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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. Discriminating or refined taste in food - epicure






2. Sluggish and dull






3. A part of something in a supportive - dependent position






4. Self-confidently stylish - jaunty; disreputable in appearance






5. Immature - childish - puerile






6. Immoral






7. Harmony - in agreement






8. A person who seeks to overthrow mainstream ideas






9. Sounding sad and mournful






10. Showing hesitancy - uncertain - shilly-shally - teeter






11. Wolf-like - rapacious






12. (of love) not returned or rewarded






13. Causing weeping






14. Rudimentary - incipient; unclear: 'inchoate idea'






15. A decree or order - fiat






16. Requiring precise accuracy - demanding; urgent






17. False or fake - apparently but not valid






18. Engaged in deep thought; to say thoughtfully






19. Boredom - listlessness






20. To flatter for a favor - wheedle






21. Worn out - wearied






22. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing






23. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist






24. To confuse in order to hide the truth






25. An area of special knowledge






26. Discordant - inharmonious






27. To censor material (unexpurgated)






28. Flashy - loud - glaring






29. To catch sight of something difficult to see






30. No longer current - out of fashion - superannuated






31. Irritable - irascible - cantankerous - prickly






32. So trivial as to be beneath one's consideration






33. Ostentatiously learned






34. Appearance of shining spectrum of colors






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






36. Actions to appease opposing forces






37. To express vehement protest






38. Plausible but fallacious argument - specious






39. Unrestrained behavior; philandering






40. To confuse; to cause to be in deep thought






41. Having a supernatural presence






42. A rude - unmannerly person with bad disposition - boor - surly






43. Tending to obstruct or harm - hostile






44. An indirect term used in place of a more offensive one






45. Haggard and looking wasted






46. A duty or obligation






47. A trite remark - banal - commonplace (platitudes)






48. High-sounding language w/little meaning






49. Sleep inducing






50. The making of insistent requests