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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. Strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle






2. Pierce (with a sharp point); Ex. impaled by the spear






3. Move faster






4. Dig; search deeply; investigate






5. Funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)






6. Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight






7. Without deceit






8. Distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)






9. Suitable for drinking; drinkable






10. Temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter






11. Illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.






12. Propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group); expanse of land; region of indefinite size; system of related organs; Ex. digestive tract






13. Restore to a previous condition or position






14. Basic; primary; essential






15. Cheerful promptness without reluctance






16. Match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu






17. Steep; overhasty; precipitate






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






19. Gather leavings; gather grain left behind by reapers; gather bit by bit (facts or information) often with difficulty






20. Lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture






21. Government by a privileged few






22. Disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child






23. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse






24. Female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew






25. Monkeylike; N: ape or monkey






26. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests






27. Praise very highly; glorify






28. Determination; resolution; firmness of purpose






29. Combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize






30. Bad-tempered complaint; person who keeps complaining; V: complain; grumble






31. Eerie; strange; unnatural






32. Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; Ex. the matrix of Western civilization






33. Make (a bill) into law






34. Gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself






35. Satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated






36. Expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style (of expression); Ex. idiom of the modern popular music; ADJ. idiomatic






37. Every two years






38. Adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially






39. Refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state






40. Rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song - etc






41. Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests






42. Going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties






43. Behead






44. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics






45. Unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism






46. Matchless; not able to be imitated






47. Destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals






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






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






50. Withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership