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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Being in debt He was in ________ with his payments on the car.






2. Infamy; vilification He refused to defend himself against the slander and ________ hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.






3. Cause; produce To receive praise for real accomplishments ________s self-confidence in a child.






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






5. Dissolve; disperse The chess club ________ed after its disastrous initial season.






6. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant The land reformers sought to liberate the ________s and establish them as independent farmers.






7. Rate of occurrence; particular occurrence Health professionals expressed great concern over the high ________ of infant mortality in major urban areas.






8. Scanty; inadequate His salary was far too ________ for him to afford to buy a new car.






9. Spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter Preceding the bride to the altar - the flower girl will ________ rose petals along the aisle.






10. 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.






11. Easily deceived He preyed upon ________ people - who believed his stories of easy wealth.






12. Dig; investigate ________(ing) into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.






13. Smear (as with paint) From the way he ________ed his paint on the canvas - I could tell he knew nothing of oils.






14. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others Some thought Dali was a brillant painter; others dismissed him as a ________.






15. Frenzied; frantic His ________ activities convinced us that he had no organized plan of operation.






16. Make known by official proclamation or publication As soon as the Civil Service Commission ________s the names of the successful candidates - we shall begin to hire members of our staff.






17. Novel; unparalleled Margaret Mitchell's book Gone with the Wind was an ________ success.






18. Overjoyed; in high spirits Grinning from ear to ear - Bonnie Blair was clearly ________ by her Olympic victory.






19. Resorting to help when in trouble The boy's only ________ was to appeal to his father for aid.






20. Mangle; tear Her body was ________d in the automobile crash.






21. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs He was one of the few ________s in the Congress; he constantly voiced his objections to the Presidential program.






22. Likely to change; unstable Because the hormonal changes they undergo affect their spirits - adolescents may become emotionally ________ and experience sudden shifts of mood.






23. Sparkle; flash I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the conversation ________s.






24. Conceited smile Wipe that ________ off your face!






25. Distorted; crooked He held his head ________ - giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night.






26. Pertaining to money Jane held the family purse strings: she made all ________ decisions affecting the household.






27. Having minute hairs - The paramecium is a ________ - one-celled animal.






28. Slightly sour; sharp; caustic James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and ________ remarks.






29. Pertaining to cultivation of gardens When he bought his house - he beganto look for flowers and decorative shrubs - and began to read books dealing with ________ matters.






30. Sentry; lookout Though camped in enemy territory - Bledsoe ignored the elementary precaution of posting ________s around the encampment.






31. Calmness; placidity The ________ of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.






32. 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






33. Climb up; ascend To locate a book on the top shelf of the stacks - Lee had to ________ an exceptionally rickety ladder.






34. Trickery - Your deceitful tactics in this case are indications of ________.






35. Lawyer using questionable methods. On L.A. Law - respectable attorney Brackman was horrified to learn that his newly discovered half brother was a cheap ________.






36. Hindrance; stumbling-block She had a speech ________ that prevented her from speaking clearly.






37. Interpret incorrectly; misjudge She took the passage seriously rather than humourously because she ________d the author's ironic tone.






38. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






39. Unchangeable Scientists are constantly seeking to discover the ________ laws of nature.






40. Copy Are you going to hang this ________ of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?






41. Disturb greatly I am afraid this news will ________ him and cause him grief.






42. To strip a priest or minister of church authority To disbar a lawyer - to ________ a priest - to suspend a doctor's license to practice--these are extreme steps that the authorities should take only after careful consideration.






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






44. Stupid Your ________ remarks prove that you have not given this problem any serious consideration.






45. Based on experience He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on ________ data.






46. Protest; remonstrance Despite the teacher's scoldings and________s - the class remained unruly.






47. Territory enclosed within an alien land The Vatican is an independent ________ in Italy.






48. Contrast; direct opposite of or to This tyranny was the ________ of all that he had hoped for - and he fought it with all his strength.






49. Concise; meaty I enjoy reading his essays because they are always compact and ________.






50. Huge; enormous The ________ wrestler was terrified of mice.







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