VOCABULARY BUILDING FOR APTITUDE

Its only words and words are all I have to take your heart away..

But keep your mind on the way to success.

TWO WAYS TO ACQUIRE WORDS

First is through root words

Second is through picture visualizations of words

LET US START WITH VISUALIZATIONS

Acrimony (Ak-rih-monee) noun words or behaviour filled with harshness or anger;

 Adamant

(ADDum-ent)adj refusing to change, stubborn, unyielding.

Adroit

Adroit (uh-DROYT)adj skillful in physical activity, or in handling difficult situations, dextrous; picture of Sachin Tendulkar playing cricket with great ease.

Baleful (BAIL-full) adj harmful, menacing; picture heavy, Mapping : Smoking & Drinks harmful, injurious to health

Banal (ba-NAHL) adj boring, trite, insipid; picture a clubs member who wants to keep a man named AL from joining the club because he is boring.

Cacophony (kuh-KAH-fuhnee) noun harshness of sound, opposite of harmony; Mapping : striking loudspeaker

Cajole (cuh-JOLE) verb to fool with flattery or false promises, coax, deceive Mapping : Politician delivering a speech

Capacious (cuh-PAY-shuss) adj large, roomy, spacious Mapping : Water Tank

Daunted (DAWN-ted) adj dismayed, discouraged; Mapping : Boss scolding subordinate

Decadence (DEK-uh-dents) noun moral decay or decline; falling away, deterioration, declension. Mapping : An old castle deteriorating

Eccentric (ek-SEN-trik) adj different from most, odd, unusual. Mapping : Hrithik Roshans right hand fingers

Eclectic (ee-KLEK-tik) adj carefully selective, choosing from many different sources; Mapping : a variety of mobile service providers

Fallacious (fuh-LAY-shuss) adj false, misleading; not correct Mapping : Mr B. Ramalinga Raju

Fastidious (fass-TID-ee-uss) adj difficult to please, extreme perfectionism; Mapping : the well known perfectionist.

Garbled (GAR-bulled) adj to change so that the original meaning gets distorted, scrambled, confusing; Mapping : Rakhi ka Insaaf

Garish (GAIR-ish) adj flashy, gaudy; unpleasantly bright. Mapping : a bright flashy car

Imbue (im-BYOO) verb to fill with something strong, absorb deeply; to fill something or someone with a particular feeling, quality or idea Mapping : A.R.Rehman & Lata Mangeshkar

Imminent (IMM-uh-nint) adj about to occur, happening soon; Mapping : a tsunami about to happen due to global warming.

Jargon (JARR-gun) noun specialized language used by a particular group; Mapping : a gun which goes off with a jarring sound.

Jaunty (JAWN-tee) adj lively, perky, sprightly; showing that you are happy and confident Mapping : John Abraham; happy & confident

Kindle (KIN-dle) verb ignite, arouse, excite; picture a person trying to light a fire in a camp.

Laconic (luh-KONN-ik) adj quiet, of few words, terse; using very few words to express yourself picture a solitary man nothing to say, busy in his own world.

Lament (luh- MENT) verb to express sorrow for a loss, complain; Mapping : expression of loss.

Magnanamous (mag-NAN-ih-muss) adj big-hearted, generous, forgiving, noble; great of mind, elevated in soul or in sentiment Mapping : Shoorveer Karan

Malediction (mal-uh-DIK-shun) noun evil speech, curse; imprecation Mapping : Witch cursing someone

Negligent (NEG-lih-jint) adj carelessness resulting in harm, neglectful; Mapping : Drunk and driving.

Neophyte (NEE-oh-fite) noun beginner, novice, starter; Mapping : baby taking first steps.

Obdurate (OB-der-it) adj stubborn, unyielding, adamant, obstinate, headstrong; picture a man knocking on a door & going on banging on it without realizing that no one is in.

Obliterate (uh-BLIT-er-ate) verb remove or destroy completely, erase, annihilate; Mapping : 9/11 Twin Towers.