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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. Mischievous or wayward person
crescendo
scapegrace
cheeky
adventitious
2. A forewarning of something bad - foreboding - portent
presage
exculpate
rancor
beseech
3. To mock - gibe - jeer
alacrity
redolent
vagrant
lampoon
4. Present from birth - inborn
prolix
obdurate
jocular
congenital
5. Cowardly - pusillanimous
ennui
rancor
prim
craven
6. Abounding - swarming with
teem
toothsome
consortium
obtuse
7. Anger provoked by unfair treatment
indignation
lassitude
elixir
assail
8. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
pantheon
impertinent
ken
gratuitous
9. Suggestive - reminiscent; fragrant
pontificate
disconcert
beguile
redolent
10. A distinguishing feature conferring prestige
sonorous
countervail
cachet
mendacity
11. Saturated with liquid; having drunk excess of alcohol
toady
sodden
maudlin
interloper
12. (of love) not returned or rewarded
unrequited
tremulous
lowering
rakish
13. Take action to prevent from happening
preempt
proprietor
obfuscate
solicitous
14. To confuse; to cause to be in deep thought
bemuse
lassitude
renounce
titillating
15. Unable to be pleased
sallow
implacable
petulant
luminary
16. To scold - find fault with - chide - reproach - reprove - rebuke - berate
callow
upbraid
slough
frenetic
17. Behavior appropriate to prevailing social code - seemly - decorous
expurgate
suborn
progenitor
decorum
18. Ancestor - originator
pallid
decorum
concomitant
progenitor
19. An eminent person - venerable
luminary
subterfuge
baleful
convivial
20. Irritable - grouchy - cantankerous - irascible
mire
ragtag
prickly
probative
21. A part of something in a supportive - dependent position
platitude
raffish
imperious
appendage
22. To crowd around - stifle
perfidious
fitful
craven
besiege
23. Restless
restive
eke
presage
implacable
24. Even-tempered - composed
equanimity
tyro
guile
adventitious
25. Occurring daily
quotidian
frenetic
pomp
belie
26. To resolve a disagreement - stop from being discontented
pittance
nugatory
conciliate
smarmy
27. Composed of a variety of sources - heterogenous - eclectic
obeisance
progenitor
solicitous
motley
28. Temporary rest from activity
turpitude
repose
demagogue
libertine
29. The making of insistent requests
upbraid
remuneration
descry
importune
30. To steal a small amount - filch
beleaguer
temporize
pilfer
perfidious
31. Brusque or stern - discourteously blunt
obdurate
harry
incorrigible
gruff
32. Fearlessly brave - resolute
harangue
intrepid
suborn
nugatory
33. Return to original theme
reprise
evanescent
gruff
incumbent (on/upon)
34. Noisy uproar
hyperbole
timorous
taxonomy
bedlam
35. Guided by practical experience
salutary
ennui
empirical
imbrue
36. To ignore or treat with disdain
remuneration
sinews
flout
lowering
37. Vivacity - sprightliness - brio - esprit
verve
sheepish
recalcitrant
mire
38. Threatening
minatory
enmity
obstreperous
soporific
39. Dirty and disheveled
sonorous
bedraggled
hyperbole
exculpate
40. To soothe - abate - allay - mitigate
assuage
pittance
recidivist
strident
41. Whimsical - sudden changes of mood
obtuse
winnow
rueful
mercurial
42. Expressing sorrow esp. in a slightly humorous way
rueful
discreet
pall
craven
43. Rule by one person
upbraid
overture
propitious
autocrat
44. A trite remark - banal - commonplace (platitudes)
concord
platitude
poltroon
tawdry
45. Spurring someone into action - goad
bemuse
galvanize
ubiquitous
rectitude
46. (n. or v.) comfort in time of distress
propitious
lithe
gad
succor
47. Whining - complaining - grumbling
querulous
beguile
expurgate
mire
48. Oppressive ruler
harlequin
flub
sonorous
despot
49. Ingratiating and wheedling in an insincere or excessive way - unctuous - fawning
besiege
porcine
smarmy
ebullient
50. A source of misery - to cause suffering
scourge
lupine
probative
proprietor
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