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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the scenery






2. Modest; Ex. the champion's unassuming manner






3. State of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference






4. Nook; recess






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






6. Bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible






7. Calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; CF. phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract






8. Regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew






9. Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated; candid






10. Characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess; ADJ. temperamental: of temperament; having frequent changes of temper; Ex. temperamental dislike of sports; Ex. temperamental actress






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






12. Amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained






13. Irregularity






14. Kind in a generous way (to someone less important)






15. Drink in






16. Long and thin; Ex. Lank - gaunt - Abraham Lincoln






17. Demanding much work or care; tedious






18. Turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze






19. Ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon






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






21. Cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation






22. One who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V.






23. Strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical






24. Understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)''






25. Heavenly






26. Something that nourishes; food






27. Disagree






28. Sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture






29. Disaster; misery






30. Separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group






31. Destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)






32. Shine intensely and blindingly; stare fixedly and angrily; N.






33. Pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime






34. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy






35. Make unconscious or numb as by a blow; amaze; astound






36. Long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding; denunciation






37. Prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky






38. Call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation






39. Special talent; art






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






41. Live together






42. Prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary






43. Think over; ponder






44. Metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross






45. Beg; plead with






46. Unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill; incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements or ideas) inappropriate






47. Cut off part of body; prune (a limb)






48. Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist






49. Long established as a disease






50. Stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age; CF. moist