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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. Unity of pitch (in musical performance); complete accord; Ex. The choir sang in unison.






2. Producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer






3. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful






4. Book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize






5. Equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war; CF. amount






6. Scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know






7. Of or suitable for a palace; magnificent






8. Move or throw suddenly and quickly






9. Dismay; shock deeply






10. Inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting)






11. Parish priest; representative






12. Melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal; melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition






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






14. Hiding place; V.






15. Having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final






16. Send out of the country; behave; N. deportation - deportment






17. Administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert






18. Generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)






19. In utter disorder






20. Grant a share of; make known; Ex. news to impart






21. Real being






22. Write; compose






23. Bend the knee as in worship






24. Psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution; N: ADJ: paranoid - paranoiac






25. Drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected by bees






26. Desertion






27. Short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers






28. Inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract






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






30. Sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral






31. Stupid person; clown






32. Temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.






33. Susceptible to wounds or attack; N. vulnerability






34. Tiny; weak; insignificant






35. Like a meteor; swift; momentarily brilliant; Ex. meteoric rise to fame; N. meteor






36. Concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty






37. Delay (in development); ADJ. retarded: (as of a child) slower in development






38. Reveal






39. Kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility






40. Violation (of a rule or regulation); breach






41. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition






42. Feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages






43. Full of life; animated; vibrant and lively; critical; of great importance; necessary to stay alive; of life; living; breathing; N. vitality; V. vitalize






44. Cut the top off; shorten






45. Mass for the dead; dirge






46. Lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry






47. Smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity - fatuousness






48. Heavenly






49. Prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic






50. Projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)