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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. Uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim






2. Capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience






3. Honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. (outdoor) festival or feast; CF. feast






4. Premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear






5. Apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature






6. Periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)






7. Resembling a horse; Ex. equine face






8. Mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together






9. Assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical






10. Kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to






11. Bruise






12. Move hastily; hurry; move briskly






13. Manlike; resembling a human being; N.






14. Sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)






15. Fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement)






16. Divide into parts






17. Something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future action; V. precede; CF. unprecedented






18. Spying






19. Deceive - persuade - or obtain by flattery; cajole; coax; Ex. wheedle a promise out of her






20. Condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation






21. Sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting






22. Pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism






23. Obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness






24. Delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress






25. Ancestor






26. Injure; hurt; damage






27. Confer






28. Wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder






29. Causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)






30. Bold; fearless






31. Mushy(sentimental) and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and objectionably sentimental






32. Substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance






33. Seriousness; ADJ. grave






34. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage






35. Ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose






36. Sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent






37. Full of self-admiration; conceited; without result; unsuccessful; N. vanity






38. Absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous






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






40. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)






41. Of time; not lasting forever; limited by time; temporary; secular; worldly






42. State with less truth than seems warranted by the facts; Ex. He understated the seriousness of the crime; N. understatement; OP. overstate






43. Building (of imposing size)






44. Held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune






45. Raised platform for speakers or other important people






46. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute






47. One incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health






48. Evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look






49. Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly






50. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology