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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • 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. Be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your poor grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ. fretful






2. Prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking






3. Large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left






4. Something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees






5. Hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)






6. Trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense






7. Laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats






8. Capable of using either hand with equal ease






9. Decide; settle; solve; separate; make a determined decision; N. resolution






10. Cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin






11. Die or kill from lack of air; suppress






12. Lustful






13. Destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground






14. Compulsive habitual need






15. Prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw






16. Disturb greatly






17. Arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb






18. Former occupant of a post






19. Esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener






20. Bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible






21. Small speck (esp. of dust)






22. Come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council






23. Repulsive to the sight; ugly; repugnant; Ex. hideous face/scream






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






25. Knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware






26. Slavish; cringing; N. servility






27. Blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze - gust - gale






28. Driving forward; N. propulsion






29. Feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense






30. Harmony; agreement






31. Oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging






32. Pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.






33. Retort; quick clever reply; return to former status






34. Stubbornly wrong






35. Ostentatious; showy; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious; Ex. pretentious films that claim to be art






36. Ugly; unpleasant to look at






37. Steering wheel of a ship; position of control






38. Soak; saturate; Ex. steep the fabric in the dye bath; ADJ: precipitous






39. A place where bees are kept






40. Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics






41. Frown angrily; N: angry frown






42. Deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ. ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat






43. Disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group






44. Use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals






45. Ruler in a monarchy; ADJ: (of a country) independent and self-governing; having supreme power; supreme; excellent






46. Short simple story teaching a moral






47. Long and thin; Ex. Lank - gaunt - Abraham Lincoln






48. Of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia






49. Return of part of a payment; discount; V.






50. Stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm