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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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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. Curse; swearword






2. Walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness; weak






3. Separated; alienated; V. estrange: alienate (people in a family); N. estrangement






4. Small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel






5. One who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure






6. Iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence






7. Explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid






8. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence






9. Charmingly carefree; simple and happy; Ex. idyllic scene






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






11. Stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch the gushing wound






12. Scolding woman; very small mouselike animal






13. Make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred by rubbing against a rough surface; Ex. grated cheese N: framework of metal bars to hold fuel in a fireplace






14. Tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform






15. Not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question






16. Grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon






17. Written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; appear;






18. Lacking in spirit or energy; languid






19. (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed






20. Pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general






21. Steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap






22. Belief






23. Well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif






24. Slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people






25. Art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``W






26. Causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass






27. Honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction






28. Group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services); place for choir






29. Strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture






30. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.






31. Act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive






32. Suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food






33. Funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials






34. Division of a long poem






35. Solidly uniform; unchangeable; unyielding; N. monolith: large block of stone






36. Active enmity






37. Draftee; person forced into military service; V.






38. Shield; protection; defense






39. Pale purple






40. Imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall






41. Assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor






42. Roman outer robe






43. Pardon (an offense)






44. Admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal






45. Arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist; Ex. incite a riot/the crowd to rebellion






46. Drive away; disgust; Ex. repel the attack/moisture; Ex. repelled by the dirty room; CF. repulsion






47. Fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land






48. Improve






49. Relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day






50. Ornamental horizontal band on a wall