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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Social outcast I am not a ________ to be shunned and ostracized.






2. Sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly ________ plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters.






3. Examination of accounts When the bank examiners arrived to hold their annual ________ - they discovered the embezzlements of the chief cashier.






4. Behead They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they ________d her.






5. Habitual intoxication Because of his ________ - he was discharged from his position as family chauffeur.






6. Superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious Your composition is ________; you can easily reduce its length.






7. Live in a monotonous way I do not understand how you can ________ in this quiet village after the adventurous life you have led.






8. Mental calmness Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her ________.






9. Unclear or doubtful in meaning His ________ instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take.






10. Vexation; disappointment - Her refusal to go with us filled us with ________.






11. Descent; ancestry He traced his ________ back to Mayflower days.






12. Tendency of a system to maintain relative stability A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain ________.






13. Slaughterhouse; scene of carnage By the time the police arrived - the room was a shambles.






14. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) - often mutually beneficial Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their ________; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth - the bird derives nouri






15. Introduction; forerunner I am afraid that this border raid is the ________ to more serious attacks.






16. Ring of leaves around stem; ring. Identification by fingerprints is based on the difference in shape and number of ________s on the fingers.






17. Uprightness; wholeness Lincoln - whose personal ________ has inspired millions - fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the republic - that these United States might remain undivided for all time.






18. Crash; rush The runaway train ________d toward disaster.






19. Ordinary; typical His ________ upbringing left him wholly unprepared for his wife's eccentric family.






20. Summit Let us drop a perpendicular line from the ________ of the triangle to the base.






21. Yield; give in; die I ________ to temptation whenever it comes my way.






22. 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.






23. Everlasting Ponce de Leon hoped to find ________ youth.






24. Bored with pleasure or dissipation Your ________ attitude gives your students an erroneous impression of the joys of scholarship.






25. Excessively careful He was ________ in checking his accounts and never made mistakes.






26. Common; pertaining to the common people His speeches were aimed at the ________ minds and emotions; they disgusted the more refined.






27. Reason; justify an improper act Do not try to ________ your behavior by blaming your companions.






28. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything Some animals - including humans - are ________ and eat both meat and vegetables; others are either carnivorous or herbivorous.






29. Hesitate; shrink He did not ________ in the face of danger but fought back bravely.






30. Criticize harshly Hoping for a rave review of his new show - the playwright was miserable when the critics ________ned it unanimously.






31. Poorverse Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work - most of her writing is mere ________.






32. Deed or action - particularly a brave deed Raoul Wallenberg was noted for his ________s in rescuing Jews from Hitler's forces.






33. Greatness; extent It is difficult to comprehend the ________ of his crime.






34. 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.






35. Short - simple story teaching a moral Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this ________ teaches.






36. Make secure against loss; compensate for loss The city will ________ all home owners whose property is spoiled by this project.






37. Lead astray; wheedle She was ________d into joining the club after an initial reluctance.






38. Inner excitement; exuberance Nothing depressed her for long; her natural ________ soon reasserted itself.






39. Abusive; scolding He became more ________ as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish.






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






41. Pistol case Even when he was not in uniform - he carried a ________ and pistol under his arm.






42. Division; partition; separation The ________ of church and state is a basic principle of our government.






43. Bring upon oneself His parents refused to pay any future debts he might ________.






44. Carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight She ________ omitted two questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet.






45. Swamp gas; heavy - vaporous atmosphere - often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome - reeking of decay - it was a visible ________.






46. 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.






47. Having many languages Because they are bordered by so many countries - the Swiss people are ________.






48. Small - exclusive group - She charged that a ________ had assumed control of school affairs.






49. Endowed with flesh; personified Your attitude is so fiendish that you must be a devil ________.






50. Pertaining to ships or navigation The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships - logbooks - anchors and many other items of a ________ nature.