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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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1. Pompous or extravagant language






2. An excessive pride






3. Tasty






4. Lacking vitality - insipid - jejune - prosaic






5. A grouch






6. To mock - gibe - jeer






7. A cleansing of the body






8. To disturb - ruffle






9. Harmful - nocuous






10. Harmony - in agreement






11. Deprived of necessities and comforts






12. Opportune - occurring at a favorable time






13. Move about aimlessly - meander






14. Moral or cultural decline - dissolute






15. Discreditable - humiliating






16. Something that follows; a natural consequence






17. A tiny amount of money






18. To split (cleft); to stick to






19. Delicious meal; sexually attractive






20. Irritable - irascible - cantankerous - prickly






21. Wordiness - verbose






22. Redundancy






23. A preceding occurrence or cause or event






24. Enervated






25. Vivacity - sprightliness - brio - esprit






26. A person devoted to luxury or pleasure - hedonist






27. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something






28. To formally give up






29. To cause a negative event or situation






30. (n. or v.) comfort in time of distress






31. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)






32. Formidable - arousing respect






33. Returning to pattern of bad behavior






34. Payment/salary - recompense: compensate for a loss






35. Long - pompous speech (n or v)






36. Tasteless - dull - prosaic - pallid - ponderous






37. Wasteful or lavishly abundant






38. Showy but cheap in quality (IKEA)






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






40. To scold - find fault with - chide - reproach - reprove - rebuke - berate






41. Induce to commit an unlawful act






42. Gloomy - morose - morbid - sullen






43. Appearance of shining spectrum of colors






44. Merrymaking






45. Discordant - inharmonious






46. Noisily defiant






47. Temporary rest






48. Relating to the physical (sexual)






49. Return to original theme






50. Suggestive - reminiscent; fragrant