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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Cry out suddenly; N. exclamation; ADJ. exclamatory






2. Explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue






3. Small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel






4. Prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction






5. Pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air






6. Brief and to the point; using few words; terse






7. Evildoer; criminal






8. Difficult to understand; impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious






9. Decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister - priest - or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination






10. Conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played)






11. Block or hinder; baffle; frustrate






12. (of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious; having a pleasant tune






13. (of music) played smoothly






14. Serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober






15. Width; extent






16. Morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.






17. Crude cabin






18. Swimming






19. Touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please






20. Charmingly carefree; simple and happy; Ex. idyllic scene






21. Disparage; depreciate






22. Slow up; loosen; make or become slack






23. Give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly






24. Odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable






25. Hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience






26. Make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion






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






28. Deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get






29. Countercharges; V. recriminate






30. Science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition






31. Irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege






32. Chief; first; Ex. archbishop






33. Instruct; correct morally






34. Rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition






35. Eat very quickly






36. Denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)






37. Sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light






38. Relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion






39. Healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health






40. Word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)






41. Uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease)






42. Nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong






43. Tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel






44. Difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity






45. Fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops






46. Give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher






47. Not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject






48. Excessively careful (with great attention to detail); painstaking; scrupulous






49. Sear; N.






50. Pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial