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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • 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. Report; record (in chronological order)






2. Crude cabin






3. Blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams






4. Union; coalition; V. fuse






5. Causing a feeling of pity or sympathy; pathetic; V. touch: cause to feel pity or sympathy; ADJ. touched






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






7. Prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary






8. Authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental - nonbinding remark (something said in passing)






9. Ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark






10. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver






11. Happiness; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.); quality of being felicitous






12. Addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)






13. Outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around






14. Mysterious; hidden; secret






15. Particular variety of art or literature






16. Disagree






17. Arise from; originate from






18. Serving as a model; outstanding; Ex. exemplary punishment/behavior; N. exemplar: typical example; model






19. School of the fine arts (especially music or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy






20. Having an odor






21. Lure or bait; V.






22. Person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime






23. Shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.






24. Read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid






25. Outrun; surpass; outdo






26. Looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect






27. Capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal






28. Speed of music






29. Of or pertaining to the people






30. Outstanding; superior






31. Formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report






32. Stop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate






33. Apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature






34. A covered passageway usually lined with shops






35. Prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction






36. Friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations






37. Frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb






38. Speed






39. Announce; proclaim; utter or speak - especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him.






40. Add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent - such as yeast - that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens






41. Explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid






42. Mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness






43. Work against; Ex. militate against the chances of promotion; CF. serve as a soldier






44. Liberate; free from chains; V. unfetter






45. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; ADJ. torpid: lethargic; lazy; inactive; (of an animal) dormant; hibernating






46. Excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses






47. Wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy






48. Played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound; Ex. staccato applause






49. Join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.






50. Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one's opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism