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






2. Large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge - swell - roll in billows






3. Separate; part; CF. asunder






4. Attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images






5. Pertaining to disease; N. pathology: study of disease






6. Curative; N. therapy






7. Collarbone






8. Disparage; depreciate






9. Closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place






10. Large in quantity; generous; Ex. handsome reward






11. Slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall






12. Story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill






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






14. Repay; pay back






15. Faithless lover; flirt






16. Exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola






17. Happiness; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.); quality of being felicitous






18. Scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off






19. Desert; abandon; renounce






20. Rubbing away; tending to grind down






21. Bully; intimidate






22. Width; extent






23. Strong; vigorous






24. Excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic - egoistical






25. Kind in a generous way (to someone less important)






26. Occurring irregularly; intermittent






27. Sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate






28. Stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age; CF. moist






29. Disrepute; ill fame






30. Blessing; benefit; something very helpful






31. Doubts






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






33. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence






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






35. Features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line






36. Dig up; unearth; OP. inter






37. 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)






38. Plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events






39. Fond of books and reading






40. Accidental; casual; happening by chance






41. Keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours); Ex. all-night vigil






42. Shove; bump; push against (someone) rather roughly; Ex. jostled by the crowds






43. Entreating; beseeching; N.






44. Infinite; limitless






45. Worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate






46. Flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.






47. Harmful; causing injury






48. Unsuccessful; fruitless






49. Analysis; cutting apart in order to examine






50. False; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. spurious arguments