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Grad Entrance Exams Vocab - Most Important Words
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1. Something concealing true purpose - ostensible reason
propitious
pretext
agog
euphemism
2. Return to original theme
reprise
boor
recalcitrant
staid
3. Self-confidently stylish - jaunty; disreputable in appearance
rakish
cosset
interloper
libertine
4. Bitterness - caustic
acrimonious
preempt
ken
saturnine
5. Ill-tempered - irritable - fretful - irascible
numinous
guile
sinews
peevish
6. Concise and forcefully expressive
motley
pithy
provenance
decorum
7. Something that follows; a natural consequence
corollary
assuage
harlequin
dun
8. Poverty-stricken - destitute
incipient
equivocal
penurious
exiguous
9. Being present everywhere at once
empirical
invective
ubiquitous
acrimonious
10. Something's origin
provenance
somnolent
sedulous
peevish
11. Vehement or clamorous - strident - obstreperous - raucous
surly
petulant
vociferous
taxonomy
12. To glorify
mendicant
apotheosize
lampoon
carnal
13. Unemotional and stolid
pacific
punctilious
effrontery
phlegmatic
14. Overwhelming defeat
maudlin
rout
ignominious
noisome
15. Ancestor - originator
rueful
progenitor
squalid
inimical
16. To wander - travel abroad
peregrination
porcine
harry
scapegrace
17. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree - obsequious
bemuse
toady
incipient
presage
18. Unsolicited - unnecessary - given w/o obligation
mite
gratuitous
chaste
suborn
19. Happening by chance - unplanned - fortuitous
sodden
blithe
temporize
adventitious
20. Making a false outward show
punctilious
iridescent
masquerade
despot
21. Sharing an edge or connecting w/o a break
swoon
provident
ebullient
contiguous
22. To catch sight of something difficult to see
descry
lupine
ethereal
salutary
23. Returning to pattern of bad behavior
recidivist
noisome
inimical
querulous
24. To smear - traduce - malign
tawdry
besmirch
effrontery
ablution
25. Improper - risque
epicurean
racy
gruff
penurious
26. An intro to something more substantial
overture
panache
quixotic
perfidious
27. Inactive - any situation that remains uncultivated
prolix
ancillary
fallow
scathe
28. Rich in sound; spoken words that are impressive
supplant
sonorous
platitude
progenitor
29. Stubbornly asserts unproved opinion; dogma: the belief; dogmatist: the person asserting
quotidian
dogmatic
lowering
pretext
30. A repeated offender
proscribe
reprobate
agog
jocular
31. Dishonesty
inexorable
mendacity
abject
enmity
32. Hard-working - assiduous
galvanize
noxious
sedulous
redolent
33. To flatter for a favor - wheedle
unrequited
indignation
inimitable
fawn
34. Supersede and replace
lachrymose
hyperbole
supplant
glower
35. Worn out - wearied
exculpate
tautology
jaded
herculean
36. To rid of undesirable parts - separate good from bad
pecuniary
rebarbative
winnow
tirade
37. Harsh discordant sound - raucous
noisome
cacophony
exiguous
importune
38. Flashy - loud - glaring
garish
antecedent
phlegmatic
adventitious
39. Delicious meal; sexually attractive
platitude
toothsome
maelstrom
grandiloquent
40. Excessively righteous
capricious
penurious
inimical
sanctimonious
41. Sporadic
cosset
craven
fitful
sordid
42. Source of strength; vigorous strength
senescence
sinews
noxious
venerable
43. Tending to stir up conflict - flames
wrangle
pulchritude
blandishment
incendiary
44. Anger provoked by unfair treatment
munificent
ursine
indignation
unrequited
45. A part of something in a supportive - dependent position
pecuniary
faction
appendage
pallid
46. Having a supernatural presence
besmirch
harangue
numinous
obstreperous
47. Irreverent - rude - impudent - effrontery - cheek
malign
acrimonious
tremulous
impertinent
48. To harass - torment - beset
enormity
beleaguer
quintessence
temporize
49. Irritable - irascible - cantankerous - prickly
rancor
petulant
harry
strident
50. Take action to prevent from happening
indignation
concomitant
preempt
titillating