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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. Happiness; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.); quality of being felicitous






2. Trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby






3. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured






4. Recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses






5. (of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial






6. Based on experience; of or acquired through practice (rather than theory); useful; Ex. practical man






7. Written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)






8. Tremble; shake; N.






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






10. Serving to complete something






11. Clear from blame; free from blame or accusation (with supporting proof); exonerate; substantiate; justify or support; avenge; Ex. vindicate one's client; Ex. vindicate one's claim; CF. vindicator






12. Crowd; swarm






13. Seriousness; ADJ. grave






14. Entire range






15. Pamphlet






16. Showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display






17. Program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket






18. Branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions






19. Prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic






20. Mistaken; wrong; incorrect






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






22. Introduce as a subject; moot; open up






23. Insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence






24. Obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N.






25. Stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut; CF.






26. Faithless lover; flirt






27. Small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust in the eye






28. Having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state






29. Features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line






30. Social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah






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






32. Universally present; ubiquitous






33. Connection






34. Suggest a meaning not expressed; signify






35. Bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal






36. (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition






37. Likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability






38. Combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature






39. Medieval chemistry






40. Effort; expenditure of much physical work; V. exert oneself: make a great effort






41. Silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy






42. Wandering; N. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place






43. Wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress






44. Dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards






45. One regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stere






46. Person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism






47. Set off; start






48. Incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music






49. Immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition






50. Malodorous; foul