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






2. Children; offspring; descendants






3. Shorten






4. Self-evident truth requiring no proof






5. Malodorous; foul






6. Large sled drawn by work animals






7. Oppression; cruel government; ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically; oppress






8. Change; something newly introduced; introduction of something new; V. innovate: begin or introduce (something new); be creative; ADJ. innovative






9. Difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament






10. Stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe






11. Balance; balancing force; equilibrium






12. Promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise






13. Curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance






14. Charming; attractive






15. Riddle; difficult problem






16. Trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war






17. Chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain






18. Increase






19. Lengthen; extend; draw out






20. Delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress






21. Homeless child or animal; Ex. waifs and strays






22. Fear of heights






23. Short story of an amusing or interesting event






24. Beautiful writing; excellent penmanship






25. Mass of material sticking together






26. (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated






27. Spotless; flawless; absolutely clean






28. Copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous; Ex. travesty of justice; OP. paragon






29. Heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning






30. Driving forward; N. propulsion






31. Quarrelsome






32. Steadfast; firm; not changing






33. Vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device






34. Having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large






35. Very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand






36. Person receiving protection and support from a patron

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37. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess






38. Prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules






39. Accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling






40. Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity






41. Group of closely located islands






42. Liberate; free from chains; V. unfetter






43. Exceed






44. Provide with some quality; endow






45. Disobedient; lawless; difficult to control






46. Dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.






47. Use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce






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






49. Bee-keeping






50. Funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)