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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. Graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually






2. Shorten; reduce






3. Crush into mash; convert into mash; N: mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl






4. Conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply






5. Warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law






6. Two-chambered as a legislative body






7. Inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence






8. In love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love






9. Seller






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






11. Homeless wanderer






12. Deprived of (someone beloved through death)






13. Kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to






14. Unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.






15. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking






16. Weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify






17. Feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness






18. Having no previous example; novel; unparalleled






19. Group sharing a common cause or opinion






20. Condescend; stoop






21. Brief - comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious






22. Temporary stay; V: stay for a time






23. Social blunder






24. Pertaining to marriage






25. Move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N.






26. Provide with food necessary for life and growth






27. Make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B






28. Violent; uncontrolled; Ex. unbridled rage/greed






29. On or relating to the earth






30. Suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate






31. Accidental; casual; happening by chance






32. Provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)






33. Spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells - ideas - feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate






34. Balance; balancing force; equilibrium






35. Harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together






36. Ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person - group - or institution






37. Coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain






38. Method of system or government






39. Generator for producing electricity; energetic person






40. Make or become putrid; N. putrefaction






41. (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D






42. Nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment






43. Charlatan; impostor






44. General agreement; opinion reached by a group






45. Reverse the order or position of






46. Something new; newness; ADJ. novel: new; original






47. Determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination






48. Tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about






49. Cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism






50. Make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced