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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. A scheme of classification
martinet
taxonomy
surly
glower
2. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner
solicitous
malign
nugatory
castigate
3. Drowsy - sleepy - slumberous
somnolent
simpatico
teem
beguile
4. Poverty-stricken - destitute
penurious
porcine
toothsome
frenetic
5. To evade in order to gain time to avoid an argument
capricious
voracious
tenebrous
temporize
6. So trivial as to be beneath one's consideration
piddling
renounce
repose
restive
7. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible
herculean
ablution
peevish
sojourn
8. Disloyal - treacherous - quisling
descry
muse
raconteur
perfidious
9. An intro to something more substantial
elixir
overture
cacophony
proscribe
10. (fig.) to make dirty reputation
besmirch
sophistry
luminary
hubris
11. To confuse; to cause to be in deep thought
pall
ancillary
porcine
bemuse
12. Unrestrained behavior; philandering
munificent
profligate
lassitude
sullen
13. Induce to commit an unlawful act
enmity
apocryphal
suborn
capricious
14. Concise and forcefully expressive
stalwart
reprobate
epicurean
pithy
15. Putting an end to all debate or action
impertinent
decadent
peremptory
pillory
16. A source of misery - to cause suffering
scourge
incorrigible
dogmatic
ethereal
17. A person who demands strict adherence to all regulations
churl
decadent
martinet
lupine
18. To forbid
prolix
apocryphal
desultory
proscribe
19. Lively - enjoyable - jovial
convivial
tenebrous
jocular
presage
20. Making a false outward show
gruff
masquerade
enmity
peremptory
21. Offset and mitigate the effects by contrary actions
pantheon
pontificate
ursine
countervail
22. Fearlessly brave - resolute
feral
numinous
sonorous
intrepid
23. Arrogantly domineering (imperial: regal)
raffish
imperious
discreet
galvanize
24. Return to original theme
elegiac
reprise
dogmatic
propitiate
25. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall
despot
effrontery
despot
cleave
26. Sharing an edge or connecting w/o a break
contiguous
tempestuous
elegiac
inimitable
27. Returning to pattern of bad behavior
cloying
recidivist
shrouded
gaunt
28. To authorize - order
somnolent
prescribe
euphemism
exigent
29. To steal something
sallow
ken
palliative
purloin
30. Quivering or shaking slightly
obsequious
tremulous
churl
despot
31. A group of ppl regarded as most important in a certain field
pantheon
passe
strident
galvanize
32. Ostentatiously learned
dissipation
proscribe
bumptious
pedant
33. Bear-like
lupine
elegiac
iconoclast
ursine
34. Unable to be corrected (of a person's habits/tendencies)
superannuated
repose
incorrigible
lampoon
35. Something that follows; a natural consequence
venerable
exemplary
corollary
vacuous
36. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
cloying
solipsism
sullen
impertinent
37. Exonerate
ribald
antecedent
exculpate
stipulate
38. Indifferent - casual
blithe
droll
harrowing
salutary
39. Restless
inimitable
melee
nepotism
restive
40. Misrepresent - disguise
implacable
belie
simpatico
scourge
41. Tasty
subterfuge
delectable
clarion
assuage
42. Too great to be described in words; not to be uttered
ineffable
recapitulate
jaded
clarion
43. (physically or behaviorally) pig-like
iridescent
fawn
phlegmatic
porcine
44. Defying imitation - matchless - peerless
inimitable
fitful
sheepish
province
45. Meticulous
castigate
pall
sumptuous
punctilious
46. Occurring daily
pecuniary
quotidian
grandiloquent
peevish
47. Saturate - stain
prosaic
palliative
imbrue
solicitous
48. Agreeable - gracious - affable
salutary
obstreperous
congenial
beguile
49. Showy but cheap in quality (IKEA)
tawdry
mite
exiguous
venerable
50. To chatter meaninglessly - prattle
slovenly
maunder
disreputable
supplant