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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. Feeling of suffering - symPATHy






2. To glorify






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






4. Discordant - inharmonious






5. Monstrous evil






6. Pernicious; threatening harm - minatory






7. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing






8. To become rigid with anger or irritation






9. Great beauty






10. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






11. Commanding respect






12. A reporobate - miscreant






13. Imprudently bold - flouting social conventions






14. Something really difficult or powerful






15. Indifferent - casual






16. Immoral






17. Disloyal - treacherous - quisling






18. Concise and forcefully expressive






19. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter






20. Obscure - abstruse - little known - uncertain






21. Inauthentic - specious - spurious - factitious






22. To disturb - ruffle






23. Redundancy






24. To crowd around - stifle






25. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible






26. To speak in an authoritative manner






27. Enervated






28. Accusing in return - countering accusations






29. Frenzied






30. Overly dramatic - emotional






31. Cure-all






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






33. Throwback






34. Merrymaking






35. Inactivity - no progress






36. Moral uprightness - probity






37. Payment/salary - recompense: compensate for a loss






38. An intro to something more substantial






39. Becoming boring or wearying ('it palls on me')






40. Unemotional and stolid






41. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist






42. To fit together harmoniously






43. Unattractive - objectionable






44. Bubbling with enthusiasm






45. Exonerate






46. To chatter meaninglessly - prattle






47. Offset and mitigate the effects by contrary actions






48. Ignoble actions or motives - seamy; squalid - grubby






49. Brusque or stern - discourteously blunt






50. Opportune - occurring at a favorable time