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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)






2. Provide with food necessary for life and growth






3. Small body revolving around a larger one






4. Turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity






5. Untarnished; CF. sully






6. Search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.






7. Pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance






8. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply






9. Nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V.






10. Charge in court; indict






11. Weakness of mind; state of being an imbecile; N. imbecile: stupid person; fool






12. Legal delay of payment or action; Ex. declare moratorium on the building of new houses






13. Explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe






14. Oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy






15. Riddle; difficult problem






16. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable






17. Cock; adult male chicken






18. Tentative; temporary






19. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)






20. Premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant)






21. Shine intensely and blindingly; stare fixedly and angrily; N.






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






23. Enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space






24. Offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound






25. Dig; search deeply; investigate






26. Story - play - or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable






27. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art






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






29. Temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter






30. Ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously






31. Dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)






32. Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage






33. Stubborn; refusing to change one's belief






34. Express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films






35. (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains






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






37. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity






38. Discomposed; confused






39. Tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform






40. Stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch






41. Having many languages; fluent in several languages






42. Warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law






43. Varying from of an element






44. Unruly; rebellious; Ex. mutinous teenagers; N. mutiny: open rebellion; CF. mutineer






45. Cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin






46. Quarrelsome






47. Nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.






48. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing






49. Science of law






50. Pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)