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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action






2. Concise; abrupt; pithy






3. Cause to become sick; fill with disgust; fill nausea






4. Believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.






5. Plundering; destruction






6. Spoil the appearance of






7. Unfortunate; luckless






8. Without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment






9. Examination of a dead body; postmortem; V.






10. Feverish






11. Complete happiness; ADJ. blissful






12. Spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault); find fault; Ex. niggle over details; ADJ. niggling






13. Home of a hermit






14. Find out for certain; make certain






15. Lecherous man

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16. Inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters






17. Increase






18. Sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals; N: sound of a bell; fixed tax or charge






19. Remove water from; dry out






20. Story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)






21. Sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic






22. Metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross






23. Short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly






24. Incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy






25. Having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat - autocracy






26. Suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. 'Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill






27. Person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded






28. Miserable person; bad or despicable person; ADJ. wretched: miserable; bad; contemptible; vile






29. Short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers






30. Engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener






31. Elliptic; oval; of an ellipse; containing an ellipsis; ambiguous either purposely or because key words have been left out






32. Conspicuous; worthy of note; remarkable; important; distinguished; noted






33. Doctrine; dogma






34. After death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel






35. Relating to the stars






36. Intermediate; acting as a mediator; N: mediator; go-between






37. Soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ.






38. Enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand






39. Ponder at length; N: source of inspiration (esp. of a poet)






40. Conquer; bring under control






41. (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly - rapidly - and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N.






42. Diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas; galaxy






43. Blessing






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






45. Consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow






46. Biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit






47. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank






48. Mass of material sticking together






49. (of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute






50. Strange; mysterious; Ex. uncanny knack