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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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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. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.






2. Unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation






3. Someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat






4. Diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas; galaxy






5. Tip






6. Take off; OP. don






7. Corruption; turning from right to wrong






8. Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.






9. Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river






10. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions






11. Wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions






12. Poor verse






13. Injure without breaking the skin; N.






14. Forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence






15. One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather); CF. kangaroo - opossum - wombat






16. Thwart; present an obstacle; stump






17. Sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent






18. Give a bodily form to; incorporate; include






19. First in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man's primal innocence






20. Enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass






21. Renovate; make clean - bright - or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish






22. Selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V.






23. Short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors






24. Physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics






25. Force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling - reduce fever - etc.






26. Eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal






27. Nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia






28. Changing its habitat; wandering; Ex. migrant birds/workers; N: one that migrates






29. Chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.






30. Very small






31. Brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; Ex. illuminating remarks






32. Strong and firm (in the body)






33. Of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; Ex. peripheral nerve/interest






34. Highly excited; intensely curious






35. Clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.






36. One who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork






37. Popular fashion; Ex. Jeans became the vogue.






38. (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat






39. Peaceful; calm; Ex. placid child/lake






40. Partly transparent






41. Assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage






42. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)






43. Occupy fully; absorb






44. Tendency to keep together






45. Form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle






46. Make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss; CF. make uninjured






47. Waste; spend foolishly






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






49. Small ornamental statuette(very small statue)






50. Powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF. Mogol - Moghul; CF. Mongolian