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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Something - such as a monument or holiday - intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative






2. Insignificant; unimportant






3. Hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden






4. Of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites






5. Favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices






6. Small light sailboat or rowboat






7. Dry up






8. Be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference






9. Riddle; difficult problem






10. Frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid






11. Honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness






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






13. Period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial






14. Repulsive to the sight; ugly; repugnant; Ex. hideous face/scream






15. Dig up; unearth; OP. inter






16. Unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly






17. Confusion; turmoil; confused mass; bewildering jumble; Ex. welter of data






18. Supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint






19. Red or white cell in the blood






20. Weakness






21. Noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian






22. Cut down; cut down expenses; economize






23. Bravery; ADJ. valiant: possessing valor; brave






24. Maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part






25. Artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road






26. Protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude






27. Vibrate pendulumlike; waver






28. Of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or idea






29. Pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people)






30. Solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize






31. Original work used as a model by others






32. Staying for a short time; momentary; temporary; N: one that is transient






33. Make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments.






34. Division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)






35. Thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if from drink






36. Eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal






37. Utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does); N.






38. Affecting or relating to the sense of taste






39. Ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)






40. Disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child






41. Bully; intimidate






42. Ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church; N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman






43. Length of time something lasts






44. Give up; do without






45. Able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will






46. Struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water - mud - snow - etc.); proceed in confusion






47. Irritable; easily angered






48. Worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff






49. Mongrel; mixed breed; V. hybridize






50. Map-maker