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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Small boat (often ship's boat)






2. Having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.






3. Excessively or elaborately decorated






4. Poor verse






5. Release or discharge through a vent; express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He vented his wrath on his family.






6. Intruder; one who interferes






7. Payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce






8. Dying; at the point of death; CF. death






9. Similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unpara






10. Kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers






11. Authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree






12. Prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction






13. Reprove severely; rebuke; N.






14. Not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly






15. Sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars






16. Of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original






17. (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart






18. Hasten; make go faster






19. Able to live both on land and in water; N.






20. Free; without charge; ADJ.






21. In confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell






22. Swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence






23. Block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter






24. Humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank






25. Bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal






26. Malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled






27. Hater of woman; CF. misogyny






28. Expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage






29. One of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided






30. Make into an institution; put or confine in an institution






31. Occurring again and again






32. Boaster; bragger






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






34. Carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat






35. Drifting wreckage






36. Determination; resoluteness; ADJ. resolute: firm or determined in purpose






37. Worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate






38. Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests






39. Stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency






40. (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed






41. Person who pretends to be sophisticated - elegant - etc. - to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose






42. Causing nausea; feeling nausea






43. Natural inclination






44. Of low rank or position; modest; having a low opinion of oneself and a high opinion of others; unassuming; not proud; V. humiliate: make humble; cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others






45. Pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one's tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather






46. Without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent






47. Warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome






48. Having a pale or sickly color; pallid






49. Created by statute or legislative action; regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age limit






50. Railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister