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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. Treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs






2. Lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)






3. Sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex. threat of rain; V: express a threat; give warning of (something bad); Ex. The cloud threatens rain.






4. Surface texture; completeness of execution






5. Of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify






6. Right or privilege granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory






7. Embarrass






8. Rebellion; uprising






9. Unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)






10. Blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval






11. Grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast






12. Calmness of temperament; composure






13. Solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly






14. Illegitimate child






15. Unchangeable






16. Thought; working of the brain






17. Authority on a subject; expert; learned person






18. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world






19. Wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp






20. Funeral ceremony






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






22. Rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture






23. Speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for






24. Below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement






25. Crude cabin






26. Disease communicator






27. Skin of an animal






28. Hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera






29. Object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor






30. Think over; ponder






31. Moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment






32. Criticize harshly






33. Hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex






34. Invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take






35. Upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry






36. Animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; CF. para-: beside






37. Marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke






38. Envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.






39. Loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous






40. Apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.






41. Pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general






42. Done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden






43. Pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse






44. Widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people






45. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views






46. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable






47. Make shiny by rubbing; polish






48. Hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N.






49. Honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war






50. Instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom - practice - or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage