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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability






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






3. Take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently; Ex. waves lapping the shore; N: front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person






4. Curse






5. Hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work






6. Stench; V: emit a strong foul odor






7. Suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated






8. Fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce






9. Collect (gradually - in a very large amount)






10. One opposed to force; antimilitarist; ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes






11. Government run by religious leaders






12. Deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice






13. Husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship






14. Living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular






15. (of speech) filled with passion; fervent






16. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable






17. Related to dogs; doglike






18. One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy






19. Ash-colored; deadly pale






20. Testimony under oath; deposing; dethroning






21. Hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease






22. Behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious






23. Mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive






24. Properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance






25. Praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise






26. Start a fire; ignite; inspire; arouse






27. Fairness; justice; OP. inequity






28. Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world






29. Fame; ADJ. renowned






30. Half-human - half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat) - portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man






31. Optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red






32. Loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light






33. Connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus






34. Man who is courting a woman






35. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor






36. Flood; rush; V.






37. Temporary stay; V: stay for a time






38. Servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; ADJ. sycophantic






39. Of a prophet or prophecy; having to do with predicting the future; N. prophecy; V. prophesy; N. prophet






40. Transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment






41. Model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word






42. Disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement






43. Beginning; in an early stage






44. Departure (of a large number of people)






45. Isolation of a person - place - or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine






46. Able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market






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






48. Countercharges; V. recriminate






49. (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart






50. Connoisseur of food and drink; epicure