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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite






2. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)






3. Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy); hypocritical self-righteous person






4. Belittle






5. Dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards






6. Very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end






7. Make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments.






8. Self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument)






9. Desire; want intensely






10. Final; not susceptible to further analysis; fundamental; Ex. The sun is the ultimate source of energy.






11. Quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow - grief - etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick






12. One who commits sabotage; destroyer of property; N. sabotage: destruction of property (usually carried out secretly)






13. Cook by direct heat; N.






14. Work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy






15. Surmise; guess; V.






16. Club; heavy-headed weapon; V.






17. Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity






18. Science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in






19. Not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V.






20. Celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)






21. Messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher






22. Private secret meeting






23. Process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive






24. Done with speed; quick; N. expedition






25. Sorrowful; N. dolor






26. (of a person) unable to express what one really feels






27. Something fit to be eaten






28. Very poor person






29. Unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy remarks; OP. ethereal






30. Conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V.






31. Person or animal of pursuit; victim; object of a hunt; prey






32. Apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition






33. Work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid






34. Mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive






35. Make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)






36. Leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest






37. Go down on one's knee(s)






38. Cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted






39. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly






40. Sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue






41. Low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)






42. Make young again






43. System of ideas characteristic of a group or culture






44. Very generous in giving; Ex. munificent benefactor; N. munificience






45. Brief explanation of words used in the text






46. Loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days.






47. Forewarning; presentiment; foreboding






48. Method of system or government






49. Obedient; easily managed; submissive






50. Keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention