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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Combine; fuse; N. coalescence






2. Going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties






3. Lustful






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






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






6. (sitting or standing) straight up; honest; moral






7. Mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness






8. Psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire






9. Slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent






10. Deep regret for wrongdoing; guilt; self-reproach






11. Bending of a ray of light






12. Restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison






13. Complete; V.






14. With reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.






15. Shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.






16. Of time; not lasting forever; limited by time; temporary; secular; worldly






17. Announce; proclaim; utter or speak - especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him.






18. Change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group






19. Make amends for (a sin)






20. Absence of governing body; state of disorder






21. (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help - sympathy - or support)






22. Steal (things of small value)






23. Composed (with no excitement); grave; V: administer a sedative to; CF. sedative






24. Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish






25. Aqueduct; passageway for fluids






26. Sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body; Ex. stomach ulcer; ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate






27. Needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true






28. Diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.






29. Baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.






30. Inconspicuous; not blatant






31. Admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal






32. Brief - comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious






33. Unfortunate accident






34. (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat






35. Extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety






36. Despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander






37. Narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes






38. Servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V: be a toady to; fawn






39. Supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint






40. (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous






41. Renounce upon oath






42. Burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither






43. Boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious






44. Unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible






45. Features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line






46. Honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness






47. Disapproval; condemnation






48. Supporter; backer; opposite of opponent






49. Undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism in the early stage of development






50. Move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N.