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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. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet'e; ADJ. credulous






2. Summarize






3. Support; act superior toward; treat in a condescending manner; be a customer of; N. patron: one that supports; regular customer; N. patronage; CF. boycott






4. Drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action






5. Noisy party with a lot of drinking






6. Uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease)






7. Tending toward the center






8. Knickknack; bauble; cheap jewelry






9. Object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land






10. Deserving blame; blameworthy






11. Damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure






12. Excessive indulgence of one's own desire






13. Oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging






14. Not done politely without due formalities






15. Addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)






16. Infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous






17. Cause; urge; provoke; provide a cue (for an actor); ADJ: done without delay; done at the right time; punctual; on time; N: reminder or cue






18. Outer boundary; length of the outer boundary; circumference






19. Causing cancer; N. carcinogen






20. Enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor






21. Make discontented






22. Partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF. almost shadow






23. Obligatory; that must be done






24. Doctor who treats mental diseases






25. Paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film; glossy coating produced by using this substance; Ex. nail varnish; V.






26. Unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen






27. Musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex. constant reprises






28. Humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; V.






29. Incapable of producing young; free from microorganism; V. sterilize






30. Person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware






31. Act stupidly; play the fool; N.






32. Impertinence; insolence






33. Idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote






34. Cut away; trim






35. Lazy person






36. Wall painting






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






38. Supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words






39. Recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation






40. Epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink






41. Aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious (rather than simply expressing opinions)






42. Effusively sentimental






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






44. Scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)






45. Leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)






46. Prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)






47. Become unsteady and fall down






48. Spoil the appearance of






49. Expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler






50. Thin surface layer (of good quality wood - glued to a base of inferior material); cover; surface show; fac{c}ade; V.