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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. Give up (a position - right - or claim); submit (oneself) passively






2. Make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true - less admirable ones; N. rationalization






3. (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology






4. Local or provincial dialect






5. Favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate; Ex. propitious day/sign






6. Manly; having masculine spirit or strength; full of strength






7. Act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer)






8. Make whole; combine; make into one unit






9. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply






10. Boast






11. Quarrelsome






12. Make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced






13. Tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral - disaster - etc.; sound of the funeral bell; V.






14. Blunt; not sharp; stupid; slow in understanding






15. Cutting; incisive; keen






16. Gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater






17. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic - egoistical






18. Make invalid; make null; invalidate






19. Weakness






20. Speed of music






21. Having many languages; fluent in several languages






22. One who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians






23. (of something written or painted) still in existence






24. Heat-producing; N. calorie






25. One who fits glasses to remedy visual defects






26. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich'ed






27. Those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel






28. Pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich






29. (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling); motionless; stale; not developing; inactive; dull; Ex. stagnant industrial output






30. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)






31. Freeze; coagulate






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






33. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess






34. New growth from a plant






35. Official or legal permission; latitude of action or speech; excessive freedom that causes harm or damage; V.






36. Full of vigor or energy; vibrating






37. Calamity ; disaster






38. Obedient; easily managed; submissive






39. Remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin - guilt - or defilement); N.






40. Live together






41. Envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.






42. Efficiency or conciseness in using something; thrifty management of resources






43. (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments






44. Concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty






45. Half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V.






46. Very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end






47. Remove water from; dry out






48. Looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect






49. Pertaining to money






50. Be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.