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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. Process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive






2. Make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex. intoxicated by all the money he might win






3. Sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious






4. Surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP. gorge






5. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct






6. Lacking in seriousness; flippant; self-indulgently carefree; unworthy of serious attention; relatively unimportant; trivial






7. Blessing






8. Crush or grind into very small particles






9. Doubts






10. Alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration






11. Irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety






12. Seize another's power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own use






13. Burn to ashes






14. Soft and mild (of air); fragrant






15. Root up; uproot; destroy completely






16. Free; without charge; ADJ.






17. Pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; N: wallet






18. Deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ. ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat






19. Combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth






20. Odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque






21. Arrogant; presumptuous






22. Prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought






23. Systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme






24. Play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N.






25. Bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible






26. Young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family






27. Pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime






28. Meantime; Ex. in the interim; ADJ. taking place during an interim; Ex. interim paper






29. (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic






30. Below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement






31. Without feeling; lacking sense; foolish






32. Essence; main point; substance






33. Informal discussion; conversation






34. Mental or bodily powers; teaching staff






35. Nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong






36. Related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns






37. Core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance






38. Reckon; calculate






39. Hot sweet dish






40. Capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber






41. Wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N. malevolence






42. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






43. Strong and firm (in the body)






44. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression






45. Give; use; refrain from harming; save from experiencing; exempt; Ex. spare me 5 minutes; Ex. Take this money and spare my life; Ex. The emperor was spared the onus; ADJ: kept in reserve; free for other use; unoccupied; Ex. spare time






46. Trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who is easily tricked; dupe






47. Metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)






48. Period of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the prime of life; Ex. prime of the year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or rank; first; V: make ready; prepare






49. Lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine acceptance of the decision






50. Extremely small; CF. minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting