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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. A deviation from expected course (aberrant behavior)






2. A scattering of one's energy via an immodest pursuit of trivial pleasures (dissipated)






3. Something that follows; a natural consequence






4. To confuse in order to hide the truth






5. Discordant - inharmonious






6. Showy but cheap in quality (IKEA)






7. Sharing an edge or connecting w/o a break






8. Hardened against feeling






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






10. Cowardly behavior - pussillanimous






11. To disturb - ruffle






12. Stubborn and unmanageable - intractable - refractory






13. Flashy - loud - glaring






14. A potion falsely believed to cure






15. Intended to humiliate or mortify (with a look)






16. A deceiftful scheme - ruse






17. Threatening






18. Sulky or gloomy - glum - dejected






19. Long-standing anger/resentment - acrimony






20. Intensely hot; full of tribulation






21. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






22. To stare at angrily






23. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist






24. A forewarning of something bad - foreboding - portent






25. Moral wickedness - depravity






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






27. Monstrous evil






28. One who abandons a cause or affiliation - turncoat






29. To dispute angrily - squabble






30. Cheerful willingness to do something






31. Temporary stay - transient - itinerant - peripatetic






32. Being present everywhere at once






33. The belief that the self is all that can be known to exist






34. Brusque or stern - discourteously blunt






35. An intro to something more substantial






36. Requiring precise accuracy - demanding; urgent






37. Abusive language - diatribe






38. To soothe - abate - allay - mitigate






39. To ignore or treat with disdain






40. Anger provoked by unfair treatment






41. Any image of future disturbance






42. Lacking vitality - insipid - jejune - prosaic






43. Overly idealistic






44. Chaotic - disorganized - mismanaged






45. Overly sweet (fig.)






46. To catch sight of something difficult to see






47. To crowd around - stifle






48. Cowardly - pusillanimous






49. Returning to pattern of bad behavior






50. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall