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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference






2. Interdependent relationship (between groups - species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life






3. Seine net; net for catching fish






4. Confer






5. Plentiful






6. Sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)






7. Lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive






8. Hot sweet dish






9. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage






10. Model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue






11. Wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage






12. Strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends






13. Rubbing away; tending to grind down






14. Happiness; appropriateness (of a remark - choice - etc.); quality of being felicitous






15. Curving outward






16. Staff officer assisting the commander; assistant






17. Iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence






18. Lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia






19. Without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent






20. Taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through






21. Looking within oneself; N. introspection: self-examination






22. Power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual






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






24. Rustic; pastoral






25. Body of customers






26. Deep dish for serving soup






27. Begin to grow; give off shoots or buds; N: new growth on a plant; shoot






28. Abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively






29. Lazy






30. Controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant






31. Injure without breaking the skin; N.






32. Furthest behind; farthest to the rear






33. (of a liquid) thick and sticky; gluey; viscid; CF. consistency






34. Defrock; strip a priest or minister of church authority






35. Walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking






36. Funeral ceremony






37. Fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature






38. Wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder






39. Belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death






40. Effusively sentimental






41. Easily burned; N. CF. combustion






42. Plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy






43. Attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation






44. Spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault); find fault; Ex. niggle over details; ADJ. niggling






45. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc.; character or ideas peculiar to a specific person - group - or culture; Ex. the company ethos






46. Trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war






47. Tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies






48. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose






49. Traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine






50. Burlesque; act of leaving the ground