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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. Taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats.






2. (of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds






3. Barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements; Ex. a barrage of criticism






4. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity






5. Warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome






6. Raised platform for speakers or other important people






7. Familiar with; having knowledge of






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






9. Stout; corpulent






10. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage






11. Strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)






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






13. Dig up; unearth; OP. inter






14. Dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected






15. Harmful; CF. obnoxious






16. Burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus






17. Not genuine; N: one that is not genuine; impostor; sham; V: counterfeit; Ex. fake the results of the experiment/the signature






18. Argumentative; fond of argument






19. Meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork - ham - bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF. sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb






20. Essence; main point; substance






21. Support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle - movement - person - etc.)






22. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage






23. Self-governing; N. autonomy






24. Surmise; guess; V.






25. Money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre






26. Enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass






27. Invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention






28. Scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off






29. Deep; not superficial; complete; Ex. profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N. profundity






30. (of a story) widely believed but untrue






31. A set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played






32. Final; not susceptible to further analysis; fundamental; Ex. The sun is the ultimate source of energy.






33. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)






34. Arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks; body of persons having authority






35. Brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious






36. Of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites






37. Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct






38. Close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony






39. Provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay






40. Two-chambered as a legislative body






41. Reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically






42. Relating to paradise; blissful






43. Engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener






44. Expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting






45. Crack; fissure






46. Worsen; aggravate; embitter






47. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand






48. Throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex. Her heart began to palpitate.






49. Holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing






50. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic