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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Put into effect; carry out; kill as a lawful punishment; N. execution






2. Highly excited; intensely curious






3. Honor; glory; acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement






4. (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress)

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5. Act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse






6. Derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning






7. Pertaining to language






8. Purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.






9. Since; owing to the fact that






10. Emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench






11. Keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors.






12. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand






13. Ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision






14. Bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry






15. Expose to slander






16. Fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower






17. Move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky: playful






18. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor






19. Nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette






20. Being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity






21. Lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; ADJ. torpid: lethargic; lazy; inactive; (of an animal) dormant; hibernating






22. Creed






23. Hidden danger; concealed trap






24. Characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus






25. Obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness






26. Trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time






27. Not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly






28. Small speck (esp. of dust)






29. Damp; unpleasantly wet






30. Of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; Ex. titular head of the company






31. Serving as a model; outstanding; Ex. exemplary punishment/behavior; N. exemplar: typical example; model






32. Beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous






33. Worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses






34. Waste (time or money on unimportant things)






35. Growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete






36. Payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce






37. Breathe out; OP. inhale






38. Punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; N.






39. Having a pale or sickly color; pallid






40. Charge in court; indict






41. Worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion; ADJ. idolatrous






42. Pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope






43. Refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove






44. Disturb the composure of; confuse






45. Strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth






46. Omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)






47. Substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues






48. Disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise






49. Dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)






50. Tease; excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; torture with disappointment; CF. Tantalus: Greek mythological figure