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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. Vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words






2. Match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu






3. Talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly






4. Profitable; producing wealth






5. Endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody






6. Plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed; ADJ.






7. Serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.






8. Hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet






9. Yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness






10. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute






11. Wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar






12. Characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess; ADJ. temperamental: of temperament; having frequent changes of temper; Ex. temperamental dislike of sports; Ex. temperamental actress






13. Weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power






14. Move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)






15. A manually skilled worker






16. Intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain






17. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. spurious arguments






18. Happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming.






19. Become boring; grow tiresome






20. Support on which a lever rests or pivots






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






22. One who without authority assumes law enforcement powers






23. Dummy; likeness of a person made of wood - paper - or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President






24. Door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down






25. Related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns






26. Work of art put together from fragments






27. Compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands






28. Drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying)






29. Beginner; novice






30. Beak(bill); pen point






31. Expert at; very skilled






32. Yearly allowance






33. Crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli - which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power






34. Lifeless; not animate






35. Remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles






36. Group of mammals including humans






37. Switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track






38. Study of word parts; study of the origins of words






39. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality






40. Society ruled by the wealthy






41. Ornamental clasp; pin






42. Show by example; furnish an example; serve as an example of; Ex. His pictures exemplify that sort of painting.






43. Person who enjoys his own pain; CF. masochism






44. Purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.






45. Pertaining to the lungs






46. Tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor






47. Absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)






48. Flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles






49. Spacious






50. Use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder