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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. Drowsy - sleepy - slumberous
ineluctable
peevish
somnolent
mite
2. Tending to stir up conflict - flames
incendiary
perfidious
denounce
disreputable
3. A skillful storyteller
inchoate
raconteur
pomp
specter
4. Bubbling with enthusiasm
ken
panacea
craven
ebullient
5. Offensive smell; harmful - noxious - miasma
recapitulate
belie
noisome
epicurean
6. To cause a negative event or situation
purloin
taxonomy
precipitate
mendacity
7. Discordant - inharmonious
chaste
purloin
dissonant
nepotism
8. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall
vagrant
effrontery
oblique
sordid
9. Rigid - disheveled
dun
ragtag
turpitude
abject
10. To split (cleft); to stick to
cleave
incendiary
grandiloquent
maunder
11. A scattering of one's energy via an immodest pursuit of trivial pleasures (dissipated)
histrionic
muse
dissipation
peevish
12. An indirect term used in place of a more offensive one
repose
mire
euphemism
numinous
13. Emotional fatigue - listless
recidivist
solicitous
blithe
lassitude
14. Overwhelming defeat
recapitulate
delectable
stipulate
rout
15. To confuse in order to hide the truth
obfuscate
surly
byzantine
chaste
16. Wolf-like - rapacious
pretext
lupine
sordid
jubilant
17. Expressing sorrow esp. in a slightly humorous way
rueful
fawn
quixotic
meretricious
18. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty
staunch
petulant
bovine
porcine
19. To develop rapidly
prosaic
dissonant
burgeon
pittance
20. Lively - enjoyable - jovial
despot
redolent
convivial
malefactor
21. Suggestive - reminiscent; aromatic smell
iridescent
redolent
gad
oblique
22. Acts w/o moral restraint - dissolute - wanton - licentious - depraved - rake
implacable
leaven
libertine
somnolent
23. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter
craven
repartee
stalwart
maudlin
24. Pompous or extravagant language
flout
cheeky
repartee
grandiloquent
25. Your understanding - limits of knowledge
churl
empirical
fallow
ken
26. Having no plan - indiscriminate - haphazard
quotidian
desultory
sullen
inimical
27. (fig.) disappearing (feelings of love)
staid
harbinger
evanescent
wane
28. Suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence
propitiate
timorous
epicurean
pulchritude
29. Of secondary importance
soporific
ancillary
sallow
gadfly
30. The final result
denouement
appendage
inimitable
scapegrace
31. Bad temper - cantankerous - fractious
prosaic
provenance
surly
repose
32. Flashy - loud - glaring
bemoan
elegiac
obeisance
garish
33. Unable to be pleased
implacable
pontificate
sallow
callow
34. To ask urgently - implore - entreat
divest
senescence
beseech
inimitable
35. A perfect example
staunch
mite
ursine
paragon
36. Chaotic - disorganized - mismanaged
malign
shambolic
sonorous
garish
37. An excessive pride
harrowing
hubris
exigent
ancillary
38. Angered at something unjust
provident
palliative
antecedent
indignant
39. To flatter for a favor - wheedle
martinet
peevish
bovine
fawn
40. A potion falsely believed to cure
guile
elixir
carnal
gaunt
41. Being present everywhere at once
besiege
irresolute
dun
ubiquitous
42. To smear - traduce - malign
sodden
castigate
captious
besmirch
43. Courageous behavior
raffish
gallantry
belie
incorrigible
44. Excessively righteous
sanctimonious
indignation
oblique
decorum
45. Wasteful or lavishly abundant
prodigal
gad
apostate
grandiloquent
46. Move about aimlessly - meander
castigate
gad
prolix
concomitant
47. Temporary rest from activity
bristle
solicitous
repose
apostate
48. Inevitable
fulminate
peremptory
ineluctable
tautology
49. High-sounding language w/little meaning
meretricious
bombast
incumbent (on/upon)
sanctimonious
50. Opportune - occurring at a favorable time
redoubtable
mendacity
providential
rectitude