Finance Your University Entrance Exams and Still Save Money
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The best way to save money on college entrance exams such as the PSAT, SAT, ACT, GMAC CAT, and/or the GRE CAT is to begin preparing early. With the help of free resources, such as this list, you can learn the basics of what you need to know and save money for something else more fun!
Listed here are popular words used in university and college entrance exams and are the basic vocabulary words you will want to incorporate into your wealth of knowledge; in essence, what to study before you study.
How to use this guide
Studying for an exam such as one of the listed above can be very overwhelming and a huge, daunting task if you have not prepared at all. You know that these tests will be coming up in the next couple of years? Months? Days? Regardless, before you spend a bunch of money on test books and online courses, take a breath and check out the list of words here. It has been split up into three separate lists; the first list has popular words that are used in business environments, the second is a list of popular GRE and third SAT. Copy down the word, then look up the definition, Making the process a part of your study. Recipe cards are very handy for this function; write the words on one side and definition on the other. Learn which part of speech the word is, along with the definition, and obviously, the spelling. This will give you the ability to get a head start before spending a bunch of money.
Popular Professional Terms
Acquiesce
| Alacrity
| Anomaly
|
|---|---|---|
Appease
| Ascetic
| Banal
|
Bane
| Censure
| Chagrin
|
Chicanery
| Choleric
| Churlish
|
Cipher
| Circumspect
| Countervail
|
Credulous
| Curmudgeon
| Demagogue
|
Deprecate
| Dubious
| Enigma
|
Ephemeral
| Epitaph
| Erudite
|
Eschew
| Expedient
| Extricate
|
Facetious
| Halcyon
| Harangue
|
Harbinger
| Hiatus
| Hyperbole
|
Idyllic
| Impertinent
| Indigent
|
Inexorable
| Interloper
| Irresolute
|
Laudable
| Loquacious
| Magnanimous
|
Misanthrope
| Mundane
| Nebulous
|
Obfuscate
| Panacea
| Pander
|
Paradigm
| Pariah
| Patronize
|
Phlegmatic
| Plethora
| Propensity
|
Proselytize
| Pundit
| Quintessence
|
Recalcitrant
| Renege
| Salient
|
Sanction
| Supercilious
| Superfluous
|
Umbrage
| Venerable
| Wanton
|
Popular GRE Words
Popular GRE words
Acolyte
Adamant
Approbation
Ascribe
Austere
Bastion
Boorish
Bumptious
Burgeon
Cajole
Cant
Chauvinism
Chimerical
Coquettish
Corpulence
Deign
Deleterious
Desultory
Diffidence
Dint
Discursive
Dupe
Ebullient
Elysian
Emendation
Engender
Ennui
Fastidious
Fodder
Fulminate
Glib
Ignominious
Incorrigible
Incumbent
Ineffable
Ingenuous
Invective
Itinerant
Knavery
Lachrymose
Laconic
Livid
Lugubrious
Maverick
Mendicant
Mercurial
Mordant
Nugatory
Obdurate
Odious
Ostentatious
Pastiche
Paucity
Pejorative
Penchant
Penitent
Penurious
Perfidy
Perfunctory
Pernicious
Perspicacious
Petulant
Precocious
Pristine
Prodigal
Progenitor
Pugnacious
Pungent
Pusillanimous
Rancor
Recondite
Repose
Respite
Rife
Risible
Sardonic
Saturnine
Savant
Sedition
Sedulous
Solicitious
Specious
Stolid
Strident
Stultify
Subjugate
Taciturn
Tantamount
Tortuous
Travesty
Trenchant
Truculent
Turbid
Turpitude
Ubiquitous
Venal
Viscissitude
Vituperate
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Popular SAT Words
Abhor
| Abstruse
| Accolade
|
Amalgamation
| Ameliorate
| Amorphous
|
Anathema
| Anecdote
| Aspersion
|
Assuage
| Attenuate
| Auspice
|
Behoove
| Beleaguer
| Besmirch
|
Bilious
| Brackish
| Brevity
|
Callow
| Canvass
| Celebrity
|
Cozen
| Cynosure
| Dearth
|
Decimate
| Dilatory
| Dispatch
|
Duress
| Efface
| Egregious
|
Eminent
| Epithet
| Espouse
|
Evanescent
| Exacerbate
| Exculpate
|
Foment
| Foppish
| Forensic
|
Garrulous
| Grandiloquent
| Iconoclast
|
Impecunious
| Impetuous
| Impudent
|
Impunity
| Indolence
| Intransigent
|
Intrepid
| Inundate
| Invidious
|
Jocular
| Juxtapose
| Languish
|
Lurid
| Maladroit
| Marshal
|
Maudlin
| Mellifluous
| Miasma
|
Multifarious
| Nefarious
| Nepotism
|
Obstreperous
| Ostracize
| Pandemic
|
Peregrination
| Plenary
| Portend
|
Presage
| Profligate
| Propitious
|
Punctilious
| Quandary
| Querulous
|
Repudiate
| Reticent
| Retinue
|
Rhapsodic
| Ruminate
| Salubrious
|
Sanguine
| Schism
| Scintilla
|
Surfeit
| Temerity
| Temporal
|
Torpor
| Tribulation
| Truncate
|
Turgid
| Unctuous
| Usurp
|
Vacuous
| Veritable
| Vilify
|
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