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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. Seize another's power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own use






2. Secret






3. Recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past






4. Drink greedily






5. One who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V.






6. Bind as servant or apprentice to master; bind by indenture; N: contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified time (as between an apprentice and his master)






7. Waste matter; worthless impurities






8. Disapproval; condemnation






9. Widespread damage; disorder; chaos






10. Harass or trouble from all directions; hem in






11. Motivate; activate; cause to act






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






13. Disentangle; solve






14. Stupid; Ex. asinine remarks






15. Prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.






16. Spotted






17. Pertaining to money






18. Puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling






19. Wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder






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






21. Weaken (esp. through heat - hunger - illness); enfeeble






22. Insane






23. Made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick






24. Substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter; CF. soil






25. Person administering capital punishment






26. Living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular






27. Plants of a region or era






28. Swindle; cheat






29. Somewhat saline






30. Drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently; N: alcoholic drink






31. Reduce; exhaust






32. Declare openly; N. avowal






33. Block or hinder; baffle; frustrate






34. Stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity






35. Cut away; cut out; N: government tax on good produced and used inside a country; N. excision






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






37. Someone who wastes money; CF. thrift: accumulated wealth






38. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)






39. Unsatisfied; not soothed






40. Outward demonstration; manifesting; indication of the presence of something; Ex. manifestation of his pronounced musical bent






41. Likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability






42. Give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; Ex. render the song beautifully






43. Depravity; baseness; Ex. moral turpitude






44. Cast a spell over; captivate completely






45. Relating to cooking or kitchen






46. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.






47. Violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things






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






49. Very generous in giving; Ex. munificent benefactor; N. munificience






50. Loyalty; accuracy