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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Corrupt - wicked - nefarious
incendiary
galvanize
venal
poltroon
2. A preceding occurrence or cause or event
antecedent
gratuitous
bemoan
sheepish
3. Temporary rest from activity
repose
rakish
concord
sodden
4. Restless
delectable
enmity
restive
craven
5. Brusque or stern - discourteously blunt
gruff
apotheosize
ineffable
insipid
6. Source of strength; vigorous strength
conciliate
pugnacious
incendiary
sinews
7. Moral uprightness - probity
progenitor
indignation
flub
rectitude
8. Plausible but fallacious argument - specious
exiguous
luminary
attenuate
sophistry
9. Payment/salary - recompense: compensate for a loss
mercurial
remuneration
sodden
obfuscate
10. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical
recalcitrant
captious
epicurean
cadge
11. Abusive language - 'inveigh against'
lupine
invective
fawn
ablution
12. Something concealing true purpose - ostensible reason
peevish
privation
chaste
pretext
13. An early omen
harbinger
proprietor
capricious
besmirch
14. Anxious - concerned
solicitous
voluptuary
malign
prolix
15. A coward - a cur
jubilant
poltroon
grandiloquent
lassitude
16. Concise and forcefully expressive
lampoon
enmity
pithy
gadfly
17. Overly dramatic - emotional
harrowing
somnolent
histrionic
indignant
18. Guided by practical experience
paragon
empirical
lampoon
autocrat
19. Noisy uproar
beleaguer
bedlam
proprietor
restive
20. Easily irritated - cantankerous - prickly
quotidian
platitude
peevish
factitious
21. Boredom - listlessness
ebullient
ken
ennui
exculpate
22. Immature - childish - puerile
callow
sullen
profligate
euphemism
23. Chastise - excoriate - assail - rebuke
equivocal
faction
cloying
castigate
24. An excessive pride
hubris
ursine
interloper
tyro
25. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner
malign
jubilant
indignation
panacea
26. Suggestive - reminiscent; fragrant
sinews
titillating
redolent
dovetail
27. Deprived of necessities and comforts
privation
minatory
scourge
presage
28. Wrapped in something protective
scathe
reprobate
obfuscate
shrouded
29. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter
ineffable
attenuate
stalwart
exemplary
30. Worn out - wearied
cloying
harlequin
jaded
enmity
31. Intensely hot; full of tribulation
factitious
torrid
rueful
antecedent
32. A skillful storyteller
rout
ecumenical
rebarbative
raconteur
33. A person who demands strict adherence to all regulations
rakish
turpitude
martinet
apocryphal
34. Ancestor - originator
tyro
bumptious
progenitor
voluptuary
35. Humorously indecent - bawdy
torpid
harry
paragon
ribald
36. Gloomy - morose - morbid - sullen
rebarbative
lugubrious
noisome
rectitude
37. Agreeable - gracious - affable
somnolent
congenial
sophistry
jaded
38. Embarrassed or shy - abashed
spurious
crescendo
prodigal
sheepish
39. Exonerate
antecedent
luminary
exculpate
maudlin
40. A perfect example
recrimination
leaven
paragon
vacuous
41. Sleepy
exigent
timorous
somnolent
squalid
42. Showy but cheap in quality (IKEA)
rakish
muse
elegiac
tawdry
43. Unwanted intruders - meddler
gadfly
euphemism
interloper
ragtag
44. A small modest amount
beleaguer
martinet
blithe
modicum
45. Association of businesses
mendicant
consortium
tawdry
sinews
46. Tasty
delectable
recidivist
shambolic
impertinent
47. Rule by one person
autocrat
providential
elegiac
turpitude
48. Throwback
motley
prim
brusque
atavism
49. Suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence
euphonious
timorous
poltroon
recapitulate
50. Generous in giving
assuage
incendiary
euphonious
munificent