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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. Moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness






2. Convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun






3. Unsuccessful; fruitless






4. Lie down






5. Skillful (in using mind or hand)






6. Complete agreement; ADJ. unanimous






7. Lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry






8. Deliberately planned; likely






9. Clean; remove offensive parts of a book






10. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)






11. Token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful






12. Curative; N. therapy






13. Lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions






14. Pitiless; merciless; cruel






15. Meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation






16. Warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law






17. Recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past






18. Dark; not transparent; N. opacity






19. Guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction






20. Tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass - etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful






21. Smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger






22. Squeeze between the thumb and a finger - or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger






23. Nest of a large bird of prey






24. Throw forcefully; shout out violently






25. Intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain






26. Administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert






27. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand






28. Disturb greatly






29. Of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original






30. Prove genuine






31. 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






32. One that has been excluded from a society; ADJ.






33. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade






34. Call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation






35. Refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant






36. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force






37. Enclosure for birds; large cage






38. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)






39. Dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book






40. Hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)






41. Bloody; with much bloodshed






42. Justified; authorized






43. Suitable for drinking; drinkable






44. Stick together






45. Hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search - especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion






46. Excessive indulgence of one's own desire






47. Accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes






48. Spasmodic; intermittent; irregular






49. Self-evident truth requiring no proof






50. Items of business at a meeting