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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal






2. Quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record






3. Held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune






4. Unchangeable






5. Strong point or special talent in a person's character






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






7. Gallop slowly






8. Scholar who overemphasizes book learning - trivial details of learning - or technicalities






9. Oppression; cruel government; ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically; oppress






10. Having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt






11. Relating to space






12. Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise






13. Storehouse






14. Familiar with; having knowledge of






15. Sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)






16. Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health






17. Disagreeably aggressive






18. Exact






19. (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous






20. Location; place (of a crime - trial - gathering - etc.); CF. come






21. Support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something






22. Great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous






23. Keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention






24. Make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B






25. Theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior






26. Strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal






27. Treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity - respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.






28. Distortion; burlesque






29. Be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.






30. Theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure






31. Physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place






32. Basic; primary; essential






33. Style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine






34. Position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion






35. Beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw






36. Brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious






37. Grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon






38. Exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm






39. Dismay; shock deeply






40. Extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)






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

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42. Give; use; refrain from harming; save from experiencing; exempt; Ex. spare me 5 minutes; Ex. Take this money and spare my life; Ex. The emperor was spared the onus; ADJ: kept in reserve; free for other use; unoccupied; Ex. spare time






43. Urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent






44. Poke (with a pointed object); stir up; urge; goad to action; N: pointed object used to prod; prodding






45. Neglect of duty; abandonment






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






47. Move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber






48. Not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous






49. Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich'ed






50. (of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart