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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Meticulous






2. To excite pleasurably - erotically






3. Sly or cunning intelligence






4. Lacking authenticity - spurious - specious - apocryphal






5. Without substance or meaning






6. To reduce in force/value (truncate: to shorten)






7. Obscure - abstruse - little known - uncertain






8. Pitifully sad - hopeless






9. Inauthentic - specious - spurious - factitious






10. Accepted or popular belief






11. Acts w/o moral restraint - dissolute - wanton - licentious - depraved - rake






12. A perfect example






13. Actions to appease opposing forces






14. Noisily defiant






15. Harmony - in agreement






16. An angry sullen look; to look at angrily






17. To condemn openly






18. Proving






19. To confuse in order to hide the truth






20. Volatile - whimsical - fickle - unpredictable






21. Ignoble actions or motives - seamy; squalid - grubby






22. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall






23. A person who demands strict adherence to all regulations






24. To mock - gibe - jeer






25. Even-tempered - composed






26. To criticize or denounce severely - excoriate - rebuke - assail - castigate






27. Bitterly sarcastic - sardonic






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






29. Deep-seeded mutual hatred - hostility






30. Rich in sound; spoken words that are impressive






31. Immoral






32. Unwanted intruders - meddler






33. Exonerate






34. Too great to be described in words; not to be uttered






35. Poverty-stricken - destitute






36. Restless






37. Plausible but fallacious argument - specious






38. To censor material (unexpurgated)






39. Tasteless - dull - prosaic - pallid - ponderous






40. Defying imitation - matchless - peerless






41. A skillful storyteller






42. Indecorous - unseemly - unfitting






43. Any increase in intensity






44. Flashy - loud - glaring






45. A deviation from expected course (aberrant behavior)






46. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness - ungracious






47. Cheerful willingness to do something






48. (of love) not returned or rewarded






49. Excessively complicated






50. Effusively and tearfully sentimental