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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. Epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink






2. (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound






3. Farewell or departure






4. Substitute; person or thing used in place of another; Ex. surrogate mother; ADJ.






5. Sky blue






6. Compulsive habitual need






7. Courteous regard for another's wish; courteous yielding to another's wish or opinion (showing respect); ADJ. deferential; OP. effrontery






8. Moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave






9. Clever and imaginative (in dealing with difficult situations); N. resource - resourcefulness






10. Able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market






11. Plants of a region or era






12. Chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.






13. Find out for certain; make certain






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






15. Malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled






16. Shine intensely and blindingly; stare fixedly and angrily; N.






17. Mental calmness






18. Evil; ominous






19. Arrival






20. Place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven






21. Tiresome dwelling on a subject; V. harp: dwell on(think or speak a lot about) tediously






22. Soul; mind






23. Going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile






24. Of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani






25. 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






26. Payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce






27. Essential; inherent; built-in






28. Having only one color






29. Crude cabin






30. Line (of waiting people or vehicles)






31. Pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic






32. Conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played)






33. Excessively exacting; too critical (without noticing good qualities)






34. Refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove






35. Root up; uproot; destroy completely






36. Giving off an odor






37. Pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression






38. Diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity






39. Gloomy; depressed






40. Continue steadily in spite of difficulties






41. Growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed






42. Highly excited; intensely curious






43. Cut down; cut down expenses; economize






44. Slip or slide






45. Liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance






46. Illusive; deceptive; not real






47. Inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying






48. Attractive; CF. preoccupying ?






49. Element; ingredient






50. Tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid