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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. Gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor






2. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable






3. Guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction






4. Quick clever reply






5. Falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation






6. Opposite






7. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.






8. Blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams






9. Decay; fall to a lower level (of morality - civilization - or art); ADJ. decadent






10. Blessing






11. Foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome






12. Abnormal; impaired






13. Move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.






14. Deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked






15. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply






16. Having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf






17. Witty thought or saying - usually short






18. Woman who rules a family or larger social group






19. Evil; ominous






20. Irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness






21. Pitcher; container for holding liquids






22. Touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please






23. In feudalism - one who held land of a superior lord; subordinate or dependent






24. Able to walk






25. Fight






26. Hard to understand; known only to the chosen few - esp. initiates; N. esoterica






27. Fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional






28. (of an experience) deeply shocking; pertaining to an injury caused by violence; N. trauma: serious wound; emotional shock that causes lasting psychological damage






29. Intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V.






30. Overcome






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






32. Shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)






33. Able to live both on land and in water; N.






34. Absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous






35. Spotless; flawless; absolutely clean






36. Unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.






37. Undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism in the early stage of development






38. Machine that separates substances by whirling them






39. Fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion






40. Assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude






41. Long - eventful - adventurous journey






42. Current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time






43. Openmouthed






44. Detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant






45. Morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere






46. Lazy; slow; inactive; lethargic; CF. slug: nail with no shell






47. State of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray






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






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






50. Of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment