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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)






2. Tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance






3. Repentant; N.






4. (of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores






5. Inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone






6. Be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your poor grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ. fretful






7. Remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp






8. Speed






9. Rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views






10. Sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism






11. Aversion; dislike or opposition






12. Roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route






13. Dummy; likeness of a person made of wood - paper - or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President






14. Brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part; melee






15. Judicial branch of government






16. Meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person






17. Cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic






18. Condition of being unable to feel pain






19. Drifting wreckage






20. Discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate






21. Arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb






22. Uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage






23. Feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense






24. Relating to races






25. Incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something






26. Fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch; V: close with a latch






27. Mischievous trick






28. (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing - esp. from one lover to another; impulsive






29. Determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination






30. Make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair






31. Lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character






32. Lay eggs (in large numbers); produce offspring (in large numbers); N: eggs of aquatic animals






33. Pertaining to the Pharisees - who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical






34. Plentiful






35. Slight degree of color; V: give a tint to






36. Wrong or improper name; incorrect designation






37. Advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage






38. Convincing






39. Speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil.






40. Prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules






41. Shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs






42. Ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)






43. Fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature






44. Absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done






45. Special talent; art






46. Wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise






47. (of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty)






48. Hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist






49. Businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture); contractor; ADJ. entrepreneurial






50. Warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.