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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. Repentant; N.






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






3. Slow up; loosen; make or become slack






4. Manlike; resembling a human being; N.






5. Home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain.






6. Proverb; truth pithily stated






7. Spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot






8. Underwater explosive apparatus; V.






9. Shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer






10. Frown angrily; N: angry frown






11. Irreverent






12. Uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage






13. Pertaining to the moon






14. Give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher






15. Long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras






16. Act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse






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






18. Petition humbly; pray to grant a favor






19. Distinct; very noticeable; Ex. pronounced limp






20. Introduction (to a poem or play)






21. Give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy






22. Adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by adding fictitious details)






23. Reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.






24. Adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger - disrepute - or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N.






25. Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation






26. Feverish






27. Playful remark or act; V. act or speak playfully






28. Record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry






29. Clearly different from others of the same kind






30. Slavish; cringing; N. servility






31. Scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know






32. Blessing






33. Blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice






34. Mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation






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






36. Long loose garment (worn by monks)






37. Assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress






38. Hag; ugly old woman






39. Extremely hungry; voracious






40. Tendency to keep together






41. Small planet






42. Varying from of an element






43. Annoy; distress






44. Boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish






45. Designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison






46. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness






47. Make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder






48. (of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions






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






50. Nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; N: something that nourishes; rearing