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






2. Brief - concise






3. A warning or caution






4. To depart from or evade the truth






5. 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






6. Necessary; indispensable






7. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






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






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






10. Bitterly sarcastic






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






12. Seize the moment






13. Happening by chance






14. Extravagant exaggeration






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






16. Displaing a lack of maturity






17. More than is wanted or is sufficient






18. To make or grow better






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






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






21. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






22. Disparaging - belittling






23. Course - base - instinctive






24. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






25. Commonplace; trivial






26. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






27. Environment; setting






28. To go back on a promise or commitment






29. Full; entire; complete






30. Making a loud outcry






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






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






33. Honesty - uprightness






34. Being everywhere






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






36. Inclined to keep quiet






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






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






39. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






40. Avoiding labor and exertion; lazy






41. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






42. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






43. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






44. The thing speaks for itself






45. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






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






47. To divide into two parts or branches






48. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






49. An indispensable thing






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