Vocabulary for students preparing for GRE/CAT/TOEFL

1. prejudiced
S: Partial,
Slanted,
Distorted

2. Grumpy;
disagreeable
S: Choleric,
Irascible,
Waspish

3. Biting and sarcastic
S: Acrid,
Vitriolic,
Acrimonious

4. Disobedient,
rebellious
S: Unruly,
Feral,
Ferocious

5. Frequently late;
extremely slow at
work, causing
delays
S: Lingering,
Tardy,
Procrastinating

6. Contempt, disrespect
S: Derision,
Scorn,
Sneering

7. Habitually
deceptive; lying
Latin: double
S: Treacherous,
Fraudulent,
Dishonest

8. Possessing careful
attention to details;
difficult to please
S: Punctilious,
Thorough,
Painstaking

9. Quarrelsome;
unruly; likely to
cause trouble
S: Captious,
Petulant,
Irascible

10. To look or stare
angrily or sullenly
S: Scowl,
Frown,
Look Daggers

11. Scornfully and
condescendingly
proud
S: Conceited,
Arrogant,
Disdainful

12. Arrogantly
domineering
Latin: to command
S: Overbearing,
Scornful

13. Habitually lazy or
inactive
S: Idle,
Languid,
Sluggish

14. An ungrateful
person
S: Unappreciative,
Unthankful

15. Uninteresting;
unchallenging; dull
and tasteless
Latin: pleasing to the
taste buds
S: Vapid,
Bland,
Prosaic

16. Insulting in manner or
speech
S: Impudent,
Insubordinate,
Rude

17. Easily angered
Latin: anger
S: Choleric,
Peevish,
Bad-tempered

18. Having or exhibiting
ill will; wishing harm
to others; malicious
S: Spiteful,
Vindictive,
Vengeful

19. Extreme ill will or
spite
S: Animosity,
Enmity,
Hatred

20. stubborn
S: Dogged,
Pigheaded,
Unyielding

21. Stubborn, especially
in holding an attitude,
opinion, or course of
action
S: Intransigent,
Intractable

22. Unwilling to spend
money
S: Frugal,
Niggardly,
Tightfisted

23. Causing disgust or
hatred; repulsive
Latin: to fight against
S: Distasteful,
Loathsome,
Sickening

24. Not pleasant;
unpleasing
S: Offensive,
Horrible,
Unsavoury

25. BIASED CANTANKEROUS CAUSTIC
CONTUMACIOUS DILATORY DISDAIN
DUPLICITOUS FASTIDIOUS FRACTIOUS
GLOWER HAUGHTY IMPERIOUS
INDOLENT INGRATE INSIPID
INSOLENT IRASCIBLE MALEVOLENT
MALICE OBDURATE OBSTINATE
PARSIMONIOUS REPUGNANT UNPALATABLE