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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. Unruly; difficult to manage; Ex. intractable problem/child






2. Outward decorations; ornaments (as an outward sign of rank)






3. Cutting; incisive; keen






4. Person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money - coins - and medals






5. Hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation






6. Tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies






7. Give up; do without






8. Plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village






9. Scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker






10. Decay; fall to a lower level (of morality - civilization - or art); ADJ. decadent






11. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group






12. Growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed






13. Decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister - priest - or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination






14. Stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion; standard






15. Shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity; ADJ. diffident






16. Designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison






17. Lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger






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






19. Person who keeps bees






20. Person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing






21. Suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated






22. Stun; make numb (as with a drug); amaze






23. Great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant






24. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo






25. Short simple story teaching a moral






26. Extremely small; CF. minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting






27. Systematic; N. method: systematic method of procedure






28. Adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger - disrepute - or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N.






29. Irritable; easily angered






30. Weird; causing fear because strange






31. Move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)






32. Tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium; CF. homeo-: constant; Ex. homeotherm






33. Take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy.






34. Features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line






35. Person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded






36. Sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism






37. Objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable






38. Someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat






39. Agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement






40. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)






41. Iron block used in hammering out metals






42. Mix together; jumble; move (something) from one place to another; slide (the feet) along the ground while walking; Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to another; N.






43. Kinship; relationship by birth






44. Skillful (in using mind or hand)






45. Doctor specializing in ailments of the heart






46. Astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded - dumfounded - dumbstruck






47. Emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment






48. Highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war






49. Pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces






50. Psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution; N: ADJ: paranoid - paranoiac