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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • 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. Evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly






2. Hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.






3. Put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division






4. Not essential; minor; N: something incidental






5. Winding; full of curves; Ex. tortuous mountain road






6. Precision; accuracy; minute distinction or difference; Ex. to a nicety: exactly; precisely; Ex. distinguish between niceties






7. Having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer






8. Prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic






9. Be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent.






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






11. One who studies the skin and its diseases






12. Sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull






13. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. spurious arguments






14. Serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.






15. Face; appearance






16. Fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums.






17. State with less truth than seems warranted by the facts; Ex. He understated the seriousness of the crime; N. understatement; OP. overstate






18. Discourage






19. Warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove






20. One who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)






21. Mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen






22. Complete; necessary for completeness; Ex. integral part






23. Free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle






24. Catch sight of (something distant)






25. Sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)






26. Uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious






27. Hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)






28. Fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic word for fate.






29. Dark; not transparent; N. opacity






30. Sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate






31. Wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy






32. Produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas






33. One that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable






34. Lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic






35. Irritate; annoy; vex; ADJ. nettlesome






36. Since; owing to the fact that






37. Complete independence and self-government (of a country); supremacy of authority; power to govern






38. In love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love






39. Unharmed; Ex. escape the accident unscathed






40. Reclining; lying down completely or in part






41. Bruise






42. One who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V.






43. Make into an institution; put or confine in an institution






44. Short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly






45. Study industriously; ponder; scrutinize; Ex. pore over the book; N.






46. Transient; impermanent; fleeting; N. transitoriness






47. Compulsive habitual need






48. Supporter; follower






49. Brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression; V.






50. Expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth