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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. Be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline






2. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage






3. Take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption






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






5. Of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)






6. Confused; lost in thought; preoccupied






7. Greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid






8. Devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ. pious






9. Read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid






10. Boisterous merrymaking; V. revel: engage boisterous festivities; enjoy greatly; N: boisterous festivity or celebration






11. Rule over tyrannically






12. Heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform






13. Command; order; forbid






14. Beautiful clothes for a special occasion






15. Difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky






16. Of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal






17. 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.






18. Comment; make explanatory notes






19. Quick sharp reply; V.






20. Salty






21. Thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)






22. Ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant






23. Run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel






24. Unattractive






25. Injure without breaking the skin; N.






26. Shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders; V.






27. One guilty of a crime






28. Ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N.






29. Overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel






30. Sear; parched; dry






31. Plentiful






32. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate






33. Neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided






34. Split into opposite extremes or camps






35. Loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency






36. Steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap






37. Discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate






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






39. Children; offspring; descendants






40. Rejoice






41. Become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person






42. Reprimand; severely scold






43. Equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate






44. Repeat






45. Draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)






46. Calamity ; disaster






47. Explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue






48. Pertaining to the body; bodily; physical






49. Art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``W






50. Devout; religious; N. piety