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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. Excessively complicated






2. Temporary stay - transient - itinerant - peripatetic






3. Unrestrained behavior; philandering






4. Without substance or meaning






5. To a small degree






6. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner






7. To disturb - ruffle






8. Obedient to an excessive degree






9. To stare at angrily






10. Too great to be described in words; not to be uttered






11. To repeat in concise form






12. Bitterness - caustic






13. The final result






14. Worn out - wearied






15. A deceiftful scheme - ruse






16. Unable to be corrected (of a person's habits/tendencies)






17. Bubbling with enthusiasm






18. Source of strength; vigorous strength






19. A beggar






20. Managing but with great effort






21. Imprudently bold - flouting social conventions






22. Requiring precise accuracy - demanding; urgent






23. To insist on pmt of debt






24. Something's origin






25. Haggard and looking wasted






26. A perfect example






27. Flattering language






28. To make a specific demand as part of an agreement






29. To dispute angrily - squabble






30. Being present everywhere at once






31. To evade in order to gain time to avoid an argument






32. A rude - unmannerly person with bad disposition - boor - surly






33. Inactive - any situation that remains uncultivated






34. Poverty-stricken - destitute






35. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)






36. To become rigid with anger or irritation






37. Monetary






38. Arrogantly domineering (imperial: regal)






39. Deep-seeded mutual hatred - hostility






40. Acts w/o moral restraint - dissolute - wanton - licentious - depraved - rake






41. Bad temper - cantankerous - fractious






42. Airy - delicate - insubstantial






43. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist






44. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






45. Discreditable - humiliating






46. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree - obsequious






47. Flamboyant confidence of style or manner - dash - jaunty






48. Sleepy






49. Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally






50. To split (cleft); to stick to