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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. Lavish
motley
unflagging
sumptuous
pillory
2. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something
enormity
porcine
voracious
disconcert
3. Harmony - in agreement
vociferous
concord
pugnacious
sullen
4. Beg - sponge off someone
impertinent
cadge
obfuscate
recidivist
5. Lacking authenticity - spurious - specious - apocryphal
factitious
supplant
apocryphal
renounce
6. Bubbling with enthusiasm
ebullient
forlorn
providential
senescence
7. To ask urgently - implore - entreat
beseech
ragtag
boor
panache
8. To rid of undesirable parts - separate good from bad
withering
ragtag
enormity
winnow
9. An indirect term used in place of a more offensive one
euphemism
fallow
resonant
pedant
10. To develop rapidly
decadent
burgeon
unflagging
pithy
11. Anxious - concerned
panacea
modicum
solicitous
inexorable
12. Lively and unpredictable
skittish
ribald
castigate
irresolute
13. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner
mite
ethereal
tenebrous
malign
14. Poverty-stricken - destitute
discreet
penurious
imperious
purloin
15. Any oppressive burden - nemesis
profligate
incubus
empirical
otiose
16. One who wanders w/o home or livelihood
vagrant
minatory
provenance
swoon
17. To evade in order to gain time to avoid an argument
besmirch
temporize
pungent
irresolute
18. Dirty and disheveled
pretext
bedraggled
indignation
winnow
19. Hard-working - assiduous
sodden
sedulous
reprobate
hyperbole
20. Saturate - stain
imbrue
insipid
ebullient
obfuscate
21. Describes a person in moral/intellectual darkness
probative
benighted
dissipation
winnow
22. A nuisance
apotheosize
gadfly
stalwart
decorum
23. The light exchange of convo
flub
pungent
repartee
bemoan
24. Wordiness - verbose
staunch
prolix
ineffable
implacable
25. To reduce in force/value (truncate: to shorten)
vacuous
attenuate
apocryphal
incorrigible
26. Eager and excited (all agog with excitement)
torrid
vacuous
agog
iridescent
27. Exultant - filled with joy and triumph
staunch
concord
unrequited
jubilant
28. To flatter for a favor - wheedle
fawn
nepotism
edict
obstreperous
29. Bitterness - caustic
denouement
recondite
jubilant
acrimonious
30. Sharing an edge or connecting w/o a break
incipient
resonant
contiguous
garish
31. A skillful storyteller
porcine
interloper
raconteur
consortium
32. Being present everywhere at once
mendacity
besmirch
succor
ubiquitous
33. Offset and mitigate the effects by contrary actions
discreet
countervail
surly
tenebrous
34. Ingratiating and wheedling in an insincere or excessive way - unctuous - fawning
unbecoming
smarmy
venerable
faction
35. Unsolicited - unnecessary - given w/o obligation
gratuitous
pillory
mercurial
scapegrace
36. Limber - flexible body (lithesome)
faction
bowdlerize
brusque
lithe
37. An eminent person - venerable
lowering
leaven
luminary
recrimination
38. Cowardly behavior - pussillanimous
lowering
craven
glower
suborn
39. Overly sweet (fig.)
brusque
cloying
interloper
motley
40. Drowsy - sleepy - slumberous
somnolent
presage
faction
maudlin
41. Accusing in return - countering accusations
recrimination
timorous
bowdlerize
effrontery
42. To soothe - abate - allay - mitigate
inimitable
sallow
assuage
raconteur
43. (n. or v.) comfort in time of distress
succor
decorum
despot
progenitor
44. To resolve a disagreement - stop from being discontented
countervail
garish
conciliate
solicitous
45. Unable to be pleased
martinet
implacable
curmudgeon
redoubtable
46. Feeling of suffering - symPATHy
cacophony
cadge
pathos
martinet
47. An early omen
subterfuge
harbinger
apocryphal
recalcitrant
48. A source of misery - to cause suffering
proprietor
cosset
scourge
privation
49. A turbulent situation - bedlam - melee
maudlin
harry
propitious
maelstrom
50. A pedantic teacher
recrimination
concord
euphonious
pedagogue