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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work






2. Surrender; give up all resistance






3. Inclined to form factions; causing dissension






4. Mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin






5. Skin of an animal






6. Slope; slant; Ex. steep incline






7. Absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done






8. Associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)






9. Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements; V. ADJ. slanderous






10. Lying below; fundamental






11. Make greater; increase in power - wealth - rank - or honor; N. aggrandizement






12. Obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office






13. Walk or behave with an over-confident manner






14. Able to see differences; discerning; prejudiced; N. discrimination






15. Renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure






16. Revere; treat with great respect






17. Of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)






18. Sharp projection from fishhook - arrow - or other object; openly cutting remark






19. Dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify






20. Man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional






21. Gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance






22. Sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light






23. Having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.






24. Trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)






25. Flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.






26. Give; use; refrain from harming; save from experiencing; exempt; Ex. spare me 5 minutes; Ex. Take this money and spare my life; Ex. The emperor was spared the onus; ADJ: kept in reserve; free for other use; unoccupied; Ex. spare time






27. Constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions






28. Security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters






29. Darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an eclipse






30. Long life; long duration






31. Ash-colored; deadly pale






32. Kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility






33. Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling






34. Raised platform for speech-making; pulpit






35. Funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)






36. Easily deceived






37. Protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest






38. Restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words






39. Poverty






40. Greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid






41. Place or condition of bliss






42. (of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; (of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered






43. Stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; N. CF. stoicism






44. Medieval chemistry






45. Marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array






46. Sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue






47. Whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged






48. Disease communicator






49. Ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living






50. Work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera