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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Affectedly grand; pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive; great in size or scope; grand; Ex. grandiose ideas






2. Approve; support; write one's signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal






3. Mental or bodily powers; teaching staff






4. Object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land






5. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate






6. Take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.






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






8. Mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by misadventure






9. Degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement






10. Insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally






11. Small opening; outlet (as of fumes or a gas); Ex. He gave vent to his anger by kicking the chair.






12. Pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance






13. Complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices






14. Support; reinforce






15. Mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular - particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity






16. Chaplain (in the armed forces)






17. Sticky; viscous; gluey






18. Yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence






19. Provide with food necessary for life and growth






20. Operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio






21. Peaceful; calm; Ex. placid child/lake






22. Pertaining to marriage






23. Damp; unpleasantly wet






24. Landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage






25. Current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time






26. Incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory - crematorium






27. Patience; forgiveness; V. forbear: refrain from (in a generous and forgiving way); be patient; Ex. forbear to send him to prison






28. Begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated






29. Lying below; fundamental






30. Heavier or larger on one side than the other; Ex. lopsided way of walking






31. Tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance






32. Depart secretly and hide






33. Having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash






34. Climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble






35. Outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life






36. Dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards






37. Not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly






38. Sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning; ADJ. homiletic






39. Disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity






40. Occurring irregularly; intermittent






41. Since; owing to the fact that






42. Authorized agent; authority to act for another






43. Practical; able to be carried out; practicable






44. Name; title






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






46. 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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47. Pithy - compact saying






48. Group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)






49. Act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)






50. Morbid fear