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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally






2. Turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of






3. Word for word; in the same words; repeating the actual words exactly






4. Payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy






5. Returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss - damage - or injury






6. Made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction






7. Amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained






8. Haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow - cilium






9. Weakness






10. Environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature






11. Epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink






12. Arranged by degrees (of height - difficulty - etc.)






13. Moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse






14. Ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient






15. Quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)






16. (esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble






17. Person administering capital punishment






18. Equal in extent; of the same size






19. Reckon; calculate






20. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition






21. Revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child






22. Corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)






23. Medieval chemistry






24. Choosing at random; confused; not based on careful distinctions






25. Skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair






26. Blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze - gust - gale






27. Not spacious; inconvenient






28. Diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength.






29. Sky blue






30. Bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent






31. Churlish - miserly individual; bad-tempered old person






32. In utter disorder






33. Fitness; talent






34. Green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather






35. Full-bosomed; plump; jolly






36. Hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed






37. An act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point - right - etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire






38. Descent; ancestry






39. Aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight






40. Amendment or clause added to a legislative bill






41. Higher mental powers; person of great intellectual ability






42. Sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism






43. Current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time






44. Obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office






45. Person of high rank or position






46. Masses of leaves; CF. defoliate






47. Envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.






48. Harmony; accord






49. Tie (an animal) with a rope or tether; N: rope or chain to which an animal is tied; limit of one's endurance; Ex. the end of one's tether






50. (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound