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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. Fear of water; rabies






2. Crevice; crack






3. Examine closely and critically; N. scrutiny






4. Partnership; league; union of separate political parties






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






6. Sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral






7. Predatory animal or bird; predatory person; creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others; ADJ. predatory: living by preying on other organisms; plundering; N. predation






8. Favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices






9. One who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)






10. Bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment






11. Random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town






12. Union; coalition; V. fuse






13. Taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through






14. Deride or provoke; challenge in derision; N.






15. Short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors






16. Misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion






17. Censure; rebuke; N. reproof






18. Of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal






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






20. Yearly allowance






21. Lively or animated; sprightly






22. Make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession






23. Provide with some quality; endow






24. Stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth






25. Pleasantly fat; nicely rounded






26. Huge






27. Having many languages; fluent in several languages






28. Deserving reverence; N: priest






29. Artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)






30. Determination; resoluteness; ADJ. resolute: firm or determined in purpose






31. Having only one color






32. Joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival






33. Silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity






34. Disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer






35. 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






36. Lively; spirited






37. Broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical






38. Assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress






39. First rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript






40. Existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)






41. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight






42. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth






43. (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen






44. Give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver: waiving a right or claim; document that waives a right or claim






45. Incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure






46. Expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler






47. Person competent to act as a judge of art - etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art






48. Twist out of shape; N.






49. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film






50. State of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element