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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. Being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity






2. Boasted; bragged; highly publicized; V. vaunt: boast; brag






3. Partner in crime






4. Process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive






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






6. Ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient






7. Nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia






8. Make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced






9. Believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.






10. Items of business at a meeting






11. Short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors






12. Joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival






13. Treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry rot






14. Main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument






15. Irritate; vex; muddy






16. Cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent means; N. fraud: deception; swindle






17. Decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command






18. Determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination






19. Appease; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity






20. (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand.






21. A manually skilled worker






22. Begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated






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






24. Arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler






25. Place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)






26. Protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities






27. Flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved






28. Traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine






29. Filled (with something unpleasant); full; Ex. fraught with danger and difficulties; CF. freight






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






31. Hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N.






32. Attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images






33. One who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; Ex. hireling politician






34. Guarantee; assurance by seller






35. Take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes






36. Saying farewell; expression of leave-taking






37. Highly excited; intensely curious






38. Produce a design in raised relief; decorate with a raised design






39. Enthusiastic applause






40. Attractive (in personality or appearance)






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






42. Official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights; protector of the people






43. Clearly different from others of the same kind






44. Property inherited from a father






45. Poor verse






46. Give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy






47. Ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch






48. Death






49. Assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress






50. Deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked