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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. Insignificant; unimportant






2. Rebel; nonconformist (in a group)






3. Rule over tyrannically






4. Very wicked






5. Bind as servant or apprentice to master; bind by indenture; N: contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified time (as between an apprentice and his master)






6. Contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots






7. One who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work






8. Small speck (esp. of dust)






9. Tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse






10. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality






11. Contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical






12. Premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear






13. Legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor






14. Incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something






15. Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten






16. Unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.






17. Produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant






18. Resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to






19. Curse; express abhorrence for; detest






20. Cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing






21. Drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently; N: alcoholic drink






22. Short-lived; fleeting






23. Person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism






24. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.






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






26. Sustaining; means of livelihood - support - food - nourishment; something that maintains life; food






27. Someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much






28. Crystal clear






29. Devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms






30. Poor; destitute






31. Book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus






32. Shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall






33. Temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution






34. Periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals






35. Taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.






36. Opposite; ADJ.






37. Bantering; joking






38. Too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable






39. Support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress






40. Taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future






41. Hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition






42. Staying for a short time; momentary; temporary; N: one that is transient






43. Small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation






44. Tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to






45. Multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts)






46. Temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.






47. Blessing






48. Urgent situation; ADJ. exigent






49. Made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction






50. Advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; Ex. Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a match/bill; Ex. promote a new product