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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. Worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses






2. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty






3. Remitting of money; amount of money remitted






4. Prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse






5. V-shaped cut in a surface; V.






6. Sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue






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






8. Confusion; turmoil; confused mass; bewildering jumble; Ex. welter of data






9. Pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea






10. Heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning






11. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)






12. Imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy






13. Small planet






14. Incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime






15. Make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune






16. Introduce as a subject; moot; open up






17. Waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation






18. One who fits glasses to remedy visual defects






19. State of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible






20. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views






21. Cause; produce; give rise to






22. Object (because of doubts - scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday






23. Differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance






24. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place






25. Smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly






26. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring






27. Clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth






28. Contend; compete






29. Long life; long duration






30. Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests






31. (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart






32. Unjustified; having no justification; groundless; baseless; undeserved






33. Move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window






34. Comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation; V: comfort or console in time of sorrow or trouble






35. Tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral






36. Behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience






37. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)






38. Shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair






39. Kind in a generous way (to someone less important)






40. Fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops






41. Tyrant; harsh - authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism






42. Expose to slander






43. Trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion






44. Hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous






45. Authority on a subject; expert; learned person






46. Hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive






47. System of ideas characteristic of a group or culture






48. Odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque






49. Shrink back as if in fear; cower






50. Self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence; Ex. without reserve: freely and openly; ADJ. reserved: shy and uncommunicative