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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. Necessary; indispensable






2. Exempli gratia (for example)






3. Environment; setting






4. Seize the moment






5. To prevent by interception






6. Deadly






7. Understood by only a few






8. Wicked in the extreme






9. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






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






11. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






12. Disparaging - belittling






13. To divide into two parts or branches






14. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






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






16. Extravagant exaggeration






17. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






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






19. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






20. To make or grow better






21. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






22. Extremely scanty (bare)






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






24. To make faulty or imperfect






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






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






27. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






28. Id est (that is)






29. Honesty - uprightness






30. The use of trickery to deceive






31. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






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






33. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






34. A natural inclination; predisposition






35. A minute amount; an iota or trace






36. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






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






38. To go back on a promise or commitment






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






40. Perception; understanding; knowledge






41. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






42. Commonplace; trivial






43. Having bounds






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






45. Very talkative






46. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them






47. Happening by chance






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






49. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






50. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void