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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. Forerunner; predecessor






2. Pierce; put a hole through






3. Watch over and direct; supervise; N. oversight: unintentional failure to notice or do something; supervision






4. Collarbone






5. Cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension






6. Portray






7. Older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman






8. Machine that separates substances by whirling them






9. Cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation






10. Obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N.






11. Having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column






12. Influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence






13. Wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled






14. Anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash






15. (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion






16. Tranquillity; calmness






17. Diligent






18. Amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert






19. Window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room






20. Collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap






21. Diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength.






22. Full of self-admiration; conceited; without result; unsuccessful; N. vanity






23. Delicate; very finely made; extremely beautiful; Ex. exquisite piece of jewelry






24. Coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)






25. Burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus






26. Direct financial aid by government - etc.; V. subsidize: assist with a subsidy






27. Small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble






28. Of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani






29. Shield; protection; defense






30. Green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting






31. Final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained

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






33. Husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship






34. 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






35. Risk; expose to risk; dare; undertake a risk; N.






36. Pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal






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






38. Spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually






39. Contend; compete






40. Forewarning; presentiment; foreboding






41. Person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money - coins - and medals






42. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound






43. Long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline






44. All-knowing






45. Like a fox; crafty






46. Authority on a subject; expert; learned person






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






48. Lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate






49. Standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate






50. Growing by addition; accumulative