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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. Plausible but fallacious argument - specious






2. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree - obsequious






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






4. The final result






5. Sickly - yellowish in color - pallid






6. To formally give up






7. Excessively complicated






8. Tending to stir up conflict - flames






9. The belief that the self is all that can be known to exist






10. Making a false outward show






11. Returning to pattern of bad behavior






12. To steal something






13. Improper - risque






14. Separate






15. Guided by practical experience






16. Dishonesty






17. Temporary rest from activity






18. To ignore or treat with disdain






19. Oddly amusing






20. Flamboyant confidence of style or manner - dash - jaunty






21. A cleansing of the body






22. Suggestive - reminiscent; fragrant






23. Bitter - cutting expression






24. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry






25. Internal conflict; a dissonant minority group






26. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist






27. Noisy uproar






28. Irritable - irascible - cantankerous - prickly






29. Overly dramatic - emotional






30. Behavior appropriate to prevailing social code - seemly - decorous






31. To enter a state of hysterical rapture (ecstatic joy) - groupie






32. Pompous or extravagant language






33. A feeling of sadness at a loss






34. To stare at angrily






35. Merrymaking






36. Overwhelming defeat






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






38. The purest essence of a thing






39. False or fake - apparently but not valid






40. Unremitting - unflagging - relentless






41. Imprudently bold - flouting social conventions






42. A brawl - bedlam - skirmish






43. Not respectable in character; sordid - grubby






44. To a small degree






45. Whimsical - sudden changes of mood






46. Wrapped in something protective






47. Supersede and replace






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






49. Outmoded - antiquated






50. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical