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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity The addition of a second tower will give this edifice the ________ that it now lacks.






2. Complain; fuss Students traditionally ________ about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dornitory food.






3. Shack; small - wretched house He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a ________.






4. Having many talents; capable of working in many fields He was a ________ athlete; at college he had earned varsity letters in baseball - football - and track.






5. Showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ________ gambling place in the East: it easily outglitters its competitors.






6. Having human form or characteristics Primitive religions often have deities with ________ characteristics.






7. Indirect speech; hypocritical; evasive Rather than tell Jill directly what he disliked - Jack made a few ________ comments and tried to change the subject.






8. Twisting out of shape It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of this event because of the ________s and exaggerations of the reporters.






9. Pretending to be virtuous; deceiving I resent his ________ posing as a friend for I know he is interested only in his own advancement.






10. Dig out of the ground; remove from a grave Because of the rumor that he had been poisoned - his body was ________d in order that an autopsy might be performed.






11. Slight offense If we examine these escapades carefully - we will realize that they are mere ________es rather than major crimes.






12. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. - produce interesting symmetrical effects People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the ________; they found the ever-changing patterns






13. Flowing; series of changes While conditions are in such a state of ________ - I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.






14. Wild tumult When the ships collided in the harbor - ________ broke out among the passengers.






15. Refutation; response with contrary evidence The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her ________.






16. State strongly or positively; insist on or demand recognition of (rights - claims - etc). When Jill ________ed that nobody else in the junior class had such an early curfew - her parents Asserted themselves - telling her that if she didn't get home b






17. Irreverent The congregation was offended by her ________ remarks.






18. Small waterfall We could not appreciate the beauty of the many ________s as we made detours around each of them to avoid getting wet.






19. Trick; stratagem You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ________.






20. Protest; objection The authorities were deaf to the pastor's ________s about the lack of police protection in the area.






21. Maker and seller of eyeglasses The patient took the prescription given him by his oculist to the ________.






22. Hanging; suspended The ________ chandeliers swayed in the breeze as if they were about to fall from the ceiling.






23. Imprison The warden will ________ the felon after conviction.






24. Last demand; warning Since they have ignored our ________ - our only recourse is to declare war.






25. Habitual return to crime Prison reformers in the United States are disturbed by the high rate of ________; the number of persons serving second and third terms indicates the failure of the prisons to rehabilitate the inmates.






26. Plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto Scaramouche startled the other actors in the commedia troupe when he suddenly departed from their customary ________ and began to improvise.






27. Lively Her ________ expression indicated a keenness of intellect.






28. Subside or moderate - Rather than leaving immediately - they waited for the storm to ________.






29. Gap; pause Except for a brief two-year ________ - during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps - Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career.






30. Warlike The sound of ________ music was always inspiring to the young poet.






31. Strengthen the base of Whereas relativity theory ________d the Newtonian mechanics - cosmology was undergirded by it.






32. Sharpness In time his youthful ________ of vision failed him - and he needed glasses.






33. Pretend He ________med sickness to get out of going to school.






34. Regret Although I ________ the vulgarity of your language - I defend your right to express yourself freely.






35. Ugly Although James was an experienced emergency room nurse - he occasionally became queasy when faced with a particularly ________ injury.






36. Motionless; stale; dull The ________ water was a breeding ground for disease






37. Entreating; beseeching He could not resist the dog's ________ whimpering - and he gave it some food.






38. Damp She could not stand the ________ climate and moved to a drier area.






39. Buddihist teachings - the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude Despite his desire to achieve ________ - the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could distract him from his medi






40. Sum; total The ________ wealth of this country is staggering to the imagination.






41. Blunt; stupid Because he was so ________ - he could not follow the teacher's reasoning and asked foolish questions.






42. Agreeable; gracious; engaging. By her _________ manner - she made herself liked by everyone who met her.






43. Thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity I do not expect the ________ to come during my lifetime.






44. Essentially; inherently; naturally Although my grandmother's china has ________ little value - I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.






45. Causing cancer - Many supposedly harmless substances have been revealed to be ________.






46. Meantime The company will not consider our proposal until next week; in the ________ - let us proceed as we have in the past.






47. Renovate; make bright by polishing The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; it was necessary to ________ our belongings.






48. Disintegration; looseness in morals The profligacy and ________ of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians.






49. Clowning John Candy's ________ in Uncle Buck was hilarious.






50. Pompous walk His ________ as he marched about the parade ground revealed him for what he was: a pompous buffoon.