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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • 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. Crude cabin






2. Mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough






3. Admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise






4. Privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before






5. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices






6. Flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow






7. Comprehend; investigate; determine the depth of; N. unit of measurement for the depth of water






8. Diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.






9. Vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young






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






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






12. Reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work






13. Underwater explosive apparatus; V.






14. Border; edge - rim - or margin; Ex. on the verge of: very near to; V: border on






15. Small boat (often ship's boat)






16. Renounce upon oath






17. Malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled






18. Produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite






19. Invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active






20. Wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost






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






22. Broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive






23. Exclude; N. exception: objection; exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of unusually high quality






24. Upward; high up in the air






25. Preceding (in time - rank - etc.)






26. Characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus






27. Serving to complete something






28. Deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice






29. Gather into wrinkles or folds; N: wrinkle or fold






30. Not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know






31. Inflated; exaggerated






32. Kind in a generous way (to someone less important)






33. Curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose






34. Devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual woman/curves/lips






35. Take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption






36. Maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part






37. Object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism






38. Person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money - coins - and medals






39. Place where a river can be crossed on foot; V.






40. Unpredictable; fickle






41. Disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation






42. Pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich






43. Distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry.






44. Teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument






45. Steal things of small value; filch; snitch






46. Hold firmly within arms






47. Increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent






48. Deputize; pass or be passed to others (power - work - or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to






49. Funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials






50. Agreement