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






2. Privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before






3. Sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster

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4. Dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor






5. Noisy party with a lot of drinking






6. Drink in






7. Person designated to execute the terms of a will






8. Lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull






9. Ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality






10. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive






11. State confidently; declare as true






12. Influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence






13. Wave around (a weapon); flourish






14. Insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people






15. Respectable; having a good reputation






16. Harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense






17. Catch sight of (something distant)






18. Hard; inflexible






19. Precede






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






21. Quick or willing to receive (ideas - suggestions - etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal






22. Wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as defensive barrier






23. Giving off an odor






24. Defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor






25. Boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy






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






27. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand






28. Condition of no movement or activity; stop






29. Courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry






30. Easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly






31. Irritable; easily angered






32. Soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper






33. Pertaining to cultivation of gardens; N. horticulture: science or art of cultivating fruits - vegetables - or ornamental plants; CF. agriculture: science or art of farming or growing crops






34. Ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N.






35. One who spoils the pleasure of others






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






37. Approach; tend to meet; come together






38. Study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation






39. Trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous






40. Evildoer; criminal






41. Top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird






42. Operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio






43. Mass of material sticking together






44. Appease; conciliate; make peaceful; ADJ. propitiatory






45. Difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity






46. Clear from blame or guilt






47. (of weather) hot or scorching; passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs






48. Clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions






49. Not planned; impromptu; extempore






50. Fair; impartial; OP. inequitable