Saturday, April 3, 2010

English Vocabulary

Foliage: Leaves
Lawman: Law enforcement officer
Lignify: Make of become woody
Lilt: Variation in voice pitch
Limbus: Edge of a body part
Limn: Describe something in words
Limp: Weak
Lindy: A lively dance for couples
Linerboard: Thick cardboard
Linger: To move about a place slowly
MCQs
1. Lilt

a. Variation in voice pitch
b. Weak
c. Thick cardboard
d. To move about a place slowly
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2. Foliage
a. Describe something in words
b. Edge of a body part
c. Leaves
d. A lively dance for couples
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3. Limp
a. Describe something in words
b. A lively dance for couples
c. Weak
d. Edge of a body part

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Friday, April 2, 2010

English Vocabulary

Crux: A difficult problem or puzzling thing

Cruse: A small container for liquids

Cusp: A point or pointed end

Decipher: To translate into understandable language

Decrepit: Worn out by old age

Defalcation: Embezzlement

Derate: To reduce the electrical power rating

Innards: The inner part of anything

Inosculate: To join or unite

Masseur: A man whose work is giving messages

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. Cruse

a. Worn our by old age
b. A small container for liquids
c. To translate into understandable language
d. Embezzlement
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2. Decrepit

a. The inner part of anything
b. A man whose work is giving messages
c. To join or unite
d. Worn our by old age
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3. Inosculate

a. To join or unite
b. The inner part of anything
c. Embezzlement
d. A point or pointed end

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English Vocabulary

Cornu: Any horn shaped structure

Corpulent: Fat and fleshy

Cortin: A mixture of hormone from adrenal cortex

Corse: A dead body

Cramped: Confined or restricted

Cranky: In poor condition

Creek: A narrow passage

Crib: A small house or room

Crikey: An exclamation of surprise

Crock: An earthenware pot

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. Cornu

a. Fat or fleshy
b. A mixture of hormone from adrenal cortex
c. A dead body
d. Any horn shaped structure
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2. Corse

a. A dead body
b. Confined or restricted
c. A narrow passage
d. A small house or room
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3. Crikey

a. An earthernware pot
b. A small house or room
c. An exclamation of surprise
d. Confined or restricted

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English Vocabulary

Bicorn: Having two horns or horn-like parts

Bijou: Something small and exquisite

Blucher: A heavy half boot

Blunge: To mix clay with water

Blurt: To say suddenly without stopping to think

Boggle: To confuse or overwhelm

Boogie: To dance to rock music

Chronometer: Highly accurate kind of clock

Co-axial: Having a common axis

Cognizance: Perception or knowledge

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. Bijou

a. To mix clay with water
b. A heavy half boot
c. Perception or knowledge
d. Something small and exquisite
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2. Boogie

a. To confuse or overwhelm
b. To say suddenly without stopping to think
c. To dance to rock music
d. Perception or knowledge
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3. Blucher

a. A heavy half boot
b. To confuse or overwhelm
c. Having a common axis
d. Perception or knowledge

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Further Studies:
Instant Immersion English Levels 1,2 & 3

Learn To Speak English Deluxe 10

Read & Think English (Book + Audio CD)

Standard Deviants: Grammar For All - Learning English Grammar - The Parts of Speech

English Vocabulary in Use Advanced with Answers and CD-ROM

QuickStudy English Vocabulary

Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary For Beginning ESL Learners (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder

A Year In the Life of an ESL (English Second Language) Student: Idioms and Vocabulary You Can't Live Without

English Vocabulary

Bathos: Sentimentality

Beadle: A messenger of a law court

Beaumonde: Fashionable Society

Begrudge: To give with ill will or reluctance

Belligrant: Of war

Benevolent: Inclined to do good

Besmirch: To make dirty

Betake: To go, To direct

Betroth: To promise to marry

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. Bathos

a. Fashionable society
b. Deceive
c. Sentimentality
d. To go
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2. Beaumonde

a. Deceive
b. Of war
c. To promise to marry
d. Fashionable society
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3. Besmirch

a. To make dirty
b. Inclined to do good
c. To promise to marry
d. To go, to direct

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Further Reading:
English Made Easy Volume One: Learning English through Pictures

English Made Easy Volume Two: Learning English through Pictures

DK English Made Easy 3 CD Set

English Made Easy

English Vocabulary in Use Advanced with Answers and CD-ROM

QuickStudy English Vocabulary

Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary For Beginning ESL Learners (Practice Makes Perfect Series)

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Mathematics for GRE General

Multiple Choice Questions of Mathematics in GRE
1. Mr. Tahir has 15000 Rs. of monthly income. He spends 65% of his amount on foodstuff. Determine his annual expenditure on foodstuff?

a. 9750
b. 117000
c. 97500
d. 78000
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2. Government increases 25% of the basic salary. If an employee has basic salary of 21500 Rupees per month than calculate his new basic salary?

a. 25200
b. 26875
c. 27325
d. 26775
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3. A classroom is 25 meters long and 15 meters wide. If the width is reduced by 3 times and length is increased by 10 times.Then what will be the ratio between two measurements?

a. 5/3
b. 50/3
c. 50/1
d. 3/10
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4. Four men can build a wall in five days. Then how many men would be required to build the wall in two days?

a. 10
b. 9
c. 8
d. 7
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5. Ten men can build a room in seven days. Then how many days will be required to make the room, if there are 5 men?

a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 35
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6. The sum of two numbers is 27. One number is eight times the other. Find the number?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
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7. The perimeter of a rectangle is 100 cm. The length is 20 cm longer than the width. Find the original length?

a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
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8. The circumference of the circle is equal to the perimeter of the square and the length of one side of square is 5 cm. What will be the approximate radius of the circle?

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
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Answers of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of Mathematics in GRE
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. a
5. d
6. b
7. c
8. a
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