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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism






2. Cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation






3. Spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells - ideas - feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate






4. Ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)






5. Weak; N. frailty






6. Direct vote by all the people






7. Muscular; having well-developed muscles






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






9. Of or coming from the side






10. Deliberately planned; likely






11. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality






12. Proper (in behavior - conduct - or appearance)






13. Related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding ceremony






14. Displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety






15. Beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar






16. Able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market






17. Agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power






18. Weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior)






19. Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority






20. Explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition






21. Fear; nervous apprehension






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






23. Purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.






24. Operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio






25. Return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N.






26. Legally correct; Ex. rightful owner






27. Destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals






28. Greediness for wealth






29. Woman who rules a family or larger social group






30. Increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph






31. Very high






32. Something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct






33. Elevated position; altitude; height; flat upright side of a building; angle made by pointing a gun; Ex. The elevation of her style is much admired; Ex. front elevation of the house






34. Reverse the order or position of






35. Applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise






36. Persuade; lead to do something; bring about; N. inducement






37. Journey; V. peregrinate






38. General agreement; opinion reached by a group






39. Legislating branch of government; CF. legislate: make laws






40. Slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German






41. Of sound or its speed in air; CF. subsonic - supersonic






42. Fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)






43. Gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip






44. Glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter






45. Spotted






46. Unscrupulous; not guided by conscience; excessive; beyond reason; Ex. unconscionable demand






47. Summit; highest point; PL. vertices






48. Absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)






49. Make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs






50. Mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)