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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. Hardened against feeling






2. Take action to prevent from happening






3. Sickly - yellowish in color - pallid






4. Lacking poetic beauty; commonplace - unromantic - drab






5. Managing but with great effort






6. Exultant - filled with joy and triumph






7. Opportune - occurring at a favorable time






8. To fit together harmoniously






9. Suggestive - reminiscent; aromatic smell






10. Stubborn and unmanageable - intractable - refractory






11. To condemn openly






12. A skillful storyteller






13. Serving no purpose or result






14. Sporadic






15. Accepted or popular belief






16. Unwanted intruders - meddler






17. Something that follows; a natural consequence






18. Emotional fatigue - listless






19. Indifferent - casual






20. Peaceful - halcyon






21. Tireless






22. Ostentatiously learned






23. To mock - gibe - jeer






24. Composed of a variety of sources - heterogenous - eclectic






25. Dishonesty






26. Something really difficult or powerful






27. Internal conflict; a dissonant minority group






28. Melodious - pleasing to the ear - euphony






29. To soothe - abate - allay - mitigate






30. Acts w/o moral restraint - dissolute - wanton - licentious - depraved - rake






31. Eating greedily; insatiable appetite for something






32. Pompous or extravagant language






33. Long - pompous speech (n or v)






34. An early omen






35. Cure-all






36. (of love) not returned or rewarded






37. Prudent - economical






38. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)






39. Requiring precise accuracy - demanding; urgent






40. Deprived of necessities and comforts






41. Guided by practical experience






42. To ask urgently - implore - entreat






43. Cheerful willingness to do something






44. Delicious meal; sexually attractive






45. Pushy - rudely assertive






46. Immoral






47. Supersede and replace






48. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty






49. Beg - sponge off someone






50. A reporobate - miscreant