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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. Be widespread; triumph over; gain victory; prevail on: persuade; induce; Ex. Justice has prevailed; Ex. prevail on someone to do something






2. Long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras






3. Raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation






4. Place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts






5. Loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing






6. Gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself






7. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything






8. Serious speech - writing - or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V.






9. Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores; N. metallurgy: science that deals with extracting metals from ores






10. Area of thick hard skin






11. Slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment






12. Fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums.






13. Mental calmness






14. Flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux






15. Feign; imitate






16. Chew over and over (mentally or - like cows - physically); mull over(ponder)






17. Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation






18. Disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward






19. Pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder






20. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow






21. Practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total






22. Criticize harshly






23. Uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility






24. Meeting arranged by lovers; arrangement between lovers to meet






25. Glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter






26. Made of bone; bony






27. (of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions






28. System of religious or ethical belief






29. Affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way of speech






30. Art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse






31. Notoriously bad; notorious; well known for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N: infamy: infamous act; evil fame or reputation






32. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade






33. New growth from a plant






34. Capable of using either hand with equal ease






35. Decode; CF. indecipherable






36. Exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas)






37. Producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer






38. Someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much






39. Not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V.






40. Grain-eating; CF. herbivore






41. Minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children






42. Being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior






43. Romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; N.






44. Clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel






45. Relating to paradise; blissful






46. Hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat






47. Uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution






48. Spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity






49. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence






50. Argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)