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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. To dispute angrily - squabble






2. High-sounding language w/little meaning






3. Haggard and looking wasted






4. Pernicious; threatening harm - minatory






5. Disloyal - treacherous - quisling






6. Limber - flexible body (lithesome)






7. Stubbornly asserts unproved opinion; dogma: the belief; dogmatist: the person asserting






8. Easily irritated - cantankerous - prickly






9. Poverty-stricken - destitute






10. Tactful - circumspect - wary






11. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible






12. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall






13. Concise and forcefully expressive






14. The light exchange of convo






15. Enervated






16. Immoral






17. Sleep inducing






18. Wordiness - verbose






19. Indifferent - casual






20. Cowardly behavior - pussillanimous






21. Inactivity - no progress






22. To insist on pmt of debt






23. To attack verbally - flay - excoriate - castigate






24. Take action to prevent from happening






25. Embarrassed or shy - abashed






26. Something concealing true purpose - ostensible reason






27. To stare at angrily






28. Describes a person in moral/intellectual darkness






29. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






30. Expressing sorrow esp. in a slightly humorous way






31. To a small degree






32. Tireless






33. Moral or cultural decline - dissolute






34. To rid of undesirable parts - separate good from bad






35. An indirect term used in place of a more offensive one






36. Rigid - disheveled






37. Extremely bad - degrading; self-abasing






38. Inauthentic - specious - spurious - factitious






39. Emotional fatigue - listless






40. Effusively and tearfully sentimental






41. Present from birth - inborn






42. Brusque or stern - discourteously blunt






43. A gesture showing obedience and respect






44. Something's origin






45. The purest essence of a thing






46. To distress - harass






47. Cure-all






48. To ask urgently - implore - entreat






49. A duty or obligation






50. Showy but cheap in quality (IKEA)