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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. Getting rid of






2. Rigid - disheveled






3. Wrapped in something protective






4. Returning to pattern of bad behavior






5. Wolf-like - rapacious






6. Ancestor - originator






7. An angry sullen look; to look at angrily






8. Producing good effects - beneficial






9. Exonerate






10. To be stuck (lit. or fig.) in something






11. Anxious - concerned






12. Occurring daily






13. Tireless






14. Stubborn and unmanageable - intractable - refractory






15. Managing but with great effort






16. To botch - bungle






17. A cleansing of the body






18. Accepted or popular belief






19. False or fake - apparently but not valid






20. Fearlessly brave - resolute






21. Lively - enjoyable - jovial






22. Boredom - listlessness






23. Vehement or clamorous - strident - obstreperous - raucous






24. Sharing an edge or connecting w/o a break






25. A feeling of sadness at a loss






26. Irritable - irascible - cantankerous - prickly






27. Inevitable






28. Clown - buffoon - bumbling person






29. Having a supernatural presence






30. The belief that the self is all that can be known to exist






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






32. To develop rapidly






33. Agreeable - gracious - affable






34. A small modest amount






35. Indifferent - casual






36. Formidable - arousing respect






37. Any oppressive burden - nemesis






38. A scattering of one's energy via an immodest pursuit of trivial pleasures (dissipated)






39. Sporadic






40. A group of ppl regarded as most important in a certain field






41. Tending to stir up conflict - flames






42. A deceiftful scheme - ruse






43. Present from birth - inborn






44. Whining - complaining - grumbling






45. Cure-all






46. Unable to be corrected (of a person's habits/tendencies)






47. To ask urgently - implore - entreat






48. To attack verbally - flay - excoriate - castigate






49. Sluggish and dull






50. Oddly amusing