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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. Free; without charge; ADJ.






2. Complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me.






3. Pitiless; merciless; cruel






4. Discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate






5. Put in danger






6. Make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet






7. Outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the town






8. Expose as false - exaggerated - worthless - etc.; ridicule






9. Feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense






10. Boisterous laughter; V.






11. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse






12. Bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent






13. Tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N.






14. Brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious






15. Complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.






16. Uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution






17. Perfect example or embodiment; brief summary; Ex. epitome of good manners; V. epitomize: make an epitome of; be an epitome of; embody






18. Inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit






19. Loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency






20. Burn to ashes






21. Tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to






22. Imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy






23. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable






24. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living






25. Steadily loyal; unswerving; steady






26. Question severely; cook on a grill; broil; N: cooking surface of parallel metal bars






27. Walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step






28. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief






29. Pointed tool used for piercing






30. Obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness






31. Dwelling place; home






32. Lay eggs (in large numbers); produce offspring (in large numbers); N: eggs of aquatic animals






33. Stop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate






34. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument






35. Likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability






36. False belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that






37. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile






38. Behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome






39. Boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter






40. Small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side






41. Root up; uproot; destroy completely






42. Baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.






43. Beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous






44. In essence; existing in essence though not in actual form; for practical purposes; Ex. virtual ruler/space






45. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)






46. Equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry






47. Excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses






48. Going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism






49. Risk; expose to risk; dare; undertake a risk; N.






50. Sheer; transparent