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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical The hero of Jonathan Gash's mystery novels is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell ________ antiques from the real things.






2. Combination (of two business corporations) When the firm's president married the director of financial planning - the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage - it was a ________.






3. Spcial usage in language I could not understand their ________s because literal translation made no sense.






4. Limit; confine Although I do not wish to ________ your activities - I must insist that you complete this assignment before you start anything else.






5. Restrain; handcuff The police immediately ________d the prisoner so he could not escape.






6. Dizziness We test potential plane pilots for susceptibility to spells of ________.






7. Offensive I find your behavior ________; please mend your ways.






8. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste Neither Jack's underbaked opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were ________ to me.






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






10. Tiresome dwelling on a subject After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his ________ on my indebtedness to him.






11. Opposite The inevitable ________ of peace is not war but annihilation.






12. Entice; attract ________d by the song of the sirens - the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.






13. Forgetfulness Her work had fallen into a state of ________; no one bothered to read them.






14. Taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax) Because the new pension law was ________ to the first of the year - even though Martha had retired in February she was eligible for the pension.






15. Multiply; spread Since bacteria ________ more quickly in unsanitary environments - it is important to keep hospital rooms clean.






16. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury) In the Godfather - the mobsters used bribery and threats to ________ the witnesses against Don Michael Corleone.






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






18. Trivial; unimportant; very small She had no major complaints to make about his work - only a few ________ quibbles that were almost too minor to state.






19. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the ________ of her feelings.






20. Original work used as a model by others The crude typewriter on display in this museum is the ________ of the elaborate machines in use today.






21. Small planet ________s have become commonplace to the readers of interstellar travel stories in science fiction magazines.






22. Link as in a chain It is difficult to understand how these events could ________ as they did without outside assistance.






23. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension. Your statement is ________ and will upset the harmony that now exists.






24. Determination Nothing could shake his ________ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






25. 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.






26. Run-down; decrepit; disreputable I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a ________ downtown hotel.






27. Like a glacier; extremely cold Never a warm person - when offended hugo could seem positively ________.






28. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect Let us not be misled by such ________ arguments.






29. Items of business at a meeting We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an ________ that there was very little time for the meeting.






30. Huge Radio City Music Hall has a ________ stage.






31. Restore to good condition; renew They claim that they can ________ worn shoes so that they look like new ones.






32. Rude; cross Because of his ________ attitude - many people avoided his company.






33. Unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China - but the repressive response of the ________ hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy.






34. Urging; demanding He tried to hide from his ________ creditors until his allowance arrived.






35. Punish - I must ________ you for this offense.






36. Boasting He was disliked because his manner was always full of ________.






37. Sullen; stubborn The man was ________ abd taciturn.






38. Disown; renounce claim to If I grant you this previlege - will you ________ all other rights?






39. 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.






40. Existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary The Neanderthal Man is one of our ________ ancestors.






41. Slavish; cringing Constantly fawning on his employer - humble Uriah Heap was a ________ creature.






42. Stir up a fire; feed plentifully As a Scout - Marisa learned how to light a fire - how to ________ it if it started to die down - and how to extinguish it completely.






43. Given to joking The salesman was so ________ that many of his customers suggested that he become a stand-up comic.






44. Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary Before the Creation - the world was an ________ mass.






45. Secret; mysterious What was ________ to us was clear to the psychologist.






46. Scarcity The ________ of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.






47. Sticky - gluey Melted tar is a ________ substance.






48. Brief; terse; compact His remarks are always ________ and pointed.






49. Something new; newness The computer is no longer a ________ around the office.






50. Hatred of marriage He remained a bachelor not because of ________ but because of ill fate: his fiancee died before the wedding.