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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. Entertain






2. Gloomy; depressed






3. Dejected; dispirited






4. (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism






5. Belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death






6. Honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war






7. Pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble






8. Calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics






9. Decode; CF. indecipherable






10. Shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals); show redness and heat (in the face) after hard work or because of strong feelings; N: light produced by a heated body; brilliance of a color






11. Delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory






12. Showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display






13. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil






14. Tear made by rending; rip; split






15. Compose on the spur of the moment






16. Evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly






17. Capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber






18. Inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence






19. After death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel






20. Transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand






21. Counselor; teacher






22. Merry






23. Incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure






24. Representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.






25. Border upon; adjoin






26. Region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo






27. Omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses






28. Stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement






29. Lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish






30. Put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight






31. Honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness






32. Think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest






33. Echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley.






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






35. Expose to slander






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






37. Clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?






38. Withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity






39. Truthfulness; adherence to the truth






40. Shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot






41. Stupid; Ex. asinine remarks






42. Filled with great surprise or fear; horrified






43. Plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy






44. Earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; something that may develop into something larger or more important; microbe






45. Faithless lover; flirt






46. Roundness; sonorousness of speech






47. Paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; V.






48. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views






49. Dramatic or musical performance given in the afternoon

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50. Sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex. threat of rain; V: express a threat; give warning of (something bad); Ex. The cloud threatens rain.