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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Deep dish for serving soup






2. Substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia






3. On or relating to the earth






4. (of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone






5. Person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery






6. Resonant; producing a full deep sound; producing sound






7. Word considered offensive; Ex. 'bloody''






8. Revere; treat with great respect






9. Capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander






10. Binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise






11. Servile dependent; obsequious follower






12. Lacking in imagination; dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact(concerned with facts - not imagination or feelings); factual; CF. prose






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






14. Board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)






15. Deep; not superficial; complete; Ex. profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N. profundity






16. Hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet






17. Hatred of marriage






18. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality






19. Free; without charge; ADJ.






20. Embezzle






21. Release or discharge through a vent; express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He vented his wrath on his family.






22. Work out carefully; add more detail or information; ADJ.






23. Irresolution; inability to make up one's mind






24. Logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; effective; Ex. valid reasoning/passport






25. Settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish






26. Having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf






27. Efficiency or conciseness in using something; thrifty management of resources






28. Not thick; thinly scattered; scanty






29. Find out for certain; make certain






30. Remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for






31. Funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)






32. Accustom or familiarize; addict






33. Soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper






34. Conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus






35. Divide into parts






36. Agree






37. Annoy; distress






38. Rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents.






39. Antiquated; extremely ancient






40. (of a boat) turn over






41. Disagree






42. Natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)






43. Discomposed; confused






44. Ancestry; lineage






45. Made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick






46. Entice; attract; tempt






47. (of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly






48. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm






49. Understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened






50. Correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics