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






2. Odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque






3. Devout; religious; N. piety






4. Fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young






5. Eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything






6. Refer; attribute; assign






7. Sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster

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8. Cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.






9. Swindle; cheat






10. Harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance






11. Grant condescendingly; guarantee; Ex. vouchsafe your fair return on your investment






12. Nook; recess






13. One who spoils the pleasure of others






14. (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.






15. Making no attempt to change one's bad practices






16. Mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible






17. One who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)






18. Monastery or convent






19. Warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food






20. Weaken; castrate






21. Stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior






22. Curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance






23. Stop short - as if faced with an obstacle - and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate






24. Of marriage or the wedding ceremony; N; nuptials; wedding ceremony






25. Consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow






26. Use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder






27. Sticky; viscous; gluey






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






29. Ash-colored; deadly pale






30. Death notice (esp. in a newspaper); ADJ.






31. Surface texture; completeness of execution






32. Female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew






33. Rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality






34. A person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill - absent - or still a child; ADJ. Ex. the Prince regent






35. Boast






36. Shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)






37. Daily; occurring during the daytime






38. Related; belonging to the same group; similar in nature or character; Ex. kindred languages; N: relative; kin; kinship






39. Trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war






40. Slander; speak evil of; N. vilification






41. Territory enclosed within an alien land






42. Assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude






43. Metal block used for shaping metal or plastic; device for stamping or impressing; mold; CF. dice






44. Long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras






45. Sky blue






46. Plant or scatter seed






47. Pamper; coddle; baby; indulge excessively






48. Infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous






49. Explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe






50. Fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; CF. proprietor - proprietary