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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. Putting an end to all debate or action






2. Irritable - grouchy - cantankerous - irascible






3. Stubbornly asserts unproved opinion; dogma: the belief; dogmatist: the person asserting






4. A deviation from expected course (aberrant behavior)






5. Brusque or stern - discourteously blunt






6. An area of special knowledge






7. Causing weeping






8. Delicious meal; sexually attractive






9. Sleep inducing






10. Cheerful willingness to do something






11. Pernicious; threatening harm - minatory






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






13. Ambiguous






14. Anxious - concerned






15. Having no plan - indiscriminate - haphazard






16. Sulky or gloomy - glum - dejected






17. Slow to understand - witless






18. Being present everywhere at once






19. Spurring someone into action - goad






20. Cure-all






21. Any oppressive burden - nemesis






22. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical






23. Chastise - excoriate - assail - rebuke






24. Misrepresent - disguise






25. Harsh discordant sound - raucous






26. To enter a state of hysterical rapture (ecstatic joy) - groupie






27. Drowsy - sleepy - slumberous






28. A potion falsely believed to cure






29. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty






30. Wolf-like - rapacious






31. Sly or cunning intelligence






32. Monstrous evil






33. Rule by one person






34. Sporadic






35. To speak in an authoritative manner






36. Improper - risque






37. Inactivity - no progress






38. Flattering language






39. Oddly amusing






40. Wasteful or lavishly abundant






41. To wander - travel abroad






42. To botch - bungle






43. Your understanding - limits of knowledge






44. To formally give up






45. Hardened against feeling






46. To be stuck (lit. or fig.) in something






47. Defying imitation - matchless - peerless






48. Any increase in intensity






49. Overly sweet (fig.)






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