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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. Thriftless; not providing for the future






2. Willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat






3. Split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven






4. Waste matter; worthless impurities






5. Explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults






6. Advanced in development; N. precocity






7. Similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things






8. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle






9. Recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses






10. Animal - plant - or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family; representation of this; Ex. totem pole






11. Line of ancestors; ancestry; lineage; ADJ. (of an animal) descended from of a chosen family; Ex. pedigree dog; CF. crane's foot






12. Go through or across






13. Hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed






14. Happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark






15. Lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion






16. Unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste






17. Druggist; pharmacist






18. Monkeylike; N: ape or monkey






19. Nest of a large bird of prey






20. Calmness; peace






21. Detestation; quality of being odious; hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from hateful conduct)






22. Throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex. Her heart began to palpitate.






23. Complete; consummate; make perfect; N.






24. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo






25. Wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; Ex. orgy of shopping






26. Flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely; Ex. inundated with work






27. Able to pay all depths; N. solvency






28. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions






29. Wring from; get money by threats - etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant






30. Beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar






31. Supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will






32. Exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice






33. Lawyer in the lower court of law






34. Deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change






35. Person of high rank or position






36. Purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.






37. Not thick; thinly scattered; scanty






38. Concerning the sense of smell






39. Former occupant of a post






40. Lazy






41. Clothing or equipment for a special purpose; Ex. cowboy outfit






42. Harmful; CF. obnoxious






43. Trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk






44. Of marriage or the wedding ceremony; N; nuptials; wedding ceremony






45. Dying; at the point of death; CF. death






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






47. Assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition






48. Eyesight; foresight; mental image produced by the imagination; experience of seeing the supernatural






49. Portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation






50. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?