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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. Inconspicuous; not blatant






2. Grisly; horrible






3. Humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; V.






4. Trickery; deception






5. Act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch






6. Fastidious; finicky; easily upset






7. Tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel






8. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression






9. Rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm






10. Embezzle






11. Elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune)






12. List; mention one by one






13. Please intensely; fill with rapture and delight






14. Belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet'e; ADJ. credulous






15. Menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question






16. Study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation






17. Swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's head swathed in bandages






18. Continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent






19. Of sound or its speed in air; CF. subsonic - supersonic






20. Stubborn; refusing to change one's belief






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






22. Charm; object believed to give supernatural powers to or protect its bearer






23. Weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man






24. Suffering from a disease; destroyed






25. Invigorating and refreshing; cheering; V. exhilarate: make cheerful and excited; Ex. exhilarated by the ride in the sports car






26. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions






27. Deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke






28. Action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy






29. Not essential; minor; N: something incidental






30. Move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky: playful






31. Make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced






32. Union; coalition; V. fuse






33. Weakness






34. Similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unpara






35. Resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision






36. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film






37. Deficient in intelligence; very stupid






38. Strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock






39. System of ideas characteristic of a group or culture






40. Optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red






41. Irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness






42. Place side by side; CF. next






43. Announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication






44. Forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard






45. Windy






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






47. Shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)






48. Done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne






49. Pouring forth; unrestrained outpouring of feeling; V. effuse: pour out; ADJ. effusive: pouring forth; gushing






50. Infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous