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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. Suffering; ordeal; distress; trial






2. Comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation; V: comfort or console in time of sorrow or trouble






3. Flexible; supple; CF. limber






4. Not spacious; inconvenient






5. Vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device






6. Causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)






7. Invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active






8. Rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse






9. Something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future action; V. precede; CF. unprecedented






10. Immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition






11. Draftee; person forced into military service; V.






12. Command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done






13. Foremost in importance; supreme; CF. para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal






14. Stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth






15. Copy






16. Suitable; to the point; relevant






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






18. Excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it)






19. Spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually






20. Contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection






21. Discourage






22. Throw into confusion; involve in strife - dispute - or quarrel; entangle; CF. imbroglio






23. Having no equal; incomparable






24. Cautious; careful; prudential






25. Wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy






26. Daydream; abstracted musing






27. Person who keeps bees






28. Indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd






29. Stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived






30. Revoke; annul






31. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)






32. Express disapproval of; deplore; protest against; belittle; ADJ. deprecatory






33. Seine net; net for catching fish






34. Humorous; mischievous; tricky






35. Consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow






36. Social environment; means of expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu; Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor.






37. Person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate






38. Honor; glory; acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement






39. Prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)






40. Having a pale or sickly color; pallid






41. Lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner






42. Indignation; bitterness; displeasure; V. resent: feel anger about






43. Holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory






44. Not noticing; disregarding






45. Trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded






46. Burn to ashes






47. Authority on a subject; expert; learned person






48. Arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension






49. Sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life






50. Cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension