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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. Squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel






2. Bearlike; pertaining to a bear






3. Able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof






4. Feel or express pity or sympathy for






5. Assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage






6. Strong point or special talent in a person's character






7. Solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome






8. Metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)






9. Ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant






10. Strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle






11. Tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse






12. Assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude






13. (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds






14. Social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement






15. Notoriously bad; notorious; well known for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N: infamy: infamous act; evil fame or reputation






16. Pointed projecting part






17. Touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please






18. Assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary






19. Indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint; insinuation; Ex. sexual innuendo






20. Stubbornly wrong






21. Emancipate; free from slavery or bondage






22. Understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened






23. Hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)






24. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage






25. Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated; candid






26. Full of pores; like a sieve






27. Fear of heights






28. Fleeting or transitory; lasting only a short time; roving(wandering); running away or fleeing as from the law; N: one who flees; Ex. fugitives at large






29. Formal agreement






30. Plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse






31. Temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.






32. Anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude






33. Dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous; consisting of dissimilar elements or plants






34. False; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument






35. Act of providing; something provided; preparatory measure; provisions: necessary supplies (esp. food); stipulation; condition in an agreement; Ex. According to the provisions of the agreement






36. Mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement






37. Talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly






38. Food of the gods






39. Blessed; consecrated; Ex. hallowed ground; V. hallow: set apart as holy






40. Boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work






41. Teaching; art of education






42. Pamper; coddle; baby; indulge excessively






43. Hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop






44. Giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin






45. Irreverent






46. Increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas






47. Having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire






48. Complain; fuss; grumble; grouch; N: plump chickenlike game bird






49. Flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.






50. Meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore