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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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GRE Wordlist: Meanings - Complete Sentences
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1. Perfect example or embodiment Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General" in The Pirates of Penzance - Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the ________ of an officer and a gentleman.

2. Calm; pacify The crew tried to ________ the fears of the passengers by announcing that the fire had been controlled.

3. Teaching; instructional; preaching or moralizing The ________ qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more memorable than the lines.

4. Narrow-minded person - uncultured and exculsively interested in material gain We need more men of culture and enlightenment; we have too many ________s among us.

5. Having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental precesses Though Jack was emotionally immature - his ________ development was admirable; he was very advanced intellectually.

6. Make numb; stun; amaze Disapproving of drugs in general - Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might ________ her.

7. Not developed; elementary His dancing was limited to a few ________ steps.

8. Diminish; undermine The element kryptonite had an unhealthy effect on Superman: it ________ped his strength.

9. Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him reading was purposeful - not ________.

10. Hatch; scheme Inasmuch as our supply of electricity is cut off - we shall have to rely on the hens to ________ these eggs.

11. Ornament a metal surface by indenting - With his hammer - he carefully ________d an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.

12. Compensating; rewarding I find my new work so ________ that I may not return to my previous employment.

13. Mar; disfigure If you ________ a library book - you will have to pay a hefty fine.

14. Attractive; agreeable I would rather have a poor and ________ wife than a rich and homely one.

15. Secret; mysterious What was ________ to us was clear to the psychologist.

16. Unfriendly; hostile She felt that they were ________ and were hoping for her downfall.

17. Shut; close A blood clot ________d an artery to the heart.

18. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so - however - remains ________.

19. Waste He could not apply himself to any task and ________ed away his time in idle conversation.

20. Pertaining to the moon ________ craters can be plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.

21. Pretend He ________med sickness to get out of going to school.

22. Shyness You must overcome your ________ if you intend to become a salesperson.

23. Habitually silent; talking a little New Englanders are reputedly ________ people.

24. Story set to music - to be sung by a chorus - The choral society sang the new ________ composed by its leader.

25. Sharp projection form fishhook - etc.; pointed comment The ________ from the fishhook caught in his finger as he grabbed the fish.

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