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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Portray






2. Make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert






3. Disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb






4. Change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)






5. Esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener






6. Concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty






7. Plunder






8. Slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic






9. Ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant






10. Having human form or characteristics






11. Driving forward; N. propulsion






12. Agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power






13. Shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance






14. Mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare






15. Government by a privileged few






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






17. Discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with






18. Tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite






19. Storage place for military equipment






20. Bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together






21. Assault






22. Informal discussion; conversation






23. Widespread; generally accepted






24. Speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence






25. Begin and continue (a war)






26. Shield; protection; defense






27. Speechless; producing indistinct speech; not articulate; not expressing oneself clearly






28. (of something bad) widespread; abundant; current






29. Unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste






30. Crack; fissure






31. Long life; long duration






32. Sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool






33. Impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve






34. Egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate






35. Acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt






36. Person who verbally harasses others; V. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)






37. Marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle






38. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil






39. Swimming






40. Link as in a chain






41. Subside or moderate






42. Satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy






43. Seize another's power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own use






44. Walk through a substance - such as water - that impedes movement






45. Of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary






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






47. Calmness of temperament; composure






48. Unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead






49. Gay; joyous






50. Causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile