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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences

Subjects : english, vocabulary
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1. Without guile; open and honest Red Riding Hood's ________ comment - "Grandma - what big eyes you have!" indicates the child's innocent surprises at her "grandmother's" changed appearance.






2. Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to ________ the other.






3. Lascivious; lustful Chaucer's monk is not pious but ________ - a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.






4. Spread throughout Despite airing them for several hours - she could not rid her clothes of the ________ odor of mothbals that clung to them.






5. Compiler of a dictionary The new dictionary is the work of many ________s who spent years compiling and editing the work.






6. Agree; accept It gives me great pleasure to ________ to your request.






7. State of apathy; daze; lack of awareness In his ________ - the addict was unaware of the events taking place around him.






8. Comical parody; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous The ridiculous decision the jury has arrived at is a ________ of justice.






9. Cruel; deadly The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the ________ disease






10. Based on experience He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on ________ data.






11. Unjustified; groundless; undeserved We could not understand Martin's ________ rudeness to his mother's guests.






12. Permanent The ________ bonds of marriage are all too often being dissolved.






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






14. Vicious assault We suffered many casualties during unexpected ________ of the enemy troops.






15. Squirm - twist. He was _________(ing - no e) in pain - desperate for the drug his body required.






16. Appearance of truth; likelihood Critics praised her for the ________ of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.






17. Scandinavian myth; any legend This is a ________ of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.






18. Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances Forget about ethics! He's such an ________ that he'll vote in favor of any deal that will give him a break.






19. Atrocious; hatefully bad Hitler's ________ crimes will never be forgotten.






20. Sheer; transparent They saw the burglar clearly through the ________ curtain.






21. Desert; abandon; renounce No one expected Foster to ________ his wife and children and run off with another woman.






22. Pompous array of words After we had waded through all the ________ - we discovered that the writer had said very little.






23. Extremely obvious; loudly offensive Caught in a ________ lie - the scoundrel had only one regret: he wished that he had lied more subtly.






24. Very important On this ________ occasion - we must be very solemn.






25. Extremely small Why should I involve myself with a project with so ________ a chance for success?






26. Distress; suffering After all the trials and ________s we have gone through - we need this rest.






27. Reckon; calculate He failed to ________ the interest - so his bank balance was not accurate.






28. Pure; spotless The West Point cadets were ________ as they lined up for inspection.






29. Inborn His ________ talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.






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






31. Put on When Clark Kent had to ________ his Superman outfit - he changed clothes in a convenient phone booth.






32. Obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the ________ teachings of the ancient alchemists.






33. Steadfast She approached the guillotine with ________ steps.






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






35. Premonition; foreboding Hamlet felt a ________ about his meeting with Laertes.






36. Someone easily fooled While the gullible Watson often was made a ________ by unscrupulous parties - Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.






37. Ransack; thoroughly search When we ________d through the trunks in the attic - we found many souvenirs of our childhood days.






38. Lessening; reduction in size The blockaders hoped to achieve victory as soon as the ________ of the enemy's supplies became serious.






39. Unrefined; coarse His ________ remarks often embarrassed the women in the audience.






40. Faithless lover; flirt Swearing he had never so much as looked at another woman - Jack assured Jill he was no ________.






41. Fret; complain There is no sense ________(ing) over the work you have left undone.






42. Question closely; cross-examine Knowing that the Nazis would ________ him about his background - the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their quesions.






43. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully The hostages were held under ________ until the prisoners' demands were met.






44. Inlaid; mosaic I recall seeing a table with a ________ top of bits of stone and glass in a very interesting pattern.






45. Not active; acted upon Mahatma Gandhi urged his followers to pursue a program of ________ resistance as he felt that it was more effective than violence and acts of terrorism.






46. Check flow of blood It is imperative that we ________ the gushing wound before we attend to the other injuries.






47. Thin layer; cover Casual acquaintances were deceived by his ________ of sophistication and failed to recognize his fundamental shallowness.






48. Hasten We hope you will be able to ________ delivery because of our tight schedule.






49. Logical formula consisting of a major premise - a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument There must be a fallacy in this ________; I cannot accept its conclusion.






50. Sweet sounding The ________ sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.