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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. Having a supernatural presence
palliative
hyperbole
presage
numinous
2. Merrymaking
capricious
passe
carousal
province
3. Something really difficult or powerful
harry
ken
herculean
byzantine
4. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist
titillating
obeisance
exigent
voluptuary
5. Making a false outward show
masquerade
toothsome
epicurean
solipsism
6. Lighthearted - jocund - jocose
verve
jocular
ethereal
cheeky
7. Anxious - concerned
ecumenical
aberration
solicitous
skittish
8. A trite remark - banal - commonplace (platitudes)
platitude
otiose
voluptuary
pillory
9. A feeling of sadness at a loss
tautology
demagogue
staunch
elegiac
10. Immoderate - lacking in self-control
passe
intemperate
obsequious
chaste
11. The final result
denouement
prescribe
scapegrace
winnow
12. Unattractive - objectionable
taxonomy
beleaguer
rebarbative
conciliate
13. Unsolicited - unnecessary - given w/o obligation
gratuitous
recapitulate
withering
incipient
14. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter
penurious
flub
stalwart
pillory
15. Whining - complaining - grumbling
burgeon
antecedent
querulous
gruff
16. Angered at something unjust
flout
indignant
voluptuary
rectitude
17. Indecorous - unseemly - unfitting
repartee
unbecoming
proscribe
edict
18. To insist on pmt of debt
sinews
dun
exigent
congenial
19. An indirect term used in place of a more offensive one
pall
demagogue
exiguous
euphemism
20. Obscure - abstruse - little known - uncertain
recondite
privation
phlegmatic
tautology
21. Lively - enjoyable - jovial
sallow
mendacity
apotheosize
convivial
22. Representing the best of its kind
contiguous
aberration
craven
exemplary
23. To forbid
purloin
proscribe
cheeky
apotheosize
24. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something
voracious
incubus
enormity
teem
25. A perfect example
ken
beguile
paragon
mire
26. Opportune - occurring at a favorable time
numinous
bemoan
peregrination
providential
27. Dark - shadowy - gloomy
swoon
venerable
tenebrous
raffish
28. Improper - risque
racy
reprobate
alacrity
mercurial
29. A person who demands strict adherence to all regulations
invective
martinet
sordid
obsequious
30. Rich in sound; spoken words that are impressive
atavism
incipient
sonorous
sedulous
31. Combative - bellicose
incipient
pilfer
pugnacious
quintessence
32. Eager and excited (all agog with excitement)
agog
gad
salutary
wane
33. Bad temper - cantankerous - fractious
surly
evanescent
ragtag
fealty
34. Misrepresent - disguise
malign
belie
reprise
droll
35. Embarrassed or shy - abashed
phlegmatic
panache
sheepish
mendicant
36. Commanding respect
beleaguer
obfuscate
trifle
venerable
37. Bitterly sarcastic - sardonic
saturnine
staid
countervail
timorous
38. Excessively complicated
ancillary
concomitant
pallid
byzantine
39. Relating to the physical (sexual)
restive
ecumenical
carnal
ineffable
40. Serving no purpose or result
otiose
maudlin
besmirch
obfuscate
41. Wolf-like - rapacious
conciliate
apocryphal
lupine
ecumenical
42. Inevitable
raconteur
assuage
ineluctable
pathos
43. Sloppy - unkempt
incipient
churl
slovenly
recondite
44. Monetary
pecuniary
withering
ineffable
salutary
45. An angry sullen look; to look at angrily
recalcitrant
lowering
otiose
staunch
46. Outmoded - antiquated
concomitant
superannuated
apostate
adventitious
47. Self-confidently stylish - jaunty; disreputable in appearance
palliative
venerable
tirade
rakish
48. Inauthentic - specious - spurious - factitious
dissipation
pantheon
apocryphal
besmirch
49. Loud and clear
clarion
sanctimonious
pittance
flout
50. To fit together harmoniously
swoon
prickly
despot
dovetail