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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. Disparaging - belittling






2. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






3. Perception; understanding; knowledge






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






5. Honesty - uprightness






6. Full; entire; complete






7. Very talkative






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






9. To make faulty or imperfect






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






11. Having bounds






12. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






13. A warning or caution






14. Whimsical; changeable






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






16. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






17. Necessary; indispensable






18. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






19. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






20. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






21. Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning






22. Extremely scanty (bare)






23. Environment; setting






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






25. Course - base - instinctive






26. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence






27. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






28. A minute amount; an iota or trace






29. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






30. A chain; a succession






31. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






32. Seize the moment






33. Being everywhere






34. An indispensable thing






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






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






37. Short lived






38. The choice and use of words in speech or writing






39. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






40. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






41. Sharp - biting - or acid in temper - expression - or tone






42. To make vicious and defamatory statements about






43. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components






44. To depart from or evade the truth






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






46. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






47. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






48. Understood by only a few






49. Nota bene (Latin meaning note well); used to direct attention to something particularly important






50. Favoring social equality