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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. To repeat in concise form
venal
recapitulate
pantheon
edict
2. Moral uprightness - probity
punctilious
rectitude
passe
withering
3. Immoderate - lacking in self-control
bedraggled
intemperate
obsequious
lachrymose
4. Noisily defiant
obstreperous
capricious
chaste
divest
5. An oppressive ruler who holds absolute power
peregrination
despot
solipsism
intrepid
6. A scattering of one's energy via an immodest pursuit of trivial pleasures (dissipated)
dissipation
withering
burgeon
ribald
7. To lament; elegiac - dolorous
temporize
galvanize
bemoan
elixir
8. Bitter - cutting expression
acerbic
tawdry
lithe
mendacity
9. Producing good effects - beneficial
salutary
impertinent
enmity
besmirch
10. Monetary
propitiate
sanctimonious
lupine
pecuniary
11. To criticize or denounce severely - excoriate - rebuke - assail - castigate
scathe
autocrat
boor
feral
12. A deceiftful scheme - ruse
subterfuge
castigate
galvanize
recidivist
13. Tasty
delectable
exculpate
scapegrace
droll
14. Tactful - circumspect - wary
simpatico
discreet
noisome
sheepish
15. Exultant - filled with joy and triumph
pontificate
jubilant
lampoon
ecumenical
16. Actions to appease opposing forces
bristle
equanimity
harrowing
propitiate
17. Dirty and disheveled
cleave
prolix
elixir
bedraggled
18. To catch sight of something difficult to see
tautology
sophistry
descry
atavism
19. To wander - travel abroad
gallantry
pantheon
droll
peregrination
20. Cowardly behavior - pussillanimous
provenance
craven
crescendo
gadfly
21. Return to original theme
pretext
denounce
reprise
abject
22. Lively - enjoyable - jovial
convivial
exigent
winnow
harrowing
23. Overly idealistic
baleful
glower
recalcitrant
quixotic
24. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry
edict
sinews
meretricious
imbrue
25. Separate
discrete
invective
repose
baleful
26. Internal conflict; a dissonant minority group
brusque
faction
titillating
feral
27. Marked by favorable circumstances - auspicious
panacea
malefactor
contiguous
propitious
28. Representing the best of its kind
exemplary
abject
harlequin
sordid
29. Lacking poetic beauty; commonplace - unromantic - drab
prosaic
inimical
somnolent
beseech
30. Unattractive - objectionable
tempestuous
renounce
otiose
rebarbative
31. Becoming boring or wearying ('it palls on me')
castigate
jaded
pall
propitious
32. Of little or no importance
mendacity
peremptory
pallid
nugatory
33. Tending to obstruct or harm - hostile
inimical
pungent
ubiquitous
incubus
34. A rude - unmannerly person with bad disposition - boor - surly
heterodox
sumptuous
churl
hyperbole
35. Emotional fatigue - listless
cheeky
gad
lassitude
euphemism
36. Abusive language - diatribe
ineluctable
porcine
tirade
despot
37. (n. or v.) comfort in time of distress
sodden
belie
succor
somnolent
38. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical
redoubtable
ethereal
somnolent
captious
39. Moral wickedness - depravity
sodden
despot
turpitude
pugnacious
40. Rich in sound; spoken words that are impressive
libertine
sedulous
besiege
sonorous
41. Inauthentic - specious - spurious - factitious
apocryphal
belie
rancor
flout
42. Merrymaking
tyro
guile
carousal
desultory
43. Excessively righteous
sanctimonious
decorum
gruff
indignant
44. A sneaky plan
venal
incumbent (on/upon)
ruse
solicitous
45. A beggar
importune
mendicant
rebarbative
somnolent
46. Improper - risque
racy
somnolent
trifle
gadfly
47. Sleep inducing
forlorn
iridescent
adventitious
soporific
48. Returning to pattern of bad behavior
hyperbole
recidivist
blandishment
antecedent
49. A source of misery - to cause suffering
stalwart
proscribe
sophistry
scourge
50. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible
vagrant
pillory
besmirch
peevish