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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. Bitterly sarcastic - sardonic
pall
ebullient
saturnine
gad
2. A duty or obligation
incumbent (on/upon)
ethereal
dovetail
dissipation
3. To censor material (unexpurgated)
pungent
besmirch
obdurate
expurgate
4. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something
province
nugatory
ragtag
voracious
5. Arrogantly domineering (imperial: regal)
disreputable
imperious
specter
cloying
6. Temporary stay - transient - itinerant - peripatetic
sojourn
pillory
presage
cleave
7. Return to original theme
purloin
capricious
stipulate
reprise
8. Take action to prevent from happening
decorum
trifle
preempt
superannuated
9. (of love) not returned or rewarded
exiguous
enormity
minatory
unrequited
10. A turbulent situation - bedlam - melee
lampoon
peregrination
maelstrom
presage
11. Beg - sponge off someone
cadge
concomitant
sonorous
equivocal
12. Harmful - nocuous
minatory
solicitous
forlorn
noxious
13. Meticulous
punctilious
imbrue
somnolent
poltroon
14. Offset and mitigate the effects by contrary actions
countervail
harangue
herculean
verve
15. A person who seeks to overthrow mainstream ideas
staid
suborn
iconoclast
heterodox
16. Sharp - to the point - caustic
raconteur
frenetic
pungent
scourge
17. Something's origin
dissonant
wrangle
pugnacious
provenance
18. Melodious - pleasing to the ear - euphony
brusque
bovine
obdurate
euphonious
19. A preceding occurrence or cause or event
soporific
oblique
specter
antecedent
20. Accepted or popular belief
presage
gad
pillory
heterodox
21. Something that follows; a natural consequence
bowdlerize
corollary
succor
gratuitous
22. To become rigid with anger or irritation
panache
apotheosize
bristle
bumptious
23. Great beauty
numinous
pulchritude
evanescent
recrimination
24. A part of something in a supportive - dependent position
titillating
appendage
intrepid
province
25. Flattering language
incipient
simpatico
profligate
blandishment
26. To attack verbally - flay - excoriate - castigate
pillory
titillating
recapitulate
assail
27. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty
mire
bedlam
staunch
decorum
28. Tastelessly showy in appearance - tawdry
withering
galvanize
raffish
gadfly
29. A pedantic teacher
trifle
ignominious
garish
pedagogue
30. Mischievous or wayward person
harry
scapegrace
prolix
herculean
31. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter
fitful
redoubtable
recidivist
stalwart
32. Causing weeping
lachrymose
prodigal
congenital
dovetail
33. Inevitable
beleaguer
beseech
noxious
ineluctable
34. Bitter - cutting expression
otiose
sodden
enormity
acerbic
35. Making a false outward show
maudlin
masquerade
cachet
ebullient
36. Slow to understand - witless
obtuse
palliative
fitful
hyperbole
37. Being present everywhere at once
consortium
ubiquitous
forlorn
obdurate
38. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)
assail
prescribe
superannuated
squalid
39. Dirty and disheveled
bedraggled
provident
gratuitous
pungent
40. A group of ppl regarded as most important in a certain field
pantheon
dun
somnolent
upbraid
41. Having a supernatural presence
callow
repartee
numinous
solipsism
42. To ignore or treat with disdain
cadge
recidivist
overture
flout
43. Overly idealistic
quixotic
provident
nugatory
maelstrom
44. Sly or cunning intelligence
guile
pacific
lampoon
quintessence
45. Marked by favorable circumstances - auspicious
surly
hyperbole
propitious
proprietor
46. Gloomy - morose - morbid - sullen
ecumenical
lugubrious
perfidious
pacific
47. (n. or v.) comfort in time of distress
succor
histrionic
harrowing
recidivist
48. To mock - gibe - jeer
rectitude
peregrination
lampoon
sullen
49. Favoritism shown to relatives
dogmatic
nepotism
sheepish
meretricious
50. Offensive smell; harmful - noxious - miasma
noisome
pretext
insipid
jaded