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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra His first appearance on the stage was as a ________ in a Shakespearean tragedy.
quarry
cacophony
supernumerary
infiltrate
2. Opening; hole She discovered a small ________ in the wall - through which the insects had entered the room.
propensity
extricate
aperture
catharsis
3. Adjust to climate or environment One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travellers to ________ themselves to their new and often strange environments.
scoff
infamous
acclimate
progeny
4. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly He is preparing a ________ on the Elizabethan playwrights for his graduate degree.
grandiloquent
treatise
spatula
dichotomy
5. Charge in court; indict After his indictment by the Grand Jury - the accused man was ________ed in the County Criminal Court.
lateral
arraign
inclusive
dissuade
6. Capture; enslave From the moment he saw her picture - he was ________ed by her beauty.
ken
advocate
enthrall
insouciant
7. Roundabout - Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways - she took a ________ route.
circuitous
stipulate
stalemate
constraint
8. Bravery He received the Medal of Honor for his ________ in battle.
bullion
problematic
valor
extrapolation
9. Joyous; celebratory Their wedding in the park was a ________ occasion.
obelisk
itinerary
pallet
festive
10. Readily managed; willing to be led He was ________ to any suggestions that came from those he looked up to; he resented advice from his inferiors.
affidavit
amenable
economy
improvident
11. Surround Although we were ________ed by enemy forces - we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.
impervious
ingenious
encompass
graphic
12. Half asleep The heavy meal and the overheated room made us all ________ and indifferent to the speaker.
raze
fathom
somnolent
exhort
13. Evil We must defeat the ________ forces that seek our downfall.
impetus
conjecture
sinister
discrete
14. Powerful; strong; potent We must keep his friendship for he will make a ________ ally.
reactionary
discredit
pallid
puissant
15. Inborn His ________ talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.
inviolability
innate
dormer
cession
16. Stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable When Hannibal Lecter was in a ________ mood - he ate the flesh of his victims.
perverse
leonine
nostalgia
prosaic
17. Burden; mental care; nightmare The ________ of financial worry helped bring on her nervous breakdown.
inviolability
diverge
incubus
insubstantial
18. Stoop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue The chief of police ________ed at sending his officers into the riot-torn area.
apropos
balk
attribute
nefarious
19. Bankrupt; lacking money to pay When rumors that he was ________ reached his creditors - they began to press him for payment of the money due them.
scruple
insolvent
behemoth
aromatic
20. Without previous preparation Her listeners were amazed that such a thorough presentation could be made in an ________ speech.
impromptu
obeisance
monarchy
platonic
21. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ________ in the hold to get her back on an even keel.
misogamy
wan
nondescript
ballast
22. Neat; skillful The ________ waiter uncorked the champagne without spilling a drop.
deft
prey
multiplicity
worldly
23. Witty thought or saying - usually short Poor Richard's ________s made Benjamin Franklin famous.
epigram
pedagogue
prohibitive
contusion
24. Foremost in importance; supreme Proper nutrition and hygiene are of ________ importance in adolescent development and growth.
incubus
paramount
embezzlement
hubris
25. Cunning; artful. She is as ________ as a fox in avoiding trouble.
lucre
wily
stipend
opulence
26. Expressing possibility; latent The juvenile delinquent is a ________ murderer.
sublimate
puny
amplify
potential
27. Foul smelling; unwholesome I never could stand the ________ atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.
obsequy
drudgery
environ
noisome
28. Unrefined; coarse His ________ remarks often embarrassed the women in the audience.
earthy
alliteration
indigence
repertoire
29. Testify; bear witness Having served as a member of a grand jury - I can ________ that our system of indicting individuals is in need of improvement.
implore
inscrutable
despicable
attest
30. Border upon; adjoin Where our estates ________ - we must build a fence.
cherubic
potable
levitate
abut
31. Coming from the side In order to get good plant growth - the gardener must pinch off all ________ shoots.
savor
lateral
continence
enmity
32. Ancestors Reverence for one's ________ (sometimes referred to as ancestor worship) plays an important part in many Oriental cultures.
forebears
spatula
tangential
importune
33. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.
expedite
dermatologist
saccharine
hoary
34. Correct spelling Many of us find English ________ difficult to master because so many of our words are written phonetically.
rent
multilingual
rend
orthography
35. Rushing stream; flood Day after day of heavy rain saturated the hillside until the water ran downhill in ________s.
hypothetical
hegemony
torrent
smolder
36. Operatic solo At her Metropolitan Opera audition - Marian Anderson sang an ________ from Norma.
substantiate
drone
misapprehension
aria
37. Binding; required It is ________ that books borrowed from the library be returned within two weeks.
obligatory
flinch
endorse
disburse
38. Widespread; affecting the majority of people They feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach ________ proportions.
laity
quip
pandemic
saturate
39. Inclined to; prostrate She was ________ to sudden fits of anger.
accrue
suborn
prone
stealth
40. Right granted by authority The city issued a ________ to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.
incendiary
libretto
promulgate
franchise
41. Having foresight; fortuneteller - Cassandra's ________ warning was not heeded by the Trojans.
simian
debris
catharsis
clairvoyant
42. Resent I ________ every minute I have to spend attending meetings.
begrudge
context
embargo
asylum
43. Ransack; thoroughly search When we ________d through the trunks in the attic - we found many souvenirs of our childhood days.
rubric
rummage
dolt
prattle
44. Perfect example or embodiment Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in The Pirates of Penzance - Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the ________ of an officer and a gentleman.
epitome
churlish
quirk
mollify
45. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.
precipitate
exotic
purport
implication
46. Suggest a meaning not expressed Even though your statement does not declare that you are at war with that country - your actions ________ that that is the actual situation.
foment
brochure
calligraphy
imply
47. Truth; reality The four ________(ies) were revealed to Buddha during his long meditation.
flaccid
vigor
salient
verity
48. Mild; fragrant A ________ breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.
balmy
idolatry
hypothetical
leaven
49. Interpret incorrectly; misjudge She took the passage seriously rather than humourously because she ________d the author's ironic tone.
glower
ornithologist
misconstrue
scuffle
50. Most favorable If you wait for the ________ moment to act - you may never begin your project .
indigence
optimum
lucrative
cliche