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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. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






2. Id est (that is)






3. Wicked in the extreme






4. The thing speaks for itself






5. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






6. Having only one side






7. Deadly






8. To make faulty or imperfect






9. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






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






11. Exempli gratia (for example)






12. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






13. Course - base - instinctive






14. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






15. More than is wanted or is sufficient






16. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






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






18. Perception; understanding; knowledge






19. Full; entire; complete






20. A mild or vague word or phrase replacing one considered harsh or offensively direct






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






22. Necessary; indispensable






23. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






24. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






25. A warning or caution






26. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






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






28. 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






29. Relating to money






30. Whimsical; changeable






31. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






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






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






34. Extravagant exaggeration






35. A minute amount; an iota or trace






36. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






37. Honesty - uprightness






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






39. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






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






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






42. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas of institutions






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






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






45. Environment; setting






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






47. Seize the moment






48. Inclined to keep quiet






49. Bitterly sarcastic






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