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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. Intensely hot; full of tribulation






2. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business






3. To lighten up or transform for the better






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






5. To soothe - abate - allay - mitigate






6. (fig.) to make dirty reputation






7. Unable to be corrected (of a person's habits/tendencies)






8. Induce to commit an unlawful act






9. Moral wickedness - depravity






10. Hardened against feeling






11. Cure-all






12. Behavior appropriate to prevailing social code - seemly - decorous






13. Occurring daily






14. Vivacity - sprightliness - brio - esprit






15. Take action to prevent from happening






16. Throwback






17. To forbid






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






19. Offensive smell; harmful - noxious - miasma






20. Accepted or popular belief






21. To insist on pmt of debt






22. An area of special knowledge






23. Something concealing true purpose - ostensible reason






24. Abusive language - 'inveigh against'






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






26. Wasteful or lavishly abundant






27. Disloyal - treacherous - quisling






28. To steal something






29. Pompous or extravagant language






30. The belief that the self is all that can be known to exist






31. Sober - sedate - prim - overly proper






32. Whimsical - sudden changes of mood






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






34. Tactful - circumspect - wary






35. To formally give up






36. Something that follows; a natural consequence






37. Effusively and tearfully sentimental






38. Dark - shadowy - gloomy






39. Frenzied






40. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible






41. To flatter for a favor - wheedle






42. Noisy uproar






43. Mischievous or wayward person






44. Unsolicited - unnecessary - given w/o obligation






45. Immoral






46. Emotional fatigue - listless






47. To develop rapidly






48. A forewarning of something bad - foreboding - portent






49. A gesture showing obedience and respect






50. To express vehement protest