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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Undeveloped; rudimentary The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an ________ state; otherwise - it may grow to dangerous proportions.






2. Change in voting district lines in order to favor a political party The illogical pattern of the map of this congressional district is proof that the state legislature ________ed this area in order to favor the majority party.






3. Differing in some characteristics; various There are ________ ways of approaching this problem.






4. State of being deprived of something valuable or beloved His friends gathered to console him upon his sudden ________.






5. Lawsuit Try to settle this amicably; I do not want to start ________.






6. Group of closely located islands When he looked at the map and saw the ________es in the South Seas - he longed to visit them.






7. Correct; change - generally for the better Hoping to ________ his condition - he left Vietnam for the United States.






8. Flexible; yielding; adaptable In remodeling the bathroom - we replaced all the old - rigid lead pipes with new - ________ copper tubing.






9. Confirm; ratify I will not publish my findings until I ________ my results.






10. Head off; forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself; supplant Hoping to ________ any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue - the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.






11. Move faster In our science class - we learn how falling bodies ________.






12. Apparent; professed; pretended Although the ________ purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands - we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.






13. Mysterious; secret; supernatural The ________ rites of the organization were revealed only to members.






14. Unfortunate This ________ creature had never known a moment's pleasure.






15. Extend; draw out; lengthen In their determination to discover ways to ________ human life - doctors fail to take into account that longer lives are not always happier ones.






16. Addition of details; intricacy Tell what happened simply - without any ________.






17. Dirty; neglected; poor It is easy to see how crime can breed in such a ________ neighborhood.






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






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






20. Stuffy; boringly conservative For a young person - Winston seems remarkably ________: you'd expect someone of his age to have a little more life.






21. Difference; condition of inequality The ________ in their ages made no difference at all.






22. Include; encompass Does the general theory of relativity contradict Newtonian physics - or is Newton's law of gravity ________d into Einstein's larger scheme?






23. Unsatisfied; not soothed Her anger is ________ by your apology.






24. Wandering away from the subject Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his ________s were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.






25. Time of greatest success; prime In their ________- the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.






26. Uprightness He was renowned for his ________ and integrity.






27. Shrivel; decay. Cut flowers are beautiful for a day - but all too soon they _________.






28. Violation Because of his many ________s of school regulations - he was suspended by the dean.






29. Curse Roused from the bed at what he considered an ungodly hour - Roy muttered ________s under his breath.






30. Extreme poverty When his pension fund failed - George feared he would end his days in ________.






31. Travel; journey The tribe made their ________ further north that summer in search of game.






32. To draft for military purposes; to take for public use The policeman ________ed the first car that approached and ordered the driver to go to the nearest hospital.






33. Deliver; provide; represent He ________ed aid to the needy and indigent.






34. Ceremonial staff; clublike medieval weapon The Grand Marshal of the parade raised his ________ to signal that it was time for the procession to begin.






35. Related to marriage Their ________ ceremony was performed in Golden Gate Park.






36. Pertaining to induction or preceeding from the specific to the general The discovery of the planet Pluto is an excellent example of the results that can be obtained from ________ reasoning.






37. Place where a river can be crossed on foot Rather than risk using the shaky rope bridge - David walked a half-mile downstream until he came to the neartest ________.






38. Rider on horseback These paths in the park are reserved for ________s and their steeds.






39. Lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort When her father died - Marius did his best to ________ Cosette.






40. Form into grains Sugar that has been ________d dissolves more readily than lump sugar.






41. Ascribe; explain I ________ her success in science to the encouragement she received from her parents.






42. Overstock; fill to excess The many manufacturers ________ted the market and could not find purchasers for the many articles they had produced.






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






44. Humiliate; punish the flesh She was so ________(ied) by her blunder that she ran to her room in tears.






45. Beg persistently Democratic and Republican phone solicitors ________d her for contributions so frequently that she decided to give nothing to either party.






46. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions A good salesperson in usually an ________ - who likes to mingle with people.






47. Dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the ________ corporation.






48. Outcry When her purse was snatched - she raised such a ________ and cry that the thief was captured.






49. Rebuke; deserts After his earlier rudeness - we were delighted to see him get his ________.






50. Nook; recess Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room - an ________ adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.







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