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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented






2. Propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group); expanse of land; region of indefinite size; system of related organs; Ex. digestive tract






3. Bordering on(adjacent to) the sea; nautical; of the ships or the sea; Ex. Maritime Provinces






4. Demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; Ex. peremptory decree/knock






5. Revoke; annul






6. Related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration






7. Omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)






8. Dissenting (with an opinion - a group - or a government); rebellious; N.






9. Significance; importance; meaning






10. (of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless






11. One of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather); CF. kangaroo - opossum - wombat






12. Make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of






13. Proverb; truth pithily stated






14. Of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal






15. Outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.






16. Flow in drops or in a thin stream; N.






17. Injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim






18. Tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood






19. Neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided






20. Feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages






21. Harmony; agreement






22. Sailing vessel built for great speed






23. Relating to races






24. Secondary or minor occupation






25. Ordinary; commonplace; neither good nor bad






26. Model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue






27. Puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling






28. Very high






29. Wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp






30. Attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy






31. Twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest






32. Evil; ominous






33. Collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works; Cf. corpse






34. Commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and disorderly






35. Diligent; hard-working; N. industry






36. Security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters






37. Narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ. insular: of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula






38. Clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity






39. Dark; vague; unclear; not well known; Ex. obscure meaning/village; V: darken; cover; make unclear; Ex. obscure the moon/meaning






40. Being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior






41. Seriousness; gravity






42. N: split






43. Minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio - punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail






44. Scanty; inadequate






45. Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film






46. Happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark






47. Decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command






48. Bearlike; pertaining to a bear






49. Requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population






50. Urbanity; polish; ADJ. suave: smooth and courteous