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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. Of little or no importance






2. To disturb - ruffle






3. Wolf-like - rapacious






4. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible






5. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry






6. Novice






7. Making a false outward show






8. The final result






9. False or fake - apparently but not valid






10. Actions to appease opposing forces






11. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something






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






13. The light exchange of convo






14. To catch sight of something difficult to see






15. Eager and excited (all agog with excitement)






16. An intro to something more substantial






17. To ridicule publicly






18. Rule by one person






19. Saturate - stain






20. Discordant - inharmonious






21. Intensely hot; full of tribulation






22. Immature - childish - puerile






23. Beg - sponge off someone






24. Easily irritated - cantankerous - prickly






25. Gradually diminishing - ebb






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






27. Move about aimlessly - meander






28. Enervated






29. To forbid






30. To lighten up or transform for the better






31. Prudent - economical






32. Agreeable - gracious - affable






33. To attack verbally - flay - excoriate - castigate






34. To pamper






35. Threatening






36. An excessive pride






37. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing






38. Accepted or popular belief






39. Concise and forcefully expressive






40. Sharp - to the point - caustic






41. Tending to obstruct or harm - hostile






42. Happening by chance - unplanned - fortuitous






43. To crowd around - stifle






44. To stare at angrily






45. Pitifully sad - hopeless






46. To formally give up






47. A potion falsely believed to cure






48. Producing good effects - beneficial






49. Long - pompous speech (n or v)






50. A coward - a cur