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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision






2. Partly transparent






3. Self-satisfied; complacent






4. Complete independence and self-government (of a country); supremacy of authority; power to govern






5. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude






6. Size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size






7. Eat away; wear away gradually by abrasion; Ex. The sea erodes the rocks.






8. Praising; full of eulogy






9. Reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically






10. Bending of a ray of light






11. Of a schema or scheme; relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic representation; outline






12. Distortion; burlesque






13. Help bring about; make less difficult






14. Quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; ADJ. naive(na'ive): ingenuous; lacking worldliness; simple; credulous

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15. Flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved






16. Delicate skill; V: handle with finesse






17. Extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger






18. Situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options; problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives






19. Stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)






20. Remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles






21. Group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome)






22. State of being married






23. Pay for services






24. Mercury






25. Pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor






26. Division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of the college






27. (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart






28. Wave around (a weapon); flourish






29. Letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting - ordinary - or disappointing coming after something important or exciting






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






31. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions






32. Clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth






33. Climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble






34. Provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly






35. Burdensome






36. Rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents.






37. (of water) cover completely; defeat completely by much greater force; Ex. overwhelmed by grief






38. Underline; emphasize






39. Having human form or characteristics






40. Freedom from narrow limitations






41. Discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds






42. Intricate; difficult; tangled; CF. knot






43. Combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize






44. Argumentative; fond of argument






45. Remaining; left over; of a residue; N: residue






46. Dejected; dispirited






47. Feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ. euphoriaric






48. Hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet






49. Representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.






50. Plain; clear; obvious