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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. Cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable






2. Praise; enthusiastic approval; round(succession or series) of applause; ADJ. plauditory; CF. applaud






3. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch






4. Move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; Ex. wavering between accepting and refusing






5. Poison (of an animal); hatred; Ex. remarks full of venom; ADJ. venomous






6. Written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; appear;






7. Red or white cell in the blood






8. Approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance






9. Filled with great surprise or fear; horrified






10. Irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path






11. Behavior; bearing






12. Capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound






13. Traitor






14. Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)






15. Small church (in a prison - college - or hospital)






16. Comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop






17. Witty thought or saying - usually short






18. Cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent means; N. fraud: deception; swindle






19. Obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate






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






21. Be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.






22. Harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together






23. Speed; rapidity






24. List of works of music - drama - etc. - a performer is prepared to present; CF. repertory






25. Drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment)






26. Give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly






27. Clever and imaginative (in dealing with difficult situations); N. resource - resourcefulness






28. Animal-biting fly; irritating person






29. Reckon; calculate






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






31. Convincing






32. Relating to paradise; blissful






33. Related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field






34. Disaster; misery






35. Social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah






36. Money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre






37. Crevice; crack






38. Man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional






39. Held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune






40. Bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry






41. False belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that






42. Arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws - rules - established social customs






43. Punishment; severe criticism or disapproval






44. Quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record






45. Based on experience; of or acquired through practice (rather than theory); useful; Ex. practical man






46. One who has more than one spouse at a time; CF. bigamy; CF. polyandry






47. Wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise






48. Make young again






49. Miser; stingy person






50. Contrast; one that by contrast enhances the distinctive characteristics of another