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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. Untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen






2. Split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven






3. In love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love






4. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views






5. Short and thick; stocky; Ex. ugly squat tower; V. N.






6. (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster






7. Illness






8. Imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing; work of art openly imitating the works of other artists






9. Ancestry; lineage






10. Deep dish for serving soup






11. Disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement






12. Not able to be corrected or repaired; impossible to repair






13. Fragment generally of broken pottery (glass - clay bowl - or cup)






14. (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments






15. Comment; make explanatory notes






16. Direct quick route






17. Place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins






18. Similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unpara






19. Striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion






20. Wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder






21. Being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine






22. Pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; N. seepage






23. Climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones






24. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living






25. Attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation






26. Foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome






27. Procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry






28. Strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy






29. Hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed






30. Lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)






31. Instruct; correct morally






32. Mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; V: put or make compost






33. Lose animation or strength






34. Excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it)






35. Small in amount; minute






36. Plead; ask earnestly






37. Disagreeably aggressive






38. Wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage






39. Mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself






40. Resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision






41. Spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot






42. Walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking






43. Of or pertaining to the people






44. Rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek






45. Yellowed; prejudiced (envious - hostile - or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye






46. Noisy party with a lot of drinking






47. Stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision






48. Miser; stingy person






49. Full of pores; like a sieve






50. Give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm