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For MBA Entrance Exams - 2
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Post-Graduate
06/27/2011
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PRETEXT
 Definition
LIE, CONCEAL SOMETHING
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PREVAIL
 Definition
TO HAVE AN EDGE OVER, WIN
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PRIM
 Definition
DRESS FORMALLY, PRUDISH
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PRIMOGENITURE
 Definition
THE RIGHT OF INHERITANCE OF BEING FIRST BORN CHILD
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PRIMA DONNA
 Definition
WOMAN WHO IS OVER SENSITIVE AND HARD TO PLEASE
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PRIMORDIAL
 Definition
RUDIMENTARY
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PRIMP
 Definition
TO TIDY OR SMARTEN
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PRIVATION
 Definition
DESTITUTION
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PRISTINE
 Definition
ORIGINAL, PRIMITIVE
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PRIVY
 Definition
FAMILIAR, INMATE, LAVATORY
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PROBOSCIS
 Definition
TRUNK LIKE OR TRUNK
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PROCLIVITY
 Definition
INCLINATION
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PREVARICATE
 Definition
LIE
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PRODIGAL
 Definition
EXTRAVAGANT
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PRODIGY
 Definition
A THING OR PERSON THAT CAUSES GREAT WONDER
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PROFLIGATE
 Definition
DISSOLUTE. EXTRAVAGANT
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PROFUSION
 Definition
EXTRAVAGANCE
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PROGENITOR
 Definition
ANCESTOR
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PROGNATHOUS
 Definition
WITH A PROJECTING JAW
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PROGNOSIS
 Definition
FORECAST OF A DISEASE
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PROGNOSTICATE
 Definition
TO FORETELL
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PROLETARIAT
 Definition
WAGE EARNING CLASS
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PROLIFIC
 Definition
ABUNDANT
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PROLIX
 Definition
WORDY
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PROMENADE
 Definition
A WALK, DRIVE FOR PLEASURE
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PROMISCUOUS
 Definition
ABANDONED, CARELESS
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PROMONTORY
 Definition
RIDGE
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PROMULGATE
 Definition
TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY
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PROPHYLACTIC
 Definition
SOMETHING THAT PREVENTS DISEASES
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PROPINQUITY
 Definition
NEARNESS
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PROPITIATE
 Definition
APPEASE
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PROPRIETY
 Definition
CONFORMITY WITH GOOD MANNERS
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PROROGUE
 Definition
TO POSTPONE
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PROSAIC
 Definition
VERSIFICATION
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PROSCENIUM
 Definition
FRONT PART OF STAGE
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PROSCRIBE
 Definition
TO OUTLAW
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PROSODY
 Definition
THE STUDY OF VERSIFICATION
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PROSTRATE
 Definition
LYING WITH FACING ONES FACE ON THE GROUND
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PROTEAN
 Definition
CHANGING SHAPES
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PROTRACT
 Definition
POSTPONE
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PROVENANCE
 Definition
FOOD
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PROVISO
 Definition
ANY CONDITION, CLAUSES
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propound
 Definition
to offer for consideration
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prude
 Definition
pretends to have extreme propriety
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prudent
 Definition
careful, economical
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prurient
 Definition
unhealthy interest in sexual matters
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pseudonym
 Definition
a fictious name assumed
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puerile
 Definition
childish
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pugilist
 Definition
boxer
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pugnacious
 Definition
belligerent
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puissant
 Definition
powerful
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pulchritude
 Definition
beauty
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punctilious
 Definition
scrupulous
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punitive
 Definition
to punish
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purblind
 Definition
almost blind
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purgatory
 Definition
cleansing
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purge
 Definition
purify
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purloin
 Definition
to steal
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purport
 Definition
the meaning conveyed
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pusillanimous
 Definition
cowardice
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putative
 Definition
reputed
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rabid
 Definition
fanatic, raging
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raconteur
 Definition
teller of anecdotes
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ragamuffin
 Definition
a ragged, disreputable child
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raillery
 Definition
mockery
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raiment
 Definition
apparel
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rakish
 Definition
lively
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rampant
 Definition
widely spread
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ramshackle
 Definition
not organised well enough
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rancour
 Definition
animosity
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rapacious
 Definition
greedy for gain, catch a prey
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rapprochement
 Definition
renewal of cordial relations
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rarefied
 Definition
less dense
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raspy
 Definition
rough, grasping
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ratiocination
 Definition
reasoning
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raucous
 Definition
harsh, loud
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raunchy
 Definition
openly sexually
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ravenous
 Definition
devouring
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ravish
 Definition
overcome
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realm
 Definition
kingdom
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rebate
 Definition
discount
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rebuff
 Definition
snub
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recalcitrant
 Definition
to reproach
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recant
 Definition
to retract, a former decision
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recidivism
 Definition
the habit of relapsing into crime
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reckoning
 Definition
calculation, computation
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recondite
 Definition
abstruse
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rebut
 Definition
to disprove
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