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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. Anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude






2. Weaken (esp. through heat - hunger - illness); enfeeble






3. Entice; attract; tempt






4. Questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety






5. 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






6. Not planned; impromptu; extempore






7. Eerie; strange; unnatural






8. Something fit to be eaten






9. Command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done






10. Very small quantity






11. Chief; first; Ex. archbishop






12. Wealthy and powerful businessperson; wealthy leader; magnate; Ex. business tycoon






13. Grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast






14. Soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body






15. Freeze; coagulate






16. Great mass of falling snow and ice






17. Bleach; whiten; make white or pale






18. (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick






19. Be a sign of; foreshadow






20. Soil; defile; make dirty






21. Luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth






22. Spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually






23. Harmonious; in agreement; N.






24. Infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.






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






26. Practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism






27. Person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded






28. Red or white cell in the blood






29. Plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village






30. Large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge - swell - roll in billows






31. Distinct; very noticeable; Ex. pronounced limp






32. Dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected






33. Lacking in spirit or energy; languid






34. Make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet






35. Fashionable; conforming to the current fashion






36. Boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing






37. Lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase






38. Condition of being unable to feel pain






39. Derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning






40. Please; satisfy; Ex. gratify a desire






41. Substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues






42. Flexible; limber; pliant






43. Argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)






44. Break (a law); defile; desecrate; assault sexually; Ex. violate graves






45. Gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon






46. Lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned






47. Club; heavy-headed weapon; V.






48. Pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease






49. Make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; N. perpetuity






50. Comparison of one thing with another - using the word like or as