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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. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






2. Wicked in the extreme






3. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






4. Extravagant exaggeration






5. To divide into two parts or branches






6. Environment; setting






7. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






8. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






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






10. Having bounds






11. Having only one side






12. The use of trickery to deceive






13. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






14. Lacking in courage and resolution






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






16. To make or grow better






17. The thing speaks for itself






18. A chain; a succession






19. Understood by only a few






20. Happening by chance






21. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






22. 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






23. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






24. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






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






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






27. Perception; understanding; knowledge






28. To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear






29. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






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






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






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






33. An indispensable thing






34. Inclined to keep quiet






35. Bitterly sarcastic






36. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






37. Brief - concise






38. Very talkative






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






40. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






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






42. A minute amount; an iota or trace






43. Being everywhere






44. To go back on a promise or commitment






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






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






47. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






48. Id est (that is)






49. Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas






50. Necessary; indispensable