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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. Returning to pattern of bad behavior






2. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness - ungracious






3. Describes a person in moral/intellectual darkness






4. Ostentatiously learned






5. Lighthearted - jocund - jocose






6. Concise and forcefully expressive






7. Managing but with great effort






8. Chastise - excoriate - assail - rebuke






9. A coward - a cur






10. A forewarning of something bad - foreboding - portent






11. Dark - shadowy - gloomy






12. Marked by favorable circumstances - auspicious






13. Suggestive - reminiscent; fragrant






14. Lacking authenticity - spurious - specious - apocryphal






15. A perfect example






16. A small modest amount






17. Sober - sedate - prim - overly proper






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






19. Temporary stay - transient - itinerant - peripatetic






20. A leader who gains power by manipulating emotions






21. The making of insistent requests






22. Harmony - in agreement






23. Abounding - swarming with






24. Not respectable in character; sordid - grubby






25. A deceiftful scheme - ruse






26. Appearance of shining spectrum of colors






27. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something






28. Induce to commit an unlawful act






29. A trite remark - banal - commonplace (platitudes)






30. Something really difficult or powerful






31. Pernicious; threatening harm - minatory






32. Flashy - loud - glaring






33. To formally give up






34. Redundancy






35. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






36. Saturate - stain






37. Prudent - economical






38. Flattering language






39. Universal - cosmopolitan - catholic






40. Something's origin






41. Oddly amusing






42. A beggar






43. An area of special knowledge






44. Angered at something unjust






45. Offset and mitigate the effects by contrary actions






46. Discreditable - humiliating






47. To ask urgently - implore - entreat






48. Source of strength; vigorous strength






49. Immoderate - lacking in self-control






50. Inactivity - no progress