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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. Shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light; Ex. luminous paint/road signs






2. Insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible; Ex. paltry sum; CF. trash






3. Work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away






4. Introductory; of a preface






5. Plant or scatter seed






6. Slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult






7. Drive away; disgust; Ex. repel the attack/moisture; Ex. repelled by the dirty room; CF. repulsion






8. Doctrine; dogma






9. Means; effort; Ex. by dint of hard work






10. Contending; CF. vie






11. Self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent






12. Clearly different; clearly noticed






13. Indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line); Ex. oblique reference






14. Lawyer in the lower court of law






15. Shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall






16. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish






17. Fierce; violent; N. ferocity






18. Tip






19. Determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination






20. Small planet






21. Slight degree of color; V: give a tint to






22. Curative; N. therapy






23. Occurring again and again






24. Diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers






25. Case for a sword blade; sheath






26. Mar; disfigure






27. Coarsely insulting; physically harmful






28. Introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner






29. Fear of water; rabies






30. Flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.






31. Children; offspring; descendants






32. Loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light






33. Division of animals or plants - below a family and above a species






34. Easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitate






35. Affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way of speech






36. Injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim






37. Prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life






38. Mental or bodily powers; teaching staff






39. Room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline






40. Total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens






41. Bizzare; peculiar; unconventional






42. (of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial






43. Place where a river can be crossed on foot; V.






44. Cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold






45. Brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; Ex. illuminating remarks






46. Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch






47. Trick to deceive; stratagem






48. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound






49. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner






50. Give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly