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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. To trick someone into doing something
profligate
prodigal
beguile
exculpate
2. To chatter meaninglessly - prattle
suborn
maunder
acrimonious
intemperate
3. A distinguishing feature conferring prestige
sonorous
cachet
obtuse
ken
4. Without substance or meaning
obeisance
vacuous
epicurean
venerable
5. A perfect example
benighted
paragon
propitiate
gaunt
6. Supersede and replace
minatory
exculpate
bemoan
supplant
7. Abounding - swarming with
teem
provident
porcine
winnow
8. Ceremony and splendid display
mite
staunch
decadent
pomp
9. Producing good effects - beneficial
salutary
discrete
craven
panache
10. To censor
histrionic
forlorn
bowdlerize
squalid
11. To botch - bungle
succor
flub
proscribe
mendicant
12. Angered at something unjust
stipulate
tawdry
tyro
indignant
13. Representing the best of its kind
exemplary
rectitude
noisome
beguile
14. Bitterly sarcastic - sardonic
saturnine
quixotic
petulant
flout
15. Relieving symptoms - palliate
fawn
solicitous
palliative
province
16. Something that follows; a natural consequence
empirical
prolix
corollary
concord
17. Prudent - economical
heterodox
raffish
prickly
provident
18. Unable to be pleased
implacable
pontificate
tremulous
muse
19. Sleepy
pungent
pantheon
ablution
somnolent
20. High-sounding language w/little meaning
slovenly
exemplary
bombast
fulminate
21. Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
pontificate
ubiquitous
factitious
hyperbole
22. To catch sight of something difficult to see
descry
incipient
melee
incubus
23. An indirect term used in place of a more offensive one
decadent
racy
euphemism
privation
24. Internal conflict; a dissonant minority group
sophistry
faction
sinews
surly
25. A scattering of one's energy via an immodest pursuit of trivial pleasures (dissipated)
dissipation
smarmy
winnow
libertine
26. To confuse; to cause to be in deep thought
unrequited
intemperate
gruff
bemuse
27. Firm - resolute; a loyal supporter
bovine
stalwart
ennui
pilfer
28. Saturate - stain
euphemism
imbrue
obtuse
impertinent
29. A gesture showing obedience and respect
lupine
somnolent
obeisance
otiose
30. Exonerate
voluptuary
equanimity
petulant
exculpate
31. A person who demands strict adherence to all regulations
muse
martinet
pilfer
shrouded
32. An area of special knowledge
province
ursine
redoubtable
punctilious
33. Effusively and tearfully sentimental
appendage
maudlin
malefactor
spurious
34. Oppressive ruler
voracious
progenitor
reprise
despot
35. Easily irritated - cantankerous - prickly
frenetic
tautology
peevish
somnolent
36. Cowardly - pusillanimous
craven
purloin
presage
ribald
37. Making a false outward show
masquerade
iridescent
vagrant
skittish
38. Harsh discordant sound - raucous
cacophony
lowering
bristle
herculean
39. Obscure - abstruse - little known - uncertain
paragon
pall
recondite
elegiac
40. Tactful - circumspect - wary
bedraggled
propitious
discreet
quixotic
41. A group of ppl regarded as most important in a certain field
equivocal
pantheon
euphonious
soporific
42. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
unrequited
sophistry
grandiloquent
impertinent
43. An angry sullen look; to look at angrily
jubilant
incendiary
lowering
epicurean
44. A duty or obligation
incumbent (on/upon)
mercurial
motley
concomitant
45. Rudimentary - incipient; unclear: 'inchoate idea'
inchoate
recidivist
exculpate
guile
46. A pedantic teacher
pedagogue
imbrue
lowering
attenuate
47. To flatter for a favor - wheedle
lampoon
enormity
fawn
taxonomy
48. Actions to appease opposing forces
bombast
harrowing
propitiate
enormity
49. Misrepresent - disguise
passe
belie
pecuniary
solicitous
50. Whining - complaining - grumbling
incipient
querulous
noisome
pomp