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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as defensive barrier






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






3. Combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature






4. Medical condition in which the skin - the white part of the eyes - etc. turn yellow; V: affect with jaundice; affect with prejudice - envy - or hostility; bias






5. Strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)






6. Boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo






7. Servile dependent; obsequious follower






8. Diligent






9. Minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children






10. Ideal place - state - or society; ADJ. utopian






11. Clever and imaginative (in dealing with difficult situations); N. resource - resourcefulness






12. Partner in crime






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






14. Violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream






15. Distinguish; make distinctions on the basis of preference






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






17. Place under water; dip; go under water; cover completely (as with water); Ex. submerged in work






18. Illusive; deceptive; not real






19. Restraint from pleasant things - esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote






20. Pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology






21. (of the voice) extremely loud; CF. Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad






22. Act as judge (at the request of both sides)






23. (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress)

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24. Art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``W






25. Arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension






26. Spotted; stained; CF. immaculate






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






28. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression






29. Become unsteady and fall down






30. Sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting






31. Tranquillity; calmness






32. Act stupidly; play the fool; N.






33. Not yet decided or settled; impending; Ex. pending decision; PREP. while awaiting; until; Ex. delay the decision pending his return






34. Word for word; in the same words; repeating the actual words exactly






35. Oppression; cruel government; ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically; oppress






36. Copy






37. Blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams






38. Deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease - poison - or a severe blow






39. Animal-biting fly; irritating person






40. Draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?






41. Practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total






42. Disconcert; dismay; embarrass






43. Exact






44. Rule over tyrannically






45. Emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench






46. Contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical






47. Held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune






48. Taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care)






49. Stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth






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