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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. File of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back






2. Refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew






3. Words formed in imitation of natural sounds






4. Decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts






5. Raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation






6. Stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully






7. Calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics






8. Defensive mound of earth






9. Bear fruit; produce fruit






10. Secret






11. Neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry






12. Shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement






13. Exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of






14. Rising like bristles; showing irritation






15. Work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera






16. Aversion; dislike or opposition






17. Social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah






18. Wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight; N. sagacity






19. Arrogance; excessive self-conceit






20. Flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved






21. Fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick






22. Mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished






23. Pertaining to marriage






24. Event; event that causes a crisis






25. One regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stere






26. Small exclusive group of people






27. Incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy






28. Equal in extent; of the same size






29. Disturb greatly






30. Decrease in size or strength (after being full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The moon waxes and wanes every month; N.






31. Place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven






32. Deriving; origin or source of something; Ex. the derivation of the word






33. Obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another






34. Increase






35. Relating to paradise; blissful






36. Turn into vapor (steam - gas - fog - etc.)






37. Punishing; Ex. punitive measures






38. Delicate skill; V: handle with finesse






39. Storehouse for grain






40. Advanced in development; N. precocity






41. Move faster






42. Contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical






43. Neglect of duty; abandonment






44. Flat mass of floating ice






45. Of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial analysis/knowledge






46. Impertinence; insolence






47. Pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime






48. Trinket; cheap jewel; trifle






49. Flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow






50. Anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude