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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. To go back on a promise or commitment






2. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






3. To make vicious and defamatory statements about






4. Being everywhere






5. Course - base - instinctive






6. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






7. Honesty - uprightness






8. Lofty with pride






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






10. A natural inclination; predisposition






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






12. Relating to money






13. Understood by only a few






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






15. Whimsical; changeable






16. The use of trickery to deceive






17. Patience; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence






18. Necessary; indispensable






19. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






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






21. Of doubtful authority or authenticity






22. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






23. Brief - concise






24. Id est (that is)






25. Displaing a lack of maturity






26. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






27. Making a loud outcry






28. To make or grow better






29. A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel around which an organization is formed






30. To make faulty or imperfect






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






32. Having bounds






33. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






34. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy






35. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






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






37. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas






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






39. An indispensable thing






40. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






41. Extravagant exaggeration






42. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






43. To depart from or evade the truth






44. A chain; a succession






45. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






46. To divide into two parts or branches






47. Commonplace; trivial






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






49. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence






50. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way