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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Essential; pertaining to the substance Although the delegates were aware of the importance of the problem - they could not agree on the ________ issues.






2. Urbanity; polish He is particulary good in roles that require ________ and sophistication.






3. Case for a sword blade; sheath The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the ________.






4. Prophetic; pertaining to revelations; especially of disaster His ________ remarks were dismissed by his audience as wild surmises.






5. Illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods The coast guard tries to prevent ________ in U.S. waters.






6. Fatigued; surfeited He looked for exotic foods to stimulate his ________ appetite.






7. Terminology; system of names She struggled to master scientific ________.






8. Ideas of a group of people That ________ is dangerous to this country because it embraces undemocratic philosophies.






9. Destroy completely The owners intend to ________ the hotel and erect an office building on the site.






10. Examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order They ________d the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.






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






12. Excessively exacting You are ________ in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes.






13. Impressive; majestic Visiting the palace at Versailes - she was impressed by the ________ surroundings in which she found herself.






14. Lament with music The funeral ________ stirred us to tears.






15. Talkativeness The man who married a dumb wife asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's ________ after her cure.






16. Prepare by combining; make up in concert How did the inventive chef ever ________ such strange dish?






17. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch His callused hands had lost their ________ sensitivity.






18. Trifles; unimportant matters Too many magazines ignore newsworthy subjects and feature ________.






19. Spotted When he blushed - his face took on a ________ hue.






20. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal He gave her his ________ and vowed to cherish her always.






21. Exact If you don't give me ________ directions and a map - I'll never find your place.






22. Old-fashioned; past the prime Her style is ________ and reminiscent of the Victorian era.






23. Cast off Each spring - the snake ________s off its skin.






24. Lay eggs Fish ladders had to be built in the dams to assist the salmon returning to ________ in their native streams.






25. Make thin; weaken By withdrawing their forces - the generals hoped to ________ the enemy lines.






26. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning Gradually his listeners began to realize that the excessive praise he was lavishing was merely ________; he was actually denouncing his opponent.






27. Abnormal or deviant - Given the ________ nature of the data - we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.






28. Bleach; whiten Although age had ________ed his hair - he was still vigorous and energetic.






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






30. Dock; landing place Because of the captain's carelessness - the ship crashed into the ________.






31. Determined;stubborn Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long - ________ pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.






32. Support; act superior toward Experts in a field sometimes appear to ________ people who are less knowledgeable of the subject.






33. Neat and trim In "The Odd Couple -" Tony Randall played Felix Unger - an excessively ________ soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.






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






35. Entrance; a way in Because of his wealth and social position - he had ________ into the most exclusive circles.






36. Very poor person Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income - she was by no means a ________.






37. Very wicked He was universally feared because of his many ________ deeds.






38. One-sided This legislation is ________ since it binds only one party in the controversy.






39. School of the fine arts (especiallymusic or drama) A gifted violinist - Marya was selected to study at the ________.






40. Long period of time; an age It has taken ________s for our civilization to develop.






41. Teacher He could never be a stuffy ________; his classes were always lively and filled with humor.






42. Puzzle Depite all attempts to decipher the code - it remained an ________.






43. Confuse; puzzle No mystery could ________ Sherlock Holmes for long.






44. Tax levied by a ruler; mark of respect The colonists refused to pay ________ to a foreign despot.






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






46. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess The good news we have been receiving lately indicates that there is little reason for your ________.






47. Active enmity He incurred the ________ of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.






48. Container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave - business cycle - etc.) The hungry pigs struggled to get at the fresh swill in the ________. The surfer rode her board - coasting along in the trough between two waves.






49. Unaccustomed He hesitated to assume the ________ role of master of ceremonies at the dinner.






50. Cater to the low desires of others The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon of ________ing to the masses' taste of violence.