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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored






2. Disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise






3. Postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of






4. Split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow






5. Cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; V: draw together by tying a lace






6. Sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism






7. Exact






8. Oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena






9. Protruding knot on a tree; V.






10. Calmness of temperament; composure






11. Indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive






12. Exclude; N. exception: objection; exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of unusually high quality






13. Help bring about; make less difficult






14. Insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence






15. Violent scoundrel; bully






16. Apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature






17. Break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt






18. Purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire






19. Stop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate






20. One that has been excluded from a society; ADJ.






21. Humorous; mischievous; tricky






22. Formless; lacking shape or definition






23. Compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair






24. Not spacious; inconvenient






25. Narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land






26. Wrong or improper name; incorrect designation






27. Weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound






28. Loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days.






29. One incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health






30. Limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget






31. Solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly






32. Wandering from place to place; roving; stray; moving in a random fashion; Ex. vagrant thoughts; N. vagrancy






33. Harmful; damaging; N. detriment






34. Neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided






35. Unerring; never making mistakes






36. Mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin






37. Deputize; pass or be passed to others (power - work - or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to






38. Difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament






39. One who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia






40. Territory enclosed within an alien land






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






42. Life-size - three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background






43. Expose to slander






44. Exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy






45. Of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy






46. Limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He does not have a modicum of sense; CF. moderate






47. New growth from a plant






48. Climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones






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






50. Wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.