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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • 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. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force






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






3. Bearlike; pertaining to a bear






4. Large in quantity; generous; Ex. handsome reward






5. Outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise






6. Remitting of money; amount of money remitted






7. Pleasantly fat; nicely rounded






8. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?






9. Person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise






10. That can be permeated; penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through; V. permeate: spread or flow throughout; charge






11. Ransack; thoroughly search






12. Without a material body; insubstantial






13. List; mention one by one






14. Grandiloquent - pompous speech






15. Morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere






16. Spacious and comfortable






17. Slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)






18. Parish priest; representative






19. 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






20. Make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments.






21. Odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque






22. Ash-colored; deadly pale






23. Hold firmly within arms






24. Living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age






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






26. Goodness; moral excellence; good quality; advantage; Ex. by virtue of; Ex. make a virtue of necessity






27. Loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging






28. Back country; inner part of a country; OP. foreland






29. Gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor






30. Scarcity; dearth






31. Extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; Ex. throw the country into turmoil






32. Filled with great surprise or fear; horrified






33. Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat






34. Of the common people; deficient in refinement; not refined; coarse; Ex. vulgar display of wealth; N. vulgarism: vulgarity; crudely indecent word; CF. vulgarian: vulgar person; boor; lout






35. Squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel






36. Dominance especially of one nation over others






37. Government ruled by old people






38. Lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp






39. Greatness (in size or extent); extent






40. Related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding ceremony






41. Sear; N.






42. Scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know






43. Supplying nourishment






44. Peak; highest point; acme; Ex. pinnacle of fame






45. Advantage; anything that brings helpl - advantage - or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits






46. Trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who is easily tricked; dupe






47. Insane; Ex. lunatic asylum






48. Map-maker






49. Common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician






50. Not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous