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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Combination (of two business corporations); act of merging






2. Piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker; person who stirs up trouble






3. Abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary - plenty






4. Profane; violate the sanctity of






5. Waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter






6. Faithless lover; flirt






7. Hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex






8. Rebellion; uprising






9. Inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters






10. Turn away from (a principle - norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism






11. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor






12. Revert (to bad habits); N. reverter






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






14. Unrepressed; free in behavior and feelings






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






16. Boasting






17. Male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact






18. Requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population






19. Hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden






20. Please intensely; fill with rapture and delight






21. Medical condition in which the skin - the white part of the eyes - etc. turn yellow; V: affect with jaundice; affect with prejudice - envy - or hostility; bias






22. Self-governing; N. autonomy






23. Cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry






24. Having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt






25. Incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music






26. Disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person






27. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful






28. (of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble






29. Remainder






30. Stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.






31. Drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment)






32. Official periodical publication; newspaper






33. Fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection); V: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive of the protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex. Drinking has been outlawed.






34. Dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)






35. Behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience






36. State of being alone; seclusion; ADJ. solitary: existing or living alone (esp. by choice); remote or secluded; single; sole; Ex. solitary life/inn; Ex. no solitary piece of proof






37. False; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument






38. Earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; something that may develop into something larger or more important; microbe






39. Clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit






40. Parish priest; representative






41. Denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)






42. Generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)






43. Diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity






44. Cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile)






45. Protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude






46. Burdensome






47. Main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument






48. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil






49. Outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life






50. Tremble; shake; N.