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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Issue forth; come out






2. Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; Ex. the matrix of Western civilization






3. Flood; rush; V.






4. Employed; busy; betrothed; involved in conflict






5. Sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic






6. Storage place for military equipment






7. Return of part of a payment; discount; V.






8. Produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas






9. Persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion






10. Wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face






11. Enjoy; savor; N: enjoyment; zest






12. Quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)






13. Fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell






14. Insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy; CF. fist






15. Rule over tyrannically






16. Shrink; reduce gradually






17. Despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander






18. In confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell






19. Discerning; perceptive






20. Worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses






21. Unshakably calm; placid






22. Approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance






23. Isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate






24. Pedestal; raised platform






25. Eyesight; foresight; mental image produced by the imagination; experience of seeing the supernatural






26. Trip; short journey






27. Cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable






28. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade






29. Place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts






30. Native; Ex. plant indigenous to the New World






31. False belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that






32. Avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions)






33. Entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism






34. Resembling a horse; Ex. equine face






35. Box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive






36. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage






37. Condition of being unable to feel pain






38. Report; record (in chronological order)






39. Introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner






40. Strong foul odor; reek; stink






41. Act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive






42. Empty; lacking






43. Walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step






44. Combative; bellicose; N.






45. Crushed oats used for making porridge






46. Plant or scatter seed






47. Person interested mostly in external objects and actions






48. Servile dependent; obsequious follower






49. Point of view; view from a particular place; expectation for the future; prospect; Ex. outlook on life; Ex. pleasing outlook; Ex. weather outlook






50. Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative