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






2. Curative; N. therapy






3. Soft and mild (of air); fragrant






4. Lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive






5. Slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic






6. Burdensome






7. Vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote






8. Superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)






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






10. Being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior






11. Green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather






12. Wind or turn in its course; follow a winding or turning course; move aimlessly and idly






13. Decisive; ending all debate






14. Produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant






15. Having only one color






16. Lacking substance; insignificant; frail; immaterial






17. Remitting of money; amount of money remitted






18. Destruction; V. demolish






19. Lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate






20. Dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes






21. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.






22. Irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric






23. Severe dizziness; giddiness






24. Silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted traffic noise






25. Effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph






26. Token; reminder of the past; keepsake; Ex. memento of your visit






27. Animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; CF. para-: beside






28. Diligent






29. State as a necessary condition (of an agreement); make express conditions; specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in advance






30. Artificial; pretended






31. Said or done in jest or playfully; marked by joking






32. Fleet of warships






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






34. Set off; start






35. Room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline






36. Reject disdainfully; scorn; Ex. She spurned all offers of help.






37. Mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic






38. Abundance; wealth






39. Announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication






40. Lounge about






41. Social environment; means of expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu; Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor.






42. Courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry






43. Partner in crime






44. Program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket






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






46. Revere; treat with great respect






47. Boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo






48. Take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.






49. Beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception






50. Flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux