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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. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place






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






3. Producing motion; of motion






4. Token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful






5. Bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored






6. Food of the gods






7. Dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers - ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency






8. Quarrelsome






9. Lazy






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






11. Body of customers






12. Handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)






13. Tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant






14. Legal claim or right on a property






15. Weird; causing fear because strange






16. Utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones






17. Treat (a person) as a celebrity






18. Cock; adult male chicken






19. Board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)






20. Make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for






21. (of a plant or grass) growing very well






22. Swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence






23. Very small object or insect-like creature; small coin






24. Kindly; doing good






25. Tear made by rending; rip; split






26. Die or kill from lack of air; suppress






27. Restrain; prohibit; retard or prevent; N. inhibition






28. Homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic






29. Hackneyed; commonplace






30. Instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom - practice - or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage






31. Forcible restraint - especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress






32. Person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment; person concerned with the detrimental effects of human civilization on the environment; CF. ecology






33. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority






34. Underline; emphasize






35. (of a person) bold; adventurous; daring; (of an action) risky






36. Moment of calm; period of reduced activity; Ex. a lull in the rain; V: cause to become less active; cause to sleep or rest; Ex. lull the opponents into a false sense of security; CF. lullaby






37. Freedom from narrow limitations






38. Official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights; protector of the people






39. Make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)






40. Front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance






41. Match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu






42. Vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance






43. Small waterfall






44. Make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex. intoxicated by all the money he might win






45. Kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers






46. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate






47. Suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners






48. Base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down; V: walk in a heavy manner; baffle; puzzle






49. Hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop






50. A great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes