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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke






2. Hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning






3. Poisonous snake






4. Excessively or elaborately decorated






5. Brother or sister






6. Name (of a book - film - etc.); mark of rank; formal appellation as of rank or office (such as Lord or General); right or claim to possession; championship; Ex. title as head of the family; Ex. title to the estate






7. Skin of an animal






8. Postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of






9. Guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction






10. Punishment; severe criticism or disapproval






11. Crookedly; slanted; at an angle






12. Rejoice






13. Firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic






14. Fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist






15. Good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position






16. Exclamation; Ex. 'Ouch''






17. Shield; protection; defense






18. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group






19. Chief; first; Ex. archbishop






20. Guess; N.






21. (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster






22. One that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable






23. Assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor






24. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable






25. Good-natured; merry; cheerful






26. Attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance






27. Reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)






28. Go through or across






29. Annoy; distress






30. Mass for the dead; dirge






31. Natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation






32. Unattractive






33. Make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression






34. Quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)






35. Extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy






36. 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






37. Courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome






38. Trifles; unimportant matters






39. Red or white cell in the blood






40. Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy






41. Survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information)






42. Pitcher; container for holding liquids






43. Without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment






44. Very cautious; watchful






45. Feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages






46. Pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address (esp. at graduation exercises)






47. Destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant






48. Beginner






49. Lying below; fundamental






50. Shack; small wretched house