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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Slightly obscure; misty; unclear; N. haze: light mist or smoke; confused state of mind






2. Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner






3. Study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish






4. Cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin






5. Weaken; take away energy from






6. Condense or shorten






7. Outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around






8. Slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic






9. Destruction by fire; CF. burnt whole; CF. Holocaust






10. Testify; bear witness






11. Gigantic; N. titan






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






13. Group sharing a common cause or opinion






14. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle






15. Ordinary; commonplace; neither good nor bad






16. Look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible






17. Language used by special group; technical terminology; gibberish; nonsensical or incoherent talk






18. Spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary






19. Make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet






20. Act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)






21. Period of time






22. Treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity - respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.






23. Record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry






24. Gloomy; depressed






25. Washing






26. Outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule






27. Causing cancer; N. carcinogen






28. Dig up; unearth; OP. inter






29. Made for practical use only (without decoration); functioning; Ex. functional modern furniture; CF. functionalism






30. Strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures






31. One-sided; involving or affecting only one side; Ex. unilateral declaration






32. Use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder






33. Accidental; casual; happening by chance






34. Pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing - attractive - or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation






35. Concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty






36. Looking within oneself; N. introspection: self-examination






37. Projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information






38. Wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official)






39. Reveal; N. disclosure






40. Twisted






41. Retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete






42. (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen






43. Adjust to climate or environment; adapt






44. Damnation; complete ruin; hell






45. Hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous






46. Roundabout






47. Make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession






48. Agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth






49. One who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic; revolutionary terrorist; CF. nihilism: belief that nothing has meaning or value; belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions






50. Effusively sentimental