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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. Avoid (responsibility - work - etc.); malinger






2. Native; Ex. plant indigenous to the New World






3. (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand.






4. Fond word or act; expression of affection






5. Serving to complete something






6. Story - play - or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable






7. Join; unite; OP. uncouple






8. Decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.






9. Direct quick route






10. Pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum






11. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste






12. Reparable






13. Having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire






14. Hairstyle






15. Minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio - punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail






16. Intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general






17. Not essential; minor; N: something incidental






18. Desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration - misuse - or theft of something sacred






19. Ancestors






20. Certainty






21. Lazy






22. Mismanage; blow






23. Not biased; fair; N. impartiality






24. Ill luck






25. Precision; accuracy; minute distinction or difference; Ex. to a nicety: exactly; precisely; Ex. distinguish between niceties






26. Excessive indulgence of one's own desire






27. Inappropriate; ADV.






28. Overcome






29. Daily domestic task (such as cleaning - cooking - and shopping); unpleasant task






30. Blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group - cause - or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin






31. Give a bodily form to; incorporate; include






32. Spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity






33. Cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin






34. Private secret meeting






35. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; ADJ. sycophantic






36. Apparatus used to maintain balance - ascertain direction - etc.






37. Act of finding oneself in society; orienting






38. Journey; V. peregrinate






39. Crowd (of people or things); V.






40. One guilty of a crime






41. Without guile; open and honest






42. Capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails






43. Clear beef (or meat) soup






44. System of ideas characteristic of a group or culture






45. Influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence






46. Strong inclination; strong liking (esp. for something that is disapproved of by other people); Ex. penchant for fast cars






47. Group sharing a common cause or opinion






48. Large three-masted sailing ship






49. Those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel






50. Rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek