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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. Box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive






2. Too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable






3. Untarnished; CF. sully






4. Reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules






5. Force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling - reduce fever - etc.






6. Expert at; very skilled






7. Walk or behave with an over-confident manner






8. Exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of






9. Long - eventful - adventurous journey






10. What someone deserves






11. Brave and successful act; deed or action - particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean






12. Quick or willing to receive (ideas - suggestions - etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal






13. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)






14. Easily burned; N. CF. combustion






15. Swollen; distended (as from liquid)






16. Mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life






17. Honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness






18. Delayed






19. Condition of being unable to feel pain






20. Weaken; take away energy from






21. Small church (in a prison - college - or hospital)






22. Warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.






23. Gallop slowly






24. Sailing vessel built for great speed






25. Decode; CF. indecipherable






26. Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist






27. Reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $neq$ cause repulsion






28. Scowl; glare; look or stare angrily






29. Temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.






30. Flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.






31. Lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless






32. Yellowed; prejudiced (envious - hostile - or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye






33. Group of attendants; retinue; CF. surround






34. Reservoir or water tank






35. Fortress






36. Make unnecessary; get rid of; Ex. obviate the need






37. Small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V.






38. Slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment






39. Painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)






40. Hidden danger; concealed trap






41. Walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step






42. Very fat; N. corpulence






43. Tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live






44. Whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful scheme






45. Spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity






46. Ecological community together with its environment






47. Given to diligent study






48. Outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around






49. Fleet of warships






50. Large sled drawn by work animals