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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. Piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker; person who stirs up trouble






2. Censure; rebuke; N. reproof






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






4. List (of names)






5. Blessing






6. Put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division






7. Lover of mankind; doer of good; N. philanthropy






8. Maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part






9. Authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental - nonbinding remark (something said in passing)






10. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste






11. Cry out suddenly; N. exclamation; ADJ. exclamatory






12. Bruise






13. Shining brightly; brilliant






14. Charlatan; boastful pretender






15. Illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.






16. Like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism






17. Overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy






18. Countercharges; V. recriminate






19. Preference; partiality






20. State of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference






21. Mysterious; hidden; secret






22. Home of a hermit






23. Make greater; increase in power - wealth - rank - or honor; N. aggrandizement






24. Filled (with something unpleasant); full; Ex. fraught with danger and difficulties; CF. freight






25. Place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts






26. Human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness






27. Given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining






28. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity






29. Analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)






30. Drunken






31. Aversion; dislike or opposition






32. Standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique






33. Swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting






34. Adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by adding fictitious details)






35. State of being parallel; similarity; analogy






36. Estimate value of; N. appraisal






37. Sociable; (of an animal) tending to form a group






38. Ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality






39. Sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate






40. Advantage; anything that brings helpl - advantage - or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits






41. Drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes






42. Place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)






43. Threatening; of an evil omen






44. Inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone






45. Strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end






46. One's opinion of oneself; self-esteem






47. Burden; N. encumbrance






48. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests






49. Unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties






50. Pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people)