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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Made for practical use only (without decoration); functioning; Ex. functional modern furniture; CF. functionalism






2. Slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult






3. Charge in court; indict






4. Hiding place; V.






5. Paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film; glossy coating produced by using this substance; Ex. nail varnish; V.






6. Make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred by rubbing against a rough surface; Ex. grated cheese N: framework of metal bars to hold fuel in a fireplace






7. White with age






8. Narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation






9. Banish to the country; dwell in the country






10. Approve formally; confirm; verify






11. Assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress






12. Explosion






13. Done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest - care - or enthusiasm; Ex. perfunctory kiss






14. Having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer






15. Hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind






16. Very carefully; ADJ.






17. Like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg






18. Enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory






19. Crowd (of people or things); V.






20. Agreement






21. Expression of praise - often on the occasion of someone's death; V. eulogize






22. Soft food made by boiling oatmeal






23. Particular variety of art or literature






24. Quick or willing to receive (ideas - suggestions - etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal






25. Effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph






26. Thin liquid porridge






27. Pay attention to; N: close attention






28. Of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites






29. Outcome; final result






30. Informal discussion; conversation






31. Quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)






32. Unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)






33. The West






34. Violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person)






35. Tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies






36. Crushed oats used for making porridge






37. Closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place






38. Descendants; future generations; Ex. go down to posterity; CF. posterior - anterior






39. Old-fashioned; past the prime

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






41. Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; Ex. the matrix of Western civilization






42. Sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)






43. Petty or trivial details; CF. minutia






44. Movable; not fixed; N. mobility






45. Complete; necessary for completeness; Ex. integral part






46. Desire; want intensely






47. Limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He does not have a modicum of sense; CF. moderate






48. Successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do; well-off






49. Fear of heights






50. Brownish yellow