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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze - gust - gale






2. Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation






3. Trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense






4. (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen






5. Combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex.






6. Step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet






7. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle






8. Adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially






9. Extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety






10. Something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt






11. Happening at last as a result; Ex. eventual victory






12. Make drunk; intoxicate; N. intoxicated person






13. Done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)






14. Formidable; causing fear






15. Malodorous; foul






16. Ill will; hatred; hostility






17. Abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary - plenty






18. Instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom - practice - or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage






19. Fearful; discerning






20. Defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous






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






22. Maker of a will; CF. testatrix






23. Tired after long work; V.






24. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged






25. Write; compose






26. Casual; hastily done with little attention to detail






27. Easily deceived






28. Hater of woman; CF. misogyny






29. Arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails






30. Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements; V. ADJ. slanderous






31. Protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent






32. Lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions






33. (animal - person - or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor






34. Injure; hurt; damage






35. Of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle






36. Go down on one's knee(s)






37. Charge in court; indict






38. (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane - the coast was a shambles.






39. Move - give - or take in a quiet - stealthy way; N: one who sneaks; ADJ. sneaky






40. Happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark






41. Vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people






42. Not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate






43. Narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation






44. Descent; ancestry






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






46. Growing by addition; accumulative






47. Loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous






48. Live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity); CF. vegetation: plants of an area; CF. vegetarian; CF. vegan






49. Connection






50. Smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly