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100 Words For Every College Student

Subjects : english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Inclined to keep quiet






2. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned






3. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas






4. To utter - or express with - a snorting - exultant laugh or chuckle






5. To depart from or evade the truth






6. Bitterly sarcastic






7. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once






8. Id est (that is)






9. 'tongue-in-cheek-advice' characterized by wit and pleasantry






10. An indispensable thing






11. Course - base - instinctive






12. Making a loud outcry






13. A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion - prejudice - etc. - in order to achieve power






14. Extremely scanty (bare)






15. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






16. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






17. Seize the moment






18. Favoring social equality






19. Apparently right; superficiallly fair - just - or correct - but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible






20. Exempli gratia (for example)






21. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy






22. Disparaging - belittling






23. Lacking in courage and resolution






24. Wicked in the extreme






25. The use of trickery to deceive






26. A stock of terms used in a particular profession - subject or style; a vocabulary






27. Full; entire; complete






28. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






29. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






30. To prevent by interception






31. Without contents - empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; useless






32. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






33. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






34. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






35. An amendment to an existing will






36. A word or phrase by which anything is likened to something else; it's often introduced by 'like' or 'as'






37. Honesty - uprightness






38. Argument over the definition of words






39. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions






40. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






41. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






42. Relating to money






43. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership






44. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences with a mark or series of marks (... or for example)






45. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






46. Whimsical; changeable






47. Displaing a lack of maturity






48. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences






49. A tensely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage






50. Characterized by a narrow - often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules