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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. (of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty)






2. Black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis






3. Seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership






4. Bizzare; peculiar; unconventional






5. Of a member of the cat family; N.






6. Ancestors






7. Banish to the country; dwell in the country






8. Clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling






9. Person who establishes (an organization or business)






10. Expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant






11. Expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style (of expression); Ex. idiom of the modern popular music; ADJ. idiomatic






12. New growth from a plant






13. Examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)






14. Copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous; Ex. travesty of justice; OP. paragon






15. Petition humbly; pray to grant a favor






16. Suggestive; implying; serving to indicate






17. Insane






18. Indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive






19. Isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate






20. Brief statement used to express a principle






21. Estimate value of; N. appraisal






22. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.






23. Partnership; league; union of separate political parties






24. Lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character






25. Difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity






26. Twisted






27. Done with speed; quick; N. expedition






28. Support (a claim) with evidence; establish with evidence; verify






29. Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement






30. Renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation






31. Worthless; futile






32. Provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.






33. Opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments






34. Obligatory; that must be done






35. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable






36. Death notice (esp. in a newspaper); ADJ.






37. Praising; full of eulogy






38. Arrival






39. Impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility






40. Pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement






41. Animal-biting fly; irritating person






42. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land






43. Government under a single ruler






44. Deprived of (something valuable); lacking






45. Unmoved or unconcerned by; having no interest in; mediocre; neither good nor bad






46. Stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut; CF.






47. One who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief






48. Surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite






49. (of something written or painted) still in existence






50. Slow gallop; V. CF. trot