MajorTests PDF Vocab - Word Associations

Question 1

impeccable

Answer 1

perfect or faultless

Question 2

peerless

Answer 2

without equal

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ossified

Answer 3

fixed and rigid

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disheveled

Answer 4

messy and untidy

Question 5

unfathomable

Answer 5

cannot be worked out

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palliative

Answer 6

are designed to improve a situation without curing it

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eloquent

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well expressed and persuasive

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exuberant

Answer 8

full of life

Question 9

obstreperous

Answer 9

noisy and boisterous

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peripheral

Answer 10

what is seen at the edges of the field of view

Question 11

destitute

Answer 11

poor and without any means of support

Question 12

indelible

Answer 12

cannot be erased from the mind

Question 13

salvo

Answer 13

a burst of firing

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furlough

Answer 14

official leave of absence

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disingenuous

Answer 15

crafty

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ostensible

Answer 16

what something claims to be, but might actually not be

Question 17

debunk

Answer 17

expose or throw out wrong idea

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fabrication

Answer 18

falsification of data

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idiosyncratic

Answer 19

quirky and unique to an individual

Question 20

despotic

Answer 20

very tyrannical tyrant!

Question 21

tractable

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docile and easy to lead

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incontrovertible

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cannot be denied

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decorous

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good and correct

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pertinent

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very relevant

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avant-garde

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innovative and ahead of popular taste

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untoward

Answer 26

unforeseen

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forment

Answer 27

to stir it up (ex. trouble)

Question 28

unequivocal

Answer 28

unanimous and unhesitating

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tacit

Answer 29

implied but no spoken out loud

Question 30

egregious

Answer 30

outstandingly bad mistake

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unprepossessing

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not very attractive

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whet

Answer 32

to sharpen or intensify

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turbid

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murky and not at all clear

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parochial

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narrow and concerned with mainly local matters

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potable

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safe to drink

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flagging

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is getting less

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tortuous

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long and indirect

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tenuous

Answer 38

very slight

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enervating

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makes you feel tired

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renege

Answer 40

to back out of an agreement

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suborn

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to bribe

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duplicitous

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illegal or underhanded

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flagrant

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clear and undeniable violation

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undermine

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to weaken or overthrow

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voracious

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ready to eat anything

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vitriolic

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strong, aggressive criticism

Question 47

verdant

Answer 47

green and fertile

Question 48

disbar

Answer 48

throw out of the professions

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debilitating

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causes great weakness

Question 50

consummate

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supremely good

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default

Answer 51

to fail to keep up the payments

Question 52

meteoric

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sudden. rapid and dramatic

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pernicious

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sneaky and very harmful

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empirical

Answer 54

found by experiment or in practice

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tome

Answer 55

very big book

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ambivalent

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vague and undecided

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ostentatious

Answer 57

too showy

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trenchant

Answer 58

sharp and to the point (ex. trenchant criticism)

Question 59

prodigious

Answer 59

outstanding

Question 60

irrevocable

Answer 60

cannot be cancelled