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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • 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. Limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the meaning of; modify






2. Process of nourishing or being nourished; CF. malnutrition






3. Equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate






4. Bantering; joking






5. Contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch






6. Roll in mud; indulge in; (of a ship) roll in a rough sea; become helpless; Ex. wallow in the mud/luxury






7. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish






8. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)






9. Related to a school; not practical or directly useful






10. Records arranged in yearly parts; history






11. Of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald






12. Having an odor






13. Eerie; strange; unnatural






14. Teach (ideas or principles); instill






15. Deep-rooted; habitual; CF. grow old






16. Omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses






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






18. Become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care






19. Extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress;






20. Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; ADJ: discontented






21. Very small quantity






22. Without a material body; insubstantial






23. Bow (to show respect and obedience)






24. Pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air






25. Praise very highly; glorify






26. Powerful movement of or like a wave; V.






27. Not influenced by emotions; fair; N: goal; aim






28. Associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)






29. Overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic






30. Unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause






31. Blood-vessel; CF. vein






32. Striker (tongue) of a bell






33. Of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; Ex. peripheral nerve/interest






34. Scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible






35. Friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations






36. Animals of a period or region; CF. flora






37. Increase






38. Hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden






39. Solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly






40. Spread or cover with a sticky substance; N: mark made by smearing






41. Complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices






42. Support on which a lever rests or pivots






43. Brief and compact






44. (of a place) be filled with sound; (of a sound) sound loudly; sound back; echo; Ex. hall resounded with laughter






45. Made of bone; bony






46. Improve






47. Wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)






48. With identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ.






49. Self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent






50. Yielding to another; ceding