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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. State of being immovable






2. Great mass of falling snow and ice






3. Distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)






4. Condition of being squalid; filth; degradation; dirty neglected state; ADJ. squalid: dirty; sordid; morally repulsive; Ex. squalid story






5. State strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights - claims - etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence






6. Throw forcefully; shout out violently






7. Urge (by strong argument or advice); Ex. The general exhorted his men to fight bravely; N. exhortation






8. Nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship






9. Tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar






10. Giving or showing bliss; blissful






11. Unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.






12. Model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word






13. Restrain; handcuff; N.






14. Crushed oats used for making porridge






15. Fearful; discerning






16. Informal discussion; conversation






17. Take apart; disassemble






18. Enthusiastic applause






19. Talkative; N. loquacity






20. Burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement






21. Very fat; N. corpulence






22. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel






23. Despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander






24. Display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey - if you've got it - flaunt it !''






25. Action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy






26. Respectable; having a good reputation






27. Loop formed in a rope






28. Feathers of a bird;






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






30. Faultless






31. Scholarly article






32. Deception; trickery






33. Branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions






34. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant






35. Incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy






36. Boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish






37. Injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim






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






39. Extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist; N. jingoism: extreme nationalism






40. Put in danger






41. (of a person) unable to express what one really feels






42. Senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage






43. Severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction






44. Trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar.






45. Of or pertaining to the people






46. Slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor






47. (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain






48. Imagined; unreal






49. Existing at birth






50. Small waterfall