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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. Piece of sculpture showing a person's head - shoulders - and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster






2. Frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb






3. Crushed oats used for making porridge






4. Become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person






5. Husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship






6. Science of law






7. Produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant






8. Arranged by degrees (of height - difficulty - etc.)






9. Quality of being provident; divine care; god's care; Providence: god; Ex. It seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; ADJ. providential: of divine providence; fortunate






10. Able to live both on land and in water; N.






11. (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart






12. Homeless wanderer






13. Study of insects






14. Stealthy; quiet and secret (trying to escape notice); sneaky; Ex. furtive glance






15. Satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff; indulge to excess in anything; N: surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit of food






16. Adjacent to; touching upon






17. Fairness; justice; OP. inequity






18. Resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to






19. Distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)






20. Contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch






21. Lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up






22. Joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival






23. Ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber






24. Seeker after position or status






25. Extraordinary ability; military bravery; Ex. prowess in battle






26. Agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power






27. Reconstruct (a sentence - story - statue - etc.); fashion again






28. (of water) cover completely; defeat completely by much greater force; Ex. overwhelmed by grief






29. Ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant






30. Terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature






31. Utensil with perforated bottom used for straining






32. Manly; having masculine spirit or strength; full of strength






33. Liable to err






34. Elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language






35. (of weather) warm and damp






36. Existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)






37. Dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book






38. Brief explanation of words used in the text






39. Conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive






40. Time of greatest success or power; prime






41. Projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information






42. Fierce; violent; N. ferocity






43. Ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient






44. Relating to space






45. Untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless






46. Capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience






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






48. Faultless






49. (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism






50. Indifference; lack of concern; composure; ADJ. nonchalant: unconcerned; cool; indifferent; Ex. nonchalant attitude to his debts