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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm






2. Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments






3. One who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork






4. Effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph






5. Put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory






6. Participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)






7. Casual; hastily done with little attention to detail






8. Deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame






9. Denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; N. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area






10. Dig into (to get stone); N: mine






11. Posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous






12. Small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves






13. Sound on judgment; wise






14. 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






15. Controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant






16. Suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence






17. Grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon






18. Damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure






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






20. Immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition






21. Waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter






22. Confuse thoroughly






23. Offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound






24. Loyalty






25. Counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated






26. Cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat






27. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy






28. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions






29. One who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)






30. Supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. putative father of the child






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






32. Dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded.






33. Something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring






34. Reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.






35. Approval






36. State of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness






37. Supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint






38. Purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire






39. Lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up






40. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.






41. (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen






42. Acute pain; extreme suffering






43. (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored






44. Morally upright; just






45. Harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals






46. Food of the gods






47. Noisy quarrel






48. Quick in movement; agile; quick in understanding; Ex. nimble climber/mind






49. Self-satisfied; complacent






50. Amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained