Test your basic knowledge |

Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. An error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic






2. Someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws); N. ventriloquism - ventriloquy






3. Crystal clear






4. Standards used in judging; CF. criterion






5. Binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise






6. Lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation






7. Struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry; N. CF. scuffling twins ?






8. Increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent






9. Determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly






10. One who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work






11. Express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels.






12. Wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse






13. Deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg






14. Blunt; not sharp; stupid; slow in understanding






15. Of low rank or position; modest; having a low opinion of oneself and a high opinion of others; unassuming; not proud; V. humiliate: make humble; cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others






16. Continue steadily in spite of difficulties






17. Put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply with tools; Ex. implement the plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument






18. Made up of a variety of parts






19. Equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate






20. Sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull






21. Unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic of earlier times; primitive; Ex. an old book in pristine condition






22. Harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals






23. Outrun; surpass; outdo






24. Social blunder






25. (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous






26. Resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision






27. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning






28. Frenzied; frantic






29. Oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation






30. Display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey - if you've got it - flaunt it !''






31. Gigantic; enormous






32. Slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)






33. Exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country






34. Tentative; temporary






35. Condescend; stoop






36. Voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds






37. Of sound or its speed in air; CF. subsonic - supersonic






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






39. Like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism






40. Bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying






41. Aversion; dislike or opposition






42. Thin; slim; rare






43. Do drudgery; N: person who drudges






44. Minor fight; minor battle in war; V.






45. Mass of material sticking together






46. Practical person; N. pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things






47. Minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting






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






49. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute






50. Person administering capital punishment