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Torrid

MEANING: (Of Weather) Very Hot and Burning. SENTENCE: In Pakistan, From May To August Are Torrid Months That Workers Are Very Tiresome To Work Due To Very High Temperature. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Close To Tornado That Destroys Everything In Its Way, So Torrid Is Also In Same Way Distorting Because It'S Too Hot To Burn Things. In Different Context Its Meaning Is 'Passionate About Something'. Also The 'Torrid Zone' Is The Region Of Earth Between The Tropics.

Sage

MEANING: (especially in ancient history or legend) a profoundly wise man. SENTENCE: the sayings of the numerous venerable sages MNEMONIC: S + AGE... a wise aged man(your grandpa)

Endemic

MEANING: (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area SENTENCE: Is surging inequality endemic to capitalism? MNEMONIC: epidemic is something that is confined to vast area and endemic is confined to small area

Coagulate

MEANING: (of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semi-solid state SENTENCE: blood had coagulated round the edges of the gash MNEMONIC: Colgate - think about the "thick" paste

Permeable

MEANING: (of a material or membrane) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it. SENTENCE: a frog's skin is permeable to water MNEMONIC: Just remember permit permission

Presumptuous

MEANING: (of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate. SENTENCE: I hope I won't be considered presumptuous if I offer some advice MNEMONIC: Focus on "Presum" (Presume) -- To overstep your boundaries by boldly PRESUMing/assuming something.

Beneficent

MEANING: (of a person) generous or doing good. SENTENCE: a beneficent landowner MNEMONIC: Simply think about beneficial(something gives benefit) which help people

Phlegmatic

MEANING: (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition. SENTENCE: the phlegmatic British character MNEMONIC: phlegmatic -> plleg (flag) when we hoist a FLAG we have the AUTOMATIC reaction be calm and unexcited.

Latent

MEANING: (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed. SENTENCE: Pakistan has a huge reserve of latent talent. MNEMONIC: Latent heat can be seen as heat which is "HIDDEN"

Recondite

MEANING: (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse. SENTENCE: the book is full of recondite information MNEMONIC: read recondite as "re conduct". The professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly.

Onerous

MEANING: (of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty. SENTENCE: he found his duties increasingly onerous MNEMONIC: it sounds like on+er+us..that is ONUS.. when something is ON US ..we feel burdensome

Conundrum

MEANING: A Difficult Problem; Puzzle SENTENCE: New Gre Revised General Test Include More Conundrum Questions, Which Are Much Tricky And Puzzling. MNEMONIC: Conundrum = Con (Together) + Undrum (Not Allowing Drums); In Marriage Ceremonies, If We Together Create Pressure To Stop This Beating Drums For Having Unpleasant Noise, It'S Too Difficult To Stop It Because Of Our Customs. Now Problem Is How To Solve This, Without Creating Cruel.

Dander

MEANING: A Feeling Of Anger And Animosity SENTENCE: On The Victory Of Pakistan Cricket Team Against Indian Team, Indian Crowed Became Dander; Not Because Of The Loss Of Indian Team, But Because Of The Victory Of Pakistan. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Dandruff; When You Have Too Much Dandruff, You Got Anger On It.

Euphoria

MEANING: A Feeling Of Extreme Excitement SENTENCE: Ahmad Was Euphoric After He Got An Admission At Harvard University With Full Scholarship. MNEMONIC: You Feel Extremely Excited While Listening To The Music Band Euphoria.

Largesse

MEANING: A Gift Or Money Given SENTENCE: He Relied On The Largesse Of His Friends & Relatives After He Lost His Job. MNEMONIC: It Looks As If Largeness By Heart; That Is Generous In Giving.

Amalgam

MEANING: A Mixture Of Multiple Things SENTENCE: The Band'S Music Was An Amalgam Of Hip-Hop, Flamenco And Jazz, Blending The Three Styles With Surprising Results. MNEMONIC: Amalgam Sounds Like "Balgam", Which Is A Mixture Of All Sorts Of Fluids That Come From Out Mouth.

Modicum

MEANING: A Small Or Moderate Amount. SENTENCE: When You Awarded Fulbright Scholarship, You Will Have Only Modicum Expense Of Visa To Bear; All Major Expenses Are Covered By The Scholarship. MNEMONIC: It Looks Like Moderate, So It'S Something Small Or Less In Amount Or Quantity.

Prevarication

MEANING: A Statement That Deviates From The Truth. SENTENCE: The Reporter Of News Said That He Is Extremely Sorry For Spreading The Prevarications about Prime Minister'S Death In The Hospital. MNEMONIC: Prevarication = Pre (Before) + Variation (Looks Like Variation). So It'S Something Variation From Previous Believe Or Truth.

Affability

MEANING: A Tendency To Be Friendly And Approachable SENTENCE: The Affability Of Bilal Has Helped Him In His Interview With Fulbright Scholarship Decision Panel; He Has Spoken With Confidence And In Friendly Manner That The Panel Has No Other Option For The Guy But Only To Select Him For The Scholarship. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Word Affectuality; When Something Is Affectual, It Is Working Nicely; E.G. Affectual In Communication.

Aberrant

MEANING: Abnormal, Deviant SENTENCE: The Teen'S Aberrant Behavior Made His Family Suspect That He Was Using Drugs. MNEMONIC: The Prefix 'Ab' Means Away -- In This Case, Away From What'S Normal.

Anarchy

MEANING: Absence Of Law Or Government SENTENCE: Once The Dictator Was Assassinated, The Country Fell Into Total Anarchy, As None Of The Opposition Groups Were Strong Enough To Seize Power. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Anna (Blind), A Blind Governance Is Called Anarchy; That Means There Is No Government.

Affluent

MEANING: Abundant of wealth SENTENCE: The Affluent Practice Materials Are Not Enough To Get High Score In Gre; Smart Work Is Always Better Than The Hard-Work. MNEMONIC: Fluency It Speaking Increases The Chances Of Getting Admission In Us Universities, So If Someone What'S To Be Rich, He Should Be Fluent In English; So Affluent Is Something Abundant.

Gambit

MEANING: Action Made To Produce A Future Advantage SENTENCE: The Gambit Of India In Producing Many Small Dams Has Made Pakistan Tougher To Produce Further Dams Because Of Lack Of Water Supply From India. MNEMONIC: Gambit = Game + Bitter; When A Bitter Game Is Played, It Is To Make The Opponent Confuse.

Aver

MEANING: Affirm With Confidence, Asserting SENTENCE: I Wish To Aver That I Am Certain Of Success After My Intense Gre Preparation. MNEMONIC: Aver Contains The Root 'Ver' (Truth), Which Also Appears In Verity, Veracious, And Verisimilitude.

Polemical

MEANING: Aggressive In Verbal Attack; Disputatious SENTENCE: When Sarah Arrived Home In The Middle Of The Night, Her Parents Launched A Polemical On Her For Arriving So Late. MNEMONIC: Polemical = Polio; Polio Project Is Under Dispute Or Controversial By Ttp. Because They Are In Doubt Whether It'S A Conspiracy Against Pakistan To Reduce Its Population. So Polemical Must Means Controversial Or Disputable.

Omniscience

MEANING: All-Knowing SENTENCE: After Taking Gre Classes, Fatima Became Omniscient On All Basic Concepts Of The Exam. MNEMONIC: We Have A Way To Send Money Through Ubl Omni, It'S A New Science & Knowledge. So Omniscience Is Something All-Knowing Power. Omni Means Universal. Like Omnivorous Are Those Who Eat Meat As Well As Herbs. So Its All-Rounder.

Antiquity

MEANING: Ancient Times SENTENCE: Mohejo-Daro Antiquities Were Discovered In Pakistan; These Were Belongs To Some Thousand Years Ago. MNEMONIC: Anties Are Old Aged Women, So Antiquity Must Be Something Very Old.

Savor

MEANING: Appreciate Fully SENTENCE: As A Parent, It'S Important To Take A Step Back And Really Savour The Special Moments--Those Children Will Grow Up Sooner Than You Think. MNEMONIC: It'S Very Close To What We Named Energy Saver; It'S Highly Appreciated By The Government Of Pakistan To Use It In Replace Of An Electric Bulb Which Consume High Electricity.

Austerity

MEANING: Avoiding From Pleasure And Comfort. SENTENCE: The Austerity Of Livings In Thar-Parkar Is Surprising For Me; How Can An Ordinary Human Alive Under Such Unpleasant Conditions? MNEMONIC: One Who Left His Family To Go To Austria Or Australia (Looks Close To Austerity) For Job Purpose; He Left The Pleasure Of Family Discussions And Gup-Shups. So Austerity Is Not Getting Pleasure Or Comfort.

Empirical

MEANING: Based On Experience Or Experimentation SENTENCE: He Distrusted Hunches And Intuitive Flashes; He Placed His Reliance Entirely On Empirical Data. MNEMONIC: We Read 'Empirical Formula' Of Many Species In Chemistry; It'S What Based On Experience Or Experiment By The Scientists.

Groveling

MEANING: Behave In A Fawning Or Servile Manner SENTENCE: Whether it's Trump grovelling, May grovelling, or Britain refusing to grovel to Brussels, the word "grovel" seems to be everywhere. MNEMONIC: Groveling = Grow Well Or Struggle Well; When The Economy Of Pakistan Stuck; Govt. Do Its Best To Remain It Servile; So It'S A Groveling Economy.

Disparaged

MEANING: Belittle Others SENTENCE: In The Issue Essay On The Gre, Disparaging The Other Side Of The Argument Does Not Give Any Credit; It'S Actually Waste Of Precious Time & Words. MNEMONIC: Disparage= Display + Rage. When You Display Rage To Others You Humiliate Or Belittle Them.

Saturnine

MEANING: Bitter Or Scornful SENTENCE: Do Not Be Misled By His Saturnine Countenance; He Is Not As Gloomy As He Looks. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Word Saturated; When A Solution Is Saturated, It Will Not Mix Further Sugar Anymore; So Saturnine Is Something Harsh Scolding, Which Can'T Show Sweetness.

Tirade

MEANING: Bitter, Abusive Criticism Or Verbal Attack. SENTENCE: I Hate That Politics In Which Politician Tirade On The On The Government Policies Rather Than Giving Advices Or Suggestions To Change For The Betterment. MNEMONIC: Tirade Is A Tiresome Criticism Or Abusive Verbal Attack; When The Tyre Along The Road (Sounds Like Tirade) Of Your Car Becomes Punctured, You Got So Angry And Often Use Abusive Language For Your Car.

Chauvinism

MEANING: Blindly Patriotic SENTENCE: A Chauvinist Cannot Recognize Any Faults In His Country, No Matter How Flagrant The Policies The Country May Have. MNEMONIC: Don'T Confuse Chauvinism With Sexism--A 'Male Chauvinist' Is Just One Kind. The Original Chauvinist Was Nicholas Chauvin, A Possibly Fictional Soldier Wounded 17 Times While Serving In Napoleon'S Army (He Really Loved Napoleon).

Impede

MEANING: Block Or Obstruct The Progress Of SENTENCE: The Special Prosecutor Determined That The Attorney General, Though Inept, Had Not Intentionally Set Out To Impede The Progress Of The Investigation. MNEMONIC: Impede Contains The Root 'Ped' Which Mean 'Feet', Also Occurring In Pedestrian Or Pedal. Impede Thus Has The Sense Of Shackling The Feet, Preventing Movement.

Sycophant

MEANING: Boot-Licker, Yes Man SENTENCE: Imran Khan Advised The Government To Stop Being A Sycophant Of America; We Are A Sovereign Nation, So We Should Do What'S Our Interest. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Psychologist Who Can Make A Person To Tell Everything What'S Coming Into His Mind. This Makes Others To Become Fawning Of Psychologist.

Humdrum

MEANING: Boring, Monotonous Routine SENTENCE: Sameer Spent All Day Doing Humdrum Tasks For His Gre Preparation; Learning New Words, Reading Passages And Memorizing Mathematical Formulas. MNEMONIC: The Pakistani Movie Humdum Was Very Boring And Dull.

Implode

MEANING: Burst Inward. SENTENCE: America Has A New Technology Of Controlled Demolition During Which Its Entire Old And Useless Building Imploded In A Matter Of Seconds; Without Any Loss Of Its Nearby Buildings. MNEMONIC: Of Course, It'S The Opposite Of Explode; Which Means Burst Outward.

Mitigate

MEANING: Calm Down; SENTENCE: Nothing Could Mitigate His Disappointment After Getting Very Low Score In Gre. MNEMONIC: Yar Mitti Pao Te Ladai Mukao. Its Famous Words Of Ch. Shujjat Husain.

Mollify

MEANING: Calm Or Soothe SENTENCE: We Tried To Mollify The Hysterical Child By Promising Her Many Gifts. MNEMONIC: Mollify Shares A Root 'Soften' With Emollient, Which Means Soothing Or Softening Remedy (For The Skin).

Engendered

MEANING: Cause Or Give Rise To. SENTENCE: His Strong Efforts In Preparation Of Gre Have Engendered His High Score In Gre. MNEMONIC: Engender = Enhance In Generation (Gender); So It Means Produce As A Result.

Lull

MEANING: Cause To Fall Asleep; Quiet Down. SENTENCE: The Continuous Reading Of Vocabulary Lulled Bilal To Sleep. MNEMONIC: It'S Sounds Like Dull, Which Means Boring; When The Excitement Comes To An End, It'S The Start Of Lull Or Dull Time.

Catalyst

MEANING: Causer Of Change SENTENCE: Imran Khan Has Proud To Be A Catalyst For Reforms In The Politics Of Pakistan; Now Politics Is No More About Critics, It'S Changed To Self-Evaluation. MNEMONIC: Mnemonic: It Sounds Like Anna (Blind) A Blind Governance Is Called Anarchy; That Means There Is No Government.

Galling

MEANING: Causing Irritation SENTENCE: Preparation For Vocabulary Without Mnemonics Is Galling Thing For Most Students. MNEMONIC: Gallian (Abusive Languages) Are Always Irritating Educated Persons.

Metamorphosis

MEANING: Change Of Form Or Shape. SENTENCE: The Metamorphosis Of Caterpillar To Butterfly Is Typical Of Many Such Changes In Animal Life. MNEMONIC: Metamorphosis = Meta (Change) + Morph (Shape); So The Different Forms And Structure Of Organisms Are Named As Metamorphosis.

Gauche

MEANING: Clumsy and Awkward (In Social Behavior) SENTENCE: It Is Terribly Gauche To Put Ketchup On Your Steak And Then Talk With Your Mouth Full As You Eat It. That'S The Last Time I Ever Bring You To A Nice Place. MNEMONIC: As A Childhood, Many Children Love To Eat Ghache (Close To Gauche) Which Created Many Diseases Related To Stomach; Eating Ghache Is Awkward Or Coarse.

Mundane

MEANING: Common, Ordinary SENTENCE: He Was Concerned Only With Mundane Matters, Especially The Daily Stock Market Quotations. MNEMONIC: It'S Close To Man-Done; Man Done His Jobs Daily; It'S An Ordinary And Common Practice In Pakistan That Man Do Work, For His Whole Family.

Hackneyed

MEANING: Commonplace, Not Fresh Or Original. SENTENCE: The English Teacher Criticized Her Story Because Of Its Hackneyed And Unoriginal Plot. MNEMONIC: It Shares Its Root With 'Hackers', Who Are So Common Now-A-Days.

Abridge

MEANING: Condense Or Shorten SENTENCE: Audio Books Are Almost Always Abridged, Since Few People Want To Listen To A 200-Hour Book. MNEMONIC: It Shares Its Root With Abbreviate, For Instance M.A Is An Abbreviation Of Master Of Arts. A Bridge Gives A Shortest Way To Pass A River Or Canal.

Salubrious

MEANING: Conducive To Health Or Well-Being SENTENCE: After Spending The Entire Life In Smoking And Drinking, The Old Man Has Recognized The Necessity Of Adopting A Salubrious Lifestyle, That Is Free From Smoking And Drinking But That Involves Eating Fresh Fruits And Vegetables And Juices. MNEMONIC: It Has Shared Its One Root With Salary; The Day When Salary Is Given To The Employees, It Gives Them Good Liveliness And Energy That They Forget The Too Much Struggle They Make In Other Days Of The Month.

Sanguine

MEANING: Confidently Optimistic And Cheerful SENTENCE: Let Us Not Be Too Sanguine About The Outcome When Afridi Is Send For Play On Very Tough Situation; Something Could Go Wrong With His Fitness. MNEMONIC: In Many Pakistani Songs, We Heard Words Like 'Apny Sang Chala' It Shows Something Optimistic & Cheerful Expression.

Propriety

MEANING: Confirming To Good Manners Or Appropriate Behavior. SENTENCE: They Questioned The Propriety Of Certain Investments Made By The Council; As They Were In Doubt Whether The High Return On Investment Is Highly Riskier. MNEMONIC: This Word Sounds Like Proper; Properness Suggests That It'S Propriety.

Confound

MEANING: Confuse SENTENCE: The Success Of Azam In Gre Confounded His Classmates, Who Perceived Him As A Lazy Student. MNEMONIC: Confound= Con (Together) + Found (Finding Some Research). So When Many Researchers Find Something Independently; It Confounds Us To Whom Should The Credit Must Be Given.

Incessantly

MEANING: Continuing Without Stopping SENTENCE: The Incessant Nature Of Shahid Afridi For Hitting Sixes In Every Ball Has Made Him A Hero Of Pakistan. MNEMONIC: Incessantly = In (Not) + Cessently (Cease Means To Stop); So It'S Unstoppable.

Cogent

MEANING: Convincing SENTENCE: She Presented Cogent Arguments To The Jury; That Cleared The Judge About His Stance. MNEMONIC: Cogent = Co (Same Or Together) + Gents (Guys); In Professional Setup, When You See Some Guys Wearing Three Piece Suit............

Mimicking

MEANING: Copying (Or Trying To Copy) SENTENCE: When Asif Caught During His Mimicking The Employer In Rude Way, He Got Fired From The Job. MNEMONIC: It'S Similar To Momo, A Special Character Used In Famous Drama Bulbuly; Many Children Copy The Actions Of Momo, Including Her Way Of Walking And Speaking. So Its Means Copying The Actions Of Others.

Castigate

MEANING: Criticize Harshly SENTENCE: Drill Sergeants Are Known To Castigate New Recruits So Mercilessly That The Latter Often Break Down During Their First Week In Training. MNEMONIC: In Old Days If Someone Of Low Cast Came To Your House, You Would Have Criticised Or Castigated Him.

Reproach

MEANING: Criticize. SENTENCE: I Want My Work To Be Above Reproach And Without Error; Because I Can'T Bear Any Trouble In Future. MNEMONIC: Reproach = Re (Again) + Approach (Approach To Top-Management To Complain About Somebody); So Re-Approach Means Complaining Again Or Blaming Again And Again To Criticize Someone.

Objurgation

MEANING: Criticizing A Person Harshly SENTENCE: We Are Objurgating Our Govt. But Not Willing To Change Our Self. MNEMONIC: Objection In Jury Is Similar To Objurgation, So It'S Something Harsh Criticism

Check

MEANING: Curb Or Restrain SENTENCE: Ali kept his emotions in check after he failed to get admission to the university he dreamt of. MNEMONIC: We Are Familiar With The Statements Like, Criminal Checked All The Places In The Home, But Couldn'T Find The Money. But In Gre, Check Is As If Police Officer Ordered Me 'Hands-Up'. So He Can Check My Equipments, Whether I Am A Suicider. So Here Check Means Restrained, Block Or Stop Motion.

Precariously

MEANING: Dangerous SENTENCE: Taking The Gre Exam Without Prior Sleep And A Sumptuous Meal Can Have Precarious Outcomes. MNEMONIC: Precarious = Pre + Car + Ious. Pre Means Before Something (Like Before Preparation) So Driving A Car Before Preparation Is Precarious Which Means Dangerous

Audacious

MEANING: Daring; Bold; Taking Risks. SENTENCE: She Made An Audacious Decision To Quit Her Job. MNEMONIC: When Someone Buys A Car Of Audi Brand; He Makes Dare To Buy This Expensive Car; It'S A Risky Investment.

Denigrate

MEANING: criticize unfairly; disparage. SENTENCE: doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country MNEMONIC: DENIGRATE=DENY+GREAT.so if yu deny someone is great ,it means you BELITTLE him

Aesthetic

MEANING: Dealing With Or Capable Of Appreciating The Beautiful SENTENCE: There Are Practical As Well As Aesthetic Reasons For Planting Trees In Pakistan; It Not Only Gives Surplous Oxygen Needed For Human And Animal Breathing But Also It Adds Beauty. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like An 'Artistic', Which Is Related To The Beauty Of Something.

Fallacious

MEANING: Deceptive; Illogical. SENTENCE: The Reasoning Of Government Representative Is Fallacious Because It Leads To A Ridiculous Answer. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like False; When Someone Reasoning Is False Or Misleading, It'S Fallacious. It'S Derived From Fallacy.

Embellish

MEANING: Decorate and Adorn SENTENCE: My Mother-In-Law'S Stories About Her Journey From Russia Made Us Laugh Because She Embellished The Bare Facts Of Her Travels With Humorous Anecdotes. MNEMONIC: In Mandirs (Worship Places Of Hindu); A Set Of Bells Are Hanged To Make A Religious Tone, Which Is A Decorative Style; So Embellish Means Arrange Bells To Decorate.

Iconoclastic

MEANING: Defying Tradition SENTENCE: Jackson Pollack Was An Iconoclastic Artist, Totally Breaking With Tradition By Splashing Paint On A Blank Canvas. MNEMONIC: Sounds Like Icon (Hero) + Clash --> So Clashing With Icons

Crestfallen

MEANING: Dejected, Sad And Disappointed. SENTENCE: The Pakistani Cricket Team And The Entire Nation Was Crestfallen After Pakistan Lost A Match That They Were About To Win. MNEMONIC: Crest Is The Top Of The Hill. So After Someone Makes An Effort And Climbs A Crest But Then Falls Down, He Feels Dejected.

Perfidious

MEANING: Deliberately Do Something In Order To Mislead. SENTENCE: The Perfidious Politician Sold Out His Country'S Secrets To The Enemy In Exchange For Money And Protection. MNEMONIC: Only 'Apna Faida Sochny Wall' Is Named Perfidious Which Makes Sense Of Disloyal; To Which No-One Can Trust.

Negate

MEANING: Deny Or Refute SENTENCE: Our Political System Is That The Opposition Negates The Government In Corruption, As A Result Government Also Negate The Opposition In Their Corruption, When Opposition Was In Government, After That Both Becomes Silence; Neither Of One Defends Himself Nor Proves The Allegation To Be False. MNEMONIC: Of Course, Negate Is The Same Word We Use In Math, As In "To Negate Both Sides Of The Equation, Multiply Through By -1."

Delineate

MEANING: Describe In Detail. SENTENCE: I Do Need The Cash, But I'M Not Signing Up For This Psychological Experiment Unless You Delineate What'S Going To Happen. MNEMONIC: It, Of Course, Shares A Root With Line, Which Is Used For Making Sketches.

Culpability

MEANING: Deserving Blame SENTENCE: The Culpability Of Raymond Davis Was So Severe That He Should Not Free From Imprisonment Of Pakistan. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Culprit; That Is A Person Who Is Guilty Of A Crime Or Offence.

Venerate

MEANING: Deserving High Respect SENTENCE: We Do Not Mean To Be Disrespectful When We Refuse To Follow The Advice Of Our Venerable Leader. MNEMONIC: Venerate = We + Narrate (Narration Of Some Holy Book); So We Narrate Some Verses Of Holy Books That Are Awesome And Demanding High Respect.

Ignominious

MEANING: Deserving Or Causing Public Disgrace Or Shame. SENTENCE: Rigging By Returning Officers In General Election Of Pakistan Is Ignominious For Imran Khan; He Condemn Returning Officers With Sever Words. MNEMONIC: Ignominious = Ignore + Mini (Minus); Which Signify Its Meaning Of Making Very Shameful.

Anomaly

MEANING: Deviation From What Is Common SENTENCE: While The Cosmetics Division Of Textile Industry Has Many Female Executives, It'S An Anomaly--In The Rest Of The Company, Sadly, Only 4% Of Management Positions Are Filled By Women. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Abnormally, Which Is Its Meaning.

Intractable

MEANING: Difficult To Control SENTENCE: The Horse Was Intractable And Refused To Enter The Starting Gate. MNEMONIC: Tractor Is Very Hard To Manage; When Something Is Tractable By You, It'S Manageable; Otherwise When It'S Intractable, It'S Hard To Manage.

Abstruse

MEANING: Difficult To Understand SENTENCE: The Hand Writing Of Naeem Is So Bad That It Is Abstruse For Every Reader Of Essays That Naeem Write. MNEMONIC: Words Used In Abstract(Abstr-Use) In A Research Paper Are Telling In Brief About The Research Paper, But It Doesn'T Tells The Thorough Idea Of The Paper; So Only Reading The Abstract Will Not Give Clear Picture Of The Paper.

Inscrutability

MEANING: Difficult To Understand SENTENCE: The Topic Of Integers & Probability In Gre Is Usually Inscrutable For Many Students, Because These Topics Are Too Difficult To Understand. MNEMONIC: Questions Like Inscribed Circle Or Inscribe Triangles Are Always Very Tough Which Is Not Easy To Understand That How To Solve It. So Inscrutability Is Something Beyond Understanding.

Disjointed

MEANING: Disconnected SENTENCE: In Politics We Have Seen, Whenever There Is A Clash Of Interests, Political Parties Have Disjointed. MNEMONIC: Disjointed = Dis (Not) + Joined (As Indians Have Joined Families, Means They Live Within Same Home); Similarly, In Math, Disjointed Means Having No Common Elements, As In 'The Set Of All Odd Integers And The Set Of All Even Integers Are Disjointed, It Can Seen In Van-Diagram.

Daunt

MEANING: Discourage or Frighten SENTENCE: Indian Threats Can'T Daunt Pakistan Army; It Is Ready To Face Any Kind Of Secrete Attack. MNEMONIC: We Heard Many Times As A Childhood; When You Disobey Your Father Or Teacher, You Face ' Wo Ap Ko Daunt-Ty Hair'.

Antipathy

MEANING: Dislike Or Opposition SENTENCE: In Politics Of Pakistan, Opposition Always Antipathy The Government, Which Obstruct The Progress Of Government; While In Developed Countries, Opposition Is Only Oppose The Government Where Necessary. MNEMONIC: Antipathy = Anti (Against Or Opposed To) + Pathy (Path, Way Or Opinion). Please Don'T Confuse Antipathy With Apathy, Which Means 'Indifference, Or Not Caring'.

Disquieting

MEANING: Disturbing, Causing Anxiety. SENTENCE: Mr. Amir'S Lack Of Emotion At His Wife'S Death Was Disquieting--So Much, In Fact, That Even His Own Family Began To Suspect He'D Something To Do With It. MNEMONIC: Think Of Disquiet Not As The Opposite Of Quiet, But More As An Opposite To Quiescent, Meaning Peaceful And Calm.

Impair

MEANING: Make Worse SENTENCE: Playing In A Rock Band Without Earplugs With Almost Certainly Impair Your Hearing Over Time. MNEMONIC: Impair = Not Repairable; So Impair Is Something Too Worse Or Weaken To Be Repair.

Perfunctory

MEANING: Done Routinely And With Little Interest Or Care SENTENCE: The Short Film Examines Modern Perfunctory Cleaning Rituals Such As Washing Dishes, Doing Laundry And Tooth-Brushing. MNEMONIC: Paraiii (Other'S)+Factory - If You Are Told To Take Care Of Somebody Else'S Factory, You Would Casually Care About It

Plummet

MEANING: Drop Sharply; Fall Straight Down. SENTENCE: During The 1St Minute Or So Of A Skydive, The Diver Plummets Towards Earth In Free Fall; Then, He Activates A Parachute And Floats Down At What Seems Like A Relatively Leisurely Pace. MNEMONIC: A Plummet (Or Plumb Bob) Is A Weight On The End Of A Cord. When Something Plummets, The Idea Is That It Is Falling Fast And Straight Down, As Though It Has Been Weighted.

Zeal

MEANING: Eager Enthusiasm SENTENCE: The Students Of Gmat And Gre Must Have Great Zeal For Very High Score For Getting Admission In Top Ranked Universities. MNEMONIC: Zeal Sounds Like An Urdu Word 'Zehrila' Which Means Poisonous; A Poisonous (Like Concentrated Acid Or Chemical Compound Work Or Effort That Is Too Much And Concentrated) Work Is The Work That Consecrate On The Outcome; Its Hard-Work And Having Great Zeal.

Nettlesome

MEANING: Easily Irritated Or Annoyed. SENTENCE: Nettlesome Regional Disputes Have Caused More Partition Of Each Provinces Of Pakistan; Is This Conspiracy? MNEMONIC: Almost All Net (Close To Nettlesome) Connections Are Annoying To Its Users Because Of Its Dis-Connectivity Many Times A Day.

Tractable

MEANING: Easily Managed Or Controlled SENTENCE: Emerging sequencing technologies can provide extra information and make the computational problem more tractable. MNEMONIC: When A Tractor Is Controllable By You, It Is Tractable By You; In Other Way, Anything Which Can Be Traced Is Tractable.

Lucid

MEANING: Easily Understood; Clear; Intelligible. SENTENCE: Mnemonics Give a Lucid Way Of Learning Vocabulary; In This Way You Can Learn Words And Remember them In Long-Run. MNEMONIC: In Summers, No-One Can Prepare For The Gre After Drinking Lussi (A Kind Of Cold Drink Which Reduce Temperature Inside The Body, That Result To Very Much Sleep); Lucid Is The Opposite Of It, Lucid Concept Is Easy To Learn.

Mawkish

MEANING: Effusively Or Insincerely Emotional. SENTENCE: His Mawkish Style Of Crying On His Failure Was Easily Seen By His Parents, Because They Knew That He Didn'T Prepare For The Test Well. MNEMONIC: An Indian Singer Named Mukaish, Who Sings So Emotional Songs About Insincerity Of Lover; So It Should Be Someone Insincerely Emotional.

Commensurate

MEANING: Equal In Extent, Proportional SENTENCE: Your Gre Score Will Be Commensurate With Your Effort In Its Preparation; The More The Effort You Give, The Greater Will Be Your Gre Score. MNEMONIC: Commensurate = Com (Come Together) + Ensurate (To Ensure Something); So Commensurate = To Ensure That The Two Things Are Equally Proportionally Changing.

Substantiate

MEANING: Establish Or Strengthen As With New Evidence Or Facts SENTENCE: Mr. Zuhaib Couldn'T Substantiate In The Court About His Innocence; He Was Sentenced Severe Punishment By The Jury. MNEMONIC: Substantiates = Substance, Which Is Something In Existence; So Substantiates Means Give Some Proof In Existential Form.

Gloating

MEANING: Evil Satisfaction. SENTENCE: As Mr. President Gloating Over His Ill-Gotten Wealth, How He Will Satisfy The Needs Of The Nation. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Goat (Bakra); Who Is Of-Course Most Of The Time Immoral And Always Seeks Some Immoral Activities; So It Must Means Evil Satisfaction.

Hyperbole

MEANING: Exaggerate SENTENCE: Oh, Come On. Saying 'That Movie Was So Bad It Made Me Puke'. It Was Surely Hyperbole. I Strongly Doubt That You Actually Vomited During Or Following The Back-Up Plan. MNEMONIC: Hyperbole = Hyper (Extreme, Whether Good Or Bad) + Bole (Speak About Something).

Officious

MEANING: Excessively Eager In Giving Unwanted Advice, Interfering SENTENCE: An Officious Little Man, Who Always Telling Everyone Else How To Do Their Jobs, Is Disliked By The Workers Who Better Know How To Perform Their Jobs. MNEMONIC: It Has Come From Office; In Office Setup, Everyone Is Eager To Advice Others Which Is Unnecessary; It'S One Of The Obstacle In Productivity In Our Country.

Inherent

MEANING: Existing As A Permanent, Essential Quality SENTENCE: New Research Seems To Support The Idea That Humans Have An Inherent Sense Of Justice--Even Babies Become Upset At The Upper Shows Depicting Unfairness. MNEMONIC: Inherent = In + Here By Nature; This Means When Something Is Inherent, It'S There Naturally; For Instance An Inherent Habit Of Moving Hands While Talking.

Ubiquitous

MEANING: Existing Everywhere At The Same Time. SENTENCE: Shahid Afridi'S Fans Are Ubiquitous; Not Only They Are From Pakistan, But Also They Are From Glob Even Including India. MNEMONIC: We Know Ubl (United Bank Limited) Is Formed After The Merger Of Several Small Banks; Now United Bank (Ub, Close To Ubiquitous) Existing Everywhere In Pakistan, Almost In Every Cities And In Towns. So Ubiquitous = United Bank Is Quite Everywhere.

Connoisseur

MEANING: Expert Of Art. SENTENCE: A Forthcoming Exhibit At The Art Museum Is Eagerly Awaited By Connoisseurs Of Ancient Greek Pottery. MNEMONIC: Connoisseur Comes, Through French, From The Latin 'Cognoscere', Meaning 'To Know', Which Also Gives Us Cognition.

Eulogy

MEANING: Expression Of Praise Often On The Occasion Of Someone'S Death. SENTENCE: All The Eulogies Of His Friends Could Not Remove The Sting Of The Calumny Heaped Upon Him By His Enemies. MNEMONIC: Eu' Is A Greek Root For 'Good' Like 'Europe', And Logos Means 'Discourse'; So Eulogy Is Describing Good Deeds Of Someone.

Egregious

MEANING: Extremely Bad To Such An Extent That It Becomes Shocking SENTENCE: The President's Abuse Of Power Was So Egregious That Even His Own Family Deserted Him And Asked The International Courts To Take Action Against Him. MNEMONIC: Egregious Has The Word Gre In It; In Pakistan We Get Shockingly Bad Grades In Gre.

Meticulous

MEANING: Extremely Careful And Precise SENTENCE: He Was Meticulous In Attempting Gre Quant Section, Never Made Mistake, Which Generated His Score Of 170 In This Section. MNEMONIC: It Looks As If Calculus Which Is Very Care About The Accuracy. I.E. The Exact Value, Instead Of Approximation. So Meticulous Must Be Very Precise.

Exacting

MEANING: Extremely Demanding SENTENCE: I've taught some of you, I've read your work in the college publications, I've rooted for you on the soccer fields. I've even tested my hand-eye coordination skills with some of you in the exacting sport . . . . of beer pong. MNEMONIC: It Has Derived From Exactly, Which Means Absolutely Or Completely; When You Demand Something, You Want To Get It 100%, Without Any Compromise.

Harrowing

MEANING: Extremely Painful. SENTENCE: It Is Harrowing When Pakistan Loss Match Against India After Setting Very High Target; Obviously It'S Due To Very Bad Performance By Bowlers And Fielders. MNEMONIC: When Pakistan Team 'Harr Rhi Ho' Against India In Cricket, It Becomes Extremely Painful To The Whole Nation.

Phony

MEANING: Fake; Insincere SENTENCE: She'S Such A Phony Person, Pretending To Befriend People And Then Taking About Them Behind Their Backs. MNEMONIC: Rescue 1122 Has Complained That They Receive More Phone Calls As Fake As Compared To Genuine Calls.

Notoriety

MEANING: Famous But In A Negative Fashion SENTENCE: The Notoriety Of Pakistan As A Corrupt State Is Due To Its Lack Of Genuine System Of Accountability. MNEMONIC: When A Person Is Known As Notorious (Close To 'No Tolerating'), He Is Eventually Intolerable By Others I.E. Disrepute By Others.

Auspicious

MEANING: Favorable, Positive SENTENCE: Despite An Auspicious Start To The Match, Pakistan Team Lost Its Way Later On In The Match And Eventually Lost It By A Big Margin. MNEMONIC: Auspicious Sounds Like Suspicious; Being Suspicious Of Someone Can Really Be Favorable If You Are A Detective.

Timorous

MEANING: Fearful; Demonstrating Fear. SENTENCE: The Timorous Manner Of Bilal Betrayed The Fear He Felt Before Start Of His Official Gre Exam. MNEMONIC: It'S Similar To Timid Which Means Shy Or Reserve, Because Of Fear To Discuss Or Talk Due To Lack Of Confidence.

Viable

MEANING: Feasible, Practical SENTENCE: The Infant, Though Prematurely Born, Is Viable And Has A Good Chance To Survive. MNEMONIC: It Share One Root With 'Vi' This Root Attach With A Word To Make A Sense Of Lively Or Spirited Like In 'Vivid', 'Survive', 'Revive', 'Vivacious' And 'Convivial'; All These Words Are Related To Life Or Live With Happiness.

Quibble

MEANING: Find Faults In Petty Way. SENTENCE: Kpk Government Has No Major Complaints To Make About Its Governance, Only A Few Petty Quibbles That Are Almost Too Minor To State. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Quarrel-Able; When The Opposition Is Finding Fault Or Make Unnecessary Criticism On The Government, It'S Only Made With An Intention Of Quarrel With The Government.

Glib

MEANING: Fluent (With Insincerity Or Superficiality). SENTENCE: Politicians Are Usually Glib And Articulate Speakers, This Skill Help Them In Their Campaign. MNEMONIC: Mirza Galib(Close To Glib) Was A Famous Urdu Poet; His Poems Were Very Fluent But These Were About The Insincerity Of The Lover.

Concomitant

MEANING: Following Or Accompanying As A Consequence SENTENCE: High Gre Score Is Concomitant With The Hard-Work And Smart-Work. MNEMONIC: Concomitant = Con (Together) + Comitant (Commitment); It'S Something That Will Be Accompanies Or Always Happens Together, Because They Made Commitment Together.

Exculpate

MEANING: Free From Blame Or Punishment SENTENCE: I Will Present Evidence Of Innocence & Honesty Of His 10 Years Of Service For This Country That Will Exculpate My Client From Such Groundless Charges. MNEMONIC: Exculpate = Ex (Exclude From) + Culpable (Blameworthy). So It'S Something Excluded From Blame Or Guilt.

Disabuse

MEANING: Free Somebody From Incorrect Belief. SENTENCE: I Will Attempt To Disabuse You Of Your Impression Of My Client'S Guilt; I Know He Is Innocent. MNEMONIC: You May Hear Many Times Some Abusive Languages By Your Employer On Your Mistake During Job. Disabuse Is To Make Something To Reverse The Abuse.

Reveling

MEANING: Gain Great Pleasure From A Situation. SENTENCE: After Being Accepted By Fulbright Scholarship, Hamid Start Reveling With His Family And Friends. MNEMONIC: Some People Have Habits Of Revealing (Sounds Like Reveling) The Secretes Of Others, Because They Feel Enjoyment And Pleasure By Doing So.

Aggregate

MEANING: Gather Into A Mass Or Whole; Accumulate SENTENCE: The Aggregate Wealth Of This Country Is Staggering To The Imagination. MNEMONIC: It'S Same As Gross Amount; We Use Aggregate Demands And Aggregate Sales To Describe The Total Or Accumulate The Amounts.

Belie

MEANING: Give A False Impression SENTENCE: The Crruptful Actions Of Many Current Politicians Belie Their Claim To Be National Leader. MNEMONIC: Belie = Become + Lie (False Speaker).

Fastidious

MEANING: Giving Careful Attention To Detail. SENTENCE: The Professor Is So Fastidious That He Hardly Approves A Thesis Of His Student, Because He Is So Fastidious About Little Points Including Punctuations. MNEMONIC: While Driving Car Very Fast, One Should Be Very Much Careful; So It'S Something Careful Attention To Detail. Also People Who Always Eat Fast-Food, They Difficult To Please With Homemade Food. So It'S Also Meaning Difficult To Please Or Satisfy.

Bracing

MEANING: Giving Strength SENTENCE: A Good Preparation And Practices Of Mocks Of Gre Was Bracing Him; Therefore Ahmed Got Very High Score In Gre. MNEMONIC: When Someone Embraces Islam, It Gives Strength And Vigor To Him.

Courteous

MEANING: Gracious Good Manners SENTENCE: Asim'S Teachers In University Are Helpful And Courteous; When He Requested For Recommendation Letters, They Wrote It For Him Immediately. MNEMONIC: It Usually Prescribed In Courts, So Which Is Good Manner. A Lawyer & Judge Should Be In Good Manner, Which They Are Specially, In Deciding The Ordinary Cases.

Avarice

MEANING: Greediness For Wealth. SENTENCE: Many Politicians Are Avarice; They Don'T Spend Funds To The Public, Instead They Use It For Their Savings In Swissbanks. MNEMONIC: It'S Similar An Urdu Word Avaary, Which Means People Who Don'T Do Anything, That Are Usually, Greedy As They Are Not Hard Worker.

Burgeon

MEANING: Grow Rapidly SENTENCE: In The Spring, The Plants That Burgeon Are A Promise Of The Beauty That Is To Come. MNEMONIC: In Pakistan, Burj Bank Is Growing Rapidly; So Burgeon Means Grow Rapidly.

Innocuous

MEANING: Harmless SENTENCE: In Gmat The First Question And In Gre First Section are Innocuous; since their Difficulty Level is less. MNEMONIC: It'S Very Close To Innocent, Who Does Not Create Any Damage At All; So Innocuous Is Something Harmless.

Benign

MEANING: Harmless SENTENCE: The Old Man Was Well Liked Because Of His Benign Attitude Toward Friend And Stranger Alike. MNEMONIC: It Contains The Root 'Been', Meaning 'Good'. Its Antonym Is 'Malign' Meaning Bad; So When Something Is Benign It'S Beneficial Or Favorable.

Cacophony

MEANING: Harsh, Discordant, Or Meaningless Mixture Of Sounds. SENTENCE: The Sounds Of Barking Dogs And Sirens Added To The Cacophony On The Streets At Midnight; I Didn'T Sleep For That Reason. MNEMONIC: Cacao Is A Distorted Spell Of Coca (Cocacola); Phony Derived From Phone That Related To Sounds. A Distorted Sound Is Known As Cacophony.

Perspicacious

MEANING: Having A Ready Understanding Of Things. SENTENCE: Some Students Develop New Short-Cuts To Solve Math Questions Due To Their Perspicacity. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Perception; The Right Perception Of Things Is Perspicacious.

Prescient

MEANING: Having Or Showing Knowledge Of Events Before They Take Place. SENTENCE: The Prescient Instructor Was One Of The Few To See Which Students Were Going To Do Well On The Exam. MNEMONIC: Pre Means Before And Scent Comes From Science. So Before Knowledge Is Spread To Others, You Know It First. It Means You Are Prescient.

Faltering

MEANING: Hesitate SENTENCE: The Surprising Decrease In The Value Of Pkr As Compared To Other Currencies Is Sign Of Faltering Economy. MNEMONIC: One Who Is Falter, Falls Due To Very Old Age Or Born In Few Days Ago.

Alluring

MEANING: Highly Attractive (Mostly Immoral) SENTENCE: Allured By The Songs Of Ashqi Movie, Many Young Adults Built Affairs. MNEMONIC: Alluring = All Yours; When You Are Much Attractive, Then All Beauty Around You Is Yours.

Equitable

MEANING: Impartial Or Neutral. SENTENCE: Pakistan Is Seeking An Equitable Solution To Kashmir Dispute, One Which Will Be Fair And Acceptable To All Three Parties. MNEMONIC: It Drives From Equity, Which Means Equal Justice Or Fair; Don'T Confuse Equitable And Equity With Equanimity And Equanimous; The First Set Is About Equality, The Second Set About Being Even-Tempered Or Calmness Of Temperament.

Insatiable

MEANING: Impossible To Satisfy. SENTENCE: There Are Some Students Who Gets Very High Score (But Not Perfect Score), Yet They Are Insatiable With This Score, Because Their Wish Is To Achieve Perfect Score. MNEMONIC: It Looks Like In-Satisfy-Able (Not Satisfy-Able), Which Is Its Meaning.

Erroneous

MEANING: Improper, Morally Incorrect SENTENCE: I Thought My Answer Was Correct, But It Was Erroneous; It'S Usually In Case Of Tricky Questions. MNEMONIC: It Has Clearly Derived From 'Error' Which Means 'Mistake'.

Aggrandize

MEANING: Increase In Power, Wealth, Rank, Or Honor SENTENCE: The History Of The Past Quarter Century Illustrates How A President (E.G., Bhutto) May Aggrandize His Power To Act Aggressively In International Affairs Without Considering The Wishes Of His Own Political Party. MNEMONIC: It'S Sound Like 'Aggressively Optimize' Which Is To Make Greater.

Unseemly

MEANING: Indecent; Inappropriate. SENTENCE: After Getting In Usa With Fulbright Scholarship, Imran Has Unseemly Amounts Of Money, Received Through Stipend, On Himself, That He Couldn'T Save It For The Future. MNEMONIC: It'S The Opposite Of Seemly Which Derived From 'Seem' Means 'Appear'; So Seemly Means Something Appearance That Is Seen; So Unseemly Should Be Something 'Not Apparently' Or 'Not Appropriate'. When The Future Is Apparent, Whether It'S Good Or Bad, It'S Good Thing Because We Can Make It Good If It'S Bad; But If The Future Is Not Apparent, It'S Ambiguous And Hence It'S Inappropriate.

Vacillation

MEANING: Indecision In Speech Or Action SENTENCE: The Vacillation In Movement Shows That Mr. Shakeel Is Not In Good Health. MNEMONIC: It Looks Similar To Oscillation, Which Means Move Back & Forth; So It'S Something Irregular.

Autonomous

MEANING: Independent. SENTENCE: Inter-Services-Intelligence (I.S.I) Is An Autonomous Body Of Organization Which Is Independent Of Any Rules And Laws Of Pakistan; Even Pakistani Law It-Self Has Made This An Independent Organization, Or Above All Rules Or Laws; This Autonomy Is Teasing Too Many People Who Are Against Pakistan Independence. MNEMONIC: It Has Root With 'Auto' Or 'Automatic', An Automatic Machine Is Independent Of Human Interventions; It Has Self-Control System.

Discredit

MEANING: Injure The Reputation Of SENTENCE: The Campaign Was Highly Negative In Tone; Each Candidate Tried To Discredit The Other. MNEMONIC: The Root 'Cred' Means Belief; The Reverse Of Belief Is Disbelief Or Discredit.

Facile

MEANING: Insincere, Superficial. SENTENCE: Facile Manner Of My Teacher Has Impressed Me When I Asked Questions, And He Gave Clear Answers Effectively. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Facilitate; So It Means Something Smooth-Spoken Or Fluent; By This Way One Can Facilitate His Personality.

Contumely

MEANING: Insulting Language Or Treatment. SENTENCE: Mosques Should Not Be Exposed With Gossips And Contumely; It's A Place Of Worship, Not For Spreading Hate Among People. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Contendly, Which Signifies Its Meaning Of Something Rude And Abusive In Words Or Manner.

Prolific

MEANING: Intellectually Productive SENTENCE: Fatima Is A Prolific Writer Who Produced As Many As Three Books A Year; It'S Very Worthcoming For Fulbright Scholarship. MNEMONIC: It Looks Like Profit, Which Is Fruitful For A Person Who Earns It; Please Don'T Mix This With Profligate (Which Means Destructive Or Wasteful); As Too Much Profit By A Person Is Destructive By The Other From Whom It Has Earned.

Caustic

MEANING: Intended To Hurt SENTENCE: The Critic'S Caustic Remarks Angered The Hapless Politician Who Was Serving As Ministry Of Water & Electricity In Pakistan. MNEMONIC: We Use Caustic Soda (Vinegar) Which Is Harsh In Taste When Touch With Tongue Directly. A Caustic Remark That Spoken Directly To A Person Is Biting To Him.

Exacerbate

MEANING: Make Worsen SENTENCE: This Latest Arrest Will Exacerbate The Already Existing Discontent Of The People And Enrage Them. MNEMONIC: It Shares Its Roots With Acerbate Or Acerbic Which Means Bitter Or Make Harsh.

Incorporate

MEANING: Introduce Something Into A Larger Whole SENTENCE: When A Business Incorporates, It Becomes A Separate Legal Entity. MNEMONIC: It Contains The Latin Word 'Corpus' (Body), Also Corpse (Dead Body); Also In Pakistan, Very Big Companies (Which Are Under The Definition Of A Person In Finance), Are Known As Corporations, Which Are Bodily Form Or Established As A Person.

Preamble

MEANING: Introductory Statement, Preface. SENTENCE: His Early Travels Were Just A Preamble To His Later Adventures. MNEMONIC: Preamble Literally Means 'Walk Before'. The Root For 'Walk' Is Also Found In Amble, Which Means Able To Walk.

Contentious

MEANING: Involving Or Likely To Cause Controversy SENTENCE: Mr. Justice Resented On The Contentious Remarks Of The Lawyer Because These Were Out Of The Legal Boundary. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Contend, Which Means Strongly Asserts Or Argue With Strong Dislike; So It Must Be Something To Cause Controversy.

Facetious

MEANING: Joking (Often Inappropriately) SENTENCE: Facetious Remarks About A Classmate Are Inappropriate At The Serious Moment When You Got Excellent Score In Gre But You Classmate Got Very Poor Score. MNEMONIC: In Pakistan, We Usually Use In Joke As ' Apna Mu (Face) Dekh Or Baat Dekh Kya Kr Rha Hai'. So This Word Seems To Mean As Joking In Humorous Way, Or Lacking Seriousness.

Apathy

MEANING: Lack Of Concern Or Interest In Important Matters SENTENCE: As A Firm Believer In Democratic Government, She Could Not Understand The Apathy Of People Who Never Bothered To Vote. MNEMONIC: Apathy = Absence Of Pathy (Derived From Path, Meaning Direction Or Root); When Someone Shows Absence Of His Mind In The Class Lecture, He Is Showing Apathy, Because The Path Is To Comprehend The Lecture, But He Has Lack Of Concern Of It.

Discrepancy

MEANING: Lack Of Consistency SENTENCE: The Police Noticed Some Discrepancies In His Description Of The Crime And Did Not Believe Him. MNEMONIC: Discrepancy = Dis + Credulity; When Someone Gives Discrepant Information, You Tend To Be Disbelieve On It, Because It'S Giving Against What Information You Have Already.

Superficiality

MEANING: Lack Of Depth Of Knowledge, Perfunctory, Cursory SENTENCE: Since Ahmad'S Analytical Essay Gives Only A Superficial Analysis Of The Argument, He Only Got 3 Out Of 6 On The Exam. MNEMONIC: Superficial = Super (Highly) + Fictional (Imaginative, As Fictional Movies And Stories). So If Something Looks Very Intelligent Or Smart, But Actually Its Not Then It Is Superficial.

Diffidence

MEANING: Lack Of Self-Confidence SENTENCE: Middle Class Students Are More Diffidence As Compared To Elite Class; Because Of Their Schooling Difference; Former Class Are Not Given Much Confidence In Their Schooling Age. MNEMONIC: Diffidence = Difficulty In Confidence.

Levity

MEANING: Lack Of Seriousness SENTENCE: Stop Giggling Bad Wriggling Around In The Pew; Such Levity Is Improper In Courtroom. MNEMONIC: It Comes From Latin Word For 'Lightness' Which Also Gives Us Elevator, Lever, Leaven And Levitate (To Cause To Float, Such As In A Magic Show).

Lackluster

MEANING: Lacking Energy, Excitement, Enthusiasm, Or Passion. SENTENCE: We Were Disappointed By The Lackluster Performance Of Our Cricket Team In World Cup Semi-Final. MNEMONIC: Lackluster = Lacking + Luster (Shining); When Something Lacking Lister It'S Lacklustre, Or Dull.

Banal

MEANING: Lacking Originality. SENTENCE: Frequent Use Of Ordinary And Boring Words Makes An Essay Seem Banal; This Generates Low Score In Essays. MNEMONIC: When Something Should Be Banned, It'S Banal; So It Is Fake And Not Original.

Inconsequential

MEANING: Lacking Worth Or Importance. SENTENCE: The Experimental Section In Gre Is Inconsequential, But It'S Undeterminable; This Section Doesn'T Contribute To Gre Score Report. MNEMONIC: Inconsequential = Not Sequential (Sequences Are The Most Important Topic Of Gre Quant Section, As It Is Always Tested In Gre; So Not Sequential Means Not Important.

Ephemeral

MEANING: Lasting Only A Short Time. SENTENCE: The Mayfly Is An Ephemeral Creature; It Hardly Lives For Couple Of Hours. MNEMONIC: It'S Very Close To Elephant Which Is Now Disappearing From The World; Although Elephant Gets Very Long Live, But Its Growth And Generation Is Going To Disappearing; So Ephemeral Means Short Lived Or Soon Disappearing.

Alleviate

MEANING: Lessen Pain Or Suffering SENTENCE: The Stimulus Package Has Alleviated The Problems Of The Great Recession, But Times Are Still Tough. MNEMONIC: The Over-The-Counter Painkiller 'Alleve' Was Undoubtedly Named With The Word Alleviate In Mind.

Torpor

MEANING: Lethargic, Lazy SENTENCE: Because Of His Torpor In Nature And Habit In Reading The Passages, Bilal Cannot Get High Score In Gre. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Tor-Phor (Depreciate); When Something Has Tor-Phor Too Much, It Becomes Inactive And Not Able To Be Use; Torpid Also Has Same In Meaning Which Is An Adjective.

Penchant

MEANING: Liking Or Inclination SENTENCE: He Had A Strong Penchant For Sculpture And Owned So Many Statues That His Home Is Filled With Many Kinds Of These Sculptures. MNEMONIC: It Comes From A Latin Root That Gives Us Pendulum. A Person With A Penchant Leans Towards Certain Direction.

Circumscribe

MEANING: Limit or Restrict SENTENCE: Verbal Score Of Bilal In Gre Was Too Low, Because He Circumscribed His Preparation To Only Vocabulary; It'S Less Tested As Compared To Comprehension And Word Usage. MNEMONIC: A Circumference Is The Circular Line That Is The Limit Of The Circle.

Flag

MEANING: Lose Enthusiasm SENTENCE: When The Opposing Hockey Team Scored Its Third Goal Only Minutes Into The First Period, The Home Team'S Spirits Flagged. MNEMONIC: In Tom & Jerry Cartoon, When Tom Gets Tired Or Accepts Defeat, It Shows A Flag Which Gives Sign That He Accepted The Defeat.

Rankle

MEANING: Make Angry SENTENCE: When Amir Got Score Of Less Than Expected In Gre, He Became Rankle On His Poor Effort. MNEMONIC: When Wrinkles Appears In Your Face, You Becomes Angry, I.E. You Become Rankle; Wrinkle Resulted To Rankle.

Incensed

MEANING: Make Extremely Angry SENTENCE: Mr. Edhi Is Known For his Kindness towards Children; Unkindness towards Children By Others Incensed Him. MNEMONIC: Incense = Non-Sense (Sounds Very Similar); So It Must Be Showing Anger On Something Bad Or Non-Sense.

Discerning

MEANING: Mentally Quick And Observant SENTENCE: The Ships In The Harbor Were Not Discernible In The Fog. MNEMONIC: Discerning = Dis (Not) + Cerka Hua (Mind Cerka Hua); So Discerning Means Able To Perceive Or Distinguish Mentally.

Scrupulous

MEANING: Meticulous and Extremely Attentive To Details. SENTENCE: One Way To Get a Perfect Score on Gre Is To Scrupulously check your working of Each Question. MNEMONIC: Scrupulous = Scotland Yard Ki Pulous (Police); It'S Famous For Diligent Through Investigation With Careful Attention To Detail.

Ambivalent

MEANING: Mixed Emotions About Something SENTENCE: Sam Was Ambivalent About Studying For The Exam Because Doing So Ate Up A Lot Of His Time, Yet He Was Able To Improve His Analytical Skills. MNEMONIC: Ambivalent Sounds Like Ambulance. In An Ambulance You Have Mixed Sort Of Feelings, (Bachein Gay K Naheen Bachein Gay)

Hodgepodge

MEANING: Mixture Of Different Kinds Of Things SENTENCE: The Exhibition Was A Hodgepodge Of Mediocre Art, Bad Art, And Really Bad Art; It Was Disliked By Many Visitors. MNEMONIC: This Word Itself Looks To Be Jumbled Or Distorted, It Contains Different Words Ho-Dge-Po-Dge; Looks To Be Funny But It'S Meaning Is The Same 'Mixture Of Different Kinds Of Something'.

Paradigm

MEANING: Model Or Pattern SENTENCE: Far From Being Atypically Bawdy, This Limerick Is A Paradigm Of The Form -- Nearly All Of Them Rely On Off-Colour Jokes. MNEMONIC: Para' Means Beside. Paradigm Comes From Two Word Parts Meaning 'Beside' And 'Show' And Combined Into 'Paradiegma' For 'Pattern Or Example.'

Temperance

MEANING: Moderate, Restrained SENTENCE: Noted For His Temperate Appetite, He Seldom Drinks Alcohols. MNEMONIC: It'S Derived From Temperature; A Moderate Temperature Is Most Suitable Or Favourable For The Growth; So Temperance Should Be Of Moderate Or Self-Control.

Quotidian

MEANING: Monotonous or Daily SENTENCE: For Students Who Received High Score In Verbal Section Of Gre, They Read Novels, Articles And News Papers As Quotidian; Even Few Read Two Times A Day. MNEMONIC: It Looks Like Quote Which Are Not Specific To Some Era Or Some Group Of People; It'S For Ordinary People Or About Daily Life.

Tumultuous

MEANING: Noisy & Disorder SENTENCE: During The Lecture Of Probability, The Whole Class Became Tumultuous Because No Student Was Able To Comprehend The Difficult Concepts Of This Topic. MNEMONIC: It Is Derived From 'Tum Ult Ho' In Pakistan Which Means You Lack Discipline. So Tumultuous Must Mean Unrestrained And Disorderly.

Indifferent

MEANING: Not Caring SENTENCE: Because She Felt No Desire To Marry, She Was Indifferent To The Constant Proposals By Her Lover. MNEMONIC: Indifferent = Not Different; Looks Like N Ordinary Or Dull, Because The Style Of Your Dress Is Not Different, Which Has Lack Of Attraction.

Rudimentary

MEANING: Not Developed, Crude SENTENCE: Before Preparation Of Gre, One Who Is From Biological Background Should Learn The Rudimentary Of Math That Are Much Necessary For The Advance Level Preparation Of Gre. MNEMONIC: It Shares It'S Root With Rude; Rude Originally Meant Crude Or Unlearned; But In Practice It Use For Something Bad Or Degraded; Basics Are Always Lower And Not Developed.

Stingy

MEANING: Not Generous With Money SENTENCE: In Pakistan, Textile Firms Are Too Stingy To Raise Salaries Of Its Workers. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like An Urdu Word 'Tungy' Means 'Miserly Living'; So Tungi In Giving Money Is Stinginess.

Extraneous

MEANING: Not Important SENTENCE: We create bubbles of information, silos of opinion, and we tune out all that is extraneous or disagreeable. MNEMONIC: Derived From The Word External, Which Means Out Side; That Is Irrelevant, So Not Important.

Peripheral

MEANING: Not Of Primary Importance. SENTENCE: My Main Goal Is To Get Into A Good Grad School; Whether It Has Good Fitness Facilities Is Really A Peripheral Concern. MNEMONIC: We Know Peri-Meter Of A Square Or Rectangle Is Its Out Boundary; Peri-Pheral Is That Outer Boundary Or Region Which Is Of Not Primary Importance; Peripheral Vision Is What You Can See 'Our Of The Corner Of Your Eyes'.

Derivative

MEANING: Not Original. SENTENCE: Many Modern Singers' Albums Are Mere Disappointment, Derivative Of Several Hit Albums From The Past Legends. MNEMONIC: When A Word Is Derived From Its Original Roots (E.G., French, Greek Or Latin Original Root) It'S Derivative; Which Is Driver From Some Original Source.

Cursory

MEANING: Not Paying Attention To Details. SENTENCE: The C.E.O Makes Just Cursory Looks To Hundreds Of Files Where He Requires Signing Daily Basis; It'S Because Of His Expertise. MNEMONIC: The Arrow Sign In The Computer Or Laptop Is Called Cursor; Its Use To Just Click On Something Without Providing Huge Details; So It Means Be Quick Without Detail Oriented.

Disingenuous

MEANING: Not Sincere, Not Simple SENTENCE: Although He Was Young, His Remarks Indicated That He Was Disingenuous. MNEMONIC: Disingenuous = Dis (Not) + Ingenuous (In = Recently Entered + Gen = Generation; Simple, Young Or Recently Acquired Wings); Anything Which Is Not Ingenuous Is Sophisticated; Also As It'S Not Simple (Simple Lover Is More Loyal And Sincere) So It Is Insincere.

Maladroit

MEANING: Not Skilful; Awkward; Bungling. SENTENCE: Imran Khan Is Unhappy About The Maladroit Way The Matter Of So Called War Against Terrorism Has Been Handled. MNEMONIC: Maladroit = Mal (Not Good) + Adroit (Skill); So It Means Not Skilful.

Frugality

MEANING: Not Spending Much Money SENTENCE: Monte Was No Miser, But Was Simply Frugal, Wisely Spending The Little That He Earned. MNEMONIC: Sounds Like Few Girl. So If You Have Few Girl Friends, There Will Be Less Wastage Of Money

Reticent

MEANING: Not Willing To Tell People About Things. SENTENCE: To Apply For Fulbright Scholarship, One Should Not Be Reticent And Reserve; You Should Speak Frankly In The Interview With The Decision Panel Of Fulbright. MNEMONIC: When A Person Retires (Close To Reticent) From Public Service, He Became Reserved And Quiet.

Fortuitous

MEANING: Occurring By Happy Chance SENTENCE: There Is No Connection Between These Two Events; Their Timing Is Entirely Fortuitous. MNEMONIC: It Has Derived From Fortune; So It Should Mean By Luck.

Eccentric

MEANING: Odd; Deviating From Normal. SENTENCE: The Eccentricity Of A Planet'S Orbit Is The Amount By Which It Deviates From A Perfect Circle. MNEMONIC: Eccentric = Exclude From Centric; When Something Is Deviating From Centre Point, It'S Eccentric.

Volatile

MEANING: Of A Quickly Changing Nature (As Of Temper), Mercurial SENTENCE: The Political Climate Today Is Extremely Volatile: No One Can Predict Whether Army Would Takeover. MNEMONIC: It Usually Used In Chemistry: A Volatile Substances Easily Changes States, From Solid To A Gas Or Vapours; Such Substances Are Evaporating.

Umbrage

MEANING: Offence Or Annoyance SENTENCE: Imran Khan Took Umbrage At Judiciary Decision Of Not Considering His Request Of Making Recount Of Only Four Jurisdictions; He Was Then Given A Notice For Contempt Of Court. MNEMONIC: It Has Derived From Umbrella Of Rage; Umbrella Signifies Shadow Or Shade, While Rage Signifies Something Disliking Or That Cause Anger.

Vociferous

MEANING: Offensively Loud. SENTENCE: The Decision To Cancel The Kerry Lugar Bill Was Made Over The Vociferous Objections Of Media And Some Political Parties. MNEMONIC: Vociferous = Voice Full; Its Meaning Is Offensively Loud.

Partisan

MEANING: One One-Sided; Prejudiced; SENTENCE: Our Judicial System Consists Of Partisan Judges; In Order To Be Promoted As A Judge, One Should Have Strong Relationship With One Of Strong Political Party. MNEMONIC: One Who Is Inclined Only Towards His Favourite Party.

Skeptic

MEANING: One Who Doubts Others SENTENCE: In This Matter Of Many Allegations Against Imran Khan, I Am A Skeptic; I Want Proof. MNEMONIC: Don'T Confuse Skeptical And Cynical. In Gre Reading Comprehension Passage, An Author Might Be Skeptical (A Very Appropriate Attitude For A Scientist, For Instance), But Would Never Be Cynical.

Laconic

MEANING: One Who Says Very Few Words SENTENCE: While Martha Always Swooned Over The Hunky, Laconic Types In Romantic Comedies, Her Boyfriends Inevitably Were Very Talkative—And Not Very Hunky. MNEMONIC: Laconic Contains The Word Lack Which Means Lack Of Words

Artless

MEANING: Open And Honest. SENTENCE: Many People Believe That Imran Khan Seems To Be An Artless Politician Who, Therefore, Can Eliminate Corruption From Pakistan. MNEMONIC: Don'T Think Of Artless As A Lack Of Art--Think Of It As A Lack Of Art For Deceiving Others.

Pedestrian

MEANING: Ordinary; Dull; SENTENCE: Vocabulary Class Without Mnemonics Looks To Be Pedestrian For Many GRE Students. MNEMONIC: We Know Very Well What Is Pedestal Fans. So Pedestrian Is Someone Who Travels By Foot. Also This Fan Looks To Be Very Awkward, That'S Why It Usually Uses In Villages, Rather Than Big Cities. That Shows It'S Another Meaning 'Boring'.

Placate

MEANING: Pacify; Bring Peace To SENTENCE: The Teacher Tried To Placate The Angry Mother Whose Child Had Failed In The Class, While The Rest Of The Students In The Class Have Passed Successfully. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Please; When You Are Trying To Please An Angry Friend, You Are Trying To Placate Him.

Avid

MEANING: Passionate or Enthusiastic. SENTENCE: Hamid Is an Avid Reader of Novels, Articles Or Editorials; This Helped His Comprehension immensely. MNEMONIC: In A Right Angle Triangle, The Base Is The Lower Side, Signifying That It'S Something Morally Low Or Inferior In Value.

Placid

MEANING: Peaceful, Calm. SENTENCE: Bilal Attained The Placid Manner Of Doing His Official Gre Exam, Because He Has Well Made His Timed Practice Mocks Before His Official Gre Exam; Therefore He Got High Score In Gre. MNEMONIC: Placid = Place Emotions Aside, And Do Task Peacefully.

Sanction

MEANING: Permission; Penalty Intended To Enforce Compliance. SENTENCE: America'S Sanctions On Cuba Mean That It Is Illegal For Americans To Do Business With Cuban Companies. MNEMONIC: This Word Can Be Very Confusing--Its Two Definitions Seem To Be Opposites. Permit And Penalise? We Have To Use Context To Figure Out The Meaning--Since The Bad Meaning (Generally 'Sanctions', Plural) Applies To International Actions; Most Usages Of Sanction Mean 'Allow'.

Eloquence

MEANING: Persuasive Speech SENTENCE: In Order To Get A Good Score On The Toefl And Ielts Speaking Section, One Should Speak With Such Eloquence That Would Convince The Listener To Give You The Highest Score. MNEMONIC: Eloquence= E (Efficient) + Loquence (Language). So Efficient Language.

Gawky

MEANING: Physically Awkward SENTENCE: As A Teenager, She Thought Of Herself As Gawky And Often Slouched So As Not To Seem So Much Taller Than Her Peers; Of Course, Now That She'S A Supermodel, No One Thinks Of Her As Gawky At All. MNEMONIC: The Word Gawhak Is Seemed To Be Awkward Which Is Used In Better Way As Customers. So Gawky Must Be Something Awkward.

Deliberation

MEANING: Planning Something Carefully SENTENCE: Govt. Of Punjab Has Deliberated To Eliminate Dengue Virus, And Worked According To The Plan; It Got Positive Results. MNEMONIC: Deliberation = The Liberation, Which Comes From Liberal, E.G. Liberal Arm Forces; These Forces Do Planning Carefully To Get Their Objectives.

Mellifluous

MEANING: Pleasing To The Ear. SENTENCE: On The Gre Test Day, Ali Woke Up Early With The Mellifluous Singing Of Sparrows; He Attempted His Test Well Aggressively With His Fresh Mind. MNEMONIC: Mellifluous= Me + Like + Flow; I Like Flow Of Sounds (Especially Its Ups And Downs) When It'S Sweet.

Ascetic

MEANING: Practising severe self-discipline from all forms of indulgence SENTENCE: The Wealthy Politicians Could Not Understand The Ascetic Life Led By The Poor People. MNEMONIC: Please Don'T Confuse Ascetic With Aesthetic, Which Means 'Pertaining To Beauty Or Good Taste'; It Shares Its Root With Acetic Which Means Bitter Or Sever; That Signify Its Meaning As 'Leading To A Life Without Pleasure Or Comfort'.

Punctiliously

MEANING: Preciously Or Fastidiously Attentive. SENTENCE: One Should Punctiliously Attempt Each Questions Of Gre In Order To Get High Score; New Gre Test Has More Tricky Questions. MNEMONIC: It Has Derived From Being Punctual; A Punctual Person Is So Accurate About The Timing And Quality Of His Work.

Exonerate

MEANING: Pronounce Not Guilty Of Criminal Charges. SENTENCE: In Order To Start Job In Gulf Countries, One Requires Showing His Proof Of Exoneration From Any Criminal Act. MNEMONIC: Exonerate = Exclude Someone From -Rate; When A Word Ends With -Rate It Mostly Have Sense Of Negative In Meaning Or Something Bad.

Decorum

MEANING: Proper In Manners And Conduct SENTENCE: Discipline Requires Decorum Of Ones Behaviour And Attitude Towards Rules And Regulations. MNEMONIC: Decorum Derived From Decorates; When A House Is Decorated For Birthday Wish, Its Appropriate Place For It.

Refute

MEANING: Prove To Be False SENTENCE: The Defense Called Several Respectable Witnesses Who Were Able To Refute The False Testimony Of The Prosecution'S Only Witness. MNEMONIC: It Sound's Like Refuse Which Means 'Rejects'. When Someone Refutes Some Arguments Or Judgement, He Is Going To Reject It.

Assuage

MEANING: Provide Physical Relief, As From Pain. SENTENCE: Electricity Supply Finally Resumed and it Assuaged The Angry People; Because After Few Minutes People Forgot Their Inconvenience. MNEMONIC: It'S Very Close To Usage, Which Means Consumption; Why You Consume Something; Probably Answer Is To Get Satisfaction; We Consume Medicine To Relieve Pain.

Resolution

MEANING: Quality Of Being Firmly Determined SENTENCE: Given The Many Areas Of Conflict Still Awaiting Resolution, The Outcome Of The Peace Talks Remains Problematic. MNEMONIC: We Know Very Well The Resolution Of Pakistan (1940); It Was Presented In Front Of All Participants, Who Make A Unanimous Decision To Resolve This Issue In Form Of Independent State Named As Pakistan.

Prodigal

MEANING: Rashly Or Wastefully Extravagant SENTENCE: Successful Professional Athletes Who Do Not Fall Prey To Prodigality Seem To Be The Exception—Most Live Decadent Lives. MNEMONIC: Sounds Like Proud Girls. Proud Girls Are Always Wasting There Dad'S Money

Maverick

MEANING: Rebel, Nonconformist SENTENCE: Most Cop Movies Feature Heroes (Like Chulbul Pandey In 'Dabangg' Bollywood Movie) That Are Maverick Police Officers, Breaking All The Rules, Blowing Things Up, And Getting Their Guns Confiscated By The Chief--But Ultimately Saving The Day MNEMONIC: This Word Sounds Very Awkward; Maverick Must Be Someone Who Is Always Disagrees Within A Group Or Society. Just As Maverick Calf Doesn'T Bear A Mark Of Ownership, A Political Maverick Doesn'T Belong To Any Party.

Log

MEANING: Record Of Day-To- Day Activities. SENTENCE: Lawyers Who Bill By The Hour Have To Be Sure To Log All The Time They Spend On Every Client'S Case. MNEMONIC: Of Course, A Log Has A Root With Catalogue Which Is A Complete List Of Things; Usually Arranged Systematically.

Spasmodically

MEANING: Recurring In Scattered And Irregular Or Unpredictable Instances SENTENCE: If You Write Intermittently Or Spasmodically on the GRE Essay, You Will Probably Get Low Score Due To Less Use Of Words. MNEMONIC: Spasmodically = Spaces + Mods; So It'S Something That Is Not Consistent.

Sporadic

MEANING: Recurring In Scattered And Irregular Or Unpredictable Instances SENTENCE: In The Last Few Decades, Karachi Has Been Subjected To Sporadic Terrorist Bombings And Political Activism That Has Caused Many People To Flee The City. MNEMONIC: Sporadic Sounds Like Periodic

Abate

MEANING: Reduce, Diminish SENTENCE: Her Stress Over Spending So Much Money On House Abated When The Real Estate Broker Told Her About The Property'S 15 Year Tax Abatement. MNEMONIC: Abate Comes From An Old French Word For 'Beat, Cast Down' That Also Give Us Batter (Beat Severely) And Abattoir (Slaughterhouse).

Discountenance

MEANING: Refuse To Approve SENTENCE: When capitalist development discountenances the people, it loses its soul. The soul of capitalist development at the national, regional and global level must be the people. MNEMONIC: Discountenance = Dis (Not) + Countenance (Count For); So It'S Something Not Count For Or Refuse To Consider.

Rebuttal

MEANING: Refuting Others By Offering A Argument SENTENCE: The Rebuttal Conducts Of Opponent Lawyer Has Made The Case Of Mr. Musharraf Too Long. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Refutal (To Deny The Truth Of Something); So It Must Mean Act Of Refuting By Offering Contrary Arguments.

Pathological

MEANING: Relating To Compulsive Bad Behavior. SENTENCE: She Thought Her Skin Darkening Was Simply A Result Of The Sun, But It Was Actually Pathological, The Result Of A Serious Disease. MNEMONIC: It Drives From 'Pathos' Which Means Disease. Pathological Often Occurs As Pathological Liar. When Pathological Is Used Alone To Describe A Person, Meaning Is That The Person Compulsively Lies Or Hurts Others.

Protracted

MEANING: Relatively Long In Duration SENTENCE: The Protracted Heat Had The Effect Of Driving Away Everyone Nearly From The City Yesterday. MNEMONIC: When You Protect Yourself From The Causes Of Dengue Virus Expansion, You Will Be Safe From It In Very Long Run; Protracted Means Relatively Long In Duration.

Thrift

MEANING: Reluctance To Spend Money. SENTENCE: In Young Age, Everybody Likes To Consume Money For Fulfilling Their Wishes; But In Older Age, Everyone Becomes Thrifty And Tends To Save Money As Much As Possible. MNEMONIC: When You Are Thrift You Save Money Instead Of Consuming It; But It Increase The Chance Of Being Theft (Close To Thrift); More The Thrift More Will Be The Chance Of Theft.

Supersede

MEANING: Replace, Take The Position Of Someone SENTENCE: The Present Constitution Of Pakistan Has Superseded The Previous Constitutions That Were Effective Till 1973. MNEMONIC: Super-Sede = Super (Above All) + Sede; Word Super- Appears In Many Words Which Means Being At The Top. So When A New Toper Comes, It Replaces The Previous Top Student In A Class.

Arduous

MEANING: Requiring Lots Of Hard Work SENTENCE: Without Someone To Help You, Without A Proper Teacher, Gre Is Far Too Arduous To Study For. MNEMONIC: Arduous = Read It As "Hard To Do For Us"

Disparage

MEANING: Ridicule, Belittle SENTENCE: Emma Stone Disparaged Other Student While Going Through The Corridor Of The College. MNEMONIC: Dispa-Rage Can Be Read As Display A Rage. When You Display Your Rage On Your Juniors You Belittle Them In Front Of The Others.

Forlorn

MEANING: Sad And Lonely SENTENCE: When His Lover Left Him And Went With Some Other Guy, Amir Became Forlorn. MNEMONIC: When Someone Is Alone (Sounds Close To Forlorn); It Signifies He May Have Sad And Lonely.

Appease

MEANING: Satisfy and Relieve SENTENCE: My Mother Is So Angry She Wasn'T The First Person We Called When The Baby Was Born -- I'M Hoping To Appease Her By Spending Eid Gifts At Her House This Year. MNEMONIC: When You Try To Please Someone On His State Of Anger, You Are Trying To Appease.

Arcane

MEANING: Secret, Mysterious, Known Only To The Initiated SENTENCE: Many Tricky Questions Of Quant Were Arcane To Us But Were Clear To The One Who Start Preparation Of Gre Well Before Time. MNEMONIC: Only Few People Know How To Use Big Cranes (Looks Like Arcane). So Arcane Is Something Which Is Known To Only Few People. A Secrete Thing, Or A Mystery.

Eclectic

MEANING: Selecting What Seems Best Of Various Styles Or Ideas. SENTENCE: The Recently Eclectic Govt. Is Not Able To Anticipate The Need Of The Nation For Electricity Consumption. MNEMONIC: In National Elections, Everyone Should Elect The Best; Means To Select The Best. So It'S Eclectic.

Obsequious

MEANING: Servile; Yes-Man, Boot licker SENTENCE: Prof. Dr. Amjad Saqib Valued People Who Behaved As If They Respected Themselves; Nothing Irritated Him More Than An Excessively Obsequious Waiter Or A Fawning Salesclerk. MNEMONIC: It Contains A Root Of Sequence Which Is Following Pattern Of Something; So When Someone Is Obsequious, He Is Full Of Servile Compliance Or A Good Follower.

Strife

MEANING: Severe Disagreement & Conflict Over Basic Issues SENTENCE: The Strife Between The Two Biggest Political Parties Of Pakistan Does Not Seem To Resolve Anytime Soon. MNEMONIC: Strife Sounds Like Strike. So You Strike Someone If You Have A Bitter Fight Or Conflict.

Austere

MEANING: Severely Simple; Serious. SENTENCE: The Graduation Speaker Delivered An Austere Message: The Economy Is Bad, And Academic Success Alone Isn'T Enough To Succeed In The Job Market. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Sever; When Someone Lives In Sever Condition That Means He Is Living In Austerity.

Nuance

MEANING: Shade Of Slight Difference In Meaning; Subtle SENTENCE: The Unskilled Eye Of The Layperson Has Difficulty In Discerning The Nuances Of Color In The Paintings. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like No-Answer; You Have No Definite Answer When In Quantitative Comparison Questions You Are Asked To Compare The Two Things That Have Very Slight Difference.

Debunk

MEANING: Show Something To Be False SENTENCE: Geo Group Had Debunked Our Secrete Intelligent Spy Agency; And Hence Finally Got The Reward Of Distrust Among Patriotic People Against This Media Group. MNEMONIC: Debunk = The Bhonk, Which Means To Reveal False Things; In Pakistan We Use Words Like Bhonkna Band Kro, And Tell The True.

Ebullient

MEANING: Showing Excitement SENTENCE: Fatima Sounded Ebullient And Happy When She Got Very High Gre Score. MNEMONIC: It'S Very Close To Boiling; When Something Is Boiling Its Excited Highly.

Stolid

MEANING: Showing Little Emotion When Strong Feelings Are Expected. SENTENCE: The Government Responded To The Imran Khan'S Constant Demands, Of Recounting Of Votes, With Stolid Indifference. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Solid, Which Means Hard; When Your Emotions Are Hard To Come On A Very Emotional Movie Or Incident, This Shows Your Stolid Attitude.

Analogous

MEANING: Similar SENTENCE: She Called Our Attention To The Things That Had Been Done In An Analogous Situation And Recommended That We Do The Same. MNEMONIC: It'S Derived From Analogy, Which Means Similarity;

Candid

MEANING: Sincere Or Honest SENTENCE: The Candid Attitude Of Imran Khan Has Inspired Many Young Individuals To Become Like Imran Khan. MNEMONIC: Candid = Can + Did; 'Yes You Can' Is A Famous Motivational Expression Used For Pakistani Citizens By Faiz Hassan Syal; In Short You Can Grow Economically & Socially Well If You Become Sincere With Yourself, Which You 'Can Do'. Also When Something (E.G. Quiz Is So Simple, Everyone Can Do This).

Subside

MEANING: Sink To A Lower Level; Become Less Active SENTENCE: The Government Has Ensured That Flood Would Soon Subside And People Will Able To Settle To Their Home Safely. MNEMONIC: Subside = Sub (Total) + Side (Take Aside); E.G., It Is Wise To Take Emotions Aside While Making Decisions Specially In Court Of Law; So Subside Must Be Something To Less Or Moderate.

Tangential

MEANING: Slightly Or Indirectly Related To Something SENTENCE: When You Argument On the GRE Issue Essay Is Tangential To The Main Point, You Will Get Less Score; An Essay To The Point Essay Is Appreciated. MNEMONIC: When Tangent Is Drawn To A Circle, It Doesn'T Go Inside The Circle; So Tangential Is Something Not Closely Connected, As It Does Not Pass Inside (Heart Of) The Circle.

Foible

MEANING: Small Weakness Of Character Or Mind. SENTENCE: His Lack Of Quick Understanding Of The Simple Concepts Shows His Foible Methodology Of Learning. MNEMONIC: Foible = Feeble Which Means Weakness In Mind; E.G. Feebleminded.

Saturate

MEANING: Soak Thoroughly SENTENCE: I Simply Cannot Dissolve Any More Sugar Into This Iced Tea--It'S Saturated. MNEMONIC: It'S Come From The Root 'Satus' Which Has Derived From Satisfy. So When Something Is Soaked Completely It'S Saturate; Similarly In Chemistry We Used This Word Many Times; A Saturated Solution Of Salt And Water Has No Further Capacity To Solve Further Salt, Because It'S Fully Satisfied.

Gregarious

MEANING: Sociable, Friendly SENTENCE: As A Gregarious Boy Bilal Ran Up To Every Person On The Playground And Wanted To Be Their Friend. MNEMONIC: Gregarious = Gre + Groups; Many Students Prefer Combine Study Or Study In Groups For Gre Practice Questions.

Precursor

MEANING: Something That Comes Before SENTENCE: We Cannot Ignore This Warning Sign. It Is Clearly A Precursor Of Larger Problems To Come. MNEMONIC: The 'Cursor' In Precursor Is The Same As In Currency--The Root Means 'Run'. A Precursor Can Be Thought Of As A 'Before-Runner, Or Forerunner (A Synonym).

Involved

MEANING: Something Which Is Very Difficult And Complicated To Understand. SENTENCE: The Gre Analytical Questions Became So Involved That The Student Decided To Quit Studying And Went To Sleep. MNEMONIC: One Gets Involved With Something That Is Involved (Something That Is Complex)

Conciliatory

MEANING: Soothing and Satisfying SENTENCE: She Was Still Angry Despite His Conciliatory Words. MNEMONIC: Of Course It Shares Its Roots With Reconcile Which Means Equate; E.G, Reconciling The Current Accounting Record With The Bank Statement To Check Any Error; Similarly National Reconciliation Ordinance (N.R.O) Is The Made With Evil Intention To Sooth The Angry Politicians By Saving Them In Their Corruption Cases.

Alacrity

MEANING: Speedy Willingness SENTENCE: He Demonstrated His Eagerness To Serve By His Alacrity In Executing The Orders Of His Master. MNEMONIC: Mnemonic: It Sounds Like Electricity (Bijli); And Bijli Is Very Quick

Pervasive

MEANING: Spreading Or Spread Throughout; Everywhere SENTENCE: After Getting Perfect Score In Gre, This News Was So Pervasive Everywhere That He Offered Admissions From Some Pakistani Universities As Well Even Before Applying. MNEMONIC: Advertisement Of Pervaaz Fan, Some Years Ago, Was Very Famous; Under The Title Of Pervaaz Fan Ala Mayaar, Sb Se Acha Shaan Dar. It'S Very Famous In Those Days, So Pervasive Means Universally Known, Or Which Is Everywhere.

Nascent

MEANING: Still Developing. SENTENCE: If We Could Identify These Revolutionary Movements In Their Nascent State, We Would Be Able To Eliminate Serious Trouble In Later Years. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like 'Nestle' A Famous Brand. Its Logo Contains Newly Born Sparrows In Their Nest; So Nascent Means Coming Into Being Or Existence.

Dogmatism

MEANING: Stubborn And Narrow-Minded SENTENCE: Mr. Umair Has Much Given To Inflexible Dogmatism When It Came To Answer Difficult Questions Of Problem Solving. MNEMONIC: It Suggests Its Meaning 'Like Dogs', A Dog Who Is Usually Stubborn; In Pakistan, We Use Words'Kutton Ki Tarha Par Gya Hai Pichy'; Its Stubborn.

Inexorable

MEANING: Stubborn. SENTENCE: He Is So Devoted In His Preparation For Gre That His Devotion Is Inexorable By Any Incident. MNEMONIC: Inexorable = Something Or Someone On Which Pressure Can'T Be Exerted (Exorted).

Compliant

MEANING: Submissive SENTENCE: He Was Compliant And Ready To Go Along With His Friends' Desires. MNEMONIC: It'S Derived From 'Comply With The Wishes Of'; A Compliant Friend Is The Best Friend, He Always Keeps Company With You.

Morbid

MEANING: Suggesting An Unhealthy Mental State. SENTENCE: Bilal Has A Morbid Fear Of Receiving a below par Score on the Gre Among His Friends. MNEMONIC: Morbid = More + Bid; So When You Lost A Bid, You Asked For More Bid, And More And So On; The Result Will Loosing Again And Again, Which Shows Your Unhealthy Mental State.

Document

MEANING: Support With Evidence SENTENCE: In Gre Analytical Writing Assessment, When You Write An Essay With Well Documented Examples, It Will Definitely Give You High Score. MNEMONIC: We Have Heard Many Times 'Create Documentary Evidence Of' Esp. In Court Or Criminal Proceedings; So Document Give An Idea Of Written Or Physical Proof.

Buttress

MEANING: Support, Help Or Encourage SENTENCE: Imran Used His knowledge In Psychology As A Buttress Against Criticism; He Has Learned And Researched On Wide Range That How To Manage Criticism. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Butter Fly; Which Helps To Enhance The Beauty Of Garden; So Buttress Means To Help Or Support.

Divest

MEANING: Take Something Away From Somebody. SENTENCE: Mr. Musharraf Was Divested Of His Power To Act And Could No Longer Govern. MNEMONIC: When You Invest Some Money, You Get Some Return On It; But When You Get Whole Loss In Your Investment, You Got Divested.

Garrulous

MEANING: Talkative, Wordy SENTENCE: Many Club Members Avoided The Company Of The Garrulous Junior Executive Because His Content Chatter Bored Them To Tears. MNEMONIC: It Adds The Sense Of Going Off-Topic Or Being Tiresome. Fore, Instance, A Very Long-Winded But Informative Academic Paper Would Be Prolix Or Verbose, But Not Garrulous.

Loquacious

MEANING: Talkative, Wordy. SENTENCE: Faiza Is Very Loquacious And Can Speak On The Telephone For Hours; That'S Why She Has Seen His Career As A Customer Service Representative. MNEMONIC: The Root 'Low' Means 'Speech' And Also Appears In Eloquent Meaning 'Efficient Speaker'.

Volubility

MEANING: Talking A Lot In An Energetic Way. SENTENCE: The Volubility In His Expression Shows His Level Of Knowledge In The Topic. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Link Verbal + Volume; Therefore It Means Talking In Rapid And Energy.

Taciturn

MEANING: Talking Little. SENTENCE: Rizwan'S Taciturn Behaviour In Front Of Fulbright Decision Panel Has Made His Interview Awkward And Hence The Panel Has Rejected Him For The Scholarship. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Taxi-Turn; When A Young Fast Taxi Driver, Turns His Fast Moving Taxi, Its Passenger Got Silent Due To Fear Or Danger.

Didacticism

MEANING: Teaching Moral Principles. SENTENCE: The Didactic Qualities Of His Poetry Overshadow Its Literary Qualities; The Lesson He Teaches Is More Memorable Than The Lines. MNEMONIC: Didacticism = Did + Actions; When A Teacher Advise You That You Should Act On These Instructions, Which You Can Did; That Shows It'S Something Didacticism.

Converge

MEANING: Tending To Come Together From Different Directions. SENTENCE: The Crowed Converged At Minar-E-Pakistan In 1940 To Pass A Historic Resolution; Resolution Of Pakistan. MNEMONIC: Convergent = Con (Together) + Vergent (Mergent Or Merge); It Is The Opposite Of Divergent.

Implacable

MEANING: That Can't Be Satisfied Or Calmed down SENTENCE: After Huge Disappointment From Gre For Getting Very Low Score, Bilal Was Implacable To His Disappointment. MNEMONIC: It Looks Like Implayable, Which Means Impossible To Play Or Joy With; When You Really Offend Your Best Friend And He Refuses To Play With You Any More, He Becomes Implacable.

Incorrigible

MEANING: That Cannot Be Corrected Or Improved SENTENCE: Gre Is A Section Adaptive Test; Once You Move On To The Next Section, The Questions That You Attempted In Previous Section Is Incorrigible. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Incorrectable (Uncorrectable); That Cannot Be Improved Or Corrected.

Ineluctable

MEANING: That Cannot be Avoided Or Prevented SENTENCE: Gre & Toelf Are Ineluctable Requirements To Apply For Fulbright Scholarship. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Inreluctable, Which Means Not Able To Make It Reluctant; So It'S Something Irresistible.

Efficacy

MEANING: The Quality Of Being Able To Produce The Intended Effect. SENTENCE: The Efficacy Of Your Preparation Of Gre Depends On Your Devotion And Smart-Work. MNEMONIC: It Has Derived From 'Effectual'; An Effectual Power Is Described As Efficacy.

Disinterested

MEANING: Unprejudiced SENTENCE: The Judge Was Not Interested In The Case, So He Was Not Bothered About The Outcome; He Was Disinterested And Unprejudiced Towards The Case. MNEMONIC: Dis Means Not So Not Interested.

Insularity

MEANING: The State Of Being Isolated Or Detached SENTENCE: With so much food writing to choose from, it's extra important to give credit to pieces like this one that spill out of the insular world of foodies and food writers. MNEMONIC: It'S Very Similar To Insulator, Which Is Reserved From Any Heat, Light Or Energy; It Doesn'T Allow This Thing To Pass Through; So It Is Detached From Being Seen For Not Allowing Light.

Mendacity

MEANING: The Tendency To Be Untruthful SENTENCE: You Need To Overcome This Deplorable Mendacity, Or No One Will Ever Believe Anything You Say. MNEMONIC: In Almost Every Word, We See The Word Initiates With Men- Is Meant To Something Bad, Disloyal Etc; As Women Believe This About Men So It'S Something Disloyal, Untruthful.

Lassitude

MEANING: Tiredness, Lazy SENTENCE: It's So Difficult To Get Anything Done In The Dead Heat Of August! I Can't Seem To Shake My Lassitude Enough To Get Out Of This Hammock, Much Less Study For The Gre. MNEMONIC: In Summers, No-One Can Prepare For The Gre After Drinking Lassi (A Kind Of Cold Drink Which Reduce Temperature Inside The Body, That Result To Very Much Sleep); Lassitude = Lassi (Lazy) + Tude, So Lassitude = Laziness Or Tiredness.

Indefatigable

MEANING: Tireless SENTENCE: He had courage, a vivid sense of duty, an indefatigable love of work, and all the inquisitive zeal and inventive energy of a born reformer. MNEMONIC: In means not .... and fatigue means tiredness.. so indefatigable wud be tireless.

Vindicate

MEANING: To Clear Someone From A Blame, Conspiracy Or Accusation. SENTENCE: Even Taking 10 Wickets In A Match Cannot Vindicate Muhammad Asif In The Eyes Of The Pakistani Public - For He Was Involved In Match Fixing And Betting Invalidates All Those Wickets. MNEMONIC: Sounds Like Win The Case. When You Win The Case, You Are Free From All Charges And Accusations.

Underscore

MEANING: To Emphasize SENTENCE: For Ali, Who Was The Topper Of Lums, Failure To Do Well On The Gre Underscores The Difficulty Of The Exam. MNEMONIC: When You Underline A Word Or A Sentence, It Shows Its Significance. For Instance, While Writing An Application, The Subject Line Is Underlined Or Underscores I.E. It Is Very Important.

Riled up

MEANING: To Get Excited And Angry SENTENCE: After The Low Score That Appear In The Screen In Practice Test Of Gre, Bilal Railed Up With Nervous. MNEMONIC: It Looks Similar To Rail (Railway); Railway System In Pakistan Has Spread Too Much Hate Among The People For Ten Years, Because Of Its Huge Deviation Of Time Schedule And Actual Timings Of Arrival And Departure.

Patronizing

MEANING: To Give Money Or Support SENTENCE: Experts In A Field Sometimes Appear To Patronize People Who Are Less Knowledgeable Of The Subject. MNEMONIC: It Can Be Use In Three Different Contexts; 1) Support Something: It Sounds Like Patriot Who Is The Supporter Of His Country; 2) Arrogant: It Sounds Like Patriarch Who Is The Head Of A Family And Usually Arrogant; 3) Customer Or User Of: It Actually The Same In Sense As Support, Because Customers Are The Supporters Of A Business.

Ameliorate

MEANING: To Make Better SENTENCE: Zaid'S Pain Of Scoring Less On The Gre Was Ameliorated When He Found Out That He Still Qualified For The Fulbright Scholarship. MNEMONIC: Ameli Sounds Like Imli; Imli Improves The Taste Of Food

Equivocate

MEANING: To Speak Vaguely SENTENCE: After Sharon Brought The Car Home An Hour After Her Curfew, She Equivocated When Her Parents Pointedly Asked Her Where She Had Been. MNEMONIC: Equi(Equal) Vocal(Sound)... If In The Gre Class Everyone Starts To Make Similar Sounds Then It Would Be Ambiguous(Unclear) To Understand

Enervate

MEANING: To Weaken Physically, Mentally Or Morally. SENTENCE: The Long Suffering From Paralysis Has Enervated Him; Now It Can Seen Clearly Weak Bones On His Face And Hands. MNEMONIC: It Looks Similar To Energy-Waste, Which Means Weaken In Strength.

Orthodox

MEANING: Traditional SENTENCE: With The Introduction Of New Gre Revised General Test, The Orthodox Approach To Gre Preparation No Longer Holds; Because New Gre Focuses On Reading Prowess Rather Than Learning Vocabulary. MNEMONIC: Orthodox= Or(Ordinary) + Thodox(Methodology). So Orthodox Must Be Something Traditional.

Credulous

MEANING: Trusting too Easily Or Without Enough Evidence. SENTENCE: Few People Are Credulous Enough To Believe Such Nonsense That Imran Khan Will Also Start Corruption As Other Politicians Do. MNEMONIC: The Root 'Creed' Meaning 'Believe' Also Gives Us Credit, Creed, Credo And Accreditation.

Veracious

MEANING: Truthful SENTENCE: While We Elect Our Leaders In The Hope That Every Word They Speak Will Be Veracious, History Has Shown That Such A Hope Is Naive. MNEMONIC: This May Sound A Little Silly But My Friend Veeracious (Veera) Always Tells Truth

Convoluted

MEANING: Twisted; Very Complicated. SENTENCE: Your Argument Is So Convoluted That I'M Not Even Able To Understand It Enough To Start Critiquing It. MNEMONIC: Convolute = Con (Together) + Volume (Space Occupied By A Body); When A Body Or A Thing Is Twisted Together To Make It Jumble; It Becomes Convoluted.

Irresolute

MEANING: Uncertain How To Act Or Proceed SENTENCE: After Taking Two Months Gre Classes, Naveena Is Still Irresolute Whether To Appear For The Gre Exam. MNEMONIC: It'S Similar To Unable To Making Final Resolution; So It'S Something Not Decided.

Tacit

MEANING: Understood (Without Actually Being Expressed) SENTENCE: It Has Been A Part Of Business Law That A Customer Negotiates With A Retailer On The Price; When Both Parties Finally Agreed On Some Price, Then It Becomes A Tacit Agreement, Which Doesn'T Require Any Written Proof. MNEMONIC: It Is Related To Taciturn, Which Means Not Talking Much Or Reserved.

Trifling

MEANING: Unimportant SENTENCE: In Order To Get Excellent Scores On The Gre, One Should Practice Trivial Questions As Well, Because In Gre Nothing Is Trifling. MNEMONIC: Tariff Is Tax Imposed By Govt. On Export, Which Is Almost Always Very Low, To Facilitate Export. So Trifling Is Something Very Low In Important Or Not Worth Considering.

Capricious

MEANING: Unpredictable SENTENCE: The Prices Of Necessity Products In Pakistan Are Capricious That Shows Its Weak Economy. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Price, Which Are Not Remains The Same; Also A Soap Named Capri Soap, Which Changes The Color Of Face.

Imperturbable

MEANING: Unshakeably Calm SENTENCE: Fatima Remained Imperturbable During Her Gre Exam, Even The Last Moment Before Completion Didn'T Panic Her. MNEMONIC: It Looks As If Indisturbeable, So It Means Which Cannot Be Stressed Or Confused Or Upset Easily.

Pristine

MEANING: Unspoiled; Remaining In A Pure State SENTENCE: The Area At West Of Changamanga Has Been Preserved In All Its Pristine Wildness, Seemingly Untouched By Humans. MNEMONIC: It'S Sound Like Philistine; We Know The So Called Israel Is Actually Has The Original Name Of Philistine; So Pristine Means Pure State Or Originality.

Intransigence

MEANING: Unwilling To Change One' Beliefs SENTENCE: Despite Many Calls For Mercy, The Judge Remained Intransigent, Citing Strict Legal Precedence. MNEMONIC: Intransigent = In-'Not' + Transact => Won'T Do The Transaction

Exigency

MEANING: Urgent Situation SENTENCE: Political decisions are presented as a matter of exigency - as neutral and objective events, as though there were no other choice. MNEMONIC: Sounds Like Emergency Which Means An Urgent Situation

Inured

MEANING: Used to or accustomed to Bad Fortune SENTENCE: After Attempting More Than Ten Times For Gre And Receiving Perfect Scores All Times; Ahmed Is Inured To The Gre. MNEMONIC: It Looks Like Inter; Inter-Land Is Land Which Is Familiar To Its Habitant, Because They Are Accustom Of It.

Futile

MEANING: Useless, Hopeless SENTENCE: Why Waste Your Time On Futile Pursuits On Internet? Just Read The Articles That Will Help You In Your Comprehension Skill. MNEMONIC: Futile = Fu (Foul) + Tile (Shining Bricks Used In Bathroom, Kitchen Or Ground Flour; So When A Tile Is Foul, It'S Useless Or Ineffective.

Articulate

MEANING: Using Language In A Clear, Fluent Way. SENTENCE: Her Articulate Presentation Of The Advertising Campaign Impressed Her Employers. MNEMONIC: It'S An Art To Speak Clearly, Which Many People Have Lack Of It; So Articulate Is Some Kind Of Good Skill; A Good Skill In Speaking Clearly.

Indeterminate

MEANING: Vague and unclear SENTENCE: It Is Indeterminate That How Many Students From Pakistan Will Get Admissions In Us Universities, For Higher Education; Whole Thing Is Depends On Their Application Profile As Compare To The Profiles Of The Students From The Rest Of The World. MNEMONIC: Indeterminate = Not Able To Be Determine Because Of Lack Of Clearance Or Information.

Demean

MEANING: Verbally Reduce Someone In Worth Or Character SENTENCE: Many Demean Articles About Our Education System Has Publishing Now-A-Days; Once This Education System Was Considered As Role-Model In Asia, Now It Has Lost Its Value. MNEMONIC: Whenever De Comes In A Word It Usually Signify Reduction; So Reduction From Mean Is Demean; That Is To Reduce From Mean Value.

Wary

MEANING: Very Cautious SENTENCE: Be Wary Of Anyone Who Tells You That 'Anyone' Can Get Rich With Some Special Plan Or Scheme. MNEMONIC: It Shares Its Root With 'War'. So Wary Is Something Related To War; In War Fares One Should Be Cautious And Careful.

Craven

MEANING: Very Cowardly. SENTENCE: When He Saw The Enemy Troops Advancing, He Had A Craven Impulse To Run For His Life. MNEMONIC: Living In The Cave(Sounds Like Craven) For Since Birth, A Wild-Man Has Lack Of Courage To Talk To The People Who Live In Compressed Area Where People Always Talk To Each Other And Have Lots Of Confidence To Talk To The High Rank Official Esp. Prime Minister.

Spartan

MEANING: Very Disciplined, Living Simply SENTENCE: Her Apartment Was So Spartan That She Couldn'T Even Serve Us Both Soups; She Only Had One Bowl And One Spoon. MNEMONIC: In Movie 300, We Saw Story About Ancient Greek Spartans; Although This Movie Wasn'T Historically Accurate, Yet It Was Know That The Spartans Were Fierce Wardiors Known For Their Harsh Training Methods.

Halcyon

MEANING: Very Happy And Successful. SENTENCE: In These Halcyon Days, After Being Selected For Fulbright Scholarship, Ali Has Busy In Parties By His Friends And Colleagues. MNEMONIC: It Derived From Halky, Which Means Very Light Or Less In Severeness; In Other Words Very Happy.

Scathing

MEANING: Very Harsh Or Severe SENTENCE: The News Anchor Launched A Scathing Attack On The Prime Minister For His Lack Of Deliverance Of Good Governance. MNEMONIC: When Police Sketch An Image Of A Criminal (Most Wanted) In A Paper And Distribute It Among Public; It Is To Inform And Alert Them That They Should Have Aware Of This Man, When See Him Inform It To Police; It'S Of Something Harsh In Meaning.

Profound

MEANING: Very Insightful SENTENCE: Mr. Abid Was Profoundly Disappointed When The Project He Had Worked On For Fifteen Years Had Failed. MNEMONIC: Profound = Pro (After Something) + Found (E.G., I Am Found Of Cricket); So Profound Must Mean Something Too Much Insightful Or Deeply Penetration Into A Subject.

Admonish

MEANING: Warn Or Speak To With Gentle Disapproval SENTENCE: My Physician Is Always Admonishing Me To Eat More Healthy Foods Especially During My Tough Preparation Of Gre Exam. MNEMONIC: Admonish = Add + Monish (Close To Punish); So It'S Basically In Addition To Punish.

Doctrinaire

MEANING: Who Has Very Strong Beliefs And Will Not Change Them SENTENCE: Mr. Chief Justice Is Such A Doctrinaire Person That He Never Compromise On The Sentences He Makes For Terrorists. MNEMONIC: Doctrinaire= Doctrine (Rules That Will Not Change); So Doctrinaire Is One Who Make Some Decision Or Believe, That He Will Never Change It.

Sagacious

MEANING: Wise, Shrewd SENTENCE: Though its cover might not suggest an excess of reason, in its songs she is a sagacious and measured presence. MNEMONIC: It Shares Its Root With 'Suggestion'; A Wise Politician Is One Who Receives Suggestions About The Sensitive Issues Like Terrorism. Also As A Childhood, In 2000, When Video Games Were Newly Introduced In Pakistan; Games By 'Saga' Company Were Famous, So It Was Wise On That Time To Buy Games Of Brand Saga. Finally, 'Sage' Is A Respect Wise Person.

Prudent

MEANING: Wise; Judicious. SENTENCE: Prudent Decision Of Mr. Ali To Select His Future University Has Revealed His Level Of Maturity. MNEMONIC: A Prude University Is One Of The Famous Universities That Admit Wise Students; So Prude Has Something Wise.

Problematic

MEANING: constituting or presenting a problem. SENTENCE: the situation was problematic for teachers MNEMONIC: (Doubt)you always have doubts with while solving problems.

Inadvertently

MEANING: Without Knowledge Or Intention. SENTENCE: Bilal Inadvertently Omitted Two Questions On The Examination And Mismarked His Answers. MNEMONIC: Advertisement Spread Knowledge About Specific Product; Inadvertisingly (Inadvertently) Is Having No Knowledge Or Intention Behind Some Action.

Verbose

MEANING: Wordy. SENTENCE: This Article Is Too Verbose; Nobody Has Enough Time To Read The Whole Article, So We Must Edit It To Make It Brief And To The Point. MNEMONIC: It Sounds Like Wordose 'Using Plenty Of Words'; A Verbose Person Is Too Much Talkative To Be Tedious For Others.

Malfeasance

MEANING: Wrongdoing Or An Incorrect Act By A Public Official SENTENCE: The Excise And Taxation Department In Pakistan Discovered The High Ranking Official'S Malfeasance Only After He Had Fled The Country. MNEMONIC: Sounds Like Mal (Bad) + Fees. Bad Fee So It Is Something Of A Bribe. So Malfeasance Means Officials Taking Bribe Or Doing Misconduct.

Deference

MEANING: Yielding and Respectful To The Authority SENTENCE: He Responded With Courtly Deference, Giving Them His Full Attention. MNEMONIC: Deference Sounds Like Reference. If You Have A Reference For A Letter Of Recommendation, Then You Usually Respect That Reference.

Supposition

MEANING: a belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis SENTENCE: they were working on the supposition that his death was murder MNEMONIC: "i suppose ill take that position.." was said with mere supposition at best.

Compendium

MEANING: a collection or set of similar items. SENTENCE: a compendium of tools MNEMONIC: An audience always wants that whoever COMES to speak on the PODIUM should speak briefly

Coda

MEANING: a concluding event, remark, or section. SENTENCE: his new novel is a kind of coda to his previous books MNEMONIC: in the villages,people drink color soda(coda) after they have a heavy lunch for easy digestion.

Dichotomy

MEANING: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. SENTENCE: a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism MNEMONIC: the dichotomy between eastern and western culture

Diatribe

MEANING: a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something SENTENCE: a diatribe against consumerism MNEMONIC: dia+tribe:the lower ranked tribe(in caste division) always face thunderous verbal attack from upper caste people

Plethora

MEANING: a large or excessive amount of something. SENTENCE: "a plethora of committees and subcommittees MNEMONIC: Sounds like "Please throw a"...Can we PLEASE THROW A party? We have an overabundance of food that we need to get rid of before it goes bad.

Harangue

MEANING: a lengthy and aggressive speech SENTENCE: They were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by two border guards at the immigration counter. MNEMONIC: HAR (her) + ANGUE (anger) = she VERBALLY ATTACKED me because of HER ANGER at me

Euphemism

MEANING: a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing SENTENCE: "the jargon has given us 'downsizing' as a euphemism for cuts MNEMONIC: Assuming: females are milder than males as they are more emotionally inclined. It reads like E(xpress) U(yourself) Phemism(like feminism).

Elegy

MEANING: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead SENTENCE: An example of an elegyis a poem written to honor a deceased man MNEMONIC: sounds like eulogy

Dirge

MEANING: a mournful song, piece of music, or sound SENTENCE: When Kim sang a dirge for her deceased father, she brought everyone to tears MNEMONIC: Dirge - di means die, so when you die and have done good things for people in life, a song of grief or lament will be sung for you.

Fledgling

MEANING: a person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped SENTENCE: Pakistan is a country with fledgling democracy MNEMONIC: fully fledged = mature or experienced.. but fledgling means the one who isn't matured , i.e. is a neophyte (newbie = noob)

Paragon

MEANING: a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality. SENTENCE: That was the work of Fixers, gossip magazines, and the studio system at large, which ensured that Cooper was never caught, never denounced, and held up as a paragon of American values. MNEMONIC: paragon which is a slipper brand makes products which are models for perfection

Misanthrope

MEANING: a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. SENTENCE: Scrooge wasn't the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be MNEMONIC: "misien"in greek means " to hate" and "anthropos" means "mankind" so misanthrope means one who hates mankind

Neophyte

MEANING: a person who is new to a subject or activity. SENTENCE: Four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts MNEMONIC: split the word into "neo = the matrix hero" and "phyte = fight". Thus neo fights in matrix movie as a beginner or new commer to save the revolution.

Recluse

MEANING: a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people. SENTENCE: After returning from the pilgrim she has turned into a virtual recluse. MNEMONIC: recLUSE : read luse as lose ; if u lose in any game u like to live alone

Malingerer

MEANING: a person who malingers; a shirker SENTENCE: the doctor said my son was a malingerer MNEMONIC: Ma linger= child lingering around her mom to avoid going to school.

Shard

MEANING: a piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges. SENTENCE: shards of glass flew in all directions MNEMONIC: sharp and hard , of a glass or pottery

Itinerary

MEANING: a planned route or journey SENTENCE: his itinerary included an official visit to Canada MNEMONIC: Latin word itiner= journey.... itinerary means schedule or plan a detail route. Other words based on same root are...intinerant, intinerate

Platitude

MEANING: a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. SENTENCE: "she began uttering liberal platitudes MNEMONIC: flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks.

Indigence

MEANING: a state of extreme poverty; destitution SENTENCE: After the U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, state governments were required to provide lawyers to indigent defendants. MNEMONIC: indigence- indigenous or aboriginal people in most of the countries are passing their days in extreme poverty.

Strut

MEANING: a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait. SENTENCE: that old confident strut and swagger has returned MNEMONIC: Rhymes with straight. For something to be straight, you need a support

Stigma

MEANING: a symbol of disgrace or infamy SENTENCE: the stigma of having gone to prison will always be with me MNEMONIC: Opposite of six sigma which is considered very graceful and good

Digression

MEANING: a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing. SENTENCE: "let's return to the main topic after that brief digression MNEMONIC: because of depression ...we move or wander away from the path or subject of remorse.

Deterrent

MEANING: a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something SENTENCE: cameras are a major deterrent to crime MNEMONIC: DETER + RENT. A high rent IS ALWAYS A discouraging factor FOR TENANTS.

Subpoena

MEANING: a writ ordering a person to attend a court. SENTENCE: a subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance MNEMONIC: Sub + poena" in Latin means "under penalty" The person who's under penalty is required to attend the court hearing. So he's issued a subpoena.

Condone

MEANING: accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive). SENTENCE: the college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs MNEMONIC: The teacher CONDOLED her student's situation and CONDONED(was lenient for his situation) him for not doing his homework..!!

Lethargic

MEANING: affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic. SENTENCE: "I felt tired and a little lethargic" MNEMONIC: Sounds like alergic. When you have lack of interest in doing something i.e. alergy

Transgression

MEANING: an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense. SENTENCE: I'll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions MNEMONIC: TRANSGRESSION and VIOLATION are similar sounding words which mean, to break a rule or law.

Levee

MEANING: an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river SENTENCE: In the Mississippi valley water is taken from the river by flumes in the levees or by siphons MNEMONIC: levee..(sounds like level..) we LEVEL the land ,with LEVEE so that there is no seep of water(..flooding..)

Propensity

MEANING: an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way. SENTENCE: his propensity for violence MNEMONIC: prop + city = people get propelled towards city only because of strong inclination towards city life

Reprobate

MEANING: an unprincipled person. SENTENCE: The politician had to present himself as more of a lovable reprobate than a spirit of corruption MNEMONIC: reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other peoples food and eats it up has no moral values.

Satiate

MEANING: another term for sate SENTENCE: he folded up his newspaper, his curiosity satiated MNEMONIC: I SAT & ATE till I was full!

Approbation

MEANING: approval or praise SENTENCE: a term of approbation MNEMONIC: Ap+PROBATION: You get CONFIRMATION/APPROVAL in your job after your Probation period

Relegate

MEANING: assign an inferior rank or position to SENTENCE: they aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role MNEMONIC: divide it like rail+gate. Earlier station Master is now appointed as a watcher of rail gate. so, in worse position.

Stint

MEANING: be very economical or mean about spending or providing something SENTENCE: He doesn't stint on wining and dining - every night he spends hundreds of dollars in restaurants and bars. MNEMONIC: STUNT means to LIMIT growth. STINT means to LIMIT supply

Vituperative

MEANING: bitter and abusive SENTENCE: a vituperative outburst MNEMONIC: itu (bite you) + perative (operator) => when you feel so pissed off on a unkind operator, you would say harshy abusive remarks like "I'll bite you operator"

Equanimity

MEANING: calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation. SENTENCE: she accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity MNEMONIC: When meditating, you find equanimity when you find your EQUILIBRIUM.

Precipitate

MEANING: cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely. SENTENCE: the incident precipitated a political crisis MNEMONIC: Precipitate -> Pre + anticipate. That means you dont think/anticipate before you do something. You do it in RASH or HASTE.

Engender

MEANING: cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition). SENTENCE: The issue of race raised by the politician has engendered continuing controversy. MNEMONIC: engender also means bringing into being.so,thats opposite of endanger where species will be on the verge of extinct

Solicitous

MEANING: characterized by or showing interest or concern. SENTENCE: Tragedy changed her. It bred a depressive streak that tempered the wilder impulses of her girlhood, made her reticent, yet also unusually solicitous toward people in pain. MNEMONIC: Solicit means to request earnestly for something, but if you have to wait for it to happen then you are liable to become solicitous.

Ostentatious

MEANING: characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress SENTENCE: a simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious MNEMONIC: sounds like Austin(stone cold steve austin) wwe wrestler .. they always pretend and speak crap to grab attention..

Dissemble

MEANING: conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs SENTENCE: she smiled, dissembling her true emotion MNEMONIC: Dissemble = Disguise

Secrete

MEANING: conceal; hide SENTENCE: the assets had been secreted in Swiss bank accounts MNEMONIC: Secret+e which is to be concealed or hidden

Pragmatic

MEANING: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations SENTENCE: a pragmatic approach to politics MNEMONIC: PRA + gma + TIC = PRA + c + TIC + al

Dupe

MEANING: deceive; trick SENTENCE: the newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story MNEMONIC: DUPE sounds like dope means so "to impure something", means to cheat someone

Gainsay

MEANING: deny or contradict (a fact or statement). SENTENCE: the impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid MNEMONIC: she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which means, she is denying the fact.

Discordant

MEANING: disagreeing or incongruous SENTENCE: the operative principle of democracy is a balance of discordant qualities MNEMONIC: dis+chord as in not a chord, so it is conflicting or harsh in sound

Dismiss

MEANING: discharge from an office or position SENTENCE: The prime minister dismissed five members of his cabinet. MNEMONIC: the judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence

Fawning

MEANING: displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious SENTENCE: The puppy was fawning on its master. MNEMONIC: basically it is derived from fagen ..which means REJOICE..so REJOICING about your boss success by giving him a party..so that he could favour you DURING meetings.

Malleable

MEANING: easily influenced; pliable. SENTENCE: they are as malleable and easily led as sheep MNEMONIC: relate with meltable; so possible to reshape

Gullible

MEANING: easily persuaded to believe something; credulous. SENTENCE: an attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money MNEMONIC: chris gayle is a guile cricketer... gullible is a bowler WHO IS DECEIVED EASILY by gayle

Gouge

MEANING: edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves SENTENCE: The water channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water MNEMONIC: gouge out his eyes

Burnish

MEANING: enhance or improve SENTENCE: a man who took advantage of any opportunity to burnish his image MNEMONIC: burnish-this brings us to the word ,cald furnish,ie , polishing and rubbing to make it shine.

Disparate

MEANING: essentially different in kind; not able to be compared. SENTENCE: they inhabit disparate worlds of thought MNEMONIC: Disparate can be broken as: "This" "sEparate" so read as "this is separate"!

Elicit

MEANING: evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone SENTENCE: I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna MNEMONIC: implicit - which is understood .. explicit - means specifically told/derived so elicit - explicit

Pedantic

MEANING: excessively concerned with minor details or rules; over scrupulous SENTENCE: His analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never pedantic. MNEMONIC: rhymes pendant. pendant is a small thing but when it is lost you are damn worried. so worrried about small things

Deride

MEANING: express contempt for; ridicule. SENTENCE: The decision to create a shopping mall in front of the lake was derided by environmentalists MNEMONIC: DE(lower)RIDE(ride a cycle) if u ride a cycle of low quality people will REDICULE u

Default

MEANING: failure to fulfil an obligation/something that is usual or standard SENTENCE: the company will have to restructure its debts to avoid default MNEMONIC: When you forget to fill up the reuired parts the defalt settings are set.

Contrite

MEANING: feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong SENTENCE: Show how contrite you are by writing an apology letter. MNEMONIC: SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT

Reverent

MEANING: feeling or showing deep and solemn respect SENTENCE: a reverent silence MNEMONIC: reverent-divide as river end i.e we bath in the rivr end as a part of worship

Proscribe

MEANING: forbid, especially by law SENTENCE: Swans had an almost religious severity that seemed to proscribe anything that didn't add to a feeling of claustrophobia and pressure. MNEMONIC: When you want a magazine, you PREscribe(subscribe) it. Similarly when you want to stop it, you will have to PROSCRIBE. SO PROSCRIBE = prohibit

Tortuous

MEANING: full of twists and turns. SENTENCE: The route to Hunza is remote and tortuous. MNEMONIC: tortuous - torque(twisting)uous: full of twisting

Luminous

MEANING: giving off light; bright or shining SENTENCE: The luminous dial on his watch kept glowing in the dark. MNEMONIC: luminous = luminance ~ bright

Opprobrium

MEANING: harsh criticism or censure SENTENCE: the critical opprobrium generated by his films MNEMONIC: If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame.

Pungent

MEANING: having a sharply strong taste or smell. SENTENCE: the pungent smell of frying onions MNEMONIC: pun-punch+agent ,punch a agent he is strong and sharp

Viscous

MEANING: having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity. SENTENCE: It seemed to take forever for the viscous cough medicine to come out of the bottle. MNEMONIC: viscous lava

Recalcitrant

MEANING: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline SENTENCE: a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds MNEMONIC: e+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is a hard mineral found in calcium carbonate which forms the major part of rocks, chalk and marble, is hard to break and likewise a recalcitrant person is also stubborn.

Rarefied

MEANING: having low density SENTENCE: Every ounce carried is counted thrice when you're trudging uphill in rarefied air. MNEMONIC: rare(,,very less)+fied(..like field which means environment), hence environment where GAS is VERY LESS DENSE

Irascible

MEANING: having or showing a tendency to be easily angered. SENTENCE: an irascible and difficult man MNEMONIC: concentrate on rasc- a rascal is one who is irritable, choleric, shor-tempered & hotheaded

Erudite

MEANING: having or showing great knowledge or learning SENTENCE: Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion MNEMONIC: the letters in the word are E-R-U-D-I-T-E...pull out the letters E-D-U EDU is short for education. Being educated= scholastic, learned and wise.

Bombastic

MEANING: high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. SENTENCE: Because he is a bit too bombastic for me, I will not be voting for that politician again! MNEMONIC: BOMBS and firecrackers are used to impress people and they cause high sound

Emulate

MEANING: imitate. SENTENCE: most rulers wished to emulate Alexander the Great MNEMONIC: we use emulator as to imitate our cell phone software in computer

Quiescent

MEANING: in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy SENTENCE: Strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent MNEMONIC: quiescent => quies ~ quiet = motionless

Dogmatic

MEANING: inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true SENTENCE: "she was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed MNEMONIC: Dog+matic..... Dogs once chase you, they will not leave you, until bits you!!!

Proliferate

MEANING: increase rapidly in number; multiply. SENTENCE: the science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s MNEMONIC: life rate=its always increasing

Discrete

MEANING: individually separate SENTENCE: speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units MNEMONIC: this crate (thats used to keep cold drink bottles ) that keeps the bottles separate n unconnected... so that they don break dis+crate

Abstemious

MEANING: indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink SENTENCE: We only had a bottle.' 'Very abstemious of you MNEMONIC: focus on 'abs' part of this word. Abs...To build a six-pack abs, eat n drink carefully

Apprise

MEANING: inform or tell (someone) SENTENCE: I thought it was the right thing to apprise Chris of what had happened in his office while he was away. MNEMONIC: one who will inform will get the prize

Guileless

MEANING: innocent and without deception. SENTENCE: his face, once so open and guileless MNEMONIC: guile" means to decieve guile+less means no deception, only honesty.

Effrontery

MEANING: insolent or impertinent behavior SENTENCE: one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision MNEMONIC: for every discussion he comes to the FRONT and argues...in a rude manner

Foment

MEANING: instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action). SENTENCE: Nawaz Sharif accused Imran Khan of fomenting political unrest MNEMONIC: Science students can easily remember it as it sounds similar to fermentation and stirring is an important part of fermentation process.

Invective

MEANING: insulting, abusive, or highly critical language SENTENCE: He let out a stream of invective on his subordinates when they failed to finish the project within the deadline. MNEMONIC: ENVY + ACTIVE or Active jealousy can cause you to ABUSE the other person.

Esoteric

MEANING: intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. SENTENCE: a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories MNEMONIC: HISTORIC things are known to few people

Fervor

MEANING: intense and passionate feeling. SENTENCE: he talked with all the fervour of a new convert MNEMONIC: RELATE FERVOR TO fever-BODY BECOMES WARM & AND YOU GET warm attention when u have fever

Enhance

MEANING: intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of SENTENCE: his refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation MNEMONIC: This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat

Inchoate

MEANING: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary SENTENCE: a still inchoate democracy MNEMONIC: inch(o)+ate i've "just begun" to eat an inch

Warranted

MEANING: justify or necessitate (a course of action). SENTENCE: the employees feel that industrial action is warranted MNEMONIC: be a justification/reason

Dissonance

MEANING: lack of agreement or harmony SENTENCE: The party faithful might be willing to put up with such dissonance among their candidates MNEMONIC: Dis + sonance (hormony) so something not hormonical and not pleasant..so discord

Desultory

MEANING: lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm SENTENCE: a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion MNEMONIC: the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties

Insipid

MEANING: lacking flavour; weak or tasteless SENTENCE: mugs of insipid coffee MNEMONIC: in+sip+id(it) in-'not, -ve prefix', so when you do not sip it, i.e a juice ,then it means the juice lacks flavor

Desiccate

MEANING: lacking interest, passion, or energy/dehydrate SENTENCE: Out West, it was the time of the red sun and the dust storms, when whole desiccated farms blew away. MNEMONIC: desi cake is always dried up

Inert

MEANING: lacking the ability or strength SENTENCE: she lay inert in her bed MNEMONIC: recollect your chemistry . INERT gases hardly react, therefore INERT means LACKIN ABILITY TO MOVE OR ACT

Perennial

MEANING: lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring SENTENCE: his perennial distrust of the media MNEMONIC: if you remember we have learnt about perennial rivers in social studies which means LONG LASTING rivers

Abscond

MEANING: leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest SENTENCE: the barman absconded with a week's takings MNEMONIC: Abscond - ab + scond. 'Absent in a second'. When you will absent in a second? =when u STEAL OFF & HIDE, or when u DEPART secretly.

Facilitate

MEANING: make (an action or process) easy or easier. SENTENCE: "schools were located in the same campus to facilitate the sharing of resources" MNEMONIC: when you provide FACILITIES(facilit+ ate).. it makes things less difficult.

Specious

MEANING: misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive SENTENCE: the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty MNEMONIC: It sounds like 'suspicious'.

Welter

MEANING: move in a turbulent fashion SENTENCE: the streams foam and welter MNEMONIC: I would remember it as 'world tour'. so you are planning for a world tour, but 'confused' as where to start from, because there are quite a lot countries to be covered. Hence 'confused due to multiple things'.

Impermeable

MEANING: not allowing fluid to pass through SENTENCE: an impermeable membrane MNEMONIC: im(no)+permeable(permission)that means no permission for seepage

Impervious

MEANING: not allowing fluid to pass through. SENTENCE: an impervious layer of basaltic clay MNEMONIC: "i m pervez(pervez musharraf)"...no matter wat u say, i won't be affected!!

Ambiguous

MEANING: not clear or decided. SENTENCE: the election result was ambiguous MNEMONIC: ambi means two/both..guous sounds like guess..both are wild guess so its doubtful

Impassive

MEANING: not feeling or showing emotion SENTENCE: his cold, impassive face MNEMONIC: Impassive-> A person saying-"I m Passive(Not Active)", that means he has no feelings,emotions.

Porous

MEANING: not retentive or secure. SENTENCE: He ran through a porous balling team to score an easy victory. MNEMONIC: pour-(porous)sounds like pour, so to pour we need a hole

Mendacious

MEANING: not telling the truth; lying. SENTENCE: The political party workers had been mendacious throughout the court investigation and as a result they were punished severely. MNEMONIC: mendacious = requiring mending (correction)

Truculence

MEANING: obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness SENTENCE: Rome had been roused to unwonted fury, and the truculence of the rebels was matched by the cruelty of their masters. MNEMONIC: sounds like turbulent means property of being wild i.e. showing aggressiveness.

Homogeneous

MEANING: of the same kind; alike SENTENCE: if all jobs and workers were homogeneous MNEMONIC: all of the same or similar kind

Qualified

MEANING: officially recognized as being trained to perform a particular job; certified. SENTENCE: I was less well qualified than almost anyone present to recollect the olden days MNEMONIC: Primary meaning qualified :above a given standard(quality) Secondary meaning:limited in quality(just the opposite)

Flout

MEANING: openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention). SENTENCE: the advertising code is being flouted MNEMONIC: A kid asked me if he could FLY his paper plane in the room, I replied bluntly-FLY OUT.

Inundate

MEANING: overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with SENTENCE: The TV channel had been inundated with complaints from viewers after the airing of a controversial program. MNEMONIC: I+NUN +DATE....I asked the NUNs for a DATE and i was FLOODED with letters from christian societies for violating the social norms.

Whimsical

MEANING: playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way. SENTENCE: The characters are dark and twisty; she's an Arab American Roald Dahl—the world they inhabit likewise whimsical yet treacherous. MNEMONIC: Whimsical sounds like comical...whimsical is , impulsive, playful...comical is amusing and funny.

Grandiloquent

MEANING: pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress. SENTENCE: a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory MNEMONIC: Grandiloquent: ¦GRAND+ELOQUENT only an ELOQUENT speaker can deliver a POMPOUS/BOMBASTIC speech in front a HUGE/GRAND crowd

Laud

MEANING: praise (a person or their achievements) highly SENTENCE: the obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier MNEMONIC: when you get an (app)laud you are *praised* for your work

Forestall

MEANING: prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking advance action SENTENCE: They will present their resignations to forestall a vote of no confidence. MNEMONIC: Fore means before. Stall means to stop. Hence Forestall == Before Stop. i.e to stop something before it happens.

Prohibitive

MEANING: preventing someone from doing something SENTENCE: books made browser-proof with prohibitive cellophane wrapping MNEMONIC: the price was prohibitive

Goad

MEANING: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction. SENTENCE: He was trying to goad her into a fight MNEMONIC: goad tells you to "GO And Do [it]"

Attenuate

MEANING: reduce the force, effect, or value of SENTENCE: her intolerance was attenuated by an unexpected liberalism MNEMONIC: attenuate ~ at ten + you + ate; if you will eat only at 10 PM (once in a day), you will attenuate.

Repudiate

MEANING: refuse to accept; reject. SENTENCE: she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders MNEMONIC: repud(refused)+iate(to eat) = refused to take anymore or acknowledge

Obviate

MEANING: remove (a need or difficulty). SENTENCE: "the presence of roller blinds obviated the need for curtains MNEMONIC: obviate - viate sounds like deviate, deviate yourself from studying(happen something)...

Distill

MEANING: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of SENTENCE: whisky is distilled from a mash of grains MNEMONIC: distilled water

Adulterate

MEANING: render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance SENTENCE: the brewer is said to adulterate his beer MNEMONIC: Adults are more impure than children, so adulterate means to make impure

Rescind

MEANING: revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement). SENTENCE: The government eventually rescinded the directive after it faced severe criticism from opposition and public. MNEMONIC: rescind reminds us of "resign", where resign is to cancel your appointment and rescind is to cancel an agreement.

Boorish

MEANING: rough and bad-mannered; coarse. SENTENCE: Even though the pirate captain was brutal and boorish with his men, he was always courteous to the female captives. MNEMONIC: every one sounds BOO towards RUDE and INSENSITIVE persons

Recant

MEANING: say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical. SENTENCE: heretics were burned if they would not recant MNEMONIC: RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED."

Resolve

MEANING: settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious matter) SENTENCE: the firm aims to resolve problems within 30 days MNEMONIC: If u r SOLVING problems in a chapter AGAIN & AGAIN then u have determination to do that chapter in exams

Assiduous

MEANING: showing great care and perseverance SENTENCE: she was assiduous in pointing out every feature MNEMONIC: assiduous+ass+in+the+dust.a donkey working hard in the dust.meaning hard working or industrious or diligent

Fatuous

MEANING: silly and pointless SENTENCE: Don't look fatuous by asking the same question twice! MNEMONIC: focus on 'fat' in this word ..for some foolish people fat people are generally foolish

Prevaricate

MEANING: speak or act in an evasive way. SENTENCE: he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions MNEMONIC: divide is as pre(..before)+var(truth..)+icate(..gate) ..i.e. before truth, you have kept a gate. Hence you are LYING or HIDING THE TRUTH..

Stipulate

MEANING: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement SENTENCE: he stipulated certain conditions before their marriage MNEMONIC: stipules are plant parts present at the base of leaf. additional leaves present along with leaves. similarly STIPULATE is an condition (AGREEMENT) present in the MAIN AGREEMENT. stipulate = agreement in an agreement

Disseminate

MEANING: spread (something, especially information) widely SENTENCE: Health authorities should foster good practice by disseminating information MNEMONIC: dis + seminate seminate could be taken as seminar, so for a seminar people gather at a place. Hence disseminar could be understood as the scattering of people.

Diffuse

MEANING: spread out over a large area; not concentrated SENTENCE: technologies diffuse rapidly MNEMONIC: diffusion of air means scattering of air in a place.. a bomb is defused not diffused.

Occlude

MEANING: stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage) SENTENCE: "Congenitally blind people don't know how vision works," she explained. "They don't know principles of occlusion" MNEMONIC: Occlude - sounds like conclude. Means close or shut something.

Refractory

MEANING: stubborn or unmanageable SENTENCE: An example of someone who is refractory is a person who refuses to listen to the rules MNEMONIC: one who doesn't refract or bend at all meaning stubborn

Obdurate

MEANING: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action SENTENCE: I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate despite all the convincing reasons I could give. MNEMONIC: urate -duration There will be a period(duration) in everyone's life when we will be very obdurate(i.e, stubborn )

Insinuate

MEANING: suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way SENTENCE: He was insinuating that she kowtowed her way to the top. MNEMONIC: IN(not)+SIGN....without any signal i.e indirectly hint or imply

Implicit

MEANING: suggested though not directly expressed SENTENCE: comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies MNEMONIC: impli+cit--- tacit(CIT) means understand without being expressed so IMPLICIT means implied without directly expressed

Appropriate

MEANING: suitable or proper in the circumstances. SENTENCE: this isn't the appropriate time or place MNEMONIC: appropriate = a + property + iate.. i.e. to make it your own property .. by force if required.. And also when you are appropriating it your self you are "allocating" it to yourself.

Morose

MEANING: sullen and ill-tempered. SENTENCE: She was morose and silent when she got home after her uncle's funeral. MNEMONIC: a morone is not equipped with morose

Bolster

MEANING: support or strengthen. SENTENCE: The fall in interest rates is starting to bolster investor confidence MNEMONIC: RELATE TO BOLT>> USED TO SUPPORT OR REINFORCE

Distend

MEANING: swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside SENTENCE: "the abdomen distended rapidly MNEMONIC: The gas distended the animal's body

Dormant

MEANING: temporarily inactive SENTENCE: the disease may remain dormant and undetected until transmitted to other fish MNEMONIC: see the word DORMant, DORM is a dormitory a place to sleep..so if you are sleeping you are inactive or lethargic

Abeyance

MEANING: temporary cessation or suspension SENTENCE: With the photo-ops between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif now in abeyance, the diplomatic vacuum that has been created will be filled with the voices of the shrill and short-sighted. MNEMONIC: a+beyance .. here concentrate on beyance.. it sounds like buoyancy which which suspends objects above the ground level..

Soporific

MEANING: tending to induce drowsiness or sleep SENTENCE: The motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect MNEMONIC: so poor fiction makes u sleepy

Anachronism

MEANING: the action of attributing something to a period to which it does not belong SENTENCE: it is anachronism to suppose that the official morality of the age was mere window dressing MNEMONIC: Anachronism = Ana + chron (chronology) + ism = A person or thing who is out of chornological order .i.e. Person belongs to earlier time.

Extrapolation

MEANING: the action of estimating or concluding something by assuming that existing trends will continue or a current method will remain applicable SENTENCE: sizes were estimated by extrapolation MNEMONIC: During election time many news channels show extrapole of elections they just try to make predict who will going to win election based on current known information extrapolation is similar

Dissolution

MEANING: the action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body SENTENCE: the dissolution of their marriage MNEMONIC: came from "dissolve" when a thing dissolve into another ,it itself disintegrate

Magnanimity

MEANING: the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity. SENTENCE: Both sides will have to show magnanimity if a resolution is to reach. MNEMONIC: magnanimity" = "magna"(magnet = attract)+"enemity" =those who attracts his enemy too ,,, are "generous , kind"

Paucity

MEANING: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts SENTENCE: A paucity of quant concepts can not be undone with a lot of practice - one needs to first work on the basic concepts and then apply them through practice. MNEMONIC: In a "city", there is a "scarcity" of many things

Plasticity

MEANING: the quality of being easily shaped or moulded. SENTENCE: fine clay, at the right degree of plasticity, is more useful MNEMONIC: Plasticity-plastic-by heating plastic we can mould it to any shape pretty easily without any breakage

Piety

MEANING: the quality of being religious or reverent SENTENCE: acts of piety and charity MNEMONIC: piety for the deity(god)

Probity

MEANING: the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency. SENTENCE: Imran Khan Used to enjoy an exaggerated reputation for probity until a couple of harassment scandals broker within his party. MNEMONIC: Probe is done to verify probity.So probity=neccessity (or reason ) for probe.

Incongruity

MEANING: the state of being incongruous; incompatibility SENTENCE: the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her MNEMONIC: Congruent triangles....incongruity is opposite of congruent.. so in-congruent people always clash on their views i.e. not in confirmity

Penury

MEANING: the state of being very poor; extreme poverty SENTENCE: Mikhail Bulgakov, the great Russian satirist, spent much of the nineteen-thirties unpublished and living in penury. MNEMONIC: pen+ru(pee).........no rupee to buy a pen

Chicanery

MEANING: the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose SENTENCE: You can smell the chicanery from a dishonest politician MNEMONIC: CHICks' often use their assets as means of deceit to get what they want

Idolatry

MEANING: the worship of idols. SENTENCE: We must not allow our idolatry of art to obscure issues of political significance MNEMONIC: combination of idol+ adulatory(adulation) gives the meaning

Immutable

MEANING: unchanging over time or unable to be changed SENTENCE: an immutable fact MNEMONIC: immutable is something immune to changes

Tenuous

MEANING: very weak or slight. SENTENCE: the tenuous link between interest rates and investment MNEMONIC: TENUOUS can be split as TEN+US,so TEN of us goin to USa together,the chances are very SLIM and it'll be a RARITY

Indolent

MEANING: wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy. SENTENCE: they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure MNEMONIC: indolent -- ind (indians) + ol (all) + ent (entities) So, All indians are working and creating entities (existing things) without being lazy

Felicitous

MEANING: well chosen or suited to the circumstances SENTENCE: The felicitousmusic made me happy. MNEMONIC: Felicity is delightful and appropriate for a TV show.

Complaisant

MEANING: willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest SENTENCE: he went to join his apparently complaisant wife for Christmas MNEMONIC: Complacent is self satisfied and Complaisant is a person who satisfies other people

Propitiate

MEANING: win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them SENTENCE: the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices MNEMONIC: pro "PEACE" iate ... some what sounds like this .. so it means "make peace with"

Insensible

MEANING: without one's mental faculties SENTENCE: they knocked each other insensible with their fists MNEMONIC: in (without..) +sensible (sense..)i.e. without sense we are UNCONSCIOUS or UNRESPONSIVE.