Magoosh GRE (with mnemonics)

desolate

Deserted and lonely Link - desolate = isolate.

inherent

Existing as a natural part

levity

Lack of seriousness. Link - ev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without any seriousness

forthcoming

1) adj. made available when required or as promised; 2) adj. about to happen; Ex - federal funds were not forthcoming. Link - fourth of the coming month, a new super hero movie is forthcoming.

stipulate

To stipulate something means to demand that it be part of an agreement. So when you make a contract or deal, you can stipulate that a certain condition must be met. Link - staple+it-- Staple the documents, so that it GUARANTEES that they stay together permanently!

exagitate

To stir up; to agitate, gussa dilana Link - agitate = exagitate

stigma

a mark of shame or discredit Link - Stigma (STICK + MAA) Imagine someone hitting his MAA with a STICK. How disgraceful it will be !!!

stint

a set amount of time in which you do something Link - For a stint, i was stunt man.

egregious

adj shockingly bad and easily noticed;standing out in a negative way Link - Egg + religious - is bad for Hindu religion.

solicitous

adj. attentive; eager; concerned;caring Link - soli -alone . If one is soli in city, he must be solicitous.

fallacious

adj. based on a false belief; specious; erroneous Link - fallacious.split it like fallac+ious...if you just concentrate on fallac..it look like FALSE,......so THINK that SOMETHING is based on a FALSE OR incorrect notion.

involved

adj. complicated, and difficult to comprehend Link - in valve ko kholna is involved or really complicated.

implausible

adj. describing a statement that is not believable Link - implausible rhymes with impossible....something that is impossible is unlikely

tantamount

adj. equal to something in value, meaning, or effect Link - ta-n-ta; an equal amount of 'ta' on both sides of 'n'.

entrenched

adj. fixed firmly and difficult or unlikely to change Link - entrance of house is unlikely to change.

impermeable

adj. impossible to penetrate Link - im(no)+permeable(permission)that means no permission for seepage.

impervious

adj. impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected Link - "i m pervez(pervez musharraf)"...no matter wat u say, i won't be affected!!

inexorable

adj. impossible to stop or prevent Link - exor is logic gate which changes. so in exorable is that cannot be changed or stopped

impertinent

adj. improperly forward or bold; being disrespectful; not pertinent to the matter under consideration Link - IMproPER tenant(tinent) are rude and insolent

endemic

adj. inherent; belonging to an area;(of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. Link - simple think of epidemic as an epidemic disease that spreads a vast area and endemic disease as a disease that spreads only a confined area

inconsequential

adj. insignificant; unimportant Link - consequence means result- we are never worried about the result of inconsequential or worthless things

striated

adj. marked with thin narrow grooves or channels Link - striate = STRIp of diferent colour

diffident

adj. modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence Link - difficult to be confident

imperturbable

adj. not easily disturbed, unable to be upset or excited; calm. Link - turb - turbulence. imperturbable - not easily disturbed.

frivolous

adj. not serious in content or attitude or behavior Link - Free will wale people are frivolous.

quotidian

adj. of or occurring every day; very commonor ordinary Link - Thought of the day or the quote is a regular mundane thing

complaisant

adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging Link - Sant does not complain, he is always polite. He is complaisant.

permeable

adj. penetrable

perennial

adj. present throughout the years; persistent Link - Per is the prefix of " through", Ennial is the root word of year -->perennial means ' through out the year.

commensurate

adj. proportional pay should be commensurate with the time worked Link - common measure

restive

adj. restless; unable to remain silent, esp because of boredom or dissatisfaction Link - Restive is actually restless. Like factitious is actually factless

boorish

adj. rude; insensitive Link - Tum bht boori ho, you are boorish.

incisive

adj. sharp, intelligently analytical and clear-thinking Link - incisive can be correlated with our incisor teeth. which is very sharp both in human and animal, and they use it to cut food thus incisive= incisor= cutting

extant

adj. still in existence(usually refers to documents) Link - Opposite of extinct is extant

treacherous

adj. tending to betray; adj. dangerously unstable and unpredictable Link - treacherous for "treasure"

viscous

adj. thick, syrupy, and sticky Link - viscous fluid.

itinerant

adj. travelling from place to place to work Link - itni sari ants kahan par jaa rahi hain ... wander kar rahi hai

precarious

adj. uncertain Link - pre care is taken for things that are precarious.

irresolute

adj. unsure of how to act; weak Link - ir+resolute--- resolute means firm and determined, irresolute means the opposite, doubtful

amenable

adj. willing to comply, acquiescent Link - Amen is a word used in Islam and Christianity. meaning of which is i agree. So amenable means something able to be agreed.

insidious

adj. working in a subtle but destructive way Link - insidious= inside+ hideous. think of something terrible, like a disease, hiding inside of the body.

inadvertently

adv. carelessly; unintentionally;accidentally Link - in + advertisements...without getting an idea from the advertisement we end up buying wrong product i.e. inadvertently

vehement

an extremely strong, powerful, or intense emotion or force. Link - He men shows vehement emotions.

epithet

an offensive word or name that is used as a way of abusing or insulting someone Link - epic threat given to whom does epithet.

felicitous

appropriate; suitable Link - Feli + city = city feli because of felicitous conditions.

phlegmatic

calm in temperament; sluggish; not easily upset, excited, or angered Link - phlegmatic -> plleg (flag) when we hoist a FLAG we have the AUTOMATIC reaction be calm and unexcited

coagulate

change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state Link - thick like coalgate

delineate

describe in detail Link - Deli (Daily) neat and clean rehna chaiye. I tried to delineate to her.

chasten

discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate Link - chasten because of losing chastity.

efficacious

effective, producing results Link - efficacious = effective

insinuate

imply or suggest something that may or may not be true. Link - IN(not)+SIGN....without any signal i.e indirectly hint or imply

incongruity

inappropriateness, incompatibility Link - Congruent triangles....incongruity is opposite of congruent.. so in-congruent people always clash on their views i.e. not in confirmity

conciliatory

intended or likely to placate or pacify Link - I asked him consi laterine me jana hai bata. I am trying to conciliatory him.

contentious

involving or likely to cause controversy Link - Sounds like (Contagious)-The person/people/group who is causing controversy/ quarrelsome is contagious to our society

shard

n. a piece of broken glass or pottery Link - shard - smash hard.

culpability

n. a state of guilt or blame; guilt Link - culp( blame)...so a culprit has culpability for his wrong doing.

transgression

n. act of of trespassing or violating a law or rule Link - Transgender often breaks law and do transgression.

levee

n. an embankment that prevents a river from overflowing Link - levee..(sounds like level..) we LEVEL the land ,with LEVEE so that there is no seep of water(..flooding..)

contention

n. assertion;heated disagreement Link - con - with + tension during contention.

coda

n. concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes; finale Link - watching Big boss ka coda with soda.

plasticity

n. condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability Link - Plasticity-plastic-by heating plastic we can mould it to any shape pretty easily without any breakage

piety

n. devoutness;the quality of being religious or reverent Link - piety for the deity(god)

dissonance

n. discord; lack of harmony;disagreement b/w people Link - opposite of resonance.

efficacy

n. efficiency; effectiveness Link - effic(EFFICIENT)+AC(Y)..so just check out if your AC has the efficiency to PRODUCE DESIRED cooling .

panache

n. flamboyant confidence of style or manner. Link - Pan kha kr ho gaya panache.

torpor

n. lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness Link - torpor tortoise

resource

n. some saved material that can be used for a purpose

supposition

n.a belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis. Link - He suppose that all position will be filled up. = supposition.

apocryphal

of doubtful or questionable authenticity Link - Derived from root "crypt" which means "secret". So, Apocryphal means "of doubtful authenticity" Fal are of apocryphal quality.

petty

of little importance; trivial Link - petty things.

gall

something irritating, like someone very rude Link - A gal slaps on his gaal because he was being gall.

expatiate

speak or write in detail about Link - ex pati ate your brain to remarry him.

causality

the principle that everything has a cause. It is sometimes hard to figure out the causality of a stomach ache Link - Cause+Re-ality= cause and effect relation

elicit

to bring out When you elicit, you're bringing out a response of some sort. A good comedian elicits a lot of laughs. Link - To elicit electricity from water we have to do proper planning.

gouge

to tear out; scoop out; overcharge Link - In slang language we call goggles as gouge - So when you buy a pair of branded gouge, which are expensive, you think the shopkeeper is overcharging you.

contrive

v. artificially planned, especially in an obvious way; make or work out a plan for; devise They contrived to murder their boss Link - He contrive to kill the enemy in contra.

eschew

v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; abstain from Link - es+CHEW... CHEWING a CHEWINGGUM IS A BAD HABIT while working in an office, so you must avoid this HABIT.

denote

v. be a sign or indication of; have as a meaning Link - denote krna.

subsume

v. contain or include; Link - Sub ko sum krna (include krna) = subsume krna.

inured

v. hardened; accustomed; used to Link - someone INJURED again and again will become TOUGH

exacerbate

v. make worse Link - Latin ex+acerb+ate; Latin acerb- means bitter, harsh; So exacerbate means to make bittter, to worsen.

juxtapose

v. place side by side for contrast Link - Just opposite to each other.

culminate

v. reach the highest point or most decisive point Link - kal my nation was in culmination.

vilify

v. spread negative information about; denigrate Link - Vilify (to speak ill of) is to make someone out to be a villain

supplant

v. take the place or move into the position of ;supersede and replace. Link - SUPer PLANT taking place of sab plants.

embellish

v. to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details Link - emBELLish--we add BELL to the Christmas tress to adorn it

maintain

v. to assert; syn:defend He maintained his innocence

galvanize

v. to excite or inspire (someone) to action Link - Gal van ko dekh kr main ho gaya Galvanize.

foment

v. to incite; arouse, bhadkana Link - Four men kya kahenge, y bol kr kr raha hai foment.

qualify

v. to make less severe; to limit (a statement) Link - Think of java qualifiers (private/public/default/protected - they limit the access of members of a class).

burnish

v. to polish Link - Bartan ko burn krne k bad krte hai burnish.

goad

v. to prod; urge on, provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction Link - goad humensha God ka naam lekr kr logo ko react krwata hai.

betray

v. to reveal or make known something, usually unintentionally the loud growling of your stomach that betrays your hunger or the secret you tell about your friend that betrays her trust. Link - Tray se kapda ud gaya to saman ho gaya betray

intimate

v. to suggest st. subtly syn: adumberate, insinuate Link - intimate=hint(barrons meaning)....a bf said to his gf"lets get intimate..." that means he is HINTING that lets get on the bed

substantiate

v. to support with proof or evidence Link - add substance to substantiate.

strut

v. to swagger; display to impress others Link - rhymes with SLUT - imagine the way she walks...pompous, with head erect and chest thrown out

welter

v. toss about; be in turmoil;disordered mass; jumble Link - I fell into a WELL of TAR to get drenched and entangled in it.

distraught

very worried and upset Link - Village people are distraught because of drought.

inerrancy

without an error Link - err - error. inerrancy - without an error.

moil

work hard;move around in confusion or agitation Link - Iraq president in moil because of oil.