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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap






2. Felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate






3. Pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth






4. Enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space






5. Prosper; flourish






6. Easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly






7. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel






8. Children; offspring; descendants






9. Border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; Ex. margin of safety






10. Morally upright; just






11. Make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together






12. Shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.






13. Notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking






14. Take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted






15. Serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony






16. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor






17. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile






18. Forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity






19. Corpse; dead human body






20. Meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word






21. New or newly coined word or phrase






22. Wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant






23. Act or manner of using; accepted practice; way in which words are actually used






24. Decay; fall to a lower level (of morality - civilization - or art); ADJ. decadent






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






26. Utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement






27. Father; become the father of; produce; give rise to






28. Supplying nourishment






29. Creed






30. Untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery






31. End; V. terminate






32. Producing tears; tearful






33. Worsen; aggravate; embitter






34. Lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car






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






36. Punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; N.






37. Opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal






38. Announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication






39. Waste matter; worthless impurities






40. Homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic






41. Destruction; V. demolish






42. Case for arrows






43. Having no equal; incomparable






44. Droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging






45. Begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated






46. Forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard






47. Wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage






48. Cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism






49. Stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound






50. Thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing economy; costing little; inexpensive