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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Make drunk; intoxicate; N. intoxicated person






2. Enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory






3. Pirate






4. Dictionary






5. Reject disdainfully; scorn; Ex. She spurned all offers of help.






6. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work






7. Vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people






8. Low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)






9. Method of system or government






10. Listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling






11. Beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar






12. Mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement






13. State of being alone; seclusion; ADJ. solitary: existing or living alone (esp. by choice); remote or secluded; single; sole; Ex. solitary life/inn; Ex. no solitary piece of proof






14. Severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction






15. Miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items






16. Joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter






17. Question closely; cross-examine; cross-question






18. Violent scoundrel; bully






19. Combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth






20. Excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic






21. Keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention






22. Deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change






23. Refer; attribute; assign






24. Pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive






25. Imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy






26. Slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people






27. Severe dizziness; giddiness






28. Old-fashioned; past the prime

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29. Praise very highly; glorify






30. Courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave






31. Careful about money; economical; N. thrift






32. Beak(bill); pen point






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






34. Extraordinary ability; military bravery; Ex. prowess in battle






35. Comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop






36. Broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing






37. Understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust






38. Friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations






39. Animal that ruminates; ADJ.






40. Not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply






41. Clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?






42. Voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents)






43. Lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up






44. Patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job; ADJ. resigned: acquiescent






45. Shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement






46. Embarrass






47. Climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble






48. Show by example; furnish an example; serve as an example of; Ex. His pictures exemplify that sort of painting.






49. Retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete






50. Accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling