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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Curse






2. State of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness






3. List; mention one by one






4. Neat; skillful






5. Pitcher; container for holding liquids






6. Brief flash of light; glow; V.






7. Natural inclination






8. Walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step






9. Trivial; unimportant






10. Surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually






11. Tendency to disbelief






12. Mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth - power - or importance






13. Menacing; threatening






14. Hidden danger; concealed trap






15. Abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text

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16. Riddle; difficult problem






17. Skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning






18. Report; record (in chronological order)






19. Burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither






20. Steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap






21. Vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young






22. Fashionable; conforming to the current fashion






23. Seriousness; gravity






24. Pirate






25. In a coma; extremely sleepy






26. Decide; settle; solve; separate; make a determined decision; N. resolution






27. Paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)






28. Believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.






29. Effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints






30. Excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity






31. Enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor






32. Combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature






33. Wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder






34. Black form of carbon used in lead pencils






35. One who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality






36. Producing motion; of motion






37. Proverb; truth pithily stated






38. Desert; abandon; renounce






39. Significance; importance; meaning






40. Causing insensitivity to pain; N.






41. One regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stere






42. Coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain






43. Outward sign; Ex. a token of our gratitude






44. Imitation






45. Quarrelsome






46. Serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle






47. Disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person






48. Flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; Ex. metericious argument/jewel; CF. prostitute






49. Driving forward; N. propulsion






50. Alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists