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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. Adjust to climate or environment; adapt






2. Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father






3. Very high






4. Scanty; inadequate






5. Ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon






6. Stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)






7. Roundness; sonorousness of speech






8. Quick or willing to receive (ideas - suggestions - etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal






9. Doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics






10. Blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice






11. Harass - annoy - torment (by repeated attacks); raid






12. Brief - comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious






13. Law enacted by the legislature






14. Undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism in the early stage of development






15. Whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful scheme






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






17. Unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile






18. Piece of sculpture showing a person's head - shoulders - and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster






19. Imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)






20. Raised platform for speech-making; pulpit






21. Lustful






22. Go through or across






23. Be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent.






24. Fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work






25. Rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents.






26. Resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision






27. Strange; mysterious; Ex. uncanny knack






28. Diligent; hard-working; N. industry






29. Quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities






30. Waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building






31. Wordy; N. verbosity






32. Chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order






33. Very small object or insect-like creature; small coin






34. Monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos






35. Repentant; N.






36. Underline; emphasize






37. Lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia






38. Disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty






39. Roll in mud; indulge in; (of a ship) roll in a rough sea; become helpless; Ex. wallow in the mud/luxury






40. Quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow - grief - etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick






41. Keep as precious; cherish






42. Rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; V: pulsate






43. Yielding to another; ceding






44. Agree; coincide; happen at the same time






45. Exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive






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






47. Ancestors






48. Very wicked






49. Loyalty






50. Control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height