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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Having the odor of musk She left a trace of ________ perfume behind her.






2. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty No matter how often he hiked through the mountains - David never failed to be struck by the ________ of the Sierra Nevada range.






3. Good-fellowship - What he loved best about his job was the sense of ________ he and his co-workers shared.






4. 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.






5. Direct financial aid by government - etc. Without this ________ - American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.






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






7. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of Little Orphan Annie truly ________d the stocks Daddy Warbucks ave her - whose value appreciated considerably over the years.






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






9. Vexation; disappointment - Her refusal to go with us filled us with ________.






10. Double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his ________ in this affair - as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.






11. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback Martin seemed an ________ to his Tuscan ancestors who lavished great care on their small plots of soil.






12. Having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause The editorials in this periodical are ________ rather than truth-seeking.






13. Supporting bar The engineer calculated that the ________ supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.






14. Discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use ________ to achieve certain effects.






15. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body - Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a ________ by purging the soul of base concepts.






16. Gigantic The ________ corporations of the twentieth century are a mixed blessing






17. Sink The sailors decided to ________ their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.






18. Lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined Looking over the bare - unheated room with its hard cot - he wondered what he was doing in such ________ quarters. Only his ________ sense of duty kept him at his post.






19. Yielding He was ________ and ready to go along with his friends' desires.






20. Student of the history and science of humankind ________s have discovered several relics of prehistoric humans in this area.






21. Obligated; indebted Since I do not wish to be ________ to anyone - I cannot accept this favor.






22. Steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own The editor could tell that the writer had ________d parts of the article; he could recognize whole paragraphs from the original source.






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






24. Foremost in importance; supreme Proper nutrition and hygiene are of ________ importance in adolescent development and growth.






25. Sensitive; irascible Do not discuss this phase of the problem as he is very ________ about it.






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






27. Conference The peace ________ has not produced the anticipated truce.






28. Pester; annoy She was forced to change her telephone number because she was ________ed by obscene phone calls.






29. Struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry. The twins briefly ________d - wrestling to see which of them would get the toy. When their big brother yelled - "Let go of my Gameboy!" they scuffled off down the hall.






30. Disagree In a landmark Supreme Court decision - Justice Marshall ________ed from the majority opinion.






31. Refer indirectly Try not to ________ to this matter in his presence because the topic annoys him.






32. Derived byreasoning If we accept your premise - your conclusions are easily ________.






33. Filled Since this enterprise is ________ with danger - I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks.






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






35. Unchanging; lacking development Nothing had changed at home; things were ________ there






36. Avoid committing oneself; gain time I cannot permit you to ________ any longer; I must have a definite answer today.






37. Reproduce; duplicate To the chagrin of the scientists - they were unable to ________ the results of their controversial experiment.






38. Indifferent He felt ________ about the conditions he had observed and did not care to fight against them.






39. Small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation The thousands of ________s on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.






40. Damp The walls of the dungeon were ________ and slimy.






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






42. Indecent; obscene She took offense at his ________ remarks.






43. Attach I shall ________ this chart to my report.






44. Not native; strange Because of his ________ headdress - he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.






45. Unprejudiced The only ________ person in the room was the judge.






46. Explanatory; serving to explain The mannual that came with my VCR was no masterpiece of ________ prose: its explanations were so garbled that I couldn't even figure out how to rewind a tape.






47. 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 ________.






48. Violent anguish The ________ of despair can be as devastating as the spasms accompanying physical pain.






49. Doctrine of self-denial We find ________ practiced in many monastries.






50. Moving force; incentive; stimulus A new federal highway program would create jobs and five added ________ to our economic recovery.