Test your basic knowledge |

Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance






2. Of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary






3. (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat






4. Of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani






5. Fixed portion; V: distribute as rations






6. Machine that separates substances by whirling them






7. Without guile; open and honest






8. Leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)






9. Hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous






10. Pertaining to the woods or the country






11. Start; beginning






12. Phrase repeated throughout a song or poem






13. Fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce






14. Arrogant; presumptuous






15. Remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge






16. Meantime; Ex. in the interim; ADJ. taking place during an interim; Ex. interim paper






17. (of a story) widely believed but untrue






18. Make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair






19. Guarantee; assurance by seller






20. Go backwards; recede; degenerate; deteriorate; ADJ.






21. Youthful; immature; inexperienced






22. In confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell






23. With reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.






24. Put on; OP. doff






25. Something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume






26. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force






27. Small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V.






28. Self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent






29. Immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition






30. Set off; start






31. Laughable; ridiculous; trifling






32. Offensive in odor or flavor






33. Of or suitable for a palace; magnificent






34. State of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness






35. Expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant






36. Crystal clear






37. One incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health






38. Female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew






39. Having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.






40. Strong; vigorous






41. Terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature






42. Noticeable; targeted for vengeance or attack; Ex. marked improvement/man






43. Meal; feast; banquet






44. Having no equal; incomparable






45. Brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing; cause to become worn out (a person's temper or nerves); CF. rub






46. Become popular with; bring (oneself) in favor of another; Ex. ingratiate himself with the boss






47. Fluent; talkative; glib; N. volubility






48. Clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit






49. Devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual woman/curves/lips






50. Humbleness of spirit