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






2. Difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma






3. Of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers






4. Smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive); V: cause to adhere by applying paste






5. Walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step






6. Heavenly






7. Vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance






8. Waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly






9. Surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.






10. Strong foul odor; reek; stink






11. Wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy






12. Support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress






13. Besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset






14. Grain-eating; CF. herbivore






15. Wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners






16. Pertaining to marriage






17. Tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe






18. Exclamation; Ex. 'Ouch''






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






20. Incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime






21. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment






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






23. Begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; N. inauguration; ADJ. inaugural






24. Play and jump about happily; frisk; Ex. frolicking young lambs






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






26. Quarrel






27. Created by statute or legislative action; regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age limit






28. Impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility






29. Peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement






30. Spacious






31. Entreating; beseeching; N.






32. Change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)






33. Attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images






34. Group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)






35. Agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth






36. Untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel






37. Trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous






38. False; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument






39. Privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before






40. Concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty






41. Doctor who treats mental diseases






42. Pale purple






43. Indulge; comply with the wishes of; N. quality that makes something amusing; state of mind; mood; Ex. in a bad humor; Ex. out of humor






44. Formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.






45. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess






46. Elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language






47. Beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw






48. Deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ. ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat






49. Take apart; disassemble






50. Evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement