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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. Clergyman attached to a chapel






2. Beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands






3. Unfortunate; luckless






4. Make valid; confirm; ratify






5. Self-imposed punishment for sin; Ex. do penance for one's sins; CF. penitent






6. Support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress






7. Leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my






8. Cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry






9. Done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne






10. Unruly; difficult to manage; Ex. intractable problem/child






11. First rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript






12. Cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase






13. Fragment generally of broken pottery (glass - clay bowl - or cup)






14. Depart secretly and hide






15. Bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal






16. Providing nourishment






17. Paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; V.






18. Enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit






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






20. Make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for






21. Urge (by strong argument or advice); Ex. The general exhorted his men to fight bravely; N. exhortation






22. Stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism






23. Plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events






24. Block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter






25. Drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action






26. Make or become dull or discolored; N.






27. Surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually






28. Hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule






29. Cheerful promptness without reluctance






30. Random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town






31. Achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.






32. Puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling






33. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions






34. Subside or moderate






35. Coarse food for cattle - horses - etc.; feed for livestock; CF. food






36. Body of customers






37. Extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels






38. Condescend; stoop






39. Stretch out full on ground; make prostrate; enervate; Ex. prostrating illness; ADJ: lying face down; having lost all strength






40. Make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune






41. Infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.






42. Distinctive behavioral trait; affected style in art (according to a set of styles)






43. Large in quantity; generous; Ex. handsome reward






44. Person or animal of pursuit; victim; object of a hunt; prey






45. Irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric






46. Shell covering the back (of a turtle - tortoise - crab - etc.)






47. Scolding woman; very small mouselike animal






48. Trick to deceive; stratagem






49. (of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless






50. Huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel