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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • 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. Bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry






2. Abnormal or deviant






3. Father; become the father of; produce; give rise to






4. Stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision






5. Display of partiality toward a favored person






6. Annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)






7. Crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli - which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power






8. Mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president






9. Readily acting in accordance with a rule - order - or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements






10. Dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks






11. Traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling






12. Flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.






13. Evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to grasp - catch - or understand; V. elude: escape from; escape the understanding or grasp of; Ex. elude the hunter; Ex. His name eludes me.






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






15. Varied; greatly diversified; Ex. multifarious activities






16. Encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort






17. Filthy; foul; base; vile; Ex. sordid bed/story






18. Sheer; transparent






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






20. Shrink quivering as from fear; cringe






21. Frown angrily; N: angry frown






22. Casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight






23. Disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise






24. Obligatory; that must be done






25. Invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention






26. Formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics.






27. Wrong or improper name; incorrect designation






28. Deceptive scheme; clever trick






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






30. Shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals); show redness and heat (in the face) after hard work or because of strong feelings; N: light produced by a heated body; brilliance of a color






31. Deportment; connection






32. Give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure






33. Shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs






34. Someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis






35. Introductory; of a preface






36. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant






37. Wandering; V. migrate: move from one region and settle in another; move periodically from one region to another






38. Defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail






39. Stir up; disturb






40. Selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V.






41. Scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance






42. Song of praise or joy; Ex. paeans celebrating the victory






43. Stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; N. CF. stoicism






44. Powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential






45. Handle roughly; batter; injure by beating; Ex. mauled by his overexcited fans; N: heavy long-handled hammer






46. Explain






47. Heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning






48. Teachings in general; particular principle (religious - legal - etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal






49. Introduction (to a poem or play)






50. Prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction