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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Blessing; benefit The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a ________ to the whole community.






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






3. Accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity. He decided he would ________ himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables.






4. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism The visible portion of the ________ includes red at one end and violet at the other.






5. Not lasting forever; limited by time; secular At one time in our history - ________ rulers assumed that they had been given their thrones by divine right.






6. Go backwards; degenerate Instead of advancing - our civilization seems to have ________d in ethics and culture.






7. Limited quantity Although his story is based on a ________ of truth - most of the events he describes are fictitious.






8. Authorized agent Please act as my ________ and vote for this slate of candidates in my absence.






9. Right granted by authority The city issued a ________ to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years.






10. Notoriously bad Jesse James was an ________ outlaw.






11. Comic misuse of a word When Mrs. Malaprop criticizes Lydia for being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile -" she confuses "allegory" and "allegator" in a typical ________.






12. Speak distinctly How will people understand you if you do not ________?






13. Unprejudiced The only ________ person in the room was the judge.






14. Ridicule They greeted his proposal with ________ and refused to consider it seriously.






15. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.






16. Pointed tool used for piercing She used an ________ to punch additional holes in the leather belt she had bought.






17. Used to prevent disease Despite all ________ measures introduced by the authorities - the epidemic raged until cool weather set in.






18. Stale; spoiled by age The attic was dark and ________.






19. Soil - defile The scandalous remarks in the newspaper ________ the reputations of every member of the society.






20. Stockpile; accumulate for future use Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage - people are tempted to ________ food.






21. Gigantic statue The legendary ________ of Rhodes - bronze statue of the sun god that dominated the harbor of the Greek seaport - was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.






22. Tranquillity He was impressed by the air of ________ and peace that pervaded the valley.






23. Extremely loud The town crier had ________ voice.






24. Lavish expenditure; overabundant condition Seldom have I seen food and drink served in such ________ as at the wedding feast.






25. Moved by sexual love; loving Don Juan was known for his ________ adventures.






26. Forerunner The crocus is an early ________ of spring.






27. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance This new material is ________ to liquids.






28. Obtaining The personnel department handles the ________ of new employees.






29. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet Tolkien's use of Old English words and inscriptions in the ________ alphabet give The Lord of the Rings its atmosphere of antiquity.






30. Bossy; arrogant; decisively important Certain of her own importance and of the unimportance of everyone else - Lady Bracknell was intolerably ________ in manner. "In choosing a husband -" she said - "good birth is of ________ importance; compared to






31. Popular fashion Jeans became the ________ on many college campuses.






32. Deserter; traitor Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians - his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________.






33. Slander; disgrace; infamy I resent the ________ that you are casting upon my reputation.






34. Motivate I fail to understand what ________d you to reply to this letter so nastily.






35. Wiggle out; fake. She tried to ________ an invitation to the party.






36. Gloomy Do not be misled by his ________ countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.






37. Person hardened in sin - devoid of a sense of decency I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the ________ you say he is.






38. Element; ingredient I wish all the ________s of my stereo system were working at the same time.






39. Thought - Mathematics problems sometimes require much ________.






40. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search - especially for food If you need car parts that the dealers no longer stock - try ________ing for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards.






41. Wandering Several ________ tribes of Indians would hunt in this area each year.






42. Someone who bears the blame for others After the Challenger disaster - NASA searched for ________s on whom they could cast the blame.






43. Unlikely; unbelievable Though her alibi seened ________ - it in fact turned out to be true.






44. Throb We could see the blood vessels in his temple ________ as he became more angry.






45. Twisted; with a humorous twist.We enjoy Dorothy Parker's verse for its _________ wit.






46. Pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily In order to ________ enemy lines at night without being seen - the scouts darkened their faces and wore black coveralls.






47. Expressiveness; persuasive speech The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King's ________.






48. Exhibiting rainbowlike colors She admired the ________ hues of the oil that floated on the surface of the water.






49. Good fortune; financial success; physical well-being Promising to stay together "for richer - for poorer -" the newlyweds vowed to be true to one another in ________ and hardship alike.






50. Lack of consistency; difference The police noticed some ________(ies) in his description of the crime and did not believe him.