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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. Illegal






2. Deadly






3. Haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow - cilium






4. Drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes






5. Low - guttural - menacing sound (as of a dog)






6. Rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.






7. Skin disease (on the face)






8. Kinship; relationship by birth






9. Four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped






10. Fear of heights






11. Sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)






12. Tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor






13. Deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change






14. Begin to grow; give off shoots or buds; N: new growth on a plant; shoot






15. Broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive






16. Point of view; view from a particular place; expectation for the future; prospect; Ex. outlook on life; Ex. pleasing outlook; Ex. weather outlook






17. Nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia






18. Place over something else






19. Make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate






20. Oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging






21. Good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position






22. Fill up again






23. Separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group






24. Something that discourages or deters






25. Deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get






26. Capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal






27. Having many languages; fluent in several languages






28. Without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment






29. Postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of






30. Strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end






31. Stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.






32. Tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid






33. Disturb the composure of; confuse






34. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions






35. Unalterable; irreversible; impossible to revoke






36. Formless; lacking shape or definition






37. Lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk






38. Warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law






39. Central or vital part; core; whole seed (as of corn)






40. Mix together in close association






41. State of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element






42. Unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back






43. Vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry)






44. Clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth






45. Bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible






46. Join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.






47. Division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of the college






48. Shorten






49. Ornamental horizontal band on a wall






50. Ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th century