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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. The belief that the self is all that can be known to exist
gallantry
lowering
solipsism
rebarbative
2. Suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence
proscribe
timorous
pittance
torrid
3. A grouch
curmudgeon
preempt
province
epicurean
4. Universal - cosmopolitan - catholic
muse
atavism
ribald
ecumenical
5. Any image of future disturbance
maunder
specter
bemuse
pilfer
6. Any increase in intensity
craven
proprietor
exculpate
crescendo
7. To develop rapidly
burgeon
racy
despot
descry
8. Gloomy - morose - morbid - sullen
specter
harrowing
lugubrious
taxonomy
9. Airy - delicate - insubstantial
fallow
incorrigible
ethereal
pungent
10. Cure-all
exigent
gad
edict
panacea
11. An eminent person - venerable
raconteur
expurgate
luminary
simpatico
12. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
impertinent
voluptuary
blandishment
sumptuous
13. A cleansing of the body
obstreperous
invective
maelstrom
ablution
14. Behavior appropriate to prevailing social code - seemly - decorous
pulchritude
decorum
plaintive
apocryphal
15. A perfect example
nepotism
paragon
redoubtable
sojourn
16. A leader who gains power by manipulating emotions
ablution
proprietor
reprobate
demagogue
17. To disturb - ruffle
pulchritude
squalid
disconcert
perfidious
18. Delicious meal; sexually attractive
jubilant
quotidian
toothsome
modicum
19. Unconventional and slightly disreputable - rakish
succor
raffish
prolix
ineffable
20. Cowardly behavior - pussillanimous
alacrity
subterfuge
craven
pall
21. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)
squalid
pontificate
pilfer
fealty
22. Noisy uproar
bedlam
equivocal
empirical
euphonious
23. Sleepy
countervail
resonant
spurious
somnolent
24. Requiring precise accuracy - demanding; urgent
exigent
soporific
phlegmatic
dogmatic
25. Temporary rest from activity
recondite
repose
exigent
luminary
26. Moral wickedness - depravity
overture
turpitude
cachet
plaintive
27. Misrepresent - disguise
soporific
belie
empirical
lupine
28. To botch - bungle
gratuitous
smarmy
flub
ruse
29. An angry sullen look; to look at angrily
gaunt
lowering
craven
sedulous
30. Corrupt - wicked - nefarious
venal
harlequin
progenitor
feral
31. Representing the best of its kind
titillating
provenance
exemplary
assail
32. A brawl - bedlam - skirmish
turpitude
vagrant
tempestuous
melee
33. Tending to stir up conflict - flames
beseech
consortium
effrontery
incendiary
34. Novice
guile
presage
apostate
tyro
35. Concise and forcefully expressive
peevish
blandishment
pithy
redolent
36. Gradually diminishing - ebb
fulminate
redolent
strident
wane
37. To pamper
pall
faction
garish
cosset
38. Lavish
sumptuous
slough
blandishment
insipid
39. Ancestor - originator
tautology
progenitor
jocular
garish
40. Something's origin
provenance
minatory
specter
ignominious
41. A deviation from expected course (aberrant behavior)
importune
intrepid
aberration
somnolent
42. Immature - childish - puerile
impertinent
swoon
callow
modicum
43. Prudent - economical
phlegmatic
provident
fallow
dun
44. Anxious - concerned
elegiac
solicitous
besmirch
galvanize
45. Exultant - filled with joy and triumph
recrimination
meretricious
jubilant
incorrigible
46. The making of insistent requests
congenital
importune
convivial
simpatico
47. Sickly - yellowish in color - pallid
voluptuary
harlequin
sallow
restive
48. Dishonesty
mendacity
smarmy
jubilant
brusque
49. Obedient to an excessive degree
obsequious
forlorn
turpitude
beguile
50. Cheerful willingness to do something
pontificate
enormity
alacrity
gaunt
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