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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Weakness






2. Hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease






3. Main wooden stem of a tree; human body excluding the head and limbs; torso; prehensile nose of an elephant






4. Tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar






5. Relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments






6. Cater to (the low desires of others)






7. Facial distortion to show feeling such as pain - disgust - etc; V.






8. Make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B






9. Ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment






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






11. Outrun; surpass; outdo






12. Heat-producing; N. calorie






13. Speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil.






14. Alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration






15. Unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill; incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements or ideas) inappropriate






16. Mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited






17. Not thick; thinly scattered; scanty






18. Saying farewell; expression of leave-taking






19. Express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow






20. Cruel; (of a disease) deadly






21. (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious






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






23. Confer






24. Cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered






25. Roundabout






26. Turn away from (a principle - norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism






27. Cheerful promptness without reluctance






28. Cutting off; separation






29. Rapture; very strong feeling of joy and happiness; any overpowering emotion; ADJ. ecstatic: causing or experiencing ecstasy






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






31. Distance around something; circumference






32. Give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure






33. Fearless






34. Braid; interwine; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; Ex. plaited hair; N: braided length as of hair o fabric; CF. pigtail - ponytail






35. Capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal






36. Noisy party with a lot of drinking






37. Third in order or rank






38. Solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome






39. Romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; N.






40. Flexible; supple; pliable; V.






41. Clergyman attached to a chapel






42. Remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp






43. Redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing






44. Infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no mistakes






45. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable






46. Security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters






47. Of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; Ex. titular head of the company






48. Acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt






49. Informal discussion; conversation






50. Prove genuine