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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. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






2. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






3. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






4. To make faulty or imperfect






5. Being everywhere






6. Necessary; indispensable






7. Perception; understanding; knowledge






8. To make or grow better






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






10. Honesty - uprightness






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






12. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy






13. Extremely scanty (bare)






14. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form






15. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






16. To prevent by interception






17. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






18. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






19. Seize the moment






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






21. A minute amount; an iota or trace






22. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






23. Understood by only a few






24. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






25. To divide into two parts or branches






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






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






28. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






29. An amendment to an existing will






30. Happening by chance






31. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






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






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






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






35. Exempli gratia (for example)






36. Disparaging - belittling






37. Very talkative






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






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






40. Commonplace; trivial






41. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






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






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






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






45. Argument over the definition of words






46. Relating to money






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






48. Favoring social equality






49. Lofty with pride






50. To make vicious and defamatory statements about