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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. Become unsteady and fall down






2. Produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas






3. Increase gradually (as the moon); grow






4. Contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection






5. Propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group); expanse of land; region of indefinite size; system of related organs; Ex. digestive tract






6. Having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state






7. Person of no importance; nonexistence






8. Outward sign; Ex. a token of our gratitude






9. Spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex. flower girl strewing rose petals






10. Belittle






11. Cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; V: draw together by tying a lace






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






13. Rise or fly high in the air; Ex. The rocket soared into the sky.






14. Unsuccessful; fruitless






15. Sheer; transparent






16. Direct vote by all the people






17. Bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse






18. Pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal






19. Lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull






20. Trick which makes someone take action; practical joke; Ex. hoax mail; V.






21. Open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape






22. Give a bodily form to; incorporate; include






23. Hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer






24. Utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does); N.






25. Disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb






26. Gather; store up; amass






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






28. Sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)






29. Boaster; bragger






30. Items of business at a meeting






31. Give up; do without






32. Length of time something lasts






33. Deceive; delude






34. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group






35. (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick






36. Many in number or kind; numerous; varied






37. Pommel; beat or pound with fists






38. Clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions






39. Fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower






40. Additional object; useful but not essential thing






41. Introduce as a subject; moot; open up






42. Loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light






43. Someone who advises insurance companies






44. Call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation






45. Father and ruler of a family or tribe






46. Violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person)






47. Division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)






48. Distasteful; disagreeable; morally offensive; Ex. unsavory activity/reputation






49. Resulting from compulsion






50. Lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless