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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words

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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1. Actions to appease opposing forces






2. Novice






3. Dishonesty






4. Flamboyant confidence of style or manner - dash - jaunty






5. Oddly amusing






6. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry






7. Lively - enjoyable - jovial






8. Cure-all






9. Producing good effects - beneficial






10. Disloyal - treacherous - quisling






11. Misrepresent - disguise






12. An early omen






13. Lively and unpredictable






14. To scold - find fault with - chide - reproach - reprove - rebuke - berate






15. To rid of undesirable parts - separate good from bad






16. A source of misery - to cause suffering






17. A person who seeks to overthrow mainstream ideas






18. Offset and mitigate the effects by contrary actions






19. Becoming boring or wearying ('it palls on me')






20. Slow to understand - witless






21. Inactive - any situation that remains uncultivated






22. To formally give up






23. (physically or behaviorally) pig-like






24. Spurring someone into action - goad






25. A scheme of classification






26. So trivial as to be beneath one's consideration






27. Serving no purpose or result






28. Stubborn and unmanageable - intractable - refractory






29. Dark - shadowy - gloomy






30. Deep-seeded mutual hatred - hostility






31. Accepted or popular belief






32. Unable to be corrected (of a person's habits/tendencies)






33. Old age






34. To excite pleasurably - erotically






35. Outmoded - antiquated






36. Tireless






37. Moral uprightness - probity






38. Accusing in return - countering accusations






39. To insist on pmt of debt






40. Inauthentic - specious - spurious - factitious






41. Ingratiating and wheedling in an insincere or excessive way - unctuous - fawning






42. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business






43. Oppressive ruler






44. Being present everywhere at once






45. A forewarning of something bad - foreboding - portent






46. Occurring daily






47. Unemotional and stolid






48. To chatter meaninglessly - prattle






49. Gradually diminishing - ebb






50. Ancestor - originator