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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. Raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation






2. Irreverent






3. Loop formed in a rope






4. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute






5. Change (esp. from good to bad); change of fortune; CF. the last emperor of China






6. Brief - comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious






7. Regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful






8. Dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes






9. Yielding to another; ceding






10. Climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones






11. Harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill






12. Constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions






13. Ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber






14. Agree






15. Obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests






16. Capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber






17. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor






18. Collection of wild animals on exhibition; zoo






19. Beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous






20. Large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge - swell - roll in billows






21. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity






22. Refer






23. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude






24. Shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer






25. Ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons






26. Condition of being unable to feel pain






27. Surrender; give up all resistance






28. Annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy






29. Defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail






30. Mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin






31. Pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air






32. Blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful






33. Fashionable; conforming to the current fashion






34. Hairs on back and neck - especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise






35. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow






36. Insignificant; unimportant






37. Leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown






38. Mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious






39. Something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt






40. Make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate






41. Easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitate






42. Soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue; bring peace to






43. Revive






44. Measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment






45. Match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu






46. Take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption






47. Fear; nervous apprehension






48. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future






49. Essential; inherent; built-in






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