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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. To divide into two parts or branches






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






3. Disparaging - belittling






4. Favoring social equality






5. To cancel - destroy - revoke - or void






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






7. Partially but not fully in existence or operation






8. (LLC) combine the liability protection of a coorporation with the tax benefits and simplicity of a partnership






9. To go back on a promise or commitment






10. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible






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






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






13. Frivolity (not serious or sensible)






14. Noticeable; also - projecting; also - leaping






15. Making a loud outcry






16. Inclined to keep quiet






17. Perception; understanding; knowledge






18. Bitter - harsh - or biting sharpness






19. Necessary; indispensable






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






21. To depart from or evade the truth






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






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






24. A natural inclination; predisposition






25. Short lived






26. An indispensable thing






27. Bitterly sarcastic






28. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating






29. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence






30. An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed or fact






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






32. To prevent by interception






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






34. Wicked in the extreme






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






36. Brief - concise






37. Having bounds






38. Understood by only a few






39. Whimsical; changeable






40. Conveying instruction; teaching some moral lesson






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






42. Id est (that is)






43. Quickness of perception or discernment (understanding)






44. To sketch - outline in a shadowy way






45. Peaceful - undisturbed - and happy






46. Course - base - instinctive






47. More than is wanted or is sufficient






48. Having only one side






49. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues






50. Displaing a lack of maturity