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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • 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. Dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify






2. Grain-eating; CF. herbivore






3. Miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items






4. Steering wheel of a ship; position of control






5. Lover of mankind; doer of good; N. philanthropy






6. Lifeless; not animate






7. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking






8. Masses of leaves; CF. defoliate






9. Building (of imposing size)






10. Hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist






11. Obstruct; prevent the free movement of; N:






12. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand






13. Walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly






14. Enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city)






15. Following; attendants






16. Existing at birth






17. Boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable






18. Meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation






19. Limit; confine; draw a line around






20. Strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set






21. Change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas






22. Fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower






23. Scowl; glare; look or stare angrily






24. Enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor






25. Tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite






26. Surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N.






27. Blood-vessel; CF. vein






28. Lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless






29. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle






30. Reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.






31. Made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick






32. Pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate






33. Hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy






34. Gather; store up; amass






35. Maze






36. Insightful; showing a good ability at perceiving and understanding; aware; wise; of perception






37. Very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end






38. Extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels






39. Neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; Ex. natty dresser






40. Stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism






41. Any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer






42. Deceive - persuade - or obtain by flattery; cajole; coax; Ex. wheedle a promise out of her






43. (of a plant or grass) growing very well






44. Weak; N. frailty






45. Look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible






46. Strong and firm (in the body)






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






48. Relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion






49. Colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts






50. Angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath