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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. Incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy






2. Faultless






3. Make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true - less admirable ones; N. rationalization






4. (of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated






5. Habitually silent; talking little






6. Short story of an amusing or interesting event






7. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)






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






9. Swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments






10. Attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle






11. Subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing






12. Generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)






13. Quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily






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






15. Present but not yet noticeable or active; dormant; hidden; N. latency; CF. potential






16. Loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous






17. Talk at length; speak or write in detail






18. Terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature






19. Formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.






20. Reservoir or water tank






21. Intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain






22. 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






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






24. Someone who advises insurance companies






25. Mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; V: put or make compost






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






27. Given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment






28. Moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment






29. Wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; Ex. orgy of shopping






30. Storehouse for grain






31. Delicate; very finely made; extremely beautiful; Ex. exquisite piece of jewelry






32. Announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication






33. Stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism






34. Offensive; disagreeable; Ex. obnoxious smell






35. Grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others






36. Small waterfall






37. (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments






38. Of a margin; barely within a limit; Ex. marginal effect/writing ability






39. Cook by direct heat; N.






40. Sullen; gloomy; stubborn






41. Connection






42. Resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness






43. Stupid; Ex. asinine remarks






44. Sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation






45. Red or white cell in the blood






46. Like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism






47. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste






48. Harmony; accord






49. Stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people






50. Organization for a special purpose; V: establish