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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. Build; lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society






2. Extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy






3. (of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal






4. Disapproval; condemnation






5. Commit an offense; do (something wrong)






6. Imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall






7. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference






8. Maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part






9. Bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; CF. gall bladder






10. Fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action






11. Bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry






12. Long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something; Ex. groove of the record






13. Reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking






14. Done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne






15. Sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars






16. Prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky






17. Attractive; CF. preoccupying ?






18. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief






19. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth






20. Something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract; V: lose as a forfeit; N. forfeiture






21. Pure; thin and transparent; very steep






22. Feathers of a bird;






23. Expose to slander






24. Insane






25. Sorrowful; N. dolor






26. Easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitate






27. One opposed to force; antimilitarist; ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes






28. Pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments






29. Copy






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






31. Lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish






32. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured






33. Bravery; ADJ. valiant: possessing valor; brave






34. Untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen






35. Ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)






36. Pertaining to language






37. Suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence






38. Humoring; yielding; lenient; showing indulgence






39. Report; record (in chronological order)






40. Not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options






41. Form of literature in which irony - sarcasm - and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly






42. Expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth






43. Make discontented






44. Scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off






45. Without deceit






46. Extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety






47. Having a common ancestor






48. Spread through or over (with a color or liquid); charge; Ex. A blush suffused her cheeks.






49. Wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face






50. Person competent to act as a judge of art - etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art