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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. Short lived






2. Disparaging - belittling






3. A warning or caution






4. Lacking in courage and resolution






5. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence






6. Whimsical; changeable






7. To make or grow better






8. Exempli gratia (for example)






9. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






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






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






12. Brief - concise






13. Favoring social equality






14. Displaing a lack of maturity






15. Id est (that is)






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






17. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components






18. Very talkative






19. Having only one side






20. Perception; understanding; knowledge






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






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






23. Environment; setting






24. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






25. Commonplace; trivial






26. Course - base - instinctive






27. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






28. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






29. Understood by only a few






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






31. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






32. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters - figures - or events in narrative - dramatic - or pictorial form






33. More than is wanted or is sufficient






34. Argument over the definition of words






35. Relating to money






36. The thing speaks for itself






37. Wicked in the extreme






38. Inclined to put off what ought to be done at once






39. A minute amount; an iota or trace






40. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






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






42. A chain; a succession






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






44. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






45. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






46. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






47. To make faulty or imperfect






48. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas






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






50. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor