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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. Dark - shadowy - gloomy






2. Combative - bellicose






3. Limber - flexible body (lithesome)






4. Sickly - yellowish in color - pallid






5. To chatter meaninglessly - prattle






6. Wasteful or lavishly abundant






7. Great beauty






8. Move about aimlessly - meander






9. Old age






10. Pernicious; threatening harm - minatory






11. Having a supernatural presence






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






13. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing






14. Existing concurrently - attendant






15. Serving no purpose or result






16. A leader who gains power by manipulating emotions






17. Worn out - wearied






18. Oppressive ruler






19. To botch - bungle






20. To stare at angrily






21. To enter a state of hysterical rapture (ecstatic joy) - groupie






22. Tasteless - dull - prosaic - pallid - ponderous






23. Something really difficult or powerful






24. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something






25. Sharp - to the point - caustic






26. Causing weeping






27. Pompous or extravagant language






28. A part of something in a supportive - dependent position






29. Cure-all






30. Generous in giving






31. The making of insistent requests






32. Source of strength; vigorous strength






33. Feeling of suffering - symPATHy






34. Unsolicited - unnecessary - given w/o obligation






35. Straight-laced - prudish






36. Fearlessly brave - resolute






37. A repeated offender






38. Lively - enjoyable - jovial






39. Not respectable in character; sordid - grubby






40. A grouch






41. Haggard and looking wasted






42. Overwhelming defeat






43. Ancestor - originator






44. The purest essence of a thing






45. Fault-finding - censorious - hypercritical






46. Sloppy - unkempt






47. Temporary rest






48. Unable to be pleased






49. Threatening






50. Chaotic - disorganized - mismanaged






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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