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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. Absentminded; distracted






2. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle






3. Assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a threat; N.






4. One who studies the skin and its diseases






5. Portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation






6. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity






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






8. Secure from corruption - attack - or violation(or profanation); unassailable; Ex. inviolable oath/rights; N. inviolability






9. Smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity - fatuousness






10. Strong; vigorous






11. Not repentant






12. Deriving; origin or source of something; Ex. the derivation of the word






13. Call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God






14. Assumption; postulate; proposition upon which an argument is based






15. Slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor






16. Slow down






17. Regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful






18. Overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly






19. Angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath






20. Conventions; moral standards; moral customs






21. Singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant






22. Crush into mash; convert into mash; N: mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl






23. Unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.






24. Pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces






25. Be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your poor grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ. fretful






26. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)






27. Scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know






28. Dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous; consisting of dissimilar elements or plants






29. Sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture






30. Harmful; damaging; N. detriment






31. Power of endurance; strength; staying power






32. Severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter






33. Steadily loyal; unswerving; steady






34. Disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive






35. Ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory






36. Fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil






37. Headland






38. Killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers






39. (esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble






40. Of a prophet or prophecy; having to do with predicting the future; N. prophecy; V. prophesy; N. prophet






41. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly






42. Entertain






43. Holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent






44. Loathe; hate






45. Absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)






46. Contradict; oppose; violate (a rule - law - or custom); N. contravention






47. Done with speed; quick; N. expedition






48. Insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex. insuperable difficulties






49. (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored






50. Ridicule; treat with contempt; make fun of; OP. respect