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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. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






2. To attack verbally - flay - excoriate - castigate






3. Feeling of suffering - symPATHy






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






5. Great beauty






6. Suggestive - reminiscent; aromatic smell






7. Fidelity - faithfulness






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






9. (physically or behaviorally) pig-like






10. Having no plan - indiscriminate - haphazard






11. No longer current - out of fashion - superannuated






12. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall






13. Deep-seeded mutual hatred - hostility






14. Tending to obstruct or harm - hostile






15. Meticulous






16. Lacking vitality - insipid - jejune - prosaic






17. Suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence






18. Characterized by strong conflicting emotions






19. To evade in order to gain time to avoid an argument






20. Beginning; in an early stage






21. Dishonesty






22. Sharing an edge or connecting w/o a break






23. Tending to stir up conflict - flames






24. Moral uprightness - probity






25. To trick someone into doing something






26. Concise and forcefully expressive






27. Indirect - misleading






28. Gradually diminishing - ebb






29. Discriminating or refined taste in food - epicure






30. Exultant - filled with joy and triumph






31. Stubbornly asserts unproved opinion; dogma: the belief; dogmatist: the person asserting






32. Worn out - wearied






33. To dispute angrily - squabble






34. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter






35. Enervated






36. Payment/salary - recompense: compensate for a loss






37. A duty or obligation






38. Rule by one person






39. Cure-all






40. A source of misery - to cause suffering






41. Volatile - whimsical - fickle - unpredictable






42. Producing good effects - beneficial






43. Engaged in deep thought; to say thoughtfully






44. One who abandons a cause or affiliation - turncoat






45. Agreeable - gracious - affable






46. Sporadic






47. Abounding - swarming with






48. Accusing in return - countering accusations






49. A coward - a cur






50. A nuisance