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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 lighten up or transform for the better






2. Suffering from nervousness or lack of confidence






3. Dirty and disheveled






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






5. To stare at angrily






6. Without substance or meaning






7. Requiring precise accuracy - demanding; urgent






8. To make a specific demand as part of an agreement






9. To resolve a disagreement - stop from being discontented






10. Overly dramatic - emotional






11. Frenzied






12. Excessively righteous






13. To split (cleft); to stick to






14. Unable to be pleased






15. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist






16. (physically or behaviorally) pig-like






17. To develop rapidly






18. Bitterness - caustic






19. To forbid






20. A decree or order - fiat






21. Noisy uproar






22. Cure-all






23. A source of misery - to cause suffering






24. Delicious meal; sexually attractive






25. Describes a person in moral/intellectual darkness






26. Bubbling with enthusiasm






27. Something concealing true purpose - ostensible reason






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






29. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible






30. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness - ungracious






31. Deep-seeded mutual hatred - hostility






32. Flattering language






33. Angered at something unjust






34. Whimsical - sudden changes of mood






35. A pedantic teacher






36. Whining - complaining - grumbling






37. Inevitable






38. Great beauty






39. Moral uprightness - probity






40. Anger provoked by unfair treatment






41. Spurring someone into action - goad






42. Sleepy






43. Universal - cosmopolitan - catholic






44. Not respectable in character; sordid - grubby






45. Abusive language - 'inveigh against'






46. To dispute angrily - squabble






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






48. To wander - travel abroad






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






50. Wrapped in something protective







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