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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress






2. Cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension






3. Hide; retard or obstruct the progress of; block






4. Heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast






5. Final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained

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6. Languor; weariness; listlessness






7. Forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard






8. Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate






9. (of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition






10. Stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp collecting






11. Wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions






12. In feudalism - one who held land of a superior lord; subordinate or dependent






13. Ill luck






14. Incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy






15. Motion; gesture; V. gesticulate: make gestures (while speaking)






16. Beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands






17. Obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another






18. Not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.






19. Total failure; CF. bottle






20. Harmless






21. Hit or knock against with force; N.






22. Unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties






23. Exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy






24. Study of language or words






25. Payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy






26. Person who keeps bees






27. Praise very highly; glorify






28. Honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness






29. Maker and seller of eyeglasses






30. Mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life






31. Systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme






32. Secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)






33. Write; compose






34. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions






35. Indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)






36. Skin disease (on the face)






37. Able to produce a desired effect; valid






38. One who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians






39. Dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election






40. Drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment)






41. Less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one's anger






42. Wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost






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






44. Hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy






45. Sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism






46. Mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen






47. Curse; swearword






48. Belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death






49. Pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno: place of fiery heat or destruction






50. Shorten