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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. An angry sullen look; to look at angrily






2. Tactful - circumspect - wary






3. So trivial as to be beneath one's consideration






4. Deprived of necessities and comforts






5. Wrapped in something protective






6. To resolve a disagreement - stop from being discontented






7. To criticize or denounce severely - excoriate - rebuke - assail - castigate






8. Speak about in a spiteful or evil manner






9. Misrepresent - disguise






10. Ostentatiously learned






11. Peaceful - halcyon






12. Anger provoked by unfair treatment






13. Dirty and disheveled






14. Occurring daily






15. Discordant - inharmonious






16. Concise and forcefully expressive






17. A leader who gains power by manipulating emotions






18. Obedient to an excessive degree






19. Source of strength; vigorous strength






20. Redundancy






21. To formally give up






22. Rigid - disheveled






23. Angered at something unjust






24. Obscure - abstruse - little known - uncertain






25. Improper - risque






26. A duty or obligation






27. Showy but having no intrinsic value - tawdry






28. Lavish






29. Behavior appropriate to prevailing social code - seemly - decorous






30. Association of businesses






31. No longer current - out of fashion - superannuated






32. Temporary stay - transient - itinerant - peripatetic






33. Overly sweet (fig.)






34. Abusive language - diatribe






35. An intro to something more substantial






36. To attack verbally - flay - excoriate - castigate






37. Actions to appease opposing forces






38. Representing the best of its kind






39. To fit together harmoniously






40. False or fake - apparently but not valid






41. Defying imitation - matchless - peerless






42. Lacking authenticity - spurious - specious - apocryphal






43. Sloppy - unkempt






44. Even-tempered - composed






45. Oppressive ruler






46. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






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






48. Embarrassed or shy - abashed






49. Moral or cultural decline - dissolute






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