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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. Food; CF. live






2. Memoirs; autobiography; biography






3. Without attention to comfort; lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined; Ex. spartan living condition/life






4. Sameness; monotony; ADJ. uniform: the same all over






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






6. Copy; write a copy of; N. transcription






7. Change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas






8. Like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air






9. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness






10. Lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate






11. Wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official)






12. Strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause






13. Requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population






14. In good condition; showing good judgment or good sense; thorough; complete; Ex. sound mind/investment/training






15. Evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement






16. Not noticing; disregarding






17. Precede






18. Neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry






19. Supporter; follower






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






21. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.






22. Restrain; handcuff; N.






23. Bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse






24. Connection






25. Alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration






26. Injure without breaking the skin; N.






27. Move faster






28. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose






29. Elliptic; oval; of an ellipse; containing an ellipsis; ambiguous either purposely or because key words have been left out






30. Given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease






31. Difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament






32. Father and ruler of a family or tribe






33. Able to pay all depths; N. solvency






34. A great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes






35. Belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic






36. Stun; make numb (as with a drug); amaze






37. Strong foul odor; reek; stink






38. Echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley.






39. Pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.






40. Close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony






41. Physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics






42. Informal discussion; conversation






43. Nook; recess






44. Being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity






45. Lacking substance; insignificant; frail; immaterial






46. Too certain to be disputed; beyond doubt






47. Deep; not superficial; complete; Ex. profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N. profundity






48. Lustful






49. Very wicked






50. Worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses