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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. Immoral
invective
lassitude
turpitude
perfidious
2. Melodious - pleasing to the ear - euphony
ethereal
unrequited
grandiloquent
euphonious
3. Harmful - nocuous
cleave
noxious
lithe
interloper
4. Overly idealistic
corollary
quixotic
tawdry
unbecoming
5. One who wanders w/o home or livelihood
vagrant
specter
alacrity
flout
6. Having a supernatural presence
petulant
cleave
frenetic
numinous
7. Beg - sponge off someone
prodigal
cadge
voracious
garish
8. To lament; elegiac - dolorous
proscribe
pontificate
bemoan
invective
9. Gloomy - morose - morbid - sullen
lugubrious
despot
flub
harbinger
10. Move about aimlessly - meander
supplant
interloper
gad
concomitant
11. An area of special knowledge
redolent
craven
maelstrom
province
12. Novice
palliative
galvanize
torpid
tyro
13. Old age
recalcitrant
solipsism
senescence
capricious
14. Irritable - irascible - cantankerous - prickly
shrouded
rout
harbinger
petulant
15. Vehement or clamorous - strident - obstreperous - raucous
harangue
vociferous
preempt
concord
16. Representing the best of its kind
piddling
pontificate
withering
exemplary
17. Monetary
luminary
pecuniary
renounce
smarmy
18. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)
congenial
muse
harry
squalid
19. Harsh - grating sound
strident
discrete
gad
burgeon
20. To confuse; to cause to be in deep thought
rancor
attenuate
bemuse
burgeon
21. Lavish
strident
sumptuous
spurious
staunch
22. Loud and clear
remuneration
rebarbative
clarion
voluptuary
23. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty
pedagogue
staunch
beguile
sinews
24. Expressing sorrow esp. in a slightly humorous way
scourge
nugatory
quixotic
rueful
25. Something concealing true purpose - ostensible reason
blithe
somnolent
pretext
pittance
26. A small modest amount
prescribe
cacophony
modicum
jubilant
27. Oddly amusing
ethereal
droll
raconteur
gad
28. Lively and unpredictable
skittish
rueful
bumptious
propitiate
29. Returning to pattern of bad behavior
jubilant
recidivist
ineffable
elixir
30. Abusive language - diatribe
beleaguer
mire
oblique
tirade
31. Cheerful willingness to do something
alacrity
irresolute
peevish
consortium
32. Your understanding - limits of knowledge
bumptious
intrepid
ken
exculpate
33. Agreeable - gracious - affable
congenial
porcine
ribald
peremptory
34. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter
exiguous
tyro
stalwart
bombast
35. Abounding - swarming with
obsequious
teem
pantheon
tempestuous
36. Overwhelming defeat
ebullient
poltroon
rout
congenital
37. A sneaky plan
ruse
piddling
intemperate
harbinger
38. To distress - harass
contiguous
torpid
harry
pall
39. Chaotic - disorganized - mismanaged
shambolic
apocryphal
simpatico
quotidian
40. Spurring someone into action - goad
tirade
slough
assail
galvanize
41. Ambiguous
belie
provident
toady
equivocal
42. Showy but cheap in quality (IKEA)
petulant
insipid
rakish
tawdry
43. Sly or cunning intelligence
fitful
guile
boor
ignominious
44. Scanty - meager
redolent
exiguous
lowering
renounce
45. High-sounding language w/little meaning
mercurial
resonant
reprobate
bombast
46. Inactive - any situation that remains uncultivated
dun
fallow
redolent
disreputable
47. To become rigid with anger or irritation
martinet
belie
exculpate
bristle
48. Anxious - concerned
apocryphal
cloying
solicitous
appendage
49. Morally pure
brusque
bedraggled
obstreperous
chaste
50. Of little or no importance
atavism
nugatory
dissonant
peevish