Test your basic knowledge |

Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel






2. Room or space under the roof; attic






3. Egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate






4. Call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation






5. Businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture); contractor; ADJ. entrepreneurial






6. Warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food






7. Stun; make numb (as with a drug); amaze






8. Intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general






9. Capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound






10. (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical






11. Very harmful; deadly; very destructive; Ex. pernicious effect/anemia






12. Place of refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place; Ex. The outlaw was granted sanctuary in the church.






13. Not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know






14. Shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity; ADJ. diffident






15. Not active; acted upon; receiving an action without acting in return; accepting without resistance






16. Dark; vague; unclear; not well known; Ex. obscure meaning/village; V: darken; cover; make unclear; Ex. obscure the moon/meaning






17. Infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air






18. Seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents)






19. Easily deceived






20. Thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system






21. Decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity






22. Equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry






23. Turn over; capsize; topple






24. Poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal - elegiac






25. Make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president






26. Scolding woman; very small mouselike animal






27. Break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt






28. Relating to paradise; blissful






29. Poor verse






30. Accidental; by chance; N. fortuity






31. Morbid fear






32. Sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate






33. Atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex. heinous crime






34. Degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement






35. Condition of no movement or activity; stop






36. Done with speed; quick; N. expedition






37. Lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic






38. Occurring at the proper time or season; opportune; Ex. seasonable intervention in the dispute






39. Terminology(system of specialized words); system of names or naming things






40. With a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at






41. Precede






42. Hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet






43. Word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to






44. Maze






45. Destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)






46. Dig up; discover (facts) by careful searching; Ex. He unearthed some secrets about her; OP. conceal






47. Ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons






48. Giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin






49. Breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory






50. Delayed