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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. To glorify






2. Savage human behavior






3. An indirect term used in place of a more offensive one






4. False or fake - apparently but not valid






5. Sluggish and dull






6. Harmful - nocuous






7. Ostentatiously learned






8. Timid - full of apprehension - skittish






9. A preceding occurrence or cause or event






10. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing






11. Worn out - wearied






12. Sulky or gloomy - glum - dejected






13. Ceremony and splendid display






14. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry






15. An angry sullen look; to look at angrily






16. Humorously indecent - bawdy






17. Becoming boring or wearying ('it palls on me')






18. Immature - childish - puerile






19. Chastise - excoriate - assail - rebuke






20. Clown - buffoon - bumbling person






21. Harsh - grating sound






22. So trivial as to be beneath one's consideration






23. (physically or behaviorally) pig-like






24. A decree or order - fiat






25. Poverty-stricken - destitute






26. Source of strength; vigorous strength






27. Throwback






28. An early omen






29. Overly sweet (fig.)






30. A grouch






31. Tastelessly showy in appearance - tawdry






32. Discreditable - humiliating






33. Describes a person in moral/intellectual darkness






34. Sickly - yellowish in color - pallid






35. Long-standing anger/resentment - acrimony






36. A group of ppl regarded as most important in a certain field






37. Moral wickedness - depravity






38. Something that follows; a natural consequence






39. Having no plan - indiscriminate - haphazard






40. Merrymaking






41. Unmannerly - indecorous






42. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible






43. Lively - enjoyable - jovial






44. Any increase in intensity






45. To botch - bungle






46. To repeat in concise form






47. Embarrassed or shy - abashed






48. Quivering or shaking slightly






49. Whining - complaining - grumbling






50. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical