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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. Not applicable; unrelated






2. Swelling out in waves; surging






3. Read through with care; N. perusal






4. Group of attendants; retinue; CF. surround






5. Mistaken; wrong; incorrect






6. Lengthen; extend; draw out






7. Promoting a particular point of view; biased; having an aim; designed to further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a certain direction






8. Apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction






9. Science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in






10. Soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity






11. Pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive






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






13. Approve; support; write one's signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal






14. Extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy






15. Varying from of an element






16. Related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration






17. Deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex. persuade her by guile






18. Place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)






19. Impudent disrespect; haughtiness; ADJ. insolent; CF. haughty + rude






20. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)






21. Nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong






22. Not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate






23. Increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent






24. Complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices






25. Box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive






26. Rub out; remove the surface of






27. Narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made by a stream which runs through it)






28. Hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition






29. Made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction






30. Boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable






31. Time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve






32. One who foretells the future






33. Block; obstacle; V. hinder






34. Impossible to reconcile; incompatible; not able to be resolved






35. Reflection; thought; V. meditate






36. Oily; bland; insincerely suave






37. Curse






38. Odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery






39. Nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment






40. Repentant; N.






41. Resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity






42. Penitent; repentant; N. contrition






43. Giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin






44. Confuse; mix up confusedly; N: state of confusion






45. Shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her retiring personality






46. What someone deserves






47. Lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)






48. Of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial analysis/knowledge






49. Highly pretentious or inflated






50. Slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor