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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. Whimsical - sudden changes of mood
craven
adventitious
mercurial
taxonomy
2. A coward - a cur
repartee
bumptious
poltroon
solipsism
3. Sluggish and dull
pulchritude
turpitude
melee
bovine
4. Wasteful or lavishly abundant
penurious
taxonomy
pomp
prodigal
5. To smear - traduce - malign
besmirch
divest
muse
exculpate
6. Frightening - distressing
harrowing
baleful
castigate
renounce
7. Imprudently bold - flouting social conventions
glower
shrouded
purloin
cheeky
8. To ignore or treat with disdain
congenital
temporize
mercurial
flout
9. To confuse; to cause to be in deep thought
lachrymose
iridescent
sojourn
bemuse
10. To crowd around - stifle
sullen
impertinent
besiege
timorous
11. Unconventional and slightly disreputable - rakish
ignominious
raffish
quotidian
exigent
12. Present from birth - inborn
congenital
acrimonious
bovine
concomitant
13. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical
lassitude
captious
mite
harry
14. Restless
turpitude
gadfly
faction
restive
15. Occurring daily
panache
sanctimonious
quotidian
poltroon
16. A grouch
contiguous
somnolent
curmudgeon
craven
17. Irritable - grouchy - cantankerous - irascible
prickly
countervail
venerable
mendacity
18. A beggar
cheeky
mendicant
somnolent
expurgate
19. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing
abject
iconoclast
bowdlerize
clarion
20. To be stuck (lit. or fig.) in something
euphonious
mire
squalid
cheeky
21. To repeat in concise form
redoubtable
descry
recapitulate
obeisance
22. To lighten up or transform for the better
withering
hyperbole
leaven
implacable
23. Pompous or extravagant language
poltroon
voracious
grandiloquent
modicum
24. Having a supernatural presence
suborn
numinous
provident
concomitant
25. Ambiguous
lugubrious
apotheosize
quintessence
equivocal
26. Behavior appropriate to prevailing social code - seemly - decorous
tenebrous
exiguous
decorum
inimical
27. Exultant - filled with joy and triumph
jubilant
interloper
wrangle
paragon
28. Improper - risque
mire
slovenly
racy
lupine
29. Monetary
scapegrace
epicurean
tempestuous
pecuniary
30. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner
ennui
munificent
alacrity
malign
31. Unremitting - unflagging - relentless
vociferous
inexorable
droll
ennui
32. Vivacity - sprightliness - brio - esprit
verve
soporific
pomp
modicum
33. Sly or cunning intelligence
timorous
gadfly
implacable
guile
34. Ostentatiously learned
nepotism
pugnacious
adventitious
pedant
35. A duty or obligation
preempt
incumbent (on/upon)
sheepish
passe
36. Unemotional and stolid
phlegmatic
profligate
nugatory
blandishment
37. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty
profligate
rakish
staunch
otiose
38. Anger provoked by unfair treatment
lithe
indignation
surly
hubris
39. A deviation from expected course (aberrant behavior)
ubiquitous
provident
aberration
pittance
40. Your understanding - limits of knowledge
contiguous
ken
pecuniary
capricious
41. Fidelity - faithfulness
pontificate
exculpate
wane
fealty
42. Defying imitation - matchless - peerless
inimitable
factitious
salutary
lithe
43. Worn out - wearied
trifle
scapegrace
ken
jaded
44. To condemn openly
assail
byzantine
edict
denounce
45. Formidable - arousing respect
besmirch
piddling
redoubtable
eke
46. Source of strength; vigorous strength
gadfly
sallow
sinews
effrontery
47. To insist on pmt of debt
dun
ineffable
gruff
fitful
48. To stare at angrily
craven
glower
subterfuge
taxonomy
49. To formally give up
countervail
provident
harry
renounce
50. Making a false outward show
masquerade
chaste
piddling
desultory