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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. To reduce in force/value (truncate: to shorten)
quixotic
hyperbole
attenuate
exigent
2. Immoral
bedraggled
turpitude
suborn
salutary
3. Relieving symptoms - palliate
palliative
equanimity
delectable
numinous
4. Sporadic
superannuated
surly
fitful
cosset
5. Whimsical - sudden changes of mood
interloper
ribald
mercurial
maunder
6. Straight-laced - prudish
pathos
pallid
prim
demagogue
7. To forbid
discrete
proscribe
tenebrous
sallow
8. Immoderate - lacking in self-control
fallow
besmirch
intemperate
discrete
9. Hard-working - assiduous
rectitude
apocryphal
sedulous
euphemism
10. Internal conflict; a dissonant minority group
quintessence
faction
ancillary
preempt
11. Humorously indecent - bawdy
despot
effrontery
ribald
scourge
12. Vehement or clamorous - strident - obstreperous - raucous
pulchritude
redoubtable
numinous
vociferous
13. Long - pompous speech (n or v)
empirical
pacific
harangue
contiguous
14. Vivacity - sprightliness - brio - esprit
verve
perfidious
maelstrom
proprietor
15. Quivering or shaking slightly
tremulous
spurious
shambolic
churl
16. Redundancy
assuage
probative
propitious
tautology
17. Pushy - rudely assertive
heterodox
acerbic
wrangle
bumptious
18. High-sounding language w/little meaning
raconteur
flub
specter
bombast
19. Combative - bellicose
lachrymose
pugnacious
dissonant
implacable
20. Proving
pithy
probative
slough
mire
21. Unmannerly - indecorous
herculean
pilfer
boor
fealty
22. A sneaky plan
ruse
peregrination
salutary
beseech
23. Composed of a variety of sources - heterogenous - eclectic
rebarbative
motley
histrionic
somnolent
24. A cleansing of the body
despot
pillory
ablution
sheepish
25. To wander - travel abroad
peregrination
adventitious
vagrant
rout
26. Lacking poetic beauty; commonplace - unromantic - drab
progenitor
prosaic
iconoclast
malign
27. A duty or obligation
incumbent (on/upon)
pilfer
intrepid
garish
28. No longer current - out of fashion - superannuated
passe
voluptuary
torrid
titillating
29. An eminent person - venerable
motley
sallow
luminary
bumptious
30. A deviation from expected course (aberrant behavior)
pillory
mendacity
resonant
aberration
31. Not respectable in character; sordid - grubby
brusque
disreputable
racy
obdurate
32. Formidable - arousing respect
staunch
ancillary
redoubtable
belie
33. Unable to be corrected (of a person's habits/tendencies)
staid
subterfuge
pillory
incorrigible
34. Ancestor - originator
wrangle
recrimination
droll
progenitor
35. Without substance or meaning
vacuous
upbraid
pillory
tremulous
36. Beg - sponge off someone
pantheon
province
cadge
antecedent
37. Indirect - misleading
clarion
oblique
iconoclast
exculpate
38. Unattractive - objectionable
rebarbative
despot
castigate
jaded
39. Serving no purpose or result
fealty
hyperbole
sullen
otiose
40. Limber - flexible body (lithesome)
somnolent
impertinent
sanctimonious
lithe
41. Brusque or stern - discourteously blunt
gruff
hubris
maudlin
recalcitrant
42. One who wanders w/o home or livelihood
vagrant
dogmatic
tawdry
bedraggled
43. Exonerate
wrangle
exculpate
cheeky
pomp
44. Peaceful - halcyon
capricious
motley
pacific
recrimination
45. Oddly amusing
maunder
droll
platitude
shrouded
46. A grouch
incorrigible
histrionic
torrid
curmudgeon
47. Harsh discordant sound - raucous
curmudgeon
equanimity
beseech
cacophony
48. Too great to be described in words; not to be uttered
aberration
garish
rout
ineffable
49. To be stuck (lit. or fig.) in something
mire
imperious
raffish
prickly
50. Mischievous or wayward person
despot
apostate
scapegrace
obsequious