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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. Wicked in the extreme






2. Characterized by or consisting of two parts or components






3. Having two opposite or contradictory ideas






4. Disparaging - belittling






5. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






6. To depart from or evade the truth






7. To prevent by interception






8. Exempli gratia (for example)






9. A warning or caution






10. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






11. Perception; understanding; knowledge






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






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






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






15. The thing speaks for itself






16. Relating to money






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






18. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy






19. Related by blood - descended from the same ancestor






20. Commonplace; trivial






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






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






23. Short lived






24. An indispensable thing






25. A person of refined upbringing - manners and taste






26. An excessive desire of gain; greediness






27. Necessary; indispensable






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






29. Full; entire; complete






30. Having bounds






31. Honesty - uprightness






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






33. Favoring social equality






34. To divide into two parts or branches






35. Environment; setting






36. Argument over the definition of words






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






38. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






39. Understood by only a few






40. Being everywhere






41. To make faulty or imperfect






42. A minute amount; an iota or trace






43. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






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






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






46. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






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






48. Happening by chance






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






50. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence







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