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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 insist on pmt of debt






2. Relieving symptoms - palliate






3. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry






4. To censor






5. To forbid






6. Eager and excited (all agog with excitement)






7. (fig.) to make dirty reputation






8. Wolf-like - rapacious






9. Defying imitation - matchless - peerless






10. Inevitable






11. Rigid - disheveled






12. Sporadic






13. Not respectable in character; sordid - grubby






14. Unsolicited - unnecessary - given w/o obligation






15. Harsh discordant sound - raucous






16. Cheerful willingness to do something






17. A coward - a cur






18. Appearance of shining spectrum of colors






19. A reporobate - miscreant






20. Move about aimlessly - meander






21. Showy but cheap in quality (IKEA)






22. Quivering or shaking slightly






23. Suggestive - reminiscent; aromatic smell






24. Angered at something unjust






25. To authorize - order






26. Gloomy - morose - morbid - sullen






27. Anger provoked by unfair treatment






28. Sounding sad and mournful






29. Without substance or meaning






30. Redundancy






31. Tireless






32. Discreditable - humiliating






33. Tastelessly showy in appearance - tawdry






34. A pedantic teacher






35. To trick someone into doing something






36. To speak in an authoritative manner






37. Saturate - stain






38. A leader who gains power by manipulating emotions






39. Merrymaking






40. Beg - sponge off someone






41. Combative - bellicose






42. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner






43. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness - ungracious






44. Temporary rest






45. To express vehement protest






46. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






47. Tasteless - dull - prosaic - pallid - ponderous






48. To steal something






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






50. Noisily defiant