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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. Redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing






2. Face; appearance






3. Medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium






4. Unconquerable






5. State of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element






6. Seriousness; gravity






7. Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated; candid






8. Medical condition in which the skin - the white part of the eyes - etc. turn yellow; V: affect with jaundice; affect with prejudice - envy - or hostility; bias






9. Treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity - respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.






10. Ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber






11. Strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause






12. Murder of a king or queen






13. Loss of memory






14. Abuse






15. One incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health






16. Ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality






17. Illusive; deceptive; not real






18. Something - such as a monument or holiday - intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative






19. Enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit






20. Denounce; utter censure or invective; Ex. inveigh against the evils of drink






21. Make (a bill) into law






22. Feasible






23. Arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails






24. Restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words






25. Weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify






26. Dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers - ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency






27. Of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not divine; possible; Ex. no earthly reason






28. Serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober






29. Stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch the gushing wound






30. Equip; N. accoutrement






31. Imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; Ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional






32. Deliberately planned; likely






33. Leftover food






34. Deportment; connection






35. Enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor






36. Incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music






37. Admit fresh air into to replace stale air






38. Weaken; take away energy from






39. Not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery






40. Cause; produce; create






41. Accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling






42. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river






43. Shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.






44. Dismay; shock deeply






45. Put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply with tools; Ex. implement the plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument






46. Chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.






47. Enjoy; have a distinctive flavor - smell - or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality






48. Lending money at illegal high rates of interest






49. Devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual woman/curves/lips






50. Gather; store up; amass