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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • 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. Prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction






2. Preventing infection; having a cleansing effect






3. Artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road






4. In agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous






5. Questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)






6. Inclination; natural tendency (esp. towards something bad)






7. Firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one's own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances - he did not come back; Ex. assurance of his loyalty; Ex. The teacher lacked assurance






8. Make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented






9. Predict (according to present indications)






10. Deception; trickery






11. Sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic






12. Domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy






13. Ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame






14. Clergyman attached to a chapel






15. Pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression






16. Recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation






17. Businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture); contractor; ADJ. entrepreneurial






18. 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






19. Charlatan; boastful pretender






20. Change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas






21. Ointment






22. Boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity






23. Essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance






24. Scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know






25. Drink in






26. Theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational






27. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices






28. Marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke






29. Set right; correct; CF. rect-: right






30. Squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel






31. Shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face; Ex. barefaced lie






32. Done with speed; quick; N. expedition






33. Tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe






34. Enclosure for birds; large cage






35. Hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience






36. Pardon (an offense)






37. Lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character






38. Power of endurance; strength; staying power






39. Order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; V: give a mandate to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory






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






41. Eerie; strange; unnatural






42. Venomous spider






43. Extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy






44. Element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance th






45. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.






46. Terrible; very bad






47. Crown






48. Incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy






49. Burlesque; act of leaving the ground






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