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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. A gesture showing obedience and respect
ken
obeisance
apocryphal
perfidious
2. To lament; elegiac - dolorous
bemoan
paragon
luminary
euphemism
3. Lavish
quixotic
gallantry
sumptuous
pugnacious
4. Ceremony and splendid display
pomp
racy
ablution
cacophony
5. (fig.) disappearing (feelings of love)
consortium
recalcitrant
apocryphal
evanescent
6. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter
somnolent
somnolent
incendiary
stalwart
7. Temporary rest from activity
melee
raffish
reprobate
repose
8. A forewarning of something bad - foreboding - portent
jaded
callow
presage
timorous
9. Beginning; in an early stage
incipient
martinet
panache
skittish
10. Loud and clear
clarion
probative
pallid
preempt
11. A duty or obligation
maudlin
meretricious
bedraggled
incumbent (on/upon)
12. Improper - risque
racy
smarmy
rueful
pilfer
13. Showing hesitancy - uncertain - shilly-shally - teeter
pedagogue
proprietor
recapitulate
irresolute
14. Flattering language
fulminate
paragon
factitious
blandishment
15. To become rigid with anger or irritation
bristle
penurious
gruff
mendacity
16. Gloomy - morose - morbid - sullen
lugubrious
obsequious
pathos
rebarbative
17. No longer current - out of fashion - superannuated
phlegmatic
passe
conciliate
blithe
18. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner
timorous
malign
pathos
motley
19. Something that follows; a natural consequence
wane
beguile
sojourn
corollary
20. A part of something in a supportive - dependent position
maunder
propitiate
appendage
stalwart
21. Anger provoked by unfair treatment
indignation
mercurial
demagogue
ragtag
22. Peaceful - halcyon
verve
incendiary
pacific
torpid
23. Stubborn and unmanageable - intractable - refractory
maudlin
incumbent (on/upon)
inimical
recalcitrant
24. A decree or order - fiat
edict
despot
tenebrous
sallow
25. A trite remark - banal - commonplace (platitudes)
turpitude
besmirch
corollary
platitude
26. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness - ungracious
voracious
resonant
upbraid
brusque
27. Obscure - abstruse - little known - uncertain
recondite
teem
swoon
tyro
28. Long - pompous speech (n or v)
harangue
libertine
somnolent
imbrue
29. Irritable - grouchy - cantankerous - irascible
ethereal
teem
disconcert
prickly
30. A scheme of classification
discreet
taxonomy
iconoclast
factitious
31. To speak in an authoritative manner
assuage
penurious
prickly
pontificate
32. A pedantic teacher
squalid
pedagogue
recapitulate
skittish
33. Obedient to an excessive degree
obsequious
tawdry
concomitant
delectable
34. Slow to understand - witless
obtuse
pulchritude
raffish
sheepish
35. Putting an end to all debate or action
histrionic
malign
peremptory
carnal
36. One who abandons a cause or affiliation - turncoat
wrangle
resonant
iconoclast
apostate
37. Something really difficult or powerful
chaste
sonorous
herculean
ruse
38. To express vehement protest
fulminate
effrontery
faction
toothsome
39. Representing the best of its kind
exemplary
winnow
jubilant
staunch
40. Worn out - wearied
jaded
ignominious
obeisance
mire
41. Monetary
sullen
timorous
pecuniary
unbecoming
42. Noisily defiant
obstreperous
decorum
iridescent
enmity
43. Hardened against feeling
besmirch
fulminate
obdurate
numinous
44. A nuisance
recapitulate
concomitant
gadfly
nepotism
45. Cheerful willingness to do something
alacrity
shambolic
desultory
strident
46. Easily irritated - cantankerous - prickly
panache
peevish
unrequited
beseech
47. Cowardly behavior - pussillanimous
edict
apostate
craven
agog
48. Cowardly - pusillanimous
tempestuous
martinet
lowering
craven
49. To censor
obsequious
timorous
despot
bowdlerize
50. Rule by one person
progenitor
stalwart
despot
autocrat