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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. Unrepressed; free in behavior and feelings






2. Green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather






3. Mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen






4. Right or privilege granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory






5. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling






6. Monarch; sovereign






7. Psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire






8. In good condition; showing good judgment or good sense; thorough; complete; Ex. sound mind/investment/training






9. Felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate






10. Dismay; shock deeply






11. Fear of heights






12. Clothing or equipment for a special purpose; Ex. cowboy outfit






13. Condition or period of flowering






14. Disagree






15. Powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power






16. Stubbornly wrong






17. Annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy






18. Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go.






19. Hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work






20. Ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon






21. (of a boat) turn over






22. Skin disease (on the face)






23. Walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking






24. Evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement






25. Vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device






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






27. Hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)






28. Utensil with perforated bottom used for straining






29. Driving forward; N. propulsion






30. Outstanding; superior






31. Medieval chemistry






32. Having an odor






33. Error; stupid mistake






34. Shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer






35. Meager; insufficient






36. (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?






37. Small representative world; world in miniature; Ex. microcosm of English society






38. Play and jump about happily; frisk; Ex. frolicking young lambs






39. Reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply






40. Vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle






41. Confuse; puzzle






42. Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire






43. Explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid






44. Calamity ; disaster






45. One who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia






46. Slow gallop; V. CF. trot






47. Daydream; abstracted musing






48. Darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an eclipse






49. Injure; hurt; damage






50. Capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound