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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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1. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise






2. Central or vital part; core; whole seed (as of corn)






3. Attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one






4. Predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress






5. Rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents.






6. Determine or seek opinions - votes - etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N.






7. Destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)






8. Pertaining to drama; N: actor or actress






9. (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat






10. Doubts






11. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work






12. Bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse






13. Legal claim or right on a property






14. Prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)






15. Deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive






16. Attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance






17. Lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren






18. Put on; OP. doff






19. Merry






20. Let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate






21. Give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy






22. Infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no mistakes






23. Terrible; very bad






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






25. Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess






26. Disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person






27. Despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander






28. Bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; CF. gall bladder






29. Swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments






30. Branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions






31. Play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N.






32. Misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion






33. Private secret meeting






34. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast






35. Related; belonging to the same group; similar in nature or character; Ex. kindred languages; N: relative; kin; kinship






36. Division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split






37. Shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.






38. Abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation






39. Bearlike; pertaining to a bear






40. Associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)






41. Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite






42. Stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm






43. Plead; ask earnestly






44. Compose on the spur of the moment






45. Poke (with a pointed object); stir up; urge; goad to action; N: pointed object used to prod; prodding






46. Fern leaf; palm or banana leaf






47. Chatter rapidly or unintelligibly






48. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil






49. Like wood






50. Surface texture; completeness of execution