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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. To lighten up or transform for the better
droll
leaven
quintessence
progenitor
2. Something concealing true purpose - ostensible reason
smarmy
exigent
ragtag
pretext
3. Characterized by strong conflicting emotions
brusque
cheeky
tempestuous
interloper
4. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness - ungracious
dogmatic
frenetic
castigate
brusque
5. Fearlessly brave - resolute
eke
intrepid
herculean
reprise
6. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
numinous
impertinent
craven
churl
7. Monstrous evil
pecuniary
assail
pallid
enormity
8. Accusing in return - countering accusations
indignation
resonant
ablution
recrimination
9. Separate
discrete
redolent
ignominious
bovine
10. Take action to prevent from happening
indignation
preempt
interloper
alacrity
11. Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
hyperbole
prim
indignation
ursine
12. Temporary stay - transient - itinerant - peripatetic
sojourn
benighted
gratuitous
empirical
13. A distinguishing feature conferring prestige
poltroon
mercurial
cachet
libertine
14. Boredom - listlessness
proprietor
ennui
turpitude
despot
15. Unattractive - objectionable
elixir
cosset
invective
rebarbative
16. Melodious - pleasing to the ear - euphony
squalid
indignant
euphonious
besmirch
17. Your understanding - limits of knowledge
hyperbole
sordid
ken
inimitable
18. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner
malign
rancor
exculpate
imbrue
19. Straight-laced - prudish
pacific
prim
raffish
luminary
20. Pitifully sad - hopeless
forlorn
recalcitrant
craven
capricious
21. Long - pompous speech (n or v)
vociferous
harangue
lugubrious
pugnacious
22. An early omen
harbinger
pomp
sodden
peremptory
23. Anxious - concerned
solicitous
quixotic
winnow
hubris
24. To condemn openly
exiguous
denounce
mire
dun
25. Unsolicited - unnecessary - given w/o obligation
peregrination
mercurial
gratuitous
peevish
26. The making of insistent requests
martinet
importune
slough
superannuated
27. Novice
bemuse
lassitude
tyro
belie
28. Dark - shadowy - gloomy
tenebrous
assuage
apostate
jocular
29. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical
wrangle
captious
harlequin
pittance
30. Abusive language - 'inveigh against'
invective
denounce
gaunt
presage
31. Temporary rest from activity
ineluctable
cadge
repose
maunder
32. Return to original theme
pedagogue
convivial
forlorn
reprise
33. Too great to be described in words; not to be uttered
ineffable
cheeky
carnal
superannuated
34. A cleansing of the body
despot
rancor
redolent
ablution
35. Cheerful willingness to do something
alacrity
cacophony
interloper
convivial
36. Obscure - abstruse - little known - uncertain
poltroon
gadfly
recondite
pantheon
37. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing
sophistry
sonorous
ineluctable
abject
38. A person who seeks to overthrow mainstream ideas
taxonomy
melee
ablution
iconoclast
39. A small modest amount
exigent
piddling
modicum
simpatico
40. Exultant - filled with joy and triumph
jubilant
equanimity
craven
slough
41. Occurring daily
subterfuge
inimitable
concomitant
quotidian
42. Tireless
surly
sojourn
unflagging
gruff
43. Offensive smell; harmful - noxious - miasma
mercurial
bedraggled
noisome
curmudgeon
44. Deep-seeded mutual hatred - hostility
sullen
importune
edict
enmity
45. Bear-like
obfuscate
ursine
imbrue
peremptory
46. Of secondary importance
rancor
ancillary
peremptory
pomp
47. Frenzied
droll
fawn
ragtag
frenetic
48. Actions to appease opposing forces
melee
propitiate
aberration
sheepish
49. To split (cleft); to stick to
cleave
impertinent
solipsism
inimitable
50. Not respectable in character; sordid - grubby
disreputable
apotheosize
malefactor
titillating