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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Returning to pattern of bad behavior
recidivist
consortium
trifle
suborn
2. Lighthearted - jocund - jocose
jocular
bemoan
querulous
effrontery
3. Oppressive ruler
solipsism
despot
phlegmatic
racy
4. Pitifully sad - hopeless
obstreperous
harbinger
forlorn
supplant
5. Saturated with liquid; having drunk excess of alcohol
voracious
sodden
rancor
invective
6. A deviation from expected course (aberrant behavior)
swoon
aberration
factitious
solicitous
7. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible
churl
assail
temporize
peevish
8. Wordiness - verbose
torrid
prolix
somnolent
mendicant
9. To catch sight of something difficult to see
assail
descry
garish
intemperate
10. A reporobate - miscreant
feral
ruse
countervail
malefactor
11. Sluggish and dull
squalid
bovine
ruse
beseech
12. Bitter - cutting expression
impertinent
ancillary
acerbic
glower
13. Noisy uproar
flout
cheeky
bedlam
cacophony
14. Generous in giving
incendiary
munificent
concomitant
divest
15. Sharing an edge or connecting w/o a break
interloper
contiguous
modicum
jocular
16. Vivacity - sprightliness - brio - esprit
restive
mercurial
assail
verve
17. Mischievous or wayward person
scapegrace
chaste
acrimonious
vagrant
18. Abusive language - 'inveigh against'
disconcert
invective
churl
feral
19. Loud and clear
timorous
clarion
gadfly
countervail
20. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
brusque
impertinent
glower
swoon
21. The purest essence of a thing
pallid
quintessence
disconcert
precipitate
22. Commanding respect
venerable
jubilant
curmudgeon
jaded
23. A rude - unmannerly person with bad disposition - boor - surly
scourge
spurious
renounce
churl
24. To soothe - abate - allay - mitigate
unrequited
decorum
assuage
redolent
25. Supersede and replace
adventitious
supplant
phlegmatic
pithy
26. Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
dissipation
hyperbole
iridescent
obfuscate
27. To develop rapidly
smarmy
burgeon
taxonomy
skittish
28. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
blithe
proprietor
bombast
droll
29. Angered at something unjust
paragon
stalwart
indignant
solicitous
30. A distinguishing feature conferring prestige
obtuse
cachet
gad
hyperbole
31. Unemotional and stolid
recalcitrant
phlegmatic
somnolent
quintessence
32. To dispute angrily - squabble
wrangle
epicurean
bedlam
disconcert
33. Emotional fatigue - listless
bristle
chaste
lassitude
sordid
34. Something's origin
capricious
beleaguer
grandiloquent
provenance
35. To repeat in concise form
exemplary
slovenly
recapitulate
captious
36. Wrapped in something protective
shrouded
guile
denounce
invective
37. Representing the best of its kind
prodigal
exemplary
enmity
timorous
38. A perfect example
pathos
titillating
otiose
paragon
39. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner
harangue
malign
harbinger
intrepid
40. Beginning; in an early stage
incipient
blandishment
recalcitrant
solipsism
41. Without substance or meaning
incendiary
rancor
vacuous
passe
42. To speak in an authoritative manner
gallantry
raconteur
captious
pontificate
43. Enervated
repose
torpid
propitious
exemplary
44. Irritable - irascible - cantankerous - prickly
fulminate
succor
saturnine
petulant
45. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall
poltroon
gad
effrontery
aberration
46. Harsh - grating sound
histrionic
bombast
strident
prodigal
47. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical
ebullient
gallantry
euphonious
captious
48. Whining - complaining - grumbling
frenetic
besiege
rueful
querulous
49. A small modest amount
wane
withering
consortium
modicum
50. Even-tempered - composed
lithe
equanimity
pithy
subterfuge