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






2. Place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited






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






4. Feverish






5. Severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction






6. Plundering; destruction






7. On or relating to the earth






8. Recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation






9. 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






10. Element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance th






11. Division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)






12. Neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; Ex. natty dresser






13. Wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid






14. Disrepute; ill fame






15. Monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos






16. Graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually






17. Bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization; Ex. come to/be brought to fruition






18. Having human form or characteristics






19. Push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ. obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive






20. Mar the appearance of; spoil






21. Bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry






22. Timely; well-chosen






23. Sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light






24. Advantage; anything that brings helpl - advantage - or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits






25. Tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend






26. Laugh quietly






27. Beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel






28. Active strength; energy; enthusiasm; ADJ. vigorous






29. Wandering away from the subject; V. digress






30. Items of business at a meeting






31. Pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured






32. Delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory






33. Place under water; dip; go under water; cover completely (as with water); Ex. submerged in work






34. Cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat






35. Manlike; resembling a human being; N.






36. Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity






37. Sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool






38. Swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting






39. (of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone






40. Supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint






41. Protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude






42. Quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force






43. Complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices






44. Unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold






45. Agreeable; pleasing to the taste






46. Greatness (in size or extent); extent






47. Rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position






48. Hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule






49. Hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)






50. Clear from blame or guilt