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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. Ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient






2. Humorous; mischievous; tricky






3. Charming; attractive






4. Outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the town






5. Place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven






6. Fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; CF. proprietor - proprietary






7. Double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous






8. Causing nausea; feeling nausea






9. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group






10. Unattractive






11. Hairs on back and neck - especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise






12. Temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.






13. Compose on the spur of the moment






14. Going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile






15. Stingy; mean






16. Cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted






17. Unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex. ignoble deed






18. Insignificant; unimportant






19. Hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice: desire to harm others; spite






20. Severe dizziness; giddiness






21. Make greater; increase in power - wealth - rank - or honor; N. aggrandizement






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






23. Small cavern






24. Needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true






25. Seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism






26. Book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize






27. Release or discharge through a vent; express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He vented his wrath on his family.






28. State of having two opposite qualities






29. Determination; resoluteness; ADJ. resolute: firm or determined in purpose






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






31. Surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually






32. One who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)






33. Come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention






34. Meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person






35. Preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)






36. Natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)






37. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful






38. Frustrate; perplex






39. Vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; Ex. nebulous proposal






40. Firmness; persistence






41. Diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers






42. Give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect - comply with - courteous






43. Greatness (in size or extent); extent






44. Choosing of a lot or card






45. One who commits sabotage; destroyer of property; N. sabotage: destruction of property (usually carried out secretly)






46. Home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain.






47. Defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail






48. Entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer






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






50. Shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair