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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. Pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness






2. Word considered offensive; Ex. 'bloody''






3. Furthest behind; farthest to the rear






4. Comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop






5. Possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy






6. Trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby






7. 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






8. Spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line; distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically






9. Skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair






10. Holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing






11. First rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript






12. Deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke






13. Dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence






14. Lazy person






15. Small waterfall






16. Hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule






17. Court of justice






18. Mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough






19. Full of pores; like a sieve






20. Observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation; SG. phenomenon: observable fact; very unusual person - thing - or event; marvel; wonder; CF. phenomenons; ADJ. phenomenal: very unusual; extraordinary; of a phenomenon; Ex. phenomenal strength






21. Relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion






22. Spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot






23. Prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer






24. Prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive






25. Destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant






26. Premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear






27. Judicial branch of government






28. Formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report






29. Disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost






30. Command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done






31. Reckon; calculate






32. Inquiry; question; V.






33. Pertaining to marriage






34. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement






35. False; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument






36. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.






37. Branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision






38. Family descent; ADJ. ancestral






39. Reclining; lying down completely or in part






40. Intermediate; acting as a mediator; N: mediator; go-between






41. Thin liquid porridge






42. Large group of insects moving in a mass; crowd of people or animals; V: move in a crowd or mass






43. Without an equal; single in kind






44. Unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill; incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements or ideas) inappropriate






45. Man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal)






46. Pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)






47. (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain






48. Retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete






49. Related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field






50. Utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement