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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. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






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






3. Perception; understanding; knowledge






4. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






5. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components






6. Happening by chance






7. Honesty - uprightness






8. A warning or caution






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






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






11. Extravagant exaggeration






12. Inclined to keep quiet






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






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






15. Course - base - instinctive






16. An amendment to an existing will






17. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






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






19. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas






20. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






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






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






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






24. Lacking in courage and resolution






25. Wicked in the extreme






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






27. To make or grow better






28. Argument over the definition of words






29. A relationship of mutual benefit or depencence






30. Id est (that is)






31. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






32. To make vicious and defamatory statements about






33. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






34. Made up of or combining elements from varying sources






35. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






36. Understood by only a few






37. Extremely scanty (bare)






38. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






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






40. Disparaging - belittling






41. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






42. Whimsical; changeable






43. Favoring social equality






44. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






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






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






47. Seize the moment






48. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






49. Commonplace; trivial






50. To divide into two parts or branches