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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Repeat He ________d the warning to make sure everyone understood it.
traumatic
emanate
archaic
reiterate
2. Shed or cast off hair or feathers The male robin ________ed in the spring.
sloth
mishap
denounce
molt
3. Salty The slightly ________ taste of this mineral water is pleasant.
fleck
hibernal
fastidious
saline
4. Pertaining to passionate love The ________ passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.
mete
overhaul
erotic
contravene
5. Science of law He was more a student of ________ than a practitioner of the law.
prate
impropriety
jurisprudence
prolific
6. Mania for doing grandiose things Developers who spend millions trying to build the world's tallest skyscraper suffer from ________.
incarcerate
infamous
megalomania
jargon
7. Kindly; favorable; not malignant The old man was well liked because of his ________ attitude toward friend and stranger alike.
faculty
impending
dirge
benign
8. Slip or slide During the recent ice storm - many people ________ed down this hill as they walked to the station.
authenticate
abut
eddy
slither
9. Room to move; margin When you set a deadline - allow a little ________.
leeway
manacle
outrtip
aghast
10. Feverish In his ________ condition - he was subject to nightmares and hallucinations.
trepidation
febrile
unscathed
rubric
11. Fragments Ten years after World War II - some of the ________ left by enemy bombings could still be seen.
nefarious
rubble
pinion
animosity
12. Calm; not easily disturbed The nurse was a cheerful but ________ person - unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.
pundit
misogamy
equestrian
phlegmatic
13. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.
austerity
fetter
concerted
rectify
14. Slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal Note how well the somewhat greenish coat of the ________ enables it to blend in with its arboreal surroundings.
aplomb
tender
resuscitate
sloth
15. Spying In order to maintain its power - the government developed a system of ________ that penetrated every hosehold.
foolhardy
pertinacious
espionage
leeway
16. Having foresight; fortuneteller - Cassandra's ________ warning was not heeded by the Trojans.
colloquial
clairvoyant
stupefy
perceptive
17. Absentminded Because of his concentration on the problem - the professor often appeared ________ and unconcerned about routine.
distrait
insalubrious
eschew
regicide
18. Abuse He had expected criticism but not the ________ that greeted his proposal.
madrigal
usury
exult
invective
19. Skillful The magician was so ________ that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks.
equable
anguish
dexterous
resolution
20. Wandering; traveling He was an ________ peddler and traveled through Pennsylvania and Virginia selling his wares.
consensus
itinerant
gall
pontifical
21. Period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn The vernal ________ is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
submissive
venturesome
intransigence
equinox
22. Meager; insufficient Thinking his helping of food was ________ - Oliver Twist asked for more.
egotism
scanty
runic
mortify
23. Fantastic; comically hideous On Halloween people enjoy wearing ________ costumes.
recondite
grotesque
rococo
transient
24. Silent; muffled; toned down In the funeral parlor - the mourners' voices had a ________ quality.
muted
excerpt
encroachment
facetious
25. Sweltering He could not adjust himself to the ________ climate of the tropics.
discerning
sultry
promiscuous
intelligentsia
26. Person of prominence or influence The steel ________ decided to devote more time to city politics.
magnate
palliate
arbitrary
embargo
27. Unsuccessful; fruitless We had to abandon our ________ attempts.
defeatist
belated
tesselated
abortive
28. Narrow valley with steep sides Steeper than a gully - less precipitous than a canyon - a ________ is - like them - the product of years of erosion.
inevitable
ravine
retribution
ford
29. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.
osseus
writ
trigger
fantastic
30. Monarch with supreme power He ran his office like an ________ - giving no one else any authority.
autocrat
reticent
poignancy
domineer
31. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal He gave her his ________ and vowed to cherish her always.
vignette
delude
amnesty
troth
32. Quarrel The children ________ed morning - noon - and night - exasperating their parents.
gazette
actuarial
rampant
bicker
33. Irritable; easily angered Her ________ temper frightened me.
diligence
ecologist
irascible
vampire
34. Pertaining to the woods; rustic His paintings of nymphs in ________ backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.
bureaucracy
sylvan
escapade
feint
35. Dissolve; disperse The chess club ________ed after its disastrous initial season.
reparation
frenzied
disband
turncoat
36. To make watertight (by plugging seams) When water from the shower leaked into the basement - we knew it was time to ________ the tiles at the edges of the shower stall.
resumption
uniformity
frenzied
caulk
37. Banish; consign to inferior position If we ________ these experts to minor posts because of their political persuasions - we shall lose their valuable services.
relegate
valid
unwarranted
knotty
38. Deep-rooted; habitual She is an ________ smoker and cannot break the habit.
inveterate
libelous
frieze
asteroid
39. Arrival Most Americans were unaware of the ________ of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them.
sinewy
effervescence
advent
frigid
40. Firm dislike Their mutual ________ was so great that they refused to speak to one another.
aversion
conversant
shun
militate
41. Homesickness; longing for the past The first settlers found so much work to do that they had little time for ________.
nostalgia
ambivalence
gestate
deviate
42. Surfeit; satisfy fully The guests - having eaten until they were ________d - now listened inattentively to the speakers.
satiate
incite
premonitory
hedonism
43. Powerlessness; feebleness The lame duck President was frustrated by his shift from enormous power to relative ________.
artless
impuissance
expletive
apathy
44. Lack of harmony; absurdity The ________ of his wearing sneakers with formal attire amused the observers.
incongruity
jaunty
chameleon
languor
45. Board on which a painter mixes pigments At the present time - art supply stores are selling a paper ________ that may be discarded after use.
paltry
palette
benediction
abeyance
46. Map-maker - Though not a professional ________ - Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.
purport
ennui
cartographer
feckless
47. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.
munificent
resolve
beholden
roster
48. Mournful The ________ howling of the dogs added to our sadness.
lugubrious
peregrination
subterfuge
vampire
49. Nearness The deer sensed the hunter's ________ and bounded away.
proximity
untoward
gyroscope
dismember
50. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.
rudimentary
affluence
blunder
dyspeptic