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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people.






2. Openmouthed






3. Read through with care; N. perusal






4. Form of literature in which irony - sarcasm - and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly






5. Name; title






6. Reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules






7. Liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance






8. Vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto






9. Intermediate; acting as a mediator; N: mediator; go-between






10. Design composed of one or more initials of a name; V.






11. (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value; negative in connotation; having a belittling effect; Ex. Many women now considers ``housewife'' a pejorative expression - because it patronized them.






12. Lazy






13. Loyalty






14. Defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous






15. Anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant






16. Effusively sentimental






17. Art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse






18. Strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set






19. Small light sailboat or rowboat






20. Predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress






21. Stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm






22. Low - indistinct - continuous sound; V. CF. mumble






23. Lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull






24. Demanding much work or care; tedious






25. Difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky






26. Having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous body/style of writing






27. Not natural; artificial; resulting from synthesis; Ex. synthetic fiber; N.






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






29. Lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious






30. Attacking; insulting; distasteful; V. offend: violate; hurt the feelings of; N. offense: offending; violating of a moral or social code; crime; attack; Ex. first offense






31. Number of points; written form of a musical composition; reason; group of 20; notch or incision; Ex. full/vocal score; Ex. Don't worry on that score; V: mark with lines or notches; Ex. score the paper to make it easy to fold






32. Suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food






33. Sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning; ADJ. homiletic






34. Causing deep feelings of wonder - joy - respect - etc.; exalted; noble and uplifting; utter






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






36. Given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease






37. Petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble






38. Skin disease (on the face)






39. Soak; saturate; Ex. steep the fabric in the dye bath; ADJ: precipitous






40. Arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws - rules - established social customs






41. Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements; V. ADJ. slanderous






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






43. Father; become the father of; produce; give rise to






44. Fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work






45. Proper (in behavior - conduct - or appearance)






46. Exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country






47. Yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession






48. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence






49. An error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic






50. Commonplace; trite