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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Morally upright; just






2. Boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter






3. Energetic; vigorously active






4. Decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.






5. (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores






6. Push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N.






7. Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity






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






9. Someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much






10. Slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull






11. Study of language or words






12. Very small object or insect-like creature; small coin






13. Falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth






14. In name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint






15. Surround and swallow up






16. Student of the history and science of humankind






17. Calmness of temperament; composure






18. Favoritism (to a relative); CF. nephew






19. Frenzied; frantic






20. Medical treatment and care of old age






21. Happiness; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.); quality of being felicitous






22. Beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous






23. Formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report






24. Domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy






25. Concluding section of a musical or literary composition






26. Harmful; causing injury






27. Waste (time or money on unimportant things)






28. Reduce; exhaust






29. Deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise






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






31. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land






32. Cast a spell over; captivate completely






33. Counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar






34. Gap; pause; gap or interruption in space or time; break






35. Hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease






36. (of men) friendly - charming - and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition






37. Contending; CF. vie






38. Pertaining to money






39. Doctor who treats mental diseases






40. Imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon






41. Object (because of doubts - scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday






42. Warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove






43. Heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform






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






45. Low - indistinct - continuous sound; V. CF. mumble






46. Enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass






47. Joining; associating with






48. Arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile






49. Inconspicuous; not blatant






50. A light meal; collating