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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. Excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria






2. Random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town






3. Unchangeable






4. Mix together in close association






5. Associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)






6. Composed; calm; self-possessed






7. Concise; abrupt; pithy






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






9. Target of a hunt; victim; V: hunt and eat as prey; victimize; Ex. Cats prey on mice.






10. Giving off an odor






11. Furthest behind; farthest to the rear






12. Excessively fat; N. obesity






13. Feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ. euphoriaric






14. One who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality






15. Spread or cover with a sticky substance; N: mark made by smearing






16. Pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness






17. Object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism






18. Entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism






19. Burlesque; act of leaving the ground






20. Teaching; art of education






21. Very bad; detestable






22. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile






23. Rule over tyrannically






24. Injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim






25. Speech or writing with no meaning; foolish behavior or language; Ex. make (a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail






26. Gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater






27. Giving or showing bliss; blissful






28. Hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)






29. Mutually destructive






30. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; ADJ: discontented






31. Talkative; N. loquacity






32. Not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit






33. Pleasantly fat; nicely rounded






34. Explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults






35. Promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise






36. Necessary requirement; something required; ADJ: required; necessary






37. (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N: mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river






38. Beginner; novice






39. Drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity






40. Outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly






41. Suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence






42. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.






43. Weaken (esp. through heat - hunger - illness); enfeeble






44. Growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete






45. Lounge about






46. Small representative world; world in miniature; Ex. microcosm of English society






47. Wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder






48. Unscrupulous; not guided by conscience; excessive; beyond reason; Ex. unconscionable demand






49. Grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others






50. Provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)