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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. Pure; thin and transparent; very steep






2. Wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood.






3. Rising like bristles; showing irritation






4. Crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli - which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power






5. Serving to warn






6. Man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional






7. Vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device






8. Singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant






9. Noisy confusion






10. One who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)






11. Hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work






12. Impressiveness; stateliness; majesty






13. Reveal; N. disclosure






14. Pleasing to taste or smell; delicious






15. Condition or period of flowering






16. Unpredictable; fickle






17. Crack; fissure






18. Seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer






19. Quarrelsome






20. Title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol






21. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views






22. Stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior






23. Official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights; protector of the people






24. Shack; small wretched house






25. Stop or check (the flow of); Ex. stem the bleeding from the slashed artery; N: main axis of a plant; stalk






26. Stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality






27. Surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP. gorge






28. Fits of depression or gloom; ADJ. moody: given to changeable moods; subject to periods of depression; gloomy CF. mood: state of mind or emotion






29. Person of no importance; nonexistence






30. One devoted to the promotion of human welfare; CF. humanism






31. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology






32. Peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement






33. Frown angrily; N: angry frown






34. Set right; correct; CF. rect-: right






35. Use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals






36. Suffering from a disease; destroyed






37. Beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands






38. Tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral






39. Medieval chemistry






40. Walk or behave with an over-confident manner






41. (of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial






42. Lack of physical or mental energy; lassitude; depression






43. Play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N.






44. Approach; tend to meet; come together






45. Decree; authoritative order






46. Foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome






47. Lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car






48. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension






49. Those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel






50. Capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; Ex. mercurial temper; CF. mood