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Subjects : gre, english, vocabulary, bvat
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1. Indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint; insinuation; Ex. sexual innuendo






2. Tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack






3. Doctor who treats mental diseases






4. Designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison






5. Decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister - priest - or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination






6. Mosaic; inlaid; Ex. tessellated pattern






7. Pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one's tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather






8. Explosion






9. Bad-tempered complaint; person who keeps complaining; V: complain; grumble






10. Deceive; delude






11. Powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power






12. Brief explanation of words used in the text






13. Critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval






14. (of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal






15. Quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch






16. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade






17. Unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.






18. Insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex. insuperable difficulties






19. Abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret






20. Shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs






21. Raging mad; insane; N. maniac: insane person; CF. mania: disorder of the mind; intense enthusiasm






22. Exclamation; Ex. 'Ouch''






23. Determination; resolution; firmness of purpose






24. Climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble






25. Settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish






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






27. Not thick; thinly scattered; scanty






28. Too particular; fussy; difficult to please; too concerned with unimportant details or quality; Ex. finicky about her food






29. Decay; fall to a lower level (of morality - civilization - or art); ADJ. decadent






30. Disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate






31. Following; attendants






32. (of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of something) harmful; detrimental; CF. enemy






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






34. Mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm






35. Humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die






36. Not requited; not reciprocated; Ex. unrequited love






37. Suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food






38. Trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war






39. Irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric






40. Question severely; cook on a grill; broil; N: cooking surface of parallel metal bars






41. Lack of self-confidence or courage






42. Language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance






43. (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice






44. Discord






45. Dying; at the point of death; CF. death






46. Not noticing; disregarding






47. Relentless; unyielding; implacable; not capable of being changed by entreaty or efforts; Ex. inexorable price rises






48. Strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock






49. Floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter; CF. strip: long narrow piece






50. That cannot be impeached; beyond doubt or question; blameless and exemplary