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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. Taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through






2. Small hill; hillock






3. Bend the knee as in worship






4. Go down on one's knee(s)






5. Smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent






6. Insightful; showing a good ability at perceiving and understanding; aware; wise; of perception






7. Pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham.






8. Stupid awkward person; CF. elf






9. Fits of depression or gloom; ADJ. moody: given to changeable moods; subject to periods of depression; gloomy CF. mood: state of mind or emotion






10. Nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done






11. Wine merchant; winemaker; seller of wine






12. Speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions






13. Pertaining to passionate love or sexual love






14. Kind in a generous way (to someone less important)






15. (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound






16. Repay; pay back






17. Strong; vigorous






18. Washing






19. Ointment






20. Minor fight; minor battle in war; V.






21. Cut the top off; shorten






22. Coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain






23. Indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)






24. Make or become dull or discolored; N.






25. Retaliation






26. Unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic of earlier times; primitive; Ex. an old book in pristine condition






27. Joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter






28. Unjustified; having no justification; groundless; baseless; undeserved






29. Disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost






30. Temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution






31. (of the voice) extremely loud; CF. Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad






32. Dissenting (with an opinion - a group - or a government); rebellious; N.






33. Showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance






34. Severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction






35. Middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions






36. Small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter; picture; short literary sketch; short written description of a character or scene






37. Confuse; make nervous and confused; N.






38. Applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise






39. Make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented






40. Foremost in importance; supreme; CF. para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal






41. Rubbing away; tending to grind down






42. Unfortunate accident






43. Pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)






44. Having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state






45. Sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)






46. Subordinate






47. Make (something written) false by changing






48. Doctrine; dogma






49. Optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red






50. Bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services