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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 indirect term used in place of a more offensive one






2. Getting rid of






3. Commanding respect






4. Unable to be pleased






5. Accepted or popular belief






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






7. Tending to obstruct or harm - hostile






8. One who wanders w/o home or livelihood






9. Straight-laced - prudish






10. Restless






11. Easily irritated - cantankerous - prickly






12. Cowardly - pusillanimous






13. Wolf-like - rapacious






14. Overwhelming defeat






15. Flamboyant confidence of style or manner - dash - jaunty






16. To flatter for a favor - wheedle






17. Dirty or wretched - abject (squalor)






18. Indifferent - casual






19. A coward - a cur






20. Flattering language






21. Whimsical - sudden changes of mood






22. Embarrassed or shy - abashed






23. Intensely hot; full of tribulation






24. Insolent and impertinent behavior - temerity - gall






25. Long - pompous speech (n or v)






26. To excite pleasurably - erotically






27. Any oppressive burden - nemesis






28. Volatile - whimsical - fickle - unpredictable






29. To a small degree






30. Exonerate






31. Cowardly behavior - pussillanimous






32. Inactive - any situation that remains uncultivated






33. Haggard and looking wasted






34. Dark - shadowy - gloomy






35. Noisy uproar






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






37. Favoritism shown to relatives






38. To glorify






39. Delicious meal; sexually attractive






40. Oppressive ruler






41. Pushy - rudely assertive






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






43. Something's origin






44. Offensive smell; harmful - noxious - miasma






45. The making of insistent requests






46. To lament; elegiac - dolorous






47. Courageous behavior






48. Beginning; in an early stage






49. Happening by chance - unplanned - fortuitous






50. To insist on pmt of debt