ________ed by the evidence produced by her adversary.






44. Pertaining to earthquakes The Richter scale is a measurement of ________ disturbances.






45. Words formed in imitation of natural sounds Words like "rustle" and "gargle" are illustrations of ________.






46. 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.






47. Calm; impartial In a ________ analysis of the problem - he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded to suggest suitable remedies.






48. Loyalty A dog's ________ to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.






49. Buddihist teachings - the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude Despite his desire to achieve ________ - the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could distract him from his medi






50. Subordinate; secondary This information may be used as ________ evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.







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