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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy






2. Severely critical






3. Discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with






4. Refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote






5. Cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension






6. Make whole; combine; make into one unit






7. Items of business at a meeting






8. Trick to deceive; stratagem






9. Tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side)






10. Wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy






11. Powerful movement of or like a wave; V.






12. Dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.






13. Detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell






14. Walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy






15. Climate






16. Changeable; of a quickly changing nature (as of temper); mercurial; tending to violence; evaporating rapidly; Ex. volatile character/situation in the street






17. Vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words






18. Breathe out; OP. inhale






19. Abolish






20. Hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)






21. Shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction






22. Thin; slim; rare






23. Talk at length; speak or write in detail






24. Unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable






25. Able to walk






26. Gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon






27. Leftover food






28. Burst inward; CF. vaccum tube






29. Large isolated system of stars - such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities






30. Firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic






31. Suffering; ordeal; distress; trial






32. Extreme corruption; wickedness; V. deprave






33. Maker of a will; CF. testatrix






34. Perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning






35. Stir up; disturb






36. Energetic; vigorously active






37. Devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms






38. Map-maker






39. Angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath






40. Cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism






41. Arise from; originate from






42. Boat or yacht race






43. Ghastly; horrifying; Ex. grisly remains of the bodies






44. Act stupidly; play the fool; N.






45. Skin disease (on the face)






46. Cut off part of body; prune (a limb)






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






48. Pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic






49. Of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)






50. Destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground