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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Waste The prodigal son ________ed the family estate.






2. Kindle; light When Desi crooned - "Baby - light my fire -" literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ________.






3. Informal discussion I enjoy our ________(ies) but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching.






4. Relating to a unifying motif or idea Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss is underlying ________ import.






5. Curse The high priest ________ the heretic.






6. Rosy; optimistic I am afraid you will have to alter your ________ views in the light of the distressing news that has just arrived.






7. Environment; means of expression His ________ is watercolors - although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs.






8. Call by bugles or trumpets; showy display The exposition was opened with ________ of trumpets and the firing of cannon.






9. Small - light sailboat or rowboat Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a ________ he could sail in the bay.






10. Beat; thrash verbally or physically It was painful to watch the champion ________ his opponent - tearing into him mercilessly.






11. Shackle The prisoner was ________ed to the wall.






12. Wrongdoing The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's ________ until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.






13. Make hostile; separate Her attempts to ________ the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.






14. Scholar Our faculty includes many worldfamous ________s.






15. Corruption; wickedness The ________ of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.






16. Protest; remonstrance Despite the teacher's scoldings and________s - the class remained unruly.






17. Explain; enlighten He was called upon to ________ the disputed points in his article.






18. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity The slow ________ of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area.






19. Servile flatterer The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the ________s in his retinue.






20. Obscene; indecent Your ________ remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.






21. Tyranny The people rebelled against the ________ of the king.






22. Rising again after defeat - etc. The ________ nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat.






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






24. Terms used in a science or art The special ________ developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse laypersons than to enlighten them.






25. Biting; sarcastic; stinging Actors feared the critic's ________ pen.






26. Not to be taken away; nontransferable The Declaration of Independence mentions the ________ rights that all of us possess.






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






28. In confusion; disorderly The excited students dashed ________ into the stadium to celebrate the victory.






29. A great quantity Refusing Dave's offer to lend him a shirt - Phil replied - "No - thanks: I've got ________s of clothes."






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






31. Cloyingly sweet She tried to ingratiate herself - speaking sweetly and smiling a ________ smile.






32. A disorderly or untidy state After the New Year's party - the once orderly house was in total ________.






33. Coarse food for cattle - horses etc. One of Nancy's chores ar the ranch was to put fresh supplies of ________ in the horses' stalls.






34. Profane; violate the sanctity of The soldiers ________d the temple.






35. Prove genuine An expert was needed to ________ the original Van Gogh painting - distinguishing it from its imitation.






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






37. Hateful I find the task of punishing you most ________.






38. Salty The slightly ________ taste of this mineral water is pleasant.






39. Uncouple; separate; disconnect A standard movie routine involves the hero's desperate attempt to ________ a railroad car from a moving train.






40. Grisly People screamed when her ________ appearance was flashed on the screen.






41. Hint; imply What are you trying to ________ by that remark?






42. Provide scantily; live very economically They were forced to ________ on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.






43. Mouthlike opening; small opening The Howe Caverns were discovered when someone observed that a cold wind was issuing from an ________ in the hillside.






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






45. Not wise I think it is ________ to raise this issue at the present time because the public is too angry.






46. Patience We must use ________ in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.






47. Flowery; ruddy His complexion was even more ________ than usual because of his anger.






48. Increase or intensify; raise in power - wealth - rank or honor The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a President may ________ his power to act aggressively in international affairs without considering the wishes of Congress.






49. Inclination; bias As a judge - not only must I be unbiased - but I must also avoid any evidence of ________ when I award the prize.






50. One who has more than one spouse at a time He was arrested as a ________ when his two wives filed complaints about him.