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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. Be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do.






2. Lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic






3. Correct; change ; generally for the better






4. Plunder






5. Resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic






6. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument






7. Pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state






8. Absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done






9. Driving away; disgusting; offensive; repulsive; unattractive; N.






10. Hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work






11. Saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings






12. Beautiful clothes for a special occasion






13. Gay; joyous






14. Restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of






15. Distortion; burlesque






16. Search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.






17. Defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail






18. Art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``W






19. Premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant)






20. Help bring about; make less difficult






21. Crash; rush; move with great speed; Ex. hurtling runaway train






22. Quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments






23. Chance; luck






24. State of being undecided; anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty






25. Guarantee; assurance by seller






26. Conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air






27. Swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery






28. Small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel






29. (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed






30. Accidental transposition of sounds in successive words; Ex. 'Let me sew you to your sheet'' for 'Let me show you to your seat''; CF. William Spooner






31. Highly ornate






32. Occupy fully; absorb






33. Introduction (to a poem or play)






34. Short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors






35. Disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend






36. Combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature






37. Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse






38. Separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group






39. Smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity - fatuousness






40. Morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere






41. Steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap






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






43. Windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters - tears); Ex. gale of laughter






44. Pertaining to marriage






45. Returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss - damage - or injury






46. Unity of pitch (in musical performance); complete accord; Ex. The choir sang in unison.






47. Soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells






48. (animal - person - or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor






49. Long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave - business cycle - etc.); long narrow depression as between waves






50. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich'ed