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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. Funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)






2. Throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion; flip (a coin) to decide something






3. Boastful; pompous






4. Particle removed by a file






5. One who studies the skin and its diseases






6. Throw overboard (from a ship or plane)






7. Surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N.






8. Strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster






9. Make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs






10. Anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash






11. Blessing






12. Not literal but metaphorical; using a figure(impression) of speech






13. Unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex. ignoble deed






14. Brief and compact






15. Oily; bland; insincerely suave






16. Correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief






17. Used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease






18. Pertaining to the woods or the country






19. Put in danger






20. Comment; make explanatory notes






21. Smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent






22. Summarize






23. Rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion






24. Difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity






25. Expressing irony; occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner






26. Indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint; insinuation; Ex. sexual innuendo






27. Convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun






28. Model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue






29. Set off; start






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






31. One who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia






32. Made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick






33. One part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal






34. State of depression or melancholy; style of slow - mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs)






35. Have a tendency; take care of; minister; serve at; apply one's attention; attend






36. (of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; N. virulence; CF. virus; CF. venom






37. Grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation






38. Pantry; place where food is kept






39. Weaken; castrate






40. Make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet






41. Immoral behavior; bad management; V.






42. State of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age






43. Greediness for wealth






44. Combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize






45. Explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe






46. Burlesque; act of leaving the ground






47. Tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N.






48. Rider on horseback; ADJ.






49. Dry up






50. Place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven