SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
GRE Vocab
Start Test
Study First
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
qualms
ewe
anachronism
aquiline
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
foresight
ventriloquist
abysmal
hierarchy
3. Crystal clear
skeptic
abortive
limpid
herald
4. Standards used in judging; CF. criterion
casualty
provender
criteria
prone
5. Binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
masochist
covenant
subdue
deadlock
6. Lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation
encomiastic
manifold
console
idyll(idyl)
7. Struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry; N. CF. scuffling twins ?
vindictive
significant
flit
scuffle
8. Increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent
aseptic
crescendo
sphinx-like
blue
9. Determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly
libido
predetermine
embroider
pan
10. One who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work
eulogistic
penitent
inept
malingerer
11. Express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels.
commodious
gloat
refurbish
crescendo
12. Wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse
transpire
perfidious
diffuse
askance
13. Deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg
groom
palpable
hatch
marked
14. Blunt; not sharp; stupid; slow in understanding
recount
obtuse
functionary
flag
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
stint
agog
humble
transparent
16. Continue steadily in spite of difficulties
persevere
vernacular
satellite
wiggle
17. Put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply with tools; Ex. implement the plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument
articulate
implement
hackneyed
seasonal
18. Made up of a variety of parts
mutter
miscellaneous
muggy
analogy
19. Equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate
parity
sinecure
confine
ludicrous
20. Sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull
scuttle
vertex
placid
mash
21. Unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic of earlier times; primitive; Ex. an old book in pristine condition
humanitarian
tantrum
pristine
ubiquitous
22. Harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals
temporal
bait
gangrene
arduous
23. Outrun; surpass; outdo
intuition
lust
outstrip
flippant
24. Social blunder
mendacious
expatriate
fusillade
gaffe
25. (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous
tumid
pore
whine
jabber
26. Resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision
lunatic
disembark
determination
inanimate
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
narcissist
irony
pertinent
avarice
28. Frenzied; frantic
crinkle
pretext
frenetic(phrenetic)
topple
29. Oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation
touchy
escapade
optional
tenure
30. Display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey - if you've got it - flaunt it !''
geriatrics
philanthropist
flaunt
gambol
31. Gigantic; enormous
tumult
gorge
bout
mammoth
32. Slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)
genteel
ramp
narcissist
kismet
33. Exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country
forte
militia
expatriate
serrated
34. Tentative; temporary
gush
provisional
provocative
voluptuous
35. Condescend; stoop
abode
deign
carapace
glossy
36. Voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds
quay
pedant
rapacious
mulct
37. Of sound or its speed in air; CF. subsonic - supersonic
hereafter
fruitful
sonic
beeline
38. Walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step
regale
tread
credential
flay
39. Like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism
incandescent
imperial
adversity
doldrums
40. Bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
hale
noisome
malign
stoop
41. Aversion; dislike or opposition
regent
antipathy
arduous
misconduct
42. Thin; slim; rare
flout
tenuous
distinctive
gravity
43. Do drudgery; N: person who drudges
jaunty
drudge
momentum
epicure
44. Minor fight; minor battle in war; V.
unwieldy
pedigree
quaint
skirmish
45. Mass of material sticking together
magisterial
conglomeration
credence
rarefied
46. Practical person; N. pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things
pragmatist
bard
salutary
proxy
47. Minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
elixir
penchant
heyday
quorum
48. Approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance
intrude
countenance
precipitate
ample
49. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute
perspicacious
doff
decree
sterile
50. Person administering capital punishment
malapropos
executioner
obsolete
monotony