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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. Nearing; approaching; about to happen






2. (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air






3. Anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant






4. Mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life






5. Agree; coincide; happen at the same time






6. Place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins






7. Come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual






8. Repay; pay back






9. Refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote






10. Small speck (esp. of dust)






11. Walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy






12. Dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book






13. Destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant






14. Not being a person; not showing personal feelings; Ex. impersonal force/manner/organization






15. Outrun; surpass; outdo






16. Shorten






17. Indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd






18. Abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark






19. One of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige






20. Strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders; CF. Jean Martinet






21. Accidental; by chance; N. fortuity






22. Waster; profligate






23. Inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract






24. Harass or trouble from all directions; hem in






25. Resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism






26. Aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight






27. Related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively






28. Waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building






29. Send (something) spinning - often into the air - by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over






30. Guess; N.






31. Remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp






32. Walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly






33. Death






34. Hasten; make go faster






35. Settle a dispute through the services of an outsider; act as an intermediary; produce by mediating; Ex. mediate a cease-fire






36. Ill-humored; irritable






37. Make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances






38. State of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible






39. Stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully






40. Long heroic poem - novel - or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero); ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling an epic; grand






41. Gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N.






42. Bantering; joking






43. Unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile






44. Dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election






45. Emancipate; free from slavery or bondage






46. Of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle






47. Pommel; beat or pound with fists






48. Talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation)






49. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology






50. Man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional