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






2. Fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work






3. Lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy






4. Bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)






5. Radiating; departing from the center






6. (of a place) be filled with sound; (of a sound) sound loudly; sound back; echo; Ex. hall resounded with laughter






7. Skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair






8. Uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious






9. Matchless; not able to be imitated






10. Obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office






11. Long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V.






12. Denounce; utter censure or invective; Ex. inveigh against the evils of drink






13. Stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm






14. Indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive






15. Living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular






16. Headland






17. Of a margin; barely within a limit; Ex. marginal effect/writing ability






18. Debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark






19. Reprimand; severely scold






20. Nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment






21. Very fat; N. corpulence






22. Curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose






23. Something new; newness; ADJ. novel: new; original






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






25. Purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire






26. Make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments.






27. Soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper






28. Charge (a public official) with crime in office; raise doubts about; indict; Ex. impeach a witness's credibility






29. One who without authority assumes law enforcement powers






30. Commit an offense; do (something wrong)






31. Warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome






32. Divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism






33. Corpse; dead human body






34. Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular






35. Dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks






36. Like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg






37. Separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group






38. Arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)






39. Line of ancestors; ancestry; lineage; ADJ. (of an animal) descended from of a chosen family; Ex. pedigree dog; CF. crane's foot






40. Specialist in classifying (animals - etc.); CF. taxonomy: science of classification






41. Pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation






42. Ancestor






43. Strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end






44. Great mass of falling snow and ice






45. Abolish






46. Youthful; immature; inexperienced






47. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river






48. Wordy; N. verbosity






49. Endanger; imperil; put at risk; N. jeopardy: danger






50. Speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions