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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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1. Noxious(harmful) smell






2. Trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time






3. Catch sight of (something distant)






4. Prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.






5. Enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass






6. Lustful






7. Sheer; transparent






8. Small boat (often ship's boat)






9. Agree






10. Stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain






11. Harmful; causing injury






12. A set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played






13. Unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent






14. Windy






15. Concerning the sense of smell






16. Mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items






17. Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack






18. Gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N.






19. Being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity






20. Person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money - coins - and medals






21. Self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important






22. Able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof






23. Green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting






24. Woman whom a man loves






25. Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular






26. Story - play - or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable






27. Expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth






28. Suave; refined in manner; elegant






29. Banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism






30. Swelling out in waves; surging






31. Courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave






32. Fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action






33. Operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio






34. List; mention one by one






35. Climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones






36. Omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)






37. Pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described






38. Spotted; stained; CF. immaculate






39. Face; appearance






40. Social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah






41. Government under a single ruler






42. Conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played)






43. Last stop of railroad; end






44. Cut off part of body; prune (a limb)






45. Build; lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society






46. Bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry






47. Boasted; bragged; highly publicized; V. vaunt: boast; brag






48. Drink in






49. Complete; consummate; make perfect; N.






50. Operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people - forces - etc.) artfully; maneuver; Ex. how to manipulate publicity and men; ADJ. manipulative