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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. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






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






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






4. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






5. Being everywhere






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






7. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






8. Making a loud outcry






9. To go back on a promise or commitment






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






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






12. Bitterly sarcastic






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






14. Seize the moment






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






16. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






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






18. Extravagant exaggeration






19. The use of trickery to deceive






20. Favoring social equality






21. Logic: a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise - a minor premise - and a conclusion






22. Perception; understanding; knowledge






23. A chain; a succession






24. 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






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






26. Deadly






27. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






28. To make or grow better






29. Displaing a lack of maturity






30. A minute amount; an iota or trace






31. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






32. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






33. Brief - concise






34. To make vicious and defamatory statements about






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






36. Course - base - instinctive






37. Extremely scanty (bare)






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






39. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






40. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






41. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components






42. Of doubtful authority or authenticity






43. Argument over the definition of words






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






45. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






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






47. Commonplace; trivial






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






49. The thing speaks for itself






50. Having bounds