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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. Pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone)






2. Grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation






3. Long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V.






4. Deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner






5. Common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician






6. Lacking in spirit or energy; languid






7. Being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done






8. Width; extent






9. Sorrowful; N. dolor






10. Paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film; glossy coating produced by using this substance; Ex. nail varnish; V.






11. Ash-colored; deadly pale






12. Speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil.






13. Secret






14. Number of points; written form of a musical composition; reason; group of 20; notch or incision; Ex. full/vocal score; Ex. Don't worry on that score; V: mark with lines or notches; Ex. score the paper to make it easy to fold






15. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring






16. Compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands






17. Protruding knot on a tree; V.






18. Tremble; shake; N.






19. Lazy person






20. Foul-smelling






21. Being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine






22. Curative; N. therapy






23. Arrival






24. Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity






25. Name; title






26. Sudden sharp feeling of pain






27. Persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation






28. Courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome






29. Irreverent






30. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow






31. Speed






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






33. Pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty






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






35. Menacing; threatening






36. Excessively fat; N. obesity






37. Blood-vessel; CF. vein






38. Skin of an animal






39. Compulsive habitual need






40. Stop motion; curb or restrain






41. Disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise






42. Greatness (in size or extent); extent






43. Process of nourishing or being nourished; CF. malnutrition






44. Slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult






45. Sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting






46. Blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice






47. Weak; N. frailty






48. Make (something written) false by changing






49. Privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before






50. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)