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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unwholesome; not healthful; Ex. insalubrious place






2. Large three-masted sailing ship






3. Writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs






4. (particular form of) political organization; form of government of nation or state; Ex. student polity






5. Noisy quarrel






6. Many in number or kind; numerous; varied






7. Astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded - dumfounded - dumbstruck






8. Not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery






9. Smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity - fatuousness






10. Serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober






11. Droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging






12. Leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest






13. Adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially






14. Neat and trim in appearance; smart; Ex. Be spruce for your job interview; V.






15. Atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex. heinous crime






16. Infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air






17. Join; unite; OP. uncouple






18. Be widespread; triumph over; gain victory; prevail on: persuade; induce; Ex. Justice has prevailed; Ex. prevail on someone to do something






19. Formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.






20. Scarcity; dearth






21. Making up for; repaying






22. Morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere






23. Law enacted by the legislature






24. Place side by side; CF. next






25. Expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)






26. Force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling - reduce fever - etc.






27. Person of high rank or position






28. Climate






29. File of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back






30. Theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior






31. Decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity






32. Deep; not superficial; complete; Ex. profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N. profundity






33. Blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group - cause - or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin






34. Great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight)






35. Subordinate






36. Manner of walking or running; speed






37. Money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre






38. Unpredictable; fickle






39. Given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining






40. Quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor






41. Mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself






42. Questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)






43. Objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable






44. Highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war






45. Poor; destitute






46. Corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V.






47. Method of system or government






48. Hint; slight indication






49. Medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium






50. Stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency