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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity






2. Marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line






3. Sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation






4. Set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting - unstinting; CF. stint:savings






5. Write; compose






6. Agree






7. Abolish






8. Seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents)






9. Spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally






10. Make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; N. requittal






11. Intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain






12. Immoral behavior; bad management; V.






13. Gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon






14. Carefully contrived; calculated; unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful; Ex. studied remark






15. Entire range






16. Eat very quickly






17. Put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply with tools; Ex. implement the plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument






18. Stupid awkward person; CF. elf






19. Rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); CF. light






20. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality






21. Narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made by a stream which runs through it)






22. Ing'enue; young innocent girl






23. Hit with a sweeping motion; N.






24. Making a harsh noise; grating; harsh






25. Obscure; profound; difficult to understand






26. Pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal






27. Grandiloquent - pompous speech






28. Token; reminder of the past; keepsake; Ex. memento of your visit






29. Solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize






30. Bad-tempered; rude; cross






31. Intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general






32. Misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion






33. Wakefulness; inability to sleep






34. Foretell; be a warning or sign of; N: presentiment; foreboding; omen






35. Lustful






36. Of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary






37. Sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter






38. In name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint






39. Fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops






40. Complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil






41. Candid; blunt






42. Time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve






43. Shrink back as if in fear; cower






44. Increase; add to






45. That can be permeated; penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through; V. permeate: spread or flow throughout; charge






46. Total failure; CF. bottle






47. Crack; fissure






48. Desire; want intensely






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






50. Advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; Ex. Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a match/bill; Ex. promote a new product







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