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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. Languor; weariness; listlessness






2. Black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis






3. Disrepute; ill fame






4. Angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath






5. Exclude; N. exception: objection; exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of unusually high quality






6. Concerning alchemy or magic; obscure and mysterious; occult






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






8. Instruct; correct morally






9. Place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come






10. Clergyman attached to a chapel






11. Rather fat; strong in body; sturdy; resolute; determined; strong in determination; Ex. stout stick/supporter






12. Baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.






13. Gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man






14. Individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude - behavior - or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic






15. Flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable






16. Redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing






17. Incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime






18. Correct; change ; generally for the better






19. Turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze






20. Irritable; easily angered






21. Skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence






22. Disapproval; condemnation






23. Adjust to climate or environment; adapt






24. Travel about selling (wares); CF. foot






25. Precision; accuracy; minute distinction or difference; Ex. to a nicety: exactly; precisely; Ex. distinguish between niceties






26. Unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause






27. Unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; Ex. precarious living






28. Menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question






29. Entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer






30. Disgustingly excessive; offensively flattering; Ex. fulsome praise/expressions of admire






31. Going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile






32. Dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing; V.






33. Very small quantity






34. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics






35. Cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart






36. Part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage






37. Causing nausea; feeling nausea






38. Predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another






39. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; ADJ: discontented






40. Neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; Ex. natty dresser






41. Fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action






42. Demanding much work or care; tedious






43. Uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility






44. Place under water; dip; go under water; cover completely (as with water); Ex. submerged in work






45. Record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities; section of a trunk; V.






46. Restore to a previous condition or position






47. Ability to identify with another's feelings - ideas - etc.; identification with and understanding of another's feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy






48. Incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure






49. Group sharing a common cause or opinion






50. Mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough