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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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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. Irresolution; inability to make up one's mind






2. Essential quality; V: ascribe; explain






3. Conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air






4. Pompous walk; V: walk in a self-important manner






5. Urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually






6. Wrong or improper name; incorrect designation






7. Pertaining to the lungs






8. Decode; CF. indecipherable






9. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking






10. Sailing vessel built for great speed






11. (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious; having a pleasant tune






12. Cause to become sick; fill with disgust; fill nausea






13. Fortress






14. Cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted






15. Hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation; Ex. speech impediment






16. Unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.






17. Authorized agent; authority to act for another






18. Walk through a substance - such as water - that impedes movement






19. (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling); motionless; stale; not developing; inactive; dull; Ex. stagnant industrial output






20. Beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception






21. Immature; not having the feathers necessary to fly; CF. fledgling






22. Giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin






23. Waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation






24. Skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair






25. Taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats.






26. Respect; value; judge; N.






27. Approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance






28. Decree; authoritative order






29. Flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.






30. Serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony






31. Gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death






32. Allowing much freedom; lenient; Ex. permissive society






33. Tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?






34. Name (of a book - film - etc.); mark of rank; formal appellation as of rank or office (such as Lord or General); right or claim to possession; championship; Ex. title as head of the family; Ex. title to the estate






35. Not noticing; disregarding






36. Beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw






37. Yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness






38. Roman outer robe






39. Not yet decided or settled; impending; Ex. pending decision; PREP. while awaiting; until; Ex. delay the decision pending his return






40. Behavior; bearing






41. Seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents)






42. Renounce; give up (position - right - or responsibility)






43. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess






44. Work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy






45. Diabolic; devilish; fiendish






46. Ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality






47. Push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ. obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive






48. Act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch






49. Able to pay all depths; N. solvency






50. Feverish