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Abate: to decrease; reduce
Abdicate: to give up a position, right, or power
Aberrant: deviating from what is normal
Abeyance: temporary suppression or suspension
Abject: wretched, miserable; pitiful. Abject sounds like Reject...hopeless person is always rejected
Abjure: to formally give up held belief; renounce(give up abandon) upon oath.
Abscission: the act of cutting things off ; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant. ab + scission =
scissor separates two things by cutting dem
Abscond : to depart secretly
Abstemious: moderate / restricted in food and drnk...marked by astinence and restraint
Abstinence: the giving up of certain pleasures
Abysmal: very bad
Accretion: growth in size or increase in amount
Accrue: to accumulate; grow by additions
Adamant: uncompromising; unyielding.. a + diamond : diamond is a very hard substance and hence we can't
break it easily. Similarly, adamant person is one whom we can't persuade easily.
Adjunct: something added, attached, or joined
Admonish: to caution or reprimand, warn, firm rebuke : He admonished the child for his wrong behaviour.
Adulterate: to corrupt or make impure
Aesthetic: esthetic, relating to beauty or the arts; aes sounds like ash-aishvarya.so,everyone appreciates the
beauty of aishvarya.
Affected: pretended; artificial; phony
Affinity: fondness; liking; similarity
Aggrandize: to make larger or greater
Aggregate: amounting to a whole; total
Alacrity: cheerful willingness; eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
Alchemy : medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process
of transmutation
Allay : to lessen; ease; soothe
Alleviate: to relieve; improve partially
Alloy: a combination; a mixture of two or more metals
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Akin: similar..
Amalgamate: to combine into a unified whole
Ambiguous: unclear or doubtful in meaning
Ambivalence: the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
Ambrosia: something delicious; the food of the gods
Ameliorate: to improve, better, meliorate, Imli laaeyo re to improves the taste of sambar.
Amenable: agreeable; cooperative; suited Amen in arab = I agree...
Amenity : something that increases comfort : civic amenities..
Amulet: ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits. You will be never late in exams if u wear this amulet.
Anachronism: something out of the proper time
Analogous: comparable, similar, analogy, akin..
Anarchy: absence of government; state of disorder
Analgesic: medication that reduces or eliminates pain
Anodyne: something that calms or soothes pain; analgesic; Ann will not die from pain if she gets some aspirin.
Anomalous: irregular; deviating from the norm... A(not) + nomal (normal); someone who is not normal
Antecede: Precede. This invention anteceded this one.
Antecedents: something that comes before; precede; preceding events or circumstances that influences what
comes later; early life; ancestors; ascendent;
Antediluvian: prehistoric, ancient old person.. Aunty+de+luv..; Usually, Loving and Caring Aunties are OLD... very
Old..
Antipathy: dislike; hostility
Apathy: indifference
Apex: the highest point
Apogee :the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point
Apothegm: a terse, pithy saying, consice, witty saying.. A POTHI contains many short stories.
Appease : to calm, pacify, placate
Appellation: name, title or designation to distinguish with others
Apposite: strikingly appropriate and relevant; apt suitable; apposite=> opposite of OPPOSITE i.e. perfectly
matched; appropriate; most suitable
Apprise : to inform, make aware, apprize. One who will inform will get the prize (apprise)
Approbation: praise, approval
Appropriate: suiatable and apt; to take possession of for one's own use, invasion..
Apropos : relevant
Arabesque: ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while
the other supports the weight of the body
Archeology: the study of material evidence of past human life
Ardor: great emotion or passion; intensity, DOR (hindi movie) in which Gul Panag actress was very Passionate
about finding the killer of her husband
Arduous : extremely difficult; laborious
Argot: jargon, lingo, cant( jargon of criminals), a specialized vocabulary used by a group like of mafia bhais, popet
wagera...goat say meh meh only other goats can understand its lingo.
Arrest: to stop; to seize; halt ; take into custody -->collar
Artifact: item made by human craft
Artless: guileless; natural
Ascetic: one who practices self-denial
Asperity: severity n roughness on surface like mirror stone; Something that is harsh and hard to endure like
weather; sharpness of temper;
Aspersion: slander; false rumor; to defame
Assiduous: diligent; hard-working, persistent effort, sedulous,..eg. her assiduous attempts to learn French
Assuage: to make less severe
Astringent: harsh; severe
Asylum: place of refuge or shelter, a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person..sounds like a-slum,
refuge look like slums..The family sought asylum in a cave to escape the pack of wolves
Atavism : in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; In
man return of a char/trait after a period of absence; Remember as Avatar..
Attenuate: to weaken
Audacious: bold; daring
Austere : stern and strict, simple self denial. Eg. 1. The matron’s austere expression was enough to terrify the
children into silence. 2. The monk devoted himself to an austere life in the forest.
Autonomous: self-governing; independent
Avarice : greed, cupidity, insatible desires for wealth n material possestions. a+varice..varice...sounds like hindi
word waris..and now imagine a family where a greedy member of family kills the patriarch to obtain his wealth...so
that he can become a waris of family's wealth
Aver: to affirm; declare to be true
Avocation: secondary occupation
Avuncular: being or like an uncle in kindness, benevolent and tolerant. avUNCULar..uncle... Eg: She loved the
avuncular way in which he patted her head each time she came to meet him.
Axiomatic: taken for granted; self-evident truth
Bacchanalian: pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
banal: commonplace; trite; hackneyed; cliche; phrase culled in meaning by repition. ALl those who use Repeat the
same act will be BANned
baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments, menacing
banter: playful conversation. light teasing..joking
Bard: poet; bard sounds like bird--imagine a poet writing a poem on bird; or poet having beard.
bawdy: obscene, unchaste, vulgar, indescent. Item girls showing body in songs it means its vulgar
bedizen: to dress in a vulgar, garishly, and tastelessly, showy manner, decorate tastelessly; bed(bad)+zen--few
bad girls who came out of that ZEN car were dressed up garishly.
beatific: blessed, blissful, heavenly, experienceing or bestowing celestial joy, Beautiful beats makes one feel
heavenly blissful
behemoth: huge creature; anything very large and powerful, a person of exceptional importance and reputation,
magnate; he word "mamoth" a large huge creature
belie: to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression; Eg: the document drafted in such a way as to belie her
actual intentions. belie ~ lie means something false.
beneficent: kindly; doing good
bifurcate: to divide into two parts, cleave, BI meanes 2..furcate means parts...
blandishment: flattery, act of urging, BLAN (like PLAN) + DISH (food) = PLAN a DISH to FLATTER somebody...
blase: bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned, indifference, blase sounds like baass (enough, stop
now)!! so when u had enough u get bored and say baass!!
bolster: to give a boost to; prop up; support
bombastic: pompous; using inflated language
boorish: rude; insensitive
bovine: cowlike, remain calm, placid n dull, unexcitable, bov(boy)+ine(ninesounds like boy nine..so a nine year boy
is generally very innocent and placcid so cowlike....and they are generally very slowthinking
brazen: bold; shameless, audacious, insolent (casual disrespect),,,Split the word brazen as Bra + Zen. Suppose
you went out with your friends and saw a girl in a Zen car wearing only a bra. How was the attempt of the girl?
Really bold and brazen!
broach: bring up a topic for discussion, open up; When YOU appROACH a girl for the first time, You need to
BROACH.
bucolic: characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral; short poem on rural or pastoral life...bucolic sounds a bit
like bullock which is used in the "country side"...
burgeon: to grow and flourish...burgeon ~ burger; If you eat a lot of burgers, you will gain weight (hence grow)
burnish: to polish, smooth n shiny; like furnish: polishing and rubbing to make it shine..
buttress: to reinforce; support.. give ur butt some support n rest by sitting..

cacophonous: unpleasant or harsh-sounding
cadge: to beg; sponge....cadge....sounds like cage....some1 in d cage begging to get out
callous: pachyderm, thick-skinned; insensitive (impt), hardened, unfeeling... callous sounds like KHALLAS(Hindi),
so jiski sensitivity khallas ho gayi hai.....Eg. He had worked in hospital for som many years that he was callous to
the suffering of the wards..
calumny: false and malicious representation; defamation, aspersion, slander..calumny, sounds like kalmuhi, which
is a harsh remark given by a saas to her bahu. So its a kind of slander... ALUMNI--imagine urself slandering n
defaming some of ur cllg ALUMNI
canard: false rumor; deliberately misleading story.... Remember Kannad movies...their fighting is so
unreal..false... so remember canard as being a false portrayal.
canon: an established set of principles; a basis or standard for judgment; a collection of books accepted as holy
scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired... relate it
with CANON xerox machine....used for copying SET OF BOOKS
cant: insincere talk; language of a particular group
cantankerous: irritable; ill-humored
capricious: fickle, whim, fanciful, unpredicatbale impuslsive changes in one thinks... ca(CAR) +
PRIC(PRICE)...PRICE OF cars nowadays is becoming unpredictable with the launch of Tata's 1 lakh car
captious: faultfinding. First word that comes to mind -Captain, who will always find and call attention to Faults
which must be altered....Eg. The tutor was so captious that the students found it extremely difficult to continue
there.
carping: persistent petty and unjustified criticism; fault finding..Car+p(ark)+ing; Many people find faults in ur
carparking style... If you will ping with your car horn, people will shout at you...they will complain... carping...
cardinal: of foremost importance, cheif, fundamental, primal. cardinal' also means pertaining to the 'heart' and
the heart is the 'most important' part of our body. It is responsible for the working of our body
carnal: of the flesh or body; related to physical appetities ... girl tells 2 boy in hindi- "mere naal (with me in
punjabi) aana ho to car carnal honi chaiye" Eg: Men is taught and trained to suppress his intimate carnal desires.
cartography: science of making maps and charts
caste: any of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; social stratification
castigation: punishment; chastisement; criticism
cataclysm: a violent upheaval(turbulence, agitation) that causes great destruction and change...calamity,
catastrophe, tsunami, earthquake, french revolution...
catalyst: agent that causes change while it remains unaffected and unchanged.
categorical: absolute; without exception; unqualified.. assume that there are two categories A & B and you have
to put an object in one of them..now when you put that object in a category..you are ABSOLUTEly sure that it
belongs there.
caucus: smaller group within an organization, a closed political meeting... cau + cus sounds like can discuss.....
lets get together in a group and discuss about who will be elected ...
causal: involving a cause and effect relationship.. Eg. The committee examined the casual factors for the accident
and prepared a detailed report.
caustic: burning; harsh; stinging; causing corrosion; sacastically biting.. caustic soda is very common and its
"harmful " for health if taken in large quantity....therefore caustic means harmful or buning
celestial: concerned with sky or heavens; sublime
centrifugal: moving away from a center or authority.. the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-
increasing centrifugal stress
centripetal: moving or directed toward a center ... The petals of a flower are bound by a bud in the center, thus
bending towards the center..Unifying...Eg: Meditation is believed to move from physical relaxation to the
centripetal forces in one’s soul and relax both.
champion: fight for a cause; to defend or support; Champions are like super man who has capability to support
and defend there friends.. Eg: The winning team had many champions to cheer and support them at the contest
chasten : to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
chicanery: trickery; fraud...Chicni chupdi baatein karne wala will DECEIVE you!
chivalry: the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women
churlish: rude; boorish.... CHURLISH- if u chk the word,,and see,u will find hurl in the middle..hurl is somthing
negative,, bad..etc..
circuitous: roundabout, deviation fr a straight course in speech etc...puzzling....the explanation was circuitous and
puzzling", "a roundabout paragraph
clamor : noisy outcry.. CLAMOR rhymes wit glamour....whenever de crowd sees a glamour girl they become
NOISY
clairvoyant: one who can predict the future; having foresight; fortuneteller... take it like this.......clair----clear for
voyant derive meaning from voyage which means a long journey so clairvoyant is a person who can take a clear
journey into the future and see whats in there
clique : a small, exclusive group with common purpose...sounds like 'click'..imagine that u click on a picture in
which small grp of people are there
cloister: to confine; seclude; monastery or convent; cloister....close+sister...where sisters (nuns) are getting
closed or where sisters are resides.....
coagulate: thicken; congeal, clot
coalesce: to cause to become one; combine; fuse ... coal- combination of wood and charcoal.
coda: concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
codify: to systematize; classify; arrange (law, rules) as a code.. codes have to be in order. So codifyinfg the codes
makes some sense.
cognizant: informed; conscious; aware
collage : artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements
commensurate: proportional.. gaurav asked.. come and see the rate. it'll be equal to the rate of the cheapest
product.
compendium: brief, comprehensive summary

complacent: self-satisfied ... placement ... hogaya ab i am fully satisfied with myself
complaisant: overly polite; willingness to comply with the wishes of others.. com + plais(please) + ant come and
please the a(u)nt..lol
compliance: conformityt in fulfilling the requirements; readiness to yeild; submission... After lot of complaints
police took severe action against hin and at the thief decided to consider compliance.
compliant: yielding
complement: something that completes or makes up a whole, consummate, make perfect..
compunction: uneasiness caused by guilt
conclave: private/confidential meeting, con (conference) + clave (cave); we are going to organize a secret
conference (meeting) in a cave.
conciliatory: overcoming distrust or hostility.. soothing
concoct : to devise/invent, made up by mixing or combining (ingredeints) coct for coktail my mixing...
concomitant: event/situation existing at same time concurrently in same place , accompaniment...con(together) +

comitant(sounds like commitment)..so if we have committed to each other, we'll go together.
condone : to overlook voluntarily; forgive, excuse, ... if u use condom u will be forgiven by health and family
welfare department
confound: to baffle; perplex; mix up, confuse, puzzle, CONfusion FOUND == CONFOUND
congenial: similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to your needs... con(same)+genial(gene jaise). Having
same kind of genes. If genes are same then the nature and tastes may match.
conjugal: pertaining to marriage, in Indian music we have JUGALbandi, which is harmony of 2 different
intruments...can imply marriage frm it.. Eg: conjugal bliss..
connoisseur: expert in matters of taste; expert knowledge or training
conscript: draftee, a person forced into military service.. By writing script we make some events to occur forcefully.
consecrate: dedicate, vow, devote for a high purpose.. Con + Secrate (sounds like SACRED).SACRED is "holy".
It,refers to holiness when one dedicates his life to "god"...Eg: We shall consecrate our lives to this noble
purpose..Eg: She consecrated herself to Lord Krishna.
contend : to assert, compete.. He contended that Communism had no future"
contentious: contention, quarrelsome; causing quarrels, causing controversies..If everyone around you is content
and you are not, you might start thinking of something to make them less happy.
contiguous: touching; adjacent, neighboring; connecting without a break.. Each state in the United States is
touching/adjacent to another; they are all continous, which sounds similar to contiguous
continence: self-control; abstention from sexual activity.. sounds like "abstinence" which is to stay away or to
restrain.
contrite: very sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgiveness... contrite - I din do it rite .. so he is regretful
contumacious: disobedient; resisting authority, rebellious... Break the word as CON - TU - MA - CI- OUS n tat can
be read as Kaun Tu Ma Ki one who says this is disobedient
conundrum: riddle; diff prblm, puzzle with no solution.. SPLIT AS CO - nun - D - rum. Making a nun DRINK rum &
solving a difficult riddle is the same.
convention: practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device
converge: to approach; come together; tend to meet
convex: curved outward
concave : curving inward
convivial: occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company, festivity, gay...somewhat close to carnival
which also implies festivity
convoluted: twisted; complicated, intricate, wrangled.. Digital Signal Processing, Convolution theorem was very
hard to understand!!
coquette: woman who flirts..woman says to man "COCK DE"... just decipher...
copious : abundant; plentiful, ample, rich....By copying in an exam, some get a LOT of marks
cornucopia: horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance, profusion... corn + copia copia is similar to
copius meaning plentiful, cornucopia thus means plenty of corn(grains/fruits).
cosmology: study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe
covert: hidden; secret... Covert sounds like "covered [covert = cover + t or covered + t] and something which is
covered can be considered a secret.
covetous: avaricious, eagerly desire of things other ppl having... covetous = split it as cove(love) + to + US ;
because of excessive greed and the love for money covetous people go to USA..Eg: the child was covetous by
nature and wanted to take the toys belonging to his classmates.
cozen; to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive...my cousin cozen me and stole my zen
craven: Cowardly... Ravana was a coward man!!! he proved it by taking away Cita/Sita in absence of Ram.
credence: acceptance of something as true; belief; relate as Evidence : when u have evidence for something.then
it has to be.."believable and should be accepted as true"
credo: any system of principles or beliefs; creed.....every breed has it's own creed/credo
daunt: to discourage; intimidate; dishearten
dearth: Scarcity, paucity, insufficient in amount or number..dearth = death + r (reason) reason for death is
scarcity(of food, shelter,health) thus dearth is scarcity
debauchery: Corrupt, profane, make intemprate Eg: a vicious newspaper can debauch public ideals..de + bauch
(when pronounced sounds like boss)...so you think that your BOSS IS morally corrupt.
decorum: proper behavior, propreity,
defame: to malign; harm someone's reputation
default: to fail to act
deference: respect; courteous regard for another's wish

defunct: dead, no longer existing. de (means without) + funct(function)..so something without a functioning is
considered DEAD...Eg: the lawyer sought to examine the books of defunct corporation.
delineate: to represent or depict, describe in vivid detail, delineate sounds like alienate, and if you are attacked by
aliens, you would describe the event in vivid detail in order to make people believe you!
demographic: related to population balance
demotic : pertaining to or for people... demo means relating to people like in a democracy.
demur: to express doubt; question or oppose, a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings (in law)...sounds a
little like Damn U R wrong!! I object!
denigrate: to slur someone's reputation; defame; DENIGRATE=DENY+GREAT.so if yu deny someone is great ,it
means you BELITTLE him
denizen : an inhabitant; a regular visitor; dwell, acclimate; word rhymes with the word citizen (which can be
related to the above meaning)
denouement: outcome of the events; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature...de +
NOUncEMENT(ANNOUNCEMENT)..SO you are making an annoucement of your company's FINAL OUTCOME report.
deride: to mock..speak with contempt, ridicule...DE mujhe ek aur RIDE de, else i'll MAKE FUN OF you, RIDICULE
you.
derivative: something derived; unoriginal
desiccate: to dry completely..dehydrate, arid, lacking spirit, lifeless,...desi cake is always dried up.
desuetude: state of disuse ie. no longer practiced or inactivity...de sue can be remembered as Disuse.
desultory: disconnected; rambling...marked by lack of regularity of plans or purpose...jumping...anshuman...De-

result...Obviously a haphazard or desultory approach will result to nothing.
deterrent: something that discourages or hinderence..DETER + RENT. A high rent IS ALWAYS A discouraging factor
FOR TENANTS.
detraction: the act of taking away; opposite of attraction
diaphanous: transparent; thin, clear, insubstancial Eg: they saw the burgular through the diaphanous curtain...Eg:
sexy night gowns are diaphonous" .i.e transparent
diatribe: bitter/thunderous verbal attack..dia+tribe:the lower ranked tribe(in caste division) always face
thunderous verbal attack from upper caste people
dichotomy: division into two usually contradictory parts...a classification into two opposed parts or
subclasses..DICHO-'two'+TOMY-'cut' so CUT INTO TWO
diffidence: shyness; lack of confidence..This word sounds similar to Confidence but is opposite in meaning. So,
Diffidence means lacking self-confidence
diffuse : to spread out..
digression: act of straying/wandering from the main point...diversion...dig+reason: if u go deep inside the reason,
then what will happen that u will moved from the main subject.
dirge: funeral hymn

disabuse: correct from a false impression, undeceive..correcting a false impression without abusing so disabuse ;)
discerning: perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgement..di-screening. A DUAL SCREENING PERSON,
WHO KEEPS ON SCREENING EVERYTHING AROUND TWICE( VERY OBSERVANT, ALERT)
discomfit: to make uneasy; disconcert, loose one composure..defeat..remember as DISCO(dance) + FIT(fight), I

lost in both of them. DEFEATED.
discordant: not in tune
discredit: to dishonor; disgrace, defame
discrepancy: difference between, lask of consistency...eg: police noticed some discrepencies in his description of
the crime and did not beieved him..
discrete: constituing a separate thing; distinct
discretion: quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions, prudence, ability to adjust actions to
circumstances...veiwers discretion recommended..
ingenious: clever, displaying genius or brilliance..
ingenuous : naive, candid, unsophisticad..
disingenuous: not candid, crafty, not naive, sophisticated..
disinterested: unpredujiced; objective
disjointed: lacking order or coherence; dislocated..lacking continuity...DIS (not) + JOINTED (connected)...so

disjointed is disconnected or scattered.
dismiss : put away from consideration; reject
disparage: to belittle..make less...express a -ve opinion...dis-opposite, parase-praise so if u don't praise 4

someone u criticize him.
disparate: dissimilar..disparity..
disguise: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something;
dissemble: to pretend; disguise one's motives...make believe with the intent to deceive... dissemble = not
resemble i.e disguise
disseminate: to spread; scatter; disperse...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
dissolution: termination or disintegration of relationships b/w persons..; debauchery, looseness in

morals..dissolution is the opposite of resolution. When you make a resolution you make a promise, when you make
a dissolution you BREAK or dissolve the promise!
dissonance: discord; lack of harmony
distend : to expand; swell out
distill : extract the essential elements
distrait: inattentive; preoccupied...the TRAIT of DIStraction
diverge : to vary; go in different directions from the same point

divest : to strip; deprive; rid..defrock..di + vest; (A vest is a type of collarless sleeveless upper-body garment. );
divest is to remove it.
divulge : to make known something that is secret
document: to provide with written evidence to support
doggerel: poor or crude or comic verse..WHO LET THE DOGS OUT.............ISN'T IT FUNNY.......SO SOMETHING
COMICAL......THIS WORD IS ASSOCIATED WITH COMICAL...SO A COMIC ..SONG..COMIC VERSE
dogmatic: stating opinions without proof, positive...code of beleifs accepted as authoritative...
dormant : inactive, impassive
dross : waste; worthless matter,dangerous matter to be removed, impurities..
dupe : to deceive; trick
ebullient: exhilarated; overly enthusiastic
eclectic: selecting from various sources
effervescence: state of high spirits or liveliness; process of bubling as gas escapes
effete : lacking of strenghth or vitality, feeble; decadent : marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral
decay...effete...ef+fete..feet...so when you walk for longer distances on your feet, you feel completely worn
out......as if you are lacking in power (defeat)
dissident: person who disagrees about beliefs
doctrinaire: dogmatic; unyielding
efficacy: effectiveness; efficiency
effrontery: shameless boldness rudeness insolent; audacious, presumptuousness..for every discussion he comes to
the FRONT and argues...in a rude manner.
affront: insult effront = insulting and rude... disrespect...
Presumptuous: audacious, Going beyond what is right or proper because of an excess of self-confidence or
arrogance,
egoism : the tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness
egotistical: excessively self-centered; conceited
elegy : poem or song expressing lamentation
elicit : to provoke; draw, to generate, arouse, educe, deduce..... implicit - which is understood .. explicit -
means specifically told/derived so elicit - explicit
elicitation: act of eliciting
construe: interpret, make sense of..construe = construct + true messages from indirect references; e.g. if i
construe your message correctly...
solicit: request urgently n persistently, seek,
elixir : a substance believed to have the power to cure ills, philosphers stone ( alchemist, all metals to gold )...
lix-resembles licks(tongue lick)..an animal licks its wound to cure it. Licking in animals is a kind of curing or nursing
Elysian : delightful; blissful, heavenly, divine,...) Elysian sounds like "Alice in..." wonderland, which is like heaven
emaciated: thin and wasted..gaunt, haggard,...mausi eat something u r so emaciated
embellish: to adorn; enhance
embroidery: embellish
emollient: toiletry ointment/cream for soothing; mollifying...break it like e + moll, now moll = mall, so in summer
we go to a mall because of its centralized 'AC' for a soothing climate.
empirical: derived from observation or experiment rather than theory, practical...emperical formula-a formula can
b stated after experiencing the validity of its results.
emulate : to imitate; copy
encomium: a formal expression of praise, eulogy, panegyric,..May be in future we have to praise a new metal
named 'Encomium' which will be more precious than Platinum.
endemic : inherent; belonging to an area...to local area...disease or some specific..
enervate: to weaken...if someone ATE your ENERGY (ENER+vATE), you would be WEAKENED or tired
engender: to cause; produce
enhance : to increase; improve
entomology: the scientific study of insects...ent(sounds like ant...and ants come under insects)+ logy(means
study)..so studying about insects
enunciate: to express or state clearly, lucid, .... "A NUN SHE ATE"..u enunciated so clearly dat "A NUN ate smth"
ephemeral: short-lived; fleeting; evanescent.
epistemology: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge, theory of know....
epitome : a prototype example plus also a abstract, paradigm.. epitome,at d end it sounds like TOM-remember
tom n jerry r d "perfect example" of EPIc.
equable : steady; unvarying; serene, tranquil ( state of peace and quiet) .. an equable climate...Equable rhymes
like Equally stable, any one who is equally stable is not easily irritated
equanimity: composure; calmness, placid, tranquil...equanimity = equal + enmity. To fight the enemy you need to
be composed and temperamental, else he'll beat you.
Magnanimity: generosity; nobility, largesse.. magNANIMAous, NANI MA in hindi, is always "generous" to us
equivocate: intentionally use vague language
errant : mistaken; straying from the proper course
erudite : learned; scholarly.. profound knowledge...taken from rude+ite...in olden days people who were higly
educated were basically very rude...as they were having profound knowledge of a subject they use to behave very
rudely with less educated or illiterates people.
esoteric: hard to understand; known only to a few
essay : to make an attempt; subject to a test..tentative attempt..during a test you write an essay to try and
prove you know the material
estimable: (1) possible to estimate (2) admirable, deserving of respect or high regard.. firstly estimable ->
estimate, able to calculate... secondly, estimable->esteem.. and esteem means respect.
ethnocentric: centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own group n considers it superior...
etiology: study causes or origins ( of disease, circumstances etc)
etymology: origin an history of a word
eugenics: study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those
qualities
eulogy : high praise to a death person
euphemism: use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of offensive language
euphoria: feeling of extreme happiness
euthanasia: mercy killing
evince : to show plainly; be an indication of
evocative: tending to call to mind or produce a reaction
exacerbate: to aggravate; make worse
exact : to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
exculpate: to clear of blame; vindicate
execrable: detertable; abhorrent
exhort : to urge by strong appeals
exort
exotic
exigency: crisis; urgent requirements
existential: having to do with existence
exorcise: to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences
expatiate: to speak or write at length
expatriate: to send into exile
expiate : to atone for
explicate: to explain;interpret;clarify
expository: explanatory
extant : in existence; not lost
extemporaneous: unrehearsed
extirpate: to root up; to destroy
extraneous: not essencial

extrapolation: the act of estimation by projecting known information
extrinsic: not inherent of essential
facetious: humorous, cleverly amusing in a tone, banter...FACETIOUS ~ face + t + (ser) ious; if you ever face any
facetious remarks, you should not take them seriously
facilitate: to make less difficult, make easier..when you provide FACILITIES(facilit+ ate).. it makes things less
difficult.
factotum: a person who does all sorts of work eg a servant; a handyman...Factotum=Fact + totum = factory +
total - We can remember it like doing all(total) the work in the factory
fallacious: based on a false idea or fact; misleading, deceitful..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.....
fallow : plowed but not sowed; uncultivated...
fatuous :foolishly self-satisfied..devoid of intelligence..focus on 'fat' in this word ..for some foolish people fat
people are generally foolish...faLtu bolne wala - foolish n insane!
fauna : animals of a period or region..living organism..Fauna & Flora sound similarly. Fauna = animals <> Flora
= plants
flora :plants of a region or era..Fauna & Flora sound similarly. Fauna = animals <> Flora = plants
fawning :seeking favor by flattering..gain favour by cringing or flattering...sounds like FAN, he flatters 2. Show
submission or fear...
feeble : lacking stength or vigor eg. feeble body...pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness, "a feeble excuse";
"a lame argument"...feeble minded...sounds like FREE + BAL -> FREE(without) from BAL(strength in Hindi) ->
WEAK
felicitous: suitable expressed; wee-chose; appropiate...felicitous sounds like felicitation... in felicitation the person
is praised with SUITABLE, APT , WELL CHOSEN remarks..
feral : wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs".. feral , we can remember like fear+all =>we all will fear
seeing a wild animal.
Menacing: baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments, something that is source of danger..
fervor, fervent : warmth, hot and intensite emotion.. RELATE FERVOR TO fever-BODY BECOMES WARM & AND
YOU GET warm attention when u have fever
ardor : heat, passion, zeal..
ardent: strong enthusiasm, glowing or shining like fire..
fetid : having a bad smell, malodorous, nausea, noisome...when fat people "bomb", its all stinking and foul-
smelling .. just to remember
noisome: offensively malodorous, noxious...when you fart in a silence its noisome which spreads out foul smell in a
room,,,..noise in nose...
fetter : to bind; confine..a shackle for the ankles or feet...when divided fett+er....fett sounds like FEET....SO
your feets are tied with something like a chain .....and thus you restrained to go somewher
decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record..rule, decide with authority....
fiat ; arbitray order; authorization, decree...Imagine a fiat in which a commander is giving command.(
fidelity: loyalty; faith...ook for the root word fid...means faith, belief..so words like fidelity, confide, diffident,
bonafide, fiduciary..all have fid in it and all these words are related to involving trust or faith, similarly fidelity.
filibuster: use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law...a legislator who gives long speeches
in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes...filibuster they fill the speech with bursts.
finesse : to handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; refined in performance...subtly skillful handling of a
situation...
fissure : crevice...a long narrow opening,,crack... fissure - fission, means split the nuclei- so a crack
flag : to droop; grow weak and feeble..white flag is used to indicate surrender as in a war, a white flag is used
to indicate acceptance of defeat. thus low in vigour, grow feeble
fledgling : beginner; novice...young bird.. rhymes with duckling.. a young duck thus referring to inexperience
flourish: 1. act of showing gesture by waving etc... 2. to grow, prosper...3. embellishment or ornamentation..
flout : to treat scornfully, contemptuous disregard..FOUL + OUT. When a batsman is given out by foul, the
batsman shows his contempt to the umpire...A bird asked me if it could FLY in the room, I replied bluntly-FLY OUT.
flux : 1. flowing; a continuous moving..( electric flux : the number of changes in energy flow across a given
surface per unit area) fLUX, the LUX company keeps changing its soap varieties, thers LUX pink, LUX black, LUX
gold etc
foment : stir up, instigate, agitate, arouse...Foam starts to appear once you profusely foment (stir up) a milk
shake.
forbearance: patience..good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence...split it as FOR+BEAR+ANCE...'for'getting

the 'beer' frm de shop we shld have PATIENCE
forebears : 1. ancestors..2. refrain or resist fr dng something...
forestall: to prevent by taking action in advance..Fore means before. Stall means to stop. Hence Forestall ==
Before Stop. i.e to stop something before it happens.
formidable: menacing; threatening..inspiring fear...Being Formadible is not a commendable job ! You should never
threaten anybody but should treat with love and friendship !
forswear: renounce; repudiate, abandon.. formally swear to renounce..disavow..
founder :to sink; fail completely; colapse....founder = fo + under = go + under = sink
fracas : a loud noisy quarrel; brawl....Imagine a Freak Ass having a noisy quarrel with people.
fractious: quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious..when u get a fracture, u get cranky,irksome
fresco : a painting done on plaster...Fresco = Fresh + Coat. A fresh coat of paint.
frieze : ornamental band on a wall...
froward : stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient...froward rearrange the words you get forward, a person
who is very forward in not accepting any new norm
frugality: thrift..economical : avoiding waste...

thrift: parsimony..
fulminate: to attack loudly; denounce...fulminate=full of mennace means creating mennace evrytime
fulsome : so excessive as to be disgusting...You can FOOL SOME people with excessive and insincere praise..
fulcrum: the pivot about which a lever turns
fusion ; union; synthesis
futile : ineffective; useless; fruitless...futile is not fertile.. hence not fruitful
florid : ruddy; reddish; flowery..flo(wer) + rid(red)sounds like a flower that is in a red color.. Also, florid ~
flowery (french)
gainsay : to deny; dispute; oppose,,,take challenge...she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which means,
she is denying the fact.
gambol : to frolic; leap playfully...gambol rhymes with gamble (gambling)....so de game of gambling is played in a
highly spirited fashion by a set of ppl.
garrulous: very talkative; wordy
gauche : coarse and uncouth; clumsy, boorish, lack of social polish...
geniality: cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability...like a genie who is always cheerful and nice...
gerrymander: to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party, divide unfairly..Relate it
with Jerry of 'Tom and Jerry' cartoon in which Jerry divided everything partially with Tom and quarrels with him...
so possessing a Jerry's mind - Gerrymander
glib : fluent in an insincere way; offhand...artfully persuasive in speech...articulate...split the word into go
library. Someone who goes to teh library very frequently obviously is very articulate and thus
fluent,slick,diplomatic with people
goad : to prod; urge on..goad?sounds like god?..everyday when we pray?we always URGE to god ,to give us
courage to face all the hurdles and obstacles in life...goad tells you to "GO And Do [it]
gossamer: sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs, spider web.... SOUNDS LIKE gussa..mar de yaar..gussa mat
ho.....take things lightly....light lena sikho..yaar..that's how you advice your friend.
gouge : to tear out (eyes); scoop out; overcharge..relate it wid ""gao ge"(in hindi as we pronounce singing)
->IndianIdol ->Anu Malik-saying agar tum aisa bekar gao ge to main tumhari ankhen bahar nikal dunga (by
digging/ scooping action)! Can he use a chisel also in doing so?!
grandiloquent: pompous; bombastic
gregarious: outgoing; sociable, always in grp...remember AGGREGATION means gathering something together...
similarily AGGREGATION -> GREGATION ->GREGARIOUS so always in group n social...
grouse : to complain,... my ROSE Gone some where...i gave COMPLAIN in the police station
gullible: easily deceived...
guileless: free of cunning or deceit; artless...
guise : outward appearance; false appearance...Disguise means a false appearance...therefore GUISE ! :)
gustatory: affecting the sense of taste...relate it to gusto..in mnemonic it says guests..so wen guests come u relate
n your cookin is affected by their sense of taste..
halcyon : calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous...halcyon sounds like "halka"...in hindi this word is used 4
"soothing or peaceful"...like in song "halka-halka sa ye nasha"...
hallowed: holy; sacred, blessed, consecrated...Hallowed would make you remember the hindi movie "Hello" in
whick Katrina Kaif was GOD
holocaust: mass destruction (fire, killing jews...)...holocaust - conc. on (caust) - we read it as caustic ... caustic is
something that causes burning sensation , acidic ... holocaustic is extreme of caustic that is fully destroyed by
burning ..
harangue: long forceful criticism sppech, pompous speech; tirade..HARANRGUE can be split as har + ang + u +
e....so when YOU are ANGry with HAR(her), she is subjected to a long or intensive verbal attack
harrowing: extremely distressing, painful; agony....harrow - sounds like sorrow and sorrow leads to agony,
herbivorous: an animal that feeds mainly on plants
hermit: sadhu, one who lives in solitude..retired fr soceity..
hermitage: home of hermit...
hermetic: 1. tighly sealed like hermits solitude... 2. obscure, mysterious, occult..hermetic = her + met so when i
met her she was OBSCURE and MYSTERIOUS by nature... so it didn't worked out :P
heterodox: not widely accepted..departure from accepted beliefs or standard...heterodox--hetero-means different+

dox --means opinion, so different or many opinions
hedonism: pleasures has utmost impt...he(is)don... and obviously has strong devotion to pleasures of senses..
hieroglyphics: a system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meanings or sounds; wirting or symbols that
are difficult to decipher
hirsute : covered with hair, hairy...some one who wears a hir(hair)+sute(suit)....so someone who wears a suit of
hairs to look like jamvant( a hindu mythological character)...who was very hairy)...
histrionic: characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected.. histrionic-- sounds like history. We find
that most of the plays performed on stage in the theatre are from history, hence the name histrionic, theatrical
homeostasis: tendency of a sys. (like human immune system) to maintain relative stability...
homage : praise, honor, tribute..Homage = Home + Age; In our culture, we respect the aged persons of our home.
homily : sermon; serious warning....homily = home becomes silly....when you get a warning from your parents
you take it as an unwanted homily (sermon)...
Sermon: an address of a religious nature...a moralistic rebuke...preaching...
hyperbole: purposeful exaggeration for effect...hyper(beyond the limit)+bole(means speak)..so someone who gives
the statement beyond his limit..overstating basically.
iconoclastic: attacking cherished traditions
idolatry: idol worship; blind or excessive devotion.... idol..ideal....god ram is a ideal man....and we WORSHIP and
devout to him.
igneous : produced by fire; volcanic...igneous rocks...
imbroglio: intricate n complicated situation; an entanglement... Imbroglio = I+M+bro+gigolo = I am brother of a

gigolo (male prostitute).. which can be a very embarrassing or difficult situation.
immutable: inchangeable
impair : to damage; injure(making apart so injure :P), make worse....impaired - diminished in strength, quality,
or utility; "impaired eyesight"...Opposite of Repair.Repair is to mend, Impair is to Injure.
impassive: showing no emotion, inactive..poker face: a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a
good poker player) ...
impecunious: poor; having no money...not having enough money to pay for necessities...pecu (read as pesu
means money). impec(s)unious who doesn't have money.
impede :to hinder; block the passage, occlude...relate it with stampede.in a stampede there is great obstruction
impermeable: impossible to permeate
impervious: incapable of being affected; impossible to penetrate..im(not)+pravesh(enter) so unpenetrable..
imperturbable: not easily disturbed..not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and
composure....imperturbabble--im + pertur (like tur tur) + babble ( just talking foolishly..). So, the person who
never do any tur-tur and never babbles is a very cool, calm and peaceful guy
impinge : to strike; encroach...advance beyond the usual limit.... im + pinge (pinch). When someone pinches you
they infringe on ur privacy and they touch u.
implacable: inflexible; incapable of being soothe (im + placate)..pleased or calmed down..
implausible: unlikely; unbelievable..having a quality that provokes disbelief... implausible rhymes with
impossible....something that is impossible is unlikely
implicit: implied; understood but not stated
elicit: derived by reason..deduce a solution or meaning...
explicit : told on face..
explode : collapse outword..
implode : collapse inward violently
imprecation: curse-->maledicion; damnation( curse, bloody )...im + Precation. im and precaution. U must take
precautions before cursing someone, else it may back fire.
impute :to attribute the fault to; assign...relate to a particular cause or source...The teacher imputed the
student's failure to his nervousness"...Impute and attribute has the same rhyming ending.
inadvertently: carelessly; unintentionally....without knowledge or intention...without getting an idea from the

advertisement we end up buying wrong product i.e. inadvertently
incarnate: having bodily form..carnal...Incarnate=In+Carna(l)te thus in carnal or in flesh as carnal=flesh.... so

something in flesh or given bodily form, or personified
inchoate: imperfectly formed or formulated.. only partly in existence...2. rudimentary, just begun, elementary...
inch(o)+ate i've "just begun" to eat an inch
incongruity: state of not fitting...lack of harmony...disagreement...
Inconsequential: insignificant; unimportant
incorporate: introduce something into another thing already in existence

incursion: sudden invasion
indeterminate: uncertain; indefinite...not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance..
indigence: Poverty...Indian gents are very poor as compared to other countrymen
indolent: habitually lazy; idle, sloth..
insolent: adudacious..shameless...sounds like insult-ent => A person who insults evryone is UNRESTRAINED,
IMPRUDENT AND SHAMELESS
ineluctable: not to be elude, avoided, evade, or escaped; inevitable....Suppose a course is compulsory in a

particular semester. So you are unable to 'elect' another course.
inert : unable to move; sluggish
Ingenious: clever, showing skill...genius se ingenious.
Ingenuous: naive and trusting; lacking sophistication,,candid nt able to hide feelings... naive and young ppl are
generally genuine...
Inherent: firmly established by nature or habit
innocuous: Harmless..in(not)+nocuous(noxious)........ means not noxious......something which is not noxious is

harmless..
Insensible: unconscious; unresponsive..
Insinuate: to suggest; say indirectly; hint, imply...sinuous" means winding like a sine or snake, complicated and
insinuate means to understand, say indireclty, hint..
Insipid : lacking in flavor, taste or intrest..bland, vapid, dull...n+ sipid(spell it as spit..) ,we spit when the FOOD
LACKS FLAVOR : or it is TASTELESS.
insouciant: indifferent; lacking concern or care...insouciant: sounds like In-soup-ant or in-sauce-ant. Suppose the
waiter serves you a soup with an ant in it and he is not even concerned about removing it, is insouciant.
Insularity: narrow-mindedness; isolation or detached...we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we are

ISOLATING the wires from the environment..
insuperable: insurmountable; incapable of being surmount, unconquerable...the root SUPER reminds us of

superman, who is unbeatable
Intangible: not material, cnt touch..
Interdict: to forbid; prohibit..INTER(between) + DICT(speak) = when you speak in between, you PROHIBIT
someone else from speaking.
internecine: deadly to both sides..mutually destructive...Necrophobia =Fear of dead, Necromancy=Magic with

dead,Inter-necine=Both of them die.(the fighters)
interpolate: to insert; change by adding new words or material..graphics...INTER(between) + POLATE(like plate) =

INSERT the plate BETWEEN two other plates.
extrapolate: projection, conjecture...To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within
that range by assumin...
interregnum: interval between reigns or govt..gap in continuity..reg stands for king or kingly styles (e.g. in
regicide,regalia etc.) so inter regnum = in between two kings(referring to their ruling period)..
Intimate: marked by close acquaintance association or familarity, closeness, someone to whom private matters are
confided, wife, close frnd.. 2: hint eg: she intimated rather stating her preferences..
intractable: not easily managed...stubborn...things which can not be brought in the right track... opposite of
tractable.
intransigence: stubbornness; refusal to compromise...
introspective: contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings..introvert, self examing...inspection on onesef..
Inundate: to cover with water, deluge, flood, overwhelm..I+NUN +DATE....I asked the NUNs for a DATE and i was
FLOODED with letters from christian societies for violating the social norms.
overwhelm : arge someone with too many tasks, deluge, overcome by superior force....eg:The gigantic army
overwhelmed its enemy...
Inured : hardened; tough, accustomed; used to..ingrained..inured to alaskan cold..someone INJURED again and
again will become TOUGH
Invective: verbal abuse..ENVY + ACTIVE or Active jealousy can cause you to ABUSE the other person....
Inveigh : to disapprove; protest vehemently..veigh sounds like weigh... a person passionate about their weight
would protest and complain if they were overweight
Inveigle: to win over by flattering or coaxing..urging...
Inveterate: confirmed; long standing or habitual...In this word. we have a root ie.. veter--that have lasted a long
time and seem likely to continue. This itself gives an idea of the meaning
Invidious: likely to provoke ill will..INVIDIOUS OR ENVIOUS...creating envy or ill-will among people...focus on word
in+VIDIO.....when tahalaka showed a VIDIO of few tainted ministers , it ROUSED ILLWILL in the whole country.
Irascible: easily angered
Irresolute: unsure of how to act; weak..(IR)not knowing... how to make resolutions.
Itinerant: wandering from place to place (labor); unsettled....itni sari ants kahan par jaa rahi hain ... wander kar
rahi hai
Itinerary: route of a traveler's journey..path...guidebook..
Jaundiced:havind a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy; prejudice...Jaundiced as we know is

yellowed .. so when our eyes are also yellowed we cannot see correctly .. hence pejudiced
Envy: a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another..
Jaunt: trip, short journey taken for pleasure..excusion, expedition, junket...Journey to your AUNT's place J-AUNT
Jibe : to be in agreement....ji.....BA....ji ba.(for mom) when we agree with them in some matter..
Jocose : fond of joking; jocular, characterized by jokes and good humor..jesting....OCOSE = JOKE + OSE .The
suffix OSE indicates this is an Adjective, therefore pertaining to jokes
juggernaut: huge froce destrying everything in its path... this word came into use from the British rule. On the day
of festival a british officer saw the crowd and mispronounced Jagannath as juggernaut.
Junta : group of people united in political intrigue...A military dictatorship is a form of government wherein the
political power resides with the military... To overpower government , junta( hindi) has to come together
Intrigue: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends, schemes...
Juxtapose: place side by side...juxta..just next+pose..(place)..so place something just next to something.
Kudos : fame; glory; honor, praise....KUDO(to jump in Hindi). one JUMPS with joy on recieving an HONOUR
Labile : likely to change...LABILE is something LIABLE TO CHANGE
Laconic : using few words, breif to the point...LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech, specify that she
used very few words to portray her ideas
Lambaste: to trash verbally or physically, scold, reprimand.... lamba st(ick) se pitai karna... beat badly with a long
stick..
Lame: crippled..stupid...
Lascivious: driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires, lewd...
Lassitude: lethargy; sluggishness
Latent : dormant; (pathology) :not presently active.."latent infection", "latent diabetes"...)....potentially existing
but not presently evident or realized..."a latent fingerprint", "latent talent"...Latent heat can be seen as heat which
is "HIDDEN".
Laud : praise
Lethargic: inactive
Levee : 1. en embankment that prevents a river from overflowing 2. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as
at a royal court)...
levy : the act of drafting into military service... impose and collect eg. levy tax....sounds like 'Navy' a branch of
Army. Imagine you are 'Recruiting' new soldiers in Navy.
Levity : light manner or attitude..lacking seriousnes...lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without

any seriousness
Liberal : tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition; broad-minded..free...
Libertine: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally

unrestrained...debauch..LIBERTINE=liberti+ne=LIBERTY IN Excess can make you irresponsible and immoral.
Libido : sexual urge or desire...
Lilliputian: extremely small..lilliputian is a also a brand of clothes for small childrens....
Limn : to draw, describe, delineate..make potrait... limn--lime..imagine u r tracing the shape of or drawing the
picture of lime tree.
Limpid : clear; transparent..limpid...lucid...liquid which is transparent...
Lucid : bright; clear; intelligible..when u LOOK(luc) the ID of micorsoft employee...u will " clearly,tranparently
understand,that he is clever n inteligent
pellucid: crystalline, limpid..allowing light...
Linguistic: pertaining to language
Litany : lengthy recitation; repetitive chant..litany = light (lit ) + many (any) ; light as many candles as possible
and pray along with the father (repeat the prayers aft father) ... not much meaningful but hope it helps you !
Literati: scholarly..well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature...

Litigation: legal proceeding
Log: record of a voyage; record of daily activities
Loquacious: talkative
Lucre: money or profits.. 'LUCK" people with luck have lucre....Pronounce it as 'Locker'.and Lockers in banks store
money.
Luminous: bright; brilliant; glowing
Lustrous: shining,,bright...burnished..sometime brilliant too..
Machiavellian: crafty; double-dealing
machinations: plots or schemes
Maelstrom: whirpool; turmoil
Malign : to speak evil of,disrespect...Ma(bad) Lign(language) bad language
Malinger: to feign illness to escape duty
Malleable: capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionate
Maverick: dissenter(a person who dissents from some established policy), someone who exhibits great
independence in thought and action, orthodox, irregular, rebel..
Meddlesome: interfering, Inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's

business..officious..meddle(middle)+some..so when two people are talking WE SHOULD NEVER INTERFARE IN
MIDDLE OF THEIR TALKS
Megalomania: delusions of power or importance.... mega means big .. mania means craze.. for doing things...
therefore MEGALOMANIA means a CRAZE for doing things in a BIG way with a show of wealth and power
etc...hitler jaise...
Menacing: baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments, something that is source of danger..
Menagerie: a variety of animals kept together for exibhition..Sounds like manager, Most managers are like wild
animals trying to bully people. menagerie is a place where such animals are kept.
Mendacious: dishonest, lie
Mendicant: beggar, pauper..Men+die+cant= men die because they can't work so they beg to survive
Meretricious: gaudy (flashiness, showness)..specious; flasely attractive..like a merit (meret) certificate.. flashy and
attractive in a way.. but of no REAL value...
Mesmerize: to hypnotize
metamorphosis: change; transformation
meteorological: concerned with the weather
Metaphysics: a branch of philosophy tha tinvestigates the ultimate nature of reality
Meticulous: very careful; picky; fastidious, marked by extreme care in treatment of details...meticulous
craftman...it sounds like matriculation(admission to a college).To get matriculation we should be as a
meticulous(careful) aspirant to clear the exam.
Microcosm: a small system having analogies to a larger system
Mettle : courage to carry on; endurance.. Sounds like metal and metals are obviously strong. So, can be related
to a strong courageous person.
Mettlesome: full of courage and fortitude
Fortitude: strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
Militate: to work against..Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed
Minatory: threatening; menacing, sinister...min (men) + atory (eater) = A maneater is considered as dangerous or
threatening to human being
minuscule: very small
minutia : petty details..a small or minor detail...eg: he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code"
misanthrope; one who hates humanity; one who dislikes others
miscellany: mixture of writtings on various subjects...(noun) an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and
ballads etc...Miscellany is similar to Miscellaneous which consists of the stuff that cannot be categorized into any
specific area, essentially because it contains a mixture of various stuff.
miscreant: villain; criminal...MISCREANT=mis+create..so god created them by mistake. Who? The VILLAINS
misogynist: one who hates women
mitigate: alleviate; to become less severe
mnemonic: realated to memory; assisting memory
modicum : limited quantity,small or moderate..modicum and moderate had "mode" in common...and

"cum" means small in hindi.
mollify : to soothe
monolithic: solid and uniform; constituing a single, unified whole, massive rigid n uniformity.....MONO(SINGLE) +
LITHIC (related to ROCKS) --> like a SINGLE ROCK --> SOLID and UNIFORM
monumental: massive..He was awed by the monumental size of the Pyramids....like a MONUMENT, monuments are
BIG and IMPRESSIVE
illhumor: an angry and disagreeable mood ...bad temper; irritability or surliness
morose : ill-humored; sullen(dark), gloomy..he dont like rose NO-ROSE-,SO HE IS ILL HUMORED
motley : variegate..varicolored...many colored; made up of many parts..a multicolored woolen fabric woven of
mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England...eg: Rose wanted the painters to motley her room in hues of blues
and greens...sounds close to the few words of the song " more rang de(ley) basanti"
medley : mixture.. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various
sources...Medley sounds like Melody: melody = tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
Potpourri: a hetrogeneous mixture, medley..
multifarious: many sided, many aspects, greatly diverse.....MULTIFARIOUS=MULTI+FARIOUS,farious rhymes with

various...so both multi and various means de same...VARIED and GREATLY DIVERSIFIED
mundane : worldy as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary..boring..evryday...
Muse : think, ponder,
malediction: curse..MALEDICTION=MAL+DICTION. MAL means 'evil or ill' and DICTUM is 'saying'. So to say
something evil is to CURSE.
necromancy; black magic..conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying...necro means a dead body.. hence
necromancy means dealin with the dead..
negate : to cancel out; nullify
neologism: new word or expression
neophyte: novice; beginner
nexus : a means of connection; a center...a connected series or group...remember naxalites. They have groups
and connections with each other.
nonplussed: puzzled, bewildered, baffle...It is a plus to know what to do - and bewildering to be non-plussed
nostalgia: sentimental longing for a past time
nostrum : medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness..patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable...put rum
in the nose.....to cure cold.... :D
nugatory: trifling; invalid, of no real value...nugatory law..No+guarantee, i.e a product which has no guarantee, is
worthless.
obdurate: stubborn
obsequious: overly submissive, servile manner, fawning, toady...ob + SEQUI + ous .. sequi means sequence where
one thing "follows" the other.. and servants follow what their masters say..
quiscence...:::
obsequy : funeral ceremony, the last office for the dead..
obviate : to make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent the occourence, thwart..The laser treatment obviates
the need for surgery...Obviate : A-void-it
occlude : to shut; block the passage, obstruct, hinder..when you include someone they are welcome and the gates
are always open but when you OCCLUDE(rhymes with EXCLUDE), they are unwelcome and hence the gates are
SHUT or BLOCKED on them.
occult : 1. relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena....2. Eclispse, hide fr view ...... diffiCULT
to understand or see...supernatural...
odyssey : a long, adventurous voyage; a quest
officious: too helful; meddlesome, free ki advice dete rehna...OFFICIOUS,the first part of the word sounds similar
to office. Imagine a government office where people poke their nose in other's affairs, they are INTERFERING.
olfactory: concerning the sense of smell...ol(oil)+factory...so people are CONCERNED ABOUT THE SMELL THAT
COMES FROM THE OIL FACTORY.
oligarchy: form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders... governed by few wealthy ppl the
ruling class....In line with Anarchy Monarchy and Oligoarchy (Oligo means few), matriarchy(run by a women) and
patriarchy(run by a man)
onerous : burdensome
onomatopoeia: formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to....onoma (name) + poi
(poet).. names that a poet uses to express natural sounds..
opprobrium: public disgrace; disrespect, contempt...If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized,
humiliated & put to shame.
ornithologist: scientist who studies birds...
oscillate: to move back and forth
ostentatious: showy; pretentious..intended to attract notice and impress others..oSTENTATIOUS....read it as

Stuntatious....Stunts...you perform stunts to attract attention, showy.
overweening: presumptuous; arrogant, excessive/exaggerated.. a person who wins over and over can be
arrogant.. eg: He had a witty but overweeening manner, Overweening ambition was the cause of his downfall.
paean :song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy
Paleontology: study of past geological eras through fossil remain
Pallid : lacking color or liveliness
Panegyric: elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
Paragon : model of perfection or excellence
paranoid
Partisan: one-sided; committed to a party, group or cause
Pathological: departing from normal condition
Patois : jargon; a regional dialect
Paucity : scarcity
paupas:
Pedantic: showing off learning
Pellucid: transparent; easily understood
Penchant: inclination
Penury : extreme poverty
penjure
Peregrination: wandering from place to place
Peremptory: imperative; leaving no choice
Perennial; present throughout the years; persistent
Perfidious: faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
Perfunctory: superficial; performed really as a duty

Perigee : point in an orbit that is closest to the earth
Permeable; penetrable
Perturb : to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious
Pervasive: spread throughout every part
Petulant: rude; peevish
Phlegmatic: unemotional; calm in temperament
Phoenix : anything that is restored after suffering great destruction
Physiognomy: facial features
Piety : devoutness
Piquant : pleasantly pungent; attractive
Pique : fleeting feeling or hurt pride
Placate : soothe; pacify
Placid : calm
Plaintive: melancholy; mournful
Plasticity: pliability; condition of being able to be shaped or formed
Platitude: stale; overused expression
Platonic: spiritual; theoretical
Plethora: excess; overabundance
Plumb : to examine deeply; determine the depth
Plummet: to fall; plunge
Plutocracy: society ruled by the wealthy
Porous : full of holes; permeable to liquids
Poseur : poerson who affects an attitude to impress others
Pragmatic: practical
Prate : to talk idly; chatter
Prattle : meaningless, foolish talk
Preamble preliminary statement
Precarious uncertain
Precept principle; law
Precipitate to cause to happen; throw down from a height
Precipitate rash; hasty; sudden; done without deliberation

Precursor forerunner; predecessor
Preempt to supersede; appropiate for oneself
Prehensile: capable of graspin
Premonition: forewarning; presentiment
Presage : to foretell; indicate in advance
presumptuous: rude; improperly bold
Preternatural: supernatural; beyond the normal use of nature
Prevaricate: to quibble; evade the truth
Primordial: original; existing from the beginning
Pristine: untouched; uncorrupted
Probity : honesty; high-mindness
Problematic: posing a problem; doubtful
Prodigal: wasteful; extravagant; lavish
Profound: deep, not superficial
Prohibitive: so high as to prevent the purchase or use of, forbidding
Proliferate: to increase rapidly
Propensity: inclination, tendency
Propitiate; to win over, appease
Propriety: correct conduct, fitness
Proscribe; to condemn, forbid, outlaw
Provident: providing for future need, frugal
Puissant: powerful
Punctilious: careful in observing rules fo behavior
Pungent : penetrating, caustic, to the point
pusillanimous: cowerdly
Purport : to profess, suppose, claim
Quagmire: marsh, mire: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot , difficult situation..Take into
consideration the First three words QUAgmire. The words resemble earth QUAKE. So earth quake is an awkward
predicament, where soil sinks under your feet.
Quail : to cower, lose heart...flinch: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the
slaughtering of the calf"....it sounds like jail..so when u think of jail u shrink back in fear
Quaint : odd, old fashioned..picturesque..

Qualified: limited, restricted
Qualm : sudden feeling of faintness or nausea..scrruples... 2. misgivings..his qualms of conscience has becone so
gr8 that he abandoned his plans....opposite of Calm...Qualms=consciousness alarms you(about a possible fear or
misgivings).
scruples: hesitation, uneasiness.. Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to
read his dairy...
Query : question
Quibble : 1. to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details...2. equivocate play with words....KYUN BILL ITNA
ZYADA HAI?, you OBJECT to reading of meter & COMPLAIN to the authorities..
Squabble: minor quarrel, bickerng....while playing scrabble, children fight with each other on minor
issues...Squabble=Quarrel+scribble
Quiescent: inactive, still..causing no symptoms..quies(QUITE)+scent(in hindi shant means quite)..so someone who
is quite or shant for a period of time.
Quorum : number of memeber necessary / min to conduct a meeting...We require a quorum of ten in order to
proceed....quorus is a group of people singing a line. The minimum number of people required for singing is one -
quorum (singular)
anecdote : is a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident.
Raconteur: witty, skillful storyteller...a person skilled in telling anecdotes.."reckon" means think. raconteur is one
who thinks (writer/storyteller)
Rail : to scold with bitter or abusive language...crticize..rail sounds like rail or train so when you missed your
rail, your father scolded you for not reaching on time.
Raiment : fine or decorative clothing..Raymond the complete man...
Ramification: implication, consequence...the act of branching out or dividing into branches,,Bhagwan Ram and his
brothers were subdivided, i.e., two were sent to the jungle and while the other two stayed in the kingdom. So,
ramification means subdivision.
Rarefied: refined..of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style...rare(,,very less)+fied(..like field
which means environment), hence environment where GAS is VERY LESS DENSE..
Rationale: fundamental reason
Rebus : puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words...re+bus, if we decode this word, it has 'bus'
instead of the picture of the 'bus'. However the meaning of 'rebus' is other way round, where pictures are used for
words.
Recalcitrant: resisting authority or control
Recant : retract a statement of opinion..disavow..abjure..
Recluse : person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude... sounds like seclude...re+close . Closed=hermit
Recondite: abstruse, profound, diff to understnd..recon-dite:recon sounds like reckon which means guess...if a
question is DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND u will GUESS the answer
Redoubtable: formidable, arousing fear..redoubtable can be re+doubt(able)..so if you have REpeated DOUBTs in
any subject just before the exam, it might CAUSE FEAR
Refractory: stubborn, resisting ordinary methods of treatment
Refulgent: brightly shining, resplendent, beaming, radiating..refulgent sounds like detergent.. use detergent to
make things shine
Refute : to contradict, disprove...refute rhymes with refuse, when you DISAPPROVE OF something, or if
something is false or incorrect..you refute it or disapprove
Regale : to entertain...Regal is a famous movie theatre in Delhi,so REGAL+E(entertaintment)
relegate: to consign or assign to an inferior or lower position..eg. If you fail to submit the report today, you will be
relegated"...divide it like rail+gate. Earlier station Master is now appointed as a watcher of rail gate. so, in worse
position.
Demonstrate : to show...
remonstrate: to object, argue or protest..censure severely or angrily...
renege : to go back on one's word, deny.. apni baat se mukarna...renege sounds like re-regage:when u want to
re-engage it means that u ve denied ur previous engagement
reparation: amends, compensation, given somethng to fix..compare it with making repairs
repine : fret, complain..express discontent... Imagine on Christmas, your friend brings pine tree instead of
Christmas tree, so you will repine..
Reprisal: retaliation...revenge...
reprise : repetition, especially of a piece of music..recurrent action.....REPEAT PERFORMANCE because it has got
PRAISE...is RE-PRISE
reprobate: morally unprincipled person...ep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other
peoples food and eats it up has no moral values....
reproach: to find fault with, blame...divide it as re(again..)+proach(..approach).. you ask someone to APPROACH
AGAIN & AGAIN if you are not SATISFIED or you DISAPPROVE OF HIS WORK..
Reprehensible: It sounds like opposite of apprehensible and apprehensible sounds like derived from appreciate..so
reprehensible is something which is not appreciated.
repudiate: to reject as having no authority..disown..disavow...repud(refused)+iate(to eat) = refused to take

anymore or acknowledge
rescind : to cancel...annul (to make void like annul marraige..)....rescind reminds us of "resign", where resign is
to cancel your appointment and rescind is to cancel an agreement.
resolution: determination, resolve
resolve : determination, trait of being resolute...firmness of purpose.. 2. find the solution...
reticent: nor speaking freely, reserved, reluctant
reverent, reverence: expressing deep respect, worshipful...reverent-divide as river end i.e we bath in the rivr end
as a part of worship
riposte : retaliatory action or retort...answer back verbally..counterattack...re pose..
rococo : excessively ornate... ro(w)+coco- you arrange and decorate coconuts in a row.
rubric : protocol, a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type...

rue : Regret..rueful...sorrowful, dejected......RUE sounds like ro(weep)...so mourn
ruse : trick, crafty stratagem... ruse: re+ use, in a shop the shopkeeper reused the old goods, which is
deceptive....subterfuge: 'sub taraf fuse', if you see electrial fuses everywhere its certainly a misrepresentation, and
not the true nature of connections---subterfuge. r u fuse?ruse.. both are deceptions.Sounds odd though.
Sage: Wise
salacious (very impt) : lascivious, lustful..moral loosness...salacious involves SALA who is salacious for his SALI.
Salubrious: Healthful
salutary expecting an improvement or promote physical well being, favorable to health...relate to SALUTE..so you
salute a person who even after many failures never gives up and always has THAT TENDENCY TO IMPROVE
savage: attack brutally and fiercely, barbaric..beast...
salvage : save from ruin, destruction, or harm...SAlVAGE -- SAVAGE -- savage is to destroy and salvage is
completely opposite to that.....
sanction to approve, ratify, permit
sardonic disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornfully mocking....people always mock at them making jokes. so
remember as sardonic
MOck: treat with contempt..eg The new constitution mocks all democratic principles....2. imitate with mockery and
derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"
sartorial pertaining to tailors...sounds like sari tore and you need a tailor to fix it, thus sartorial pertains to
tailoring.... shirt+(making)+(tuto)rial so, pertaining to tailors or tailoring
satiate : to satisfy..remember with s-ate, so when we have completed our food,we are satisfied to full..(pet bhar
kar khaana...
saturate imbue througout, soak thoroughly...
saturnine: Gloomy..Saturn = rahu, rahu = makes wrong things happen in one's life (astronomically) so meaning =
gloomy, unhappy, morose.Just remember saturns rings-->glommy,dull,faroff planet .
satyr: a creature that is half-man, half beast, with the horns and legs of a goat... 2.man with strong sexual
desires..SAT+Yr. = Any 1 who SAT AT HOME FOR A YR. becomes a half goat n half man.... (u sit for 2yrs, u becum
full goat/beast :P)
martyr : one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
savor : to enjoy, have a distinctive flavor or smell...SAVOR and FLAVOR are rhyming words. You savor (feel the
taste) the flavor (taste) of the food you eat.
Schematic: relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram...SCHEMATIC or SIMPLISTIC - simplified or in the

form of a diagram.
secrete :produce and release substance into organism... SECRETE and EXCRETE which are rhyming words, mean,
to produce and discharge a substance... 2 place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his
children"
sedition: behaviour prompting rebellion...resistence to authority...SEDITION or OPPOSITION which are rhyming

words refer to words or actions inciting rebellion.
Sedulous: diligent, assiduous... marked by care and persistent effort.....to seduce a woman, man needs to be
diligent and persistent
seismic : relating to earthquakes
sensual :relating to the senses, gratifying the physical (sexual) senses
sensuous: relating to the senses
sentient aware, concious, able to preceive..Sen(ses) + ENT) -Able to see or feel things through senses. Sentient =
Sen(ses) + ENT (ear,nose,taste)
servile :submissive, obedient
sextant : navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude... For proper sex, you have to be in proper
longitude and latitude to each other..(Sorry for scurrilous mnemonic)
shard :a piece of broken glass or pottery... s + hard..it is very HARD to join the broken FRAGMENTS OF
POTTERY.
sidereal relating to the stars....we dont know which side of a star is real... it's a sidereal question
simian : apelike, relating to apes...simian like simi(lar)/SAME + an ( only one) and nearly similar to mankind is
the monkey or ape and that is why simian.
simile : a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with
`like' or `as'....simile = similar
sinecure well-paying job that requieres little or no work..7 crores ... baithe baithe hi 7 crores mil jate ...
singular unique, extraordinary, odd
sinuous: winding, curved or curving in and out, intricate, complex...eg sinuous mountain path....Two things: 1.
"sin()" uous - like a sine wave, twisting and winding 2. "sin"uous - a person who commits sins (by being
dishonest).
skeptic : one who doubts
sobriety Seriousness..sobr..sounds like SOBER..AND a sober person is always serious about his life, therefore
seriousness is the state of being sober.
sodden : thoroughly soaked, drench, saturated...wet..You got SOaked by a suDDEN shower. SO+DDEN.
Solicitous: concerned, attentive, eager..full of anxiety and concern,,,solicitous parents...solicitous abt

future...Solicit means to request earnestly for something, but if you have to wait for it to happen then you are
liable to become solicitous.
Soliloquy: literary or dramatic speech by one character, not adressed to others...

soliloquy?.soli(soul)??.loquy(root..loque..means..talk or speech)?now we must have seen in a play or movie?.a
person talking to his soul??(talking to himself that is audible to everyone of us)
solvent : able to meet financial obligations...2. to solve...3.a statement that solves a problem or explains how to
solve the problem...3 solvent, 1 sounds like solve (able to solve debts, pay bills). 2 sounds like dissolve (able to
dissolve other substances). 3 sounds like solve(an answer solving or telling how to solve).
somatic : relating to or affecting the body, corporeal... affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the
mind or spirit...etymologically "SOMA" means body...and thus the word SOMATIC
soporific sleep producing...100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific.
sordid :vile, filthy, contemptible and corrupt.. split it like SOR+DID..sor..sounds like sour..WE all have heard of
AVARICIOUS and dishonest FOX....who once SAID A VERY FAMOUS LINE THAT WE ALL REMEMBER.....these grapes
are SOUR..when we generally know that fox are quite greedy, mean , filthy
specious :seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so.. deceptively pleasing...Like the movie "Species"
about an alien woman who looks human but has other plans...
spectrum: band of color, broad range of related ideas or objects..
spendthrift person who spends money recklessly... Spendthrift is actually a misnomer...split it as

SPEND+THRIFT. Thrifty means, careful use of resources, so a spendthrift should actually mean someone who
carefully spends money, but it means SOMEONE WHO WASTES MONEY.
sporadic Irregular...
squalor : filthy, wretched condition, sordid dirtiness...squalor~parlour; Girls wil never go to a parlour than is
squalor (that is in neglected state, leftover hairs,used wax,spilled sticky facial mask spread in the floor -> looks like
filth !)
staccato marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply...staccto can be split as stac(k)
+cat+to....when the cats in the stack(shelf) were asked to make sound wat u heard was A DISCONNECTED SOUND
stanch :to stop or check the flow of liquid / blood...stanch~kaanch (peice of glass) ; kaanch chubta hai to khoon
behta hai jise hum rokten hain (or we stanch it !)
stentorian: extremely loud..sTEN + TORIAN {TONIAN} take it as tone ! so having ten tones which is like very loud
stigma : mark or brand of disgrace or inferiority..mark , stain... Stigma (STICK + MAA) Imagine someone hitting
his MAA with a STICK. How disgraceful it will be !!!
stint: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities...'stin't is moderately 'stin'gy...eg: "sting with the allowance"
stipulate to specify as an essential condition in contract or agreement....give gaurantee or promise...
stolid: having or showing little emotion...In STOLID take out the 'T' It becomes 'T' SOLID. So someone very SOLID
against 'T'(ears) or emo'T'ions.
Stratified: arranged in layers..strata : layers...
stricture : something that restrains or narrow passageway, negative criticism...STRICTURE rhymes with strict
sir...so a sir who is always strict CRITICEZES SEVERELY. And also constricts (limits)
strident : loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy..s+TRIDENT= the OBEROI 'n TRIDENT hotel waz occupied by
terrorists...'n dey wer loud n harsh der on ppl...hostages
strut: to swagger, display to impress others...ymes with SLUT - imagine the way she walks...pompous, with head
erect and chest thrown out.
stultify deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless ...look stupid... Stultify sounds like
STUNT+IFY. When one guy who tries to be a stunt man and fails then he looks stupid.Stultify=stunt+failed.
stupefy :to dull the senses of, make stun, atonish, numb, amaze, astonish....
stygian :dark and gloomy, hellish
subpoena: notice ordering someone to appear in court
subside : to settle down, grow quiet
substantiate: to support with proof or evidence
substantive essential..
subsume : to include, incorporate, encompass..subsume~assume; I was so confident of my debating skills

that i assumed that my name will be subsumed(included) in the finalist lists !
subversive: intended to undermine or underthrow, especially an established government.. invert (to place upside
down), convert (to modify into another shape),. subvert is to "destroy something".
succor :relief, help in time of distress or wat or diff situation..This word sounds like Shakkar/(Sugar) in Hindi.. we
usually go to our Neighbors when our sugar gets over... So in a way we seek their assistance in the time of
difficulty.
suffrage : the right to vote...
sundry various..assorted: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;...SUNDARI (beautiful

girl) ke peeche SEVERAL boys pade hai :P
supersede to replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
supplant to replace, substitute..uproot, take place....SUPer PLANT---Due to advances in agriculture, govt. is

replacing all plants with SUPer PLANTs.
suppliant beseeching: begging, entreating: ask for or request earnestly; ..God, please SUPPLY me what I
wANT.. a humble request!
supplicant one praying humbly for something...akin to suppliant. i.e., one who is suppliant (asks something
humbly)....SUPPLy me I CANT get it on my own.
supine lying in the back, marked by lethargy...remove 'u' => spine... lying on BACK facing upward.. as
good as no resistance
supposition the act of assuming to be true or real..assumption, hypothesis...
syllogism a form of deductive reasoning with a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion i.e
conclusion derived from 2 premises...Change the "s" to "c" and you'll find the word "logic."
sylvan related to the woods or forest..rustic...a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods....sylvan...an
aid to Veerapan who lived in the woods.
tacit : silently understood, implied
taciturn :reticent, habitually reserved and uncommunicative..meaning of tacit = silent. so meaning of tacit + urn =
taciturn = silent person , untalkative
talisman : amulet, a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection
against evil or disease
tangential : peripheral, irrelevant, digressing
taut: tight.. under tight tension...no slack ...slacken to reduce...
tautology : unnecessary repetition..(logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is
not brave' is a tautology"
taxonomy: science of classification (of plants or animals)
tenet : belief, doctrine.. TENET rhymes with TENANT...so the tenants were given a set of DOCTRINE by the
owner before they could occupy the house
tenuous : weak, insubstantial, slight significance..thin n slight.. this word sound very close to TENNIS....and most
of the female TENNIS PLAYERS ARE VERY SLIM AND THIN...
terrestrial : earthly, commonplace
theocracy : government by priests representing a god..theo(means god)+cracy..(goverment...)..goverment by

god.....or religious people...
theology : the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth....eg
theological system...
thespian: an actor or actress..a theatrical performer...do you remember thespis.....the first person in universe who
appeared as an actor on the stage in a play....so thespian..means .pertaning to drama or play.
timbre : voice tone color.. the distinctive property of a complex sound... Timbre reminds us of timber or wood.
Also most of our traditional musical instruments are made of wood.In cricket when a batsman gets bowled , it hits
the timber and produces a distinguised quality sound called "timbre".
tirade : long, violent speech/denuncaition, verbal assault.. In Trading job, if something goes wrong, they will
scold you
toady : flatterer, yes-man..
tome: book, usually large and academic.. Tome= To cut (A cut part of a large book here) Dichotomy: Cut into
mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities. Appendectomy: : surgical removal of the vermiform
appendix Epitome:To cut into a summary , a perfect model.
torpor : torpid: lethargy, dormancy, sluggishness, listless...sounds like tapori, who is very lazy
torque : a turning or twisting force..recoil : backward force..TORQUE and ROCK (as of in dance) are rhyming
words. They both refer to a production of an oscillatory movement.
tortuous: having many twists and turns, highly complex, tangle... a tortoise does not move in straight line... it
keeps twisting and turning
tout : to promote or praise energetically..someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a
profit...tout: shout to promote (to publicly praise or promote)
tractable: obedient, yielding..
transcribe : copy or rewrite in diff scrpt..convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA,
especially messenger RNA..Derived from the word TRANSCRIPT which means copy made from original.
transgression : act of trespassing or violating a law or rule, wrongdoing, going beyond limit...(transcribe + gre)
transcribe means copy, so copyin in gre is a violation of law
transient : temporary, fleeting
translucent : partially transparent
travail : work, especially arduous work..travail ~ travel - If want to get a chance to travel overseas, you have to
travail in your company.
travesty : parody, exaggerated imitation, caricature, mockery, .. travesty = trans + vest... change in clothes..
imitation but a poor one
treatise : article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly... A TREATISE or a THESIS is a written book or
document on a subject.... focus on TREATI..almost same as TREATY...now remember treaty between two nations,
so it must be a formal written document
tremulous :trembling, frugal, timid.. TREMULOUS and NERVOUS are rhyming words with a similar meaning. Both
words mean, quivering or shivering with fear.
trepidation : fear and anxiety
truculence: aggressiveness, ferocity..truc(sound like truck) + cull(means to kill animals) + ance(hence).. the truck
driver culled some of the animals without permission, hence the villagers are angry with him and are agressively
barring him from entering the village...TRUCULENCE and DEFIANCE are rhyming words with a similar meaning.
Both the words mean - to be defiant (someone who does not listen to others and does what pleases him) and
aggressive.
rendezvous: with simi gerewal( a meeting planned at a certain time and place)
tryst : agreement between lovest to meet, a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers),
tyrant: a cruel and oppressive dictator, autocrat
tumid : swollen, distended, man with large talk, pompus... tumid has the first three letters common with
TUMOUR, which is a swollen mass or ball of cells. So tumid is swollen, or distended.
turgid : swollen, man with large talk, pompous..People always tell tragedies by overblowing them...
turbid : muddy, opaque (cloud cnt see frwrd), in a state of great confusion, cloudy, mirky murky (dark gloomy
cloudy)
tutelary :custodial: providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding...Tute Le Rahi" mam jab
tutorials leti hain to v r in her custody... but she is very sweet like an angel.
uncanny : myterious, strange, supernatural influences... un + cann(CAN'T).....something which you CAN'T

understand and explain, is always mysterious to you.
undulating: Moving up and down like waves; Forming a series of regular curves
feign: not genuine, make believe with the intend to deceive.
unfeigned: not false, genuine ... un(not)-feigned(fined): you are left unfined if you are HONEST, and this is a
GENUINE fact.
untenable: indefensible, incapable of beign defenses or justified, unsupportable..a child un(der) ten not able
defense himself they need parents maintenance (under+ten+not able)
untoward: adverse, not favorable, troublesome, unfortunate.. conditions which are not towards me are =
untoward..Eg: untoward circumstances prevent me from being with you on this festive occasion.
usury: a practice of lending money at exorbitant/illegal rates..usury - think U r SURety (collateral), will you pay the
exorbitant rate of interest... for your friend (who wanted you to be his collateral)
vacillate: to waver, oscillate... sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another
position
vacuous : empty, void, lacking intelligence.. vacuous can be seen as vacuum which means, a region empty of
matter.
valedictory: pertaining to a farewell...
vapid: tasteless, dull, lacking taste or flavor or tang, insipid..... vapid sounds similar to rapid... If you cook in a
rapid manner, you may spoil the taste of the food, or say, when you eat rapidly..you may not get the taste of the
food.
variegated: having a variety of colors
vaunt: to boast, bragged, highly publicized...This much vaunted project proved a disappointment when it
collapsed...same mabt vaunted movie...
venal: mercenary(materialistc, money), corruptible, capable of being bribed... Eg; venal policeman.. venal: ve =
we(wealth) is like Nal(hindi : means the tool inserted in horse nose to control him) for him i.e u can control him by
money : corruptable
vendetta: prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility.... vendetta = when + death + accurs (occurs). so ask urself a
question that WHEN __________ OCCURS DEATH OCCURS. u ll answer when a fight or conflict occurs death
occurs. VEN conflict occurs DEath (A)occurs.
venerate: to adore, honor, respect.. ven(..when)U RATE someone higher.. you TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT .
veracious: truthful, accurate...
verbose: wordy..
vertigo: dizziness..
vexation: irritation, annoyance...
viable: practicable, capable of developing, capable of life or normal growth and development... SURVIVABLE ! got
it? Eg: the infant, though prematurely born, is viable and has a good chance to survive..
vindictive: vengeful, unforgiving, ill will agnst others, hurt.. vindictive=win+addictive obsessed about winning ...so
always having ill will against others
virtuoso: someone with master skills, expert musician,, A VITUOSO (skilled artist) is a MAESTRO (master of any
art)... One who has many "virtues" is called a virtuoso
visage: face, appearance, aspect, countenance,.. VISion of AGE. How can you visualise someone's age? By his/her
face.
viscous: thick, syrupy
vitiate: spoil the effect of, make inoperative..corrupt morally.. Vitiate is similar to contaminate and they both mean
- to spoil, to pollute. eg: the fraud vitiated the contract.
vituperative: using or containing harsh, abusive censure
vivisection: dissection(cuting), surgery, or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of
scientific research.. vivus= to live (see vivid ) + section from secere=to cut off anythings on the model of
dissection
vogue: prevailing fashion or practice
volatile: tending to vary frequently, fickle
vortex: whirpool, maelstorm, center of turbulence..Vertex is the higher point .Vortex is lower point caused by the
whirlpool.
warranted: justified, authorize,.. Before the judge issues injunction, you must convince her this actions is
warranted..
wary: careful, cautious..Wary and worry sound the same... you become wary (cautious) if you have too many
worries in life.
waning: to decrease..
welter: toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way, confused, bewilder, turmoil(confusion,strife)...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
whimsical: fanciful, unpredictabl
Whine: tears, cry, whining..
wistful: sadly, deeply and seriously thoughtful, pensive.. Wistful : like full of waste; Becoming sad; while
rememberin
Zenith: highest point..star
zealot: one who is fanatically devoted to a cause

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Abate: to decrease; reduce

Abdicate: to give up a position, right, or power

Aberrant: deviating from what is normal

Abeyance: temporary suppression or suspension

Abjure: to formally give up held belief; renounce(give up abandon) upon oath.

Abscond : to depart secretly

Abstemious: moderate / restricted in food and drnk...marked by astinence and restraint

Abstinence: the giving up of certain pleasures

Abysmal: very bad

Accretion: growth in size or increase in amount

Accrue: to accumulate; grow by additions

Adjunct: something added, attached, or joined

Adulterate: to corrupt or make impure

Affected: pretended; artificial; phony

Affinity: fondness; liking; similarity

Aggrandize: to make larger or greater

Aggregate: amounting to a whole; total

Alacrity: cheerful willingness; eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.

Allay : to lessen; ease; soothe

Alleviate: to relieve; improve partially

Alloy: a combination; a mixture of two or more metals

Allure: the power to entice by charm

Amalgamate: to combine into a unified whole

Ambiguous: unclear or doubtful in meaning

Ambivalence: the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes

Ambrosia: something delicious; the food of the gods

Amenable: agreeable; cooperative; suited Amen in arab = I agree...

Amenity : something that increases comfort : civic amenities..

Anachronism: something out of the proper time

Analogous: comparable, similar, analogy, akin..

Anarchy: absence of government; state of disorder

Analgesic: medication that reduces or eliminates pain

Antecede: Precede. This invention anteceded this one.

Antipathy: dislike; hostility

Apex: the highest point

Appease : to calm, pacify, placate

Appellation: name, title or designation to distinguish with others

Approbation: praise, approval

Archeology: the study of material evidence of past human life

Arduous : extremely difficult; laborious

Arrest: to stop; to seize; halt ; take into custody -->collar

Artifact: item made by human craft

Artless: guileless; natural

Ascetic: one who practices self-denial

Aspersion: slander; false rumor; to defame

Assuage: to make less severe

Astringent: harsh; severe

Audacious: bold; daring

Autonomous: self-governing; independent

Aver: to affirm; declare to be true

Avocation: secondary occupation

Axiomatic: taken for granted; self-evident truth

Bacchanalian: pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry

baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments, menacing

banter: playful conversation. light teasing..joking

beneficent: kindly; doing good

bolster: to give a boost to; prop up; support

bombastic: pompous; using inflated language

boorish: rude; insensitive

buttress: to reinforce; support.. give ur butt some support n rest by sitting..

cacophonous: unpleasant or harsh-sounding