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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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1. Hardened against feeling






2. A tiny amount of money






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






4. Tastelessly showy in appearance - tawdry






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






6. Poverty-stricken - destitute






7. To glorify






8. Lacking poetic beauty; commonplace - unromantic - drab






9. Harsh discordant sound - raucous






10. Stubborn and unmanageable - intractable - refractory






11. Agreeable - gracious - affable






12. Saturate - stain






13. Limber - flexible body (lithesome)






14. Lacking authenticity - spurious - specious - apocryphal






15. Induce to commit an unlawful act






16. Vivacity - sprightliness - brio - esprit






17. Gradually diminishing - ebb






18. Ostentatiously learned






19. Lively - enjoyable - jovial






20. Restless






21. False or fake - apparently but not valid






22. Cowardly - pusillanimous






23. Feeling of suffering - symPATHy






24. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall






25. Present from birth - inborn






26. To be stuck (lit. or fig.) in something






27. Lively and unpredictable






28. Novice






29. A forewarning of something bad - foreboding - portent






30. Bubbling with enthusiasm






31. Exonerate






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






33. To pamper






34. Expressing sorrow esp. in a slightly humorous way






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






36. Appearance of shining spectrum of colors






37. Sickly - yellowish in color - pallid






38. No longer current - out of fashion - superannuated






39. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business






40. (physically or behaviorally) pig-like






41. To cause a negative event or situation






42. Composed of a variety of sources - heterogenous - eclectic






43. Sleepy






44. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)






45. Corrupt - wicked - nefarious






46. Loud and clear






47. Long - pompous speech (n or v)






48. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry






49. The light exchange of convo






50. Fidelity - faithfulness