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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Injury to the body The riot was marked not only by ________ - with its attendant loss of life and limb - but also by arson and pillage.






2. Suppress; extinguish; inhibit Halfway through the boring lecture - Laura gave up trying to ________ her yawns.






3. Tear or rip; split The conflict over abortion threatens to split our nation - creating a ________ in the social fabric that will be difficult to mend.






4. Homeless wanderer Because he was a stranger in town with no visible means of support - Martin feared he would be jailed as a ________.






5. Be revealed; happen When Austen writes the sentence "It had just ________d that he had left gaming debts behind him -" her meaning is not that the debts had just been incurred - but the the shocking news had just leaked out.






6. Amount produced; crop; income on investment. An experienced farmer can estimate the annual _________ of his acres with surprising accuracy.






7. Lose animation; lose strength In stories - lovelorn damsels used to ________ and pine away.






8. Connection I fail to see the ________ that binds these two widely separated events.






9. Real being As soon as the charter was adopted - the United Nations became an ________ and had to be considered as a factor in world diplomacy.






10. Frankness - The ________ and simplicity of his speech impressed all - it was all clear he held nothing back.






11. Person hardened in sin - devoid of a sense of decency I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the ________ you say he is.






12. Unity of pitch; complete accord The choir sang in ________.






13. Dismay; shock We were ________led by the horrifying conditions in the city's jails.






14. Infamy; vilification He refused to defend himself against the slander and ________ hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.






15. Totally clear; definite; outspoken Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be ________ about what's bugging you.






16. Childish; infantlike When will he outgrow such ________ behavior?






17. Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests - The ________ was defeated when its scheme was discovered.






18. Joyous; celebratory Their wedding in the park was a ________ occasion.






19. Pride; arrogance I resent his ________ because he is no better than we are.






20. Given to unwholesome thought; gloomy These ________ speculations are dangerous; we must lighten our spirits by emphasizing more pleasant matters.






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






22. Method or system of government When a Frenchman mentions the Old ________ - he refers to the government existing before the revolution.






23. Trader The ________ exchanged trinkets for the natives' furs.






24. Stroke; loss of consciousness followed by paralysis He was crippled by an attack of ________.






25. Good-naturedly ridiculing They resented his ________ remarks because they misinterpreted his teasing as sarcasm.






26. Bizzare; peculiar; unconventional The eccentric professor who engages in markedly ________ behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.






27. Stubborn; persistent He is bound to succeed because his ________ nature will not permit him to quit.






28. Large volume He spent much time in the libraries poring over ancient ________s.






29. Pertaining to ships or navigation The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships - logbooks - anchors and many other items of a ________ nature.






30. Written command issued by a court.The hero of Leonard's novel is a process server who invents unorthodox ways of serving _________s on reluctant parties.






31. Compulsion; repression of feelings There was a feeling of ________ in the room because no one dared to criticize the speaker.






32. Lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree In Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly sang and danced his way throughtthe lighthearted title number in a properly ________ style.






33. Very small quantity She hadn't an ________ of common sense.






34. Not reciprocated Suffering the pangs of ________ love - Olivia rebukes Cesario for his hard-heartedness.






35. Intellectuals; members of the educated elite She preferred discussions about sports and politics to the literary conversations of the ________.






36. Weaken; sap The recent corruption scandals have ________d many people's faith in the city government.






37. Demanding much work or care; tedious In putting together his dictionary of the English language - Doctor Johnson undertook a ________ task.






38. Study of fish Jacques Cousteau's rpograms about sea life have advanced the cause of ________.






39. Stout; corpulent The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as ________ rather than fat.






40. Having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious Even though your argument is ________ - I still would like to have more proof.






41. Shameless; bold; unconcealed Shocked by Huck Finn's ________ lies - Miss Watson prayed the good Lord would give him a sense of his unregenerate wickedness.






42. Filled to capacity; abundantly supplied The book is ________ with humorous situations.






43. Outmoded "Hip" is an ________ expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.






44. Pertaining to the lungs In his researches on ________ diseases - he discovered many facts about the lungs of animals and human beings.






45. Daily A farmer cannot neglect his ________ tasks at any time; cows - for example - must be milked regularly.






46. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight After these bandages are sterilized - they are placed in ________ containers.






47. Clak volcanic rock The deposits of ________ on the mountain slopes were an indiacation that volcano had erupted in ancient times.






48. Anger ar an injustice He felt ________ at the ill-treatment of the helpless animals.






49. Move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth The general ordered the battalion to ________ in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.






50. Narrow canyon; steep - rocky cleft Terrified of heights - George could not bring himself to peer down into the ________ to see the rapids below.