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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. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






3. Id est (that is)






4. To prevent by interception






5. Inclined to keep quiet






6. To divide into two parts or branches






7. To make faulty or imperfect






8. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas






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






10. Understood by only a few






11. Whimsical; changeable






12. Making a loud outcry






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






14. Displaing a lack of maturity






15. An indispensable thing






16. To depart from or evade the truth






17. A minute amount; an iota or trace






18. Favoring social equality






19. The thing speaks for itself






20. Lacking in courage and resolution






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






22. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






23. Bitterly sarcastic






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






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






26. Extremely scanty (bare)






27. Extravagant exaggeration






28. To make vicious and defamatory statements about






29. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






30. Perception; understanding; knowledge






31. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence






32. Relating to money






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






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






35. A chain; a succession






36. Seize the moment






37. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






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






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






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






41. Course - base - instinctive






42. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






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






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






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






46. Short lived






47. Exempli gratia (for example)






48. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






49. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






50. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor