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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. Having a supernatural presence
pillory
dun
penurious
numinous
2. Rule by one person
titillating
ancillary
autocrat
quintessence
3. Any oppressive burden - nemesis
incubus
melee
toothsome
cleave
4. Any increase in intensity
penurious
crescendo
histrionic
dissipation
5. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
impertinent
factitious
sanctimonious
shambolic
6. Unable to be corrected (of a person's habits/tendencies)
equivocal
subterfuge
lassitude
incorrigible
7. A source of misery - to cause suffering
iridescent
convivial
scourge
boor
8. Emotional fatigue - listless
pantheon
peregrination
sullen
lassitude
9. (n. or v.) comfort in time of distress
despot
succor
vociferous
blithe
10. To make a specific demand as part of an agreement
ignominious
libertine
querulous
stipulate
11. Without substance or meaning
expurgate
muse
quixotic
vacuous
12. Dark - shadowy - gloomy
cosset
indignation
tenebrous
simpatico
13. Causing weeping
masquerade
lachrymose
congenital
sodden
14. Old age
senescence
desultory
recrimination
remuneration
15. Indifferent - casual
blithe
delectable
glower
epicurean
16. Cure-all
modicum
panacea
pithy
disreputable
17. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)
carnal
obdurate
spurious
squalid
18. Poverty-stricken - destitute
recalcitrant
penurious
renounce
sodden
19. Beg - sponge off someone
lithe
cadge
demagogue
pithy
20. Even-tempered - composed
tyro
malign
petulant
equanimity
21. Tireless
abject
euphemism
squalid
unflagging
22. Serving no purpose or result
otiose
fawn
castigate
pallid
23. Discriminating or refined taste in food - epicure
capricious
prickly
epicurean
gratuitous
24. A distinguishing feature conferring prestige
scapegrace
ignominious
gratuitous
cachet
25. The light exchange of convo
repartee
lassitude
harlequin
bowdlerize
26. Getting rid of
divest
droll
taxonomy
ruse
27. Long - pompous speech (n or v)
peevish
vociferous
harangue
tremulous
28. Overwhelming defeat
rout
clarion
pallid
blithe
29. Misrepresent - disguise
peevish
belie
platitude
renounce
30. A nuisance
adventitious
incorrigible
pathos
gadfly
31. Tactful - circumspect - wary
discreet
maudlin
exculpate
ragtag
32. (fig.) disappearing (feelings of love)
hyperbole
exigent
evanescent
provenance
33. Chastise - excoriate - assail - rebuke
sojourn
lowering
providential
castigate
34. To catch sight of something difficult to see
venerable
jocular
descry
insipid
35. Rigid - disheveled
despot
histrionic
ragtag
gad
36. Morally pure
baleful
faction
prolix
chaste
37. A scattering of one's energy via an immodest pursuit of trivial pleasures (dissipated)
recalcitrant
jubilant
fawn
dissipation
38. Scanty - meager
quintessence
exiguous
ragtag
somnolent
39. A coward - a cur
bowdlerize
poltroon
discreet
gaunt
40. The purest essence of a thing
aberration
byzantine
abject
quintessence
41. To pamper
cosset
pulchritude
rectitude
faction
42. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing
apotheosize
abject
tempestuous
providential
43. A sneaky plan
solicitous
shrouded
titillating
ruse
44. Stubbornly asserts unproved opinion; dogma: the belief; dogmatist: the person asserting
unflagging
bemuse
timorous
dogmatic
45. Tending to stir up conflict - flames
ragtag
galvanize
incendiary
sallow
46. A person who demands strict adherence to all regulations
prim
ignominious
martinet
congenial
47. Agreeable - gracious - affable
congenial
gaunt
obdurate
dissonant
48. Pernicious; threatening harm - minatory
temporize
cheeky
baleful
harrowing
49. Unremitting - unflagging - relentless
guile
slovenly
inexorable
specter
50. Unmannerly - indecorous
prolix
boor
melee
fallow