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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. In Buddhist teachings - the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude






2. Handle roughly; batter; injure by beating; Ex. mauled by his overexcited fans; N: heavy long-handled hammer






3. (of behavior) proper; appropriate






4. Protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate






5. Slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey






6. Inquiry; question; V.






7. Suffering from a disease; destroyed






8. Treat with scorn or contempt






9. Stubbornly wrong






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






11. State of depression or melancholy; style of slow - mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs)






12. Evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to grasp - catch - or understand; V. elude: escape from; escape the understanding or grasp of; Ex. elude the hunter; Ex. His name eludes me.






13. Area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church






14. Iron block used in hammering out metals






15. Bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)






16. Humoring; yielding; lenient; showing indulgence






17. Put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; CF. no more






18. Private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston






19. Going from one state of action to another






20. Small planet






21. Very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul






22. Stupid awkward person; CF. elf






23. Work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away






24. Attractive; CF. preoccupying ?






25. Arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails






26. Favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate; Ex. propitious day/sign






27. Machine that separates substances by whirling them






28. Produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas






29. Obligatory; that must be done






30. Exceed






31. Serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober






32. Fear of heights






33. Pertaining to money






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






35. Having a common ancestor






36. Move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky: playful






37. Give or take milk at the breast or udder






38. Scold strongly






39. Deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner






40. Work of art put together from fragments






41. Doctor who treats mental diseases






42. Not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options






43. Conclusion of an oration; perorating; V. perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length






44. Untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery






45. Uninterrupted; unceasing






46. Make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil






47. Tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream






48. Somewhat saline






49. Food; CF. live






50. Become popular with; bring (oneself) in favor of another; Ex. ingratiate himself with the boss