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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. Woman whom a man loves






2. Stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency






3. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast






4. Brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious






5. Questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety






6. Erase; strike out






7. Pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea






8. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death; V. eulogize






9. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition






10. Separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position






11. Metric; written in the form of poetry; Ex. metrical translation of Homer






12. Urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually






13. Elevated position; altitude; height; flat upright side of a building; angle made by pointing a gun; Ex. The elevation of her style is much admired; Ex. front elevation of the house






14. Happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark






15. Case for a sword blade; sheath






16. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful






17. Chatter rapidly or unintelligibly






18. Lazy person






19. Admit fresh air into to replace stale air






20. Drink greedily






21. Criticize harshly






22. Not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know






23. Surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP. gorge






24. Offensive in odor or flavor






25. Imprison






26. Sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)






27. State of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element






28. Very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior






29. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse






30. Inharmonious; N. incompatibility






31. Hot sweet dish






32. Having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state






33. Fern leaf; palm or banana leaf






34. Immature; half-baked; like a sophomore






35. Below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement






36. Green; covered with green plants or grass; lush in vegetation; Ex. verdant meadows






37. Somewhat saline






38. Frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid






39. Saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings






40. Obedient; easily managed; submissive






41. Force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling - reduce fever - etc.






42. Formal agreement






43. Act of using one's will; act of making a conscious choice; Ex. She selected this dress of her own volition.






44. (of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble






45. Beginning; origin






46. Make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion






47. Cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable






48. Raised platform used in preaching (in a church)






49. Story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill






50. Cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied; CF. guide