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Groups ANGRY AVOID / DODGE AWKWARD / UNSKILLED BE SLOW / WASTE TIME BEGINNING
BURN/HOT (effect)/(opp)COLD DISPLAYING FLEXIBLE/SKILFUL HAVING TWISTS AND TURNS
HORRIFYING / SHOCKING / (opp) ATTRACTIVE INCLINATION PREDICTION SEPARATED / (opp)
CONNECTED SIGN (Warning) TAKE APART TALK FOOLISHLY TEACHER/GUIDE / X STUDENT
UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Incense make someone angry (syn)
Form: v Tone: negative If your new college roommate burns incense in your tiny dorm
room, you might get incense d and storm out. Glower angry and sullen look on face
(effect) Form: v Tone: negative If you see someone glower at you, you might
consider glower ing back, but no one likes an angry staring contest. To glower is
not only to stare, it's to stare angrily, as if you're going to throttle someone.
Fume very angry (degree) (syn) Form: v Tone: negative Enrage Words Relation to
Group to make someone angry (syn) Form: v Tone: negative Meaning Mnemonic/Example
put into a rage; make violently Mnemonic: Enrage angry is another word for RAGE
(anger). Example: She was Enraged at his stupidity. Root: the prefix Enmeans IN To
fume is to feel or express great anger. You would fume if your teacher accused you
of cheating when you didn't. Mnemonic: In cartoons, when a character is fuming , it
is often drawn with Fumes coming out of its ears. Example: She sat in the car,
silently fuming at the traffic jam. Mnemonic: Glower sounds like Lower. when
someone LOWERS you in front of others, you tend to stare ANGRILY at them. Example:
Bright confident morning has been replaced by a Glowering twilight Mnemonic:
Incense sounds like insensible. Insensible people infuriate(Incense) me. Example:
Incensed, Mr. John demanded on national television that Ms. Rihana be given a 30-
year prison sentence. Root: the prefix Inmeans NOT Mnemonic: The word can be
related to Fury or anger. Example: Her silence Infuriate d him even more. Mnemonic:
IRATE rhymes with "eye red". When does your eye become red? When you are ANGRY.
to make someone angry (syn) Form: v Infuriate Tone: negative
Different things infuriate different people: whatever makes you angry, mad, or
ticked off infuriates you.
very angry Form: adj Tone: negative
On the anger scale, first comes annoyed, then cross, then furious, then irate. When
cartoon characters are irate smoke comes out of their ears.
IRATE
Example: When cartoon characters are IRATE smoke comes out of their ears. Use this
word only when someone is so mad that they scare you. anger Form: n Tone: negative
Ire is another word for "anger." Mnemonic: IRE sounds like FIRE. Anger emits fIRE
like burning emotions visible in action and speech. Example: If you routinely steal
your neighbor's newspaper, don't be surprised to be on the receiving end of his
IRE. Mnemonic: Livid sounds like LIVE+VIDEO: The officer was ENRAGED WITH ANGER
when he was caught taking bribe on LIVE VIDEO Example: Dad will be Livid when he
finds out. Mnemonic: Rabid can be remembered in this manner: rabbit is extremely
zealous/enthusiastic about carrots, and gets angry if you try to snatch it from
him. Example: She is as Rabid ly anti-smoking as only a recently cured addict can
be. Mnemonic: Seethe (SITA)..when Ravan took Sita to Lanka, Lord Ram BOILED with
anger and was DISTURBED. Example: He marched off, seething with frustration.
Mnemonic: smol + der -'smol'........small 'der'.... fear (in hindi)... that is,
while handling small things the fear is they might break down. Example: He was
Smoldering with rage when he learned that his orders were not followed.
IRE
furiously angry (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative Livid
If you're livid , you're furious, in a black cloud of anger.
Extreme anger (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative Rabid
Chances are that if the tailwagging dog that just appeared on your doorstep is also
foaming at the mouth and chewing on your welcome mat, it's rabid and you should
back away slowly; no petting for this infectious pup.
Seethe
extreme but unexpected anger (syn) Form: v Tone: negative
If a liquid seethe s, it is boiling, but if it's a person who's seething , watch

out! He or she is really angry!
suppressed anger or hatred(lesser degree) (syn) Form: v Tone: negative Smolder
When a fire is barely burning, it's smoldering . Fires can smolder for days without
anyone's knowing, then burst into a conflagration that gets the fire department
sirens wailing all over town.
great anger leading to revenge (effect) Form: n Tone: negative
wrath is great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone: Noah saw
the flood as a sign of the wrath of God.
Wrath
Mnemonic: Remember rath(s) means chariots in mahabharata. When kings were angry and
furious, they used to come on their rath(s) to fight. Example: Sandy s )
hurricane) Wrath will peak Monday night, but chances are the effects will be felt
long after.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Elude escape in a cunning manner.
(manner) Form: v Tone: neg Elude means evade, or be hard to grasp. "Tom eluded his
captors by hiding under a table. Asha tried to understand chemistry, but the
subject continued to elude her." When you evade something, you escape it. You could
evade a police chase by slipping into a secret alley, or you could evade your
mother's questions about the missing cookies by slipping into another topic.
Headlong describes something done headfirst, rashly, or really quickly. If you're
the star batter on your baseball team, it's expected that you'll make a Deflect to
deviate (cause) Form: v Tone: neut The verb deflect describes blocking something or
changing its course. Hockey goalies deflect the flying puck with their sticks or
blockers, making it travel in a different direction, preferably to a teammate's
stick. Circumvent Avert Words Relation to Group prevent something from happening
(manner) Form: v Tone: pos avoid to overcome problem (cause) Form: v Tone: pos
Meaning To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert
a disaster - either way, you are avoiding something. To circumvent is to avoid.
Someone who trains elephants but somehow gets out of picking up after them has
found a way to circumvent the cleaning of the circus tent. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: sounds like DIVERT, and that is the meaning. Example: He did his best to
Avert suspicion. Mnemonic: circle + prevent - to form a CIRCLE or a boundary around
the target so as to OUTSMART your opponent, like Abhimanyu did Example: They found
a way of Circumventing the law. Root: The prefix CIRCUM- means AROUND Mnemonic:
Deflect sounds like Defect. And anything Defective is avoided and not used.
Example: All attempts to Deflect attention from his private life have failed. Root:
The refix DEmeans AWAY. Example: The two men managed to Elude the police for six
weeks.
Evade
escape or avoid using tricks (syn) Form: v Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Evade rhymes with AVOID Example: For two weeks they Evaded the press.
done in a hurry (opposite) Form: adj,adv Headlong
Mnemonic: Sounds like headstrong.i.e. adamant or unthinkably daring (person who is

very strongheaded)
headlong dive for the base.
Example: The government is taking care not to rush Headlong into another
controversy. Mnemonic: sounds like "Harry" Potter who wards off all the
difficulties of people Example: He parried a blow to his head. Mnemonic: Remember
Shrek? He used to avoid work or responsibilities as he was fat and was not able to
do so. Example: Discipline in the company was strict and no one Shirked. Mnemonic:
what happens when current is Shunted, it diverts (electronics term) Example: John
was Shunted sideways to a job in sales. Example: She Skirted the problem.
Parry
avoid a question or When you parry, you avoid blow. doing things. As the needy
Form: v friend approaches, say, "I Tone: pos wish I had time to catch up!" and
hurry off. Or, hide under a table. neglect or avoid (syn) Form: v Tone: neg To
shirk your responsibilities is to avoid dealing with them - like when you watch
four consecutive hours of infomercials instead of facing your homework.
Shirk
divert (syn) Form: v Tone: neg Shunt
move to a less important place or position.
Skirt
avoiding an issue (type of) Form: v Tone: neg changing directions suddenly (cause)
Form: v Tone: neut
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or

issues) The noun swerve means a sudden turn off your path. As a verb, it means to
move off your original route, possibly to avoid a collision. You can swerve either
toward something or away from it.
Swerve
Mnemonic: Swerve rhymes with SERVE, in tennis the best SERVE, SwerveS, i.e.
abruptly turns and puzzles the opponent. Example: The bus suddenly Swerved into his
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Inept having no skills.(syn) Form:
adj Tone: neg A clumsy, incompetent person - or an ineffective action - is inept.
When you're inept, you don't know what you're doing or just can't get it done.
Gauche Fumble nervous or clumsy way of handling things (syn) Form: v,n Tone: neg
unsophisticated (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg If you're a football fan you know all
about the agony of the fumble - the clumsy handling of the ball that makes you drop
it or lose possession. Use the word gauche when you want to call something tacky,
graceless, tactless, rude, boorish, or awkward and foolish. Have you just pointed
out someone's misuse of this word? Oh dear, how gauche! Mnemonic: Fumble is like
tumble. Example: He Fumbled with the buttons on his shirt. Mnemonic: Gauche sounds
the Hindi word Ghochu used for a clumsy and awkward person. Example: She was too
Gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate. Mnemonic: IN (not)
+ EPT (like apt ; which means suitable) -not suitable Example: She was left feeling
Inept and inadequate. Root: The Prefix IN means NOT Mnemonic: Mal means BAD and
Adroit means SKILLFUL. So a person is not skillful at doing anything is rather a
Maladroit. Example: Both parties are unhappy about the Maladroit handling of the
whole affair. Root: The prefix MAL means BAD Mnemonic: un(means NOT) + GAINly...a
model who LACKS GRACE IN HER Feckless Words Relation to Group ineffective, weak
(syn) Form: v Tone: neg Meaning If a newspaper editorial describes a politician as
feckless, you might wonder, "What is feck, and why doesn't he have any?" In fact,
the columnist is accusing the politician of being irresponsible and incompetent.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: The "feck" in Feckless began as a short form of effect.
So Feckless essentially means ineffective. Can be remembered as Effectless Example:
She had lost the Fecklessness of youth and settled down.
not efficient (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
Maladroit
If you are clumsy, you are maladroit. But the word can mean all kinds of clumsy.
Trip over your words? You are verbally maladroit. Stumble in social situations?
You're socially maladroit.
awkward (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
Ungainly is the opposite of graceful, convenient or easy. A clumsy dancer boogies

in an ungainly or awkward
fashion. Ungainly
MOVEMENT OR IF SHE WALKS IN AN AWKWARD manner on the ramp, will NOT GAIN
popularity. Example: He was a tall, Ungainly boy of 18.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Dilly Dally wasting time having
failed to decide (effect) Form: v Tone: neg postpone doing what one should be doing
Dilatory Dawdle slow, wastes time (syn) Form: v Tone: neg There are lots of words
that mean to move slowly. The point of dawdle is that one is moving too slowly, is
falling behind, or is not properly focused on making progress. Something dilatory
creates a delay. If you are a high school student, once in a while you might have
used dilatory tactics if you forgot to do your homework. Dally Words Relation to
Group move slowly (action) Form: v Tone: neg Meaning Dally means to waste
time. When you dally, you will cause a delay because of your dawdling.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Dally sounds like delay. lazy people delay work.
Example: Despite our best intentions of not Dallying, it's hard to pass up the
chance to check out a sunrise like this at the end of our morning ride. Mnemonic:
Dawdle is somewhat similar to idle. Example: Stop dawdling! We're going to be late!
Mnemonic: Extract 'late' from the word Dilatory and you get.... delay which is
generally due to waste of time. Example: The government has been Dilatory in
dealing with the problem of unemployment. Mnemonic: Dilly and Dally sounds like
DELAY. Example: Don't dillydally on the way home from school. Mnemonic: concentrate
on lag, one who always lag behind the others means slow and sluggish. Example:
Laggards are the ones still using fax machines instead of email. Mnemonic: Linger--
Ginger... the taste of ginger is still present in my tongue although its slowly
leaving Example: Furthermore there are Lingering questions as to why the U.S. has
focused on chemical weapons in particular.
causing delay intentionally (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
slow progress and lagging behing (effect) Form: n Laggard Tone: neg
Hey pokey! Yeah you, Mr. Slow Pants. Quit your dawdling! This is no time to be a
laggard, or someone who's always lagging behind.
Linger
stay in a place for a longer span because you don t want to leave Form: v Tone:
neg
When someone lingers, he or she takes an unexpectedly long time to depart, as Romeo
lingers when bidding Juliet farewell (or as annoying houseguests almost always tend
to do).
to fake illness in order to avoid duty or work (cause) Form: v Malinger Tone: neg
When you malinger, you pretend to be sick. If you ever claimed to have a stomach
ache in order to stay home from school, you know what it means to malinger.
Mnemonic: MAL(bad)+LINGER(stay in a place longer than necessary)...when you linger

on the ramp badly you Malinger Example: She lingered for a few minutes to talk to
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD)
Words
Relation to Group the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant Form:

n Tone: neg
Meaning When something is at its onset, it's at the beginning, just getting
started, and it's often something that's not so pleasant. The onset of hurricane
season is probably not the best time to visit the beach. the time at which
something is supposed to begin
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: On + Set in action Example: Diagnostic errors are even

more common in early ONSET Alzheimer's, where patients often wait several years for
a correct diagnosis. Mnemonic: Set out to do your work right NOW Example: I made it
clear right from the OUTSET that I disapproved. Mnemonic: gress- to go; digress-to
stray; egress- to go out; ingress- to go in and regress is to return to a former
state Example: doorways intended for egress only
ONSET
at/from the beginning of something OUTSET Form: n Tone: neutral
the act of leaving a If you want to leave a place, place you need a means of
egress, or Form: noun a way to exit, such as a door Tone: neg/ neut or window. It
was a beautiful X old house, but without enough EGRESS ways of egress, they needed
outdoor fire-stairs for reaching the upper floors.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Frigid very cold (syn) Form: adj
Tone: neg Like the North Pole on the coldest day of winter, frigid is an adjective
that means extremely chilly. It applies to both temperatures and personalities.
Things that are glacial are super cold. A place can be glacial - like the South
Pole - but a person can be glacial, too, like that unfriendly girl who gave you a
glacial stare. You could scald yourself if your bathwater is too hot. To scald
something is to burn it with hot liquid. However, if a recipe tells you to
scald the milk, it means to heat it to the Conflagration Fire that destroys (syn)
Form: n Tone: neg very hot or highly changed emotion (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg If
youre having a torrid romance, that means it's steamy and emotionally charged.
If youre listening to a torrid band, then you re listening to a band that has
a lot of energy. A conflgaration isn't just a few flames; it's an especially large
and destructive fire that causes devastation. # Tepid#(warm) Words Relation to
Group Warm or unenthusiastic (Degree) Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning slightly warm
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: te(tea) and pid(dip):you can dip your hand into tea only
when it is lukewarm Example: The mushrooms develop more flavor if you use the
slower method of soaking them in tepid water for six hours or overnight. Mnemonic:
torturously arid or hot & arid=torrid Example: Yet watching him, even on such a
torrid shooting night, always leaves a lukewarm feeling. Mnemonic: Flagration
sounds like flare which means fire, so big fire. Example: The conflgaration
destroyed property worth millions. Root: The prefix Conmeans together Mnemonic:
Frigidconcentrate on fridge which is cold Example: There was a Frigid atmosphere in
the room.
torrid
Glacial
icy cold and Unemotional (syn and effect) Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Ice+Glass-Glass+ice Example: the Glacial wind whipped her skin blue.
injure with hot liquid (effect) Form: v Tone: negative Scald
Mnemonic: Scald sounds like bald - he became bald because his scalp got burnt in
hot water. Example: Be careful not to Scald yourself with the steam.
moment just before it boils. burn Form: v.adj Tone: negative Scathe injure or harm,
especially by fire. Mnemonic: When you Skate you damage ( Scathe ) the ICE beneath
Example: Her sensitive skin got Scathed because of excessive heat. Mnemonic: Think
of Scorch as Torch.Torch is used by people who work in mines.And these people have
to face extreme heat and because they are in mine(e.g.coal mine)their face turns
black. Example: I Scorch ed my dress when I was ironing it. Mnemonic: Sear rhymes
with TEAR. When you BURN your hand you are in tears. Example: The heat of the sun
Sear ed their faces. Mnemonic: Singeremove 'n' from the word, we will be left with
sige- like cige, a cigarette BURNS Example: He Singe d his hair as he tried to
light his cigarette. Mnemonic: If you put on a SWEATER in the heat, then you will
get WET with SWEAT and will suffer from oppresive heat. Example: Passengers
Sweltered in temperatures of over 90F.
Burn (syn) Form: v Tone: neg
Scorch
To scorch is to burn something fiercely, to the point where its surface - your
face, prairie grass, a steak on the grill - chars or otherwise changes color.
Sear
intense heat (nature or kind of heat) Form: v Tone: neg
To sear something is to quickly cook or burn its surface by applying intense heat.
When making beef stew, the color and flavor are usually better if you sear the meat
first. burn superficially or lightly
Singe
burn lightly (syn) Form: v Tone: negative or neutral
Swelter
hot and To swelter is to be hot uncomfortable (syn - very, very hot, like on and
effect) a humid, ninety-degree Form: v day. To swelter is to Tone: neg feel like
you're in an oven.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Pedantic very concerned with
academic learning (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos There's nothing wrong with focusing on
the details, but someone who is pedantic makes a big display of knowing obscure
facts and details. Erudite showing great knowledge(syn) Form: adj Tone: pos If you
call someone erudite , that means they show great learning. After you've earned
your second Ph.D., you will be truly erudite . one who gives or renders moral
lessons and instructions(syn) Form: adj Didactic Tone: pos Words Relation to Group
Meaning If you are a cerebral person, no one would ever call you a drama queen. You
make decisions using your intelligence and cold, hard facts, instead of your
emotions. When people are didactic , they're teaching or instructing. This word is
often used negatively for when someone is acting too much like a teacher.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: sounds like cereBRAINal Example: The content of
philosophical works is Cerebral in nature and requires much thought. Mnemonic:
Sounds like didi (sister) who always acts in a way like she is teaching
something...''didi-act'ic Example: The poet's works became increasingly Didactic
after his religious conversion Mnemonic: e+RUD(RUDE)+IT+enow just concentrate on
RUDE IT....NOW THINK OF rude IT PROFESSIONAL WHO IS BASICALLY CONSIDERED AS A
LEARNED man..or scholarly Example: She could turn any conversation into an Erudite
discussion. Mnemonic: Can you smell the word 'PANDIT'( "Scholar" in English) from "
Pedantic "? PANDIT's are usually very strict about the bookish stuff. Example: A
Pedantic insistence on the correct way of doing things Mnemonic: A pandit is a
scholar. Example: Political Pundits in the United States predicted a historic win
for Barack Obama in the 2008 US Elections. intellectual or brainy (syn) Form: adj
Cerebral Tone: pos
an expert (syn) Form: n Tone: pos Pundit
Beware of the pundit , a supposed expert who imparts deep knowledge to us more
ignorant folks. pundit s are often blowhards, mere hacks, and you might well want
to take what they say with a pinch of salt.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Aptitude Natural ability Form: adj
Tone: pos Agile moves quickly and easily (syn for flexible) Form: adj Tone: pos
Adroit Skilled at using hands and mind (syn for skillful) Form: adj Tone: pos
Someone who is adroit is clever and skillful. An adroit leader will be able to
persuade people to go with his ideas. An adroit sculptor can turn a lump of clay
into an object of great beauty. On water skis she was agile and made sharp turns
and long arcs cutting through the water, but she was a lot less agile on the
snowboard, landing on her face and hands as she clunked down the slopes. An
aptitude is something you're good at. A rock star might have an aptitude for
energizing an audience, or for trashing his hotel room. Adept Words Relation to
Group very skilled and professional (Syn for skillful) Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning
Are you looking for another word to describe a person who is highly skilled, very
proficient or expert at something? Try the adjective adept ! Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Adept is close to adapt so an Adept batsman like sachin adapt himself
quickly on any kind of pitch. Example: He became Adept at getting even the shyest
students to talk. Mnemonic: Adroit sounds like Androids, a mix of human and
machine, hence they are more dexterous than humans. Example: I want to become an
Adroit guitarist Mnemonic: When we are in good age we'll be quick Example: He had
the agility of a man half his age.
Mnemonic: remember this word from various " Aptitude tests" which check talent or
IQ etc Example: She showed a natural Aptitude for the work. Mnemonic:
con+summit(the highest point of something), and now imagine a person who has
reached the highest point of perfection,is truly a complete man. Example: She was a
Consummate performer. Root: The prefix CON either means with or together.
to finish something in the perfect or best manner (syn) Form: v,adj Tone: pos
Consummate
If a restaurant is a consummate example of fine dining, you might say there's

nothing more to say about fine dining that what this restaurant represents.
consummate means complete or finished.
Deft
skillful and Clever (syn for skillful) Form: adj Tone: pos
deft means "showing cleverness and skill in handling things." What you want to see
in football or basketball is some deft handling of the ball.
Mnemonic: Ravi shastri say for Sachin's backside's delicate touch as ' Deft touch
by Sachin' Example: He finished off the painting with a few Deft strokes of the
brush. Mnemonic: dexter, a cartoon character is someone ,who is very skillfull and
uses his hands and minds in a very skillfull manner. Example: Paul Frazier was
quietly Dexterous on bass guitar. Mnemonic: Limberit sounds like C Limber.. a C
Limber is FLEXIBLE Example: The violist Limbered her wrists before the concert
Mnemonic: Lithe Sounds like "light" and something which is light in weight can
easily be moved and bended. Example: the Lithe body of a dancer. Mnemonic:
Nimble ..sounds like nimbu(lemon)..when a lemon falls on the floor it rolls
quickly..sure this helps you in understanding the meaning quickly...ie in being
Nimble Example: You need Nimble fingers for that job. Mnemonic: A Proficient
person is EFFICIENT at the job he/she does Example: With practice, you should
become Proficient within six months. Mnemonic: Prowess sounds like POWERS Example:
He was complimented on his Prowess as an oarsman. Mnemonic: Playing cards can be
SHUFFLED because they are Supple
Skilled at using hands (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos Dexterous
If you're dexterous, you're good with your hands. To be dexterous is an essential

trait for knitters and sleight-ofhand magicians.
Limber
Flexible (a body part) (Syn) Form: adj Tone: pos
Can you dance the hula? Get into crazy yoga positions, or touch your toes? Then
you're limber , meaning your body is pretty flexible and able to bend well. Have
you ever seen people who can bend so easily, they can touch their heels to the back
of their heads? That person is, in a word, lithe .
Lithe
Supple and graceful (Syn for flexible) Form: adj Tone: pos
quick and light in action (Syn for flexible) Form: adj Tone: pos Nimble
If you're nimble, you can move quickly and with ease. That spryness can be both
physical and mental, so even if your granny isn't very nimble on her feet, she can
probably still whip you in chess.
Proficient
able to do something well because of training and practice Form: adj Tone: pos
When someone has become good at something, they are Proficient . After all those
hours playing video games, you must be very Proficient at them. prowess means
exceptional skill or ability. Your sailing prowess might save your life in a storm,
while someone with less experience might make mistakes. Something or someone that
is supple bends and moves easily, like a contortionist at a circus
Prowess
skilled and expert (syn) Form: n Tone: pos
Supple
bending, moving easily (syn for flexible) Form: adj

Tone: pos
sideshow. If you can wrap Example: These your legs around your exercises will help
to neck, you most likely keep you Supple. have a supple body.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Intertwine connect and link (Syn)
Form: v Tone: Neg Twisted extremely difficult to follow (syn) Form: adj Convoluted
Tone: Neg Circuitous longer path, roundabout ( kind, nature) Form: adj Tone: Neg
Circuitous means indirect or roundabout. If you're in a hurry to get to the
hospital where your wife is having a baby, you want to take the straightest,
fastest way, not a circuitous one! If something is convoluted, it's intricate and
hard to understand. You'll need to read over your brother's convoluted investment
scheme a few times before deciding whether or not to go in on it. Things that
intertwine are twisted or mixed together. You have to intertwine yarn to make a
scarf. Byzantine Words Relation to Group highly complicated (syn) Form: adj Tone:
Neg Meaning highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Recall the chemistry where we studied Benzene which is complex in
structure. Example: This is an organization of Byzantine complexity Mnemonic:
circ(circle)tous(tour) circle+tour=round about path. which isn't straight Example:
He took us on a Circuitous route to the hotel.
Mnemonic: Breaking into a VAULT is COMPLICATED (Convoluted) Example: She could not
follow his Convoluted discourse.
Mnemonic: Intertwine sounds like In-Turbine. So remember it as: In Turbine, turbine

SPINs while exerting pressure of water flow or WIND,and converts mechanical energy
into electrical(electricity). Example: Their political careers had become closely
Intertwined. Root: the Prefix Inter means -in between.
Meander
proceed aimlessly (effect) Form: v Tone: Neg
follow a winding course. Mnemonic: Pronounce it like 'wander'; they are synonymous.
Example: The stream Meanders slowly down to the river. Sinuous means winding or
curvy. If you get lost on a sinuous mountain path, you'll need a compass or a GPS
to figure out which direction leads back to camp. Mnemonic: Sinuous...one who
commits sins is NOT MORALLY HONEST but is twisted by nature. Example: One
gloriously Sinuous run eight minutes from the interval
having curves and turns (Syn) Form: adj Tone: Neg Sinuous
made three opponents look as though they were trying to tackle smoke. twists and
turns (Syn) Form: adj Tone: Neg Tortuous means twisting or complicated. "James Bond
drove his custom BMW 120 mph on the road that was tortuous in its twists and turns.
Mnemonic: A tortoise does not move in straight line. It keeps twisting and turning
making the path complicated. Example: A Tortuous road up the mountain
Tortuous
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Egregious Comely Appalling shocked
(syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Aesthetic Words Relation to Group pleasing appearance,
artistic beauty (opposite) Form: n,adj Tone: pos Meaning The adjective aesthetic
(also spelled esthetic) comes in handy when subject is beauty or the arts. A velvet
painting of dogs playing poker might have minimal aesthetic appeal. Something that
is appalling is awful or horrible, causing dismay or disgust. It's definitely not
appealing. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: aes + thetic opposite of "pathetic"..means
beauty Example: The beautiful sculpture was a mirror image of the carver's aethetic
values. Mnemonic: Appalling is something that is not at all Appealing. Example: The
brutality of the crime appalled the public. Mnemonic: Comelyresembles homely,
homely girls are always liked by everyone,as they are attractive and also have a
pleasing appearance. Example: The General's lady is a hearty, Comely, discreet,
affable woman, some few years older than himself Mnemonic: Egregious is similer to
aggressive.Aggressive people are very bad in manner. Example: There are several
prime ministers in the past who have committed far more Egregious offenses.
Mnemonic: Ghastly sounds like Ghostly, which is equally horrifying. Example: She
woke up in the middle of a Ghastly nightmare. Mnemonic: because of too much of
GREASE on the road my car met with a
attractive (opp) Form: adj Tone: pos
Comely means attractive or appropriate. A comely girl is pretty. A comely hairstyle

makes you seem prettier maybe than you are. If your manners are comely, it means
you know the right way to act to put people at their ease.
offensive (syn, manner) Form: adj Tone: neg
Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way - it means "really
bad or offensive," like a tattoo on a man misspelling his girlfriend's name.
Ghastly
causing horror( syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant
- so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke. Grisly means disgusting
and bloody, absolutely repulsive and horrible. Theres a wonderfully creepy movie
horror (cause ans syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Grisly
about a man who suffers a grisly death at the hands of the grizzly bears he was
studying. vulgar, unattractive (nature) Form: adj Tone: neg Get ready, because
gross has a few different meanings. When something is gross, it's disgusting. The
noun, a gross, is the complete amount (before expenses), and the verb "to gross" is
to bring in money.
hORRIFIC accident Example: The jurors saw Grisly photos of the crime scene.
Mnemonic: If you're talking about awful, sickening, vile things such as dissecting
an animal or filthy behavior, you're looking at the adjective Gross. Example: He
ate it with mustard. Oh, Gross! Mnemonic: When I GROW TUSK: how do i look:
UGLY:abnormal....it is only a fantasy Example: It's Grotesque to expect a person of
her experience to work for so little money. Mnemonic: Gruesome - Sounds like
cruelsome, which is self-explainable Example: We spent a week in a Gruesome
apartment in Miami. Mnemonic: Heinous sounds like hyena (a wild animal) these
animals are very cunning & wicked. Example: There were Heinous accusations made
against them for involving in child labour and assault. Mnemonic: write it like
hide+ous.and ous sounds simillar to "us"...and when do we hide ourselves? Its when
we see something ugly and unpleasant. Example: Their new color scheme is Hideous!
Mnemonic: Horrendous sounds like Horrible and Horrifying. Example: The police
officer said the attack was the most Horrendous he had ever seen.
Gross
Grotesque
ugly or unusually unattractive (cause) Form: adj Tone: Neg
Use grotesque to describe things that are very strange and ugly in an unnatural
way. If something "grosses you out," you can safely refer to it as grotesque.
Gruesome
extremely Gothic novels, horror unpleasant (cause) movies, and crime dramas Form:
adj don't shy away from Tone: neg showing gruesome scenes of death, pictures that
inspire fright and repulsion.
wicked (nature of crime) Form: adj Tone: neg Heinous
A heinous crime is very evil or wicked. Of course, some people only use the term as
an exaggeration, claiming that their parents' requirement that they write thank you
notes after their birthdays is a heinous form of torture.
ugly (cause) Form: adj
Hideous
Hideous is a word that means extremely ugly. Anything or anybody that is painful -
and a little scary to look at is hideous.
Horrendous
terribly unpleasant (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
Bad luck, an injury, a mistake, an unfortunate outfit, or a crime - anything can be

called horrendous if it causes such dread or fear that you can barely even think
about it.
horrifying because involved with
The adjective macabre is Mnemonic: Macabre used to describe things that Sounds like
Macabre
death (nature) Form: adj Tone: neg
involve the horror of death or violence. If a story involves lots of blood and
gore, you can call it macabre.
massacre..which means "excessive killing of many people"..and which also represents

death Example: The scene of crime was a Macabre sight to behold. Mnemonic:
Something that is like a MONSTER (huge and ugly) is Monstrous. Example: He is
considering launching new courses in New York and sees Latin America as a
potentially Monstrous market. Mnemonic: Morbid MORTAL (deadly) + BITE (like
of an insect) - a deadly bite is unhealthy and disease related. Example: He had a
Morbid fascination with blood. Root: The root word MOR/MORT refers to DEATH
Mnemonic: Concentrate on 'sight' which means to see. Unsightly means reluctance or
denial to see if it is ugly. Example: The accident site was unslightly. Mnemonic:
Rearrange Vile and you will get a synonym for it: EVIL Example: The weather was
really Vile most of the time.
shocking (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
Monstrous
Monstrous is an adjective that describes something gross or shocking. It can refer

to the size, shape, or general look of something. If your face or body is
monstrous, it's misshapen and horrifying to look at.
Morbid
interest in unpleasant and disturbing subjects (death) (syn) Form: adj Tone: Neg
Morbid is a word used to describe anyone who spends too much time thinking about
death or disease.
ugly (cause) Form: adj Tone: neg Unsightly
Unsightly is a gentler way of saying ugly. Often something that is described as

unsightly sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise attractive environment.
Vile
unpleasant (syn) and (nature) Form: adj Tone: neg
Surely only an evil person could be so vile as to have made you so angry. Vile is
something or someone so morally wrong or offensive as to be thoroughly disgusting.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Inclined syn Form: adj Tone: pos If
you're inclined to do something, you want to do it, you like doing it, and you may
even have an inherent talent for doing it. Alternatively, if the sidewalk outside
your house is inclined, that means it slopes upward. A penchant is a strong
preference or tendency. If you have a penchant for pizza, you either eat it daily,
or wish you did. Disposed Bent Affinity Words Relation to Group natural liking or
sympathy (syn) Form: n Tone: pos Meaning If you get along with someone very well,
you have an affinity with them. Sometimes opposites attract, so you might feel a
strange affinity to someone who is seemingly very different from you.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Mathematicians have an Affinity for infinity. Example:
Sam was born in the country and had a deep Affinity with nature.
natural talent (syn) If you have a knack or Form: n aptitude for doing Tone: pos
something, you can say you have a bent for it. Perhaps you have a bent for
woodworking, creating fabulous desserts, or writing poetry, you are good at it.
inclined and special naturally disposed attitude (syn) toward Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Bentsounds like "bend it like beckham" a movie where a girl is determined
to prove her natural talent of football Example: Do this exercise with your knees
Bent Mnemonic: we always have INCLINATION for having tea/coffee/juice in DISPOSable
glass when we are outside Example: I'm not Disposed to argue. Mnemonic: In (into)
cline (cling) to a habit. Example: He did not show the slightest inclination to
leave. Root: the prefix IN means into
habituated liking (syn) Form: n Tone: pos Penchant
Mnemonic: p+enchant- something that enchants you, you have a strong liking for
that. Example: He quit his job as the CEO of a leading company, to satisfy his
Penchant for teaching. Mnemonic: pre(before)+dialect(local language); you generally
become partial when you are taking an
a special liking (syn) Form: n Tone: pos
A predilection is a preference for or bias toward something. If you have a

predilection for wool
Predilection
clothing, you should take up knitting.
interview for a candidate meet who speaks your language/dialect. Example: An artist
with a Predilection for bright colors. Root: the prefix PREmens before Mnemonic:
your position (POSITION) is more towards this (DIS) Example: His health graph
indicates that many cancers may have a shared underlying genetic Predisposition
Root: same as above. Mnemonic: pro(forward) + clivity( think of cliff or high
slope, prone to slipping towards it), so a strong predispostion/inclination towards
something Example: The government's Proclivity for spending money. Mnemonic: Now
days people are inclined towards "CITY" that is why they are migrating from
villages. Example: He showed a Propensity for violence. Root: the Prefix PROmeans
for or forward.
Predisposition
a favorable inclination towards someone (syn) Form: n Tone: pos
A predisposition is a tendency to do something. If you know you have a

predisposition toward getting carsick, better to plan ahead and avoid eating before
a long drive. Things could get ugly. A proclivity is a natural tendency to like
something, such as your sister's proclivity for restaurants that serve hot, spicy
food.
Proclivity
to do something regularly or liking towards something (syn) Form: n Tone: pos
Propensity
natural tendency to behave in a particular way (syn) Form: n Tone: pos
A propensity is a natural tendency to behave in a certain way. We all have

propensities - things we tend to do. Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many
people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) predict (syn) Form: v Tone: neutral
Fortell to know or say what will happen in the future, especially by using magic
powers Foresight prediction (syn) Form: n Tone: neutral Use the noun foresight to
describe successful planning for the future, like on a cloudy morning having the
foresight to bring an umbrella in case of rain showers later in the day. Forecast
Predict an occurrence, especially weather (syn) Form: v,n Tone: Neutral Augur Words
Relation to Group predicts a bad or good outcome (syn) Form: v,n Tone: Neutral,
negative, positive Meaning To augur is to predict, but what's tricky about the word
is that it pertains to an object or an event. A black cat is an augur of bad
luck it brings bad luck. Seeing one doesn't augur well for your future. A
forecast is a prediction of what will happen. If the weather forecast calls for
sunny skies, consider leaving your umbrella at home. (But, since forecasts arent
guaranteed to be right, dont blame us if you get rained on). Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Augur-aug+ur -- AUGust indicates(SIGN/WARNS) approaching of winters
Example: Conflicts among the various groups do not Augur well for the future of the
peace talks. Root: NA Mnemonic: While often used in the context of weather,
Forecast can also be used for other types of predictions such as those related to
financial or political outcomes. Example: The Forecast said there would be sunny
intervals and showers. Root: the prefix foremeans before Mnemonic: The word
Foresight is made of two parts: fore, which means "before," and sight, which means
"to perceive." Example: She had the Foresight to prepare herself financially in
case of an accident. Root: Prefix Fore- means before Mnemonic: Fore means before
and telling about what happened before. Example: The witch foretold that she would
marry a prince. Root: the prefix foremeans before Mnemonic: As a verb, Presage
means "making a prediction or giving a warning of what's to come," like a terrible
end-of-season football game's outcome game that Presage d the struggles the team
faced the next season.
Omen, bad sign or warning (effect) Form: v,n Tone: Neutral/negative Presage
A presage is a sign that something bad is about to happen, like when you get that
queasy feeling in your stomach because your mom found out you skipped band practice
to go to the movies.
Example: Nothing had Presaged the dreadful fate about to befall him. Root: NA
having knowledge of events to take plc (syn) Form: adj Tone: neutral To be
prescient is to have foresight or foreknowledge. We can use this word to describe
people themselves, or what they say or do at a given moment. Mnemonic:
presciencemeans prediction, knowledge of events forehand Example: She showed
great prescience in selling her shares just before the market crashed. Root: the
prefix premeans before Mnemonic: Prognosis = pro+diagnosis, pro= think forward,
diagnosis = cause of disease, it means to predict the features of a disease before
the disease itself. Example: The Prognosis is for more people to work part-time in
the future. Root: NA
Prescient
forecast the outcome of some situation (syn) Form: n Tone: Negative Prognosis
Prognosis concerns people who are so sick they might die. What is their prognosis ?
It is a word doctors use to talk about the path a disease will take with a person.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Segregate Divide (syn) Form: v
Tone: neutral Polarize Divide (cause) Form: v Tone: neutral To polarize is to
divide. Something that's been polarized has been split into two sides that are so
different, it seems as though they're from opposite ends of the earth - like the
North Pole and the South Pole. To separate people by race or religion is to
segregate them. In general, the word segregate means to separate one type of thing
from another. Nexus connecting more than one thing (opp) Form: n Tone: pos If you
happen to be at the nexus of something, this noun means that you are right in the
middle. Disjointed Words Relation to Group lack of connection (kind or nature)
Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Disjointed isnt when you can bend your thumb all the
way backwards - thats double-jointed. Disjointed means "unorganized" or
"disconnected." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: DIS (not) + JOINTED (connected)...so
Disjointed is disconnected or scattered. Example: The novel suffers from a
Disjointed plot and pale, insignificant characters. Root: The Prefix DIS- refers to
NOT Mnemonic: Google - connected to android.. So their phone name Nexus Example:
The Nexus between industry and political power Mnemonic: Reminds of the two poles
"NPole", "S-Pole" which is nothing but division of two extreme poles. Example:
Public opinion has Polarized on this issue. Mnemonic: Aggregate is to combine
together, Segregate is to seperate Example: Whites and blacks were Segregated into
different parts of town. Mnemonic: WIN NOW (sounds like WINNER)will separate you
from looser Example: She stood there Winnowing chaff all day in the field
Winnow
separate the good from bad (syn) Form: v Tone: pos
To winnow is to blow something away until you are left with what you want, like
grain from chaff. If you only want your favorite people at the party, you will need
to winnow down the guest list from 300 to 30.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) threateningly inauspicious (syn)
Form: adj Tone: negative If something looks or sounds ominous , be careful, a
threat or an unpleasant event is at hand. If you see an ominous frown on your
boss's face, you're in trouble! portend means to show a sign that something
calamitous is about to happen. The tottering, pile of fine china piled up after the
dinner party portends an imminent crash of broken plates and dishes. Minatory
expressing threat (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative Warning (syn) Form: v Tone:
neutral Foreshadow To foreshadow is to predict something or to give a hint of what
is to come. If you could take a stereo apart and put it back together at age five,
it can foreshadow a successful career in electronics. minatory means threatening.
When you petition the school for higher academic standards-i.e. harder grading
from teachers you may receive some minatory looks, or even hate note, from
the kids in your school. Forebode Words Relation to Group Warning in advance (syn)
Form: v Tone: neutral Meaning make a prediction about; tell in advance
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: fore = for the future; bode = brood on something bad.
(Not so good, but what can we do) Example: She had a sense of foreboding that the
news would be bad. Root: The prefix fore means before Mnemonic: A 'shadow' of an
assasin alerts you 'before' his arrival. Example: His sudden death had been
Foreshadowed by earlier health scares. Root: prefix forerefers to before Mnemonic:
MINEatory.....mines are always threatening because lot's of people can die because
of suffocation or poisonous gases present in mines.... Example: There was a silence
which, it seemed to her, could be more Minatory even than accusation. Mnemonic:
"omen+ious", Remember the movie "omen" the horror movie Example: There were
Ominous dark clouds gathering overhead. Mnemonic: When we reached the port's end
(sea port) we saw some dead bodies, which gave a sign that something bad was going
to happen. Example: For there
Ominous
Warning (syn) Form: v Tone: negative
Portend
are many kinds of calms that do not Portend coming storms. Warning (syn) Form: n
Tone: negative Portent While you might love crows, your father will shudder when he
sees them if he superstitiously believes they're a portent - a sign or warning - of
death. Mnemonic: On Camping if it pours on your tent it is a omen trekking is going
to be bad. Example: The event proved to be a Portent of the disaster that was to
come. Mnemonic: pre(before hand) + monition (remember adMONISH, which means to
warn)...so warning which is before hand is Premonition Example: He had a
Premonition that he would never see her again. Root: the suffix -tion means state
or quality of being Mnemonic: Sinistersounds like Monster - evil monster Example:
There was something cold and Sinisterabout him.
a strong feeling that something unpleasant might happen Form: n Tone: negative
Premonition
Some people claim to have premonitions , such as a dream about a friend they
haven't seen in years the night before the friend dies. A premonition is a warning
that comes in advance.
Sinister
suggesting harm (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative
People who are left-handed might feel unlucky having to use a desk designed for
right-handers, but there probably wasn't any sinister , or evil, intent behind the
design. Or was there?
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Relation to Group
Meaning
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Dis means NOT and Assemble is to bring things together.
So Disassemble will be to set things apart. Example: We had to completely
Disassemble the engine to find the problem. Mnemonic: MANTLE is a covering and
Dismantle is to uncover or take apart. Example: I had to Dismantle the engine in
order to repair it. Root: The prefix DIS- means APART/ NOT
to take apart (syn) The verb disassemble Form: v means to take something Tone: neut
apart. It's one thing to disassemble a computer; it's a whole other thing to
Disassemble put it back together again.
break things to parts (syn) Form: v Tone: neut Dismantle
To take something apart or down is to dismantle it. If you dismantle a computer to

see what it looks like inside, you better know how to put it back together, or you
might be looking at the inside of your room for awhile.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Jabber talk foolishly (syn) Form: v
Tone: neg Gibberish meaningless speech or write up (syn) Form: n Tone: neg Drivel
senseless talk (syn) Form: n Tone: neg Drivel is useless, boring information. If
you drivel, you talk stupidly or actually drool. Your parent might think the
articles in your favorite fashion magazine are drivel. Gibberish is nonsense sounds
or writing. A baby's babble is often called gibberish. When someone is speaking a
foreign language you don't understand, what they're saying will sound to you like
gibberish. When someone starts to jabber, they start talking on and on about this
or that, or that or this, in an excited, sometimes incoherent way. Jabber is a
close cousin to blabber. If something has no intelligent meaning, you can describe
it as nonsensical. When you're really angry, you might hear yourself sputtering
nonsensical sounds and have to stop, take a breath, and start again. Drawl Babble
Words Relation to Group continuously speaking foolishly, that cannot be understood
(syn) Form: n Tone: neg Meaning Babble is to talk on and on without a particular
goal, to bubble at the mouth, but not in a pretty way. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Babble bab - ble bla bla bla ( ble) which means to chatter foolishly Example: I
can't listen to his constant Babble. Mnemonic: Those who Drawl will crawl and hence
who crawl are kids only , therefore they shall use prolonged vowels to speak.
Example: He had a smooth, Drawling voice. Mnemonic: Drivel sounds like trivial... a
Drivel person always says trivial stuff Example: How can you watch that Drivel on
TV? Mnemonic: Gibberish sounds like rubbish.......hence nonsense Example: You were
talking Gibberish in your sleep.
lazy and slow a slow speech pattern with speaker (leading to prolonged vowels
boredome) Form: n,v Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Jabber sounds like blabber... Example: What is he Jabbering about now?
senseless (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Nonsensical
Mnemonic: Nonsense talking is Nonsensical Example: If you ask a Nonsensical

question and you will get a Nonsensical answer Mnemonic: talking like a parrot is
to Prate.
lengthy and foolish To prate means to talk on talk (syn) and on about something.
Form: v,n While it may be interesting
Prate
Tone: neg
to hear about other peoples vacations, when they prate about them until the wee
hours, it becomes intolerable. If your little sister won't stop talking about her
latest crush and you don't want to hear it, you might say, "Stop prattling on about
that loser!" To prattle is go on and on about something unimportant.
Example: Stop this silly Prate immediately!
Prattle
continuously speaking foolishly (syn) Form: v,n Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Prattlethink of cattle, they walk around aimlessly, with no meaning.

-meaning less. Example: She Prattled on about her vacation all evening.
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Relation to Group an experienced adviser (Teacher) Form: n Tone: pos
Meaning A mentor is a person who trains and guides someone, like the second-grade
English teacher who saw the spark of creativity in your writing and encouraged you
to become a professional author. pedagogue is another name for "teacher," but one
who is strict, stiff or oldfashioned, as in a pedagogue who stands in the front of
the room and lectures for the entire class period, boring the students to tears.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A Mentor Mends your ways by instructing or teaching you

about various things. Example: She was a friend and Mentor to many young actors.
Mnemonic: ped is normally used for a child.. and -agogue means a leader.. hence
pedegogue.. Example: He was a Pedagogue who really believed that he could make a
difference in young lives Root: the suffix agouge or agog means a leader Mnemonic:
prot(protection)+ ege(ageis means sheild)....providing sheild for protection
Example: She is a protg of the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin
Mentor
a strict teacher (syn) Form: n Tone: pos
Pedagogue
Prote'ge'
student. Guided by an older and influential person Form: n Tone: pos
A protg is a person who receives special protection and promotion from someone
more established in a field. If your boss introduces you as his newest protg,
you're off to a good start in your career.
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Relation to Group changes in somebody/something that are difficult to predict or

control Form: noun Tone: neut/ neg
Meaning A vagary is an unexpected and unpredictable change, and the word is usually
used in the plural. You might know from experience that the vagaries of winter
weather make planning a vacation in February a risky proposition.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: vagary..break it as vage+ary ,the vage is vague and

ary=action meaning something that is vague and not predictable . Example: The
VAGARIES of the real estate market will determine whether that swamp property you
just bought is a gold mine or a disaster. Mnemonic: some times to face VICISSITUDES
OF LIFE one should possess a WISE(good)ATTITUDE Example: the VICISSITUDEs of family
life
VAGARIES
one of the many changes and problems in a situation or in your VICISSITUDE life,
that you have to deal with Form: noun Tone: neg
When you talk of the vicissitudes of life, you're referring to the difficult times
that we all go through: sickness, job loss, and other unwelcome episodes. No one
can escape the vicissitudes of life.
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UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL VERY TALENTED (CHILD) Delusion Delirium a very disturbed
mind caused because of intoxication etc (syn) Form: n Tone: neg Chimera a thing
which you wish to hve but cant (result) Form: n Tone: neg Apparition Words Relation
to Group ghostly (syn) Form: n Tone: neg Meaning If you see something you think
might be a ghost, you can call it an apparition to hedge your bets. Apparition
doesn't commit you in the same way the word ghost doesand saying that you've
seen one won't cause you to be committed. A chimera is something youve imagined
thats bits and pieces of others things mashed together into a new horrible
fantasy, something impossible in real life that only exists in your mind. Many
things can cause delirium, including illness, high stress, and your team winning
the World Series after 100 years of trying. Experiencing delirium? Then you're out
of your mind and so excited you're hallucinating. A delusion is a belief that has
no evidence in fact - a complete illusion. The cook at the hot dog stand who thinks
he is the best chef in the world? That opinion is definitely a delusion. A fantasy
is something you imagine, which might involve dragons, unicorns, or an imaginary
best friend. If you live in a fantasy world, you're not worrying much about reality
- pleasant, maybe, but not very practical. perceive what is not there; have
illusions Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Apparition sounds like 'a partition'. When a
soul 'parts' from a body, you become a "ghost" Example: Apparitions of a woman in
white robes have been reported.
Mnemonic: Chimera sounds like camera which captures images. Example: You do indeed
smile, Madam, at my being obliged seriously to combat such Chimeras.
Mnemonic: Delirium is when your mind is not in a state of equilibrium (a state of

balance). Example: He mumbled in Delirium all night.
a belief that something is there even if its not in reality (syn) Form: n Tone: neg
Mnemonic: sounds like illusion which is nothing but false belief Example: Love can
be nothing but a Delusion.
Fantasy
imagining things which are impossible (syn) Form: n Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Fantasy sounds like FANCY both of which is a residue of imagination.

Example: His childhood fantasies about becoming a famous football player
to visualise something that s not present
Mnemonic: split the word like hallu(holo)+cinate.consider

Hallucinate
(syn) Form: v Tone: neg
the first word hallu(sounds like holo)..something which is holo you can imagine to
fill that place...so something not actually present Example: The objects of
dreamers and Hallucinated persons are wholly without general validity An illusion
is something that isn't real. It may look real, but it's actually fake - just a
crafty construction or fantasy. Like the old rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick practiced
by magicians around the globe. Next time youre traveling in the desert, make
sure you carry plenty of water. That enticing pool of water you see far away in the
distance may be a mirage, or an optical illusion. Look over there, across the room.
Is that a phantom, some weary soul come back from the dead to haunt you? Maybe
its a shadow, or maybe it s a ghost. Either way, turn on a light and itll
disappear. Hopefully. A specter means a ghostly apparition, a ghost itself, or
simply an idea that people find frightening. You can give yourself nightmares if
you listen to too many stories about ghostly specters appearing in dark windows. If
you have a vision of your grandfather just before he passes away, you have seen a
wraith or a ghostly image. Wraith can also mean something thin, wispy, or ghost-
like. Mnemonic: Sounds like Ill + Vision. (Bad Vision) Example: She's under the
Illusion that she'll get the job.
a wrong belief (syn) Form: n Tone: neg Illusion
Mirage
something that seems real but is not so (syn) Form: n Tone: neg
Mnemonic: MIRA..mirror ,and when we see ouselves in MIRROR we get to see our image
in MIRROR ,which is nothing but UNREAL REFLECTION. Example: His idea of love was a
Mirage. Mnemonic: Phantom is a ghost and all of us know that ghosts just exist in
the imagination and not in real Example: Phantoms and chimeras inhabited her brain.
a ghost (syn) Form: n Tone: neg Phantom
ghostly (syn) Form: n Tone: neg Specter
Example: Was he a spectre returning to haunt her? Root: The Prefix SPECTmeans to
SEE
Wraith
ghostly image (syn) Form: n Tone: neg
Mnemonic: those who have faith , dont believe in Wraith Example: The Wraith's stony
eyes stared on, but there was silence.
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Relation to Group child having developed incilnation (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos
Meaning The sixth grader who's already asking questions about organic chemistry?
She is precocious - meaning they're way beyond their years in skill or knowledge.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: it can be pre+conscious(conscious). i.e. thing or

person who/which is very conscious in advance. Example: From an early age, she
displayed a Precocious talent for music. Root: The Prefix PRErefers to BEFORE.
Mnemonic: Person with exceptional talents is proud ji(Prodigy) Example: She is a
chess Prodigy
Precocious
child with exceptional qualities (syn) Form: n Tone: pos Prodigy
A prodigy is someone who is so naturally talented at something that they become a

master of that particular skill as a child-you can be a musical prodigy or a
math prodigy.Mozart was one, writing symphonies and playing for kings when he was
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Groups BELONGING TO SAME AGE/ERA BITTER FEELINGS / ILLWILL BRING BACK CAUTIOUS /
CAREFUL COMPLAIN (low degree) CRITICIZE / EXPRESS STRONG DANGER ESCAPE (RUN AWAY)
EXPLAIN TOO MUCH HATE MOCK / DISRESPECT OLD FASHIONED PRAISE REBELLIOUS /
UNCONVENTIONAL REDUCE TIME RELATED TO DEFEAT/ X CANNOT BE DEFEATED/ # SURRENDER
TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Coterminous having the same space, time and meaning
like that of other Form: adj Tone: neut Use the word coterminous to describe things
that are equal in scope. If an earthquake in Australia was coterminous with the
earthquake in China, that means it caused the same amount of destruction.
Contemporary Something that occurs in the present. Form: adj Tone: neut Coeval
Words Relation to Group belonging to the same age and date(syn) Form: adj Tone:
neut Meaning When two things live or happen during the same period of time, they
are coeval. If you annotate an old poem, the annotations and the text of the poem
are not coeval. Things that are contemporary are either happening at the same time
or happening now. Contemporary art is recent art. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
sounds similar to co-evolve meaning EVOLVED OR BORN AT THE SAME TIME Example: The
industry is Coeval with the construction of the first railways. Mnemonic: 'con'
means with or together and temporary' is something which exists only in the present
and may not be there in future. So Contemporary is 'with or belonging to the
present' Example: We have no Contemporary account of the battle Mnemonic: co+ term+
inous. Term usually means time period or "meaning". Coterm - inous is something
having same term( meaning or time or extent ) Example: He seems to regard the
interests of the state as Coterminous with the interests of the party in
government. Root: Co means together, or at the same time
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Having a bad, evil or immoral nature (kind of) Form:
adj Tone: neg Vicious is an adjective that means intentionally harmful or nasty. If
you spread vicious rumors about a person, you're telling people things that will
hurt her feelings or ruin her reputation. Cut it out! A virulent disease is one
that's infectious, spreading and making lots of people sick, while a virulent rant
is just a verbal attack, causing sickness of the emotional kind. Rancor bitter and
long lasting anger (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg The word rancor is best when you're
not just talking about anger, you're talking about deep, twisted bitter type of
anger in your heart. The open rancor in political discussion prevents cooperation
between political parties. Malice A desire to harm others (syn) Form: noun Tone:
neg Malice is the intention to cause harm. If someone feels malice toward you, look
out! They've got bad intentions. Words Relation to Group wishing bad or evil for
others(syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Malevolence Meaning Malevolence is a nasty, wicked,
evil quality. When you're full of malevolence, you wish harm on others.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Malevolence (Mal is bad) is opposite of BENEVOLENCE (Ben
means good)which means kind and charitable. Example: His dark malevolent eyes.
Root: The prefix Mal means Bad Mnemonic: mal+ice sounds like MALpractICE
Example: the ghosts are described as if they bear actual Malice towards humans.
Root: same as above Mnemonic: Rancor : RANKER! Most of the students always hate the
top RANKER of the class, as they always defeat them in the exams! Example: In the
end, the debate created a degree of Rancor among the committee members. Mnemonic:
In hindi vish means poison,here Vicious means evil Example: She has a Vicious
temper.
Vicious
Virulent
Extremely harsh and infectious( nature) Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: It is a virus, which causes disease and harm. So, something Virulent is
viral and poisonous. Example: the newspaper carried out a Virulent attack on the
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Words
Relation to Group
Meaning capable of being regained especially with effort.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: RE means to Repeat. Example: The dog retrieved the ball
from the water. Mnemonic: Salvageable - SAVEABLE Example: This is an exhibition of
the salvage from the wreck
capable of being brought back. (syn) Retrievable Form: verb Tone: neut something
that can be rescued, especially in Salvageable parts (syn) Form: noun Tone: neut
capable of being saved from ruin
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UNCONVENTIONAL a person who a reckless impetuous enjoys doing irresponsible person
dangerous things, REDUCE in a way that other Daredevil X TIME RELATED people may
think is stupid TO DEFEAT/ X CANNOT BE Form: noun DEFEATED/ # SURRENDER Tone:
Neutral TROUBLED a lack of good Folly is a noun that means WARNING / SCOLDING
FollyX judgement; the fact of doing something stupid Form: noun Tone: neg
Circumspect careful and doesn t want to take risk Form: adj Tone: Neutral Chary
Words Relation to Group very careful about doing or saying anything (syn) Form: adj
Tone: pos Meaning Being chary (pronounced CHAIR-ee) is being wary or cautious.
Chary is the word "char" with an added "y" and to char is to burn, so if you're
careful and don t want to get burned by a person or situation, you're chary. If
you are circumspect, you think carefully before doing or saying anything. A good
quality in someone entrusted with responsibility, though sometimes boring in a
friend. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Chary sounds similar to WARY, meaning CAUTIOUS.
Example: The advices that the Chary minister gave the king, helped him win over the
enemies. Mnemonic: Circum means around and Spect means to SEE. Circumspect will be
to look around, before arriving at a decision or being careful. Example: He was
very Circumspect in his financial affairs. Root: The refix CIRCUM means AROUND and
SPECT is to see. Mnemonic: delhi daredevils... think how they appear to bat..
RECKLESS Example: Don't try any daredevil stunts.
"foolish or crazy behavior," like the folly of an unprepared student, showing up to

take the final exam without a pencil, paper or eyeglasses.
Mnemonic: Fools commit folly or mistakes. Example: Giving up a secure job seems to
be the height of folly.
FoolhardyX
taking unnecessary risks Form: adj Tone: neg
If you decide you are going to scale Mt. Everest next weekend without any training
or experience, that would be a foolhardy decision.
Mnemonic: A fool and hardy sailor would take the risk of sailing in a bad weather.
Example: It would be foolhardy to sail in weather like this. Mnemonic: be VERY
CAREFUL while cutting GINGER(LY), since they are small and hard. Example: He opened
Gingerly
showing great care If something needs to be or carefulness done with great care and
(syn) caution, you should do it Form: adverb gingerly. Like gingerly Tone: Neutral
holding a newborn baby or gingerly creeping down the
creaky stairs when you're trying to sneak out. aware of and taking heed; giving
close attentive to others. and thoughtful attention (syn) Form: adj Tone: Neutral
careful and suspicious because of real life experience (syn) Form: adj Tone:
Neutral You can use the adjective leery to describe someone who's suspicious of a
person or situation. After his brother came out with bald spots and uneven patches
of buzz-cut hair, he was leery of having the same barber get near his own head.
Describe an action as prudent if it is the wise thing to do under the existing
circumstances. If you're getting in trouble, it is probably prudent to keep your
mouth closed and just listen.
the box Gingerly and looked inside. Example: Heedful of snakes, we watched out
footing while walking through the tall grass to the lake's edge. Mnemonic:
Leerycompare with jerry. Tom is always cautious and suspicious that jerry is around
Example: The government is Leery of changing the current law. Mnemonic: we all know
ICICI Prudential insurance.. so we can think of thoughtful decision taken, by
having a insurance policy Example: It might be more Prudent to get a second opinion
before going ahead. Mnemonic: Rash, think about the computer game road rash- where
a series of unpleasant and unexpected things happens in the road. Example: Rising
prices are the result of the recent rash of strikes in the steel industry.
Mnemonic: Restless, careless and heedless people take RECKLESS decision. Example:
He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety. Mnemonic: Wary and worry sound
the same... you become Wary (cautious) if you have too many worries in life.
Example: The police will need to keep a Wary eye on this area of the town
Heedful
Leery
Prudent
acting with care keeping in mind the future (syn) Form: adj Tone: Neutral
RashX
a lot of something; a series of unpleasant things that happen over a short period
of time Form: adj Tone: neg
A rash is something that spreads like wild fire - a series of unfortunate events.
It can also describe an impulsive, wild decision.
Reckless X
showing a lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions Form:
adj Tone: neg feeling cautious about a possible problem or danger (syn) Form: adj
Tone: pos
If you are reckless, you don't think or care about the consequences of your words
or actions, like a reckless driver who speeds while texting, knitting and eating a
sandwich. Describe yourself as wary if you don't quite trust someone or something
and want to proceed with caution. Be wary of risky things like wild mushrooms and
Internet deals!
Wary
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UNCONVENTIONAL REDUCE TIME RELATED Grouse Grumbling and complaining on small issues
(syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Carping complain and find fault continually specially
about small matters (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Captious Words Relation to Group
someone who always finds faults related to petty or small matters (syn) Form: adj
Tone: neg Meaning If someone tends to be hypercritical and find fault with
everything, you can describe that person as captious. Try not to be described as a
captious person yourself, however. No one likes a carping individual! Carping is
petty and unjustified criticism that just wont stop. People who find fault with
you at every turn, who appreciate nothing and complain, complain, complain, are
carping. Enough already! Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: simiar to CAUTIOUS...cautious
people FIND FAULTS in things Example: Her mother was very Captious, and the babies
fell off. Mnemonic: Car+p(ark)+ing; Many people find faults in your carparking
style and complain. Example: Critics from both sides are already Carping about this
Mnemonic: Spouses Grouse a lot .... complain a lot Example: She's been grousing to
her boss about the working conditions. Mnemonic: One who keeps questioning
(querying) everything. Example: He complained in a Querulous voice about having
been woken up.
A grouse is a small game bird. But the verb to grouse is different. It means to
gripe about how unhappy you are. It's not recommended for most people, because
grousing is unattractive. Querulous means having a tendency to complain or,
more directly put, whiny. Sure, no one can be happy all the time, but
thats no excuse for being querulous.
unreasonable and unnecessary complaining. TO DEFEAT/ X CANNOT BE (nature) DEFEATED/

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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Castigate reprimand someone severly Form: verb Tone:
neg Berate strongly scold or criticize (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg A strong verb for
harshly cutting someone down with words is berate. "He didn't just correct the
cashier who gave him the wrong change, he started to berate her, calling her names
in front of the whole store." Use castigate when you mean reprimand but in an
especially harsh way. If you take a mean teacher's books, even accidently, you
might worry that she's going to castigate you as soon as she finds out. When you
dye your hair pink and orange, your mother decries your act as a horror and bursts
into tears. She criticizes your choice of colors, stating that pink and purple
would have looked better. To denounce is to tattle, rat out, or speak out against
something. When you stand on your desk and tell the class that your partner is
cheating, you denounce him or her. Belittle dismiss someone or something as
unimportant (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg To belittle means to put down, or to make
another person feel as though they aren't important. Saying mean things about
another person literally makes them feel "little." Assail Words Relation to Group
make a violent attack on someone (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning To assail is to
attack or assault - with throwing stars, fists, words or, less tangibly but just as
violently, with troubles or doubts. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Assail sounds like a
sale; a customer argued with sales person of the store using force and bad words.
Example: He was Assailed with fierce blows to the head. Mnemonic: be+little be
little in value, depreciate -In recent days the value of dollar has depreciated a
lot. Example: She felt her husband constantly Belittled her achievements. Mnemonic:
be+rate - he was RATEd BElow expectations and hence forth scolded. Example: She
Berated herself for being a bad mother.
Mnemonic: Castigate sounds like cast+i+hate - if you hate caste, you criticize it..
Example: He Castigated himself for being so stupid. Mnemonic: deep + cry... focus
on the CRY PART ...a girl CRYING to express her disapproval of getting married now.
Example: Violence on TV is generally decried as harmful to children Mnemonic:
Denounce - Similar to announce. Announce is for all kind of information but
Denounce is to criticize Example: She publicly Denounced
Decry
Publicly talk badly about someone. (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Denounce
to accuse, publicly disapprove of someone or something Form: verb Tone: neg

the government's handling of the crisis. a bitter and harsh argument Form: noun
Tone: neg Diatribe It's totally overwhelming when you ask someone a seemingly
harmful question, like "Do you like hot dogs?" and they unleash a diatribe about
the evils of eating meat. A diatribe is an angry speech that strongly criticizes a
person or thing. The noun epithet is a descriptive nickname, such as "Richard the
Lionhearted," or "Tommy the Terrible." When it takes a turn for the worse, it can
also be a word or phrase that offends. Mnemonic: dia+tribe:the lower ranked
tribe(in caste division) always face thunderous verbal attack from upper caste
people. Example: He launched a bitter Diatribe against the younger generation.
Mnemonic: Concentrate on the latter part of the word, Epithet (Threat): If someone
threatens you, he's going to use abusive words. Example: The movie is long and
dramatic but does not quite earn the Epithet epic. Mnemonic:
Excoriate(sounds like ex-koriate) koreans are chinese and they are good in
fighting and tend to rip the skin off ( a korean ate you !)so being very severe!
Example: The candidates have publicly Excoriated each other throughout the
campaign. Mnemonic: Flay sounds very similar to play. His skin Flayed when he fell
down while playing cricket. Example: He Flayed himself for his lack of tact.
Epithet
a descriptive phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characterestics

of a person Form: noun Tone: neg
criticize severely (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Excoriate
When it comes to telling someone off, excoriate is reserved for the most
severe cases. So, before you excoriate your little sister for borrowing your
favorite jacket without permission, consider whether she truly deserves such harsh
treatment.
Flay
criticize severely or Nasty word, flay. It means brutally (syn) to peel or beat the
skin of (degree) a person or animal, and Form: verb not necessarily a dead Tone:
neg one, either. Nowadays it more commonly means to criticize harshly someone or
something, usually in public, leaving them raw and wounded. express severe protest.
Form: verb Tone: neg Watch a bomb fulminate or explode and hope you're under safe
cover. Have your parents fulminate or blow up at you for coming home after 10 pm.
Invective is harsh, abusive language, like, "you dirty rotten scoundrel." I'm sure
you can think of harsher and more obscene examples, but we won't get into them
here.
Fulminate
Mnemonic: I'm FULL I just ATE and any more food goes in I will explode! Example: He
was always fulminating against interference from the government. Mnemonic: ENVY +
ACTIVE or Active jealousy can cause you to ABUSE the other person. Example: The
gesture infuriated him and he let out a
Invective
insulting with critical language (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg

stream of Invective. criticize harshly (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg Lambaste To
lambaste is to reprimand or berate someone severely. People lambaste those who have
angered or disappointed them. Mnemonic: Lambaste sounds like namaste(in hindi),
which is a respectful greeting. Lambaste is precisely opposite of that..to
CRITICIZE Example: The coach Lambasted the team for its poor play. Mnemonic: Rail
sounds like Rail or train so when you missed your Rail, your father scolded you for
not reaching on time Example: Neitzsche Railed against the ill effects of
Christianity. Mnemonic: r-"Ant". When an ant bites, you Rant. Example: Parents
should not rate their child when it failed an exam
Rail
complain or protest strongly (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
The verb rail means to criticize severely. When you rail against increased taxes at
a town meeting, you speak openly and loudly about how wrong the increase is and
point out the problems it will cause. A rant is an argument that is fueled by
passion, not shaped by facts. When the shouting starts on talk radio, or when a
blog commenter resorts to ALL CAPS - you're almost certainly encountering an
instance of ranting. to rebuke angrily or violently
Rant
to shout or speak loudly (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Rate
scold angrily (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Example: I was subjected to severe rating for having misbehaved in the class.
Mnemonic: For Revile, concentrate on evil- doing evil like slandering Example: He
was Reviled in the press for his angry outbursts. Mnemonic: Rile(rail)...when we
travel by railways imagine you are on a trip to kodaikanal in a train and you find
your co passenger who is all the time ANNOYING you Example: Nothing ever seemed to
Rile him. Mnemonic: sounds like tired.. your mom gets tired after a Tirade..i.e.
LONG ANGRY DENUNCIATORY SPEECH.. Example: She launched into a Tirade of abuse
against politicians. Mnemonic: It has the
Revile
criticize angrily and If something is reviled, in an insulting you alone dont

dislike manner (syn) it; a whole community of Form: verb like-minded souls has to
Tone: neg hate its guts. For instance, spam is widely reviled.
Rile
to irritate someone To rile is to stir up, like water that becomes Form: verb muddy
when you rile, or Tone: neg to bother or disturb, especially with little
annoyances. For example, if you bring up an unpleasant subject, this might rile
your friend's mood, or a noisy neighbor might rile your ner a long angry speech of
criticism (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg A tirade is a speech, usually consisting of a
long string of violent, emotionally charged words. Borrow and lose your
roommates clothes one too many times, and you can bet youll be treated to a
heated tirade. No, upbraid isnt what
Tirade
find fault in
Upbraid
someone and scold. Form: verb Tone: neg
girls get done at a salon before prom. When you upbraid people, you scold them,
tell them off and criticize them. (You could, however, upbraid your stylist after a
bad haircut.)
word raid in it , it implies when someone raids your house and finds black money ,
you will be scolded very badly Example: His wife Upbraided him for his
irresponsible handling of the family finances Mnemonic: In older days H2SO4 was
called oil of vitriol that is severly bitter and caustic.Vituperative appears as
'operating' vitriol on someone.Note that vtriolic and Vituperative have almost
similar meaning. Example: She was unprepared for the flood of vituperation which
descended on her from her critics.
Bitter and abusive (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
Use the adjective vituperative to describe criticism that's so sharp it hurts. A

vituperative review of a movie would make the director bitter for months.
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Relation to Group danger of loss, harm and faliure (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
Meaning To be in jeopardy is to be in danger. Eating three plates of nachos a day

may improve your chances of winning your office's nachoeating contest;
unfortunately, it could also put your health in jeopardy. A pitfall is a trap or
difficulty you didn't see. A possible pitfall for high school seniors is not
working hard after they know they've already been accepted into college.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Jeopardy sound like leopard. leopard is really a danger

for human. Example: The future of the school and 50 jobs are in Jeopardy. Mnemonic:
THERE s a pit to make you fall...trap Example: Getting professional advice will
help you avoid the most obvious Pitfalls. Mnemonic: PRE+CARE+IOUS We have to take
CARE while doing something risky so that it does not go wrong. Example: The museum
is in a financially Precarious position.
Jeopardy
Pitfall
a hidden source of trouble or danger (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
Something that is dangerously likely to fall or collapse (syn) Form: adj Precarious
Tone: neg
Grab for the adjective precarious when something is unstable, dangerous or

difficult and likely to get worse. Are you totally broke and the people you owe
money to keep calling? You're in a precarious financial situation!
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Elope (for Marriage) conscious abandonment of
allegiance or duty Defection Form: noun (Political) Tone: neg Abscond (criminal)
Words Relation to Group leave quickly and secretly to avoid a situation (nature of)
Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning Abscond is to escape into hiding, often taking
something along. As a kid, you may have absconded from your lemonade stand - with
the coffee can of cash in hand, and your bewildered sister still filling cups for
your customers. Is your team so bad you have begun supporting a rival team? Then
you're guilty of defection - the act of shifting your support to a new cause.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: abs + cond (condition) : I should have six pack abs is
an important condition before she can abscond with me. Example: Several prisoners
absconded from the jail.
Mnemonic: de + affection - no affection; if you have no affection then you will

leave it Example: Defection of both security forces and members of the media
Mnemonic: You DESERT (leave) A deasert TO GET RID OF THE EXTREMELY HOT CLIMATE
THERE. Example: The soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts
the abandonment the act of giving without consent or something up legal

justification of a person, post, or Desertion relationship and (Military) the
associated duties and obligations Form: noun Tone: neg Run away secretly in order
to get married (nature ) Form: verb Tone: neg When you elope, you run away with the
person you love. Usually, you elope to get married without anyone knowing in
advance.
Mnemonic: the word 'lope' resembles 'rope' ..in films we see the hero tries to
make the heroine escape from the house with the help of a rope attached to the
window of her bedroom and then he takes away and marries her Example: The couple
eloped in the middle of the night.
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Relation to Group To discuss the same thing repeatedly (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Meaning Belabor means to go at something with everything you've got. When you say,
"Don't belabor or agonize over the decision," it means, "Move on."
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: In spite of your good involvement in a project, if the

boss keeps saying belaborious, he is be laboring. Example: I don't want to belabour
the point, but it's vital you understand how important this is. Mnemonic:
Understate is to Underestimate (rhymes and means similar) Example: To say we were
pleased is an understatement
Belabor
an act of explaining something less Understatement than it should be. (oppo)

(opposite) Form: noun Tone: neg
You make an understatement when you say a lot less than you could, "We didn't do so
well," when your team loses 56 to 0. That's quite an understatement.
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Aversion strong dislike (syn) If you have an aversion
to Form: noun something, you have an Tone: neg intense dislike for it. Commonly its
food, but you could have an aversion to black and white movies, driving with the
windows open, taking calls from salespeople or being barefoot outdoors. Stealing
the last piece of food from a starving child goes way beyond mean. It's despicable
- a vile and harmful act. Antipathy a deep feelig of dislike(syn) Form: Noun Tone:
neg An antipathy is a deepseated dislike of something or someone. Usually it's a
condition that is long-term, innate, and pretty unlikely to change - like your
antipathy for the Red Sox. Animosity strong hate (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Abhor
Words Relation to Group show hatred and disgust (action) Form: verb Tone: neg
Meaning If you abhor something, it gives you a feeling of complete hatred. Chances
are you abhor that kid who used to torture the frogs in biology class. Animosity is
hatred. If your (supposed) best buddy embarrasses you in front of a big crowd, your
friendship could turn into animosity. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Abhor The last
part sounds like HORror people hate horror films, they detest them. Example: She
Abhors cats. Mnemonic: pronounce Animosity like 'Enemy'sity. so if someone is
having enemysity he will have ill will intentions. Example: He felt no Animosity
towards his critics. Mnemonic: consider pathy-sympathy, there are two words. 1.
Antipathy = dislike 2. apathy = disinterested Since "anti" is stronger than "a"..
disliking is 1 step above disinterested.. Example: His professional judgement was
coloured by his personal antipathies. Root: The refix anti means against. Mnemonic:
You hate a+version of vista..firm dislike Example: He has a strong Aversion for
liars and cheaters.
one who deserves to be hated, hateful (nature) Form: adj Despicable Tone: neg
Mnemonic: DE(not)+SPEAKable....a person about whom we even don't talk is too MEAN,
WORTHLESS. Example: I hate you! You're Despicable. Root: The prefix DE means NOT.
Mnemonic: Detestde(dubara)+ test-i hate doing this
intense hate for If you detest something, something (action) you dislike it
intensely. Form: verb The word can apply to
Detest
Tone: neg
things and also to people. Example: They You might detest your ex- Detested each
other on boyfriend and you might sight. also detest rainy Mondays and broccoli.
Mnemonic: Loathe can be related as Low thought...So having a low thought of someone
else implies hate or detest Example: He was Loath to admit his mistake. Mnemonic:
hate people with bad odour(Odious) and high audio(Odious) Example: It was one of
the most Odious crimes of recent history. Mnemonic: Rip the enemy to Repel.
Example: Troops Repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island.
Loath
extreme hate (syn, If you loathe someone or action) something, you hate them Form:
adj very much. You might not Tone: neg choose to eat raw carrots if you dislike
them, but if you loathe them, you might have a hard time even having them on your
plate. unpleasant and hateful (nature, syn) Form: adj Tone: neg If something is
odious it's hateful. If you become a historian of slavery, you'll learn all the
details of that odious trade.
Odious
Repel
keeping away from an unpleasant situation or person (action) Form: verb Tone: neg
Use the verb repel when you want to turn something away, like drenched yourself in
bug spray in an attempt to repel the mosquitoes that plague you when you go
camping. Repugnant refers to something you detest so thoroughly it threatens to
make you physically sick, like the idea of marrying your sister. Or wearing last
year's jeans.
Repugnant
very hateful, cant be accepted (syn,nature) Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: re-pugnant -pug which belongs to dog family and you think that you hate
dogs Example: We found his suggestion absolutely Repugnant. Root: The root PUGNA is
FIGHT. Mnemonic: one North pole has strong hatred (distaste) towards other N-pole
therefore they repel each other Example: We are all aware of the forces of
attraction and Repulsion. Mnemonic: Scurvy is a deadly disease. So people suffering
from this vitamin c deficiency are low in health. Example: That was a Scurvy trick
you played on me, you dastardly cur.
Repulsion
a disgusting feeling (syn) Form: Noun Tone: neg
Repulsion is getting grossed out. If the thought of great green globs of greasy
grimy gopher guts makes you recoil in horror, then you've experienced repulsion, or
an intense aversion to something. contemptible
Scurvy
of the most contemptible kind. Form: noun Tone: neg
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Contempt Burlesque a comical imitation, exaggeration or
absurdity. (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Abase Words Relation to Group to lower in
rank and prestige (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning To abase something or someone
is to humiliate them - no, more than just humiliate them. If you abase another
person you are bringing them low, humbling them in a mean, base manner. Not nice at
all. an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic that treats ordinary
material with mockery A snooty waiter might condescend to serve you dinner at a
fancy restaurant, meaning that he'd consider himself far too important to carry out
the mundane task of delivering your hamburger and fries. Reserve the noun contempt
for an extreme lack of respect: a food snob has nothing but contempt for
massproduced burgers and fries at a fast-food joint. To denigrate is to say bad
things - true or false - about a person or thing. Your reputation as a math quiz
might be hurt if your jealous classmate manages to denigrate you, even though the
accusations are unfounded. The verb deride means to show a low Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Abase = a + base; without a base; Imagine you shifted to a new house
whose base is not very strong (without base) and hence it may fall down anytime and
can Abase you in front of your neighbours. Example: I certainly don't Abase myself
when I do good, honest manual labor. Mnemonic: if you want to ridicule Barclays
premier league than you can write Burlesque premier league. Example: a writer whose
Burlesque often bordered on cruelty Mnemonic: It has the word descend in it ,it
implies descending to a lower position Example: While giving a talk, be careful not
to Condescend to your audience.
to behave toward someone as though you are more important and more Condescend
intelligent than they are. So disrespecting Form: verb Tone: neg the feeling that a
person is worthless and disregard them.(syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Contempt -con (with) + TEMPER Example: He feels that wealthy people view
him with Contempt because he is poor.
criticize someone unfairly (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg Denigrate
Mnemonic: Denigrate=DENY+GREAT.so if you deny someone is great ,it means you

BELITTLE him Example: No one is trying to Denigrate the importance of a good
education. We all know that it is crucial for success. Root: The prefix DE meand
DOWN or AWAY Mnemonic: de -ride -riding a horse upside
express contempt and ridicule (syn)

Form: verb Tone: neg Deride
opinion of someone or something. The jerk would deride the other kids on the bus by
calling them names or pulling their hair until the driver decided to de-ride him by
kicking him off the bus. If you feel that something isn't worthy of your
consideration, you may disdain it (or treat it with disdain).
down.. people will make fun of you ( ridicule) Example: My brothers Derided our
efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place
the feeling that a person is worthless and disregard them.(syn) Form: noun Tone:
neg Disdain
Mnemonic: divide it like dis(dish)+dain(rhyms like vain..means useless)....think

you have ordered for a dish , but it is useless or in vain, beacuse you can cook
better than this, so you REJECT THE order, you Disdain the order. Example: I have a
healthy Disdain for companies that mistreat their workers. Root: The prefix DIS
means NOT Mnemonic: dispa-rage can be read as display a rage. When you display your
RAGE on your juniors you BELITTLE them in front of the others. Example: Voters
don't like political advertisements in which opponents Disparage one another. Root:
Prefix DIS refers to NOT Mnemonic: in a party instead of saying cheers,he told
JeerS.and the whole crowd MOCKED at him Example: The prisoner was Jeered by an
angry mob.
Disparage
to speak about someone in disrespectful manner (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
If you haven't got anything nice to say, then it's time to disparage someone. It
means to belittle or degrade a person or idea.
Jeer
make rude and mocking remarks (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
As a noun, jeer is the act of scoffing, taunting, or mocking. Think of it as an

anticheer. If you offer cheers for the visiting team and jeers for the home team,
you might not be too popular in the stands. When you make fun of something by
imitating it in a humorous way, you're lampooning it. The writers at The Onion,
Saturday Night Live and FunnyOrDie.com are all experts in the art of the lampoon.
Imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery, but to mock is to make fun of
or mimic someone with contempt, ridicule or derision. "Louises favorite pastime
was to mock her brother
Lampoon
Publicly criticize by using sarcasm or ridicule (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Lampoon- if you pour oil for a LAMP with a SPOON people will ridicule
because for a lamp you should pour a lot of oil. Example: He said such ridiculous
things that he was often the target of Lampoons in the press.
Mock
tease or laugh at someone ina disrespectful manner (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Mnemonic: U give Mock test.That is not all that serious. opposite of serious is
ridiculous which is the meaning of Mock Example: He Mocks art only because he
doesn't understand it.
s inability to sing on key." to treat with an apparent kindness which betrays a
feeling of supiriority. Form: verb Tone: neg if someone patronizes you, it's not so
pleasant - they talk to you as if you were inferior or not very intelligent.
Mnemonic: If you remember Patronus--from latin it will give you a lot of words
like patriarch (Patri+ arch: ruled by father or eldest male) well you father is
giving you regular pat (encouragement) Example: He hated being Patronized and
pitied by those who didn't believe his story. Mnemonic: We know what SARCASM is.
Example: I hate her Sarcastic comments that my singing reminded her of the time her
dog was sick
Patronize
Ironic remarks intended to wound (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Sarcastic
Sarcastic humor is biting humor; it hurts. The talentshow judge who rolls his eyes
at your dancing and says things like "The average border Radha has more talent than
you" is a sarcastic person given to sarcastic remarks. If someone is being scornful
and mocking in a humorous way, call her sardonic. If you want to write comic
sketches for late-night talk shows, work on being sardonic. Satire is a way of
making fun of people by using silly or exaggerated language. Politicians are easy
targets for satire, especially when they're acting self-righteous or hypocritical.
To laugh at someone with scorn is to scoff at them. People have scoffed at many
great inventors, saying their products would flop because the public wouldn't be
interested in things like the light bulb, cars, televisions, or personal computers.
Scorn is open disrespect for someone or something. It can also be disrespect
coupled with feelings of intense dislike.
seriously mocking (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Sardonic
Mnemonic: Sardonic sounds like saridon (famous medicine for headache in India) : If
everybody around you criticise you , then you will get headache, take saridon
Example: The movie is a Sardonic look at modern life. Mnemonic: Satire is a FIRE
(attack) against human vices brought forward through irony or sarcasm in a novel or
play.Sarcasm+Fire Example: His movies are known for their use of Satire. Mnemonic:
Scoff rhymes with cough. If someone coughs in the class continuously we MOCK at
them. Example: Critics Scoff as Matolcsy says Hungary's economy to return to growth
next year
Satire
the use of humor, irony to criticize people's stupidity. (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
Scoff
to speak to someone in a mocking tone. (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Scorn
to treat someone with disrespect (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Scorn = sc ( Schedule Caste) + orn; sc people are always criticize for
bad ornate. Example: Her political rivals have poured Scorn on her ideas for
improving
the tax system. smile or speak in a If your smile is mocking manner contorted with
(syn) contempt or your Form: verb upper lip curled with Tone: neg distaste and
disdain, you're probably sneering. And you should stop, because it isn't nice. to
give a halfsupressed laugh to mock at someone (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg A snicker
is a disrespectful snort of half-suppressed laughter, often expressing superiority.
We snicker at beauty queens talking about world peace, for example. Snide means
insulting or contemptuous in an indirect way. If your friend is wearing too much
purple eye shadow and your other friend whispers to you, What? Was she in a car
wreck? thats a snide comment. If you reject your mother's offer to buy you a
pair of fastrack sunglasses with a snort and eye roll, you are spurning her
generosity. To spurn means to reject with disdain. A short list of people not to
taunt: your big brother, cops, nightclub bouncers, dragons. Taunts are insulting
comments, and, unless you are a really, really fast runner, keep them to yourself.
Mnemonic: Sneer sounds like STARE aggressively when the other driver speaks to you
in a derisive manner. Example: In high school the in crowd would invariably Sneer
every time they passed the hapless nerds Mnemonic: The students gave a Snicker when
the professor came to the class in a sneaker. Example: He Snickered at the puzzled
look on her face
Sneer
Snicker
Snide
derogatory or mocking in an indirect way (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: If you don t abide by a rule you are supposed to be called a Snide.
Example: A Snide trick to get the old woman to sell her antiques for practically
nothing
Spurn
to reject with anger and scorn (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Spurn rhymes with burn, so when your cloth is on fire, you are Spurning
it. Example: Fiercely independent, the elderly couple Spurned all offers of
financial help Mnemonic: Taunt and Flaunt are rhyming words but have totally
different meanings. The rich are always Taunting the poor by flaunting (making a
show of) their money at them. Example: They Taunted the newly arrived immigrants
about their broken English
Taunt
provoke or challenge with insulting remarks (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
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SURRENDER TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING old fashioned (syn,type) Form: adj Tone: neg
very old fashioned (syn,type) Form: adj Tone: neg Antiquated old fashioned
(syn,type) Form: adj Tone: neg Antediluvian Words Relation to Group very old
fashioned (syn,type) Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Antediluvian means "before the
flood" - that is, the Biblical flood with Noah's ark. Generally, though, the word
is used often humorously - to describe something really, really old. Something
is antiquated when it is so old that it is no longer useful. If your parents
believe that you shouldn't use the Internet when you write papers for school, you
might call their ideas antiquated. If you use the adjective archaic you are
referring to something outmoded, belonging to an earlier period. Rotary phones and
cassette players already seem so archaic! marked by features of the immediate and
usually discounted past Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ANTE== BEFORE DILUVIAN== DILUGE
(FLOOD BIBLICAL)means - extremely old fashioned Example: He has Antediluvian
notions about the role of women at the workplace
Mnemonic: read as antique(old item)+dated(outdated)..hence outdated Example: I saw

an Antiquated hand-cranked rope-machine at the textiles museums.
Mnemonic: Archealogy study of old things.. Archaic The old things on which we
study. Example: The system is Archaic and unfair and needs changing.
Dated
Mnemonic: Relate it to outDatedbecause it is very old and no one uses it

anymore. Example: Those TV comedies were OK in their day but seem incredibly Dated
now. Mnemonic: OB+SO+LETE = obviously so late... Something so late is outmoded
Example: With technological changes many traditional skills have become Obsolete.
Root: The prefix OB- means AGAINST
out of date(syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Obsolete
Use the adjective obsolete for something that is out of date. As the Rolling Stones
song "Out of Time" goes, "You're obsolete, my baby, my poor oldfashioned baby."
Something that is
old fashioned
Mnemonic: Outmoded or
Outmoded
(syn,type) Form: adj Tone: neg
outmoded is no longer cool or in style, like your dad's outmoded hairstyle that
he's had since he was in high school. Quaint means strange and unusual in an
oldfashioned and charming way. It's a word you'd use to describe a little store
that sells tea cozies and antique tea services, or your grandmother's habit of
calling the radio the "wireless."
OUTDATED - something that is out of fashion or no longer in use. Example: This

organizational structure was now Outmoded.
old fashioned (syn,type) Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: GRE bigbook QUANT'S questions are old fashioned(Quaint) Example: This is
a Quaint seaside village
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SURRENDER TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING show strong approval or praising highly (syn,
degree) Form: verb Tone: pos Accolade an award or special recognition (nature of )
Form: noun Tone: pos Words Relation to Group Public Praise (syn) Form: verb Tone:
pos Acclaim Meaning You know you've hit it big, when you earn acclaim, or
enthusiastic approval. And when you have achieved "critical acclaim," even the
grouchy critics approve of you. A knight being honored with the tap of a swordblade
was the earliest form of accolade. Today, an accolade is more than a way to bestow
knighthood, it is a form of praise or an award. To applaud is to show approval,
encouragement, or appreciation. You can applaud by clapping your hands at a
performance, or you can applaud with just your mouth, as when you tell someone "I
applaud your decision to start exercising." Approbation is an official,
importantsounding, and somewhat oldfashioned word for approval or praise. A
princess, for example, might only consider marrying a prince that is met with her
father's, the King's, approbation. If something's commendable it deserves whatever
praise it receives. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A+claim..imagine you have claimed to
a news channel that you have designed a super computer ,so every where people are
praising you for your great invention Example: The work was Acclaimed as a
masterpiece. Mnemonic: it sounds like chocolate.. parents Accolade if kids do home
work properly Example: Meryl Streep has received many Accolades for her
performances.
Mnemonic: Applaud = divide it into 2 : app(application) + lau(launch) and now I

will memorise it as I have launched an application for microsoft and they have
approved it with great praise Example: He started to Applaud and the others joined
in.
Praise or approval (syn) Form: noun Tone: pos Approbation
Mnemonic: Ap+PROBATION: You get CONFIRMATION/APPROVAL in your job after your

Probation period Example: There was widespread Approbation of the new president.
deserving Praise (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Commendable -come to an end able i.e he is able to come to end of this
process thats why
Commendable
When you developed a car that could run on solar power, that was a commendable
accomplishment. Now, it's time to move from Seattle. a speech or writing that
praises someone (type of) Form: noun Tone: pos An encomium is a fancy word for a
formal speech or piece of writing that warmly praises someone or something.
he is praiseworthy Example: She showed Commendable loyalty to the family firm.
Encomium
Mnemonic: Encomium sounds like INCOME People of high INCOME are formally praised
for their large donations. Example: This was much more numerous; and a new speech
received still greater Encomiums. Mnemonic: Eulogy - eu'good' + log 'root: logue
[dialogue, talk, speech]' Good speech Example: Several eulogies were given at the
special assembly marking the retirement of the company's longtime president. Root:
The prefix EU means GOOD. Mnemonic: ex(tra) + alt(itude) -rise high = praise
Example: His son was Exalted to a high position in the government through family
connections. Mnemonic: Extol - exTALL - make somebody TALL with praise. Example:
Doctors often Extol the virtues of eating less fat.
a speech or writing that praises someone (type of) Form: noun Tone: pos Eulogy
At every funeral, there comes a moment when someone who knew the dead person speaks
about their life. They are delivering what is known as a eulogy. A eulogy is a
formal speech that praises a person who has died. You might like your manager, but
if you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like
royalty. If you have a crush on a guy who likes your best friend, it can be very
depressing to listen to him extol your friend's virtues, while you just nod and
smile. If you extol something, you praise it very highly. To glorify is to praise
or honor something or someone to an extreme degree. Hail is when chunks of ice fall
from the sky. Also, to hail someone is to greet them or say good things about them.
Or it can be a way to tell people of your homeland, as in: "I hail from the Moon."
To laud someone
Exalt
holding someone or something in very high regard. (syn) Form: verb Tone: pos to
praise enthusiastically (degree) Form: verb Tone: pos
Extol
Glorify
to give honor and praise highly (syn) Form: verb Tone: pos Acclaim enthusiastically
(syn) Form: verb Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Glory calls for Praise. Example: He denies that the movie glorifies
violence. Mnemonic: Remember the movi "Mr. India" People say "Hail Mogambo"
Example: The conference was Hailed as a great success.
Hail
Praise someone in
Mnemonic: O, Lord! Let

public.(syn) Form: verb Tone: pos Laud
doesn't mean to give them knighthood, but to praise them extravagantly usually in a
very public manner. Being lauded, of course, can have the same tonic effect as
having been made a lord. The lion is the king of beasts. To lionize someone is to
see them as important as a lion. Republicans continue to lionize Ronald Reagan as
their ultimate hero. A paean is a hymn of praise or thanksgiving. You might sing a
paean in church, where many hymns extol the greatness of God. A formal, highminded
speech can be described with a formal, high-minded word - the word panegyric, which
is a very elaborate tribute to someone. You could consider most eulogies as
panegyrics. As its sound might suggest, plaudit is indeed related to "applaud" and
"applause." In fact it's really just a fancy way of saying "praise" or
"acclamation."
me Laud You for all your help Example: He was Lauded for his courage.
Lionize
give a lot of public appreciation and attention (nature of) Form: verb Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Lion is assigned a great social importance in animal kingdom Example: The
tenor was Lionized in Vienna
Paean
a song of Praise (syn, nature) Form: noun Tone: pos
Mnemonic: it is pronounced exactly as P.N. remember it by 'Priase Number' -praise

song. Example: a Paean of praise
Panegyric
a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something (kind of) Form:
noun Tone: pos
Mnemonic: pane sounds like paean means praise and gyric sounds like lyric, so
Panegyric means expression of praise Example: In Greece and Rome, Panegyrics were
often pronounced at the grave.
Plaudit
to be praised by the audience (syn) Form: noun Tone: pos
Mnemonic: remove 'p' u'll get LAUDIT. which can mean loud it. Victory should always
be praised by loud cheer i.e. with enthusiastic approval. Example: His work won him
Plaudits from the critics.
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Dissident a person who goes against an official policy
or authority (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Desperado a desperate person who is
especially a criminal (nature) Form: noun Tone: neg A desperado is an outlaw that
you'd see in an old Western or in the Wild West. Think hip holsters, spinning guns,
and a shoot-out, all with a bandanna pulled up hiding half of the face of the
desperado. If you are a dissident, you are a person who is rebelling against a
government. Dissidents can do their work peacefully or with violence. Convention
(oppo) following traditions and customs (oppo) Form: noun Tone: pos Conservative
(oppo) Words Relation to Group following traditions and customs (oppo) Form: adj
Tone: pos Meaning Mnemonic/Example If you are Example: Her style of conservative,
you dressing was never arent necessarily a conservative. card-carrying member of
the Republican party (though you might be); it means you resist change. A
convention is a meeting, usually of a particular group. Political parties,
teachers, plumbers, gardeners, toymakers and computer designers all hold
conventions. Mnemonic: A group of people who agree upon the Christian practice of
tranditional worship CONVENE (gather together) every Sunday in church. They are
adhering to a CONVENTION. Example: She is a young woman who enjoys going against
conventions. Mnemonic: bad people are always desperate to do something so "despera-
do" Example: the notorious Desperados of the Wild West
Mnemonic: ASSENT = agree; DISSENT = disagree; Dissident = a person who

dissents/disagrees. Example: There were Dissident elements within the Catholic
Church. Mnemonic: divide this word into her (her)+esy(sounds like essay)... most of
the essays written by her are against popular beliefs. Taslima Nasrin, a
Bangladeshi writer is one such person who has recently created a furore because of
her book Example: He was
a belief or opinion opposite to orthodox religion (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Heresy
Heresies are beliefs that do not agree with the official beliefs of a particular
religion; heresy is the maintaining of such contrary beliefs.
burned at the stake for Heresy. a person who has controversial opinions and goes
against religious belief.(syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Something that departs from
normally held beliefs (especially religious, political, or social norms) is
heretical. If your family is resistant to change, they may consider your idea of
making pancakes for dinner to be completely heretical. Heterodox is from the Greek
root words heteros, meaning "the other," and doxa, meaning "opinion." The adjective
heterodox was first applied to people who held a different religious opinion from
the standard beliefs and teachings. Are you always challenging the establishment?
Or provoking popular thought by attacking traditions and institutions? Then you're
definitely an iconoclast. Mnemonic: Heretical, reminds of hierarchy which means
divisions of labor with set rules, therefore one which doesn't follow the set rules
is "Heretical" Example: The religious people didn't cast vote in favor of the
politician because of his Heretical behaviour. Mnemonic: opposite of ORTHODOX (one
who follows the conventions or rules of society) Example: Her Heterodox approach to
teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers Mnemonic:
iconsideals; clast is like clash... so Iconoclast is someone whose ideas clash
with the traditional ideals. Example: Notorious as an Iconoclast, that music critic
isn't afraid to go after sacred cows. Mnemonic: a person (army man) who does not
listen to the command of his sergeant is rebellious in nature therefore insurgent-
one who does not listen to his sergeant[ commander] thus is rebellious. Example:
There was an attack by armed Insurgents Root: The prefix IN means NOT Mnemonic:
Insurrection: relate surrection with surrender thus -in surrection = not to
surrender = rebellious Example: an armed Insurrection against the regime Root: The
prefix IN means NOT Mnemonic: Mave+"RICK" sounds
Heretical
doesnt accept orthodox beliefs (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Heterodox
Iconoclast
a person who attacks cherished beliefs and institutions. (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
rising in active revolution. (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
An insurgent is a rebel or a revolutionary, someone who takes up arms against the

authorities.
Insurgent
Insurrection
The act of openly going against the government (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg
Insurrection is an uprising against a larger force that's in power. An insurrection

can lead to revolution, but it is just as likely to be put down.
a person who does A maverick is a rebel, not accept someone who shows a
orthodox beliefs. Form: noun Tone: neg Maverick
lot of independence. A maverick on a motorcycle might blaze his own trail, or show
a maverick touch in a rough sport by wearing a helmet with the word "Mom" inside a
heart.
like Ricky Ponting who is rebellious and nonconformist as he does not believe in
umpire descisions during India's Cricket match Example: The Maverick detective
managed to crack the case. Mnemonic: Non (not) Confirming or adusting to a certain
belief or convention. Example: He was a nonconformist in college but now wears a
three-piece suit to work every day.
Non comformist
one who refuses to be restricted by set beliefs and customs. (syn) Form: noun Tone:
neg
A nonconformist is someone who doesn t conform to other peoples ideas of how

things should be. Activists, artists, street performers, your wacky uncle Marvin
anyone who marches to the beat of a different drummer is a nonconformist.
Orthodox (oppo)
following traditions and customs (oppo) Form: adj Tone: pos
Orthodox practices or Example: He is very beliefs are generally orthodox in his

views. accepted as true or correct. If you are an orthodox vegetarian, you never,
ever eat meat-not like those people who have chicken once in awhile, or even-
gasp!- bacon. If something is considered extremist or very different from
anything that has come before it, call it radical. Mnemonic: Break it as RADIO+KAL
(past days) -In the past the radio was used as the fundamental mode of
entertainment. Example: There is a need for Radical changes in education Mnemonic:
Reactionary Actionary is to perfrom some action, but Reactionary is to
restrain/suppress the action...i.e. to recoil the progress. Example: Reactionary
guardians of proper English usage invariably regard every new coinage that comes
along as a nonword. Mnemonic: Renegade sounds like grenade. A person who throws a
grenade in his own country is a Traitor. Example: He is a Renegade priest Mnemonic:
Revolution.
Radical
Moving away or departing from the usual customs. (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
opposition to any kind of progress (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg Reactionary
Reactionary describes people on the far right politically. Reactionaries occupy a

political space past conservative, near where ultraconservative bumps shoulders
with fascist.
Renegade
a person who leaves and betrays an organization, country or principle(syn) Form:

noun Tone: neg something that results in a big
A renegade is a person who has deserted their cause or defied convention; they're
rebels and sometimes outlaws, or even traitors. A revolutionary person fearlessly
advocates
Revolutionary
change (effect) Form: adj Tone: neg
radical change. Revolutionary people and ideas challenge the status quo and might
be violent or willing to upset the natural order to achieve their goals. You might
want to call someone subversive if they are sneakily trying to undermine something,
from the social structure of your high school to an entire system of government. To
be unconventional is to act, dress, speak, or otherwise exist out of the bounds of
cultural norms. If you eat cheeseburgers for breakfast, that's somewhat
unconventional.
Example: The effects of technological development are Revolutionary.
Subversive
to undermine or not giving due respect to an established government.( syn) Form:

adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Subversive- reversivego against established rule.Revert (to cause

downfall) from inside. Example: He was a known political Subversive. Mnemonic: Un
(Not) Conventional. Example: The magazine describes him as having Unconventional
good looks.
Unconventional
Not respecting conventions (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING X AMASS to collect something, especially in large
quantities Form: verb Tone: pos DEPLETE Words Relation to Group to reduce something
by a large amount so that there is not enough left Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning To
deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might
deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your
patience. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: If you de(remove) + from plate.. you will
reduce its contents. Example: Food supplies were severely DEPLETEd. Root: Prefix DE
means NOT Mnemonic: appreciate -value increases. DEPRECIATE -value decreases
Example: New cars start to DEPRECIATE as soon as they are on the road. Mnemonic:
amass add masses and hence to collect things. Example: They amassed a truckload of
donations in the course of their canned food drive
to become less valuable over a period of time Form: verb DEPRECIATE Tone: neg
Something depreciates when it loses value. If you bought shares of a company for
$10 each a year ago and now they re worth $1 each, guess what: they have
depreciated. Amass means bring together or assemble. It can be a real shock to
enter a room and see your amassed friends shouting "Surprise!"
X STOCKPILE
a reserve supply of a storage pile accumulated Mnemonic: Piling up something for

future use stock (lot of things essential piled up together) accumulated within
Example: An a country for use emergency stockpile during a shortage of potable
water and Form: noun canned goods in the Tone: pos cellar
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Relation to Group Trying to attach a custom or event to a period to which it does

not belong Form: noun Tone: neg
Meaning An anachronism is something that doesn't fit its time period, like if you
say you'll "dial" your smartphone.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ana (out of order, negative sense) + chron (time).. so

something not placed correctly with respect to time. Example: The monarchy is seen
by many people as an Anachronism in the modern world. Root: The prefix CHRON -
means TIME. Mnemonic: think of the Chronicles of narnia.....a long story...
Example: Her latest novel is a Chronicle of life in a Devon village. Root: same as
above Mnemonic: Chron meand Time + Logical (say in an order). Example: The facts
should be presented in Chronological order.
Anachronism
Chronicle
A fact based documentof important events in the order in which they took place
Form: noun Tone: neut
To chronicle an event is to record it as it happens, and a chronicle is a record of

those events. If your grandmother took the time to chronicle the details of her
1910 journey to Japan, you can read her chronicle today. If youre making a list
of all your teachers in the order you had them, from kindergarten right up to the
present, youre listing them in chronological order. Chronological is the order
in which things actually happened.
Sequence or order of date and time Form: adj Tone: neg/ neut Chronological
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING not willing to accept defeat, even in a difficult
situation; very indomitable brave and X determined Form: adj Tone: pos Impervious X
not affected or influenced by something Form: adj Tone: pos Drub Capitulate # Words
Relation to Group to agree to do something that you have been refusing to do for a
long time Form: verb Tone: pos hit or beat repeatedly. Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning
Capitulate means to give in to something. "The teachers didn't want to have class
outside, but the students begged so hard, she capitulated." beat thoroughly and
conclusively in a competition or fight Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: CAPtain it's too
late, we will have to surrender. Example: They were finally forced to capitulate to
the terrorists' demands. Mnemonic: when a team wins it pours water from a
DRUM(drub) on the loosing team in rugby matches Example: a crowd was drubbing the
purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
An impervious surface is Mnemonic: "I am one that can't be Pervez(pervez

penetrated. The word is musharraf)"No often followed by "to," as in matter wat
you say, I "His steely personality won't be affected!! made him impervious to
Example: The jokes about his awful material for this coat haircut." is supposed to
be impervious to rain Root: Prefix IM means NOT Something indomitable can't be
beat. People described as having indomitable spirits don't need pep talks or
protein shakes; their strength comes from within. Mnemonic: INDOMITABLE impossible
to DOMINATE Example: An indomitable spirit was needed to endure the rigors of
pioneer life Root: Prefix IN refers NOT Mnemonic: It reminds me of the great artist
Vinci and we all know his arts can't be conquered. so unconquerable. Example: The
team seemed invincible. Mnemonic: As in during Riots stampede take place. hence
Rout happens during Riots.
Invincible X
too strong to be defeated or changed Form: adj Tone: pos
Something invincible is victorious over everything. Disease, death, destruction? No

match for something truly invincible. Mere humans who imagine they're invincible,
however, will inevitably prove that they're not. When you think about the thrill of
victory and the agony of defeat, associate a rout with the agonizing defeat. A rout
is the kind of
a situation in which someone is defeated easily and completely in a battle or

Rout
competition Form: noun Tone: neg
humiliating loss that makes you wish you would have been injured in the first
quarter so you could have avoided the outco If you say you won't be kept down by
the man, you are saying that you won't let the man subjugate you. To subjugate is
to repress someone, or to make them subservient to you.
Example: Only the skill of the goalkeeper prevented the match from turning into a
Rout. Mnemonic: It just sound in hindi like "SaB JUkhkege mere GATE ke aage"...mean
conquer , bring under control Example: Her personal ambitions had been Subjugated
to the needs of her family. Mnemonic: sounds like vanish..by vanishing you can be
better than anyone in a competition. Example: They were vanquished in battle.
Subjugate
to defeat someone or something; to gain control over someone or something Form:

verb Tone: neg
Vanquish
to defeat someone completely in a competition, war, etc. Form: verb Tone: neg
To vanquish is to be the complete and total winner, to overpower and overcome,

whether in a contest, a race, or a war. It generally suggests a total trouncing, to
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Relation to Group
Meaning Beleaguer means to pester or badger with persistence. A babysitter might

find annoying the children who beleaguer her with requests for candy, cookies,
games, and piggyback rides all at the same time. Beset means to attack from all
sides-an invading army will beset a castle, or you might find yourself beset by
a devastating storm.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: not able to withstand the HARASSMENT of the senior

players the new player opted to BE out of the LEAGUE Example: The lack of funds
that beleaguers schools Mnemonic: Beset. bees+attack. imagine bees attack on you
from all directions. Example: A lack of money is the greatest problem Besetting the
city today. Mnemonic: PLAGUE is a epidemic..if anyone is affected, people tend to
alienate him/her which ANNOYs or creates TROUBLE for the affected person. Example:
the team was Plagued by a lot of mismanagement issues
to be put in a very difficult situation (syn) Form: verb Beleaguered Tone: neg
Beset
trouble or threaten continuously.(syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
trouble Form: verb Tone: neg
trouble persistently
Plagued
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TROUBLED WARNING / SCOLDING Chide to scold mildly in order to correct or improve
someone (syn) Form: verb Tone: positive Chastise rebuke (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Chastise is a fancy word for telling someone something they did that was really
bad. If you pick your nose, your mom's gonna yell at you. If you do it in front of
the Queen of England, you mom will chastise you. Censure blame Form: noun Tone: neg
Admonish Words Relation to Group not to approve something and hence rebuke (syn)
Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning To admonish is to scold. If you want to show someone
you're not happy with his behavior, admonish him. It sounds better than "scolding,"
and it's less painful than spanking. Censure is a noun referring to very strong
criticism; the verb means to criticize very strongly. If you take your dad's car
without telling him, you can expect him to censure you severely, and maybe even
ground you as well. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: to avoid A DEMON-ish act, a mother
Warns her naughty child Example: She was Admonished for chewing gum in class.
Mnemonic: Try to link the meaning of this word with the censor board which always
critisizes every inch of the film and also disapproves of some of the parts.
Example: The country faces international Censure for its alleged involvement in the
assassination. Mnemonic: Chastisechest ice-The kid was punished or crticized
severly by his mother for playing with ice on chest Example: He Chastised the team
for their lack of commitment. Mnemonic: Chide can be remembered as "hide". You hide
to avoid getting scolded for what you have done. Example: She Chided herself for
being so impatient with the children. Mnemonic: sounds like REEBOK.....you'll SCOLD
HARSHLY and CRITICIZE SEVERELY your servant as he has spoiled your reebok shoes..
Example: he company was publicly Rebuked for having neglected safety procedures.
To chide someone is to ride them or get on their case, without really getting in
their face.
to criticize severely If you receive a rebuke, it (syn) means that you have been
Form: verb reprimanded, or scolded. Tone: neg Rebuke
to reprove severely (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg Reprimand
If you're reprimanded, someone in authority speaks to you in an angry way because

you've done something wrong. Or you might reprimand your dog if he steals your hot
dog.
Mnemonic: Rep+rimand(Remand) when police take remand of someone,,they Scold them

harshly (Strong rebuke) Example: The officers were severely Reprimanded for their
unprofessional behavior. Mnemonic: If you see a cockRROACH, you Reproach and
express disapproval! Example: His voice was full of Reproach. Mnemonic: re+prove -
Teacher is scolding student again and again (RE) to prove the theorem correct.
Example: He Reproved her for rushing away.
Reproach
to express disapproval, or criticize. (syn) Form: noun Tone: neg to disapprove of

something or someone (syn) Form: verb Tone: neg
Reproach means to mildly criticize. If you show poor manners at your grandmother's
dinner table, she will reproach you. If you get into trouble and are sent to the
principal s office, be prepared for the principal to reprove you for your
behavior. To reprove is to scold, reprimand, or - in plain English - chew out.
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Groups ADD / SUPPORT AGGRESSIVE / ARGUMENTATIVE AGREEMENT / HARMONY ARGUE / FIGHT
BIASED CALM DISTURBED / AGITATED DOMINATING EQUALITY EXCESSIVE FLATTERY ()/ *
PRAISE INCLUDING EVERYTHING INDIFFERENT INSULTING WORDS MAKE ISOLATE NARROW
MINDED / REGIONAL NOT SERIOUS OVERLY OBEDIENT PAMPERING PRESENT EVERYWHERE SUPPRESS
/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE
Words
Relation to Group
Meaning A complement is something that makes up a satisfying whole with something

else. Those shiny red shoes you just bought complement your shiny red purse.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: When you Complement others it is when they finish the
work perfectly or completly Example: The excellent menu is Complemented by a good
wine list. Example: First-class accommodation is available for a Supplement.
to add to something for improvement. Form: v Complement Tone: pos
a thing that is added to something else to Supplement improve or complete it. Form:
n Tone: pos
A supplement is something added to something else. Nutritional supplements add

vitamins and minerals to the ones already included in the food you eat.
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Contentious controversial (syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG A
contentious issue is one that people are likely to argue about, and a contentious
person is someone who likes to argue or fight. Belligerent unfriendly and
aggressive (syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG If someone is belligerent, they're eager to
fight. It's a good idea to avoid hardcore hockey fans after their team loses - they
tend to be belligerent. Bellicose Words Relation to Group someone who is ready to
fight and argue.(syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG Meaning If you walk into a high school
where you know no one, find the toughest looking girl in the halls and tell her
she's ugly, them's fighting words. Or bellicose ones. Bellicose means eager for
war. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: belli+cose - cose sounds like cause, a small fight
can become a cause of warlike situation Example: Bellicose hockey players who
always seem to spend more time fighting than playing Root: same as above Mnemonic:
Belligerent sounds like billi (TOM) and Jerry always quarrel in TOM and JERRY
cartoon. Example: The coach became quite Belligerent and spit at an umpire after
being thrown out of the game Root: Prefix BELLImeans WAR Mnemonic:
Contentious(Contender+Serious) One who takes competition too serious always fights
and quarrels. Example: After a Contentious debate, members of the committee finally
voted to approve the funding.
a discussion about something that people do not agree on (syn) Form: adj
Disputatious Tone: NEG
a contentious speech act; a Mnemonic: dispute where there is Disputation sounds

strong disagreement like Disputes and so it is. Example: A heated disputation over
the true authorship of the poem popularly known as The Night Before Christmas
If you're prone to picking fights, making snarky comments, and being Mnemonic:
Those who get their limbs fractured -gets
bad tempered or who gets easily upset with small

Fractious
things(syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG
frustratingly stubborn, you're fractious. And odds are you're not invited to too
many parties.
annoyed or bad tempered by taking bed rest for long Example: The Fractious crowd
grew violent. Mnemonic: Hostility: opposite being not a good HOST implies
unfriendly Example: They were both glad to have gotten through the divorce
proceedings without any visible signs of Hostility. Mnemonic: people would fight to
eat a "litti" (a North Indian delicacy) so you get contentious Example: There is
this very litigious group of people Mnemonic: refer pol to politics, as you know
modern day politics is full of CONTROVERSIES Example: an unnecessarily Polemical
look at the supposed incompatibility between science and religion Mnemonic: a pug
is an aggressive breed of dog. So a Pugnacious pug.. Example: There's one
Pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree to anything. Root: Prefix PUG is
a DOG. Mnemonic: Truculent sounds like turbulent which is very aggressive. Example:
Die-hard fans who became Truculent and violent after their team's loss
unfriendly and aggressive (syn) Form: n Tone: NEG Hostility
Hostility is the state of ill will and bad feeling. If a teacher embarrasses you in
front of the whole class, you will probably regard him or her with hostility for
the remainder of the school year.
Litigous
too ready to take disagreements to court. (syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG
If the haunted house staff treats you with extra care and don't subject you to the
worst frights, it might not be because they like you, but because they know you're
litigious: you tend to sue people. The adjective polemical describes something
related to an argument or controversy. To keep the peace, avoid discussing politics
at Thanksgiving, which usually deteriorates into a polemical argument with Uncle
Bob. Better stick to football or apple versus Pugnacious means ready for a fight.
If you're a first year teacher, you probably don't know how to deal with the
pugnacious kids in every class. Learn some discipline or they'll end up fighting
you, or each other.
very unfriendly, ready to argue and fight.(syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG Polemical
Pugnacious
having a desire to fight and argue with somebody (syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG
Truculent
bad tempered (syn) Form: adj Tone: NEG
If you are quick to argue, always looking for a fight, and hard to please, you are
truculent. You can also write a truculent essay, and fans upset by a loss can
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BIASED CALM DISTURBED / AGITATED DOMINATING EQUALITY EXCESSIVE FLATTERY (- )/ *
/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE strong disagreement within an organization Form: noun
Tone: neg # SCHISM # RIFT # GULF a separation or lack of agreement Form: noun Tone:
neg # CHASM Words Relation to Group a very big difference between two people or
groups Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning A chasm is a deep divide, either literal or
figurative, such as a giant chasm in an ice cap or the growing chasm between two
friends who haven't spoken in a long time. a large difference between two people or
groups Rift sounds like rip, and it's helpful to think of it that way. When there
is a rift in a political party over how much taxes to pay, it is like a rip or tear
in the fabric of the group. The sound of the word schism reminds some people of the
sound of a piece of paper being torn in two; which makes sense when a group has a
big fight and the group is torn in two, that's a schism. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Chasm sounds like chashma.. if it has a crack, it is difficult to see Example: the
yawning chasm of the generation gap
Mnemonic: we say gulf of Mexico, gulf means water body , so a deep opening Example:
The great gulf of time and space that separates us from the first inhabitants of
North America Mnemonic: rhymes with drift(a sound force which drives something
along)..a drifted water caused many breaks in the wall. Example: Efforts to heal
the rift between the two countries have failed.
a serious disagreement between people Form: noun Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Sounds like prism which splits light into colors. Example: There is a
schism between leading members of the party
agreement Form: n Tone: pos
Accord
If you clean your room of your own accord, you parents will be pleased it means
you did it without having to be asked. They might even accord you an extra
privilege. Warring nations make peace accords. A concord is an agreement. If you
want to watch a romantic comedy and your date wants to watch a horror film, you
might compromise and come to a concord by agreeing to watch an action comedy. If
all your friends wear jeans to school and you wear checkered slacks, you could say
you reject conformity doing the same thing as everyone else. suitable or
appropriate together
Mnemonic: Agreement between father and son that he will buy Accord (Honda Accord,
car name)for his son if he tops in his exams. Example: The two sides signed a peace
Accord last July.
blend or agreement Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: If you are a keyboard player you must be knowing about chords..chords
are used for harmony...Concord = con + chord Example: Living in Concord with people
of different races and religions
Concord
agreement (young people are always in conformity) Form: n Tone: pos Conformity
Mnemonic: Conform it - Means agree to it Example: The corporate culture demands a

certain Conformity of appearance. Root: The prefix CON means TOGETHER
Congruous
in agreement, at par. Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: congruent triangles are matching triangles...so matching in kind or

character Example: When performing his official duties, the president must be
dressed in clothes that are Congruous with his high position Mnemonic: Double
Consonance gives the effect of being a near rhyme. Example: At present, the living
room lacks Consonance because all of the furniture is on one side
agreement, together, blend Form: n Tone: pos Consonance
Use consonance to describe a state of agreement or harmony of parts, and is often

refers
to a pleasing combination of musical sounds. arguing or disagreement (oppo) Form: n
Tone: neg Discord Discord is the strife and tension that arises when two sides
disagree on something, like the high pitched screaming of two kids fighting over
the front seat of the car. Disagreeable sounds can be called dissonance. You know
it's dissonance if you have the strong desire to cover your ears with your hands.
Fractions are smaller parts of whole numbers: one-quarter, one-tenth, one-half, and
a faction is a smaller portion of a larger group that breaks away from it. A
faction might take a fraction of the people from a large group and start a new
group. Things that are harmonious go together nicely, like notes in music or people
that work well as a team. Use the adjective incompatible to describe things or
people that are too different to Mnemonic: DIS(not)+ACCORD(agreement).accord means
agreement...hence Discord means disagreement. Example: The city has long been known
as a scene of racial intolerance and Discord. Root: The prefix DIS is NOT
Dissonance
not in agreement, not together (oppo) Form: n Tone: neg
Mnemonic: dis-sonance::DIS RESONANCE--not resonant....so not in harmony Example:

The Dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes
opposition or disagreement on something.(oppo) Form: n Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Faction-fraction means fraction of a large party Example: The committee

soon split into Factions.
Faction
in agreement, at par. Form: adj Tone: pos Harmonious
Mnemonic: A harmonium (musical instrument) if played well and in angreement to the

reeds produces Harmonious and melodious music. Example: The living room was
decorated in Harmonious colors.
not compatible or not harmonious.(oppo) Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: IN (not)+ compatible. Example: This printer is Incompatible with some

PCs. Root: Prefix IN means NOT
Incompatible
get along. When paired with someone you can't work with, don't criticize or get
mad. Just say, "We are incompatible."
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE fighting in war time. Form: n Tone: NEG Brawl a noisy
argument, involving many people,especially in public place Form: n,v Tone: NEG to
argue about unimportant things like children do. Form: v Tone: NEG When you bicker,
you argue in a petty way, like two kids squabbling in the backseat on a long car
trip, or politicians taking cheap shots at each other but avoiding discussion of
important issues. A bar fight is a brawl. A fight in the cafeteria which turns into
a free-forall can also be called a brawl. A brawl is a noisy fight in a crowd.
Combat is fighting between two groups of armed forces. When you engage in combat,
typically this means you engage in fighting that involves weapons. struggle in
opposition Words Relation to Group a noisy argument Form: n Tone: NEG Altercation
Meaning Altercation is a nicer word for "quarrel," which is a nicer word for
"fight." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: altered - alter (means to change); When things
are altered without telling the elders, then there may arise a noisy quarrel.
Example: Judging from all the slamming and banging, I'd say there was some sort of
Altercation going on next door Mnemonic: Bicker sounds like Biker. The biker
crashed into the car and he had a big quarrel with the owner of the car. Example:
After a prolonged Bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them
were interested in seeing.
Bicker
Mnemonic: Brawl can be pronounced as bawaal....in hindi bawaal is noisy drunken

fight Example: Fans were Brawling in the streets after the game.
Mnemonic: concentrate on the last part of the word bat. It will remind you that a
fight in cricket (usage of bat) is for winning. Example: Some of these soldiers
have never seen Combat.
Combat
Contend
struggle in a fight Form: v Tone: NEG
Mnemonic: You have less content to support your point means you are highly unlikely
to
Contend(COMPETE) Example: to Contend with the enemy for control of the port a noisy
argument, involving many people. Form: n Tone: NEG Fracas If your marching band
gets into a fight with another school's pep squad, your principal might say the
fracas was uncalled for and undignified. A fracas is a noisy quarrel. A melee is a
noisy free-forall or rowdy fight - a no holds barred, battle royal, if you will.
It's what pro wrestlers engage in every night, and shoppers endure at the toy store
every holiday season. A quibble is a small argument or fight. As a verb, it means
to pick a minifight over something that doesn't really matter. "Let's not quibble
over price," people will say, usually when they plan to gouge you. Row means a
noisy argument, but when you use it this way, it rhymes with cow, rather than toe.
A squabble is a fight but not necessarily a serious one. When we squabble, we have
a little argument, probably about something not too important. Mnemonic: Fracas-
(fraud + cause), a fraud will generally cause a quarrel or brawl. Example: Police
preparing for any Fracas that might follow the soccer game
Melee
a situation in which a crowd of people rush or push each other in a confused way.
Form: n Tone: NEG
Mnemonic: Melee sounds like Bruce Lee...famous for his fights. ME and Bruce LEE in
a fight, who would win? ME VS LEE Example: A verbal disagreement at the football
game soon turned into a general Melee involving scores of spectators
to complain and argue about small matters. Form: n,v Tone: NEG Quibble
Mnemonic: Query + babble (minor objection/murmuring). Example: He spent the entire

evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on
World War II
Row
quarell and dispute. Form: n Tone: NEG
Mnemonic: When you sit in a Row with your enimies you argue and quarrel Example: He
was engaged in a Row with his classmates, and made friends with seniors.
Squabble
to argue noisily about very unimportant details Form: n,v Tone: NEG
Mnemonic: While playing scrabble, children fight with each other on minor
issues...Squabble=Quarrel+scribble Example: Frightened by noise of the Squabble,
the cat hid under the couch
Tiff
quarell Form: n Tone: NEG
a quarrel about Mnemonic: ti(ny)f(fight): fight petty points about tiny things
Example: Like any couple, they occasionally Tiff, but it's never anything serious
When two warring sides decide to call it quits, it's called a truce - an agreement
to end the fighting. disorderly fighting Mnemonic: Truce rhymes with juice...so you
give a juice to people who are fighting so that it stops for sometime and they can
discuss over it Example: There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents
for the past several months. Mnemonic: Tussle can be remembered in relation to a
hassle. Example: The suspect was arrested after a Tussle with a security guard.
Truce (oppo)
an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting for a period of time

Form: n Tone: POS a short fight in order to get something. Form: n,v Tone: NEG
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Impartial Form: adj Tone: pos Dispassionate describes
someone who is not getting carried away by or maybe not even having feelings.
It's something you'd want to see in a surgeon, who keeps cool under pressure, but
not in a romantic partner. An egalitarian is a person who believes in the equality
of all Discriminatory unfair, treating characterized by or someone or one showing
prejudicial group of people treatment worse than others. Form: adj Tone: neg Bigot
a person who has very strong ,unreasonable beliefs or opinions about race, religion
etc and doesnt accept others opinion. Form: n,adj Tone: neg Biased Words
Relation to Group having tendency to show favor towards or against a group of
people. Making unfair judgements. Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning When a skirt is cut
at an angle, with one side higher than the other, it has a bias cut. Being biased
is kind of lopsided too: a biased person favors one side or issue over another. A
bigot is someone who doesn't tolerate people of different races or religions. If
you have an uncle who is a bigot and tells racist jokes at Thanksgiving, you may
need to talk to him and tell him it's not okay. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: The
Prefix 'bi' means two, however its just the opposite for Bias, where it means One,
rather One-sided. Example: Employers must consider all candidates impartially and
without bias. Mnemonic: bi(by)+got(god)-think of a person who is excessively
devoted to god and hence very much hypocritical.this person will not tolerate any
opinion about god differing from his own. Example: He was labeled a Bigot after
making some offensive comments. Mnemonic: Difference or discrmination. Example:
This is a company that was fined for its Discriminatory practices in the hiring of
women Mnemonic: dispassionate, without any passion usually people without passions
are calm Example: He spoke in a dispassionate tone about the accident.
Dispassionate(oppo)
hold the belief that everyone is equal and should have the same rights
Mnemonic: for EAGLES, it does not matter which person's meat is that,
Egalitarian(oppo)
and opportunities. Form: adj Tone: pos
people, and an egalitarian society gives everyone equal rights.
ultimately they have to fill their stomach being scavengers. EAGLES are
EGALitarians. Example: He described himself as an egalitarian and vouches on
Equality of rights Mnemonic: Mom made a cake and distributed it EQUALLY to
everyone sitting at the TABLE, being impartial and fair. Example: They reached an
equitable settlement of their dispute. Root: Equi means TWO Mnemonic: EVEN + HANDED
- Even (that which is equal or proper) + Handed (handled)... a situation that has
been fairly or properly handled or judged. Example: I thought it was an evenhanded
assessment of her performance. Mnemonic: There are two PARTS. You don't favor
either PART. You are imPARTIAL. Root: Prefix IN means NOT
treating everyone in an equal way. Form: adj Tone: pos Equitable(oppo)
If you work on a group project in class, you want an equitable share of the credit,
you want as much credit as you deserve for your work. Equitable distribution means
each party gets the share of something that they deserve. Evenhanded means fair to
all sides. If your essay is evenhanded, it should look at both sides of an
argument, without showing preference for one side or the other.
Evenhanded(oppo)
completely Fair, especially when dealing with different groups of people. Form: adj
Tone: pos
Form: adj Tone: pos Impartial X
If you're in a contest you'd better hope the judges are impartial, that is, that
they aren't biased toward one competitor over another. Objectivity is a noun that
means a lack of bias, judgment, or prejudice. Maintaining one's objectivity is the
most important job of a judge. If something is prejudicial towards a particular
point of view, you can call it partisan. You'll often hear of the partisan politics
in the US - since politicians seem to be so devoted to either the Republican or
Democratic parties.
Unbiased Form: adj Tone: pos Objectivity(oppo)
Mnemonic: Objective(goal oriented)-hence IMPARTIAL Example: We need someone outside

the company to give us an objective analysis. Mnemonic: parti(think of a political
party)+san(son).so a father who is favouring his son's political party, instead of
a good party. Example: Most newspapers are politically Partisan.
one-sided (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg
Partisan
Prejudiced
having unreasonable dislike of or preference for someone or something, based on

religion, sex etc. Form: adj Tone: neg expressing a strong opinion that people are
likely to disagree with. Form: adj Tone: neg
being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
Mnemonic: prejudice reminds of prejudgement... which leads to partiality Example:

Their decision was based on ignorance and prejudice.
Tendentious
If you are writing a report on climate change, and ignore evidence that the earth
is warming, the paper might be called tendentious. Tendentious means promoting a
specific, and controversial, point of view.
Mnemonic: Rearrange the words to make - Tend or Tendency + ious or bias. So,
Tendentious is a TENDENcy towards one viewpoint over another. Example: He made some
extremely Tendentious remarks.
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE emotionless Form: adj Tone: neg Someone who doesn't seem
to react - who is always "taking a pass" in the conversation of life can be
described as impassive. Equanimity a calm state of mind that means that you do not
become angry or upset. Form: n Tone: pos Composure to be calm and in control of
your feelings. Form: n Tone: pos Aplomb Words Relation to Group something done
confidently and successfully, often in a difficult situation. Form: n Tone: pos
Meaning Aplomb is the ultimate test for cool: grace under pressure. Use aplomb to
show great restraint under even the most trying circumstances. In retail, it's
always a good idea to handle the angry customers with aplomb. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Aplomb a + pl (people) + OM; people normally chant 'OM' when they do
meditation to keep themselves cool under strain. Example: He showed great Aplomb in
dealing with the reporters. Mnemonic: A R Rahman is a composer. He need all his
Composure to compose music. Example: After the initial shock she regained her
Composure. Mnemonic: Equanimity = equal + enmity. To fight the enemy you need to be
composed and temperamental, else he'll beat you. Example: He is an Olympic diver
who always displays remarkable Equanimity on the platform Mnemonic: Impassive- A
person saying-"I m Passive(Not Active)", that means he has no feelings,emotions.
Example: She remained Impassive as the officers informed her of her son's death
Root: Prefix IM means NOT Mnemonic: im'not'+perturb(able), meaning not
perturbed....so a person who is not perturbed stays calm and placid.
When you stay calm under pressure, you keep your composure. Keeping your composure
for a skinned knee? Easy. Keeping your composure during an avalanche? Not so easy.
If you take the news of your brother's death with equanimity, it means you take it
calmly without breaking down. Equanimity refers to emotional calmness and balance
in times of stress.
Impassive
not easily upset or worried by a difficult situation. Form: adj Tone: pos
Imperturbable
If you're imperturbable you are not easily upset. If your goal is to be

imperturbable, then you can't let things bother you or get you stressed, confused,
or angry.
Example: Although he seems outwardly Imperturbable, he can get very angry at times.
Root: Prefix IM means NOT casual. Form: adj Tone: neutral Nonchalant If your friend
is acting cool, unconcerned or in an indifferent manner, call him nonchalant - like
when he saunters by a group of whispering, giggling girls and just nods and says,
"Hey." Mnemonic: Nonchalant seems similar to non challenge. If there is no
challenge, life is calm and relaxed/carefree. Example: She faced the crowd with the
Nonchalant ease of an experienced speaker. Mnemonic: Sounds like
PRAGMATIC(practical) - practical people think with logic and show little emotion.
Example: There is a strangely Phlegmatic response to what should have been happy
news Mnemonic: a student well PLACED in his college will sit calmly and
peacefully...as compared to those who did not get placed. Example: He is a person
with a sunny, Placid disposition Mnemonic: when we se(see)+rene(rain) in hot
season,we become calm Example: She is a Serene woman who was everyone's source of
support Mnemonic: Staid sounds like "STAYED"-Imagine you have always maintained
your dignity and propriety in the place where you have stayed for so many years!
Example: Everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually Staid professor
not easily made angry or upset. Form: adj Tone: pos Phlegmatic
Yes, phlegmatic has roots in that colorless, mucous stuff called phlegm, but people
who are phlegmatic aren't called that because they have lots of mucous. They are
just a little dull in expressing feelings or showing emotion. Call a body of water
placid if it has a smooth surface and no waves. Call a person placid if they don't
tend to make waves by causing a fuss.
not easily excited or irritated. Form: adj Tone: pos Placid
quiet and peaceful Form: adj Tone: pos Serene
Choose the adjective, serene, to describe someone who is calm and untroubled. If
you tell someone horrible news and they remain serene, you might wonder if they
heard you! Something that is staid is dignified, respectable possibly even boring,
like a staid dinner party that is heavy on the important guests but light on the
laughs.
not interesting or amusing. Form: adj Tone: neutral
Staid
not showing much emotion or interest.never
A stolid person cant Mnemonic: be moved to smile or Remember Stolid as show much
sign of life, in solid. As we all know
Stolid
reacting. Form: adj Tone: pos
much the same way as something solid, like a giant boulder, is immovable. Both are
expressionless.
that molecules in solid are not moving randomly as in liquid or gas. So they are
dull. So Stolid means solid and dull. Example: She remained Stolid during the
trial. Mnemonic: Tranquilizer is given to animals for calming them and thus
Tranquil means to calm Example: The house was once again Tranquil after the kids
moved outside to play
quiet and peaceful Form: adj Tone: pos Tranquil
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE a worried and sad feeling after having received an
unpleasant surprise. Form: n Tone: neg If you discover late Sunday night that the
dog really did eat your homework, you might cry out in dismay. Dismay describes an
emotional state of alarm, fear, or serious disappointment. If you are upset, you
are distraught. If you want to explain why you are pulling your hair out, just
utter "Leave me alone; I'm distraught" It'll work. Disconcert X disturb. Form: v
Tone: neg To disconcert is to unsettle someone, make them feel confused and out of
sorts. It's a mixture of to embarrass and to creep out. a worried and sad feeling
after having received an unpleasant surprise. Consternation Form: n X Tone: neg
Words Relation to Group to make someone feel anxious and nervous. Form: v Tone: neg
Meaning Agitate means to stir up. If you watch a horror movie at bedtime, you may
be too agitated to sleep. Movies like that can agitate all sorts of adrenaline
responses in the body. Consternation is a noun that can stop you in your tracks
because it means "a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter
confusion; dismay." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Agitate rhymes with Irritate. You
get agitated if somebody constantly irritates you. Example: If I talk about the
problem with him it just agitates him even more. Mnemonic: CONSTERNATION (cons)
continuous + ter (terror) + nation; continuous terrorist attacks on a nation can
cause CONSTERNATION Example: Much to her parents' consternation, she had decided to
not go to college. Mnemonic: When you are getting ready to perform at a concert,
you are tensed and confused as to how your show will fair with the audience.
Example: News of his criminal past has disconcerted even his admirers. Root: Prefix
DIS means NOT Mnemonic: This (Dis) MAY semester end exams begin, I fear in dismay.
Example: The imposing climb up the mountain dismayed us even before we got started.
Mnemonic: This year because of drought (sounds like distraught) people were upset
and anxious. Example: Distraught relatives are waiting for news of the missing
children. Root: Prefix DIS means NOT
Agitate X
Dismay X
Distraught X
cannot think clearly because you are extremely upset. Form: adj Tone: neg
Faze X
to make someone feel confused or shocked, so that you dont know what to do.
Form: v Tone: neg to make someone nervous or confused by giving them a lot to do.
Form: v,n Tone: neg
If nothing can faze you, you are unflappable. Nothing bothers you, or gets you off
your game. To faze is to disrupt or disturb. To fluster someone is to make them
feel upset or agitated. A challenging math problem might fluster you, or even a
glance from an admirer. Stand outside the school cafeteria passing out flyers with
nutritional details on school food, and you may foment a revolution foment
means stirring up something undesirable, such as trouble. The adjective frenetic is
another way to say frenzied, frantic, or totally worked up. Kind of how you'd run
around the kitchen madly trying to cook a last-minute dinner for 30 of your closest
friends.
Mnemonic: The face turns faze(d) when someone is humiliated. Example: You'll never
succeed as a writer if you let a little bit of criticism faze you. Mnemonic:
Fluster reminds me of 'Frustrate'. when you get confused, you get frustrated.
Example: Some speakers fluster more easily than others. Mnemonic: Foam starts to
appear once you profusely foment (stir up) a soapy hot water bucket(2nd meaning )
Example: He was accused of fomenting violence.
Fluster X
Foment X
to create trouble or violence to make it worse. Form: v Tone: neg
Frenetic X
lot of energy and activity in a way that is not organized Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: sounds like 'fanatic' which means someone with excessive excitement or
devotion to something (belief/cause) so frenetic means excessive excitement like a
mad man. Example: The celebration was noisy and frenetic. Mnemonic: Hysterical
sounds like Hilarious, when its not even so. Like its an emotional disorder and
someone watching an emotional scene starts laughing as if it comprises a funny
plot. That hysterical. Example: A few of the children began to scream, and soon
they were all caught up in the hysteria. Mnemonic: Sounds like IMPLEASABLE -- some
one who cannot be pleased or appeased -not pacifiable Example: He has an implacable
hatred for his political opponents. Root: Prefix MIS means NOT Mnemonic: wrought
sounds lik drought...during drought people run mad
in a state of extreme excitement, in an uncontrolled way. Form: adj Tone: neg

Hysterical X
Hysterical means "marked by uncontrollable, extreme emotion." If your favorite

sports team wins a championship, you might get hysterical and started weeping and
screaming all at once.
cannot be calmed down Form: adj Tone: neg Implacable X
An implacable person just cant be appeased. If you really offended your best
friend and tried every kind of apology but she refused to speak to you again, you
could describe her as implacable. High on drama and lacking any emotional
restraint, overwrought is an adjective that
Overwrought
very worried and upset Form: adj Tone: neg
X
means deeply, behind food...they are in excessively agitated or a state of

agitation nervous. Example: The witness became overwrought as she described the
crime. to make someone worried or anxious Form: v Tone: neg To perturb is to bug or
bother someone by confusing them or throwing them off balance. You can try, but
it's almost impossible to perturb the guards outside Buckingham Palace. Mnemonic:
perturb sounds like "disturb" Example: It perturbed him that his son was thinking
about leaving school.
Perturb X
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Despot a ruler with great power, especially one who uses
it in a cruel way Form: n Tone: neg Autocrat showing that you expect people to obey
and respect Authoritative you. Form: adj Tone: neg a person who expects to be
obeyed by other people and does not care about their opinions or feelings. Form: n
Tone: neg Absolute Words Relation to Group having unlimited power or control, esp
when despotic Form: adj,n Tone: neg Meaning Use absolute as a noun or an adjective
when you're so sure of something that you know it will never change. For example, a
devout person's belief in life after death is an absolute; that person has absolute
faith in the afterlife. Speak with an authoritative tone, or no one will listen to
you. Why would they, if you sound like you don't even believe in yourself?
Authoritative means sure or definitive. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: "solute" sounds
like salute and we use to salute people having complete power. Example: The country
is ruled by an Absolute dictator. Root: Prefix AB means AWAY FROM. Mnemonic:
Someone having Authority will be Authoritative. Example: The book is an
Authoritative guide to the city's restaurants.
An autocrat is another Mnemonic: name for a dictator, Autocracy (Auto someone who
wields means indeendent) is absolute power and uses it just the opposite in a cruel
and despotic word for Democracy. manner. Example: European Autocrats once commonly
believed that they had received the right to rule directly from God. A despot, is a
cruel, allcontrolling ruler. For example, a despot does not allow people to speak
out against the leadership, nor really want them to have much freedom at all.
Mnemonic: Cruel dictators kill thousands of people on de (the) spot (Despot)
Example: He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a
petty Despot. Mnemonic: If you try to read "Dogmatic" from back to front, you will
get "i am god". the person who think that he is a god is arrogant and stubborn
Example: She's become so Dogmatic lately that arguing with her is pointless.
Mnemonic:
Dogmatic
you are certain that your beliefs and rights are correct and that others should
accept them. Form: adj Tone: neg
Someone who is dogmatic has arrogant attitudes based on unproved theories. If you
dogmatically assert that the moon is made of green cheese, you'll just get laughed
at.
control by one
Hegemony is political or
Hegemony
country, organization, etc. over other countries, within a particular group. Form:
n Tone: neg
cultural dominance or authority over others. The hegemony of the popular kids over
the other students means that they determine what is and is not cool.
Hegemony:he's got money,so he's domineering in the society and he control others.
Example: They discussed the national government's Hegemony over their tribal
community. Mnemonic: remember Imperious curse in harry potter!!it is used to
command others to do something Example: She is an Imperious movie star who thinks
she's some sort of goddess Mnemonic: Martinet's spelling is very similar to martial
- so a Martinet is a strict martial. Example: The prison's warden was a cruel
Martinet. Mnemonic: Totalitarian sounds like TOTAL power Example: We were asked to
oppose dictatorship and totalitarianism and embrace Democracy. Mnemonic: Remember
mike tyson .. He was cruel dictator in the ring Example: The country was ruled by a
succession of Tyrants.
Imperious
expecting people to obey you and treating them as if they are not as important as
you. Form: adj Tone: neg
Someone who is imperious gives orders in a way that shows they feel superior or
more important than other people. You might want the smartest kid in the class as
your lab partner, but not if they have an imperious attitude and boss you around.
Use the noun martinet to describe someone is a stickler when it comes to following
rules, such as the teacher who won't accept homework if it is written in a color
other than blue. You can decipher the meaning of totalitarian by the first part:
"total." It refers to a government with total power, one that exercises complete,
even oppressive control over the people and their activities. If you accuse your
parents of being tyrants, you are saying they abuse their control of you-they
are cruel, overly restrictive of your freedoms, and unfair. A tyrant is a ruler who
is cruel and unjust.
Martinet
a very strict person who demands that other people obey orders or rules completely
Form: n Tone: neg
Totalitariian
in which there is only one political party that has complete power and control over
the people. Form: adj,n Tone: neg a person who has complete power in a country and
uses it in a cruel and unfair way. Form: n Tone: neg
Tyrant
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Peers Equal(syn) Form: n Tone: neutral A peer is someone
at your own level. If you are a 10th grader, other high school students are your
peers. Parity Equal (syn) Form: n Tone: neutral Disparate (opp) not similar (oppo)
Form: adj Tone: negative, neutral depending on the context Commensurate Words
Relation to Group Equal work (syn) Form: adj Tone: neutral Meaning The word
commensurate has to do with things that are similar in size and therefore
appropriate. Many people think the death penalty is a commensurate punishment for
murder. In other words, the penalty fits the crime. The trunk of some people's cars
may contain items as disparate as old clothes, rotting food, and possibly a missing
relative. Disparate things are very different from each other. Parity refers to
equality of an amount or value, and it's used most often to refer to finance.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: SPLIT AS COMMON - ENSURED -RATE. WHICH MEANS, OUR RATE
WILL BE EQUAL TO THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT! Example: Salary will be Commensurate with
experience. Mnemonic: Disparate can be broken as: "This" "sEparate" so read as
"this is separate Example: They are a disparate group of individuals. Mnemonic:
Parity.......divide it like pari(pair)...pairs always exhibit equality in their
choices. Example: Prison officers are demanding pay Parity with the police force.
Mnemonic: peer rhymes with near and dear -people of equal status(Peers) are usually
near and dear to each other. Example: Children are worried about failing in front
of their Peers. Mnemonic: Tantamount and Paramount are similar in sound but have
different meanings. While Tantamount means, equivalent, paramount means chief in
importance. Example: If he resigned it would be Tantamount to admitting that he was
equality Form: adj Tone: neutral
Tantamount
When something is tantamount to another thing it is essentially its equivalent. For

some animal activists, wearing fur is tantamount to murder.
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Fulsome too generous in praising or thanking somebody
Form: adj Tone: pos Fawn flatter Form: v Tone: neg when you say all good things to
someone to persuade them to do things for you. Blandishment Form: n * Tone: neg
When you hear a blandishment come your way, you may feel flattered, as that's what
a blandisher intends to do. However, beware because that flattery may come with the
underlying intention of persuading you to do something! A fawn is a young deer, but
it's also a verb meaning to try and win favor by flattering. You might fawn over
Bambi if you want to hang out with the cute and fuzzy gang. Compliments usually
make you feel pretty good, but fulsome compliments, which are exaggerated and
usually insincere, may have the opposite effect. If you disapprove of the overly
submissive way someone is acting - like the teacher's pet or a celebrity's
assistant - call them by the formal adjective obsequious. Adulation * Words
Relation to Group admiration and praise, but it is greater than is necessary. Form:
n Tone: neg Meaning If you've ever been to a pop concert filled with screaming fans
you've probably been exposed to adulation praise so over-thetop it's almost
embarrassing. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Adulation *ad + u + late; To act in an ad
(advertisement) you came late, so producer became furious...in order to cool him u
need to FLATTER him. Example: The band enjoy the Adulation *of their fans wherever
they go. Mnemonic: BLAN (like PLAN) + DISH (food) PLAN a DISH to FLATTER
somebody... Example: He refused to be moved by either threats or Blandishment *s.
Mnemonic: a FAN tries to gain favor by flattery Example: a sports star surrounded
by Fawning fans
Mnemonic: Focus on the full portion. Fulsome means excessive to the point where it
is too full. Example: He was Fulsome in his praise of the Prime Minister. Mnemonic:
ob + SEQUI + ous .. sequi means sequence where one thing "follows" the other.. and
servants follow what their masters say Example: She's constantly followed by
Obsequious assistants who will do anything she tells them to.
Obsequious
trying too hard to please or satisfy someone very important. Form: adj Tone: neg
a person who praises influential or powerful people in order to get something in
return. Form: n Tone: neg Sycophant
A sycophant is a person who tries to win favor from wealthy or influential people
by flattering them. Also known as brownnosers, teacher's pets or suck-ups.
Mnemonic: Sycophant.split it like .....syco(sounds like psycho)+phan...sounds like

FAN.......SO JUST IMAGINE a PSYCHO FAN of yours in your office who want to please
you in whatever way..by flattering..or by bootliking.....just to gain your
favour... Example: When her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often
mistook Sycophants for true friends Mnemonic: Sir, "TODAY"(Toady) you look
very ...... (this an act of pleasing someone in order to gain a personal
advantage.) Example: She's a real Toady to the boss. Mnemonic: Unctuous ->
fUnctuous -> party like ... in parties girls do a lot of oily makeup and try to
appear and behave sauve but in my opinion they look and behave in a bland way.
Example: an Unctuous appraisal of the musical talent shown by the boss's daughter
Toady
a person who praises influential or powerful people in order to get something in

return. Form: n,v Tone: neg friendly or giving praise in a way that is not sincere
and hence unpleasant. Form: adj Tone: neg
You can call the kid who is always really nice to the teacher in hopes of getting a
good grade a brownnoser or, if you want to sound clever, a toady. You might know
the idea of the adjective unctuous by other words like "oily," "smarmy," or overly
"flattering." When a person is unctuous, you can't trust their kindness, because
they usually want something in return.
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE existing in all parts and spreading gradually to affect
all parts of a place. Form: adj Tone: NEUT Inclusive including everything Form: adj
Tone: NEUT Encompass COMPREHENSIVE Words Relation to Group covering completely
Form: adj Tone: neut Meaning When you want to describe something that includes all
or most details, you can use the adjective comprehensive. If you get the
comprehensive treatment at a spa, it might include massage, manicure and a facial.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: we always hear "COMPREHENSIVE win" from cricket
commentators.. it means the side wins making enough runs or with enough wickets..
so its covering and winning in all aspects over the opposition.. Example: A
COMPREHENSIVE overview of European history since the French Revolution Mnemonic: We
use compass to draw circle, which sorrounds or includes the area within it.
Example: The district Encompasses most of the downtown area. Mnemonic: Everything
is IN the CLOSET. Example: A butterfly expert with an Inclusive knowledge of his
subject
to include a large number or range of things. Form: v Tone: NEUT
Encompass means to contain. When you see the word, picture a campus which
encompasses lecture halls, a football field, a medical center, a dining hall and
some parking lots. Call something inclusive when it's designed or inclined to
include. An exclusive club might let you in, but an inclusive one will ask you to
join, no strings attached. When something is pervasive, it's everywhere. Common
things are pervasive like greed and cheap perfume.
Pervasive
Mnemonic: Pervasive sounds like persuasive, if you are persuasive youre ideas will
be Pervasive Example: Television's Pervasive influence on our culture
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Words Relation to Group someone who is not interested or enthusiastic about

anything. Form: n. Tone: neg Apathy
Meaning Use the noun apathy when someone is not interested in the important things
that are happening. You might feel apathy for the political process after watching
candidates bicker tediously with one another.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: a (negative) + pathy : root "pathy" means feeling as in

sympathy; so Apathy means having no feeling for others or lacking interest in
something. Example: People have shown surprising Apathy toward these important
social problems. Root: Prefix A- means NOT Mnemonic: Think: "Stone-like" -To be
like a stone means you don't experience pleasure or pain. You are unaffected.
Example: We are surprised at his Stoical acceptance of death
Stoic
a person who is unable to suffer pain without complaining. Form: n,adj Tone: neg
Being stoic is being calm and almost without any emotion. When you're stoic, you
don't show what you're feeling and you also accept whatever is happening.
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Meaning
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Depriciate is to reduce and lessen. Example: He made a

deprecating comment. Root: Prefix De means DOWN. Mnemonic: de rogue -you always
will have a low opinion of rogues Example: Fans made a steady stream of Derogatory
remarks about the players on the visiting team Mnemonic: Owner of a Mitsubishi
PAJERO belittles everyone on the road. Example: I'm using the word academic
here in a Pejorative sense.
to feel and express tending to diminish or disapproval of disparage something or

someone. Deprecatory Form: adj Tone: neg
Derogatory
showing a bad attitude towards someone. Form: adj Tone: neg
Something that's derogatory is insulting or disrespectful. If you make derogatory

comments, that means you say things that are unflattering, unkind, or demeaning.
Pejorative
a word or remark that expresses criticism. Form: adj Tone: neg
Call a word or phrase pejorative if it is used as a disapproving expression or a

term of abuse. Treehugger is a pejorative term for an environmentalist.
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Meaning
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Alien+ate. treating someone like an alien is like being

unfriendly or getting separated. Example: He ALIENATEd most of his colleagues with
his bad temper. Mnemonic: go anti to someone that is ANTAGONIZE for you Example:
Her comments ANTAGONIZEd many people. Root: Prefix ANTI means AGAINST. Mnemonic: To
behave like a stranger with a friend will mean estranging. Example: she Estranged
several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
ALIENATE
to make unfriendly When you alienate Form: v people, you make them Tone: neg stop
liking or caring about you. Show up at a conference of cat lovers with a sign
around your neck that says, "I hate kittens," and you'll learn firsthand what that
means. to act in oposition Form: v Tone: neg To antagonize is to provoke someone to
react angrily. If your mother tells you to stop antagonizing your brother, she's
asking you to stop making him mad.
ANTAGONIZE
Divide, isolate Form: n Tone: NEG Estrange
To estrange people may sound like adding wobbly antennae and an extra eyeball to
their faces. Really, estrange means to push apart people who were once close to
each other and cause them to be like strangers.
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Relation to Group only interested in your country, ideas etc, or not in those from
outside. Form: adj Tone: NEG
Meaning Insular means "having a narrow view of the world," like insular people who
never leave their small town, which enables them to believe that every place in the
world is the same and the people are all just like them. lacking tolerance or
understanding
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: IN(not)+SECULAR.a country which is not secular is

Insular Example: The British are often accused of being Insular. Root: In means
INTO or WITHIN. Mnemonic: With My Opaque lenses I will be short sighted Example:
Dogma and Myopic politics always falls short in explanation Mnemonic: Having
PARTIAL vision or outlook is being Parochial. Example: They need to be better
informed and less Parochial in their thinking. Mnemonic: Provincial sounds like
"PROVINCE". Imagine a person belonging to rural province then he don't have much
exposure to outer world...so he is unsophisticated and limited in outlook Example:
In spite of his education and travels, he has remained very Provincial.
Insular
Myopic
narrow minded Form: N Tone: NEG
only concerned with small issues that happen in you local areas. Parochial Form:
adj Tone: NEG
If an issue or a matter is parochial, it is trivial or only concerns a local area.

Likewise, a person with a parochial mentality is narrow-minded, or not open to new
ideas. A provincial person comes from the backwaters. Someone from a small province
outside of Provence, France, might seem a little more provincial and less worldly
than someone from, say, Paris.
narrow-minded. Form: adj Tone: NEG
Provincial
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Insouciant serious Form: adj Tone: pos If you have a grave
personality, you are solemn and dignified and don't joke around very much. Only
people with no real troubles can afford to be insouciant during times like these.
Runway models are great at looking insouciant, strolling the catwalk apparently
without a care in the world. silly or not serious especially when it is not
suitable. Form: adj Tone: neg Frivolous Flippant Words Relation to Group showing
that you do not take certain things as seriously as you are expected to take. Form:
adj Tone: neg Meaning When a parent scolds a teenager for missing a curfew or
blowing off a test and the teen snaps back, "Whatever," you could say the teen is
being flippant. His reply was casual to the point of sarcasm and disrespect.
Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary. If something is frivolous, then you
don't need it. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: focus on flip; during exam time if you
flip through the pages of the book rather than reading them with concentration,
then you LACK PROPER SERIOUSNESS. Example: He made a Flippant response to a serious
question. Mnemonic: Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary. If something is Fri-
vo-lous Free - If something is free, you don't take it seriously, you think 'oh
they are giving it for free because its not an important stuff, or not the stuff in
demand, or not the stuff usually taken Example: She thinks window shopping is a
Frivolous activity. Mnemonic: Don't laugh near the graves,be serious. Example: My
father would turn in his grave if he knew what I have done. Mnemonic: 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, he is Insouciant.
Example: She wandered into the meeting with complete insouciance to the fact that
she was late Mnemonic: Levity Sounds like lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar).you casually leave
things without any seriousness Example: The teachers disapprove of any displays of
Levity during school assemblies
Grave (oppo)
the state of not being worried about anything. Form: adj Tone: neg
Levity
behavior that shows lack of respect for something serious and that treats it in an
amusing way. Form: n Tone: neg
Joking that your dead grandmother "never looked better" could inject some levity,
or frivolity, into her funeral, but your relatives might find your joke
inappropriate to the occasion.
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Slavish copying someone without any originality of his own
at all. Form: adj Tone: neg someone who eagerly wants to obey or please someone
Form: adj,n Tone: neg Subservient abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or
servant Servile someone who eagerly wants to obey or please someone Form: adj Tone:
neg Minion Grovel Words Relation to Group to behave in a humble manner with someone
who can probably give him what he wants. Form: v Tone: neg a servant Form: n Tone:
neg Meaning To grovel is to beg like a hungry dog. You don't have to be a canine,
though, you might grovel for a better grade (please don't). Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: One who wants to "grow well" in his Company needs to Grovel before his
manager. Example: He had to Grovel to get her to accept his apology. Mnemonic: A
mini peon (Minion).. Who is servile to his boss. Example: Most of the top
appointments went to the new governor's personal Minions and political cronies
Mnemonic: sounds like "SERVE" while serving you have to be submissive, or keep your
head down. Example: He had always maintained a Servile attitude around people with
money Mnemonic: Slavish sounds like SLAVE. Example: He has been criticized for his
Slavish devotion to the rules. Mnemonic: sub+servient..servient sounds like
servent.....a servent is a slave or one who is low in rank or position so
subordinate. Example: She refused to take a Subservient role in their marriage.
Root: Prefix SUBmeans UNDER. Mnemonic: One who says ..SUPPLy me I CANT get it on my
own. Example: The new governor soon had to
Your minions, if you are lucky enough to have any, are those people who are devoted
to you and entirely dependent on you. If you borrow money from a bully and don't
pay it back, he might send one of his minions after you. If you want to get someone
to like you, don't offer to fetch them a Coke, rub their feet, or do their
homework. They won't like you any better, and your servile attitude will only cost
you their respect.
Subservient means "compliant," "obedient," "submissive," or having the qualities of

a servant. Something that's subservient has been made useful, or put into the
service of, something else.
Supplicant
a person who asks for something in a humble manner specially from God or a powerful
person.
If you pray every night to be accepted to your dream college, you can call yourself
a supplicant, or a person who asks humbly for something.
Form: v Tone: neg
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Indulge Humor the state of your feelings or mind at a
particular time. Form: n,v Tone: neut to satisfy a particular desire and interest.
Form: v Tone: pos Coddle Words Relation to Group to treat someone with too much
care and attention. Form: v Tone: pos Meaning While it is okay for parents to
coddle, spoil, or pamper a young child, its a little unnerving when parents
coddle, or pamper adult children. And downright weird when adult children wear
Pampers. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Coddle sounds like cuddle cuddling is pampering
kids, showing excessive love, indulge in excess of cuddling that is mollyCoddle,
which will spoil kids. Example: The judges were accused of coddling criminals.
Example: She Humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the
hundredth time. Example: It's my birthday. I'm going to Indulge myself and eat
whatever I want to eat.
Humor is a word for the quality of being funny - or for appreciating comedy, as in
"sense of humor." Indulge is a verb that means "to give in to something," like when
you indulge your craving for chocolate by eating a big piece of it. Mollycoddle
means to spoil or overindulge something. You can think of mollycoddle as an extreme
form of coddle. If you constantly fuss over your dog and serve her homemade food
while she's resting on a soft feather bed, you mollycoddle her.
to protect soomeone too much and make their life too comfortable and Mollycoddle
safe. Form: v Tone: pos
Mnemonic: molly=to calm down/pacify...coddle=to treat with tenderness/care...

Mollycoddle= treat with excessive care Example: The coach has been mollycoddling
the team's star players. Mnemonic: Do you know what hampers a child most? I think
if the parents always INDULGE a child , it may be Pampered & its life may be
hampered. Example: They really Pamper their guests at that hotel.
Pamper
to take care of treat with excessive someone very well indulgence and make them
feel as comfortable as possible. Form: v Tone: pos
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Relation to Group Present everywhere. (syn) Form: adj Tone: NEUT
Meaning Omnipresent describes something that's everywhere at once, like a deity or

a bad smell.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Omni means ALL and Present. So present in all places or
everywhere is being Omnipresent. Example: Seeking some much-needed relief from the
Omnipresent noise of the big city Root: Omni means ALL. Mnemonic: Remember UB Group
belonging to Vijaya Malliya. It is present everywhere in India. Example: By that
time cell phones had become Ubiquitous, and people had long ceased to be impressed
by the sight of one
Omnipresent
Ubiquitous
seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time. Form: adj Tone:
NEUT
It's everywhere! It's everywhere! When something seems like it's present in all
places at the same time, reach for the adjective ubiquitous.
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE prevent something from taking place (syn) Form: n Tone:
neg Repression control Form: v Tone: pos/neut Repression is a kind of holding back
or holding down. There's repression of feelings (willing yourself not to cry), as
well as social repression (where the government limits freedom or shuts out certain
groups). Restrain means to hold yourself back, which is exactly what you'd have to
do if, after weeks of dieting, you found yourself face to face with a dessert case
filled with pies, cakes, and cookies. The verb to scotch has nothing to do with the
wellknown liquor. Instead, it means to prevent or stop something from happening.
Quell calm down someone or something. Form: v Tone: pos Quash Pulverize Words
Relation to Group Meaning Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Pulverize = POWDERIZE Example:
We Pulverized the opposition. Mnemonic: Quash can be framed as CRUSH to ash, so qu+
(ASH) Example: The rumours were quickly Quashed. to defeat or when you pulverize
destroy something someone, you defeat completely.(effect) him/her thoroughly Form:
v Tone: neg to officially state that a decision made by the court has come to an
end or not valid. Form: v Tone: neut Quash means to put down, stop, extinguish, and
its usually used to talk about ideas, feelings, or political movements. You
wouldn t quash a grape underfoot; you would squash it. But if you were a
military dictator, you would quash a revolution. Meaning to suppress or overcome,
quell is what you have to do with nerves before a big test and fears before going
skydiving.
Mnemonic: Quell sounds simlar to yell and we yell to supress someone or make
him/her quiet. Example: Extra police were called in to Quell the disturbances.
Mnemonic: Repression is like depression and you control your depression which is
Repression Example: They survived 60 years of political Repression. Mnemonic:
Restrain is to TRAIN your BRAIN to REFRAIN from doing something you are not
supposed to. Example: He could not Restrain the dog from attacking. Mnemonic:
Scotch sounds like Torch, which is used to supress Darkness. Example: Rumours that
he had fled the country were promptly Scotched by his wife. Mnemonic: Hungry?
Restrain
Scotch
decisively putting an end to something. Form: v Tone: pos/neut
to bring someone
To subdue is to hold back,

Subdue
or something to control.(effect) Form: v Tone: neg/neut
put down, or defeat. A Doberman can be subdued with a bone, but subduing a yapping
toy poodle can be a mail carrier's greatest daily challenge. To suppress something
means to curb, inhibit, or even stop it. If the sound of your boss moving in his
chair sounds like gas, you re going to have to learn how to suppress your
giggles.
Lets go to SUBWAYS to Subdue our hunger. Example: Julia had to Subdue an urge to
stroke his hair. Mnemonic: The celebrity said "sup press" when the press came and
ruined his activity. Example: The governor tried to Suppress the news.
Suppress
to put something to end especially by force Form: v Tone: neg
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/ END SURPRISE / CONFUSE Befuddle confused and unable to think normally. Form: v
Tone: neg/ neut To befuddle is to confuse. A sticky exam question can befuddle you,
or an awkward question about your whereabouts the night before (how can you
remember? You were befuddled, after all.) To bemuse means to confuse or puzzle. You
might be bemused opening a box of candy from a "secret admirer." Your teacher might
give you a bemused smile if you write your essay as a series of haikus. To bewilder
is to amaze, baffle, dumbfound, flummox, perplex, or stupefy. When you bewilder
people, you confuse them. Bamboozle to confuse someone especially by tricking them.
Form: v Tone: neg/ neut To bamboozle is to hoodwink, lead by the nose, or pull the
wool over someone's eyes you're tricking or fooling them. Baffle to confuse someone
completely. Form: v Tone: neg/ neut Words Relation to Group to surprise or shock
someone very much. Form: v Tone: neg/ neut Meaning Astound means to amaze. Savants,
or those with extreme brain abnormalities, can astound people by their ability to
play Beethoven sonatas on the piano after having heard them only once. To baffle is
to confuse. If you are completely puzzled as to what baffle means, you might say
that this word baffles you. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Astound sounds like A- STUNT
which is really a wonder. Example: The magician will Astound you with his latest
tricks. Mnemonic: Baffle sounds like be + fool. Everybody knows that a fool is
always confused and frusturated while trying to understand / do something new.
Example: I was Baffled by many of the scientific terms used in the article.
Mnemonic: sounds like Puzzle, using trick Example: Bamboozled by con men into
buying worthless land in the desert Mnemonic: Befuddle sounds like bepuzzled.
Example: Most of the applicants were Befuddled by the wording of one of the
questions on the driving test Mnemonic: BEwilder + confUSE = Bemuse Example: The
stage mishap momentarily Bemused the actress
Astound
Bemuse
showing that you are confused and unable to think clearly. Form: adj Tone: neg/
neut
to confuse someone Form: v Tone: neut Bewilder
Mnemonic: Some times people behave like wild animals that Bewilders me, because
they lack humanity.
Example: The change in policy seems to have Bewildered many of our customers to be
slow to do or startle with amazement accept something or fear because you are
surprised. Form: v Tone: neut Mnemonic: Find it similar with Google, as Google
gives us regular amazement. Example: She Boggled her first effort to make Christmas
cookies Mnemonic: CONfusion FOUND -Confound Example: The school's team Confounded
all predictions and won the game.
Boggle
to confuse and surprise someone. Form: v Tone: neg/ neut Confound
If you have an identical twin, you've probably tried dressing alike so that people
confound you with, or mistake you for, one another. You've also probably learned
that, unfortunately, this trick doesnt work on your mom. When you see your mom
come back from the salon with bright green spiky hair and your jaw drops to the
floor in total shock, youre flabbergasted. You are really, really shocked pretty
much speechless.
Flabbergasted
extremely surprised and shocked. Form: adj Tone: neg/ neut
Mnemonic: The extra flab in his body aghasted him, for he was confused whether to
go for the audition or not Example: It flabbergasts me to see how many people still
support them.
Fox
confounded or confused. Form: adj Tone: neg/ neut
be confusing or Mnemonic: A Fox is perplexing to; cause to cunning and have the be
unable to think clearly capability of confusing you with its tricks Example: I must
admit I'm completely Foxed. Mnemonic: plussedpuzzled. Example: I was nonplussed by
his openly expressed admiration of me.
Non plussed
so shocked that If a conversation with you fail to speak or someone leaves you do
something scratching your head and Form: adj wondering what point Tone: neg/ neut
they were trying to make, you are nonplussed: bewildered, puzzled, often
speechless. to make something less clear and more difficult to understand Form: v
Tone: neg/ neut Some people are experts at obfuscating the truth by being evasive,
unclear, or obscure in the telling of the facts. The people who are good at
obfuscating would include defense lawyers and teenagers asked about their plans for
Saturday night. To perplex someone is to amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound,
flummox, mystify, or puzzle them. Perplexing things are
Obfuscate
Mnemonic: ob (ab--now) FUSCATE -fuss + create To deliberately create a fuss about

an issue to make it hard to understand. Example: Their explanations only serve to
Obfuscate and confuse. Mnemonic: Perplex = complex (full of confusion) Example:
Questions about the meaning of
Perplex
confused and worried because you did not understand it. Form: v
Tone: neut
hard to understand.
life have always Perplexed humankind. Mnemonic: Think of tourists visiting New York
City for the first time. They stare up at the skyscrapers, lost in wonder. They are
stupified. Example: He was stupefied by the amount they had spent.
Stupefy
to surprise or shock someone and hence cant think clearly Form: v Tone: neg/ neut
Don't be embarrassed if the magician's tricks stupefy you. It means you're amazed.
Who doesn't want to be stopped in his tracks sometimes?
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STOP ENTHUSIASM / PASSION / EXCITE EXPRESS SYMPATHY HAPPY / JOYOUS HARDWORKING
IRREGULAR / AT INTERVALS LACKING ENERGY / LAZY NEVER ENDING/NONSTOP ORDINARY SAD /
DEPRESSED SHORT-LIVED SULKING / BADTEMPERED TO MAKE UNNECESSARY UNIMPORTANT /
TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Anodyne reduce distress or pain Form: adj Tone: pos
Ameliorate Alleviate making a problem less serious Form: v Tone: pos Do all these
words make your head ache? If so, take an aspirin to alleviate, or relieve, your
pain. Allay Words Relation to Group putting a fear, suspicion or worry at rest.
Form: v Tone: pos Meaning The verb allay is used when you want to make something
better or eliminate fears and concerns. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: al + lay - Ali
(name of a person) + lay; Ali lay down on bed to calm down his body and mind.
Example: The new advertising campaign is an attempt to Allay the public's concerns
about the safety of the company's products. Mnemonic: Alleviate elevator: It sounds
like elevator that helps us to reduce leg pain while walking or climbing stairs.
Example: Finding ways to Alleviate stress is of primary importance these days.
Mnemonic: Ameliorate sounds like deteriorate = degrade Ameliorate = improve
Example: This medicine should help Ameliorate the pain.
to make something better Form: v Tone: pos
To ameliorate is to step in and make a bad situation better. You could try
introducing a second lollipop to ameliorate a battle between two four-yearolds over
a single lollipop. When your back is killing you from helping your friend move
furniture into his new apartment, you need to take an anodyne, a painkiller.
Mnemonic: Anodyne > a + no + dyne (dying); If you want him not to die from pain,
you should give him some Anodyne drugs. Example: The otherwise Anodyne comments
sounded quite inflammatory when taken out of context. Mnemonic: After the end of
World War II, peace brought calmness to all parts of the world. Example: They
Appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war.
Appease
Making peace by accepting demands Form: v Tone: pos
Appease means to make or preserve peace with a nation, group, or person by giving
in to their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in "the cold drink appeased his
thirst."
make an unpleasant feeling less serious
If you assuage an Mnemonic: Assuage unpleasant feeling, you .....sounds like AT

YOUR make it go away. AGE. imagine a nurse is
Assuage
Form: v Tone: pos
Assuaging your hunger by eating a bag of marshmallows may cause you other
unpleasant feelings.
ASSUAGING a 70 year old PATIENT and saying "AT YOUR AGE you should take some rest"
Example: A mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark
Mnemonic: Conceal means hide....when you hide yourself from traffic, chaos,
cacophonies, you feel calm and you pacify yourself Example: The company's attempts
to Conciliate the strikers have failed.
Conciliate
to make somebody less angry by being kind and pleasant Form: v Tone: pos
The verb conciliate means to placate, appease, or pacify. If you are eating at a
restaurant and the waiter accidentally spills a drink on you, the manager may try
to conciliate you by picking up the tab for your meal. For a formal-sounding verb
that means to make worse, try exacerbate. If you're in trouble, complaining about
it will only exacerbate the problem. You'll be furious that your friend didn't bake
the cupcakes she promised for christmas - until you learn the extenuating
circumstances: her dog climbed onto her kitchen counter and ate all the cupcake
batter. Extenuating means "making forgivable." Choose the verb, mitigate, when
something lessens the unpleasantness of a situation. You can mitigate your parents'
anger by telling them you were late to dinner because you were helping your elderly
neighbor. To mollify is to calm someone down, talk them off the ledge, make amends,
maybe even apologize.
Exacerbate (oppo)
to make something worse. (oppo) Form: v Tone: pos
Mnemonic: acerbmeans bitter, harsh; So exacerbate means to make things bitter, to

worsen. Example: The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our
unemployment problems. Mnemonic: An extended class if supplemented with snacks may
be Extenuating. Example: There were Extenuating circumstances and the defendant did
not receive a prison sentence.
Extenuating
Making a guilt appear less serious and that can be forgiven Form: adj Tone: pos
Mitigate
make something less serious or painful Form: v Tone: pos
Mnemonic: think of Mitigate as COLGATE(toothpaste).Use of COLGATE lessen or try to

lessen the extent of germs in our teeth. Example: Emergency funds are being
provided to help Mitigate the effects of the disaster. Mnemonic: Mollify sounds
like nullify...so just think of nullifying something...nullifying your temper
Example: He tried to Mollify his critics with an apology. Mnemonic: a passive
person is always calm,so calm down Example: She resigned from her position to
Pacify her accusers.
Mollify
to lessen someones anger Form: v Tone: pos

supress the anger or excitement of something Form: v Tone: pos Pacify
If you are bringing peace or calm to a state of unrest, you are pacifying the
situation. Just think of the transformation a squalling baby
undergoes when a pacifier is placed within his mouth, and you will remember the
power of the verb to pacify. make someone less angry Form: v Tone: pos Placate When
a husband shows up with flowers after he's fought with his wife, he's trying to
placate her. If you placate someone, you stop them from being angry by giving them
something or doing something that pleases them. If you forgot flowers on your Mom's
birthday, you can still propitiate her by sending a bouquet the next day.
Propitiate means to appease someone or make them happy by doing a particular thing.
If something eases your disappointment or grief, consider it a solace. If you're
sad, you might find solace in music or in talking to your friends. Temper can refer
to a tendency to become unreasonably angry. If youre not sure whether you have a
temper, ask your friends - but dont get mad if you dislike what they have to
say. Mnemonic: PL + ac + ATE = a PLATE full of tasty food to SATISFY someone.
Example: The angry customer was not Placated by the clerk's apology.
Propitiate
to stop somebody from being angry and calm them down Form: v Tone: pos
Mnemonic: PROf+PITIif you want professor's pity then you would have to appease
him/her Example: He made an offering to Propitiate the angry gods.
Solace
emotional comfort Form: n Tone: pos
Mnemonic: He has SO LESS anger that he is always in a state of Solace. Example: I

Solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus. Mnemonic: The TEMPo
travellER is a vehicle of moderate speed. Example: his was disliked by everyone
because of his high Temper
Temper
someone who becomes angry very easily (oppo) Form: n Tone: pos
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION vital Form: adj Tone: pos IMPERATIVE FOREMOST CORE
CARDINAL Words Relation to Group Important Form: n Tone: pos Meaning In
Catholicism, a cardinal is a highranking bishop. In math, you use cardinal numbers
to count. A cardinal rule is one that is central and should not be broken. If
you're looking for the most essential part or the very center of something, you're
looking for its core. Like the inedible middle of an apple or your inner circle of
core friends. Foremost is an adjective that means holding the highest position or
rank. When naming advisors, presidents usually search for the foremost experts on
various subjects. When something absolutely has to be done and cannot be put off,
use the adjective imperative. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: '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. Example: My CARDINAL rule is to
always be honest. Mnemonic: CORE part of the course is what we always try to focus
on, when we were doing our graduation. Example: Concern for the environment is at
the CORE of our policies.
central part Form: noun Tone: pos
the most important or famous Form: n Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Fore means before. So something that is of primary importance is

FOREMOST. Example: The governor was FOREMOST among those who condemned the
violence.
Mnemonic: you have to attend your "important r(el)ative "and that meeting is
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY and IMPORTANT. Example: It is absolutely IMPERATIVE that we
finish by next week. Mnemonic: Dispenser gives coffee, so important things in the
dispensing machine do not come with coffee, so somening that cannot be dispensed is
important, so indispensable means important Example: She made herself indispensable
to the department.
most important to be without Form: adj Tone: pos INDISPENSIBLE
Indispensable is a strong adjective for something that you couldn't do without. If

you have asthma and you're packing for summer vacation, your inhaler is
indispensable, unless you enjoy gasping on the
beach. required by law Form: adj Tone: pos In the US, attending school through the
twelfth grade, driving on the right side of the road, and obtaining a social
security number are all mandatory. The phrase "mandatory requirement" is redundant.
Momentous describes an important event or moment in time. It is used for a time of
great consequence or for a major accomplishment, and is almost always reserved for
good things. The day Barack Obama was elected president was a momentous day for
America. To the President, protecting our nation's security is of paramount
importance - it's at the very top of his to-do list. Mnemonic: MANDATORY, man-date
-for every man time and date is necessary/requirement Example: The offense carries
a MANDATORY life sentence.
MANDATORY
very important, specially because it will have important results Form: adj Tone:
pos MOMENTOUS
Mnemonic: momento+ous....momento or memento are the objects which are gifted to us

by someone special which reminds us of the past and that person and which are of
great significance and value to us, cards and gifts are given as momento which are
MOMENTOUS to us Example: My college graduation was a MOMENTOUS day in my life.
Mnemonic: PARAMOUNT..(MOUNT EVEREST)..IS THE biggest mountain on the earth,so
something SUPREME ,and BEYOND OUR REACH(LIKE MOUNT EVEREST) is PARAMOUNT. Example:
Maintaining the secrecy of the agreement is of PARAMOUNT importance Mnemonic: Pi-
votalvoting is very crucial & important right. Example: She is at a PIVOTAL point
in her career. Mnemonic: We generally use SALIENT features to mean important
features related to something. Example: She pointed out the SALIENT features of the
new design.
very important Form: adj Tone: pos
PARAMOUNT
PIVOTAL
vitally important Form: adj Tone: pos
High school graduation is a pivotal moment in most people's lives - an important

point that signifies a shift in direction. If something stands out in a very
obvious way, it can be called salient. It's time to find new friends if the
differences between you and your current friends are becoming more and more
salient.
most important Form: adj Tone: pos
SALIENT
Legends: X * : Antonyms : Words with slightly different meaning from the majority
of the words in a cluster.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION likely to be understood by only a small number of
people with special knowledge and interest. Form: adj Tone: neut Pssst... do you
know the secret handshake? If you haven't been brought into the inner circle of
those with special knowledge, esoteric things will remain a mystery to you. arcane
something that is mysterious and hence understood by a few Form: adj Tone: neut
Abstruse Abstract Words Relation to Group something that is present in the thought
but doesn t have a concrete shape or existence. Form: adj/v/n Tone: neut Meaning
Use the adjective abstract for something that is not a material object or is
general and not based on specific examples. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Abstract:
sounds close to retract.-and you cant retract anything from an Abstract speech or
passage. Example: We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is Abstract.
Mnemonic: Abstruse rhyme with CONFUSE,there is confusion when things are not clear
Example: You're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity Abstruse
Mnemonic: Ar + Kane (arcane) Kane's (for WWF watchers) face always remains secret,
as he uses a mask. Example: Grammatical rules that seem arcane to generations of
students who were never taught grammar in the first place Mnemonic: Esoteric sounds
like 'It's so terrible' that I fail to understand this theorem. Example:
Metaphysics is such an Esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to
the philosophers Mnemonic: Mystical sounds like Mystery, which is always difficult
to comprehend. Example: Watching the sun rise over the mountain was an almost
Mystical
difficult to understand Form: adj Tone: neg/ neut
Abstruse things are difficult to understand because they are so deep and
intellectually challenging. It might be hard to figure out how a toilet flushes but
the technology that goes into making the Internet function is abstruse. Something
arcane is understood or known by only a few people. Almost everyone knows the
basics of baseball, but only an elite few possess the arcane knowledge of its
history that marks the true fan.
Esoteric
Mystical
having spiritual qualities that are difficult to understand Form: adj Tone: neut
Things that are mystical are magical or mysterious, possibly having to do with
witches or the occult.
experience. not clearly expressed or explained. Form: adj/v/n Tone: neg/neut
Obscure If something is obscure, it's vague and hard to see. Be careful if you're
driving in heavy rain - the painted lines can be obscure. Mnemonic: Obscure=
OBSession + CURE - Many psychiatrists believe that Obsession's cure is still
UNKNOWN / UNCLEAR Example: We went to see one of Shakespeare's more Obscure plays.
Root: Prefix OB means AGAINST. Mnemonic: Occult sounds like Difficult to
understand. Example: The actor's private life had long been Occulted by a contrived
public persona Mnemonic: whatever professional or researchers found(read find) has
to be deep. Example: It is difficult to understand these Profound questions about
life and death. Mnemonic: read Recondite as "re conduct". The professor re
coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly.
Example: This is a a Recondite subject Root: Prefix RE means to REPEAT. Mnemonic:
Perspicuous is not suspicious.. absolutely clear Example: Believing that poetry
need not be as perspicuous as prose, he writes poems that are intentionally
ambiguous
mysterious Form: adj Tone: neut Occult
Dark and mysterious, the occult is a kind of supernatural power or magic. If you
see your neighbor chanting over a giant vat of bubbling brew in the middle of the
night, there's a chance he's dabbling in the occult. Difficult to understand
Profound
deep, grave and hence difficult to understand Form: adj Tone: neg/neut
knowing little about something Form: adj Tone: neut Recondite
It's rather difficult to penetrate the meaning of recondite. Fitting, because it's
an adjective that basically means hard for the average mind to understand.
clear/clarity Form: adj Tone: pos X Perspicuous
Perspicuous is an adjective describing language that is clear and easy to

understand. When you give a presentation, you should speak in a perspicuous manner
so that everyone will be able to follow you.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION
Words
Relation to Group
Meaning
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Cease is to Stop. Example: You never Cease to amaze me!
Cease
To come to an end. "Cease to exist" is a popular Form: v use of the word cease, or
Tone: neut/neg end, and you may have closed your eyes and wished that someone - the
boogeyman in the dark or a pesky sibling by day - would stop! Go away! Cease to be!
Or, at the very least - quit bugging you.
reach the climax or The verb culminate is used to highest state of describe a high
point or a development climactic stage in a process. Form: v For example, the goal
of a Tone: pos Major League baseball team is to have their season Culminate
culminate in a World Series victory.
Mnemonic: Culminate = break up like this.. cal(cul) min ate.. I'm having my food,
it is almost over or almost at climax .. i will call you in a minute. Example:
Their summer tour will Culminate at a spectacular concert in London.
To end something Form: v Tone: neut/neg Terminate
To terminate something is to Mnemonic: His term bring it to an end. Period. (time)

of Full stop. imprisonment should never be Terminated (stop). Example: Your
contract of employment Terminates in December.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION cheerful and full of More than chipper, more energy
than happy, more than Form: adj delighted is ebullient Tone: pos meaning bubbling
over with joy and delight. Dynamic positive in attitude and full of energy Form:
adj Tone: pos Buoyancy full of energy/liveliness Form: n Tone: pos Avid
Ardor/Ardent Words Relation to Group great enthusiasm and passion Form: adj/n Tone:
pos Meaning Are you inspired to write love poems to your crush? Sprinkle rose
petals in her path? Then you're feeling ardor - an intense kind of warmth and
fervor most often associated with love. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ardor our door;
please close the door and windows, to prevent the heat from going outside. Example:
His revolutionary ardor was an example to his followers. Mnemonic: a person is
always eager to be in Avid(a video) Example: He is an Avid admirer of horror
movies. Mnemonic: So whenever you run into the word Buoyancy, just think "staying
afloat." Example: They were all in buoyant mood. Mnemonic: A Dynamite (explosive)
is Dynamic (active and powerful) Example: Market Dynamics are working in the
company's favor. Mnemonic: Your dad purchasing you a new 'Enfield Bullet' so you
show your 'Excitement' Ebullient! Example: The boss was in Ebullient mood.
Mnemonic: My excitable dog is EVER VEnturing after my SCENt Example: He has got a
warm, Effervescent personality Mnemonic: Effusive when spoken have similarity with
Diffusive-Diffuse that
very enthusiastic Form: adj Tone: pos
Avid usually means very eager or enthusiastic. If you're an avid reader, it means
you read as much as you can, whenever you can. Buoyancy is a quality that makes
things float in water. It's also a type of happiness: if you're full of buoyancy,
you're mood is light and happy. If a person, place, or thing is energetic and
active, then it's dynamic. When things are dynamic, there's a lot going on.
Ebullient
Effervescent
a person who is very enthusiastic Form: adj Tone: pos
Something effervescent has bubbles or froth, like a sparkling wine or a bubble

bath. If you have a happy, light, cheerful personality - if you are "bubbly" - you
too are effervescent. Getting a compliment from your effusive Aunt Sally can be a
little embarrassing. Since
Gushing, unrestrained praise, pleasure or approval.

Effusive
Form: adj Tone: pos
she's so effusive, Aunt Sally holds nothing back, gushing with enthusiasm.
means something going out/ gushing out Example: They offered Effusive thanks for
our help. Mnemonic: Exuberant- Excess number of ANTS. ants are unrestrained, in
large numbers Example: She gave an Exuberant performance. Mnemonic: fervent/fervid
both can be remembered by February specifically Feb14 when youngsters are quite
emotional regarding V-Day. Example: She prayed fervently for his complete recovery.
Mnemonic: When you do brisk walk early in the morning, it makes you Frisky, in
other words lively and energetic. Example: The kids were Frisky after all that
candy.
Exuberant
full of energy, excitement and happiness. Form: adj Tone: pos
Are you feeling really happy and enthusiastic about something? Describe yourself
with the adjective, exuberant!
having passionate feeling Form: adj/n Tone: pos Fervent/Fervor
Use fervent to describe a person or thing that shows very strong feelings or
enthusiasm. If you have a fervent desire to become an actress, you'll stop at
nothing to realize your dream.
Frisky
full of energy, wanting to play Form: adj Tone: pos
The adjective frisky means playful or lively. Your frisky puppy likes to play tug-
of-war with your socks, whether they're on or off your feet.
Gushing
expressing so much enthusiasm and emotion that doesnt seem sincere Form: adj
Tone: pos showing strong feeling about something Form: adj Tone: pos
uttered with Mnemonic: Gush unrestrained enthusiasm sounds like Blush. When we
blush our cheek becomes shinny. Example: Everyone has been Gushing over the baby.
If something is impassioned it's filled with or demonstrating intense emotion.
Anything can be impassioned - speech, a play, a conversation, a novel, or even you.
A vivacious person is lively and spirited: a vivacious dancer might do a back-flip
off the wall and then jump into the arms of her partner. lessen in force or effect
Mnemonic: Impassioned can be remembered as I AM PASSIONed Example: His lawyer made
an Impassioned argument in his defense. Mnemonic: YoU should try to be lively and
energetic at the time of your VIVA Example: He had three pretty, Vivacious
daughters. Mnemonic: Dampened spirit means lack of enthusiasm, when something is
damp, it become weak. Example: None of the setbacks could
Impassioned
Vivacious
attractively lively Form: adj Tone: pos
make something less strong Form: v Tone: neg X Dampen

dampen his enthusiasm for the project. having or showing great enthusiasm Form: adj
Tone: pos Zealous/Zest Use the adjective zealous as a way to describe eagerness or
enthusiastic activity. If you are too zealous in your efforts to decorate the house
with Christmas lights, you might cause a power outage for the whole neighborhood.
Mnemonic: Zeal means passion or enthusiasm. Example: The detective was zealous in
her pursuit of the kidnappers.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Empathy ability to understand another persons feelings.
Form: n Tone: pos Use empathy if you're looking for a noun meaning "the ability to
identify with another's feelings." showing sympathy to somebody. Form: n Tone: pos
A condolence is an expression of sympathy and sorrow to someone who has suffered a
loss, like the letter of condolence you send to a faraway friend who has lost a
loved one. Commiserate Words Relation to Group to show sympathy to someone who is
upset. Form: v Tone: pos Meaning When you commiserate with your buddies, you're
sharing your lousy feelings. People who commiserate have the same negative feelings
about something. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: co+miserate ...share one's misery by
being with them or identifying their misery vicariously Example: The players
Commiserated over their loss in the championship game. Root: Prefix Com is
together, with Mnemonic: When you offer your Condolences to someone who has
suffered a loss, you are saying that you share their sadness, that you are there to
support and help them. Example: The governor issued a statement of Condolence to
the victims' families. Root: Prefix Con refers to with, together Mnemonic: simliar
to sympathy ( the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by
imagining what it would be like to be in their situation) Example: He felt great
Empathy with the poor. Root: The prefix EM refers to IN feeling In
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION extremely excited Form: adj Tone: pos Elate Ecstasy
feeling of great happiness Form: n Tone: pos Blithe Beatific Beam Words Relation to
Group to smile Form: v Tone: pos Meaning Experience a feeling of well-being or
happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: We
generally say a Beam of light has entered our life when our first child was born.
Example: She was positively Beaming with pleasure. Mnemonic: divide this word like
beati+fic--beati sounds like beautiful and something which is beautiful is
blissful. Example: He has got a Beatific smileand expression Mnemonic: Blithe-
Belight- Hearted. means care free Example: He drove with Blithe disregard for the
rules of the road.
happy and peaceful That blissful grin on Form: n your face? It could Tone: pos be
described as beatific, meaning it projects a peaceful sense of joy. seeming not to
care or worry, happy Form: adj Tone: pos The adjective blithe used to mean happy
and carefree, but over time it's acquired a new understanding of someone who isn't
paying attention the way they should. If youve ever been so happy that the rest
of the world seemed to disappear, you ve felt ecstasy a feeling or state of
intensely beautiful bliss. To elate is to fill with happiness. If you are elated,
you are thrilled. You are walking on air.
Mnemonic: In a city like Delhi, if you get ( ek in hindi) (one) taxi in the peak
hours it definitely adds to your Ecstasy. Example: His performance sent the
audience into ecstasies. Mnemonic: Elate sounds a bit like inflate. Although the
words are not rElated, if you Elate someone the feeling is probably a bit like
inflating them - filling them with happiness, making them feel as though they're
floating above the ground. Example: The discovery has Elated researchers. Mnemonic:
if you(eu) live FOR(phori) others (like mother teresa)...that's the best way to
live...and you'll always be happy Example: The initial Euphoria following their
victory in the election has now subsided.
Euphoria
great happiness that does not last for a long time Form: n Tone: pos
Use euphoria to describe a feeling of great happiness and well-being, but know that
euphoria often more than that-it's unusually, crazy happy, over the top.
to make somebody Exhilaration is great Mnemonic: Exhilaration: feel very happy joy,
and excitement Imagine making a verb of
and excited Form: n Tone: pos Exhilaration
and liveliness! When you ride an ocean wave, hear a favorite song, or have a long
and uncontrollable laugh with friends, there's a feeling of exhilaration, an
overflow of happiness. Use the adjective exultant to describe the triumphant
feeling you get when you succeed at something. The kids on the Little League team
who win the championship game will be exultant. Someone who is facetious is only
joking: "I was being facetious when I told my mother I want Brussels sprouts with
every meal, but she took me seriously!" Felicity is a state of happiness or the
quality of joy. Sitting on the roof with a telescope and iced tea on a clear,
starry night is one way to find perfect felicity - a happy place. A festive, happy
event, like a big summer backyard party, will be full of gaiety - or merriment and
playfulness. A jest is a joke. Are you a playful prankster? A jocular jokester? A
witty wisecracker? Then you are definitely well versed in the art of the jest. Do
you like to make a lot of jokes? Are you often silly? Are you usually happy? If so,
then you are a jocular person.
'hilarious'; something like 'ex-hilariation' meaning cheerful and lively. Example:

I felt exhilarated after a morning of skiing.
very happy and pleased Form: adj Tone: pos Exultant
Mnemonic: Exultant sounds like Excitement, which is a combination of pride and joy.
Example: Researchers are Exultant over the new discovery.
Facetious
trying to be funny in a way that is not appropriate Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: someone who makes funny faces Facetious-Face is not Serious Example: A
Facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being
spared the problem of overeating Mnemonic: Felicity seems very like facility. If
one gets all facility (s)he must be very happy. Thus Felicity may stand for
happiness or some thing producing happiness Example: He told his friends that
marriage had brought him a Felicity that he had never known before. Mnemonic:
Gaeiety can be remembered as GAY (meaning merry and happy) Example: The colorful
flags added to the Gaiety of the occasion. Mnemonic: Remember "Jest for laughs
gags" on pogo Example: You should know that our teasing was done entirely in Jest.
great happiness Form: n/v Tone: pos Felicity
Gaiety
happiness and fun Form: adj Tone: pos
a joke Form: n/v Tone: pos Jest
Jocular
humorous Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Jocular sounds like a joker. Example: He is a Jocular man who could make
the most serious people smile Mnemonic: joc...(joke)..and you crack jokes when you
are cheerful or to show high siprited merriment
happy and cheerful You know that Form: adj teacher who always Tone: pos has a goofy
smile on his face and a
Jocund
bad pun for the Example: Old friends kids? He's got a engaged in Jocund teasing.
jocund personality, meaning he's merry and cheerful. the state of being happy Form:
n Tone: pos Use the noun jollity to describe having fun and being in an extremely
good mood, like the jollity you feel when you are with your best friends at your
favorite amusement park. Use jovial to describe people who show good humor and are
full of joy. Santa Claus, with his constant "ho-hohoing" is a jovial figure. If you
were the quarterback that threw the touchdown pass that won the Super Bowl, you
would be jubilant: filled with joy. If you're blissfully happy, you're rapturous.
You could describe your purring cat rolling around in catnip as rapturous. You may
have heard it said that the fastest way to a persons heart is through his
stomach. So, if you need to please or impress someone, regale them - that is, treat
them to lavish food and drink. If you're sanguine about a situation, that means
you're optimistic that everything's going to work out fine. Mnemonic:
jolli+ty...so focus on jolli....jolly means cheers to you. Example: I love all of
the warmhearted Jollity of the holiday season.
Jollity
friendly and happy Form: adj Tone: pos Jovial
Mnemonic: Jovial=jo(joy)+vi(by)+al(all), so Jovial means happiness, joyful,

merriment Example: He was in a Jovial mood.
Jubilant
feeling or showing happiness because of success Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Jubilant sounds like Jubilee, any kind of Silver or Golden Jubilee is a
special occasion and is a happy and joyous moment. Example: The fans were in a
Jubilant mood after the victory. Mnemonic: rapture sounds like capture. You capture
good moments with a cam on occassions of happiness and DELIGHT, ECSTACY Example: We
listened with rapture as the orchestra played. Mnemonic: re+gale(remember chris
gayle )if he comes to bat again he always provides entertainment to audience
Example: An inn that nightly Regales its guests with five-course meals prepared by
a master chef.
great happiness Form: adj Tone: pos Rapturous
entertain someone with a story Form: v Tone: pos Regale
Sanguine
confident, hopeful and optimistic about what might happen, in a difficult situation
Form: n Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Sanguine Penguin : Kids cheer up when they see penguins .. Penguins are
very cheerful and hopeful (Ref the movie "Happy Feet") Example: They are less
Sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. Mnemonic: Uproarious has ROAR,
sound made by Lion which always comes before TOM AND JERRY starts....its a show
marked by
extremely noisy (the uproarious laughter passed across the room); relate it to ROAR
Uproarious describes a room of happy people laughing, or a noisy crowd at a soccer

Uproarious
Form: adj Tone: pos
match. Uproarious situations are very loud, a little out of control, and often
hilarious. Waggish means that someone is humorous or witty the kind of person
who'd keep you in stitches all night if you sat next to one at a party.
commotion,fun,laughter and is sometimes noisy Example: Visited the site where the
action movie was being filmed only to find a chaotic, Uproarious set. Mnemonic:
Remember the character "SHAGGY" in Scooby Doo? He is the comedian of the show who
always passes funny and witty comments and acts like a joker. Waggish sounds
similar to Shaggy (though partially). Example: He has a Waggish disposition that
often got him into trouble as a child.
someone who does something clever and amusing Form: adj Tone: pos Waggish
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Painstaking very careful and hardworking Form: adj
Tone: pos Industrious Diligent very persevering Form: adj Tone: pos Assiduous Words
Relation to Group Diligent, hardworking Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning If you call
someone assiduous, it's a compliment. It means they're careful, methodical and very
persistent. Good detectives are classically assiduous types. Someone who is
diligent works hard and carefully. If you want to write the epic history of your
family, you'll have to be very diligent in tracking down and interviewing all of
your relatives. If someone comments that you are very industrious, they are
complimenting you for working hard and tirelessly. You can have the evening to
yourself if you're industrious enough during the afternoon to get your homework and
chores done. If you notice that painstaking is composed of pains and taking, you
already have a pretty clear sense of what this adjective means: to be painstaking
is to be so carefulso meticulous, so thorough that it hurts. A sedulous person
is someone who works hard and doesn't give up easily. If you make repeated and
sedulous attempts to fix a leaky pipe and it only makes things worse, it might be
time to go online and find the number of a plumber. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Ass
is donkey and donkey is hardworking. Example: They were Assiduous in their search
for all the latest facts and figures. Mnemonic: Deligent is more than being
intelligent, which involves hardworking. Example: A student who has been
unceasingly Diligent in pursuit of a degree in mathematics. Mnemonic:
Industrious..if you want to be an INDUSTRIalist you have to be DILIGENT and HARD-
WORKING. Example: An Industrious worker who never seems to sleep Mnemonic: Taking
the pain of doing something. Example: The event had been planned with Painstaking
attention to detail.
Diligent, hardworking Form: adj Tone: pos
constant in effort and hardworking Form: adj Tone: pos Sedulous
Mnemonic: se+dul+lous...to SEEK knowledge you have to PAY ATTENTION i.e. have to be
LESS DULL Example: An impressively Sedulous suitor, he was constantly sending her
flowers and other tokens of his affection. Example: Hundreds of men Toiled for
years at building the pyramid.
to work hard Form: n/v Tone: pos
Toil is another word for work. You toil as a customer service rep all day, but
you'd prefer to
Toil
work as a rock goddess. Unfortunately, there weren't many ads in the employment
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Spasmodic Occassional happening or done sometimes but
not often Form: adj Tone: neut When something happens from time to time on an
irregular basis, we say it is an occasional occurrence. For example, you might have
an occasional lunch with a friend. If your friend ever picked up the bill, maybe it
would happen more often. Something that is spasmodic is experiencing a fit, a loss
of muscular control. If you are spazzing out, you are spasmodic. Intermittent
something that takes place at irregular intervals Form: adj Tone: neut Fitfully
Words Relation to Group active but not regular and steady Form: adj/adv Tone: neut
Meaning An adjective that sounds a little like what it means, fitful means stopping
and starting, on-again offagain, switching suddenly. I had a fitful night's sleep:
I woke up several times throughout the night. Reach for the adjective intermittent
to describe periodic movement and stopping and starting over a period of time.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: I am fat and so trousers occasionally fit me fully.
Example: Several fitful attempts at negotiation have failed. Mnemonic: Here the
word starts with inter so remember as intervals...intervals of pendulum is periodic
in motion Example: The patient was having Intermittent pains in his side. Mnemonic:
She is so weight conscious that she consumes Chocolates only on occasions (special
moments) Example: He spent five years in Paris, with occasional visits to Italy.
Mnemonic: A SPAM mail seems to be an interruption. Example: He made only Spasmodic
attempts to lose weight. Mnemonic: Sporadic -opposite of periodic, we know periodic
things occur regularly. Example: Fighting continued Sporadically for two months.
Irregular bursts (The spasmodic fighting between the two parties continued) Form:
adj Tone: neg Scattered or isolated or irregular Interval. Form: adj Tone: neg
Sporadic
Sporadic is an adjective that you can use to refer to something that happens or
appears often, but not constantly or regularly. The mailman comes every day but the
plumber visits are sporadic-he comes as needed.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION lack of energy Form: n/adj Tone: neg After running 10
miles, bicycling 20 miles, and swimming 10 miles, the triathlete was overcome with
lassitude - a great weariness or lack of energy. Languid lazy, slow, weak Form: adj
Tone: neg Describe a slow-moving river or a weak breeze or a listless manner with
the slightly poetic adjective, languid. Lackluster Lackadaisical Indolent Words
Relation to Group Lazy Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Indolent is an adjective meaning
slow or lazy. It can take an indolent teenager hours to get out of bed on a weekend
morning. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: In India people become lazy when it is time to
pay the rent. (Indolent) Example: An Indolent boy who had to be forced to help out
with the chores. Root: Prefix IN means NOT. Mnemonic: Lackadaisical sounds as LACK-
A-DIZEALCAL... hence the meaning " lack of zeal" Example: His teachers did not
approve of his Lackadaisical approach to homework. Mnemonic: Lacking shine (lustre)
or livliness Example: This was a a Lackluster performance. Mnemonic: Languid sounds
similar to language..language classes are generally boring.. Example: They
proceeded at a Languid pace. Mnemonic: After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of
LASSI, you will go into a Lassitude i.e. weariness, lethargy and ultimately go to
sleep. Example: Symptoms of the disease include paleness and Lassitude. Mnemonic:
Being Lethargic also goes well with watching TV, since that takes almost no energy
at all. When you feel Lethargic, you don't have any energy to spare.
carelessly lazy Form: adj Tone: neg
Even though lackadaisical sounds like it has something to do with a shortage of

daisies, know that what it really means is lacking in spirit or liveliness.
lacking in energy, lacking brilliance or force, not inspiring vitality Form: adj
Tone: neg
Lassitude
lazy Form: adj Tone: neg Lethargic
When you feel lethargic, you're sluggish or lacking energy. Being sleepy or hungry
can make anyone lethargic.
Example: A big meal always makes me feel Lethargic and sleepy lacking energy Form:
adj Tone: neg Listless To be listless it to be lethargic, low spirited, and limp.
"The fever made the boy listless he seemed to melt into the sofa." Mnemonic: I
lost my list of universities to apply. Now I am lacking spirit because I am
Listless! Example: The heat made everyone tired and Listless.
Loll
sit, lie or stand in a To loll means to hang Mnemonic: this is lazy manner around
lazily without easy - sounds like LOL. Form: v doing much at all. It's a We use LOL
only when Tone: neg great pleasure to loll we are chatting. When about in the park
we chat we waste time instead of going to lazily by laying around. work. But your
boss So Loll is wasting time might have a problem lazily. with it. Example: He
Lolled back in his chair by the fire. lazy Form: n/adj Tone: neg If you lounge
around in your bathrobe watching TV and ordering out for pizza, you'll get called a
sloth. When you are feeling draggy - positively slug-like - you are sluggish, or
slow. If cookie sales are sluggish at your bake sale, you are selling very few
treats. Torpor is a state of mental and physical inactivity. "After a huge
Thanksgiving meal, my family members fall into a torpor; no one can even pick up
the TV remote." Mnemonic: "slow"th Example: A youth inclined more toward Sloth
than athletics Mnemonic: Sluggish = slow + ish Example: The game picked up after a
Sluggish start.
Sloth
Inactive Form: adj Tone: neg Sluggish
lethargic Form: n/adj Tone: neg Torpor/Torpid
Mnemonic: Torpor sounds like 'topper'. Its quite opposite to what is a 'topper' who
is naturally diligent Example: A torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Inexorable that cannot be stopped or changed Form: adj
Tone: pos When a person is inexorable, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is
inexorable, it can't be stopped. Incessant that does not STOP Something incessant
Form: adj continues without Tone: pos interruption. When you're on a cross country
flight, it's tough to tolerate the incessant crying of a baby. Chronic Words
Relation to Group Meaning Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: initial part sounds like
'crown'! crown + ic. A king rules the nation for long time, hence his crown last
for long time..ie long lasting Example: Inflation has become a Chronic condition in
the economy. Mnemonic: IN( not)+cessa(sounds like CEASE) which MEANS TO
STOP...something which does not stop , and continues forever, hence UNINTERRUPTED
AND UNCEASING. Example: The Incessant noise from an outside repair crew was a real
distraction during the test. Root: Prefix IN means NOT. Mnemonic: in(not)
+exhort(means to pressurize):that means a person who is Inexorable cant be
pressurised;he will not yield Example: There has been this Inexorable rise of crime
in Delhi. Root: Prefix IN means NOT. Mnemonic: In (NOT) + Terminable (stop)
Something that cannot be stopped. Example: The drive seemed Interminable. Root:
Prefix IN means NOT. something that If you smoke a cigarette lasts for a long once,
you've simply made time and cannot be a bad choice. But if wiped off you're a
chronic smoker, Form: adj you've been smoking for Tone: pos a long time and will
have a hard time stopping.
never ending Form: adj Tone: pos Interminable
Use interminable to describe something that has or seems to have no end. Your math
class. Your sister's violin recital. A babysitting job where five kids are going
through your purse and the parents didn't leave a number. Perennial typically
describes things that are permanent, constant, or
Lasting Forever Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: if you remember we have learnt about Perennial

Perennial
repeated. If you fight with your parents every year over whether they really must
invite your annoying cousins for Thanksgiving, you could call that a perennial
conflict. Never Ending, Constant Form: adj Tone: pos Relentless is a good word for
describing something that's harsh, unforgiving, and persistent, like the hot sun in
the desert, or a cold that keeps you in bed for days with a nose like a strawberry.
rivers in social studies which means LONG LASTING rivers Example: Flooding is a
Perennial problem for people living by the river. Mnemonic: relent(to surrender)+
less.....so it is one who doesn't surrender or is persistent and determined
Example: Her Relentless optimism held the team together.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION not original Form: adj Tone: neg Derivative Alert:
shifting parts of speech! As a noun, a derivative is kind of financial agreement or
deal. As an adjective, though, derivative describes something that borrows heavily
from something else that came before it. Clich an uninteresting phrase. Form:
noun Tone: neg If you've heard an expression a million times, chances are it's a
cliche. Bromide an unoriginal idea Form: adj Tone: neg A bromide is a common saying
or proverb that is obvious and not that helpful, like "When life hands you lemons,
make lemonade." Banal Words Relation to Group lacking excitement Form: adj Tone:
neg Meaning If something is boring and unoriginal, it's banal. Banal things are
dull as dishwater. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Divide it like -ban + al(ban all
people); you ban all those people from your group, if they are repeating the same
activity again and again. Example: The writing was Banal but the story was good.
Mnemonic: Bromide is the COMMON salt ever found Example: His speech had nothing
more to offer than the usual Bromides about how everyone needs to work together.
Mnemonic: CLICK....it represents camera...cliche means a remark that is
overused....these days we make overuse of camera to take photos everytime to upload
them on social networking site like facebook Example: This is an old Clich that
a trouble shared is a trouble halved Mnemonic: Derived from something.
Example: I've always found the exercise slightly Derivative and not very
challenging
Hackneyed
not original, Hackneyed is a word for overused so lost its language that doesn't
pack significance a punch since it's overused Form: adj and trite. "Roses are red,
Tone: neg violets are..." - enough already?! That's hackneyed stuff.
Mnemonic: when a software is hacked, it becomes Hackneyed because then all people
are able to use that program without paying for Example: Advertisers
have Hackneyed the word revolutionary so much that it now just means that a
product is new lacking in refinement Form: adj Tone: neg Humdrum That class on 18th
century feminist zoologists and their favorite poets? Surprisingly humdrum, or
dull, tedious, and totally boring. Mnemonic: Anything that you can call Humdrum is
so severely lacking in variety and excitement that it's sure to make you hum and
drum your fingers out of boredom. Example: She liked the movie, but I thought it
was Humdrum. Mnemonic: Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting weekend,
Monday is just another Mundane day. Example: Prayer and meditation helped her put
her Mundane worries aside
happens everyday Form: adj Tone: neg Mundane
An ordinary, unexciting thing can be called mundane: "Superman hid his heroic feats
by posing as his mundane alter ego, Clark Kent."
Dull, lacking inspiration.boring and always the same Form: adj Pedestrian Tone: neg
a pedestrian thing is Mnemonic: ped something that is boring or means foot

Pedestrian unexciting means one who walks on foot is obviously ordinary Example: He
lived a Pedestrian life, working at the paper mill and living in his trailer. If an
executive gives a speech that begins, "This business is all about survival of the
fittest. You need to burn the midnight oil and take one for the team," his
employees might get sick of listening to these meaningless clichs and tell him to
cut the p In Roman times, the lower class of people was the plebeian class. Today,
if something is plebeian, it is of the common people. Mnemonic: Platitude sounds
flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you
will obviously give trite remarks. Example: His speech was filled with familiar
Platitudes about the value of hard work and dedication. Mnemonic: sounds like
pebble which are found every where and are very common Example: He wondered what
the people at the country club would think of his Plebeian origins Mnemonic: split
it as "quote+indian".QUOTE AN INDIAN every day. Newspapers quote opinions of
Indians everyday.. so its a
Platitude
a remark or statement with moral content often interesting and thoughtful Form: adj
Tone: neg
Plebeian
of or belonging to the lower social classes Form: adj Tone: neg
occurring everyday and therefore ordinary Form: adj Tone: neg
Quotidian is a fancy way of saying "daily" or "ordinary." Quotidian events are the
everyday details of life.
Quotidian
DAILY occurence,customary Example: Not content with the Quotidian quarrels that
other couples had, they had rows that shook the entire neighborhood overused and
therefore lacking freshness or originality Form: adj/n Tone: neg When you want to
indicate that something is silly or overused, you would call it trite. A love song
with lyrics about holding hands in the sunshine? Totally trite. Mnemonic: Trite =
tri +it ( so sounds like try + it) She made the same dish all the time and gave it
to her friends saying, 'try it' ... as it is repeated so many times, it becomes
over familiar. Example: By the time the receiving line had ended, the bride and
groom's thanks sounded Trite and tired
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Bleak not giving any reason to hope Form: adj Tone: neg
Bereft Bereaved having lost a relative or close one because of death Form: adj
Tone: neg Words Relation to Group lot of mental and physical pain and suffering
Form: n,adj Tone: neg Meaning The noun anguish refers to severe physical or
emotional pain or distress. A trip to the dentist might cause a cavityprone person
a lot of anguish. Bereaved is an adjective describing people in deep sorrow at the
loss of a loved one. For some, being bereaved helps them leave the sadness or
release themselves from it by experiencing it for awhile. So, they took the thing
you most loved, and you're never going to get it back. You've gone beyond just
plain grief-stricken - you're bereft. Something that is bleak is gloomy and
depressing. If it's raining and dark, you might describe the night as bleak. If you
have looked for work and no one will hire you, you could describe your prospects as
bleak. If you are crestfallen, you are dark, depressed, and down in the dumps. You
are in need of a pep talk, or at least a hug. If you're ejected from an important
game, you're going to feel dejected. If you're rejected by Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Anguish - ang (anger) + you + wish; When you are in anger with someone,
you wish him/her to suffer from pain and distress. Example: They watched in Anguish
as fire spread through the house. Mnemonic: Bereaved sounds like GRIEVE..which
means mourning for somebody Example: The grief of the Bereaved parents seemed to be
without limit
Anguish
deprived of something or someone, lonely Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: be+reft--reft sounds like left, imagine a man who is left alone, after
his best friend left him or deprived of someone lovable. Example: He was completely
Bereft when his wife died. Mnemonic: Bleak sounds like black -- black color is the
symbol of hopelessness and depression. Example: A Bleak outlook for the team for
the rest of the season.
Crestfallen
sad and disappointed because of having failed Form: adj Tone: neg sad and depressed
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Crest means heights and falling from a height is being Crestfallen.
Example: She was Crestfallen when she found out she hadn't got the job. Mnemonic:
you feel Dejected when you are rejected Example: She looked so Dejected when she
lost the
Dejected
the love of your life, you'll feel dejected again. making people sad and frightened
Form: adj Tone: neg If you feel alone, left out, and devastated, you feel desolate.
A deserted, empty, depressing place can be desolate too. If you are despondent, you
are discouraged, very sad, and without hope. If you are depressed, you might
describe your mood as despondent. Sniff, sniff, boohoo... use the adjective forlorn
to express loneliness and feeling left out.
game.
Desolate
Mnemonic: de + solate sounds like I + SOLATE..and who lives an isolated life?

Obviously a person who has been ABANDONED by his family. Example: This is a
Desolate house abandoned many years ago Mnemonic: the word despondant looks like
pepsodent. So wen you don't brush in the morning... your day will be gloomy and
depressing. Example: I had never seen them looking so Despondent. Mnemonic:
FOR+LORN (sounds like MOURN) - You are sad and wretched when you mourn for someone
dear to you. Example: She looked so Forlorn, standing there in the rain. Mnemonic:
Lachrymoselac+chry(cry)+mose(most),so when you cry most you produce 'tears'.
Example: The more Lachrymose mourners at the funeral required a steady supply of
tissues
Despondent
sad, less hope and courage Form: adj Tone: neg
Forlorn
sad and abondoned and hence lonely Form: adj Tone: neg
tearful or weeping Form: adj Tone: neg Lachrymose
A good place to see a display of lachrymose sorrow is at a funeral people sobbing

openly or sniffling quietly into their hankies. To be lachrymose, in other words,
is to be tearful. If you are really upset or sorry about something, you might
lament it. A lament is full of regret and grief. Funerals are lugubrious. So are
rainy days and Mondays. Anything that makes you sad, gloomy, or mournful can be
called lugubrious. Melancholy is beyond sad: as a noun or an adjective, it's a word
for the gloomiest of spirits.
Lament
to feel or show great sadness for someone Form: v Tone: neg looking or sounding sad
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Lament = l[amen]t => we Lament the death by saying 'amen' Example: She
Lamented over the loss of her best friend. Mnemonic: He was very mournful when he
had to BURY his cut LEG. Example: The diner's dim lighting makes eating there a
particularly Lugubrious experience Mnemonic: Being Melancholy means that you're
overwhelmed with sorrow, wrapped up in sorrowful thoughts. Example: There is a
brooding Melancholy in his black and white photography.
Lugubrious
sad, depressed Form: n,adj Tone: neg Melancholy
Pine
to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, etc

if you pine, you Mnemonic: Someone who is become weak, staying away from home, will
especially if you are be in pain and would Pine to separated from meet his/her
parents.
Form: v Tone: neg sounding sad Form: adj Tone: neg
your loved one. Plaintive is an adjective for describing someone or something with
a pleading, sorrowful, desperate tone. If you have ever heard the plaintive howl of
a wolf, then you know what we are getting at here. The verb repine describes
expressing gloom or discontent. Brooding, fretful, and sad - these are the traits
of people who repine at their circumstances in life. "O, woe is me!" This line is
from Shakespeare. When Hamlet scorns Ophelia, she utters these words to express the
grief and despair that will soon drive her to suicide.
Example: After his wife died, he just Pined away. Mnemonic: Plaintive can be split
into plain(plane)+tive(relative). Suppose a relative dies in a plane crash, we
mourn. Thus Plaintive = mourn. Example: We could hear the Plaintive cry of a
wounded animal in the woods.
Plaintive
expressing discontent Form: v Tone: neg Repine
Mnemonic: Imagine on Christmas, your friend brings pine tree instead of Christmas
tree, so you will Repine Example: There is no use repining over a love that's been
long lost
great sorrow Form: n,adj Tone: neg Woe
Mnemonic: Woe - when our favourite batsmen gets out... we, while watching cricket
shout OH!!!! sadly Example: Ah, Woe, with the death of the last of my siblings I am
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Not Permanent Form: adj Tone: neut/neg Use the
adjective transient to describe something that always changes or moves around, like
how a teenage girl can have a temporary crush on one boy one week and another boy
the next week. Fleeting something that stays for a very short time Form: adj Tone:
neg Ephemeral Words Relation to Group something that stays for a very short time
Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Something that is fleeting or short-lived is ephemeral,
like a fly that lives for one day or text messages flitting from cellphone to
cellphone. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Ephemeral sounds like e-funeral. Electric
funeral is SHORT. Example: The autumnal blaze of colors is always to be treasured,
all the more so because it is so Ephemeral. Mnemonic: Remember it as "Eva want
scent'. Scent evaporates like vapor. Example: Beauty is as Evanescent as a rainbow
Mnemonic: fleet is usually used for a group of airplanes/ship/cars which can be
seen for short period of time, so short lived Example: I had a Fleeting desire to
jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking Mnemonic: remember Transient light and
Transient current.... that we studied in physics.....which produce an effect for a
very short time Example: We are all aware of the Transient nature of speech
Mnemonic: Transistors take a very short time to turn from on to off mode i.e acting
like a switch Example: A Transitory panic struck me when I realized that we had
left the baby in the
something that stays for a very short time Form: adj Evanescent Tone: neut/neg
A beautiful sunset, a rainbow, a wonderful dream right before your alarm clock goes
off - all of these could be described as evanescent, which means fleeting or
temporary. Fleeting is an adjective that describes something that happens
really fast, or something that doesnt last as long as youd like.
Transient
worldly and not permanent Form: adj Tone: neg Transitory
If something is fleeting or lasts a short time, it is transitory. Your boss

declared the company's restructuring to be transitory, and promised that the
company would emerge stronger and better than ever.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Petulant Peevish Morose Dour Words Relation to Group
Meaning Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: "Dour" looks like "sour." A person with a sour
expression is clearly feeling very Dour, that is, sullen and gloomy Example: The
city, drab and Dour by day, is transformed at night. Mnemonic: When someone is
Morose, they seem to have a cloud of sadness hanging over them. Example: She just
sat there looking Morose. Mnemonic: Know someone who always seems annoyed, grumpy,
cranky, or irritated? That person is Peevish. Example: I would rather figure things
out on my own than ask that Peevish librarian for help. Mnemonic: The pet u - lent
(Petulant) me is getting me irritated Example: A Petulant and fussy man who is
always blaming everyone else for his problems Mnemonic: Push the liP OUT to Pout.
Example: She Pouted her lips and stared at him angrily. giving the Dour describes
something impression of being sullen, gloomy, or unfriendly persistent. You might
look Form: adj dour on your way to picking Tone: neg up your last check from the
job you just got fired from, and people should get out of your way.
Unhappy and bad tempered Form: adj Tone: neg
A morose person is sullen, gloomy, sad, glum, and depressed - not a happy camper.
someone who is easily annoyed by unimportant things Form: adj Tone: neg
When you're peevish, you're easily irritated and grumpy. Everything seems to get
under your skin.
bad tempered Form: adj Tone: neg
Choose the adjective, petulant, to describe a person or behavior that is irritable

in a childish way.
Pout
pouting your lips will mean you are annoyed Form: v Tone: neg
When something doesnt go your way and you get annoyed about it, thats a pout.
And when you let the world know about it by thrusting out your lower lip, you are
pouting. Get over it.
looking serious and Medieval alchemists ascribed threatening. to the planet Saturn
a Form: adj gloomy and slow character. Tone: neg When people are called saturnine,
it means they are like the planet Saturnine gloomy, mean, scowling. Not
exactly the life of the party.
Mnemonic: If you are a party freak and at Nine of Saturday Night if you are still
at home..then you will be gloomy! So from this we can get SATURday NINE or
Saturnine! Example: The men awaiting interrogation
by the police shared a Saturnine silence bad tempered and not willing to talk Form:
adj Tone: neg A bad-tempered or gloomy person is sullen. Sullen people are down in
the dumps. Mnemonic: Your face is SWOLLEN ( by some insect bite ) and so you feel
Sullen Example: Bob looked pale and Sullen.
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION X Warrant OBVIATE to anticipate and prevent (as a
situation) or make unnecessary (as an action) Form: verb Tone: neg Gratuitous Words
Relation to Group done without any good reason and often having harmful effects
Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Gratuitous means "without cause" or "unnecessary."
Telling ridiculous jokes at a somber occasion would be a display of gratuitous
humor. To obviate means to eliminate the need for something or to prevent something
from happening. If you want to obviate the possibility of a roach infestation,
clean your kitchen regularly. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: 'Gratitude' is something
that cannot be measured. It is priceless. Example: The film was criticized for its
Gratuitous violence. Mnemonic: OBVIATE - viate sounds like deviate, deviate
yourself from something unnecessary to you Example: The new medical treatment
OBVIATEs the need for surgery. Mnemonic: necessi+tate something NECESSARY
Example: New safety regulations necessitated adding a railing to the stairs.
Mnemonic: we say a WARRANT is issued against him, so a warrant is to JUSTIFY that
he is liable to be taken into custody Example: The deepening gloom about the
economy may well warrant such an aggressive response
to make necessary The verb necessitate Form: verb shows that something is Tone: pos
necessary or needs to happen, as when a sweet X tooth can necessitate a NECESSITATE
trip to the store for a triple-scoop ice cream which will necessitate a trip
to the gym. something that is required or necessary Form: n Tone: neut necessitate
or justify
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION INCONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL FRINGE Words Relation to
Group if you consider people or things to be expendable, you think that you can get
rid of them when they are no longer needed Form: adj Tone: neg something that is
marginal Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning Anything expendable is not necessary - it can
be done without. If you lose or use expendable funds, you won't miss the money.
fringe players in a team are not as famous or as highly regarded as the other
players in the team are. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Expend sounds like Expense,
which at times seems to be unnecessary. Example: There are employees whose jobs are
considered EXPENDABLE. Mnemonic: FRINGE players do not get as much attention as
main players do. Example: a FRINGE of moss around the tree Mnemonic: "dental" is
considered minor to other branches of medical.. Example: You may incur some
INCIDENTAL expenses on the trip.
EXPENDABLE
minor consequence Incidental means Form: adj secondary in time Tone: neg or
importance. If you lose weight because you moved and must walk further to school,
the weight loss was incidental to the move. not important Form: adj Tone: neg If
something is considered of little worth or importance, it is inconsequential. If
astronomers forecast a tremendous meteor shower, it might turn out to be no more
than space junk, too inconsequential to record. Something nugatory has no real
value; its worthless. All your excuses for why you didnt turn the bath tap
off when you left the apartment are nugatory; they dont change the fact that the
tub overflowed and leaked into the
Mnemonic: INCONSEQUENTIAL sounds like Not essential Example: That's an

INCONSEQUENTIAL problem compared to the other issues
having no value Form: adj Tone: neg
NUGATORY
Mnemonic: NUGATORY sounds like No+guarantee, i.e a product which has no guarantee,
is worthless. Example: The book is entertaining, but its contributions to
Shakespearean scholarship are NUGATORY.
apartment below. not as important as the main aim. Form: adj Tone: neg Scanners,
printers, and speakers are peripheral devices for a computer because they aren't
central to the working of the computer itself. Anything peripheral is on the
margin, or outside, while main things, like a computer's processor, are not
peripheral. The adjective picayune refers to those things that are so small,
trivial, and unimportant that they're not worth getting into. Why focus on the
picayune details, when it's the larger ideas that are the real problem? Mnemonic:
Villages on the Periphery of any country are of less importance...i.e PERIPHERAL
Example: If we focus too much on PERIPHERAL issues, we will lose sight of the goal.
PERIPHERAL
something unimportant Form: n Tone: neg PICAYUNE
Mnemonic: relate it to pico, which means small. so PICAYUNEpico-small or petty

things Example: Our lives don't amount to a PICAYUNE in the great scheme of things
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TRIVIAL UNUSUAL / EXCEPTION Detour a longer route that is taken to avoid a problem
or go to a place Form: n Tone: neut a roundabout road (especially one that is used
temporarily while a main route is blocked) Anomaly a thing that is not normal Form:
n Tone: neut An anomaly is an abnormality, a blip on the screen of life that
doesnt fit with the rest of the pattern. If you are a breeder of black dogs and
one puppy comes out pink, that puppy is an anomaly. Words Relation to Group a fact
or action that is not usual. Form: n Tone: neut Meaning An aberration is a noun
that means something that is not normal or is very typical at all. An example of an
aberration is when the temperature hits 90 degrees in January - it's nice and warm,
but it's really strange. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Sounds like abh (hindi word for
'now') + operation. Due to the mental disorder, the patient needs to be operated
immediately (now). Example: For her, such a low grade on an exam was an Aberration.
Root: prefix ABmeans AWAY FROM Mnemonic: Anomaly= A(means NO) + Nomaly = A(no) +
Normality = ABNORMALITY, DEVIATION FROM NORMAL ORDER Example: We couldn't explain
the anomalies in the test results. Mnemonic: Detour if we REVERSE it ROUTE(D)means
LONGER ROUTE Example: We had to make a Detour around the flooded fields. Root:
Prefix DE means AWAY or DOWN Mnemonic: DeviatING from the main point. Example: The
bus had to Deviate from its usual route because of a road closure. Root: Prefix DE
means AWAY
Aberration
to be different from something Form: v Tone: neut Deviate
If something turns off course or is diverted, it deviates from the expected or the
norm. Deviating from explicit recipe directions is never a good idea, unless you
want inedible food or a kitchen fire.
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Groups COMBINE DRY/ EXTREMELY WET (-) EXCESS EXCESSIVE PATRIOTISM (-) FERTILE
INCREASE LESSEN IN INTENSITY LUCKY / UNLUCKY (-) PAIN / SUFFERING POOR POOR
CONDITION REDUCE RELEVANT REMEMBERING THE PAST SHORTAGE / LACK OF SPEND LAVISHLY
(-) SURE / CERTAIN SWELL UNCLEAR IN MEANING UNWILLING TO SPEND VERY HIGH PRICE VERY
LESS WEALTHY Form: v Tone: neut Meld mix together different elements Conflate Form:
v Tone: neut Coalition Form: n Tone: neut A coalition is a group of people who join
together for a common cause, like a coalition you form with other skateboarders who
want to convince your town to build a skate park. Conflate is a more formal way to
say "mix together." You probably wouldn't say you conflated the ingredients for a
cake, but if you blended two different stories together to make a new one, conflate
would work. Amalgamate Words Relation to Group Form: v Tone: neut Meaning To
amalgamate is to combine different things to create something new. Institutions -
such as banks, schools, or hospitals - often join forces and amalgamate with one
other. But other things like musical genres - get amalgamated as well.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Amalgamate: as we all know that AMALGAM is the alloy of
mercury.And alloy means MIXING things together.SO Amalgamate means mixing or
combining. Example: The company has now Amalgamated with another local firm.
Mnemonic: Co means TOGETHER. So anything done together. Example: There is a
Coalition of environmental and consumer groups Mnemonic: Conflates sounds similar
to cornflakes which gives us strength by bringing together all the vitamin and
minerals together Example: The issues of race and class are separate and should not
be Conflated. Root: CON means TOGETHER Mnemonic: Meld sounds like blend which means
a mixture of Example: Time goes on Like an endless maze, Melding seconds to hours
And hours to days. Mnemonic: Remember photoSynthesis which combines carbondioxide ,
organic material and light to give Oxygen Example: Our culture has a Synthesis of
Form: n Tone: neut
Synthesis
Synthesis is a mixture, or a result that comes from adding things together. Add
salt to water, and the synthesis is salt water. Mix flour, sugar, butter, and eggs
together and bake them, and the synthesis is a cake.
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LESS WEALTHY Drench (oppo) Form: v Tone: neut Desiccated Form: v Tone: neut Deluge
(oppo) Form: n,v Tone: neut Feeling overwhelmed, like you're underwater? You might
be experiencing a deluge - like when you've been given a deluge of homework over
vacation: a dozen term papers, two dozen books to read, and a mile-high stack of
math problems. To be desiccated is to be dried out. If you like desiccated fruit,
you like dried fruit - such as raisins or dried apricots. Arid Words Relation to
Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Arid is so dry that nothing will grow. Death
Valley in California features an arid climate, which is why it's called Death
Valley and not Life Valley. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Arid : Take it as a-rigid;
a rigid thing can't be made to change it's shape, thus it can be taken as dry,
barren, and unproductive. Example: Nothing grows in these Arid regions. Mnemonic:
del[dell company]uge[huge]...so when the Dell company advertised it's product,
there was a huge rush of requests, a deluge of requests. Example: When the snow
melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge. Mnemonic: Removing moisture and
humidity from something is what makes it become Desiccated. Example: Thus, these
environments are Desiccated by the dry winds and direct sunlight.
drench or submerge or be Example: We were drenched or submerged caught in the storm

and got drenched to the skin. To inundate means to quickly fill up or overwhelm,
just like a flood. Your bathroom could be inundated with water if the pipes burst,
and hopefully your inbox is inundated with nice emails on your birthday. If you
don't water your lawn all summer, the hot weather will parch the grass until it's
brown and withered. To parch is to dry up or wither due to sunlight or heat.
Mnemonic: Attempt to read the entire dictionary in one sitting and you'll inundate
your mind with vocabulary. Example: We have been inundated with offers of help.
Mnemonic: Parch can be related to MARCH(month name). In the month of march its so
hot that everything starts drying up. Example: A drought is Parching much of the
Form: v Tone: neut/neg Inundate (oppo)
Form: v Tone: neg
Parch
country. Form: v Tone: neut Sear To sear something is to quickly cook or burn its
surface by applying intense heat. When making beef stew, the color and flavor are
usually better if you sear the meat first. Seep means to leak slowly. When you see
the word, imagine water coming in through your sneakers on a rainy day. It's not a
lot of water, but your feet still get pretty wet. Mnemonic: Sear rhymes with TEAR.
When you BURN your hand you are in tears. Example: The heat of the sun Seared their
faces. Mnemonic: SEEP is similar to PEEP. When you peep, you see through a small
opening. When liquid seeps, it comes out of a small opening Example: Blood was
beginning to seep through the bandages. Mnemonic: SODDEN sounds like suddenly
soaken (soak with water, wet) Example: We arrived home completely sodden. Mnemonic:
Steep and seep are synonyms both meaning WET Example: Steep the fruit in brandy
overnight.
Form: v Tone: neut Seeped (oppo)
Form: adj Tone: neut Sodden (oppo)
When it's been raining for days, there are puddles everywhere, and the grass is
thoroughly soaked, it's safe to say the ground is sodden. Steep means to soak in,
as in steeping a tea bag in boiling water.
Steeped (oppo)
Form: v Tone: neut
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LESS WEALTHY Cornucopia Form: n Tone: neut Copious Form: adj Tone: neut If you have
a copious amount of something, you have a lot of it. If you take copious notes,
you'll do well when it comes time for review sessions - unless you can't read your
own handwriting. A grocery store with a large selection of fruits and vegetables
could be said to have a cornucopia of produce. A cornucopia is a lot of good stuff.
Bounteous Form: adj Tone: pos given or giving freely Barrage Abound Words Relation
to Group Form: v Tone: neut Meaning When things abound, there are a lot of them. In
spring, birds, flowers, rain, and frisbees abound. A barrage is something that
comes quickly and heavily - as an attack of bullets or artillery, or a fast spray
of words. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Bounded means limited. Abound means not
limited, that is plentiful. Example: Stories about his travels Abound. Mnemonic:
Barrage barrier; like man-made barrier in a stream which can stop continuous flow
of river water. Example: the media's Barrage of attacks on the President's wife
Mnemonic: Bounty sounds like Abound or Abundant which means A LOT. Example: Once
again was the Bounteous earth giving to man a hundredfold what he had sown.
Mnemonic: By copying in an exam, some get a LOT of marks Example: She supports her
theory with Copious evidence.
Form: n Tone: neut
Mnemonic: corn + copia. copia is similar to copius meaning plentiful, Cornucopia

thus means plenty of corn(grains/fruits). Example: The book is a Cornucopia of good
ideas. Mnemonic: Glut-Gain a Lot..excess Example: There is a Glut of cheap DVDs on
the market
Form: n,v Tone: neg
Glut
A glut is too much of something. A glut of gas in the marketplace can lower its
price. A glut of heavy metal Tshirts in your dresser, however, has nothing to do
with the economy but might be a signal that it's time to clean your room.
Form: v Tone: neut
Inundate
To inundate means to quickly fill up or overwhelm, just like a flood. Your bathroom
could be inundated with water if the pipes burst, and hopefully your inbox is
inundated with nice emails on your birthday. A legion is a horde or a large number
of people or things. It was originally a term for a military unit.
Mnemonic: as mentioned before (WET category) Example: We have been Inundated with
offers of help.
Form: n Tone: neut Legion
Mnemonic: In army, 'march fast' is common which is performed using legs hence in
this way related to the word Legion Example: Legions of photographers Mnemonic:
MULTI always means MANY. Example: All the Multitudinous donations that the Earth
makes free of charge to human society are known as "ecosystem services". Mnemonic:
like pyramid.. huge number of years since it was built The PYRAMID consist of a
huge pile of rocks = a Myriad of rocks Example: Designs are available in a Myriad
of colours. Mnemonic: like if you go home after many days, your mother will insist
that you eat more. What she will say is "Pe Le + Thoda Aur Le" (in Hindi, meaning
take some more)ultimately, it will become an excess at the end. You will be full
Example: The report contained a Plethora of detail. Mnemonic: to PRODUCE an
abundance of energy from nuclear FUSion, you need to join two atomic nuclei.
Example: He is Profusely bleeding. Mnemonic: "Production Lifted"They produced
large amounts of the product -Their production was lifted up in amount They were
Prolific. Example: Few composers can match
Form: adj Tone: pos Multitudinous
Anything multitudinous is countless, infinite, innumerable, and, myriad: you

couldn't count it if you tried.
Form: n,adj Tone: neut
Myriad
If you've got myriad problems it doesn't mean you should call a myriad
exterminator, it means you've got countless problems; loads of them; too many to
count. Welcome to the club. Plethora means an abundance or excess of something. If
you have 15 different people who want to take you on a date, you have a plethora of
romantic possibilities.
Form: n Tone: pos
Plethora
Form: adj Tone: neut/ pos Profuse
Profuse is a word for a lot of something or even way too much - a profuse rainfall
is a serious amount of rain.
Form: adj Tone: pos
Prolific
Someone or something that is prolific is fruitful or highly productive. A prolific

songwriter can churn out five hit tunes before breakfast.
his Prolific output. Form: adj Tone: pos Rife If your supervisor at work describes
your new position as rife with opportunities for advancement, then rejoice!
That means your position offers many opportunities for advancement. Rapid
simultaneous discharge of firearms A spate is a large number. If a spate of new
coffee shops open in your neighborhood, itll be easy for you to stay wide awake.
Mnemonic: Rife- rifle which has abundant bullets Example: It is a country where
corruption is Rife.
Salvo
Form: n Tone: neut Form: n Tone: neut
Example: The first Salvo exploded a short distance away. Mnemonic: What will be
fate of our state if there is a Spate OR SUDDEN FLOOD? Example: The bombing was the
latest in a Spate of terrorist attacks. Mnemonic: as mentioned before (WET
category) Example: as mentioned before (under WET category) Mnemonic: Surfeit = SIR
is FAT..as he eats a lot more than required until he is full. Example: Indigestion
can be brought on by a Surfeit of rich food.
Spate
Form: v Tone: neut Steeped
Steep also means to soak in, as in steeping a tea bag in boiling water.
Form: n Tone: pos
Surfeit
Steve baked a surfeit of jam tarts. Steve ate a surfeit of jam tarts. Steve
surfeited himself on jam tarts. Whether surfeit is a noun or a verb (as in
"overabundance" or "gorge"), Steve is likely to end up with a bellyache. A surge is
a sudden strong swelling, like a tsunami wave that engulfs the land. Although a
surge offers a fluid image, anything can experience a sudden surge, including
emotions, political support, or an angry mob. Teeming means completely full,
especially with living things. If your grandmother's apartment is teeming with
cats, she sure has a lot of them. When an attacking army lets loose a barrage of
bullets all at once, it's called a volley.
Form: v,n Tone: neut/neg
Surge
Mnemonic: S-sudden URGE to increase spectacularly.. Example: He Surged past the

other runners on the last lap.
Form: v Tone: neut Teeming
Mnemonic: Any time something (or someplace) is filled with life, it's Teeming with
it. Example: the Teeming streets of the city
Form: n Tone: neut Volley
Mnemonic: just like in Volley-ball we throw shots at each other. Example: Police
fired a Volley over the heads of the crowd.
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LESS WEALTHY Form: n Tone: neg Jingoism is fanatical, overthe-top patriotism. If
you refuse to eat, read, wear, or discuss anything that wasn't made in your own
country, people might accuse you of jingoism. Fanatic Form: n,adj Tone: neg If
youre apt to come off as a little zany and express extreme enthusiasm for a
particular idea or thing, you may be described as a fanatic. "Shes a real
vegetable fanatic; Ive never seen someone so enthusiastic about gardening
methods. Chauvinism Words Relation to Group Form: n Tone: neg Meaning The adjective
chauvinistic is useful for describing people who strongly believe in the
superiority of their own gender or kind. A chauvinistic man might say women are too
emotional to hold stressful jobs. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: If you believe that
your gender, culture, country, or group is inherently better than another, you are
chauvinistic, which is pronounced "shovan-IS-tick." Example: Male public figures
who make chauvinistic comments about women are now immediately placed in the public
stocks of social media. Mnemonic: Fanatic sounds like a FAN (follower) WHO DOES NOT
KNOW HIS LIMITS and BECOMES ECCESSIVELY ENTHUSIASTIC about SOMEONE or SOMETHING
Example: An addictive parlor game, it's played in front of millions of political
Fanatics, like me, who can't resist tuning in and feasting on the dish. Mnemonic:
jin(that alladin one) had extreme and uncontrolled loyalty towards his master
Example: The really bad thing here is the silly wave that has gone over the public
mindprotection humbug, silver, Jingoism, etc Mnemonic: Zealot can be connected
to A LOT OF ZEAL (ENTHUSIASM), So a person who is very passionate about someone is
definitely an enthusiastic
Jingoism
Form: n Tone: neg
Zealot
The hamburger zealot was so fanatical about his burgers that he camped outside his
favorite fastfood joint for hours every morning, waiting for it to open. And he
would never put mustard on them, only
ketchup.
person. Example: The coffee lover was a Zealot regarding where his coffee was
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Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Arable
Meaning If you describe land as arable, it means that something can grow there. If
you're looking to raise crops, you better find yourself a patch of arable land.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: agra (agriculture) + able. Example: Bees do not occupy

and use up Arable land.
Fecund
Form: adj Tone: pos
The adjective fecund Example: Fecundity describes things that are declines rapidly
after the highly fertile and that age of 40. easily produce offspring or fruit.
When something is green with plant life it's verdant, a word often used to idealize
the countryside with its verdant pastures or verdant hills. Drive through a forest
that's just been destroyed by a fire, and you'll get an idea of what barren means -
stripped of vegetation and devoid of life. Mnemonic: VARDAAN(blessing)...green
color is a blessing...green vegetables,trees. Example: She wore a dress of Verdant
green. Mnemonic: Anything BARRING (stopping) RAIN can cause a land to be BARREN
(not fertile). Example: In ten thousand years, the earth could be cold and barren,
an endless frozen wasteland more suitable for mammoths than for humans.
Form: adj Tone: pos Verdant
Form: adj Tone: neg
X Barren
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LESS WEALTHY Form: v Tone: neut Enhance Many people use the expression "enhance
your chance" to point out ways to increase your chances of winning or earning a
contest or prize. When you enhance something, you heighten it or make it better.
When something proliferates, it's growing, spreading or multiplying really quickly.
Bunny rabbits have a habit of proliferating, as do dandelions in untended gardens
and funny Dilate Form: v Tone: neut To dilate something is to make it wider. When
the light fades, the pupil of your eye will dilate, meaning it looks bigger.
Augment Form: v Tone: neut Aggrandize Form: v Tone: neut/neg Accretion Words
Relation to Group Form: n Tone: pos Meaning The process of increasing can be called
accretion. Although you may say that stalactites "grow" from the ceilings of caves,
they actually form from an accretion of limestone and other minerals. If you are a
window washer, but you refer to yourself as a "vista enhancement specialist," then
you are aggrandizing your job title - that is, making it sound greater than it is.
Do you need to make something bigger, better, or stronger? Then you need to augment
it. To augment is to increase the amount or strength of something. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Accretion -add + creation , this addition to creation leads to growth
Example: The process of character building through Accretion and elimination has
been going on. Mnemonic: Aggrandize -aggregate + grand; aggregating things...is
similar to adding details Example: Her sole aim is personal Aggrandizement.
Mnemonic: Augment sounds like argument; Your misleading argument, can increase the
chances of damage to our company. Example: The recent speech of the president
Augmented tensions in the Near East Mnemonic: If you DIE LATE(die in a very old
age) you expand(in weight sense or in age) Example: Her eyes Dilated with fear.
Example: This is an opportunity to Enhance the reputation of the company.
Form: v Tone: pos
Proliferate
Mnemonic: pro + life + rate : increase in rate of production (pro) of life (living
organisms) causes population to increase rapidly Example: Books and
YouTube videos on the internet. Form: v Tone: pos To wax is to grow larger or
increase, whereas wane means to grow smaller or decrease.
articles on the subject have Proliferated over the last year. Mnemonic: If you go
for Waxing( A technique to remove hair from your skin..usually ladies go for it)
once..next time the hair growth on your skin INCREASES GRADUALLY Example: The sun's
energy output varies slightly as sunspots Wax on the star's surface.
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Words Relation to Group Form: v Tone: neg Abate
Meaning Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for
skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Focus on ate part of Abate. (eat, ate, eaten).

When you eat anything, you reduce it's quantity. Example: They waited for the
crowd's fury to Abate. Mnemonic: Relate it to egg ; now-a-days because of bird flu
the quantity of eggs coming to the market is reduced. Example: She sat in silence
enjoying the Ebb and flow of conversation.
Form: v,n Tone: neut
Ebb
When something ebbs, it is declining, falling, or flowing away. The best time to
look for sea creatures in tidal pools is when the tide is on the ebb meaning it has
receded from the shore.
Form: v Tone: neut Recede
Recede means to pull back, Mnemonic: You'll retreat, or become faint or succeed if
you let distant. Flood waters recede, as your bad memories do glaciers, and even
Recede abstractions like "panic" and Example: The sound "hope." Think "receding of
the truck Receded hairline." (That means bald.) into the distance. To subside is to
die down or become less violent, like rough ocean waves after a storm has passed
(or your seasickness, if you happened to be sailing on that ocean). Mnemonic:
Subside sounds like subsidy (reduction of cost on services) the word REDUCE still
remains common. Example: She waited nervously for his anger to Subside. Root: refix
SUB means UNDER
Form: v Tone: pos/ neut
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LESS WEALTHY Serendipity Form: n Tone: pos Propitious Form: adj Tone: pos When the
timing of something is propitious or you've got propitious circumstances for
something, it's likely to turn out well. A propitious time for taking a big test is
when you've studied hard and gotten a good night's sleep. If you find good things
without looking for them, serendipity - unexpected good luck - has brought them to
you. Opportune Form: adj Tone: pos Use the adjective opportune to describe
especially good timing. A snowstorm is an opportune time to make extra money
shoveling your neighbor's driveway. Fortuitous Words Relation to Group Form: adj
Tone: pos Meaning Fortuitous means by chance, like a lucky accident. If you and
your best friend's families happen to go on vacation to the same place at the same
time, thats a fortuitous coincidence! Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: equivalent to
fortune... fortune isn't destined to occur, it is accidental Example: His success
depended on a Fortuitous combination of circumstances. Mnemonic: Everything one
wishes for is OPPORTUNITIES at the Opportune time. Example: The offer could not
have come at a more Opportune moment. Mnemonic: sounds like profitious.. hence its
profitable and thus favorable Example: It was not a Propitious time to start a new
business.
Mnemonic: You can thank Serendipity if you find a pencil at an empty desk just as
you walk into an exam and realize that you forgot yours. Example: Meeting her like
that, and there of all places, was true Serendipity! Mnemonic: Despair can also
refer to someone or something that causes you to worry or be sad. Example: A deep
sense of despair overwhelmed him. Mnemonic: relate it to helpless Example: Intimacy
between performers and their hapless
Form: n Tone: neg X Despair
Despair is the feeling of not having any hope left. If you just found out that
you're having a test in math and you hadn't studied at all, you might feel despair,
or despair of any hope that you can pass it. Use the adjective hapless to describe
someone unlucky and deserving of pity, like the hapless used car buyer who gives in
to the fast-
Form: adj Tone: neg X Hapless

talking salesperson.
audience members creates an interesting frisson. Mnemonic: wretched - people in a

wrecked ship are wretched.... physical misery! Example: I felt wretched about the
way things had turned out.2 (formal)
Form: adj Tone: neg X Wretched
The fairy tale Cinderella gives us many examples of uses for the word wretched.
Poor Cinderella had a wretched childhood, living in wretched conditions with a
wretched stepmother. It would be enough to make anyone feel wretched, or absolutely
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LESS WEALTHY Form: n Tone: neg Ordeals Form: n Tone: neg An ordeal is something
difficult or painful to go through. Something kind of hard like taking a test can
be an ordeal, but often an ordeal is a serious and long-lasting event, like an
illness or tragedy. Mishap Form: n Tone: neg Afflictions Form: n Tone: neg An
affliction makes you suffer, but you have to deal with it anyway. Diseases are
often said to be afflictions, but the word can mean just about anything that causes
great suffering. Adversity Words Relation to Group Form: n Tone: neg Meaning When
circumstances or a situation works against you, you face adversity.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ad-worse, when the conditions are worst, its your
misfortune Example: He overcame many personal adversities. Mnemonic: Affliction
sounds like infection, which causes a state of distress, irritation and suffering
Example: He is in fact one person with an affliction that radically changes his
personality. Mnemonic: MIS refers to negative attribute and HAP can be related to
happening. So a wrong happening. Example: I managed to get home without further
Mishap. Root: MIS means HATE/WRONG Mnemonic: OR+DEAL...DEALING WITH ORIYA SPEAKING
PEOPLE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE is quite a difficult experience. Example: They are to be
spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court. Example: this film is as much about
celebration as it is about Trials. Mnemonic: Tribulation-Tribal ; While the group
was trekking they were caught by jungle tribal (junglee log In Hindi) and
harassed ...It was a period of Tribulation for them! Example: Life is full of
Tribulations.
Dont cry over spilled milk, it is just a minor mishap - a misfortune. If the
surgeon operates on the wrong leg when you go in for knee surgery? Now, thats a
mishap to get upset about.
Trials
a trial is a difficult experience, trouble or grief. Tribulation is suffering or

trouble, usually resulting from oppression. The tribulations of a coal miner
include a dangerous work environment, lung disease from black dust and a cramped,
dark work space.
Form: n Tone: neg
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LESS WEALTHY Form: v Tone: neg To impoverish is to take away a person's livelihood.
When a drought ruins a farmer's crop and he has nothing to harvest, his bad luck
may leave him and his family impoverished, or poor. Impecunious Form: adj Tone: neg
If you are hard up, broke, penniless, or strapped for cash, you could describe
yourself as impecunious. Then maybe you could make some money teaching vocabulary
words. Destitute Form: adj Tone: neg Bankrupt Words Relation to Group Form:
an,adj,v Tone: neg Meaning You might not have any money in your pocket, but it
doesnt necessarily mean you are bankrupt. It takes a legal proceeding for the
courts to declare a person bankrupt - or officially unable to pay his debts. When
you think of the word destitute, which means poor or lacking other necessities of
life, think of someone who is in desperate straits. A very, very tight budget is
poor. Living on the streets is destitute. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: When your bank
is ruptured (you left without money), you would definitely be Bankrupt Example: The
company was declared Bankrupt by the court. Mnemonic: Break it as
DE+INSTITUE...that means the person who has never been to any INSTITUTE..i.e. who
is ILLITERATE is very poor Example: When he died, his family was left completely
Destitute. Mnemonic: IM(not)+PECUNIA is a root for money...hence Impecunious means
having little or no money. Example: They were so Impecunious that they couldn't
afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts Mnemonic: Impoverish can be
remembered as INTO POVERTY Example: These changes are likely to Impoverish
singleparent families even further. Root: IM means NOT. Mnemonic: Indigent (poor)
cannot be INDULGENT(rich and overspending) Example: Homeless shelters, soup
kitchens, free medical
Impoverish
Form: adj Tone: neg
Indigent
An indigent person is extremely poor, lacking the basic resources of a normal life.
Often the indigent lack not only money but homes.
clinics and courtappointed lawyers are all institutions that our society has
developed to help indigen Form: adj Tone: neg Insolvent Piggy bank empty? Nothing
but lint in your pockets? Then you're probably unable to meet any financial
obligations. In other words, you are insolvent. People who live off begging can be
called mendicants. However, you probably wouldn't call your kids mendicants, even
though they beg you for stuff, because the word mendicant also implies extreme
poverty. Mnemonic: in + solvent = one who cant solve his debts. Example: The
company has been declared Insolvent. Mnemonic: Mendicant - Men + dI + Can't : men
who say I can't, they don't like to work and sometimes start practicing beggary
Example: A Mendicant approached me while I was waiting at the traffic signal.
Mnemonic: Pauper and POOR rhymes partially. Example: She was buried in a Pauper's
grave. Mnemonic: pen+ru(pee)-no rupee to buy a pen Example: He died in Penury.
Form: n,adj Tone: neg
Mendicant
Form: n Tone: neut/neg Pauper
Pauper is an old-fashioned word for someone who is poor - really poor, like the
paupers described by Charles Dickens or Mark Twain. Penury means extreme poverty to
the point of homelessness and begging in the streets. Economic downturns, job loss,
shopping sprees, and weekends at the high rollers' table in Vegas can lead to
penury. As an adjective, solvent describes someone who's got cash on hand.
Form: n Tone: neg Penury
Form: adj,n Tone: neg
X Solvent
Mnemonic: Sounds like "solve" + "rent". If you want to solve the issues related to
rent then you must be able to pay all your debts. Example: In some cases, banks
that were otherwise solvent faced collapse.
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LESS WEALTHY Ramshackle Form: adj Tone: neg Is your house in terrible condition?
Does the roof leak? Is it half tumbling down? Congratulations! It's ramshackle - in
other words - in terrible condition and barely holding together. Dilapidated Form:
adj Tone: neg Derelict Form: adj Tone: neg Decrepit Words Relation to Group Form:
adj Tone: neg Meaning That building falling down on the corner of your block? It's
decrepit. So is the old man who lives there, if he is weak from age. Decrepit means
broken down by hard use. If something has been abandoned, you can call it derelict.
Even if a person has abandoned his responsibilities, you can say that he is
derelict in his duties. But don't call a lost child derelict - unless, of course,
he has neglected his chores. Falling down and in total disrepair, something that's
dilapidated is going to need a lot of fixing up. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Decrease in Brad pit's muscular strength made him very weak Example: He is a
Decrepit old man. Mnemonic: Derelict sounds like Neglect. Neglected things are
generally abondoned after a while. Example: The canal has been Derelict for many
years.
Mnemonic: I drank a DILuted API(appy) juice which was outDATED(expired).... my

stomach got RUINED as a result of my own NEGLECT. Example: The house remained
empty, and was getting into a very Dilapidated state. Mnemonic: When the roof
rambles and falls apart, its indeed in a Ramshackled state. Example: The opposition
criticized the government's Ramshackle economic policies. Mnemonic: Shamble has
'amble' which means able to walk. But it also has SH, so may be a person who walks
shakily lacks in strength. Example: Terrorists have turned the city into Shambles.
Form: n Tone: neg
Any scene, place, or thing in disorder.
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LESS WEALTHY Flag Form: v Tone: neut/neg Dwindle Form: v Tone: neut/neg What do
love, money, and the earth all have in common? All can dwindle, or shrink away, if
we don't handle them properly. Curtail Form: v Tone: neut/neg Contract Form: v
Tone: neut/neg Constrict Words Relation to Group Form: v Tone: neut/neg Meaning
Mnemonic/Example squeeze or press together Mnemonic: Constrict sounds like
RESTRICT. Thats the meaning as well, to restrict something from happening.
Example: Film-makers of the time were Constricted by the censors. Contract also
means "shrink." When the economy contracts, consumers stop buying things, and
people lose their jobs, and if you freeze water, it contracts too. To curtail
something is slow it down, put restrictions on it, or stop it entirely. If I give
up cake, I am curtailing my cakeeating. Mnemonic: Contraction and expansion are
opposites Example: The universe is expanding rather than Contracting.
Mnemonic: Curtail. Can be read as cur + TAIL or cutting the tail of a dog (CUR), ie
reducing it. So Curtail is to shorten or to reduce. Example: The lecture was
Curtailed by the fire alarm going off. Mnemonic: if a swindler (cheater) swindles
(cheats) you then your savings Dwindle. Example: Support for the party has Dwindled
away to nothing. Mnemonic: Flag rhymes with sag which means to droop or grow
feeble Example: It had been a long day and the children were beginning to Flag.
Mnemonic: Wane--it sounds like "vain", imagine your tailor has decreased the size
of your pant and shirt and now you can't wear it, so your hard work involved in
buying that dress went in vain. Example: Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was
waning rapidly.
Stopping for a snack may help when your energy or attention begin to flag, meaning
you are getting tired or losing your focus. Things that wax and wane grow larger
and smaller, like the moon. Things that wane simply grow smaller. "My initial
enthusiasm for helping waned when I saw the pile of envelopes that needed licking."
Form: v Tone: neg
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Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos
Meaning Something apposite is fitting or relevant. It is apposite that radio

stations play Christmas carols on Christmas Eve, and that your tax accountant takes
vacation after April 15th. It all makes sense. Apropos means regarding or
appropriate to, as in: Apropos of your interest in fishing, your grandfather gave
you his set of championship lures, rods, reels and lucky tackle box. Germane means
relevant; it fits in. If you are giving a speech on dog training, stick to the
germane, canine stuff.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Appositeopposite of OPPOSITE i.e. perfectly matched;

appropriate; most suitable Example: Her remarks are extremely Apposite to the
present discussion. Mnemonic: Apropos apro + pos, appropriate + position -
appropriate + situation... Example: Lets discuss this on an Apropos moment.
Mnemonic: Germane...very close to word ..Germany..so if you want TO learn GERMAN
LANGUAGE....I GUESS A GERMAN teacher would be APPROPRIATE. Example: remarks that
are Germane to the discussion Mnemonic: relate this word to pertaining....which
means relevant to. Example: Please keep your comments Pertinent to the topic under
discussion.
Apposite
Form: adj,adv Tone: pos Apropos
Form: adj Tone: pos
Germane
Form: adj Tone: pos Pertinent
Something pertinent is relevant and on-point. If you give your best friend
pertinent advice, that means the advice is appropriate for the situation.
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LESS WEALTHY Retrospect Form: n,adj Tone: neut Reminiscence Form: n Tone: neut A
reminiscence is a memory, or the act of recovering it. A visit to your old
elementary school may flood your brain with reminiscences -things you hadn't
thought of in years coming suddenly back. In retrospect - that is, in looking back
and contemplating the past we sometimes find ourselves wishing that we had
done some things differently. Nostalgia Form: n Tone: neut Hindsight Words Relation
to Group Form: n Tone: neut Meaning People who are able to look back on the past
and understand what happened have hindsight. If you go skating on a frozen lake and
it cracks, in hindsight you'd know you should've paid attention to the giant
"danger" sign. Think of the noun, nostalgia, when you long for the good old days of
the past. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: see it as be Hindsight.. foresight- seeing
before occurring and Hindsight- seeing after occurring. Example: What looks obvious
in Hindsight was not at all obvious at the time. Mnemonic: Nostalgia. sounds like
no- hostel- gia.. so he feels home sick..remembers home Example: She is filled with
Nostalgia for her own college days. Mnemonic: can break it as re + mini + scene -
recollecting mini scenes from our past memories Example: The book is a collection
of his Reminiscences about the actress. Mnemonic: Retro means PAST and Spect is to
see. So to look back in the past is to Retrospect Example: The decision seems
extremely odd, in Retrospect. Root: RETRO means PAST Mnemonic: Wistful and
Wishful...Wistful -Full of longing or unfulfilled desire. Wishful = Seeking
advancement or recognition. Example: If only I had known you then, he said
Wistfully.
Form: adj Tone: neut
Wistfully
Only one letter separates the two words, but "wishful" is having hope for
something, and wistful is having sadness or melancholy about something. "Wist"
isn't even a word that's used anymore, but you can still be wistful.
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LESS WEALTHY Devoid Form: adj Tone: neg You're stranded in the ocean, miles from
shore, clinging to a sinking boat, and you can't swim? Sorry to say, your situation
is devoid of all hope. Deprived Form: adj Tone: neg Being deprived means lacking
important things like food and water. For example, when warm clothing, housing, and
nutrition are in short supply, the people are deprived of basics of life. Deficit
Form: n Tone: neg If you're running a deficit, you are losing. You might be losing
money or losing a game. Either way, you better make up for it. Dearth Words
Relation to Group Form: n Tone: neg Meaning If there is a dearth of something,
there is not enough of it. A dearth of affordable housing is bad, but a dearth of
bed bugs is a blessing. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: earth is big. de-earth.....(read
as Dearth) means small...small in quantity..or scarcity Example: here was a Dearth
of reliable information on the subject. Root: Prefix DE means DOWN/AWAY Mnemonic:
Deficit: DEFICIent+ IT, means reduce in quantity Example: The trade balance has
been in Deficit for the past five years. Root: Prefix DE means DOWN/AWAY Example:
Boys from a Deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of
neglect, moral degradation. Root: Prefix DE means DOWN/AWAY Mnemonic: void
resembles something nullified, ie empty, lacking. Example: The letter was Devoid of
warmth and feeling. Root: Prefix DE means DOWN/AWAY Example: Flora saw her father
trembling in all his Exiguous length, though he held himself stiffer than ever if
that was possible. Mnemonic: pau paav as in paav bhaji and if there is only one
"paav" for the whole city...so obviously it will be scarce
Form: adj Tone: neg Exiguous
If I had more than an exiguous amount of space here, I'd be able to tell you more
about the fact that exiguous means a tiny amount. The word paucity means not enough
of something. If you've got a paucity of good cheer, for example, you'd better
cheer up!
Form: n Tone: neg
Paucity
Example: There was a a Paucity of information. Form: adj Tone: neg Vacuous Reserved
for the harmlessly stupid and truly meaningless, vacuous is a smart-sounding way to
describe something dumb. Celebrity gossip and reality TV is usually pretty vacuous,
even if it's fun. Mnemonic: Vacuous can be seen as vacuum which means, a region
empty of matter. Example: He stared down at her, grinning Vacuously.
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LESS WEALTHY Form: n Tone: neg Profligate Form: adj,n Tone: neg Prodigal Form:
adj,n Tone: neg In the Bible, the Prodigal Son leaves home and wastes all his
money, but when he returns, he feels sorry. Use the adjective prodigal to describe
someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Profligate, as a
noun or as an adjective, implies recklessly wasting your money on extravagant
luxury. Profligate behavior is a lot of fun, but you'll regret it later - when you
get your charge card bill. A spendthrift person is reckless and wasteful with his
money. Spendthrifts who like to take you out to nice lunches are good people to be
friends with, but it's generally a bad way to handle your own bank account.
Dissipate Words Relation to Group Form: v Tone: neg Meaning Dissipate means
"disperse" or "fade away" - as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait
long enough. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: di-SIPATE can be remembered as: Sip =
drinking, Ate = Eating, a life of drinking and eating , thus spending a lot and
pursuing pleasure! Example: If you win the lottery, you might suddenly find
yourself with a group of new friends encouraging you to Dissipate your money.
Example: They criticized the Prodigality of the administration.
Mnemonic: Profligate= spend Profusely like bill Gates Example: A Profligate

nation may have good reason to run up debts. Mnemonic: Spendthrift can be split in
this way: SPEND+THRIFT. Spending ones thrift (saving). Example: Ability to save.-
All healthy boys are naturally inclined to be Spendthrifts. Mnemonic: Squander
rhymes with WANDER....so if you keep wandering, you are ultimately wasting time in
life. Example: He Squandered all his
Spendthrift
Form: v Tone: neg Squander
To squander means to spend extravagantly, thoughtlessly, or wastefully. If you need

to save for college, don't squander her income on nightly sushi dinners.
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LESS WEALTHY Certitude Form: adj Tone: pos Categorical Form: adj Tone: pos Absolute
Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning Use absolute as a noun or an
adjective when you're so sure of something that you know it will never change. For
example, a devout person's belief in life after death is an absolute; that person
has absolute faith in the afterlife. If someone accuses you of stealing their lunch
and you give a categorical denial, it means that you absolutely deny having
anything to do with the theft. Categorical means absolute, unqualified,
unconditional. If you're absolutely convinced your team is going to the Super Bowl,
you state it with certitude or confidence. The adjective contingent can be used to
describe when something can occur only when something else does first. Making money
is contingent on finding a goodpaying job. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: "solute"
sounds like salute and we salute people having complete power. Example: You're
wrong, she said with Absolute certainty.
Mnemonic: 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. Example: He is known for making Categorical statements.
Mnemonic: Certitude sounds like Certainity, and with a similar meaning. Example:
You will like Rome, he said, with absolute Certitude.
Form: n Tone: neut
Contingent (X)
Mnemonic: remember that a continent and small continents depend on others Example:
A strong contingent of local residents were there to block the proposal.
Form: n Tone: pos Conviction
A conviction is something certain: a judgment of guilty in court and a strong

belief are both convictions. Emphatic means forceful and clear. Nicole's mother was
emphatic when she told her not to come home late again. When something is
incontrovertible, it is undeniably, absolutely, 100 percent, completely true. That
rain is wet is an incontrovertible fact. Something provisional is temporary, in the
sense that it's only valid for a while. You'll often hear provisional used to
describe things such as governments, elections, contracts, and agreements, all of
which can change into something permanent. Make sure you know the context when
using the word qualify. In one sense, it means to be right for, to measure up. In
another sense, though, qualify means to change something slightly, to limit it or
add a condition to it. Choose the adjective, tentative to describe
Mnemonic: He is the 'convict', i don't have any doubt about it, I am absolutely
sure. Example: He said he agreed but his voice lacked Conviction.
Form: adj Tone: pos Emphatic
Mnemonic: saying something with EMPHASIS Example: He was Emphatic that he could not
work with her. Root: Prefix EM- means IN
Form: adj Tone: pos
Incontrovertible
Mnemonic: in-controvertible; here relate controvertible with controversy thus

something which cannot have any controversy is in-controvertible and thus is
indisputable Example: Her book shows incontrovertibly that he was innocent.
Provisional (X)
Mnemonic: provisional certificate is issued by university before the actual degree

certificate as a TENTATIVE ONE FOR THE ORIGINAL Example: The meeting has been
provisionally arranged for Friday.
Form: v Tone: neg
Qualify (X)
Mnemonic: Think of java qualifiers (private/public/default/protected - they limit

the access of members of a class). Example: I want to qualify what I said
earlierI didn't mean he couldn't do the job, only that he would need
supervision.
Mnemonic: Living in a tent temporarily. If you are living in a tent, you are
unsettled. Example: Her English is correct
Tentative (X)
something you but tentative. are unsure or Root: Prefix TEN/TENT means hesitant
about. TO HOLD. On Monday, you can make tentative plans for the weekend but it's
too early to commit to one party or another. Form: adj Tone: pos not limited or
restricted Example: The event was not an Unqualified success.
Unqualified
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Words Relation to Group Form: v Tone: neut/neg Distend
Meaning A soda and pizza binge might make your stomach distend, meaning your
stomach will swell as a result of pressure from the inside.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: try to relate it with dis means distance and extend
means to expand. Example: Starving children develop huge Distended bellies
Mnemonic: Tumid has the first three letters common with TUMOUR, which is a swollen
mass or ball of cells. So Tumid is swollen, or distended. Example: In a Tumid,
swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently. Mnemonic: Turgid and Tumid
sounds similar and they share the same meaning. Example: This is a Turgid prose,
very lengthy and boring.
Form: adj Tone: neut/neg
Tumid
To understand tumid, think about how your belly feels after Thanksgiving when
you've just polished off that third helping of turkey with stuffing and Brussels
sprouts. Gassy? Full? Distended? That's tumid for you.
Form: adj Tone: neut/neg Turgid
Turgid describes something that's swollen, typically by fluids, like a turgid water
balloon that's way too big to resist dropping on your friend's head.
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Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut
Meaning Look to the adjective ambiguous when you need to describe something that's
open to more than one interpretation, like the headline "Squad helps dog bite
victim."
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Ambi means BOTH, so when you are in two minds you seem
to be confused. Example: Her account was deliberately Ambiguous. Mnemonic: Ambi
means BOTH, so when you are in two minds you seem to be confused. Example: She
seems to feel Ambivalent about her new job. Root: Prefix AMBI means BOTH Mnemonic:
Equi means EQUAL, so again refering to doubleness or two minds/ confusion Example:
She gave an Equivocal answer, typical of a politician. Root: Prefix EQU means BOTH
Ambiguous
If you can't decide how you feel about something, declare yourself ambivalent about
it.
Ambivalent
Equivocal
Try to remember that uncertain means equivocal and certain means unequivocal.
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synonyms nor antonyms.
Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut *Frugal
Meaning A person who lives simply and economically can be called frugal. Buying
clothes at a consignment shop would be considered frugal. Not getting your mom a
gift for her birthday - that's just cheap.
Mnemonic/Example
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LESS WEALTHY Usury Form: n Tone: neg Prohibitive Form: adj Tone: neg If something's
so expensive you can't touch it, it's prohibitive. That Ferrari in the showroom?
You may want it, but its price is prohibitive. Usury means lending money at
exorbitant interest rates. Credit-card companies charging annual interest rates of
29% are guilty of usury, as far as I'm concerned. Gouging Form: n,v Tone: neg Gouge
means stealing by overcharging. If your local gas station puts the price of gas way
up because a storm is coming, you may say that the station owner gouges prices -
and that's illegal. Exorbitant Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning
Use the adjective exorbitant when you want to describe something that is really
just too much! You'll often hear people griping about exorbitant bank fees or
exorbitant interest rates. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: EX(extra)ORBITant...extra
orbit in the solar system...so this extra+orbit makes the solar system excessive
now Example: It's a good hotel but the prices are Exorbitant. Root: EX means OUT
OF/ FROM Mnemonic: If you're not careful with the screwdriver, you'll accidentally
gouge a hole in the wall. Example: Housing shortages permit landlords to gouge
their renters. Mnemonic: PROHIBIT Example: The price of property in the city is
Prohibitive. Mnemonic: SURY reminds me of TREASURY - Lending money from the
treasury at a very high rate of interest Example: Bank of America recently rolled
back a $5 monthly fee for debit cards that many considered Usury.
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LESS WEALTHY Paltry Form: adj Tone: neg Negligible Form: adj Tone: neg Meager Form:
adj Tone: neg Marginal Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Use the
word marginal when something is minimal or barely enough. If you buy lemons and
sugar, make lemonade and set up a stand on the street corner, but only sell a
couple of glasses, your profits will be marginal. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Marginal is like MARGIN. Example: The story will only be of Marginal interest to
our readers.
deficient in amount or quality Mnemonic: Meager = or extent m + eager concentrate

on "eager". A person is eager only when he/she is in a desperate need of something
inadequate...or scanty in supply. Example: She supplements her meagre income by
cleaning at night. When something is meaningless or insignificant because it is so
little, it's negligible. The amount of interest you'll get on your savings is
negligible, so you might as well spend your money. A paltry amount is so small it's
not even worth thinking about. In the novel "Oliver Twist," when Oliver is given a
paltry amount of gruel - not nearly enough - he asks, "Please, sir, can I have some
more?" Mnemonic: NEGLect it because it's not (><) GIB (big ) Example: The cost was
Negligible.
Mnemonic: Paltry is a laughably small amount - the waiter might chuck a Paltry tip
in the garbage. Example: his account offers a Paltry 1% return on your investment.
Mnemonic: S-CAN'TY = CAN'T be Sufficient Example: Details of his life are Scanty.
Form: adj Tone: neg Scanty
We refer to an amount or thing that is not quite enough as scanty, or lacking. It's
an adjective used to describe something that doesn't offer enough, as in "farmers
having a scanty crop in a drought year." containing little excess
Form: adj Tone: neg Skimpy
Mnemonic: Pinky wore Skimpy clothes to the party only to add to the disaster.
Example: They
provided only Skimpy details. Form: v.adj Tone: neg Spare Frugally restricted or
meager, Mnemonic: Repair as a manner of living or a the Spare parts diet Example:
Since he was obese, the doctor recommended him a Spare diet. Something thats
sparse is thin, not dense. If you re looking for the perfect place to build a
tree house, a sparse forest is probably not your best bet. Mnemonic: Sparse sounds
like Parsi(one group of people),who are not many in INDIA but THINLY SCATTERED or
SCANTILY present. Example: Vegetation becomes Sparse higher up the mountains.
Form: adj Tone: neg
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Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Affluent
Meaning You know you're driving through an affluent neighborhood when you see large
houses, perfect landscaping, and expensive cars. Use affluent to describe wealthy
people or areas. Opulent is a word that you will hear a lot around rich people
looking to show off. "Remember the opulent buffet at Carries sweet sixteen?
Sixteen chocolate cakes iced in gold leaf!"
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: af + fluent. Someone who is fluent in a language knows

an abundance of words. Example: I have a very Affluent neighborhood. Mnemonic:
lent means lending. generally rich people lend money.Opulent means wealthy.
Example: And on the thought, as though in answer to his wish, the landlord entered
bearing a fine Opulent omelet stuffed with green peas.
Form: adj Tone: neg
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Groups BREAK A RULE CANCEL / TAKE BACK (STATEMENT) DECAY / ROT ENERGIZING EXTRA /
UNNECESSARY FAMOUS / IMPORTANT PERSON GREED MAIN JOB / PROFESSION OVERLY NOISY
PLANNED / (X) SPONTANEOUS RESOLUTE / DETERMINED STUBBORN SUPPORTER / (X) ANTI / (X)
ENEMY TASTY TO ACCEPT / AGREE / GIVE IN TO MAKE UP / CREATE TO OBJECT TO PROVE
FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: verb Tone: pos X Adhere Follow
instructions, rules, etc closely X Abide Form: verb Tone: pos Flout Form: verb
Tone: neg Breach Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning A breach is a
violation of a law, duty, or promise. If you'd contracted to mow your neighbor's
lawn and don't do it, he can sue you for breach of contract. Or he can mow the lawn
himself. To flout is to scorn or show contempt for. "I flout the law and the
concept of civilian safety by making a concerted effort to jaywalk every time I
cross a street." To accept a rule, law or judgement without question
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Breach sounds like brea(k)(ch)...break the contract
Example: Selling goods constituted a Breach of regulation 10B. Mnemonic: Flout...
FOUL + OUT. When a player is sent out by foul, the player shows his contempt to the
referee. Example: Motorists regularly Flout the law. Mnemonic: bide in abide sounds
like bind(something that binds you).....so abide means something that fails to bind
you from your heart..but you merely have to tolerate and follow. Example: The act
does not spell out any consequences for failing to abide the rule. Root: AB means
FROM Mnemonic: adhere - add + here; so adding two things together means to stick
them. Example: Corporations rule the roost, and don't have any particular moral
standard to which they adhere.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: verb Tone: neg Null Form: adj Tone:
neg/neut Gainsay Form: verb Tone: neg Disavow Form: verb Tone: neg Words Relation
to Group Form: verb Tone: neg Annul Meaning When a celebrity wakes up in Las Vegas
with a mysterious wedding ring on her finger, the first thing shell probably
want to do is annul the marriage. That will declare it invalid and officially
cancel the whole deal. To disavow is to deny support for someone or something. You
might feel dissed if your biggest donor decides to suddenly disavow you in your run
for president. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: an + nul so to nullify something means to
make it zero or to make it void Example: Their marriage was Annulled after just two
months.
Mnemonic: Disavow can be split into dis+allow which means to refuse. Example: The
coach Disavowed responsibility for the player's behavior. Root: DIS means NOT
Mnemonic: She has (Gain)ed weight but she is not (say)ing it which means, she is
denying the fact. Example: Nobody can Gainsay his claims. Mnemonic: Null sounds
like NIL. Example: The contract was declared Null and void.
Gainsay, a verb, means "contradict" or "speak out against." When you challenge
authority, you gainsay, as in teachers don't like it when unruly students gainsay
them. Null means having no value; in other words null is zero, like if you put so
little sugar in your coffee that its practically null. Null also means invalid,
or having no binding force. If you're someone who speaks before you think, you may
need to recant, or take back, that overly honest assessment of your friend's new
haircut.
Recant
Mnemonic: RE (again) + CANT (cannot) - "I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it
CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED." Example: He made a public Recantation of all
his former beliefs. Root: RE means AGAIN and CANT means CHARM/SING
Form: verb Tone: neg Renege
To renege is to go back on Mnemonic: RENEGADE your word or fail to keep a is a

traitor of a promise. country.. Renege is a traitor of his own words.. Example:
They had promised to pay her tuition but later
Reneged. Form: verb Tone: neg Repeal To repeal something usually a law, ordinance
or public policy - is to take it back. For example, dog lovers might want the town
council to repeal the law that says residents can have no more than four dogs. To
repudiate something is to reject it, or to refuse to accept or support it. If you
grow up religious, but repudiate all organized religion as an adult, you might
start spending holidays at the movies, or just going to work. If you get a call
saying a company has decided to rescind your job offer, it's back to the
classifieds for you. Rescind is an official reversal. Mnemonic: rejection of an
appeal - Repeal Example: The committee does not have the power to Repeal the ban.
Form: verb Tone: neg Repudiate
Mnemonic: he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked him if he ate the
pudding, he tried to Repudiate (deny eating it) Example: Socialism had been
Repudiated at the polls. Mnemonic: Rescind reminds us of "resign", where resign is
to cancel your appointment and Rescind is to cancel an agreement. Example: The
company later Rescinded its offer. Root: RE means AGAIN Mnemonic: Retract-RE TAKE
IT, meaning to take back Example: He made a false confession, which he later
Retracted. Root: TRACT means TO PULL/ DRAW Mnemonic: Revoke sounds like PROVOKE.
When you provoke your friend again and again (RE) to start an argument, he may
altogether Revoke (cancel) any kind of ties that he shares with you. Example: The
judge Revoked her driver's license. Mnemonic: Void is nothing but VACCUM Example:
Because they were not happy in their marriage, they had it Voided.
Form: verb Tone: neg
Rescind
Form: verb Tone: neut Retract
Have you ever said something you wish you could retract, or take back? You're not
alone. Even newspapers and magazines have sections where the editors can retract
something written that was incorrect. When you revoke something, you officially
cancel it, like when you revoke your sister's "coolest sibling" award because she
shows your friends funny pictures of you from when you were little.
Revoke
Form: noun Tone: neg/neut Void
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Rancid Form: adj Tone: neg Putrefaction Form:
noun Tone: neg Carrion Form: noun Tone: neg The noun carrion refers to the dead and
rotting flesh of an animal. Ever seen a dead opossum or cat in the road? You can
call that road kill carrion. Brackish Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg
Meaning Something that is brackish is unpleasant and harsh, like the coffee you
left on too long or the water in a muddy pond. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Brackish
sounds like BLACKISH. The vegetables were rotten to the extent that it looked
almost blackish. Example: The office coffee is often some Brackish brew that's been
sitting around for a couple of hours. Mnemonic: CARRYING rotten flesh from one
place to another, that is what Vultures do. Example: The Carrion Crow is found as
far North as Carolina. Root: CARN means FLESH Mnemonic: Putrefaction is the
opposite of PURIFICATION. Example: The smell was awful. Putrefaction had already
set in. Mnemonic: ran+acid(acid)...presence of acid(secreted by bacteria during the
process of fermentation) in curd makes the curd bitter in taste and bad in smell
Example: There was a Rancid smell coming from the kitchen. Mnemonic: Whole
(complete, full, total) + some (a part of, a little portion)...you can take some
parts of the whole. A feeling of entirety. Example: It was clean wholesome fun.
If you suspect that something in your yard is in a state of putrefaction, there's

probably something stinky and rotten out there. Rancid is a great name for a post-
punk band, but a lousy way to describe the sauce on your eggs Benedict. Rancid
means sour, rotten, nasty and refers most specifically to the sharp bad smell of
decomposing oils or fats. Anything wholesome is good for you. Hopscotch is in most
cases a wholesome game, since you can't get into much trouble while hopping up and
down on the concrete.
Form: adj Tone: pos X Wholesome
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: adj Tone: neut X Sedative Form: adj
Tone: neut Rousing Form: adj Tone: pos If you've ever been "roused" out of your
sleep by someone, then you'll have no trouble seeing that rousing refers to
anything that gets you going, up on your feet, energized. Sedate means to be calm,
but if a doctor sedates you it means you've been administered a tranquilizing drug.
Most surgeries require some form of sedation, but to be sedate in day-to-day life
means composed, quiet, and serene. Not necessarily unconscious. Something that is
soporific is sleep-inducing. Certain medicines, but also extreme coziness, can have
a soporific effect. Revitalizing Form: verb Tone: pos To revitalize is to restore
something to life or give it new life. Revitalizing adds newsness and strength.
Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: pos Invogorating Meaning A dip in the
ocean in January is horrifying to some people but invigorating to others.
Invigorating describes something that makes you feel strong and revitalized.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: IN + VIGOR (enthusiasm) and hence the meaning. Example:
They felt refreshed and invigorated after the walk. Root: IN means INTO Mnemonic:
REVITALIZE sounds like REVIVE Example: The local economy has been revitalized.
Root: RE means to AGAIN Mnemonic: aRousing ... lively or stirring up the crowd
Example: The team was given a Rousing reception by the fans.
Mnemonic: When we SEE + DATE for the exam approaching we generally become tensed,
but the key to success is to stay CALM. Example: We followed the youngsters at a
more sedate pace. Example: The movie had a soporific effect on the audience. Root:
SOPAR means SLEEP
X Soporific
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Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg
Meaning Irrelevant, unnecessary, not required
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Think of news channels....EXTRA+NEWS...In order to get

TRP, news channels show irrelevant or unrelated things hence the news are most of
the times Extraneous Example: We do not want any Extraneous information on the
page. Root: EXTR- means OUTWARD Mnemonic: Redundant rhymes Abundant and that is the
meaning (more than necessary). Example: The picture has too much Redundant detail.
Root: RE means AGAIN.
Extraneous
Form: adj Tone: neg Redundant
The word redundant applies to things that are unnecessary or could be left out.
Calling a blank sheet of paper empty is redundant. When something is so unnecessary
that it could easily be done away with, like a fifth wheel on a car or a fifth
person on a double date, call it superfluous.
Form: adj Tone: neg Superfluous
Mnemonic: divide it as super+flow.. when there is large(super) flow of water, it

becomes EXCESSIVE / OVERABUNDANCE of water.. Example: She gave him a look that made
words Superfluous. Root: SUPER means ABOVE.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Stature Form: noun Tone: pos PreEminent Form:
adj Tone: pos Calling someone preeminent means they're truly outstanding or better
than everyone else - not in general, but in a specific field or specialty. Such as
a preeminent geologist. Luminary Form: noun Tone: pos In scientific writing,
Stephen J. Hawking is a luminary. People look up to this wellknown scientist and
author for his knowledge and insight. Eminent Words Relation to Group Form: adj
Tone: pos Meaning Anyone highly regarded or prominent is eminent. People that are
eminent are giants in their field. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Like the singer
"EMINEM" who is STANDING ABOVE OTHER rap artists IN QUALITY AND POSITION Example:
Mr. Vijay Mallya is an Eminent peronality in the business world. Mnemonic: Luminary
sounds like luminous(under light).So,a celebrity who is in the limelight inspiring
others. Example: He has played with all the great jazz luminaries. Root: LUC means
LIGHT/ CLEAR Mnemonic: preeminent sounds like prominent Example: Dickens was
preeminent among English writers of his day. Root: PRE means BEFORE Mnemonic:
Stature sounds like Statue.. All over the country we have statues of people who are
famous and prominent. Example: She is an actress of considerable Stature.
Stature is the another way to say "height of a person," like the surprising stature
of the movie star who seems so much taller in his action movies.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: noun Tone: neg Cupidity Form: noun Tone:
neg Remember the saying Greed is good? It could just as easily be
Cupidity is good, though admittedly it doesnt roll off the tongue quite the
same way. Cupidity means a burning desire to have more wealth than you need. Called
one of the seven deadly sins, gluttony is characterized by a limitless appetite for
food and drink and overindulgence to the point where one is no longer eating just
to live, but rather living to eat. Covetous Form: adj Tone: neg To be covetous of
something is to want it and to be a little jealous of anyone who has it. The
advertising industrys goal is to make you covetous of the things that other
people have - that way, you'll buy them. Avarice Words Relation to Group Form: noun
Tone: neg Meaning Avarice is a fancy word for good old-fashioned greed. It's one of
what some call "the seven deadly sins." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Avarice- a +
very + rich -a strong greed to be 'a very rich' person. Example: The man was now
blinded by his own greed and Avarice. Mnemonic: Covetous = split it as cove(love) +
to + US ; because of excessive greed and the love for money Covetous people go to
USA. i remembered like that. Example: Not only do public displays of wealth draw
the Covetous gaze of tax collectors, they are frowned on by a culture that values
solidarity. Mnemonic: Cupidity sounds like COMMODITY. Person having greed for lots
of it. Example: His Cupidity was tempted, his every weakness exploited.
Gluttony
Mnemonic: glu'TON'ny...when you eat excess,your weight will be a TON! Example:

Gluttony has already been touched on and needs no illustration as to its extremely
bad effect on health. Mnemonic: read Rapacious as 'rupeecious' so a person who is
greedy must have rupees on his mind. Example: After years of Rapacious
Form: adj Tone: neg
Rapacious
Something rapacious is out to devour - anything, and little can stand in its way. A
rapacious landlord is out for more rent, and a rapacious eater is only satisfied at
the all-youcan-eat buffet.
supermarket expansion there are too many mouths to feed. Root: RAP means SEIZE
Form: adj Tone: neg A ravenous person feels like they haven't eaten in days and
could probably finish off 10 pizzas without help. So ravenous is not a good state
to be in when you go grocery shopping. Mnemonic: sounds like RAVAN.. we can
understand how hungry one would get to feed his 10 heads. Example: What's for
lunch? I'm absolutely Ravenous. Root: RAV means SEIZE Mnemonic: remember
carniVORES, herbiVORES...So "VORE" tells something about eating. Example: Ever
since her childhood she had read Voraciously. Mnemonic: wander(moving from place to
place)+lust(a desire for something)....when you have a desire for wandering to
places ,it means, you love to travel ,so you can be refered to as a Wanderlust
Example: He never stays long anywhere when the Wanderlust is on him.
Ravenous
Form: adj Tone: neg Voracious
Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite. It might be a

craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes
an unflattering greediness. A strong desire to travel is called a wanderlust. If
you dream of backpacking through Europe, you have a wanderlust.
Form: noun Tone: neg
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neut
Meaning Unless you can find someone to pay you to sip fancy tropical drinks on the
beach, your vocation is not likely to be a "vacation." Rather, the word means
something you know how to do-or what you do for a living. An avocation is an
activity that you pursue when you're not at work - a hobby. Pretty much anything
can be an avocation: tennis, soduko, writing poetry.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A perfect job is when a Vocation is a Vacation (holiday)

for a person Example: Nursing is not just a job - it's a Vocation. Root: VOC means
CALL Mnemonic: AVOCATION-in a vacation. you do very little /minor work
only....hence avocation implies minor occupation Example: The shepherds Watchful,
Sincere, and Experience, if not Knowledge, were known of all men, in less pastoral
avocations.
Vocation
X Avocation
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synonyms nor antonyms.
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Meaning Inaudible is another way of saying "hushed" or "silent." If you thought the
bad words you muttered under your breath were inaudible, perhaps you should've
turned off that microphone in front of you! The adjective boisterous is what you
would use if you want to call attention in a loud or clamorous way.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: INAUDIBLE is NOT AUDIBLE Example: She spoke in an almost

inaudible whisper. Root: IN means NOT
# Inaudible
Form: adj * Tone: neg Boisterous
: The words in this family are (+) used usually in positive context. : The words in
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Intentional Form: adj Tone: neut/pos Something
intentional was done on purpose. If a crime was intentional, it was no accident.
When you premeditate, you are planning ahead. While most people associate this word
with crime, let's hope you can think of a better reason to premeditate - like
buying groceries before a storm. Studied describes a result achieved, not
spontaneously, but by calculated and Forethought Form: noun Tone: neut/pos
Deliberate Form: adj Tone: neut To deliberate means to carefully think or talk
something through it also means slow and measured, the pace of this kind of
careful decision making. If you chose deliberately, you make a very conscious,
wellthought-through choice. planning or plotting in advance of acting Words
Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut/pos Calculated Meaning If you do something
in a calculated way, you've given it quite a bit of thought beforehand, and you're
very deliberate in the way you do it. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: every calculation
is well weighed and "planned"..and gives us a likely result Example: This kind of
entertainment is not Calculated to be appealing to children. Mnemonic: daily +
berate - if you get berated(scolded) daily, you need to think it over as to why it
happens.. Example: She spoke in a slow and Deliberate way.
Mnemonic: can be rearranged as THOUGHT +BEFORE. Example: Some Forethought and

preparation are necessary before you embark on the project. Root: FORE means IN
FRONT OF Mnemonic: INTENTION Example: I'm sorry I left you off the list it
wasn't Intentional. Mnemonic: pre+meditate - think before planning something.
Example: The killing was not Premeditated. Root: PRE means BEFORE
Premeditated
Form: adj Tone: neut/pos
Mnemonic: when we have Studied (calculated approach) enough, we tend to

Studied
deliberate effort. It will probably take a studied effort to not appear nervous
when you give an oral presentation. Form: adj Tone: pos/neut Extemporaneous means
spoken without preparation. The orator's performance was impressive, but only after
we learn that his speech was extemporaneous did we realize the true depth of his
talent. Someone impetuous acts too hastily or carelessly. Hotheaded, impulsive
folks are impetuous.
score high. Example: She introduced herself with Studied casualness. Mnemonic:
TEMPORARILY done in haste and so not planned. Example: His playing was polished yet
essayistic and almost extemporaneous. Root: EX means OUT OF Mnemonic: im(not)pet-
tuo(to)-us...a dog which is not our pet will be very VIOLENT and RASH. Example: She
is an impetuous young woman. Mnemonic: IM means NOT and PROMPTU can be remembered
as PROMPT. So a person who is not prompt. Example: They often held impromptu
meetings at their house. Root: IM means NOT Mnemonic: I Am Pro - vise - I am proved
wise as I have done it without actually preparing for it beforehand. Example: There
isn't much equipment. We're going to have to improvise. Root: IM means NOT
Mnemonic: offhand - hands on means experience, you have prepared for that , so
offhands means something without preparation Example: He spoke offhandedly, making
it clear I had no say in the matter.
X Extemporaneous
Form: adj Tone: neg X Impetuous
Form: adj Tone: pos/neut
X Impromptu
Some of the best kinds of parties are impromptu ones, when you decide at the last
minute to get together. The adjective impromptu describes things done or said
without previous thought or preparation. To improvise means to make something up on
the spot, or figure it out as you go. "Our boss decided to improvise his speech at
our company meeting and when he started going off-topic, everyone could tell he
hadn't prepared in advance." The adjective offhand describes a remark or comment
that is made without previous thought or preparation. If you are at a wedding, you
may want to make a few offhand but nice remarks about the bride and groom.
X Improvise
Form: adj Tone: neg
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: adj Tone: pos Someone who is
indefatigable can go on for a very long time without becoming tired. You might not
be so happy to have an indefatigable guide on your walking trip you'll have
blisters, but she'll see no reason not to keep going. Use the verb persevere when
you want to persist in anything and continue despite difficulties or obstacles.
Immutable Form: adj Tone: pos If you can't change it, it's immutable. There are
many things in life that are immutable; these unchangeable things include death,
taxes, and the laws of physics. Endure Form: verb Tone: pos Dogged Words Relation
to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning In the old Looney Tunes cartoons, Wile E.
Coyote's pursuit of the Road Runner is dogged. He simply will not give up. The Road
Runner is dogged by the Coyote, who will not stop chasing him. If something
endures, it lasts: Beethoven's fame has endured for more than 200 years. But if you
endure something, you suffer through it: We endured our teacher's slide shows of
her vacation photographs. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: a dogs tail is always curved
and can never be made straight thus it is Dogged. Example: Although the men fought
Doggedly on, a sense of hopeless despair engulfed them. Mnemonic: Endure en (enable
) + dure (long distance); enable upto the long distance. Example: They had to
Endure a long wait before the case came to trial. Root: EN means INTO. Mnemonic:
mutation implies changes in genes etc. Therefore, if it is im (non) + mutable it
cannot be changed. Example: This decision should not be seen as Immutable. Root:
MUT means CHANGE. Mnemonic: in means not..and fatigue means tiredness.. so
Indefatigable would be tireless.. Example: She was Indefatigable in her search for
the truth. Root: IN means INTO/VERY Mnemonic: Perseverepersistent+severe,he is very
severely persistent. Example: Despite a number of setbacks, they Persevered in
their attempts to fly
Indefatigable
Form: v Tone: pos
Persevere
around the world in a balloon. Form: noun Tone: pos Persistence Persistence is the
ability to stick with something. If you practice the violin for over a year before
you can play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star perfectly, that's persistence! Use the
adjective resolute to describe a purposeful and determined person, someone who
wants to do something very much, and won't let anything get in the way. Mnemonic:
sounds like PERSIST/ EXIST Example: His Persistence was finally rewarded when the
insurance company agreed to pay for the damage. Mnemonic: we make resolutions on
jan 1st and we are determined to follow them atleast for that day! Example: He
became even more Resolute in his opposition to the plan. Mnemonic: Steadfast- stood
+ first ; One who has always STOOD by you and is the FIRST one to help you is a
LOYAL friend. Another meaning - Always STEADY so unswerving Example: He remained
Steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. Root: STEAD means
PLACE Mnemonic: Sounds like ten Asians. Ten developing Asian countries if united
together, cannot be pulled apart. Example: She's a Tenacious woman. She never gives
up. Root: TEN means HOLD/ HOLD TOGETHER.
Form: adj Tone: pos
Resolute
Form: adj Tone: pos
Someone who is firm and determined in a belief or a position can be called

steadfast in that view, like your mom when she thinks you really shouldn t wear
that outfit.
Steadfast
Form: adj Tone: pos
Use tenacious to mean "not easily letting go or giving up," like a clingy child who
has a tenacious grip on his mother's hand.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: adj Tone: neg Incorrigible Defiant Form:
adj Tone: neg Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Adamant Meaning If you
stubbornly refuse to change your mind about something, you are adamant about it.
Have you ever seen a picture of a protester who is about to be carried off by
police but is still shouting or resisting, fighting to the bitter end? That person
is defiant. Someone incorrigible seems to be beyond correcting or improving. When
you talk about an incorrigible drunk, you're saying they're never going to stop
drinking. Can't manage your stubborn little brother who won't do what anyone says?
You could call him intractable, or you could call your mother. Problems are
intractable Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A+DAM+ant...A DAM IS GENERALLY INFLEXIBLE
AND HARD so vehicles can pass through it. Example: Eva was Adamant that she would
not come.
Mnemonic: Defiant sounds like DEFY + ARROGANT. Example: The terrorists sent a
Defiant message to the government.
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: (in)corr(gible) - in (NOT) eligible to be corrected or cant be corrected

Example: I thought you had given me up long ago as an Incorrigible boy, who would
have his own way.
Mnemonic: Intractable is IN(Not)+TRACT(STRETCH)+ABLE(Do)...means if

something/someone is not stretchable/flexible,implies STUBBORN or UNYIELDING.
Example: Unemployment was proving to be an Intractable problem. Root: IN means NOT.
Intractable
when they can't be solved. Form: adj Tone: neg Intransigent means inflexible,
stubborn, entrenched. Argue all you like with an intransigent three-yearold. He
will never back down from the position that he wants the lollipop NOW. Mnemonic:
Intransigent - in-'not' + transact - won't do the transaction Example: An
Intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency. Root: IN means NOT.
Intransigent
Form: adj Tone: neg Mulish
unreasonably Example: I rode a big mule not used to the rigid in the bit, very
troublesome and Mulish at first, but face of broken in an hour. argument or
entreaty or attack Obdurate is a formal word meaning stubborn. If you want to major
in English, but your parents are obdurate that you should go premed, they might go
so far as to threaten not to pay your tuition. When someone is beyond stubborn, use
the word obstinate instead: "You obstinate old mule! Get out of my way!" If you
won t take no for an answer, youre pertinacious. The same holds true if you
stubbornly push on a Mnemonic: OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD DURABILITY)..SO anything
which has durability..has the resisting power, and something which can resist, is
stubborn. Example: The child's misery would move even the most Obdurate heart.
Root: OB means AGAINST
Form: adj Tone: neg
Obdurate
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: obs+tin(ate), obsessive teens,they are stubborn,hard to control Example:

He can be very Obstinate when he wants to be! Root: STIN means STAND
Obstinate
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Pertinacious - pre(before) + teenage : The age before teenage is where a

person shows a childish behaviour and is very stubborn in a negative sense.
Example: Jones was the most vocal and Pertinacious of all her critics.
Pertinacious
door despite a sign that says pull. Pertinacious means unyielding or
perversely persistent. Form: adj Tone: neg Something perverse, or improper, doesn't
have a whole lot of good things going for it, even if it brings a few laughs. If
someone is so pigheaded that he won't budge on an issue, call him recalcitrant. Not
that it will make a difference Imagine yourself pulling a dog who doesn't want to
walk. The dog is refractory, or stubbornly resisting your authority. Willful means
"deliberate" or "stubborn." A child who exhibits willful disobedience knows she is
doing something wrong (even if she tries to convince you otherwise). Mnemonic: if
we remove letter "p" and if we only concentrate on the reverse-this sounds similar
to reverse- which is nothing but leading to opposite path which is not acceptable
in society. Example: She finds a Perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.
Perverse
Form: adj Tone: neg
Recalcitrant
Mnemonic: re+calci(calculator>calculate)+trant....so imagine a person who has made

a mistake in calculations using a calci and is unwilling to re-calculate...it shows
he is STUBBORN Example: The University suspended the most Recalcitrant
demonstrators.
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: Refractory-means factor ,who always factors the law into piece,means
don't follow the law. Example: He is a Refractory child.
Refractory
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: wil+ful... full of will to do something..something intentional (done

purposely). Example: She is a Willful child.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: verb Tone: pos ENDORSE Champion Ally
Form: noun Tone: pos Form: verb Tone: pos/neut Advocate X Opponent Words Relation
to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning An opponent is your competition, whether it's
a rival hockey team, or the other finalist in the chess tournament. Coaches tell
you to never underestimate your opponent. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: OPPONENT
sounds like an OPPOSER. Example: The team's opponents are unbeaten so far this
season.
You can refer to a person Mnemonic: Advocate who's a public supporter is a

SUPPORTER of a cause as an advocate. Example: Many experts Advocate rewarding your
child for good behavior. If you have an ally, you have someone who is on your side,
like a more experienced teammate who is your ally in convincing the coach to give
you more playing time. Mnemonic: Ally( alien) to overcome the power of aliens the
countries have decided to help each other during the war with aliens Example: His
sister was his Ally against their grandparents.
Form: noun Tone: pos
A champion is a supporter Mnemonic: of a group, cause,idea or Champions are like

belief. super man who has capability to support and defend there friends [Secondary
Meaning] Example: She was a Champion of the poor all her life. To endorse is to
give support to someone or something. "I endorse this!" means "I think this is a
good thing, and so should you." Mnemonic: To ENDORSE is to give support. Example: I
wonder how many celebrities actually use the products they ENDORSE. Mnemonic: pick
the word spouse like the wife is the spouse of her husband and is always supportive
of him. Example: They Espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in
education. Mnemonic: a person
Form: verb Tone: pos
Espouse
Use the verb espouse to describe the actions of someone who lives according to
specific beliefs, such as your friends who espouse environmentalism and as a result
walk whenever possible instead of taking the car. A lobbyist is someone
Form: noun
Tone: pos
Lobbyist
hired by a business or a cause to persuade legislators to support that business or

cause.
who waits in the lobby of government headquarters and wait for the law makers to
come out, to influence them. Example: She is a paid Lobbyist for a drug company.
Mnemonic: A person who PROPOSES something is a Proponent, opposite of OPPONENT (one
who opposes) Example: He was also a leading Proponent of overhauling the nation
s health care system. Root: PROP means NEAR Example: He is a leading Protagonist
of the conservation movement.
Form: noun Tone: pos/ neut
Proponent
Proponent means someone who is in favor of something. You might be a proponent of

longer vacations, but your parents are proponents of a longer school year.
Form: noun Tone: pos/neut Protagonist
A protagonist is the central character in a story: the protagonist of Huckleberry

Finn is guess who? Huckleberry Finn. To tout means to praise, boast, or brag about.
If you like to tout your skill as a skier, you tell people you can go down
expertlevel hills. An adversary is someone who fights against or opposes another.
In tennis, you stand across the net from your adversary.
Form: verb Tone: pos/neut Tout
Mnemonic: Tout: shout to promote (to publicly praise or promote) Example: She's
being Touted as the next governor. Mnemonic: Concentrate on ADVERSE : one who gives
us adverse effects i.e. opponents Example: His old adversary beat him in the chess
tournament. Mnemonic: Antagonist sounds like someone who is an ANTI (opposer)
Example: He has always been the prime minister's most formidable antagonist in
Parliament. Mnemonic: contractor is one who takes up work and supports the work,
detractor is the one who criticize the work Example: Detractors claim the building
will be ugly and impractical. Root: DE means AWAY/DOWN/OFF Example: Though dying,
his foes are
Form: noun Tone: neg X Adversary
Form: noun Tone: neg X Antagonist
An antagonist is someone who opposes someone else.
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
X Detractor
A foe is an enemy. Foes can range from an

X Foe
adversary of one person to afraid to approach him. that of a nation, from he is

my foe to they are my foe. There is also a that is my foe who those
who are trying to diet know well, aka chocolate. Form: verb Tone: neg To impugn
means to call into question or attack as wrong. If your usually grumpy brother is
suddenly nice and sweet, you'll impugn his motives if you're smart - he probably
just wants something from you. Mnemonic: im + PUGN - pugn looks like
pungaa(hindi); NOW think of a person who is habitual of taking PUNGAA, he will
always CONTRADICT people, and will always CHALLENGE others (impugn others).
Example: There were no real grounds for impugning the decision. Root: PUG means
FIGHT Mnemonic: INIMICAL - inimi (sounds like ENEMY) + cal; Enemies are HOSTILE
and ofcourse UNFRIENDLY Example: These policies are inimical to the interests of
society.
X Impugn
Form: adj Tone: neg X Inimical
Censorship is inimical to freedom. So, most teenagers would argue, are curfews. To
be inimical is to be harmful, antagonistic, or opposed to - like smoking two packs
a day is to healthy lungs.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Succulent Form: adj Tone: pos Scrumptious
Form: adj Tone: pos Savory Form: adj Tone: pos Something savory is full of flavor,
delicious and tasty - usually something that someone has cooked. In the world of
cuisine, savory is also often used to mean the opposite of sweet, or salty. If you
describe something as scrumptious, you'd probably like to eat every last crumb. Can
I have another slice of that scrumptious pie? Please? Succulent means "juicy" and
is often used to describe food. Think a succulent piece of meat, or berries so
succulent youre left sucking juice off your fingertips when you eat them.
Sumptuous could be used to describe a room appointed with the finest furniture, a
lush orchestra playing a beautiful symphony, or a meal meant for a king. Piquant
Form: adj Tone: pos Delectable Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning
Something delectable is extremely delicious or appealing. Nothing tastes better at
the end of a meal than an array of delectable desserts and pastries! Pleasantly
sharp taste. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Something delicious on table arouses
desire. Example: I love the Delectable smell of freshly baked bread. Mnemonic:
PI+QUANT Quant in GRE is more attracting and delighting than Verbal Example: The
chicken served with a Piquant wild mushroom sauce. Mnemonic: Save + Poori is
pleasant to taste. Example: I am getting a Savory smell from the kitchen.
Mnemonic: Strawberry CRUMble is deliCIOUS Example: I baked a Scrumptious chocolate

cake
Mnemonic: You suck a fruit only if it is Succulent. Example: A buffet table was set
with an array of Succulent roasts.
Form: adj Tone: pos
Sumptuous
Mnemonic: just focus on SUM(means whole amount)+ptuous.....well you have decided

to spend whole amount of yours ( around a crore )on your wedding..so you are trying
to be Sumptuous. Example: We dined in Sumptuous surroundings.
Form: adj Tone: neg
X Unpalatable
Use the adjective unpalatable to describe something that tastes really bad, like a
glass of unsweetened lemonade.
Mnemonic: Something that is UNPALATABLE (not tasty) is definitely not worth serving
on the PLATE. So remember it as 'UN-PLATABLE' Example: The insects store this
chemical in their bodies in order to make themselves unpalatable to predators.
Root: UN means NOT
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: noun Tone: neut/pos Form: adj Tone:
pos/neut If your friends want to try sky diving and you're amenable to the idea,
sounds like you're going to be jumping out of a plane. If a person or thing is
amenable to something, they are ready, willing, or responsive. Assent means
agreement. If you nod your head in assent, you agree to something or you assent to
it. You can assent in the same contexts as agree, but you'll seem a bit more
serious. Acquiesce Form: verb Tone: neut Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone:
neut/pos Accede Meaning If you accede, it means you agree with someone or give in
to his or her wish. The word is often used in a political context - the Queen
acceded to the Prince's demands for more territory, a larger army, and funnier
jesters. To acquiesce is to agree to something or to give in. If your kid sister is
refusing to hand over the television remote, you hope she acquiesces before your
favorite show comes on. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: sounds like accept + agreed :
Accede Example: He Acceded to demands for his resignation.
Mnemonic: Acquiesce..concentrate on the part quie. and remember quiet.. which means
submissive.. or imagine someone who is quiet will give in/ agree without any
protest. Example: Senior government figures must have Acquiesced in the cover-up.
Mnemonic: Amen is a word used in Christianity. Meaning of which is I agree. So
Amenable means something that we agree to. Example: They had three very Amenable
children. Mnemonic: Assent sounds like as sent; press editor agreed and published
the article 'as sent' by us without any modifications. Example: There were murmurs
of both Assent and dissent from the crowd. Mnemonic: one who never complains and
obeys everyone is Compliant ! Example: Most of the patients were Compliant with the
diet. Mnemonic: com+ply -
Amenable
Assent
Form: adj Tone: neut/pos Compliant
If you are willing to submit to someone's request, then you are compliant. Parents
like it when their teenagers are compliant and follow the rules.
Form: verb
Comply is to act according

Tone: neut
Comply
to someone's wishes or rules. Although you might like to stay out with your
friends, you'll have to comply with your parents' rules and be home by midnight.
com cab be related to computer and it works according to our instructions and
wishes. Example: They refused to Comply with the U.N. resolution. Root: COM means
TOGETHER Mnemonic: if your mom is pointing out that you need sleep before the test,
you should Concede the truth of what she's saying. Example: He was forced to
Concede (that) there might be difficulties. Root: CON means WITH/TOGETHER Mnemonic:
when a king conquers(Concur) a state then the people in the state have to agree
with it Example: Historians have Concurred with each other in this view. Root: CON
means WITH/TOGETHER Mnemonic: Docile contains 'doc' as in doctor; You have to be
Docile (easily managed or handled) in front of your doctor. Example: All my tution
students are quite Docile and hence I enjoy teaching them. Root: DOC means TO TEACH
Mnemonic: relate with meltable; so possible to reshape. Example: The softness and
malleability of gold makes it perfect for making jewelry. Mnemonic: Pliant sounds
like PLANT ( flexible, easily bent) compared to a tree. Example: He was deposed and
replaced by a more Pliant successor.
Form: verb Tone: pos/neut
Concede
If you concede something, you admit that it is true, proper, or certain

usually in an unwilling way and often in the context of a competition, as in "At
midnight, the candidate finally conceded defeat."
Form: verb Tone: neut/pos
Concur
To concur is to agree or approve of something. If someone says something you agree

with, you can say "I concur!"
Form: adj Tone: pos
Docile
If someone is docile, he is easily taught or handled. If you suddenly became a

trouble-maker in class, your teachers would long for the days when you were sweet
and docile.
Form: adj Tone: neut Malleable
A malleable personality is capable of being changed or trained, and a malleable

metal is able to be pounded or pressed into various shapes. It's easier to learn
when you're young and malleable. pliant describes something that adjusts to
conditions or is easily influenced: "In order to survive the recession, the company
had to be pliant and adjust to the new economic conditions."
Form: adj Tone: neut/pos Pliant
Being unwilling to relent is a Mnemonic: regood qualification for a sales re+lent,

imagine you person. You have to keep lent something to your
trying to make the sale and never give in until you've made it. Relent
friend, and you need it back but your friend needs it even more than you do, so you
Relent and lend the thing again. Example: Well, just for a little while then,
she said, finally Relenting. Root: RE means AGAIN Mnemonic: Succumb(Suck + thumb)-
Children doesn't give up sucking their thumb. Example: They were all offered bribes
and some of them Succumbed. Mnemonic: When you cannot shield, you then Yield to
force. Example: After a long siege, the town was forced to Yield.
Form: verb Tone: neut Succumb
Use the verb succumb to say that someone yields to something they've tried to fight
off, such as despair, temptation, disease or injury.
Form: verb Tone: neut Yield
Yield has two meanings that seem quite different: "an amount" or "to give way." The
yield of the recipe was twelve brownies. To avoid being tripped, Mary was forced to
yield to the children on her way to the brownie plate.
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Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: pos
Meaning Make up a story, idea,etc, especially falsely.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: CON means TOGETHER... Example: He Concocted an excuse to

avoid punishment. Root: CON means WITH/TOGETHER Mnemonic: Only WISE people can
Devise/ invent things. Example: A new system has been Devised to control traffic in
the city. Mnemonic: Formulate sounds like CALCULATEwhen we calculate you think
well, that is similar to FORMULATING Example: She has lots of good ideas, but she
has difficulty formulating them.
Concoct
Form: verb Tone: pos Devise
To devise is to figure out a plan. Men twirling long mustaches might devise a plan
to tie someone to the railroad tracks.
Form: verb Tone: poa
Formulate
To formulate is to come up with a plan. If you are locked out of your house, you'll
need to formulate a plan to get back inside - preferably one that doesn't involving
kicking in the door.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Object Form: verb Tone: neut/neg When your
younger brother runs around the house with scissors, you should definitely object.
Perhaps a less sharp object such as a roll of paper towels would suffice. Dissent
Form: noun Tone: neg Demur Form: verb Tone: neut/neg Defy Words Relation to Group
Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning When you disregard the rules about not wearing
sunglasses in school, proudly sporting your purple aviator glasses in math class,
you've made a decision to defy - to resist or challenge the school rules. Your
mother asks you to pick up your room. You refuse: you demur. Your friend wants to
go to the Death Metal Forever concert, but you hesitate: you demur. Whether you
strongly object, politely disagree, or hesitate to agree, you demur. To dissent is
to publicly disagree with an official opinion or decision. Dissent is also a noun
referring to public disagreement. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Defy sounds like DENY.
Example: I wouldn't have dared to Defy my teachers.
Mnemonic: If Aunt Tilly offers to knit a sweater for you, you might politely Demur,
being reluctant to accept. Example: At first she Demurred, but then finally agreed.
Mnemonic: ASSENT, ACCORD etc means to agree and Dissent, DISCORD etc means to
disagree. Example: Voices of Dissent began to rise against the established
authority in the 1950s and 1960s. Root: DIS means NOT Mnemonic: Object is just a
verb (action) form of ObjectION. Example: Many local people Object to the building
of the new airport. Root: OB means AGAINST. Mnemonic: Query + babble (minor
objection/murmuring). Example: It isn't worth quibbling over such a small amount.
Form: verb Tone: neg Quibble
A quibble is a small argument or fight. As a verb, it means to pick a mini-fight

over something that doesn't really matter.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Discredit Form: verb Tone: neg Discredit means
to cause mistrust or cast the accuracy of something into doubt. If you say that
schooling is important to you, but you never study, your actions discredit you and
your words. Debunk Form: verb Tone: neg When you debunk something you show it to be
false. For over a century people have tried to debunk the notion of natural
selection, but no one has succeeded. It's a very hard idea to debunk. Words
Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg Belie Meaning To belie means to contradict.
If you are 93 but look like you are 53, then your young looks belie your age.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Belie sounds like lie. Example: Her energy and youthful
good looks Belie her 65 years. Root: BE means THOROUGHLY, MAKE or RENDER. Mnemonic:
DE+BUNK..so when you bunk your college, and get caught by your teacher... your
teacher exaggerates this fact and ridicules you in front of the class. Example: His
theories have been Debunked by recent research. Root: DE means AWAY/ DOWN/ OFF
Mnemonic: DIS (not) giving CREDIT or honoring someone would definitely mean to
damage that persons image. Example: The photos were deliberately taken to Discredit
the president. Root: DIS means NOT Mnemonic: Ex+ Posing (exposing) details
unnecessarily may be opposed. Example: The man was struggling violently, and
expostulating in no mild terms. Root: EX means OUT OF Mnemonic: When you REpeatedly
say BUT,you are trying to contradict something using arguments or
Expostulate
The verb expostulate means to reason with someone against an intended course of
action. Your parent you always expostulate about your really cool money-making
ideas. They just don't understand!
To rebut is to argue against something. If your parents say you're too young and
irresponsible to drive, you can rebut their
Rebut
claim by ticking off examples of your responsibility.
evidences Example: He issued a firm Rebuttal to the accusations. Root: RE- means
AGAIN Mnemonic: Refute rhymes with refuse, when you DISAPPROVE OF something, or if
something is false or incorrect..you Refute it or disapprove.. Example: She Refutes
any suggestion that she behaved unprofessionally. Mnemonic: Remonstrate sounds like
demonstrate...so remember it like when you are demonstrative you can protest for
something. Example: They Remonstrated with the official about the decision.
Refute
The verb refute is to prove that something is wrong. When the kids you're
babysitting swear they brushed their teeth, you can refute their claim by
presenting the dry toothbrushes.
Remonstrate
Remonstrate means to call someone on something that's wrong. If your mother yells
at you in public, you might call this getting chewed out. She might call it
remonstrating. Either way, it's embarrassing.
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FALSE / TO DISPROVE UNPLEASANT SMELL Form: adj Tone: neut Odoriferous Noisome Form:
adj Tone: neg Malodorous Form: adj Tone: neg Fetid Words Relation to Group Form:
adj Tone: neg Meaning If you want to understand the true meaning of fetid, leave
your sweaty gym clothes in your locker for a few days. Fetid is a fancy way of
saying that something smells really bad. You can use the adjective malodorous as a
nicer way to say that something's stinky. Maybe you think your feet smell like
roses, but if people move far away when your shoes come off, your rosy feet are
probably malodorous. If you accidentally leave half a sandwich under your bed for a
few days, cover your nose while you sleep because it will probably become quite
noisome. This is a fancy way of saying that it will stink. Something that's
odoriferous carries a smell. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Fetid sounds like Feet
smells bad Example: I cannot stand the Fetid odor of rotting vegetables.
Mnemonic: mal(means bad)+odor(sounds simillar to odour)..+us.......smelling..bad

odour of some chemicals is dangerous to health. Example: She could not understand
how his son could eat such a Malodorous dish. Root: MAL means BAD
Mnemonic: NOSE+ NOISE (Noisome is something that makes noise in our nose). Example:
It's no fun having asthma and living in an area with Noisome smog.
Mnemonic: Odoriferous sounds like ODOUR with a similar meaning. Example: Spices,
Odoriferous woods, and aromatic herbs, tea, coffee, oranges, nutmeg, and ginger,
are exceedingly plentiful. Mnemonic: put+rid...anything that is rotten and foul
smelling, we would want to get rid of it immediately. Example: Everyone will detest
the Putrid smell of rotten meat.
Form: adj Tone: neg
Putrid
You know that science experiment that used to be lunch that is now rotting in the
back of your fridge? Because it's decomposing and stinks to high
heaven, you can call it putrid. Form: adj Tone: neg Rank to describe an especially
foul smell. No matter what rank you are, you must not enjoy walking into the mess
hall and realizing that the rank smell in the air is today's lunch. Something that
is fragrant has a nice smell. What makes a smell nice is subjective, or course. You
might find bowl of dried lavender to be fragrant. When something is redolent of
something, it makes you think of that thing by making a pretty strong impression on
you. He had a shifty eye redolent of years of lying and petty crime. Mnemonic: Rank
sounds like RANG.The stink rang our nose even after the garbage loaded truck had
passed by, atleast an hour back. Example: The house was full of the Rank smell of
urine.
Rank
Form: adj Tone: pos X Fragrant
Mnemonic: FRAGRANT/ FRAGRANCE. Example: The air was fragrant with scents from the
ocean and the hills.
Form: adj Tone: pos
X Redolent
Mnemonic: red+(Rose)+olent; The Red rose you lent has a pleasant smell. Example:
The kitchen is redolent with the smell of baking.
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Groups BLESSING CLEAR (BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN MEANING) CORRECT / REPAIR DIFFICULT
DIFFICULTY / CONFUSING DISLOYALTY EXPERIENCED EXPERT FEELING GUILTY GAP HAPPENING
BEFORE MAIN EVENT HARMFUL / CURSE IDEALISTIC IMMORAL JUST BEGINNING / DEVELOPING
LOSS OF STRENGTH / (X) THRIVING RESTRAIN / SET FREE RIGHT TO VOTE STRANGE SUMMARY
UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT
Words
Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos
Meaning A benediction is a blessing - either a formal one that you might hear in a
church service or an informal one that you might utter when you take any leap of
faith.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BENE (GOOD) and DICTUM is 'saying'. Good words used is
called BENEDICTION. Example: his arms outstretched in BENEDICTION Root: BENE means
GOOD Mnemonic: Beni(means good)+ son. You feel blessed to have a good son. Example:
I could never step in to marriage without my Grandmothers BENISON. Root: BENE means
GOOD
BENEDICTION
BENISON
If you say grace before a meal, you are saying a benison, or blessing. You can also
be grateful for the benison of having your family around the table for a meal.
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Groups BLESSING CLEAR (BOTH PHYSICALLY AND IN MEANING) CLARITY CORRECT / REPAIR
DIFFICULT DIFFICULTY / CONFUSING DISLOYALTY EXPERIENCED EXPERT FEELING GUILTY GAP
HAPPENING BEFORE MAIN EVENT HARMFUL / CURSE IDEALISTIC IMMORAL JUST BEGINNING /
DEVELOPING LOSS OF STRENGTH / (X) THRIVING RESTRAIN / SET FREE RIGHT TO VOTE
STRANGE SUMMARY UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT Form: verb Tone: neut
EXPOSITION EXEGESIS Form: noun Tone: neut ELUCIDATE Form: verb Tone: pos/neut Words
Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning Clarity means clearness. Clean water
running down a mountain has clarity. So does a lovely singing voice: it's clear and
pure. If you elucidate something, you explain it very clearly. If you don't
understand fractions, a visit to the pie shop may elucidate the subject for you. If
your teacher gives an explanation of a difficult text you are reading, she is
giving you an exegesis on it. An exegesis is a critical look at a text. An
exposition takes place when you "expose" something like at a fair or convention for
showing off goods, art, or similar wares. An exposition can also be the section of
a story that explains the basics of the tale. If given recipe directions that
include "some sugar," "some onions," and "some flour" as ingredients, you might ask
the cook to expound by adding measurements of how much of each to use. When you
expound, you explain or provide details. The adjective limpid Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: CLARITY sounds and means like CLEAR. Example: The brilliant CLARITY of
his argument could not be disputed. Mnemonic: think of lucid, which means clear.
Example: He ELUCIDATEd a point of grammar.
Mnemonic: EXEcute GEneSIS(part of the Holy Bible)- to interpret the Bible & explain
it. Example: A psychobiography that purports to be the definitive EXEGESIS of the
late president's character. Mnemonic: EXPOSITION sounds like EXPLANATION. Example:
We need a clear and detailed EXPOSITION of their legal position.
Mnemonic: EXPOUND sounds like expand which means explain Example: He EXPOUNDed his
views on the subject to me at great length.
EXPOUND
Form: adj
Mnemonic:
Tone: pos
LIMPID
describes something LIMPID...lucid...liquid (often liquid) that is Example: she

gave him a clear, serene and look of LIMPID honesty. bright. Nature calendars often
feature glamour shots of a limpid stream or a limpid lake. When you call something
lucid, you mean it's "easy to understand" or "sensible". Mnemonic:
LUCing(looking)In Day is very clear. We can see anybody clearly in day time. So
LUCID is something which is crystal clear. Example: the answers in this book are
explained in a LUCID style. Mnemonic: PEL+LUCID...LUCID..MEANS CLEAR ....SO CLEAR
IN MEANING. Example: The light was so PELLUCID, so dazzling that she reached for
her sunglasses.
Form: adj Tone: pos LUCID
Form: adj Tone: pos
PELLUCID
A sentence that teaches a new vocabulary word should always be pellucid, that is,
its style and meaning should be easily understandable so that you can derive the
definition from the sentence.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT EXPIATE Form: verb Tone: pos/neut
DISABUSE Form: verb Tone: pos/neut ATONE Form: verb Tone: pos AMEND Words Relation
to Group Form: verb Tone: pos/neut Meaning Amend describes actions or speech
intended to correct or improve something. If you confused your audience when you
gave your speech, don't be afraid to amend what you said, meaning you make minor
changes to better explain what you meant. To atone is to do something "right" to
make up for doing something wrong. Religious believers are known to atone for their
sins, but even students can atone for a past failure by acing a quiz or two.
Disabuse means to free someone of a belief that is not true. Many teachers of
health find that when they teach, they spend as much energy disabusing kids of
false beliefs as they doing giving them the facts. In the fairy tale, the baker
must expiate his fathers sins by bringing the witch three ingredients for a
magic potion: a cow, a cape and a slipper. Expiate means to make amends or atone
for a wrong you or someone else has committed. To pay compensation for a loss,
damages, or similar expense is to indemnify. "The insurance company indemnified its
customers for their claims after the severe storm one customer lost three
cars, a row boat, and a golf cart." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: AMEND sounds like a
+ mind; you should have a sound mind to AMEND your score in mathematics. Example:
The law has been AMENDed for the betterment of all common people. Mnemonic:
at+own(one) - he realized his mistake 'at' his 'own' and wanted amend it. Example:
I have a desire to ATONE.
Mnemonic: Remember as the opposite of abuse Example: Let me DISABUSE you of your
foolish notions about married life. Root: DIS means NOT Mnemonic: Rhymes as Ex
Pirate. An expirate always tries to EXPIATE his guilt.Ex pirate becomes pious.
Example: he had a chance to confess and EXPIATE his guilt
INDEMNIFY
Mnemonic: look for the word-"demn" which can be connected to "demon"..so what does
demon do? it destroys property.. IN(not)+demni+fy correct what the demon inside you
has done..make amends for it.
Example: The tenant is legally required to INDEMNIFY the landlord for any damage
caused to the property Root: IN means NOT Form: noun Tone: pos/neut REDEMPTION
Redemption is the buying back of something. You might try for redemption by
attempting to buy back a bike you sold, or you might attempt to buy back your soul
after you steal someone elses bike. The verb redress is used when you are
supposed to fix a problem and make amends. You want your parents to redress the
fact that you don't have a pet. Your parents offer to get a hamster, but instead,
you say you want a monkey. If you guessed that reparation is related to the word
repair, you were right. Both come from the Latin word meaning "to restore." While
reparation has a range of meanings, they all convey the sense of fixing or making
up for a past wrong. Restitution is the act of making up for damages or harm, like
the time you knocked the ball out of the park, scoring a home run but breaking a
house's window in the process. You had to make restitution for the broken window,
paying for its replacement. Mnemonic: REDEMPTION is to REDEEM. Example: The
REDEMPTION of the world from sin Root: RE means AGAIN Mnemonic: REDRESS is: "relief
from distress" Example: It is time to REDRESS the injustices of the past.
REDRESS
REPARATION
Mnemonic: REPARATION can be remembered in connection to REPAIR (sounds and means

similar). Example: Offenders should be forced to make REPARATION to the community
Mnemonic: RESTITUTION - we can think of "rest". We take rest when we feel tired.i.e
when energy is lost.....so "rest" is a "compensation" for an energy loss. Example:
The government tried to make RESTITUTION for the damage caused
Form: noun Tone: pos/neut
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT Form: adj Tone: neg/neut EXACTING Form:
adj Tone: neg/neut ENCUMBER Form: verb Tone: neg/neut CUMBERSOME Form: adj Tone:
neg/neut Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg/neut ARDUOUS Meaning Use the
adjective, arduous, to describe an activity that takes a lot of effort. Writing all
those college essays and filling out the applications is an arduous process! You
have to wrestle a bit with the longish word cumbersome; it's cumbersome, or kind of
long and clumsy, to tumble out in a sentence. It's hard to use it gracefully
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: (h)ard + u (you) + ous (we). This work is very difficult
and required full hard work from us and your side. Example: They searched ARDUOUSly
for clues. Mnemonic: (Comebear-some) come bear some heavy things that are hard to
manage Example: The organization changed its CUMBERSOME title to something easier
to remember Mnemonic: Look for the word cumber and think of cumbersome ....anything
that is cumbersome may prove to be a burden. Example: The police operation was
ENCUMBERed by crowds of reporters. Mnemonic: EXACTING -he wants things to be too
exact and precise...hence he is making great demands Example: He was an EXACTING
man to work for. Mnemonic: it sounds like on+er+us..that is ON+US.. when something
is ON US ..we feel burdensome Example: an ONEROUS duty or responsibility.
To encumber is to weigh someone or something down with a physical or psychological

burden. You may find yourself encumbered by a heavy backpack or with anxieties.
Either way, it's a heavy load to bear! Use the adjective exacting to describe
something or someone very precise or strict in its requirements. If your teacher
has exacting standards about spelling and punctuation, you better carefully check
your final paper. If one teacher gives you three hours of homework a night, that's
rough. But if all of your teachers do it, that makes the task of completing your
homework an onerous one, to say the least. If something is onerous, it is very
difficult to deal with or do. When you call Frankenstein ponderous, it's not
because he likes
ONEROUS
Form: adj Tone: neg/neut
Mnemonic: POUND is a unit of weight , we often calculate

PONDEROUS
to ponder the great questions of life. It's because he moves like a Mack truck,
only slower and less gracefully Form: adj Tone: neg/neut If something is tedious,
it's boring. If you're anxious to get outside and enjoy the sun, even the best
lecture will seem tedious. If someone does something easily, or shows ease, it is
described as facile in a good way, but if someone takes the easy way out and shows
a lack of thought or care, it is facile in a bad way.
weight in pounds! 1 Pound = 480 grams Example: he spoke in a slow PONDEROUS voice.
Mnemonic: TEDIOUS is Tiresome. Example: The journey soon became TEDIOUS Mnemonic:
Facile can be read as 'Face I will'... I will be able to face the problem (/person)
because it is EASY (REQUIRES VERY LITTLE EFFORT) to solve Example: It seems too
facile to blame everything on his mishandling of the crisis.
TEDIOUS
Form: adj Tone: pos/neut
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT PLIGHT Form: noun Tone: neg Form: noun
Tone: neg IMBROGLIO Form: noun Tone: neg DILEMMA Words Relation to Group Form: noun
Tone: neg Meaning A dilemma is a tough choice. When you're in a difficult situation
and each option looks equally bad, you're in a dilemma. An imbroglio is a
complicated or confusing personal situation. To rephrase the J. Geils band song,
"Love Stinks," if you love her and she loves him and he loves somebody else, you've
got quite an imbroglio. A morass is a mushy, muddy patch of ground that you might
find in a bog. In other words, it's something you probably don't want to get stuck
in. A plight is a situation that's hard to get out of. Learning about the plight of
very poor people trying rebuild their homes after a devastating earthquake might
inspire you to send money to a charity. If you're engaged to get married, but
suddenly fall in love with someone else, you have got yourself in quite a
predicament. A predicament is a difficult, confusing, and unpleasant situation
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: To DIAL his number or not is a real DILEMMA. Example:
Here am I brought to a very pretty DILEMMA; I must commit murder or commit
matrimony. Mnemonic: IM+brog(=frog)+lio(=lion). Suppose in a play, you have to
choose between characters of frog and lion, you will be in a complicated and
confusing situation. Example: A celebrated IMBROGLIO involving some big names in
the New York literary scene Root: IM means NOT Mnemonic: MORASS refers to anything
that bogs you down, overwhelms you, sticks to everything, and hinders your progress
- like red tape. Example: A MORASS of lies and deceit Mnemonic: PLIGHT sounds like
FLIGHT which tends to be a difficult condition for first time flyers. Example: The
African elephant is in a desperate PLIGHT.
MORASS
PREDICAMENT
Mnemonic: PREDICAMENT sounds like PREDIC (T) AMENT : imagine a situation where YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT will happen (can't predict) or WHAT TO DO..is a PREDICAMENT.
Example: I am in a terrible PREDICAMENT.
QUAGMIRE
A quagmire is a dangerous place, like the muddy shoreline of a pond. The more you
try to climb out of a quagmire, the more you seem to slip. That's because as you
step on the mud, it oozes everywhere How to define the word quandary? Wow, this is
quite a dilemma. What to do, what to do? Looks like this moment itself is a
quandary: a tough situation that will be really hard to resolve.
Mnemonic: Take into consideration the First three words QUAGMIRE. The word
resembles earth QUAKE. So earth quake is an awkward predicament, where soil sinks
under your feet. Example: I can't handle this QUAGMIRE anymore.
QUANDARY
Mnemonic: QUANDARY sounds like LAUNDRY. So many clothes to be washed at home or

given to the LAUNDRY adds to dilemma and and difficult to decide. Example: George
was in a QUANDARY - should he go or shouldn't he?
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT QUISLING Form: noun Tone: neg PERFIDY
Form: noun Tone: neg If you shared your most embarrassing secrets with a friend who
then told them to everyone he knows, his betrayal could be described as perfidy. A
quisling is a traitor, especially one who collaborates with an enemy occupying
force for personal gain. INSIDIOUS Form: adj Tone: neg BETRAY Words Relation to
Group Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning When you betray someone or something, you
provide information whether you mean to do it or not, like the loud growling of
your stomach that betrays your hunger or the secret you tell about your friend that
betrays her trust. If something is slowly and secretly causing harm, it's insidious
like the rumors no one seems to listen to until suddenly someone's reputation
is ruined. Mnemonic/Example Example: He was offered money to BETRAY his colleagues.
Root: BE means INTENSIVE/ THOROUGH/MAKE/RENDER
Mnemonic: INSIDIOUSinside+ hideous. think of something terrible, like a disease,

hiding inside the body. Example: This kind of advertising acts INSIDIOUSly on young
minds. Root: IN means VERY Mnemonic: per+ fidywithout fidelity i.e cheat upon your
close ones,in general cheat or breach something/ someone. Example: In Act 2 he
learns of Giovanni's PERFIDY and swears revenge. Mnemonic: QUISLINGsplit like
QUIT+LINK means a culprit quits and collaborate (link)with enemy Example: QUISLING
finally gave in, allowing the imprisoned teachers to return home. Mnemonic: TRAITOR
and a CHEATER sounds and means similar. Example: He was seen as a TRAITOR to the
socialist cause.
Form: noun Tone: neg TRAITOR
A traitor says one thing but does another. If you promise a friend you'll keep his
secret, but instead you blab it to everyone, you're a traitor. Treachery is
trickery, cheating, and deceit, like the treachery of your former friend who only
stuck
Form: noun Tone: neg TREACHERY
Mnemonic: treach+hertrick her-deceit somone Example: He was punished for his

treacheries.
around until he stole your girlfriend and turned the whole grade against you Form:
noun Tone: neg Hacking your brothers email account and sharing all his secrets
with your mom could be considered an act of personal treason, meaning you have
betrayed your brother. Have you ever switched political parties, taken up a
different religion, or worst of all changed which sports team you support? You
are a turncoat then, a deeply hostile word meaning a traitor or deserter to the
cause. Every second grader knows how to pledge allegiance to the flag, but do you
think they realize when they place their right hand over their hearts that they're
expressing loyalty to what we call the "Red, White, and Blue"? Stemming from the
Latin word "fidelitas," the noun fealty is related to "fidelity," and is another
way of saying "loyalty" or "faithfulness.". Fidelity is the quality of being
faithful or loyal. Dogs are famous for their fidelity. Mnemonic: Trickery with a
Reason calls for a TREASON Example: Ocalan, who has been found guilty of TREASON,
is being held in solitary confinement on a remote island prison.
TREASON
TURNCOAT
Mnemonic: if you turn your coat then you show your back... and one who back stabs
you is a traitor.. Example: In the days before his unmasking, he was strangely
haunted by the subject of TURNCOATs.
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Mnemonic: We have heard the fancy stories of ALI and his GIN - his gin is COMMITTED
and LOYAL to him.. hence ALLE + GI(A)N + CE Example: People of various party
allegiances joined the campaign.
Form: noun Tone: pos X FEALTY
Mnemonic: sounds like fidelity....fidelity means loyalty Example: Now let us shake
hands all around and swear fealty. Root: FEAL means TRUST/ FAITH Mnemonic: look for
the root word fid...means faith, belief..so words like fidelity, confide,
diffident, bonafide, fiduciary..all have 'fid' common in it and all these words are
related to involving trust or faith, similarly fidelity Example: The best printers
can reproduce photographs with amazing fidelity. Root: FID means TRUST/ FAITH
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Meaning a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A man who may have covered so many journeys of life,
will necessarily be experienced. Example: The picture is certainly competent, but a
dozen other JOURNEYMAN directors could have executed this piece just as
efficiently. Mnemonic: One who has seen many SEASONS in his life...will be very
AGED and EXPERIENCED. Example: Sudha is a SEASONED dance performer.
JOURNEYMAN
Form: adj Tone: pos
SEASONED
Seasoned describes a person who has been around forever, doing what they do, and
doing it well throughout the seasons. They have lots of experience, and they can
handle just about anything that comes their way. Veteran commonly refers to someone
who has fought in a warthink Veterans' Day, the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial-
but, in fact, the word can mean anyone with experience in a particular field.
VETERAN
Mnemonic: VETERAN vet(Vietnam)+eran(Iran) -the people who were involved in both

these wars were certainly experienced in war Example: He is a VETERAN of the Korean
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT GOURMAND Form: noun Tone: neg EPICURE
Form: noun Tone: pos CONNOISSEUR Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos
Meaning A connoisseur is a person who, through study and interest, has a fine
appreciation for something, like the connoisseur who can identify the clarinet
player on a jazz recording by the sound of his inhalations alone. We call a person
who truly loves food food at the highest levelsan epicure. Occasionally, you
might find the word epicure used for a person who loves something else, but an
epicure is usually someone who delights in fine food. A gourmand is someone
obsessively and unhealthily devoted to eating good food and lots of it.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: CONNOISSEUR is always SURE as he is an expert or a good
judge Example: The exhibition will be a delight for the collector and CONNOISSEUR
of silver ornaments.
Mnemonic: EPICCURRY...one who can write an EPIC on CURRY has to be a CONNOISSEUR OF

FOOD. Example: Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great EPICUREs.
Mnemonic: sounds like government -and in India..anything by government is supposed

to be free for people..so if government plans to provide free food people will eat
excessively...beyond their capacity..because we take pleasure in anything which is
free for us. Example: He is the kind of GOURMAND who swallows food without even
pausing to taste it. Mnemonic: GOURMETA guru(expert) of meat(all food and drink)
-'A connoisseur of fine food and drink'. Example: Peter is the GOURMET guru, so he
should order the food for dinner. Mnemonic: One who has many "virtues" is called a
VIRTUOSO.
Form: noun Tone: pos GOURMET
That guy over there correctly identifying the dozen spices used in the meal he's
eating? Hes likely a gourmet, someone who knows a lot about fine food. A
virtuoso is an incredibly talented musician. You can
VIRTUOSO

also be a virtuoso in non-musical fields.
Example: He is a Piano VIRTUOSO.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT Form: noun Tone: neg/neut Remorse, a
noun, is what you feel if you regret your actions or wish for another outcome.
POIGNANT Form: adj Tone: neg/neut Something that is poignant touches you deeply.
Watching a poignant YouTube video about baby penguins chasing their mothers, for
example, might give you a lump in your throat. poignant feeling can also make you
feel sad or regretful. PENITENT Form: adj Tone: pos/neut Penitent means deeply
sorry, ashamed, and full of remorse. If you feel sorry -or just want to appear
to -you should adopt a penitent manner. CONTRITE Words Relation to Group Form:
adj Tone: neg/neut Meaning We are sorry to inform you that the adjective contrite
means to feel regret, remorse, or even guilt. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Split as
cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT.
Example: He looked so CONTRITE that for a while she nearly believed that he was
actually feeling sorry for his deed Mnemonic: PENITENT sounds like REPENTENT (to
feel sorry about a doing) Example: He was feeling PENITENT for having punished his
son without verifying the truth. Root: PEN means PUNISHMENT Mnemonic: POIGNANT
sounds like PUNGENT. But something that's pungent pricks your sense of smell,
whereas POIGNANT refers to something that pricks your emotions. Example: her face
was a POIGNANT reminder of the past time. Mnemonic: rem+(w)orse
....remembering(read recalling)the worse thing that you did you feel the guilt
at leaving them without notice Example: she felt no REMORSE at leaving them without
notice Mnemonic: RUEFUL sounds CRYFUL. Example: "So this is the last time that we
are meeting", she said RUEFULly.
REMORSE
Form: adj Tone: neg/neut RUEFUL
If your elaborate magic trick goes awry, and instead of pulling a rabbit out of an
audience member's shoe, you set the shoe on fire, you might give a rueful smile.
Rueful means apologetic or remorseful.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT MORATORIUM Form: noun Tone: neut Form:
noun Tone: neg/neut LULL HIATUS Form: noun Tone: neut A temporary gap, pause,
break, or absence can be called a hiatus. When your favorite TV show is on hiatus,
that means there are no new episodes - not forever, just for a little while. See
lull, think "calm." It could be the noun form (like "the lull before the storm") or
the verb: one can lull someone by calming them (as in lulling a baby to sleep with
a lullaby). A moratorium is the suspension of a particular activity-you could
have a moratorium on fishing, baking, the use of candles, the wearing of matching
socks. ABEYANCE Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neut Meaning An abeyance
is a temporary halt to something, with the emphasis on "temporary." It is usually
used with the word "in" or "into"; "in abeyance" suggests a state of waiting or
holding. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not
obeying the given orders and suspend the work (action) Example: Legal proceedings
are in ABEYANCE while further enquiries are made Root: AB means AWAY FROM Mnemonic:
split it as HI+AT+US.....if anyone says 'Hi' on the way, we will definitely stop
for a while. Example: After a five month HIATUS, the talks resumed. Mnemonic: LULL
DULL Example: a LULL in the conversation.
Mnemonic: Generally, MORATORIUMs go into effect when something becomes seen as

being not okay for now, but might go back to being okay later. Example: The
convention called for a two year MORATORIUM. Mnemonic: RESPITE sounds like rest a
bit Example: The medicine brought a brief RESPITE from the pain.
Form: noun Tone: neg/neut RESPITE
A respite is a break from something that's difficult or unpleasant. If you're

cramming for exams, take an occasional walk to give yourself a respite from the
intensity.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT Form: noun Tone: neut You've heard the
old saying "Pride comes before the fall?" Well, you could just as easily say pride
is a precursor to the fall. A precursor is something that happens before something
else. HARBINGER Form: noun Tone: neut A harbinger is something that comes before
and that shows what will follow in the future. The robin is a harbinger of
spring-its presence means spring is coming soon. FORERUNNER Form: noun Tone:
neut A forerunner is someone or something that came before and paved the way for
something today. Rotary phones were forerunners of today's complex cell phones.
ANTECEDENT Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neut Meaning An antecedent is a
thing that comes before something else. You might think rap music has no historical
antecedent, but earlier forms of African American spoken verse go back for
centuries Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ante(before) + ced("to go"). root "ced" means
"to go" .Hence ANTECEDENT means "that which goes before" Example: "He grabbed the
ball and threw it in the air,"ball" is the ANTECEDENT of "it" Mnemonic: Fore means
something that precedes and runner means someone is approaching so the meaning.
Example: An early injury proved the FORERUNNER of a disastrous performance by
Williams. Root: FORE means IN FRONT OF. Mnemonic: HARBINGER sounds like HER +
FINGER, she shows me what is about to happen by gesturing with her finger. Example:
Her father's successful job interview was seen as a HARBINGER of better times to
come. Mnemonic: "PRECURSOR" pre(before) + cursor(that points out) -something that
points out in advance - forerunner. Example: These events were PRECURSORs to
revolution Root: PRE means BEFORE
PRECURSOR
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT BLIGHT Form: noun Tone: neg BANE Form:
noun Tone: neg The noun bane refers to anything that is a cause of harm, ruin, or
death. But we often use it for things that aren't that bad, just feel like it. You
might say mosquitoes are the bane of your existence. A blight is a disease that
hurts plants and makes their leaves wither. It can also affect neighborhoods. Urban
blight refers to a part of the city where things are falling apart. Blight could
also mean something that harms. If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes
things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on your health, not to
mention your social life. Detrimental is a formal way of saying "harmful." Anything
BALEFUL Form: adj Tone: neg Baleful means the foreshadowing of tragic or evil
events. If no one's listening in class and your teacher reprimands you with a
baleful glance, expect a pop quiz. ANATHEMA Words Relation to Group Form: noun
Tone: neg Meaning Something that one absolutely and positively cannot stand is
anathema. Garlic is anathema to vampires (ditto for stakes and daylight). So is
kryptonite to Superman or a silver bullet to a werewolf. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
ASTHMA...ANATHEMA I hate asthma because it affects respiratory
system....ANATHEMA also means curse....to have ASTHMA is a kind of ANATHEMA
Example: Racial prejudice is (an) ANATHEMA to me. Mnemonic: BALEFUL sounds like
bail+ful; when any dangerous convict gets out of jail taking bail, he could be
threatening. Example: We are aware of the BALEFUL effects of water pollution.
Mnemonic: Modern technology is BOON OR BANE. Boon is useful and BANE is Something
causing misery or death Example: The neighbors kids are the BANE of my existence.
Mnemonic: Black light may destroy the plants. Example: His career has been BLIGHTed
by injuries
Form: adj Tone: neg DELETERIOUS
Mnemonic: relate it to DELETE...so you DELETE all the spam mails because they may
BE HARMFUL to your PC Example: the DELETERIOUS effect of stress on health.
Mnemonic: Look at the part MENTAL ...a MENTAL person can
Form: adj Tone: neg

DETRIMENTAL
detrimental hurts, hinders, or puts a damper on something. Detrimental things do

damage. Form: noun Tone: neg Go bury your head in the sand. This nasty curse
is a malediction (and, I m sure, nothing you would ever say to another human
being).
cause serious harm or injury, when violent. Example: the sun's DETRIMENTAL effect
on skin. Mnemonic: MALEDICTION MAL+DICTION. MAL means 'evil or ill' and DICTUM is
'saying'. So to say something evil is to CURSE. Example: The MALEDICTION by the
sorcerer scared him to death Root: MAL means BAD/ EVIL Mnemonic: MAL means BAD.
Example: She was relieved when the doctor told her that the tumor was not
MALIGNANT. Root: MAL means BAD/ EVIL Mnemonic: word can be divided like
per+nicious..nicious when pronounced sounds like noxious...so noxious.. ..so
something harmful Example: the PERNICIOUS influence of TV violence on children.
MALEDICTION
Form: adj Tone: neg MALIGNANT
For something that's very harmful, especially a tumor that's cancerous, use the
term malignant.
Form: adj Tone: neg
PERNICIOUS
Pernicious means harmful and subtle, such as a poison gas that causes cancer in
those exposed to it over the course of years.
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Meaning Use quixotic for someone or something that is romantic and unrealistic, or
possessed by almost impossible hopes. Your quixotic task is easy to understand, if
difficult to achieve: establish world peace. If you're looking to relocate to a
utopia, good luck! A utopia is an ideal society, and a scheme or vision for
producing such a society can be called utopian.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: QUIXOTIC quick + exotic, if you desire something exotic

to happen quickly in your life it is just a daydream. Example: He is QUIXOTIC - he
wants to achieve things that are practically impossible. Mnemonic: UTOPIAN UTOPIa ,
sounds like Trophy - which is something that everyone wants but only one of them
gets it, like its a ideology/imaginary concept that everyone wants it but
practically only one gets it. Example: There is nothing like a UTOPIAN society.
QUIXOTIC
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT DEPRAVITY Form: noun Tone: neg DEGENERATE
Form: verb Tone: neg DECADENT Form: adj Tone: neg DEBAUCHERY Words Relation to
Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning Debauchery is a noun meaning crazy partying and
wild nights, usually accompanied by a lot of alcohol. So you probably don't want to
engage in any kind of debauchery the night before an exam. If your friend vacations
in lavish hotels, wears thousand-dollar shoes, and refuses to eat cheese that costs
less than $20 an ounce, you might say her lifestyle is decadent. If something
degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that degenerates to an all-out
spaghettithrowing war. Degenerate can also describe an immoral person - or the
behavior of such a person. Depravity goes beyond mere bad behavior - it is a total
lack of morals, values, and even regard for other living things, like the depravity
of a serial killer Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: DEBAUCHERY sounds like BUTCHERY.
Butcher, a person who kill animals for food.Hence after killing, people indulge.
Example: He later regretted the DEBAUCHERY of his youth. Root: DE means AWAY/ DOWN/
OFF Mnemonic: DECAY+DANCE -now a days the way heroines are dancing is degrading as
far as vulgarity is concerned. Example: The book condemns some of society's
wealthiest members as DECADENT fools. Mnemonic: DE (not) + GENERATE(working).
Stopped generating. Example: We are living in a DEGENERATEd society. Root: DE means
AWAY/ DOWN/ OFF
Mnemonic: People are deprived of their basic amenities because of the extreme
corruption existing among the goverment employees Example: He was sinking into a
life of utter DEPRAVITY. Root: DE means AWAY/ DOWN/ OFF Mnemonic: One whose moral
values are dissolved Example: Literature dealing with the DISSOLUTE and degrading
aspects of human experience
Form: adj Tone: neg DISSOLUTE
The adjective dissolute means unrestrained. If you're a dissolute person, you

indulge in gambling, drugs, and drinking and
don't care if others disapprove. Form: noun Tone: neg IMPROBITY lack of probity :
lack of integrity or rectitude
Root: DIS means NOT Mnemonic: PROBITY sounds like INTEGRITY, and IM (not). So no
Integrity. Example: His IMPROBITY resulted in him facing a termination from his
workplace. Root: IM means NOT Mnemonic: LIBERTINEliberti+ne=LIBERTY IN Excess can
make you irresponsible and immoral. Example: The legend of Don Juan depicts him as
a LIBERTINE. Root: LIBER means FREE Mnemonic: licent(license)+ous....well some
bollywood celebrities have got the LICENSE OF indulging into amoral ACTIVITIES.
Example: A moralist who decried what she regarded as the LICENTIOUS and corrupt
culture of the entertainment industry. Root: LIC means PERMIT. Mnemonic: REPROBATE:
rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other peoples
belongings has no moral values. Example: Without hesitation, she criticized the
REPROBATE who proposed such an indecent idea Mnemonic: TURPITUDE sounds like turbid
attitude so a depraved act. Example: This, he said, left modern man out of synch
with the natural order of things, resulting in war, conflict and general TURPITUDE.
Form: noun Tone: neg LIBERTINE
If you drink a lot, eat a lot, and live a wild and unrestrained life, you might be
called a libertine.
Form: adj Tone: neg
Someone who is licentious behaves or speaks inappropriately or vulgarly.
LICENTIOUS
REPROBATE
There's no way around it, a reprobate is a bad egg. The black sheep of the family,
missing a moral compass - a reprobate's been called everything from a deviant to an
evildoer to a scoundrel. If you are guilty of turpitude, you should be ashamed of
yourself. Turpitude is a word that represents depraved behavior. Prisons are filled
with criminals who have engaged in acts of moral turpitude. Wanton describes
something excessive, uncontrolled and sometimes even cruel. The principal sees a
food fight as a wanton act of vandalism done with wanton disregard for the rules,
but the kids might just see it as fun.
TURPITUDE
Form: adj Tone: neg
WANTON
Mnemonic: WANTON sounds like WANT ON. Someone who's WANT(desire) goes ON and ON..no
limit to his want. Example: They were accused of WANTON cruelty toward animals.
Form: adj
Someone wayward is Mnemonic: sounds like

Tone: neg WAYWARD
a little stubborn and independent - they're determined to find their own way and
are not easily controlled.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT INCHOATE Form: adj Tone: neut FLEDGLING
Form: adj Tone: neut EMBRYONIC Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut Meaning
If something is described as embryonic, it's just starting to develop or come
together. An "embryo" is a person or animal that is still growing in the womb or
egg, and embryonic means "like an embryo." A fledgling is a fuzzy baby bird just
learning to fly, or someone (like a baby bird) who's brand new at doing something.
Inchoate means just beginning to form. You can have an inchoate idea, like the
earliest flickers of images for your masterpiece, or it can be a feeling, like the
inchoate sense of anger toward your new neighbors talking parrot Incipient means
something is in an early stage of existence. In its incipient Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: embryo+nic.. an EMBRYO is a cell which is UNDEVLOPED (of human, hen
etc ), so the underdeveloped stage is called EMBRYONIC. Example: The plan, as yet,
only exists in EMBRYONIC form. Root: EM means IN/INTO/ ON
Mnemonic: FLEDGLING rhymes with duckling.. a young duck thus referring to

inexperience. Example: The intern was still a FLEDGLING.
Mnemonic: inch(o)+ate i've "just begun" to eat an inch Example: INCHOATE feelings
of affection for a man whom she had, up till now, thought of as only a friend.
Mnemonic: inci(INITIAL)+pie(nt)(PAYment)...when only the initial payment is given,

your house will be partially constructed. Example: The project is still in its
INCIPIENT stages.
INCIPIENT
form, basketball was played with a soccer ball and peach baskets for goals. Bouncy
orange balls and nets came later. Form: adj Tone: neut Nascent describes the birth
or beginning of something, for example a civilization, a trend, an idea, or an
action. It can also imply a future promise, like the nascent government of a new
country. Rudimentary is a pretty long and fancy word, for a word that just means
stripped down or at a very early stage. The test should be easy: it requires only a
rudimentary understanding of the materials. Mnemonic: "new soul sent".....to earth-
NASCENT Example: The actress is now focusing on her NASCENT singing career. Root:
NASC means NATURAL
NASCENT
Mnemonic: sedimentary RUDIMENTARY.....sedimentary rock are used in the base or

foundation of a building...hence RUDIMENTARY means basic or fundamental Example:
They were given only RUDIMENTARY training in the job.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT DEBILITATE Form: verb Tone: neg To
debilitate something is to make it weaker. A bad flu may debilitate your powers of
concentration, like the New Year's resolutions that temporarily debilitate
bakeries' business. If something degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that
degenerates to an all-out spaghettithrowing war. Degenerate can also describe an
immoral person - or the behavior of such a Form: noun Tone: neg ATTENUATE Form:
verb Tone: neg Attenuate is a verb that means to make or become weaker. The effects
of aging may be attenuated by exercise. (Or by drinking from the fountain of
youth). Attrition is a gradual process of wearing down, weakening, or destroying
something. ATROPHY Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning Wearing a
cast on a broken leg can cause atrophy, or withering, in the leg, because it is
immobilized and gets no exercise. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A + trophy; Even after
many years of practice, he didn't win a trophy, so that was just wastage of his
energy. Example: TV viewing may lead to ATROPHY of children's imaginations.
Mnemonic: ATTENUATE - at ten + you + ate; if youl eat only at 10 PM (once in a
day), you will ATTENUATE. Example: The drug ATTENUATEs the effects of the virus
Mnemonic: ATTRITION -at + rition (sounds like RATION); Due to flood, ration is
available in very limited amount. there is a shortage of food everywhere in our
city Example: It was a war of ATTRITION Mnemonic: de + ablity -without ability, the
person who doesnot have the ablity to do something is called weak. Example: The
troops were severely DEBILITATEd by hunger and disease Mnemonic: De (not)+ Generate
(work) Stop working Example: Her health DEGENERATEd quickly Root: DE means AWAY/
DOWN
ATTRITION
DEGENERATE
person. Form: noun Tone: neg Degradation is the act of lowering something or
someone to a less respected state. A president resigning from office is a
degradation. Its also a downcast state. Once the president has resigned, he
might feel degradation. Effete is a disapproving term meaning decadent and self-
indulgent, even useless. The stereotype of the rugged Westerner is just as false as
the one of the effete East Coast liberal. Mnemonic: de(means less)+grad...so when
you get less GRADES in your exam..you see humiliation from all sides. Example: A
lot of environmental DEGRADATION is caused because of plastic usage. Mnemonic:
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 Example: The soft, EFFETE
society that marked the final years of the Roman empire Mnemonic: ENERV(w)asTE when
you waste your energy you become weak. Example: A lifetime of working in dreary
jobs had ENERVATEd his very soul. Mnemonic: Not aBLE to pay the FEE since his
economic conditions are very weak Example: That bout of pneumonia ENFEEBLEd him.
Mnemonic: f-LAGging. lag behind,weak-not able to keep pace with another or others
Example: We should rejuvenate our FLAGGING attitude toward everything. Example: she
started macerating after the accident. Mnemonic: MORIBUND is kind of similar to
morbid, which refers to things related to death Example: a MORIBUND company or
patient.
DEGRADATION
Form: adj Tone: neg
EFFETE
Form: verb
to make someone feel weak and tired
ENERVATE
Form: verb Tone: neg ENFEEBLE
make weak
Form: adj Tone: neg FLAGGING
weak from exhaustion
MACERATE
Form: verb Tone: neg Form: adj Tone: neg
to grow thin
MORIBUND
Something that is moribund is almost dead, like the moribund plant you didn't water
for months, or so without change or growth that it seems dead, like a moribund town
that seems trapped in the 1950s.
SAP
To sap something is to drain or deplete something over time. If you sap a maple
tree, you drain the liquid inside it to make maple syrup. But if you sap a person
of strength, you've rendered him defenseless. lose strength
Mnemonic: If you slap(SAP) someone you diminish his dignity.. Example: the arduous
job has SAPped him of all the energy.
Form: verb Tone: neg WILT
Mnemonic: WILT and tilt sound the same and they both mean, to droop. Example: He
was WILTing from all the pressure at work Mnemonic: WITHER -with + her when a
friend wants to spend time with her, generally his money is going to decay Example:
All our hopes just WITHER away with time Mnemonic: Burge+on sounds like Bulge which
means growing big Example: This country has a burgeoning population.
Form: verb Tone: neg WITHER
Wither means to shrivel up or shrink. If you forget to water your plants for six
weeks, they'll wither they'll dry up and you probably won't be able to bring
them back to life Use the verb burgeon to describe something that is growing,
expanding, and flourishing. If you have a green thumb, in the spring your flower
gardens will burgeon in a cacophony of color. If you don't have a green thumb, your
collection of plastic plants will burgeon. Starfish are famous for their ability to
regenerate, or regrow, a lost arm. Anything that revives in this magical way can be
said to regenerate.
X BURGEON
Form: verb Tone: pos X REGENERATE
Mnemonic: RE (again) + Generate. Generations keep growing. Example: The money will
be used to regenerate the commercial heart of the town. Mnemonic: reJUVENATE-
Juvenile means a young person..so making Younger Example: His new job seemed to
rejuvenate him. Root: RE means AGAIN
X REJUVENATE
When you make something young again or give it more life and energy, you rejuvenate
it. For example, you can often rejuvenate a not-quite-dead plant, bringing it back
to health with some water and some TLC.
Form: verb Tone: pos X RESUSCITATION
To resuscitate is to Mnemonic: revive a person who RECESS+ATE-in has lost

consciousness RECESS (interval) I ATE something and due to that I got proper
consciousness.
Example: He had an heart attack and all attempts to resuscitate him failed. Form:
verb Tone: pos X REVIVE To revive something is to provide it with new energy or
life, like when you revive a drooping plant by watering it, or when you revive a
boring party by breaking out the karaoke machine. Mnemonic: re-vibe (return to
being vibrant again) Example: The flowers soon revived in water.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT SHACKLE SECURE Form: verb Tone: neut You
secure the sails before you take out the sailboat, which means you tie them down.
Handcuffs are shackles. So are those leg irons some prisoners wear when they appear
in court. In other words, a shackle is a restraint, either physical or
psychological, that restricts movement. Both a verb and a noun, tether keeps things
tied together, or is the tie itself. Remember, when you tether that chair to those
balloons, use a strong tether. PINION Form: verb Tone: neg Many cars use rack-
andpinion steering, in which the steering wheel turns a small-toothed pinion gear,
which engages the larger rack that turns the car's wheels. MANACLE Form: noun Tone:
neg FETTER Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning A fetter is a
shackle or chain that is attached to someones ankles. To fetter someone is to
restrict their movement, either literally or metaphorically. You might feel
fettered by your parents' rules, even without the chains. If a police officer has
to manacle your hands behind your back, you're in big trouble. That's just a fancy
way of saying that you've been handcuffed. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: FETTER sounds
like(shutter) when a shutter is closed..then nothing can go out of it. Example: He
felt FETTERed by small and petty rules and regulations Mnemonic: MANACLE sounds
like ankle or shackle , so my ankle got trapped that restrained me from doing
something. Example: MANACLEs prevented the bear from roaming beyond a very small
area Mnemonic: PINION can be split into PIN+ON; when we PIN something, it will hold
it and thereby prevent it from flying away .. (bind the arms of something) Example:
His arms were PINIONed to his sides. Example: She SECUREd the rope firmly to the
back of the car. Mnemonic: SHACKLE - buckle the ankles from shaking. Example: A
country struggling to free itself from the shakles of colonialism Mnemonic: TETHER
can be split as TiE + HER, so remember it as TIE her WITH A ROPE. Example: he
TETHERed his horse to a tree
Form: verb,noun Tone: neg TETHER

X EMANCIPATE
If you emancipate someone, you set them free from something. At the end of the
Civil War, slaves were emancipated and became free men and women.
Mnemonic: A man in cip= ship: a man is set free to travel in ship to his own
country Example: Slaves were not emancipated (freed) until 1863 in the United
States. Root: EM means INTO Mnemonic: concentrate on ex+tricMr.EX(X) PLAYED A
TRIC(k) in order to FREE himself from the prison. Example: He had managed to
extricate himself from most of his official duties Root: EX means OUT OF
X EXTRICATE
If you need to be untangled, set free or otherwise released from something or

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Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neut
Meaning The verb enfranchise is used when a group of people are given voting rights
or freedoms they didn't have before. Many people under the age of 18 would like
lawmakers to enfranchise their peer group so they can vote. Suffrage is the right
to vote in public elections. Universal suffrage means everyone gets to vote, as
opposed to only men, or property holders. Suffrage has nothing to do with
"suffering," unless the wrong person is elected.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: if you are franchisee of a company you have right to

VOTE for its policies. freedom to vote being a franchise Example: the
ENFRANCHISEment of foreign residents in local elections. Mnemonic: SUFFRAGE after
you reach super age (18) you get voting right Example: Even as the world entered
the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women's SUFFRAGE.
ENFRANCHISE
SUFFRAGE
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT Form: noun Tone: neg/neut QUIRKINESS
ODDITY Form: noun Tone: neg/neut IDIOSYNCRASY Form: noun Tone: neg/neut FOIBLE
Form: noun Tone: neg/neut ECCENTRIC Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone:
neg/neut Meaning You're most likely to encounter the adjective eccentric in a
description of an unusual or quirky person - like a scatterbrained aunt who leaves
her life savings to her cat. If you repeat foible out loud enough times, it sounds
so funny that you can laugh at it and maybe remember to laugh at the odd and
distinctive weaknesses of others - the foible or two or a hundred that we all have.
If a person has an idiosyncrasy, he or she has a little quirk, or a funny behavior,
that makes him or her different. If you only say goodbye in French, never in
English, that would be an idiosyncrasy. An oddity is anything strange or unusual.
Wearing ear muffs during a heat wave would be considered an oddity, because most
people wouldn't do that. a strange attitude or habit Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
ec(x)centric(normal): going away from the center that is departing from the norms
Example: Most people considered him a harmless ECCENTRIC Mnemonic: FOIBLE sounds
like Fail-able.. so you have a weakness or slight fault at something Example: We
have to tolerate each others little FOIBLEs
Mnemonic: Idiot in sync with the crazy people are idiosyncratic. Example: Wearing a
raincoat, even on a hot day, is one of her idiosyncrasies
Mnemonic: odd things are usually strange Example: the book deals with some of the
oddities of grammar and spelling Mnemonic: Quirk sounds like CRACK (unusual)
Example: everyone have their own little quirks and mannerisms
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT PURPORT Form: noun Tone: neg Use purport
when you want to convince people about something that might not be true, like when
you purport that the dog ate your homework. PR CIS Form: noun Tone: neut A precis
is a summary of something's main points. If you've ever jotted down notes about
your main ideas before writing a persuasive essay, you've used a precis. GIST Form:
noun Tone: neut When you need a quick summary of the essentials, rather than the
whole story or a thorough explanation, you're looking for the gist. CRUX Words
Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neut Meaning The essential point or problem is
the crux. People are always trying to get to the crux of a matter or the crux of a
problem, while others try to distract them. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: FOCUS ON
LETTERS CRU + x....cru very near to CRUcial...so something which is crucial is
always the essential thing. Example: Now we should come to the CRUX of the matter.
Mnemonic: GIST sounds very similar to list.....So your lecturer is asking you to
LIST OUT THE MAIN POINTS of the paragraph. Example: I missed the beginning of the
lecture - can you give me the GIST of what he said? Mnemonic: pre ( meaning
before ) + cis ( as in thesis ) .... it is the summary that comes before a thesis
Example: He was asked to make a precis of the report and submit it before the next
meeting. Mnemonic: PURPORT:PURPOSE to convince someone wrongly Example: The book
does not PURPORT to be a complete history of the period Root: PUR means TO CLEANSE
Mnemonic: When you SHRINK a lengthy piece of writing, its called a SYNOPSIS.
Example: The program gives a brief SYNOPSIS of the plot.
Form: noun Tone: neut SYNOPSIS
Synopsis is a noun meaning summary. Instead of reciting every line of the

Shakespeare play you were assigned to read over the weekend, it might be more
helpful for your classmates if you give them a synopsis of what happened.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT Form: adj Tone: neg MURKY Something
that's murky is dim, gloomy or hard to see through clearly. Think of the dark fog
around a haunted house or the cloudy, muddy water in a swamp. Use the adjective
nebulous for situations that are "hazy, indistinct" and also "cloudy" or "fuzzy."
INDISTINCT Form: adj Tone: neg CLOUD Form: verb Tone: neg if something clouds your
judgment, memory, etc., it makes it difficult for you to understand or remember
something clearly BECLOUD Form: noun Tone: neg make less visible or unclear
AMORPHOUS Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut Meaning In a broader sense,
the Amorphous describes anything that lacks a distinct shape or organizing theme,
be it a work of art, a political movement, or even someone's direction in life.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: AMORPHOUS a[morf]us = on reversing, morf become -
a+form+us i.e something without form.. or something lacking shape Example: an
AMORPHOUS mass of cells with no identity at all Root: MORPH means FORM Mnemonic:
Her father's illness BECLOUDed her wedding day. Example: Her father's illness
BECLOUDed her wedding day. Mnemonic: CLOUD itself calls for a unclear vision
literally and leads to lack of understanding, because of lack of clarity. Example:
Doubts were beginning to CLOUD my mind. Mnemonic: DISTINCT means CLEAR and IN means
NOT. Hence lacking in CLARITY will mean INDISTINCT Example: His memory of the
incident was someone INDISTINCT Root: IN means NOT Mnemonic: MURKY mu(munsoon)
+r(rainy)+ ky (sky) - which is dark and gloomy Example: This is a MURKY night.
Is it hard to tell what someone is saying? Can you not see something clearly?
Anything hard to make out is indistinct.
Form: adj Tone: neg/neut NEBULOUS
Mnemonic: Nebula the milky way in galaxy which is cloudy and unclear Example: This
is a NEBULOUS concept.
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UNCLEAR / HAZY WITHOUT MISTAKES / PERFECT INFALLIBLE Form: adj Tone: pos IMPECCABLE
Form: adj Tone: pos IMMACULATE Form: adj Tone: pos FLAWLESS Words Relation to Group
Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning Flawless is an adjective that means "without any
imperfections," like your flawless vocal performance - not one mistake. That's why
the choir teacher gave you an A+. Immaculate means spotless, pure, and clean as
fresh snow on a far-off mountain. Only obsessive cleaners can keep immaculate
homes, but its a goal we can strive for, like that far-off mountain. The
adjective impeccable describes something or someone without any flaws. A stand-up
comedian needs impeccable timing for his jokes to work. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
flaw is a mistakeFLAWLESS means without mistake Example: Her English is almost
FLAWLESS
Mnemonic: IMMACULATE - Im + Maculate - without macule (spots) Macule is a spot or

area of discoloration of skin.... so IMMACULATE is without macules.... spotless,
clean Example: she always looks IMMACULATE. Mnemonic: Picking on somebody means to
finding faults. Hence Im + Pick-able means no fault can be found Example: Her
written English is IMPECCABLE Root: IM means NOT Mnemonic: Folly means mistake and
In means 'not'. So without mistake is being INFALLIBLE. Example: Doctors are not
INFALLIBLE Root: IN means NOT Mnemonic: INTEGRITY is like ENTIRELY TRUE (fair)
Example: A man of great INTEGRITY
"Fallible" means capable of making mistakes - or, easier to remember - capable of

failing. Infallible means exactly the opposite - incapable of failing. Integrity is
a personal quality of fairness that we all aspire to - unless you're a dishonest,
immoral scoundrel, of course. Use the adjective irreproachable to describe
something or someone blameless or not
Form: noun Tone: pos INTEGRITY
Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: cannot be REPROACHED (criticized). Example: His conduct as a police

IRREPROACHABLE
deserving of officer was criticism. It can be IRREPROACHABLE. annoying, but your

parents strive to give you irreproachable advice when they tell you, "Study hard in
school," and not "Party on!" Form: noun Tone: pos Though probity sounds like what
you might do with a sharp stick, it actually means being morally and ethically
above reproach, having integrity Mnemonic: PROBITY sounds and means like INTEGRITY
Example: The defense attorney questioned the PROBITY of the witness Root: PROB
means PROVE Mnemonic: RECTITUDE - rectified + attitude. If a attitude is rectified,
it has to be correct. Example: She is a model of RECTITUDE Root: RECT means RULE
Mnemonic: impeach means to doubt or question, UNIMPEACHABLE means that cannot be
doubted Example: we got evidence from an UNIMPEACHABLE source Root: UN means NOT
PROBITY
RECTITUDE
Rectitude refers to behavior that is correct, upright and honorable. You have moral
rectitude if you refuse to be involved with a plan that some kids in your class
have to cheat on a test. Unimpeachable describes someone or something that is
totally, completely, without any doubt, innocent and good, like an unimpeachable
role model who avoids bad influences and sketchy situations.
Form: adj Tone: pos
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Groups ACTING PROPERLY / MISBEHAVE (x) BOLD / RUDE / OVERLY PROUD CHAOS / CONFUSION
CHEAT / DECEIVE COUP CRIMINALS / LAW BREAKERS DOUBTFUL GENEROUS SUPPORTER
IMPERSONATOR / CHEAT PRACTICAL / POSSIBLE PRETENSE OF MORALITY QUIET / FEW WORDS
REPEAT SELF-CONTROL SHINING SHOW - OFF (-) VERY BRIGHT / SHOWY VERY TALKATIVE /
LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Form: adj Tone: pos Propriety Form: noun Tone: pos
Propriety is following what is socially acceptable in speech and behavior. If you
are someone who cares about always doing the right and proper thing, your friends
might accuse you of being obsessed with propriety and beg you to loosen up. You
don't want to seem anything less than seemly, especially in the presence of the
Queen. Only seemly behavior is allowed when she's around. Prim Form: adj Tone: pos
Form: adj Tone: pos Demure Decorous Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos
Meaning Something that is decorous is dignified, proper, and in good taste, like
your decorous great-aunt who always wears a dress even when she's only headed to
the grocery store. A demure woman or girl can be described as polite and a little
shy. A demure outfit is a modest one think high neckline and low hem. Prim
means polite, straight-laced, even twee. Many characters in Jane Austen novels are
prim and proper. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: dcor, DECORATE. if you decorate your
ROOM it will look proper in appearance compared to hall. Example: They skipped her
immoral doings Decorously Example: she is a Demure young lady.
Mnemonic: In order to be very precise and formal with my speech, I had to trim all
my stories. (Prim Trim) Example: She is much too Prim and proper! Mnemonic: sounds
like proper! PROPER + APPROPRIATE = Propriety Example: nobody questioned the
Propriety of her being there alone
Seemly
Mnemonic: See+ homely: see Sita is so homely and hence proper or appropriate to be
my daughter in law! Example: it was not considered Seemly to talk in such a way in
front of the children Mnemonic: Execrable = exe + cr + able; this *.exe file is a
'crappy' virus and is 'able' to badly harm your computer. Example: execrable piece
of poem
Form: adj Tone: neg X Execrable
If something's execrable it's really and truly, unbelievably, absolutely the worst.
Form: adj Tone: neg X Flagrant
Something flagrant is bad so bad you can't ignore it. A flagrant foul in
sports might send you to the bench, and a flagrant violation of the law might send
you to the slammer. Whenever you see the prefix "mal-," you know it's not good.
Malfeasance is bad behavior, especially from officials or people who should know
better.
Mnemonic: flag + rent --renting the national flag!(No offense meant) It is

shocking & scandalous. Example: a flagrant use of human rights Mnemonic: What do we
mean by it if we say MAL FEES?? Certainly its a bribe. So Malfeasance means
officials indulged in taking bribes, a misconduct. Example: The officer was
arrested for malfeasance activities Root: Mal means BAD
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Audacious Arrogant Form: adj Tone: neg (X)
Unassuming Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning The word unassuming
means modest, lacking in arrogance, pleasant, or polite. You'll find that some of
the most unassuming people are actually the most interesting and powerful of all.
They're just decent enough not to display it all the time. Arrogant is an adjective
for describing people who are too proud and look down on others, like supermodels
who think their good looks give them a right to do whatever they want. This
adjective is very bold - if you are audacious, you are daring and unconventional!
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Unassuming (modest) is the opposite of flaunting (making
a show of). Example: Sachin is very unassuming and hence is the king of the cricket
world.
Example: His Arrogant behavior is ovserved by his seniors with disgust.
Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: Audacious..auda(AUDIBLE)....IF YOU WANT to be audible to millions of

people you have to be very daring and bold, to go to the stage and deliver your
message. Example: an Audacious decision Mnemonic: if bomblast takes place anywhere
then all politicians starts to give a Bombastic (blah blah) speech Example: His
speech was full of bombast. Mnemonic: Braggart sounds like dragg art.. the art of
dragging oneself too much(boasting) Example: Her Braggart behavior annoys everyone
Form: noun Tone: neg Bombastic
To be bombastic is to be full of hot air - like a politician who makes grand

promises and doesn't deliver. If you know someone who is a real show off and is
always bragging about how great they
Braggart
are, then you might call this boaster a braggart. Brass Form: noun Tone: neg Form:
noun Tone: neg Form: noun Tone: neg impudent aggressiveness a very troublesome
child If you act with bravado, you are making a bold showy statement. Picture a
cowboy bursting through saloon doors in an old western, and you can picture
bravado. With brazen disregard for the sign that said "no cellphones please" the
woman took a long call in the doctor's office waiting room. Brazen refers to
something shocking, done shamelessly. Example: She marched in here, bold as Brass,
and demanded a raise. Mnemonic: Brat-similar to a rat which is very troublesome.
Example: a Bratty kid he is. Mnemonic: Brava+Do = Act like brave but not brave.
Pretended bravery Example: "Don't threaten me," she whispered with false Bravado
Brat
Bravado
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: a Brazen person will not care about anything or anyone. Example: She had
become Brazen about the whole affair
Brazen
Form: adj Tone: neg
Cheeky
If you're being Example: a Cheeky grin cheeky you're being brash or irreverent. If
you're a cheeky child, you're probably just being impudent and disrespectful - and
you're probably going to get in trouble. A conceited Example: He is a very person
has an Conceited person inflated selfimage and perceives himself as incredibly
entertaining and wonderful. Talk incessantly about your accomplishments on the
clarinet or amazing ability to wiggle your ears, and people are going to think you
re conceite If you rudely Mnemonic: for every
Form: adj Tone: neg
Conceited
Form: noun
Tone: neg Effrontery
behave as if you have a right to something that you have no right to, you're
committing effrontery. limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
Gall describes something irritating, like someone very rude. If you barge into a
bakery and cut in front of a sweet old lady, then you have gall. Grandiloquent is a
fancy term for, well, being fancy or pretentious. In fact, you might say
grandiloquent is itself a pretty grandiloquent word.
discussion he comes to the FRONT and argues...in a rude manner. Example: He had the
Effrontery to accuse me of lying
Egotistical
Mnemonic: ego Example: His egotism prevented him from really loving anyone but
himself. Mnemonic: remember Galls in "Asterix & Obelix" they used to slap the
Romans, as the Romans always annoyed them Example: Then they had the Gall to
complain
Gall
Form: adj Tone: neg
Grandiloquent
Mnemonic: GRAND+ELOQUENT only an ELOQUENT speaker can deliver a POMPOUS/BOMBASTIC

speech in front a HUGE/GRAND crowd Example: His Grandiloquent speech impressed no
one
Form: adj Tone: neg
Haughty
Someone who is Mnemonic: don't care attitude haughty is Example: he replied with
arrogant and full Haughty disdain of pride. When you're haughty, you have a big
attitude and act like you're better than other people. Hauteur is an obnoxious
display of overbearing pride and superiority over others. Rather than showing
humility and respect, a bad king might act with hauteur toward his subjects. Hubris
is an excess of confidence: a boxer who shouts "I'm the greatest!" even though he's
about to get pummeled by a Example: Bills hautiness infuriated Martha so much
that she stormed out of the room. -
Hauteur
Hubris
Mnemonic: HUB+RIS(RAISE)-A person RAISEd in a HUB(city centre),will be arrogant

and conceited towards villagers and others. Example: his faliure was brought only
by Hubris
much stronger opponent is displaying a lot of hubris. Form: adj Tone: neg If
someone's rude without being openly nasty, like a kid in the back row of class
quietly heckling his teacher, you can call him impertinent. An impudent person is
bold, sassy, and shameless. If you want to get into a fancy nightclub and you tell
the bouncer, Let me in, Im much more beautiful than all these ugly losers in
line, that s impudent behavior. Someone who's insolent is either really doing
her own thing, even if it goes against what everyone else is doing, or shes
mildly disrespectful. the courage to carry on A pompous person is arrogant or
conceited. He'll walk into a party with an inflated ego, ready to tell anyone who
will listen that "I'm kind of a big deal." When someone takes liberties, doing
things too boldly, you can describe them with the adjective presumptuous. Use the
adjective pretentious as a way to criticize people who try Mnemonic: focus on its
last words "tinent" sounds like tenant-> so when a imperial owner talks to his
tenant he doesn't give any respect. Example: Would it be Impertinent to ask why you
are leaving? Root: IM means NOT Mnemonic: sounds like impunity, which means immune
from punishment, which is characteristic of those who are shamelessly bold,
insolent, impertinent = Impudent. Example: an Impudent young man!
Impertinent
Form: adj Tone: neg
Impudent
Form: adj Tone: neg Insolent
Mnemonic: sounds like insultent -A person who insults evryone is UNRESTRAINED,

IMPRUDENT AND SHAMELESS Example: Her insolence cost her her job.
Nerve
Form: noun Tone: pos Form: adj Tone: neg
Example: It took a lot of Nerve to take the company to the court. Mnemonic: pomp
sounds like pump... so falsely pump oneself up... puffed with vanity Example: his
speech sounded very Pompous and self congratulatory
Pompous
Form: adj Tone: neg Presumptuous
Mnemonic: Focus on "Presum" (Presume)--> To overstep your boundaries by boldly

PRESUMing something. Example: Would it be Presumptuous of me to ask to borrow your
car? Mnemonic: Pretentious is someone who is Pretending Example: That was just an
ordinary house- not a Pretentious one
Form: adj Tone: neg

Pretentious
to act like they are more important or knowledgeable than they really are. Form:
adj Tone: neg You can use saucy to describe someone who likes to cause trouble, but
usually in a playful and funny way. Saucy is also a good word for a person who
really likes to flirt. Supercilious people think very highly of themselves, more
highly than of others. Think of them as a "super silly ass," and you'll remember
the basic sense of supercilious. Picture the confident, maybe even arrogant way a
pirate, a cowboy, or even a rapper might stroll around. That style of walking is
called a swagger. Use the noun temerity to mean the quality of being unafraid of
danger or punishment. If you have the temerity to jump off the bridge even after
hearing about the risk of instant death, you truly are a nutcase If you admire
yourself in the mirror all the time and constantly brag about all the beauty
contests you have won, you might Example: a Saucy smile
Saucy
Form: adj Tone: neg
Supercilious
Mnemonic: split it like SUPER+CILI(sounds like SILLY)+o+US......now think of our

SUPER SENIORs in our college . ..who were very ARROGANT IN NATURE..and were very
keen to exhibit their superiority over us hence treated us in a very silly way..
Example: The jewelry store clerk was very Supercilious Mnemonic: It's like sword +
dagger. If one has both of them, he will be quite confident. Example: he Swaggered
into the room looking very pleased with himself
Swagger
Temerity
Mnemonic: te+merit+yif you have merit(academic excellence) then you will be

excessive confident and fearless Example: he had the Temerity to call me a liar
Form: adj Tone: neg
Vainglorious
Mnemonic: all your glorious achievements are in vain if you boast about them.
Example: In saying this we may well be proud but not Vainglorious.
rightfully get accused of being vainglorious.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Upheaval Form: noun Tone: Neg Turbulence Form: noun
Tone: Neg Use the noun turbulence to describe instability or disturbance. If
youre on an airplane during a storm, turbulence is that horrible thing that is
causing the plane (and your stomach) to bounce around. Form: adj Tone: Neg
Tumultous The adjective tumultuous means "disruptive," "troubled," "disorderly," or
"turbulent." Bedlam Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: Neg Meaning Bedlam is
a scene of madness, chaos or great confusion. If you allow football fans onto the
field after the big game, it will be pure bedlam. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Imagine a room full of beds with one leg missing the bed lame is general confusion
Example: It was Bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding. Mnemonic:
billowing waves and turbulences Example: It was a Tumultous time in her life
Mnemonic: Imagine someone who has ants crawling all over their turban; the turban
ants are in the state of being uncontrolled Example: a period of Turbulence in the
country's history Mnemonic: Making an evil version of the movie up - making up evil
- would be a drastic change in the movie Example: I cannot face the Upheaval of
moving house again
Upheaval means a violent or sudden change. You might talk about an upheaval in
government following an election where many incumbents are replaced.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Form: adj Tone: neg Crafty Chicanery Form: noun
Tone: neg Bilk Form: verb Tone: neg Artifice Form: noun Tone: neg If a politician
pretends to be angry as a way of rousing the anger of the voters and getting more
votes, he's guilty of artifice - a subtle and crafty trick. Ever paid a restaurant
bill only to discover they charged you for stuff you never had? What they did was
bilk you cheat you out of money that was justly yours. Shady companies are
forever bilking their investors. Have you ever gotten the sense that politicians or
corporate leaders will say anything to turn public opinion their way? This tricky
kind of deceit and manipulation is called chicanery. Artful Words Relation to Group
Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning To be artful is to do something skillfully, especially
in a cunning way. A con man must be artful. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: spell it
"art of fool(ing)" i.e in a cunning way Example: He was Artful and cunning, and
didn't really trust him. Mnemonic: sounds like artificial fish which is nothing but
a trick. Example: Pretending to faint was merely an Artifice. Mnemonic: milk~
similary milk suppliers add water to cheat us Example: a con man who Bilked
investors out of millions of dollars Mnemonic: She can be tricky! Example: It can
take several hours in large counties for the ballots to reach the counting station,
giving ample opportunity for Chicanery.
If people call you crafty, they Mnemonic: probably mean you are sly Example: He's a
and a little deceptive. Then Crafty old devil again, they could be saying that you
are really good at knitting, beading or turning old t-shirts into funky
pillowcases. A dupe is a furry, ceremonial hat occasionally worn during ancient
pagan rituals... or not. Dupe actually means trick or deceive. We re sorry
we tried to dupe you into believing the wrong definition. When you finagle, you get
out of something using devious methods, like when you pretend you're sick to
Example: They soon realized they had been Duped.
Form: verb Tone: neg Dupe
Form: verb Tone: neg Finagle
Mnemonic: it is very difficult to have an ANGLE in FINLAND,BY ANY TRICKS.

avoid taking a pop quiz.
Example: He Finagled some tickets for tonight's big game. Mnemonic: colleges are
PLUNDERING in the form of Fleece(FEES) and capitation Example: Some local stores
have been fleecing tourists Mnemonic: Chris Gayle is a Guile cricketer. Example:
George was a man completely lacking in Guile Example: The immigrant was duped
because he trusted everyone", "You can't fool me!" Mnemonic: To place a hood over
someone's head and make them wink (close) their eyes is to Hoodwink or trick them
Example: She was Hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace Mnemonic: Movie the
Great Swindle. Example: They Swindled him out of hundreds of dollars
Form: verb Tone: neg Fleece
You can also use fleece in an informal way to mean cheating someone.
Form: noun Tone: neg Guile
Use the noun guile for cunning, craftiness, and artful duplicity. Acting like you
have a job on Wall Street when you're actually unemployed would take a lot of
guile. Your little brother might be a gull if you can trick him into doing your
chores along with his own. To hoodwink someone means to trick or mislead them.
Beware of fake ATMs that try to hoodwink you into giving over your bank card and
your code, only to keep them both and steal all your money.
Gulled
Hoodwink
Form: verb Tone: neg Swindle
To swindle is to cheat or steal. You can swindle money, goods, ideas, and anything
else that can be stolen, but be careful, because someone can also swindle you. Did
you fall for that wily door to door salesman's pitch? He must be very slick and
tricky to have convinced you to buy a set of new tires, considering you don't have
a car.
Form: adj Tone: neg Wily
Mnemonic: Wily=WILling to trick people what anyone wants to have Example: The boss
is a Wily old fox.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Form: noun Tone: neg Debacle Use debacle to refer
to a violent disaster or a great failure. If the flower gardens come toppling down
during prom, strangling some students and tripping others, you might call the
evening a debacle. Coup (X) Form: noun Tone: neut A coup is a pretty major
achievement, whether it involves taking over a government by force, or landing a
major business contract. Catastrophe Form: noun Tone: neg A catastrophe is a
disaster. If a wedding reception is disrupted by a fistfight between the bride and
her new mother-in-law, you could call the occasion a catastrophe. Cataclysm Words
Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning The hurricane battered the coast,
causing the city to flood, and tens of thousands of people were stranded without
food or water. When an event causes great suffering, we call it a cataclysm.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: The clysm part of Cataclysm comes from the Greek word
meaning to wash, so Cataclysm's original meaning was flood, deluge".
Example: to survive the Cataclysm of the Black Death Mnemonic: Cats as astronauts
will create Catastrophe in the space. Example: Early warnings of rising water
levels prevented another major Catastrophe Mnemonic: Coup sounds like Cop( Police),
they do sudden attack (encounter), which is often a successful action too! Example:
he seized power in a military coup in 2008 Root: DE refers to DOWN or AWAY
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Miscreant Form: noun Tone: neg Menace Hooligan
Form: noun Tone: neg Felon Form: noun Tone: neg Technically, a felon is anyone
who's been convicted of a serious crime, but you can use felon to describe anyone
you think has done something terrible. Desperado Words Relation to Group Tone: neg
Meaning A desperado is an outlaw that you'd see in an old Western or in the Wild
West. Think hip holsters, spinning guns, and a shoot-out, all with a bandanna
pulled up hiding half of the face of the desperado. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: When
somebody is Desperate, he can go to the extent of indulging in violent act.
Example: Payne is described as a worthless loafer and Desperado. Mnemonic: A person
who FEL (fell) ON a road of decency and became a criminal (Felon). Example: A
convicted Felon loses the right to vote
A hooligan is a rowdy person Example: Hooligans who causes trouble for vandalizing
the others. Hooligans are similar neighbourhood to bullies and thugs. If it's
threatening you or otherwise posing some sort of danger, then it's a menace. Angry
rabid dogs, smog clouds, and annoying little brothers are all probable menaces. A
miscreant is a person who is bad-who lies, breaks the law, yells at small
puppies. It's a somewhat old-fashioned word, popular with old ladies shocked at
having their purses stolen at the opera. A rogue is a sneaky person who has tricks
up their sleeves, not like a magician, but like someone who would steal your wallet
or cheat at cards. Mnemonic: If a man is an ace at what he does..he is Menace to
you. Example: a new initiative aimed at beating the Menace of illegal drugs
Mnemonic: Imagine dr. frankenstein miscreated a person who behaves badly Example:
Some Miscreants uprooted all the plants in our colony last night. Root: Mis is to
HATE Mnemonic: Someone who ROb his own GUEsts is a Rogue Example: Many of the
vagabonds were Rogues and cheaters of various kinds, and formed a sub community on
the fringes of official society.
Rogue
A ruffian is a bully, someone Mnemonic: Don't get who is violent toward others. on
the wrong side of
Ruffian
Maybe they had a bad childhood, or perhaps they like the sound of people in pain.
No matter where they come from, ruffians are best avoided. Form: noun Tone: neg A
scoundrel is a person who does deliberately evil things. If your brother hides a
fake mouse in your shoe and you therefore almost have a heart attack while getting
dressed, you have every right to call him a scoundrel.
rough ian because he's a petty criminal and will probably beat you up and take your
lunch money. Example: a gang of young Ruffians. Mnemonic: An irresponsible driller
on an oil rig will clean himself with the drill, turning it into a scouring drill
Example: The Scoundrel who killed her made good his escape eight full hours before
the police had any knowledge of the crime.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Skeptical Questionable Form: adj Tone: neg Dubious
Form: adj Tone: neg Choose the adjective dubious for something you have doubts
about or you suspect is not true. That bridge you just "bought" might be of dubious
value. Cynical Form: adj Tone: neg Apprehensive Words Relation to Group Form: adj
Tone: neg Meaning If you're apprehensive, you're anxious or fearful. If you just
got run over by a crazy bicyclist, you might be a bit apprehensive crossing the
street. If you think public officials are nothing but a bunch of greedy buffoons,
you have a cynical attitude about politics. Mnemonic/Example Example: You have no
reason to be Apprehensive about the future
Mnemonic: A talk show: 'sin call', where people phone in with their sins and the
hosts exhibit moral skepticism Example: Do you have to be Cynical about everything?
Mnemonic: The duo of bees were somewhat doubtful that this whole wasphoney thing
was for real Example: I was pretty Dubious about the whole idea Example: The
conclusion that they may come are highly Questionable Example: I am Skeptical about
his chances of winning
subject to question
Form: adj Tone: neg
If a friend told you that her family was perfect and they never had any problems,
would you believe her? If not, you may be skeptical. Skeptical people look at the
world with a certain amount of doubt.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Benevolent Form: adj Tone: pos Beneficent Form: adj
Tone: pos Benefactor Form: noun Tone: pos Every school, museum, and struggling
artist is in search for a generous benefactor, or someone to provide the financial
means to keep everything running smoothly. Beneficent is the type of act that helps
others. If you're a beneficent person, you probably spend a lot of your time
volunteering at soup kitchens or homeless shelters, helping people who are less
fortunate than you are. Choose the adjective benevolent for someone who does good
deeds or shows goodwill. If your teacher collects homework with a benevolent smile,
she's hoping that you've done a good job. A humane person is one who shows great
compassion and caring for others, including animals, and who tries whenever
possible to alleviate another's suffering. Altruist Words Relation to Group Form:
noun Tone: pos Meaning someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase
human well-being Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: al+trust : a person who is trusted by
all as he does good deeds for welfare of others Example: Politicians are not
necessarily motivated by pure altruism. Mnemonic: bene is a root word which means
good.. bene+factor i.e some good factors like money, help. Example: He is a
generous Benefactor. Mnemonic: one who thinks about the benefits of others.
Example: the benificent power of nature
Example: belief in the existence of a Benevolent God! Root: BENE means GOOD
Form: adj Tone: pos
Humane
Mnemonic: HUMAN have sympathy for those who have suffered. Eg. We give charity for
flood victims and all Example: Campaigners claim that the animals are not being
kept in Humane condition Mnemonic: magnify is hugea big hearted person. Example:
He was Magnanimous in defeat and praised his
Form: adj Tone: pos Magnanimous
A magnanimous person has a generous spirit. Letting your little sister have the
last of the cookies, even though you hadn't eaten since
breakfast, would be considered a magnanimous act. Form: adj Tone: pos If you give
your best friend a bracelet for her birthday, then youre a good friend. If you
give her a diamond bracelet, a racehorse, and an oil well, then youre a
munificent friend, meaning you are very lavish when it comes to giving gifts. A
patron supports someone or something. A patron of a business supports the business
by being a loyal customer. A patron of the arts helps support starving artists
financially, not with food rations. A philanthropist is a person who gives money or
gifts to charities, or helps needy people in other ways. Famous examples include
Andrew Carnegie and Bill & Melinda Gates.
opponent's skill
Munificent
Mnemonic: you think of rishi - muni (sages), who are always generous in giving,
will give you whatever you want Example: He enjoys being Munificent on a princely
scale
Form: noun Tone: pos Patron
Mnemonic: The boss thinks he is a Patron saint. Example: Peggy was the Patron of
many artists
Philanthropist
Mnemonic: Phil is Love and Anthrop means mankind So Love for mankind is what is
shown by a Philanthropist Example: He was a wealthy businessman and philathropist
Root: PHIL means LOVER OF, LIKE
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Imposter Form: noun Tone: neg An imposter is a
person who pretends to be someone else. Someone who tries to convince you that he's
your long lost cousin in order to get an invitation to stay in your awesome
apartment is an imposter. There are good quacks and bad quacks. A good quack is the
sound a duck makes. A bad quack is someone pretending to be a doctor. Demagogue
Form: noun Tone: neg Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning A
charlatan is a quack, a person who is trying to deceive you with false claims.
Beware of charlatans who try to sell you access to the fountain of youth or to a
Ponzi scheme disguised as an exclusive investment fund. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
The guys on the Shopping Channel, who claim to give you rock hard abs on five
minutes a day, are mostly Charlatans. Example: He knows nothing about medicine- he
is a complete Charlatan. Mnemonic: democracy+agog-an agog man leading democracy
will only try to win peoples support by using unreasonable and emotional arguments
Example: There will always be another video, book, or cartoon just waiting to be
exploited by politically savvy Demagogues. Mnemonic: I+m+postera person made a
poster of himself with a celebrity showing every body that I AM in POSTER is a
fraud person Mnemonic: If someone tells you that he has the power to create an
earth quake, he is certainly a Quack. Example: She exposed Dr Jones as a Quack
Mnemonic: Shiny (Ahuja) is a star (Shyster), and you all know what he's done was
unethical. Example: On L.A. Law, respectable attorney Brackman was horrified to
learn
Charlatan
A demagogue is someone who becomes a leader largely because of skills as a speaker

or who appeals to emotions and prejudices.
Form: noun Tone: neg Quack
A shyster is someone who might rip you off or do something unethical in order to
get his way.
Shyster
that his newly discovered half brother was a cheap Shyster. Form: verb Tone: neg If
you know someone is a swindler, stay away from him. Swindlers are scammers who con
people to make a buck. Mnemonic: Movie the great swindle Example: They swindled him
out of hundreds of dollars.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Form: adj Tone: pos Pragmatic Plausible Form: adj
Tone: pos Feasible Form: adj Tone: pos Credible Form: adj Tone: pos Conceivable
Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning If you see yellowish skies on a
humid, spring evening in Kansas, it is entirely conceivable that a tornado is in
the making. That is to say, it's imaginable or even possible, so make sure you take
every conceivable precaution. Someone who's credible is honest and believable. A
pathological liar, for example, might not be the most credible witness for your
case against the bank robber. If something is feasible, then you can do it without
too much difficulty. When someone asks "Is it feasible?" the person is asking if
you'll be able to get something done. If something is plausible, it's reasonable or
believable. Things that are plausible could easily happen. A woman becoming
President is very plausible. A giraffe becoming President is not. To describe a
person or a solution that takes a realistic approach, consider the adjective
pragmatic. The four-year-old who wants a unicorn for her birthday isn't being very
pragmatic. The adjective utilitarian describes something that is useful or
functional. If you are attracted to a car for its storage space and gas mileage -
as opposed to its sparkly tire rims - then chances are you value a car's
utilitarian features. The adjective verisimilar describes something appears to be
true or real, Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: read it as can + see + able = CAPABLE OF
BEING IMAGINED Example: It is a Conceivable that I'll see her tomorrow
Mnemonic: Credible sounds like Believable. Example: It is just not Credible that
she would cheat. Root: CRED means BELIEVE Example: Its just not Feasible to manage
the business on a part time basis
Mnemonic: Plausible rhymes with possible Example: Her story sounded perfectly
Plausible
Mnemonic: PRA + gma + TIC = PRA + c + TIC + al Example: a Pragmatic approach to

management problems Mnemonic: utility comes from usefulness. Example: this is a
plain Utilitarian kitchenware
Form: adj Tone: pos Utilitarian
Mnemonic: remember veriserum from Harry Potter

Verisimilar
but may not be. If you want to impress your friends, remark on the verisimilar
portrait of lost love in that foreign film you all went to see.
which makes you tell the truth even if you don't drink a drop of it Example: a
Verisimilar tale Root: VER means TRUE. Mnemonic: vi(VIV=LIFE) + ABLE....so some
one who is ABLE to live his LIFE. Example: this is a Viable option
Form: adj Tone: pos Viable
When something is viable, the adjective refers to something workable with the
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Prude Form: noun Tone: neg Use prude to describe
someone who is too concerned with being proper or modest. It is a derogatory label
affixed most often to girls or women who are not forthcoming romantically-it's
not very nice. The sanctimonious person sounds like a hypocrite when he preaches to
a friend about the evils of drugs, while he drinks one beer after another. Prig
Form: noun Tone: neg Hypocritical Form: noun Tone: neg Cant Words Relation to Group
Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning Mnemonic/Example Cant is language Mnemonic: monks
repeated so often and so will be ChANT ing mechanically that it's mantras . its
known essentially empty of only for saints and meaning. monks Example: His speech
was full of moral, religious and social Cant. Hypocritical involves acting in a way
that goes against your stated beliefs. If you drive drunk despite the fact that you
are the president of Students Against Drunk Driving, you are truly hypocritical. a
person regarded as arrogant and annoying Mnemonic: A hippo who says 'i am very
clean' but who lives in hippo grit is one who contradicts her own statements
Example: Charles was a liar and a hypocrite who married her for money. Mnemonic:
PIGGish people don't take much care on propriety but PrigGISH people do. Example:
He was in danger of becoming Priggish and opinionated. Mnemonic: Can be thought as
an antonym of CRUDE. Also, when crude oil is refined we get PURE oil and hence it
can be called PURITAN also. Example: The people of the Victorian Age were such
Prudes! Mnemonic: Just because he SANCT (relate it to sanction)SOM MONEY to us
don't mean he's all religious. Example: I wish she had stopped being Sanctimonious
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Brevity Form: noun Tone: pos The noun brevity means
shortness or conciseness. If you give a report on agriculture in the northern
hemisphere in 3 minutes, you have done it with incredible brevity. When you
condense something, you cut it down and trim it. You may love every word of your
1000-page novel, but you'll have to condense the plot into a 2-page summary for
your editor. Laconic is an adjective that describes a style of speaking or writing
that uses only a few words, often to express complex thoughts and ideas. A more
laconic way to write that last sentence might be this: laconic means brief. Abridge
Form: verb Tone: neut So the editor wants to cut your epic 800-page history of the
stapler to a 150page summary instead. Don't cry - he just wants to abridge your
masterpiece, trimming it down to the more readable essential elements. Words
Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neut Meaning To abbreviate is to shorten. Words
are often abbreviated, like when we say sked instead of schedule. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: abbreviate consists of brevity(means brief)..so the meaning would be 'to
make brief' Example: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is
Abbreviated to NASA. Mnemonic: a+bridge..well bridges are meant to reduce the gap
between something..so abridging..something means reducing or shortening something.
Example: She has been asked to Abridge the movie for television. Mnemonic: brief +
tea session,tea time is short Example: Charles Dickens was not known for his
Brevity Mnemonic: Imagine a cone-shaped cloud: the cloud has cone dents where parts
of it have changed from a gas into a liquid Example: Condense the soup by boiling
it for several minutes. Mnemonic: LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech,
specify that she used very few words to portray her ideas. Example: a Laconic
comment
Abbreviated
Form: verb Tone: neut Condense
Laconic
Any word or sound made Example: Ralph grew up of just one syllable can increasingly
Monosyllabic Form: adj Tone: neut Reticent
be described with the adjective monosyllabic. Reticent means either quiet or

restrained. If you're reticent about your feelings, you like to keep them to
yourself, and you're probably quiet in rowdy groups where everyone is talking over
each other. Something that is succinct is short and clear. If you're going to be
interviewed on television about your new book and only have a five minute slot,
you'll need to come up with a succinct version of your story. omit a sound or
letter in a word
Monosyllabic as the evening progressed. Mnemonic: Cent (Saint) is stereotypically

reluctant to speak or draw attention to themselves. Example: She was shy and
Reticent. Mnemonic: SUCK+INK brief/summary of story sucks less ink on the paper
Example: Keep your answers as succint as possible Example: The patterned holes in
the paper kept coming and turned into Syncopated sweetness before your eyes. Root:
SYN- means WITH,TOGETHER. Mnemonic: meaning of tacit = silent. so meaning of tacit
+ urn = Taciturn = silent person , untalkative Example: He Is a Taciturn and
serious young man
Form: adj Tone: neut Succinct
Form: adj Tone: neut Syncopate
Form: adj Tone: neut/neg Taciturn
Someone who is taciturn is reserved, not loud and talkative. The word itself refers
to the trait of reticence, of seeming aloof and uncommunicative. A taciturn person
might be snobby, naturally quiet, or just shy.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Reiterate Rehash Form: verb Tone: neutral
Regurgitate Form: verb Tone: neut/pos To regurgitate is to bring already swallowed
food back up through one's throat and out the mouth. Not so nice in humans, much
more understandable (if still gross) in birds - who feed their baby chicks by
regurgitating. present or use over, with no or few changes Recapitulate Words
Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neut Meaning To recapitulate means to go back
and summarize. At the end of an oral report, you might say, "So, to recapitulate,
I've made three points," and then you name them. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: sounds
like recap....if you have noticed , whenever you watch a serial ,before it starts
they always give the recap of what happened the previous day Example: to
Recapitulate briefly, the three main points are these Root: Prefix RE means to
REPEAT. Mnemonic: When you gargle you re(gurg)itate the water Example: For the
exam, you must be able to Regurgitate the information Root: Prefix RE means to
REPEAT. Example: He just Rehashes songs from the 60's Root: Prefix RE means to
REPEAT. Mnemonic: Break it like = Reiterate= RE+UTTER+IT i.e to say again Example:
Let me Reiterate that we are fully committed to this policy Root: Prefix RE means
to REPEAT.
Form: verb Tone: neut
To reiterate something is to say or do something again, or many times. Let me

reiterate: if you repeat yourself, you're reiterating the thing you originally
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Forbear Form: verb Tone: neut To stop yourself from
saying or doing something that you could or would like to say or do Celibacy Form:
adj Tone: neut Abstinence Form: noun Tone: neut If you are a chocolate lover you'll
have to show great restraint when the dessert cart rolls over if you are practicing
abstinence, another word for "refraining." It might take a lot of willpower not to
throw yourself at the cart. Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut Meaning
Reserve abstemious for someone who exercises restraint, especially with regard to
alcohol. A rock musician may sing about enjoying wine and women, but in his private
life he may be abstemious. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: focus on 'abs' part of this
word. Abs...To build a six-pack abs, eat and drink carefully Example: He was a
hardworking man with Abstemious habits Root: AB means AWAY FROM Mnemonic: ABS THIN
ence. A person maintained Abstinence when he restrained from pleasant things like
food and drinks!!! Example: practicing Abstinence from chocolates is impossible for
her. Mnemonic: A CELIBATE is far from CELEBRATING life. Example: He has been
celibate all his life Mnemonic: We must be willing to wait patiently FOR the BEAR
to leave as we stay tucked in a tight ball face down. Example: He wanted to answer
back,but he forbore from doing so. Example: He has Moderate salary demands
Abstemious
When you abstain from pleasures of life, you're practicing celibacy.
Form: adj Tone: neut Moderate
A moderate voter is someone who is politically speaking, in the center. In other

words, they are not quite left or right, but somewhere in the middle When someone
burps in a quiet classroom it can be hard to refrain from laughing. Use the verb
refrain if you have a sudden impulse to do something, and you have stopped yourself
from doing it.
Form: verb Tone: neut Refrain
Mnemonic: refrain...we resist from getting wet in the "rain" in rainy season.
Example: please Refrain from smoking
Form: adj Tone: neut Temperate
Temperate means mild, moderate. If you're a temperate person, you are calm,
reasonable. If you live in a temperate climate it's warm and sunny, but not too
hot. Indulge is a verb that means "to give in to something," like when you indulge
your craving for chocolate by eating a big piece of it.
Mnemonic: Temperatehe has taken over his temper, that is have controlled it
Example: He is Temperate in his eating and drinking Example: They went into town to
indulge in some serious shopping
Form: verb Tone: pos X Indulge
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Opalescent Lustrous Form: adj Tone: pos Luminous
Form: adj Tone: pos Iridescent Form: adj Tone: neut Incandescent Words Relation to
Group Form: adj Tone: neut/neg Meaning When heated, coals become incandescent,
which means that they glow red-hot. When you're heated up by an argument, chances
are you're incandescent with, or characterized by the intense emotion of
frustration. Iridescent is an adjective that means lustrous and pearly, giving off
a brilliant sheen like an oil slick or, well, a pearl. Luminous means full of or
giving off light. During the winter holidays, with all their emphasis on light, you
can see luminous displays of candles everywhere. In shampoo commercials, the hair
you see swinging is lustrous. It is brilliant, in the shiny sense. If you're
familiar with the way that the gemstone opal shimmers like a pearl, then you'll
understand that something opalescent reflects the light in the same way.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: IN the LIGHT of the SCENTED CANDLE.. Example: an
Incandescent musical performance
Mnemonic: irid means iris and iris helps us distinguish colours Example: a bird
with iridiscent bright colors Mnemonic: remember Luminous INVERTERS ad by
dhoni...brightful Example: he was staring with large Luminous eyes Mnemonic: luster
means shinny. Example: she has thick Lustrous hair Mnemonic: opal comes from
iris.. which is the part of the eye..eyes helps us experience colors.. and
Opalescent means lustrour colors.. Example: the pearls had an Opalescent luster
Mnemonic: Refulgent sounds like detergent.. use detergent to make things shine
Example: the Refulgent sun
Form: adj Tone: pos Refulgent
If someone tells you that you have refulgent eyes, they mean that your eyes shine
brightly, like the stars. This suggests that your special someone is the poetic
type, since refulgent is a literary way of saying "bright." Something scintillating
is flashing briefly and sharply with light. Scintillating conversations are smart
and captivating.
Form: adj Tone: pos Scintillating
Mnemonic: Scintillating === ILLUMINATING Example: this was a Scintillating

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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Ostentatious Form: adj Tone: neg Reach for the
adjective ostentatious when you want a flashy way to say - well, "flashy" or
"showy." Grandiose Form: adj Tone: neg Flaunt Form: verb Tone: neg Flaunt is "to
display proudly or show off," like when you flaunt your new Italian leather jacket
by wearing it to the beach and pretending you're cold to make sure everyone sees
it. You've got big plans. Huge plans. Whatever it is, it's going to blow minds and
absolutely rock worlds! Well, to some people those plans might sound a bit
grandiose. Flamboyance Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning
extravagant elaborateness Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: flamboyant ~ flame + boy;
imagine a boy wearing a T-shirt with pictures of flame on it. will it not be
flamboyant? Example: he was flamboyant on and off the stage. Mnemonic: Flaunt
>Friend's aunt; my Friend's aunt always Flaunts. Example: he did not believe in
Flaunting his wealth.
Mnemonic: Grandiose=Grand+Expose. Think of it as IMPRESSIVELY HUGE assets which are

RIDICULOUSLY EXAGGERATED but they are fake Example: he could no longer live the
Grandiose lifestyle to which he had become accustomed Mnemonic:
Ostentatious....read it as Stuntatious....Stunts...you perform stunts to attract
attention, showy. Example: she wore Ostentatious gold jewelry
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Gaudy Form: adj Tone: neg Garish Form: adj Tone:
neg Use the adjective garish to describe something that is overly vivid, bright,
showy, and in bad taste - like the DJ's garish outfit that is a flashback to the
disco era. Bedizen Form: verb Tone: neg (X) Sobriety Words Relation to Group Form:
noun Tone: pos Meaning Sobriety is the state of being sober, which can mean either
not intoxicated or being solemn. If he takes a drink, an alcoholic ends a stretch
of sobriety. You might note sobriety in the stands when your team is losing.
Bedizen means to decorate yourself or something else to the max - in an over-thetop
flashy style. Picture big jewels and gold bling. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: sounds
like SOBER Example: She was a model of honesty and sobriety
Mnemonic: Bedizen can be remembered as 'bad design dress' Example: i told it would
be a disaster to let your mother decorate this place, just look how she has
Bedizened it. Mnemonic: Imagine if someone GARNISHES too oddly ! puts everything,
and makes it gaudy ! Example: this dress is a little to garisg for my taste
Something that's gaudy is Example: she always showy, bright and wears Gaudy colors.
definitely tacky. So think twice about that gaudy rainbow-colored suit and shiny
gold shoes ensemble. Have you ever heard the phrase "fake it until you make it"?
That is advice that encourages you to be meretricious, pretending to be something
you aren't, like the meretricious flaunting of gigantic fake diamond earrings,
pretending they are real and tha Tawdry means cheap, shoddy, or tasteless. It
can be used to describe almost anything from clothes to people to even events or
affairs. Mnemonic: Meretricious = Mere + Tricious. 'Mere' means trifle or something
less important Example: Bill has been involved in several Meretricious relations
Mnemonic: ORIGINALLY THE WORD IS DERIVED FROM AUDRYLACE,A PLACE IN BRITAIN WHERE
CHEAP AND SHOWY LACE(PROB OF SHOES) WERE SOLD Example: She wore
Form: adj Tone: neg
Meretricious
Form: adj Tone: neg
Tawdry
a Tawdry necklace to the ball.
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Form: noun Tone: neut Verbiage Prolix Form: adj
Tone: neut A book that feels like it is several hundred pages longer than it needs
to be is prolix. The word simply means that something has too many words and goes
on too long. Verbiage is what it sounds like - a lot of words: verbs, nouns,
adjectives and all the other parts of speech. Usually, verbiage means a few too
many words - like the excessive verbiage in a legal document. Verbose describes a
person, speech, or piece of writing that uses many words, usually more words than
necessary. If you talk too much, you can be described as verbose, and so can your
history paper if you didn't do the research and are just tried to take Voluble
describes someone who talks a lot, like your aunt who cant stop telling you to
cut your hair or a political candidate who makes twenty speeches on the day before
the election. Loquacious Form: adj Tone: neut A loquacious person talks a lot,
often about stuff that only they think is interesting. You can also call them
chatty or gabby, but either way, they're loquacious. Garrulous Words Relation to
Group Form: adj Tone: neut Meaning A garrulous person just wont stop talking
(and talking, and talking, and talking...). Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: "Girls,
rule us!" They rule us in their ability to talk non-stop about any topic. Example:
He became positively Garrulous whenever extremely happy Mnemonic: it is derived
from the root word 'loqua'... which refers to SPEECH or TALK Example: She is a
Loquacious lady who never runs out of stories to tell. Root: LOQ means SPEAK
Mnemonic: Prolix=prolonged +lexico graphy Example: a Prolix lecturer telling you
more than you want to know Mnemonic: relate it to verbose! Example: use concise
military Verbiage
Verbose
Mnemonic: VER for verbal BOSE for boss; so you may say that your boss is
excessively verbal or talkitive. Example: She is a Verbose speaker
Voluble
Mnemonic: Remember "volume" in TV controls. It's related to sound. This Voluble is

also related to speaking. Example: Evelyn was very Voluble on the
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LOTS OF WORDS WITHOUT DECEPTION Form: adj Tone: pos Guileless Dupe Form: verb Tone:
pos Credulous Form: adj Tone: pos People who believe things easily without having
to be convinced are credulous. Sales people are always hoping that someone
credulous picks up the phone during a sales call. Credence/ Credible Artless Words
Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning Yes, artless could mean lacking in
art, but more often it means lacking in superficiality or deceit. An artless person
could never make a living as a con artist. Credence means truthfulness, or
believability. A video of a funnel cloud entering Central Park would give credence
to rumors of a tornado in Manhattan. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: art + less, without
having any art(skill) Example: the Artless sincerity of a young child Mnemonic:
Credence: imagine that a shopkeeper is giving you credit because he has confidence
in you, that you would return it someday Example: They could give no credence to
the findings of the survey Mnemonic: Relate the word Credulous to Credibility
(bearing truth) Example: He is Credulous on the one hand and intensely loyal on the
other.
A dupe is a furry, ceremonial Example: They soon hat occasionally worn during
realized they had ancient pagan rituals... or been Duped not. Dupe actually means
trick or deceive. We re sorry we tried to dupe you into believing the wrong
definition. If you are guileless, you are not a liar; you are innocent, and you
might be a touch on the gullible side. Mnemonic: "guile" means to decieve
guile+less means no deception, only honesty. Example: She had the Guileless
innocence of a child. Mnemonic: Gullible = Gull + ible = girl/galli + able A girl
who is able to be tricked or deceived easily Example: the advertisement is aimed at
Gullible young women worried about their
Form: adj Tone: pos
If you are gullible, the joke is on you because you are easily fooled.
Gullible
weight Form: adj Tone: pos Ingenuous Someone who is ingenuous shows a childlike
innocence, trust, and openness. One of the things kindergarten teachers value is
the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively ingenuous-their
open, trusting natures are a joy. No one likes being called naive, since it means
you lack sophistication or street smarts. Mnemonic: In genuine relationship people
are naive and trusting to each other. Example: You are too Ingenuous. Root: In
means NOT Mnemonic: sounds as "naya", some one who is new is inexperienced Example:
I can't believe you were so Nave as to trust him.
Form: adj Tone: pos Nave
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Groups ALONE / LONELY CARELESS CONFIRM / DECLARE/ GIVE UP (X) EASILY AFFECTED
EXAMINE CAREFULLY EXPRESS USING GESTURES FRIENDLY HIDE / COVER / DISGUISE IMITATE /
COMIC IMITATION INSPIRING FEAR OR RESPECT INTERVENOR / LEAD IRRITABLE / BAD
TEMPERED OFFENSIVE / LUSTY OFFICE OR JOB RELATED RESPECT SECRET TAKE AWAY FORCIBLY
TEMPTING / EXCITING TO IRRITATE / MAKE ANGRY TO THINK UNWELCOME INTRUSION WISE,
SHORT SAYING Form: adj Tone: Negative/ Neutral If you are a lone wolf, a rugged
individualist, an island unto yourself you prefer to be solitary or alone. Seclude
Form: verb Tone: Negative/ Neutral when you seclude others, you separate them from
other people. Recluse Form: noun Tone: Negative/ Neutral Loner Form: noun Tone:
Neutral when a person avoids others company or assistance we call him a Loner. A
recluse lives alone, works alone, eats alone, and generally stays away from other
people. Form: noun Tone: Negative/ Neutral Isolation Hermit Words Relation to Group
Form: noun Tone: Neutral Meaning a hermit is someone who likes to be alone, far
from the crowd because of religious beliefs. People who are isolated are completely
cut off from the rest of the world. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: The root of the word
is the Greek eremos, meaning solitary. Hermit does not permit a social life.
Example: It was an attempt to live by himself and to himself, in fact, to turn
modern Hermit. Mnemonic: Isolation sounds like solo or alonesounds like I (me) -
solation- solo. So, I am solo or alone Example: Many unemployed people experience
feelings of Isolation and depression. Root: prefix ISO means EQUAL. Mnemonic: Loner
sounds like lonely and it means the same. Example: I am a Loner by nature, love to
keep to myself. Mnemonic: Think of the Brown Recluse spider, who likes to hide out
in dark old boots or undisturbed corners of the basement. re- means again, claudere
means to shut. Example: Reclusion from the crowd seems soothing at time but one
cannot live in that, all alone all the time. Mnemonic: The root is Latin,
Secludere, which means "shut off' from se, "apart" and cludere, "to shut." OR think
like this: Se means apart from and clude sounds like include..so not including
oneself Example: After Mr. Parks death, praising him was taboo, and his
daughter, who never married, has lived a Secluded life. Mnemonic: Solitary comes to
us from the Latin solus, which means alone. Note its similarity to words like solo
which means Solitary or alone. Example: She enjoys long Solitary walks.
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SHORT SAYING Form: adj Tone: Neutral That teacher's demands are stringent - she
wants the homework typed in her favorite font, on special paper, and each essay
must be exactly 45 lines! Slipshod Form: adj Tone: Negative Form: adj Tone:
Negative Remiss If it's your turn to bring in the coffee and donuts for your early
morning meeting, and you forget, then your co-workers can say that you were remiss
in fulfilling your responsibility when someone does something in a slipshod manner
they do it in a way that is careless and sloppy. Negligent Form: adj Tone: Negative
You can be negligent at work if you let the work pile up while you play computer
games. Lax Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: Negative Meaning to be extremely
careless. A paperclip chain used as a bike lock? That would be an example of lax
security. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Lax sounds like LaxUS, which in Latin means
Loose. It can also be remembered as a RELaxED attitude. Example: The entire class
performed incredibly well on the test, largely due to the sleepy professor's Lax
supervision Mnemonic: Negligent comes from the Latin word neglegentia, meaning
"carelessness." Example: Fining Negligent smokers can reduce the number of smokers
in public. Mnemonic: Remiss sounds like you missed doing something again. Example:
We were Remiss in not sending thank-you notes for our wedding gifts Mnemonic: An
easy way to remember the meaning of Slipshod is to note that "shod" (inferior in
quality) is part of "shoddy," a shoddy slipper led to an acute foot pain. Example:
The crops are gathered in the same Slipshod way. How do we get profits from it?
Mnemonic: Stringent sounds like ASTRINGENT, which we use if we have pimples on the
face. Applying an astringent tightens the pores and lessen the pimples. Strict is
being stringent. Example: Stringent safety procedures prevent accidents in a
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SHORT SAYING Form: verb Tone: Neutral Proclaim Form: verb Tone: Neutral Avow Form:
verb Tone: Neutral Aver Form: verb Tone: Neutral Ascertain Affirm Words Relation to
Group Form: verb Tone: Neutral Meaning To affirm something is to give it a big
"YES" or to confirm that it is true. Ascertain is a verb that means to find out
something. You might have to go to the bank to ascertain if there is any money in
your account. To aver is to declare something is true or to state. This verb has a
serious tone, so you might aver something on a witness stand or you might aver that
you won't back down to a challenge. When you avow something, you say it openly for
the whole world to hear. If you're a witness in a trial, you'll be asked to take an
oath in which you'll avow that you'll tell the truth. "I proclaim the Olympic Games
open." Every two years with words similar to these, the Olympic games officially
begin. To proclaim is to exclaim or declare. Sometimes someone in power might
decide to give up that power and step down from his or her position. When they do
that, they abdicate their authority, giving up all duties and perks of the job.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Affirm sounds like Confirm Example: I can Affirm that no
one will lose their job. Mnemonic: As Certain as ever! Example: A great detective
must always Ascertain his beliefs.
Form: verb Tone: Neutral
Mnemonic: A VERy confident statement! Example: She Averred that she had never seen
the man before.
Mnemonic: A: VOW Example: They Avowed their undying love for each other.
Mnemonic: Sounds like claim Example: The day was Proclaimed a public holiday.
X Abdicate
Mnemonic: abdicate sounds like dictate, with a twist in the meaning. Dictate is to
Rule and Abdicate is to give up that rule Example: Sonia Gandhi abdicated the
position of Prime Minister and surprised the whole world Root: AB refers to AWAY
FROM.
Form: verb Tone: Positive
Abjure means to swear Mnemonic: If your abs feel off, and it applies to pain, you
might want to something you once forgo that intensive ab
X Abjure
believed. You can abjure a religious faith, you can abjure your love of another
person, and you can abjure the practice of using excessive force in interrogation.
Form: verb Tone: Negative The verb abnegate means to deny or renounce something.
Scientists abnegate the existence of little green spacemen from Mars.
workout. Example: When the five year old got abs injured his mother advised that he
forgo his thousand situps a day Root: AB refers to AWAY FROM. Mnemonic: ab-Negate,
Negate means to reject or to stop something from happening. Example: The king
abnegated his power to the ministers. Root: AB refers to AWAY FROM. Example: Cuba
was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898. Mnemonic: for- expresses negativity, sake
means in the interest of; forsake means to abandon Example: She promised his wife
that he will never forsake her. Mnemonic: I Swear to forgo all fatty sweets and
look slim and trim all my life. Example: He foreswore cigarettes as his New Year's
resolution. Mnemonic: Relin(Release)+quish(wish); So release ur wish Example: He
was forced to relinquish control of the company.
X Abnegate
X Cede
Form: verb Tone: Negative Form: verb Tone: Negative
To cede is to give up or surrender land, position, or authority. To forsake another

person is to leave them entirely, usually in a moment of need.
X Forsake
Form: verb Tone: Negative X Forswear
To forswear is to give up an idea, belief, or habit that youve had previously.

New Years is a popular time to forswear anything from sweets to bad
relationships. If you relinquish something, you let it go. You relinquish control
of the army when you resign as general. Your relinquish your plan to sneak into
town when your parents find out what's going on. To renounce is to officially give
up or turn away from. People on a diet usually renounce pizza and chocolate cake,
for example.
Form: verb Tone: Neutral X Relinquish
Form: verb Tone: Negative X Renounce
Mnemonic: Satyam announce to renounce Ramalinga Raju Example: Will James renounce
his throne in favor of his son? Root: RE refers to AGAIN or BACK.
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IMITATE / COMIC IMITATION INSPIRING FEAR OR RESPECT INTERVENOR / LEAD IRRITABLE /
BAD TEMPERED OFFENSIVE / LUSTY OFFICE OR JOB RELATED RESPECT SECRET TAKE AWAY
FORCIBLY TEMPTING / EXCITING TO IRRITATE / MAKE ANGRY TO THINK UNWELCOME INTRUSION
WISE, SHORT SAYING Vulnerable Form: adj Tone: Negative Use the adjective vulnerable
to describe something or someone open to being physically or emotionally wounded,
like a newborn chick or an overly sensitive teenager. Susceptible Subject to Form:
n Tone: Negative It can mean "to make someone do something," as in "Don't let your
dad subject you to an hour-long lecture on fishing." If you are susceptible to
something such as infections or earaches, it means you are likely to become sick
with these things. Mnemonic: Susceptible sounds like suspect, so suspected to be
easily influenced by someone. Example: Salt intake may lead to high blood pressure
in Susceptible adults. Mnemonic: In Latin, vulnerare means to wound; able to be
wounded or woundable. Example: In cases of food poisoning, young children are
especially Vulnerable. Form: adj Tone: Negative The path of least resistance is
where you'll find prone: it refers to whatever you're likely to do. Impervious (X)
Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: Positive Meaning An impervious surface is
one that can't be penetrated. The word is often followed by "to," as in "His steely
personality made him impervious to jokes about his awful haircut." Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: IMmeans not, pervius means having a way through; impervious means
impenetrable. Example: She is impervious or not affected by criticism. Root: IM
means NOT Mnemonic: Pro+One: liking towards one. Example: People with fair skin who
sunburn easily are very Prone to develop skin cancer.
Form: adj Tone: Negative
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EXAMINE CAREFULLY EXPRESS USING GESTURES FRIENDLY HIDE / COVER / DISGUISE Peruse
WISE, SHORT SAYING
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Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: Neutral
Meaning Window shopping and scanning the newspaper for interesting headlines are
forms of browsing.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: browse means the same as peruse. Example: There was so
much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing. Mnemonic: Peruse
is like read as per use. To read what is required. Example: A copy of the report is
available for you to Peruse at your leisure. Root: Prefix PER means THROUGH
Mnemonic: When you pore yourself completely over something and you are hell bent on
understanding the concepts. Example: His lawyers are poring over the fine print in
the contract. Mnemonic: Scrutiny is known to all of us. Example: She leaned forward
to Scrutinize their faces.
Browse#
Traditionally, peruse has meant to read or examine something carefully. If you are
visiting a library or a bookstore, you might find yourself perusing the shelves.
examine carefully.
Pore Over
Form: verb Tone: Neutral Scrutinize
If you want to examine something closely and go over every single detail, then you
should scrutinize it. Like the way your mom probably assesses your outfit before
you leave the house for a party.
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: Neutral
Meaning A charade is something done just for show. Your devotion to vegetarianism
would be a charade if you actually ate cheeseburgers when no one was looking. When
you gesticulate, you make sweeping and excited movements with your hands when
speaking. Someone describing a scary car accident might gesticulate wildly. A mime
is a performer who uses exaggerated facial expressions and body movements - instead
of words - to communicate with his audience.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: back to school time activities: act out the name of a
movie using hands only.sign language. Example: Let's play Charades. Mnemonic:
latin, gestus means action. Example: She was shouting and gesticulating from the
other side of the road. Mnemonic: consider 'Mime' as short-form of mimicry without
words Example: The actor mimicked the President very accurately Root: Mime is to
COPY. Mnemonic: Tushaar Kapoor performs a Pantomime in Golmaal movies Example: This
is a magical tale told through Pantomime and song
Charade
Form: verb Tone: Neutral Gesticulate
Form: noun Tone: Neutral
Mime
Form: noun Tone: neutral
Pantomime
If you make a motion with your hands to indicate eating ice cream, you are using
pantomime.Parents often use this wordless communication to try to keep things from
the kids. Unfortunately, the kids usually catch on quickly especially if there is
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SHORT SAYING Form: noun Tone: positive a feeling of friendship and trust among
people who work or spend a lot of time together Amicable Form: adj Tone: positive
Amicable is being friendly. Amiable Form: adj Tone: positive Aloof (X) Form: adj
Tone: Negative Someone showing aloofness might be shy, or just really doesn't want
to be around people. A friendly, pleasant person could be described as amiable.
Affable Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: positive Meaning If the adjective
affable applies to you, it means that you are friendly and pleasant. A snarling
junkyard dog is not affable. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Arrange this word like
this: Aff for affection and able. So a person who is capable of being affectionate
is Affable. Example: Mr Brook is an extremely Affable and approachable person.
Mnemonic: Aloof is away from crowd. Example: My nervousness expressed itself as
aloofness: overly judgmental, overly cool Mnemonic: The Prefix AM refers to Love.
So a person who has a loving attitude and is friendly should be Amiable. Example:
Two Amiable people who no longer want to be married to one another might have an
amicable divorce. Root: prefix AM means LOVE. Mnemonic: The Prefix AM refers to
Love. So a person who has a loving attitude and is friendly should be Amicable.
Example: The end of a romantic relationship that's less than Amicable might involve
broken dishes or broken bones. Root: prefix AMI means LOVE Mnemonic: break it up
into Camara + de + rie.. you give or share your room with your friends with whom
you have mutual trust.. goodfellowship. Example: The games are designed to
differentiate the line between competition and Camaraderie. Mnemonic: Compliansance
sounds like
Camaraderie
ready to accept and doing what others

want you to do. Complaisance
Comply which means to agree to everyones opinion. Example: She was a complaisant
wife and dutiful daughter. Root: COM means TOGETHER. Mnemonic: conmeans together,
genialis means nuptial, productive; Congenial means goodhumored Example: It always
feels great to work in a Congenial environment. Root: Con means TOGETHER. Mnemonic:
Con' means together, and VIV means lively. So when together you call for a lively
environment with your friends, its called Convivial Example: She is a woman of
convival nature, very fun loving. Root: Con means TOGETHER. Mnemonic: You can
relate it to 'chord' that joins/connects two people, and hence calls for a Cordial
relation. Example: Justice Thomas did not address the controversy directly, but he
said relationships on the court are Cordial. Mnemonic: fraternity comes from the
Latin word, Fraternus, which means brotherly. Example: The recession has created an
atmosphere where disparate groups fraternise in an atmosphere of mutual support.
Mnemonic: Genial sounds like Genuinely Friendly. Example: Bob was always Genial and
welcoming , a warm hearted Genial host Mnemonic: it's from the Latin word grex,
meaning "herd (animals that live in groups)." Not surprisingly, people began using
it to describe humans who liked being in groups. Example: She is very outgoing and
Gregarious.
Form: adj Tone: positive
Congenial
If you're trying to decide which of your friends to take on a road trip, choose the
most congenial one. Definitely like minded and friendly.
If someone is called 'life of the party' she can be called convival.
Convivial
Cordial
Use cordial to describe a greeting or relationship that is friendly and sincere.
Form: verb Tone: positive
Fraternize
You many not realise it, but when you hang out with your buds, your fraternize.
That is you associate in a friendly manner.
Genial
If you're friendly and outgoing, you're genial. You can be a genial host or a
genial guest. If you know someone who's outgoing, sociable, and fond of the company
of others, you might want to call her gregarious.
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WISE, SHORT SAYING Form: adv Tone: Neutral Guise Form: noun Tone: Neutral Feign
Form: verb Tone: Neutral Dissemble Form: verb Tone: Neutral Form: noun Tone:
Neutral Camouflage Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: Neutral Meaning
Camouflage is to hide, like the leafcolored and patterned uniforms worn by soldiers
who want to blend in with their natural surroundings. An over-sized, dark raincoat
you wear when you don't want your friends to see you're going to the movies without
them., is a Cloak. To dissemble is to pretend that you don't know something, to
pretend that you think one way when you act another way. For a more formal way to
say pretend to or imitate, choose the verb feign. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Camouflage is in relation to a chameleon (lizard) who keeps changing its colors
according to sorroundings and to hide from the enemy. Example: The leopard's spots
act as (a) Camouflage. Mnemonic: If you were a famous person who wanted to go out
alone, you might Cloak your identity with a Cloak. Example: Cloaking an issue never
helps you get rid of it, you should face it. Mnemonic: If you don't want to re-
semble (to look like someone else) yourself, dis-semble (hide your identity)
yourself. Example: She was a very honest person who was incapable of dissembling.
Mnemonic: Feign sounds like Fake and the meaning remains the same. Example: A
present for me? she asked with Feigned surprise. Mnemonic: Guise sounds like
disGuise. Both means the art of hiding Example: The story appears in different
Guises in different cultures.
Guise, a noun, is the art of pretending to be something you aren't, like when, in
the guise of an invited guest, you fake your way into the party of the century.
When you want to do something and not be recognized, go incognito - hiding your
true identity.
Incognito
Mnemonic: consider the word RECOGNITiOn. Incognito can be remembered as IN(-ve

prefix)+rRECOGNITiOn, i.e avoiding recognition among the public and to do that you
conceal your identity o name. Example: Movie stars often prefer to travel
Incognito. Root: COG meanS to KNOW.
Form: noun Tone: Neutral Masquerade
If you masquerade as a sweet, kindhearted person, you present that image to the
world, hiding your true identity as a jerk who has rage issues. The fog might
shroud the valley, or that long-sleeved, anklelength dress might shroud the tan you
worked so hard on in Mexico over Christmas break. A travesty is a silly imitation,
like a tall young man dressed up like a little old lady
Mnemonic: Maquerade sounds like mask. To hide behind a mask. Example: He was tired
of the Masquerade and wanted the truth to come out.
Form: noun Tone: Neutral Shroud
Mnemonic: Shroud sounds like crowd. Like a crowd covers a place which would
otherwise be silent and vacant, a Shroud is used to cover up a place or thing.
Example: The organization is cloaked in a Shroud of secrecy Mnemonic: In Latin,
transmeans over, vestire means to clothe; in French, travesti means dressed in
disguise; Travesty means an outrageous injustice Example: The trial was a Travesty
of justice.
Form: noun Tone: Neutral Travesty
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SHORT SAYING Form: verb Tone: positive Simulate Parody Form: noun Tone: positive
Mimic Form: verb Tone: positive A mimic is someone who is good at imitating others.
A gifted mimic might be able to imitate one president after another just by
minimally changing facial expression and manner of speaking. A parody is a humorous
or mocking imitation of something, using the same form as the original. To parody a
poem, you have to write another poem. Emulate Form: verb Tone: positive When you
emulate someone, you imitate them, especially with the idea of matching their
success. Burlesque Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: positive Meaning In
contemporary usage, burlesque is a ironic style of entertainment dating back to
medieval times. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: if you want to ridicule Barclay's
premier league than you can write Burlesque premier league. Example: So now it is
time to consider better ways to accomplish these goals, ways that don't turn the
appointment system into Burlesque. Mnemonic: Our friend, the late emu, (emu-late)
sadly died while trying to imitate the flight of an eagle Example: She hopes to
Emulate her sister's athletic achievements. Mnemonic: Mimicry Example: He Mimicked
Rajnikanth in the class
Mnemonic: Parody..parrot..always imitates people often in a humorous way. Example:

His personality made him an easy subject for Parody.
When you simulate Mnemonic: In latin, something you imitate it. similis means like;
Hollywood makeup artists Simulate means can use pencils and gray imitate wigs to
simulate old age in a Example: Roleyoung actor. It can also playing is a useful
mean to model-a way of simulating computer can simulate real-life situations.
disaster scenarios in cities. a composition that imitates or misrepresents
somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Mnemonic: to spell SPOON as Spoof is a
kind of parody,hoax or Spoof Example: It's a Spoof on horror movies.
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: positive
Meaning Awe is a feeling of fear that is mixed with respect and wonder. You might
gaze at the Grand Canyon with awe, marveling at its beauty and fearing its depth.
What do the national debt, your old gym teacher, and your mother-in-law have in
common? They're all formidable - that is, they inspire fear and respect thanks to
their size, or special ability, or unusual qualities.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Awe can be remembered in connection to Awesome Example:

I'm in Awe of your biking skills. Mnemonic: In Latin, formido means terror, dread;
Formidable means awesome, great in size of difficulty Example: In spite of his
Formidable appearance he had a certain charm of manner. Mnemonic: redoubt-able :
Something appears to be so fearful that it makes you doubt again. Example: He was
dreading his interview with the Redoubtable Mrs. Fitton.
Awe
Formidable
Redoubtable
Redoubtable means honorable, maybe even intimidatingly so. If your grandmother

worked tirelessly to raise four kids on her own and start her own taxi cab business
and to this day, keeps all of her cabbies in line, she is without a doubt
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Meaning act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a

wedding
Mnemonic/Example
Form: verb * Officiate Tone: positive

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majority of the words in a cluster. : Words which are neither synonyms nor
antonyms. : The words in this family are used usually in positive context. : The
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SHORT SAYING Curmudgeon Form: noun Tone: Negative Churlish Form: adj Tone: Negative
A churlish person is one whose middle name might as well be Rude. Hes the one
who was never taught to mind his manners and avoid telling vulgar jokes at the
dinner table. Old, cranky, and more than a little stubborn, a curmudgeon is the
crusty grey haired neighbor who refuses to hand out candy to a child and even
snatches the ball which may have fallen in his yard. Choleric Form: adj Tone:
Negative Are you easy to tick off? Known to have a short fuse? Then, you could be
described as choleric. Choleric just means you're testy and irritable. Chagrin
Cantankerous Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: Negative Meaning Take care not
to throw your ball into the yard of the cantankerous old man down the street If you
feel chagrin it means that you are embarrassed or distressed as a result of a
failure. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Cantankerous sounds like: RANT HIS ANGER AT US.
Example: He is a Cantankerous old man. Mnemonic: Chagrin: Anita, that poor girl,
she is unlikely to ever grin again after the shame and disappointment she has
endured. Example: To her Chagrin, neither of her sons became doctors. Mnemonic:
Choleric: sounds like CALL A RICK at night in Bangalore and you will be bound to
lose your temper/ Choleric because they charge any amount they want to. Example: He
was a Choleric, self-important little man. Mnemonic: chur(church)+lish(wish)church
wishes always not to behave rude,boorish Example: It might seem Churlish to
critique this engaging film on political grounds Mnemonic: Curmudgeon: Cur means a
dog and a person who keeps freaking out at others like a dog barks all the time.
Example: You are such a terrible old Curmudgeon, why do you keep shouting at my
kids for no reason? Mnemonic: Girls always saying ouch-ouch for every silly thing,
make guys very irritated & Grouchy!!! Now you will always remember this
Form: noun Tone: Negative
An irritable and unpleasant mood is being grouchy.
Grouchy
Example: On average, people are chirpier when they wake up and become Grouchy as
the day wears on. Form: adj Tone: Negative It's the kind of short, brusque response
you'd give a telemarketer who called you in the middle of dinner right before you
hung up. That when you gruff. If you're irascible, you get angry easily perhaps
blowing up in rage when someone brushes into you. Irritable feeling calls for
testiness. Mnemonic: Gruff is the perfect adjective to describe a irritated old man
who rarely leaves his house and yells at any children who dare to cross his lawn.
Example: Beneath his Gruff exterior, he's really a nice guy. Mnemonic: Root word
for Irascible is IRE: which means ANGER. Example: He had an Irascible temper.
Mnemonic: Testiness sounds like testing of patience. When you lose it, you are
irritated. Example: "Why do you laugh at me?" she inquired, with a frank Testiness
that pleased me better than her other talk.
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SHORT SAYING Form: adj Tone: Negative Lurid Form: adj Tone: Negative When people
are lured into looking at something, they may be drawn to it because it's a
shocking, graphic, or horrible scene, something lurid and very vivid that pulls
them in. Obscene describes something that is morally offensive way. Lewd Leer Form:
adj Tone: Negative A leer is a grin that isn't friendly. A leer means the person
doesn't like you, or even worse, does - in a creepy way. Making lewd remarks are
sexually inappropriate. Personal and sexually explicit comments might be acceptable
when said in private but they are not all right when said to strangers in public.
Lecherous Lascivious Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: Negative Meaning Use
lascivious to describe a person's behavior that is driven by thoughts of sex. If
someone gives you a lascivious smile, they've got only one thing in mind. To be
lecherous is to be full of strong sexual desire and to act on it, usually in an
unpleasant way. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Lascivious means lewd Example: He was
fired for making Lascivious remarks to a co-worker. Mnemonic: lecher means to live
in sin. Any indecent activity is definitely sinful. Example: He had a Lecherous
gleam in his eye. Mnemonic: Leer is to stare without fear. Example: Leering
objectionably at others is utterly frustrating and intolerable. Mnemonic: Lewd
sounds like too loud to appear crude and indecent. Example: His Lewd behavior and
suggestions offended his students and they denied attending his classes. Mnemonic:
In latin, Luridis means pale, yellow, ghastly; thus, Lurid means scandalous,
obscene. Example: She was wearing a Lurid orange and green blouse. Mnemonic: Ob
means against and any scene (movie) that is not worth seeing , is Obscene. Example:
It's Obscene to waste so much on food when millions are starving. Root: Prefix OB
means AGAINST Mnemonic: Ogle sounds like eagle, who always waits to first eye a
victim and then
Obscene
Form: adj Tone: Negative Ogle
When you ogle someone, you look at them with love or desire in mind. And if you're
a cartoon character,
you might also be drooling.
target it. Example: He is not in the habit of ogling at women. Mnemonic: Seamy
reminds me of shoaib akhtar who's a seam bowler and he is so fast that it is Seamy
or unpleasant for the batsman who is facing him. Example: He was always attracted
towards a Seamy way of life. Mnemonic: She lived in very Sordid housing conditions,
under a bridge to be exact, so that the SORE DID not heal properly. Example: It was
a shock to discover the truth about his Sordid past. Mnemonic: He had a vultures
eyes, too eager to scan through distatesful things. Example: The Vulgar decoration
spoilt the mood and ambience of the party.
Seamy
Things that are seamy have lost all morality. Your mother wouldn't approve of you
going to a seamy video arcade, especially not if you went with a group of seamy
people.
Sordid
Describe a person's actions as sordid if they are so immoral or unethical that they
seem dirty. Think of the worst parts of a bad soap opera!
Form: adj Tone: Negative Vulgar
Vulgar is a great word that combines a bunch of different meanings into one, chief
among them: crude, crass, common, uncouth, sometimes raunchy. It depends on who's
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: Negative
Meaning An incumbent is an official who holds an office. If you want to run for
congress, you're going to have to beat the incumbent.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: The head of citibank currently holding an office gets a

bright red ink umbrella that paints him red when it rains Example: Voters are
usually reluctant to toss out Incumbents who bring improvement, however limited.
Mnemonic: Sedentary sounds like sit and do all the entries in the book all day
long, like a cashier or librarian. Example: The researchers say the opportunities
for Sedentary behaviour in modern society such as watching TV, sitting in a car or
using a computer is becoming Mnemonic: Sinecure sounds like insecure. I became very
insecure when my boss assigned me to do a job with few responsibilities; maybe he
doesn't think i'm responsible. Example: Because he was the brother of the CEO, he
was offered a Sinecure in the company: he showed up each day and collected a pay
check, but others actually
Incumbent
Sedentary
Scientists believe that one of the causes of the obesity epidemic sweeping the US
is our sedentary lifestyle. Sedentary means sitting a lot and refers to a person or
job that is not very physically active.
If you have a cushy job one that pays, but involves minimal work then you have
a sinecure.
Sinecure
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SHORT SAYING Hallow Form: adj Tone: positive To hallow is to bless, consecrate, or
render holy by means of religious rites, especially significant religious places or
the relics of saints. Homage means great respect and honor, or something done to
honor a person or thing. We pay homage to our ancestors and say prayers in homage
to their memory. Exalt Form: v Tone: Negative You might like your manager, but if
you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like
royalty. Deference Form: noun Tone: positive Cemmemorate Words Relation to Group
Form: v Tone: positive Meaning To commemorate something means to remember something
and by doing so to honor it, as in We would like to commemorate his many years
of past service by presenting him with this lovely gold watch. Sure you wear
ripped jeans to school every day, but you don't wear them to your grandmother's
house out of deference to her. When you show deference to someone, you make a
gesture of respect. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: come + memory(ative) remembering
something and honouring. Example: A series of movies will be shown to commemorate
the 30th anniversary of his death. Mnemonic: demeans down, away; ferre means to
carry; if you let someone carry away a matter, you are showing respectful
submission or Deference to their competence Example: The DEFinite difFERENCE
between good and bad manners. Mnemonic: In Latin, exmeans out, altus means high;
if you hold someone in 'high' regard, you Exalt or praise them Example: The chefs
gave the young man high praise for inventing an egg flavored salt, and quickly
began to use it in all their sandwiches. Mnemonic: Hallow = Hall+ow; in a prayer
'Hall' religious programs are held Example: Their wedding was Hallowed by a
friendly priest Mnemonic: Homage = Home + Age; In our culture, we respect the aged
persons of our home. Example: He describes his book as a Homage to my
Form: noun Tone: positive Homage

father. Form: v Tone: positive Revere means that to respect someone so deeply
that you almost worship them. Despite the size of the American military, the
American people revere peacemakers like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi.
Rock stars are revered by throngs of devoted fa To venerate is to worship, adore,
be in awe of. You probably don't venerate your teacher or boss; however, you may
act like you do! Mnemonic: In Latin, re- is an intensive prefix; vereri means to
stand in awe or fear Example: From earliest childhood she had been taught to Revere
and love bishops of her church.
Revere
Form: v Tone: positive
Venerate
Mnemonic: In latin venus means beauty, love, desire; you cherish respectfullyor
Venerate something that you love and find beautiful Example: U RATE someone
higher.. you TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT
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SHORT SAYING Oblique Form: adj Tone: negative/ neutral In figurative use, oblique
means indirect or purposely misleading. "What is two plus two?" "Fish!" as an
answer is completely oblique. Furtive Form: adj Tone: Negative Covert Form: adj
Tone: Negative Think soldiers in masks secretly infiltrating an enemy stronghold, a
covert operation is one that no one but the president and a few generals know is
happening. Let's hope the teacher doesn't see your furtive attempts to pass notes
in class! Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: Negative Meaning Pick the
adjective, clandestine, to describe something that is done in secret, like your
clandestine attempts to steal your brother's candy. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Clandestine--break it like clan + destine-What our DESTINy has in store for us
remains a big secret to everyone. Example: The CIA might run a Clandestine
operation to infiltrate terrorist organizations. Mnemonic: Covert sounds like Cover
up and attack secretly. Example: The teachers weren't impressed by the students'
Covert attempt to derail the discussion. Mnemonic: Furtive sounds like 'FLIRT'ive..
So a flirtly look is always SNEAKY...!! Example: She cast a Furtive glance over her
shoulder. Mnemonic: By correcting the clerk's "Mrs." with "That's Ms. now," the
woman made an Oblique reference to her change in marital status. Example: He
referred only Obliquely to their recent problems. Mnemonic: Here's your trick for
remembering the difference between overt and covert: overt = "open," covert =
"covered." Example: There was little overt support for the project. Mnemonic: HULK
SkulkED through the
Clandestine
Overt (X)
An overt attempt to get your teacher off-track might fail. Instead, try asking
subtle questions about her kids, and she'll stay off topic all class.
Form: verb Tone: Negative
Skulking is cowardly. It means hiding out, either

Skulk
because you're trying to pull something off in secret, or you're trying to get out
of doing something you're supposed to be doing. Form: adj Tone: Negative When
you're sly, you're crafty, cunning, tricky, and wily. If you're good at lying,
you're quite sly. Stealth means to do something so quietly and carefully that no
one notices, like the stealth of a kitten sneaking up on a mouse.
city to avoid being noticed by COPS. Example: There was someone Skulking behind the
bushes. Mnemonic: When you LIE you are Sly!! Example: He is as Sly as a fox.
Mnemonic: Stealth and steal come from the same root word and used to mean the same
thing. Example: if you plan a birthday party by Stealth, then the guest of honor
will be pleasantly surprised. Mnemonic: You have to be Surreptitious to text in
class without being caught. Example: The members of the secret society hold
Surreptitious meetings because, well, they're a secret society.
Sly
Stealth
Surreptitious
When someone behaves in a surreptitious way, they're being secretive. They're doing
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SHORT SAYING Preempt Form: verb Tone: Negative If everyone at the lunch meeting is
vying for the last roast chicken sandwich, but you grab it first, you preempt your
colleagues from getting it. Expropriate Form: verb Tone: Negative If you really
like your neighbor's house, you may wish you could expropriate the property. Divest
Form: verb Tone: Negative The extra coats that are taking up space in your closet,,
when you divest them, you get rid of it. Appropriate Words Relation to Group Form:
verb Tone: Negative Meaning To take something, someone's ideas, etc. for your own
use, especially illegally or without permission Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
Appropriate = a + property + iate.. i.e. to make it your own property.. by force if
required.. And also when you are appropriating it your self you are "allocating" it
to yourself. Example: He was accused of appropriating club funds. Mnemonic: In
latin, dimeans apart and vestire means to clothe; you get rid of clothes by selling
them; thus Divest means sell. Example: The company is Divesting itself of some of
its assets. Mnemonic: It sounds a lot like another verb, appropriate and has a
similar meaning..from the common root word: Own Example: a state may Expropriate
property in order to build a new road. Root: EX means OUT OF, FROM Mnemonic: Pre
means before and -empt sounds like attemptSo when you attempt to do something
before anyone else does it is called Preempt Example: A good training course will
Preempt many problems. Root: PRE means BEFORE Mnemonic: Here's the secret to
stealing a chef's power: use herbs Usurp. Example: The old guard being Usurped
by the new.
Form: verb Tone: Negative Usurp
If you take over your neighbor's backyard and claim his in-ground swimming pool as
your own, you might seize control of, or usurp his yard, but he'll probably call
the cops on you.
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EXAMINE CAREFULLY EXPRESS USING GESTURES FRIENDLY HIDE / COVER / DISGUISE Seductive
WISE, SHORT SAYING
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Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: Neutral
Meaning The adjective erotic is often used to describe a person s carnal

desires.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Greek word erotikos, from eros or erot-, meaning

sexual love. Example: An Erotic art seems to be appealing if depicted sensually.
Mnemonic: The word comes from the Latin seducere, meaning draw aside.
Example: Radio people often have Seductive voices that lull you to sleep Mnemonic:
Sensual is related to senses. Example: Food is a great Sensual experience.
Erotic
Form: adj Tone: Neutral
Seductive is an adjective that describes the fascinating magnetic pull that someone
or something has, an attractive quality that tempts you in some way.
Sensual
Form: adj Tone: Neutral
Sensual means physically pleasing.
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SHORT SAYING Harangue Form: verb Tone: Negative A harangue is more than a speech,
louder than a discussion, and nastier than a lecture. Grate Form: noun Tone:
Negative Exasperate Form: verb Tone: Negative To exasperate is to make something
that is already bad even worse, by asking the waiter continuously "what are all the
ingredients in the salad dressing?" and making him repeat the specials five times.
When you grate something you rip it to shreds, similarly someone annoys you
extremely, you feel like you are being grated Disgruntled Words Relation to Group
Form: adj Tone: Negative Meaning When an employee is dissatisfied by her bad
working condition, they are disgruntled. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Disgrunt is
like grunt that is a low sound made when you are not satisfied, angry. Example: I
went to five high schools in four years and was very Disgruntled Root: DIS means
APART, NOT Mnemonic: I become angry getting "eggs as per rate" .Exasperate
Example: Her moods Exasperated him.
Mnemonic: Grater can almost seem as if a cheese Grater has been applied to your
nerves and is slowly ripping them to shreds. Example: He kept staring at her and it
began to Grate on her nerves. Mnemonic: HAR (her) + ANGUE (anger) = she VERBALLY
ATTACKED me because of HER ANGER at me. Example: He walked to the front of the
stage and began to Harangue the audience. Mnemonic: Heckle sounds like tickle. Like
when you are busy doing something and your sister/brother tickles you and
interrupts it is called Heckle. Example: He was Heckled throughout his speech.
Mnemonic:
Heckle
when in a political campaign a leader delivers his speech, and you tend to
interrupt him by shouting or questioning, you are heckling him
Form: noun
If recess gets canceled for

Tone: Negative
Indignation
everyone because two students get into a fight, the rest of the student body will
respond with indignation.
Indignation traces back to the Latin prefix in- "not" and root dignus "worthy" and
means anger at something that is unfair or unjust. Example: The increase in plane
fares has aroused public Indignation. Mnemonic: Fury is a word for "anger" that
should help with this word Example: Her silence Infuriated him even more. Mnemonic:
Irksome sounds like Tiresome and thats the meaning. Example: what an Irksome
task the writing of long letters is Mnemonic: If there is a tiff with someone you
are Miffed. Example: She's a little Miffed that we're not taking her with us.
Mnemonic: Nag sounds like Drag .when you keep dragging on an issue for too long
which is not important any more, its Nagging. Example: My girl friend Nagged me to
cut my hair. Mnemonic: A kid sister, a mosquito, an angry boyfriend, or a hot,
muggy day: all of these are examples of things that might Nettle a person. Example:
Stop nettling when am focussing on my workthe angry brother shrieked out at his
sister. Mnemonic: If someone keeps peeping at you from the back seat of the bus
continuously, you will definitely get irritated/Peeved Example: When a baby sitting
beside you keeps crying
Form: verb Tone: Negative Infuriate
People talking too loudly on their phones, the cancellation of your favorite TV
show is infuriating
Form: adj Tone: Negative Irksome
If your little brother keeps saying the same phrase over and over again, you might
find it irksomeits annoying and tiresome.
Form: adj Tone: Negative Miffed
If you are miffed you are slightly annoyed and hurt because of something which
someone has done or said.
Nag
When you continuously keep finding fault in a person simply because you dont
like them or keep asking for something that your father may not wanting to give
you, you are nagging
Nettle
If you know what a nettle isthat is, a barbed seed that gets stuck in your
clothes and hair..you will know how annoying and irritating it is.
when a person drives too slowly on the highway, it seems to be peevish annoying,
frustrating.
Peeve
while you watching a movie, it seems peevish Form: noun Tone: Negative Pique The
verb pique means to make someone angry or annoyed. Mnemonic: Pique sounds like
prick, when someone or something pricks you get angry. Example: When he realized no
one was listening to him, he left in a fit of Pique.
Vex
If something vexes you, it Mnemonic: Vex bring you irritation, bothers, sounds like
mess, worries. when someone messes around you feel Vexed (irritated) Example: New
research findings announced today offer a small, albeit promising, breakthrough in
addressing the Vexing issue of waste.
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SHORT SAYING Form: noun Tone: neutral/ positive reflect on one's own thoughts and
feelings Deliberate Form: adj Tone: neutral/ positive Contemplate Form: v Tone:
neutral/ positive Before you accept a job offer, or a college's offer of admission,
you should take time to contemplate the pros and cons of your decision. If you
contemplate something, you think about it carefully. To deliberate means to
carefully think or talk something through - it also means slow and measured, the
pace of this kind of careful decision making. If you chose deliberately, you make a
very conscious, well-thought-through choice. Cogitate Words Relation to Group Form:
verb Tone: Positive Meaning Cogitate is a fancy was of saying think hard. If you
spend a lot of time figuring out exactly how your French teacher does her hair, you
are cogitating in order to avoid conjugating. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Cogitate
can be related to cognitive thinking. Cog always means to know, so when you know
about something and have knowledge about the same you think deeply. Example: I have
been cogitating all day about this issue but getting nowhere. Mnemonic: its too
late now to show contempt over this issue. Just think carefully and take a
decision. Example: You are too young to be contemplating retirement. Mnemonic:
Deliberate sounds like Daily-berate, i.e. you are berated or scolded everyday, you
need to think why it is happening with you everyday. Example: The speech was a
Deliberate attempt to embarrass the government. Mnemonic: Intro means inside and
spect means to see. So to look within is Introspection. Example: These situations
are best resolved with the minimum of Introspection or selfanalysis. Root: Intro
means INSIDE and SPECT is to SEE Mnemonic: when you are considering
Introspect
Form: v Tone: neutral/
The verb mull means to think deeply about

positive Mull
something, the way you might mull over your choice of what college to attend.
an offer for 5 days, you are Mulling over it Example: I need some time to Mull it
over before making a decision. Mnemonic: Muse is to use your brains and think over
something for long. Example: philosophers have mulled over the question of God for
thousands of years
Form: noun Tone: Positive Muse
As a verb, to muse is to consider something thoughtfully.
Pensive
See that person staring Example: Rainy days out the window who looks often put her
in a so sad and lost in thought? Pensive mood. He is pensive, the opposite of
cheery and carefree. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and
weary" is the first line of Edgar Allen Poe's poem The Raven. Many a deep thinker
has repeated it while musing. But if you've given up deep thinking, you may say
instead, "Nevermore." If you reflect on your past experiences, you look at them
once again thoughtfully. Mnemonic: In Latin, Ponder means weigh on the mind; thus
Ponder means think about Example: She Pondered over his words, because a serious
decision was to be taken. Mnemonic: to understand the concepts of Reflection of
light, we have to think deeply and study Example: She was left to Reflect on the
implications of her decision. Mnemonic: In Latin, ruminare means to chew cud, turn
over in the mind. When we sit alone in a room (rum-inate), we start thinking about
random things. Example: From placement point of view, here are some points to
Ruminate upon.
Form: v Tone: Positive
Ponder
Reflect
Ruminate
When you ruminate, it means you are thinking very deeply about something. You're
likely to be so lost in thought that you stare off into space and don't hear people
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SHORT SAYING Form: verb Tone: Negative Intrude When someone says, I hate to
intrude, but you can bet she is in fact going to interrupt your conversation
or insert her opinion, even though it isn t wanted. Infringe Form: verb Tone:
Negative When you infringe on someone's space, time, or rights, you're getting
involved in a way that is not cool. That's why, when you violate a copyright,
you're said to infringe upon it. Impinge Form: verb Tone: Negative Whether you have
a habit of standing too close when talking to others or bringing luggage on a
crowded rushhour subway car, you'll find people don't like it when you impinge on
their personal space. Encroach Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: Negative
Meaning To encroach is to overstep your bounds, to take over space or rights that
belong to another, like your brother whose mess always encroaches on your side of
the room you share. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Encroach sounds like cockroach. Say,
a cockroach creeps inside your bed while you are sleeping, forget about dislike you
will scream because its disgusting. Example: Someone whose questions get more and
more personal, which Encroaches on your privacy. Mnemonic: Impingeim +
ping(e)..Someone continuously pinging you while chatting means he or she wants to
influence you and then touch your heart. Example: Constantly inviting your friend
to go shopping and meet you in nice restaurants might Impinge on her desire to save
money. Root: IM here means INTO Mnemonic: Fringe refers to BORDERS, so if someone
tries to cross the borders forcefully, it should not be tolerated. Example: The
material can be copied without infringing copyright. Mnemonic: This verb is derived
from the Latin, Intrudere, in which the inmeans into and -trudere means,
to thrust. Example: Loud music could Intrude into your studying. Mnemonic:
Obtrude sounds like rude that is when someone is climbing through your kitchen
window is someone who chooses
If you want to be rude, you'll obtrude, or thrust yourself to the front of a line
without waiting.
Obtrude
to Obtrude, or forcefully enter your home. Example: Music from the next room
Obtruded upon his thoughts. Root: OB means AGAINST
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EXAMINE CAREFULLY EXPRESS USING GESTURES FRIENDLY HIDE / COVER / DISGUISE Aphorism
WISE, SHORT SAYING Epigram Form: noun Tone: Neutral One of Oscar Wilde's many
memorable epigrams is "I can resist everything but temptation." Apothegm Form: noun
Tone: Neutral An apothegm is a short instructive saying that's easy to remember and
sometimes even slightly witty, like "haste makes waste." Form: noun Tone: Neutral
"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." is an aphorism which is
apt and witty. Adage Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: Neutral Meaning Moms
and dads love adages such as "early to bed early to rise" and "an apple a day keeps
the doctor away." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Adage sounds like adding age to a
saying by using it several times. Example: According to the old Adage, a picture is
worth a thousand words. Mnemonic: a+phrase : Remember Navjot Singh sidhu for his
proverbs which he would share in the cricket commentary: Aphorism Example: They
force us, in other words, to remember Ronald Reagans Aphorism: trust, but
verify. Mnemonic: The hooligans overheard the man trying to be witty diverting
attention saying "ape... oh. them!" / Apothegm Example: "Necessity," says the old
Apothegm, "is the mother of invention." Root: APO means FROM, AWAY FROM Mnemonic:
If you've ever seen an inscription on, say, the back of a watch, you know the
writing has to be brief. That is an Epigram Example: "Don't sweat the small stuff."
is an Epigram. Root: EPI means UPON. Mnemonic: I believe in the Maxim, 'if it ain't
broke, don't fix it'. Example: An overused Maxim of real estate is "Location,
location, location." Mnemonic: The pith is an essential part of a fruit, but small;
thus Pithy means small but substantial
Form: noun Tone: Neutral Maxim
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." This is a
maxim which is like great sayings everybody knows. A pithy phrase or statement is
brief but full of substance and meaning. Proverbs and sayings are pithy
Form: adj Tone: Neutral Pithy

Example: They finally got to the pith of the discussion. Form: noun Tone: Neutral
Precept When you are asked to behave following certain rules like "give your ears
to everyone, but your voice to a few"it is considered a precept Mnemonic: its a
rule to PRE SET(cept)the oven before cooking. Example: The law of nature has but
one Precept, "Be strong."
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Groups ACCUSE ALERT ATTRACT / FASCINATE BEGINNER / INEXPERIENCED / IMMATURE BRAVE
DELAY /POSTPONE DISREPUTE / BAD REPUTATION FALSE / FAKE / DOUBTFUL FALSEHOOD FEAR /
LACKING COURAGE FLUENT / CLEAR GENUINE GLOOMY / DARK / HOPELESS HIGHEST POINT
ILLOGICAL / STRANGE NATIVE / LOCAL PUZZLING RUDE SELF-OBSESSED SHY UNINTENTIONAL
UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER Form: verb Tone: neg evil in nature
or effect. Libel Form: noun Tone: neg a written document that is for damaging
someones's reputation. Defame Form: verb Tone: neg Even though Joan Jett sang about
not minding her bad reputation, most of us don't want others to defame us. To
defame is to gossip, even if the story is madeup, with the goal of hurting
someone's image. Calumny Form: noun Tone: neg the making of false statements to
damage someones reputation. Aspersion Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg
Meaning An aspersion is a disparaging remark. It almost invariably appears as a
plural, following the word "cast" - when you cast aspersions on someone, you are
questioning their abilities or doubting them. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Finding
out that a fieldhockey coach had never played the sports might cast Aspersions on
her ability to coach it. Example: I wouldn't want to cast Aspersions on your
honesty. Mnemonic: Calumny rhymes with ALUMNI-imagine yourself slandering and
defaming some of your college ALUMNI Example: He accused the press of publishing
vicious calumnies. Mnemonic: de(do away with) + fame...so taking away somebody's
fame...defaming someone. Example: The newspaper denies any intention to Defame the
senator's reputation. Mnemonic: Libel is close to label.WE always tend to LABEL
people by their shortcomings, thus Libel=defamatory statement Example: He sued the
newspaper for Libel. Mnemonic: mal=bad, ling=related to language (lingual)...so,
Malign=use of bad language Also, it's opposite of BENIGN Example: She feels she has
been much Maligned by the
Malign
press. Root: Prefix MAL refers to BAD Form: noun Tone: neg strong public
criticism , public abuse. Mnemonic: etymologically OB'against' and LOQUY'talk'.
Therefore Obloquy means to TALK AGAINST SOMEONE,i.e. SLANDER Example: Her family
tried to shield her from public Obloquy. Root: Prefix OB means AGAINST Mnemonic: If
you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame.
Example: The bombing has attracted international Opprobrium. Mnemonic: its like
throwing sand on someone's reputation Example: He's suing them for Slander.
Obloquy
Opprobrium
Bad behavior leads to opprobrium. If you throw a soft drink off the theater
balcony, the opprobrium might keep you from getting dates to the movies.
Form: noun Tone: neg Slander
If you call your teacher a "dirty toad," you're going to get into trouble
she'll call you out on the slander. Slander is the act of making a false,
negative spoken statement about someone. making damaging accusations against
someone.
Slur
Mnemonic: Slur blur : Blur is something that is not clear to the eyes (vision) and
Slur is not clear in Sound ! Example: She accused the programme of Slurring the
company's name. Mnemonic: Vilify (to speak ill of) is to make someone out to be a
villain Example: The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
Form: verb Tone: neg Vilify
To vilify someone is to spread nasty stories about them, whether true or not.
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Words
Meaning Use vigilant to describe someone who keeps awake and alert in order to
avoid danger or problems.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: If you stay awake all night, you're keeping watch or
keeping a vigil. Example: A pilot must remain VIGILANT at all times. Root: Prefix
VIGIL refers to SEEING
VIGILANT
Form: verb Tone: neg X Disarm
make less hostile, win Mnemonic: A criminal over. threatens another with small
arms. the other dices his arms and after the diss arm he takes away his weapon
Example: Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. Root: Prefix DIS means NOT
an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions. Mnemonic: Slouch
sounds like slow. And so is a person who is slouch. Example: One felt that people
were able to slouch a bit and slip off too tight shoes.
Form: verb Tone: neg X Slouch
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER ENTHRAL Form: verb Tone: pos
ENAMORED Form: adj Tone: pos CAPTIVATE Form: verb Tone: pos Some people are able to
captivate with wit and charm, others with physical beauty, still others with
intelligence. ARRESTING Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning
Something arresting commands your attention. It's stunning, and you can't turn
away. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: when someone gets ARRESTed, he is all over the
news paper and hets ATTRACTING ATTENTION of all Example: An ARRESTING song is one
you always want to hear. Mnemonic: CAPTIVATE comes from Capture , the only
difference is CAPTIVATE is used in a positive context. To attract someones
attention. Example: The children were CAPTIVATEd by her stories. Root: Prefix CAP
means to TAKE or SEIZE.
When you like Mnemonic: enam+or something a lot (often ENAM(inaama in a

negative sense). prize in hindi), when someone gets inaam, he is filled with LOVE
and HAPPINESS and is center of ATTRACTION for all Example: The tourists have always
been enamoured by the beauty of Niagara Falls. Root: refix EN- refers to IN Whether
it's a thrilling action-adventure film, or that enigmatic girl you see on the
subway, when something is so fascinating that it holds all your attention, it is
said to enthrall. Mnemonic: En (enter) Hall: when you enter a gigantic and
exclusively decored hall you are ENTHRALled Example: He is a star performer whose
grace, skill, and virtuosity ENTHRALl the audiences. Root: refix EN- refers to IN
Mnemonic: In means Not and Fatuate: When you are not (in) fat, you would look
Have you ever had a ridiculous crush on someone that's made you act foolishly? That
INFATUATE
person infatuated or inspired unreasonable passion in you, causing you to become

infatuated. Form: verb Tone: pos You meet someone and you cant take your eyes
off them, like you are connected by an invisible cord and cant break free. Those
kinds of people have the power to mesmerize.
attractive and people will be attracted towards you and may even be In-Fat-uated.
Example: His new car has INFATUATEd him Mnemonic: MESMERIZE sounds like
memorizeif you memorize all vocab words you can ATTRACT(HYPNOTIZE) anyone with
your good communication skills, especially at your work place. Example: They were
MESMERIZEd by her performance. Mnemonic: En RAPTURE: the word RAPTURE means
ecstasy, i listen the rap music with great RAPTURE. Example: Charles listened with
RAPTURE to her singing. Mnemonic: RIVET is used to hold two metal plates together.
RIVETing is holding ones attention. Example: The last chapter was so RIVETing
that I was reading past midnight. Mnemonic: spell (magical) and that seems to bind
us in a way that seems extremely attractive and worth attending. Example: It was a
SPELLBINDING description of life in ancient Rome. Mnemonic: En (anything) nui
(new)? I am tired of old stuffs. Example: When you're feeling ennui, you might as
well take a nap, because you're too drowsy and uninterested to do much of anything
else.
MESMERIZE
Form: noun Tone: pos RAPTURE
Rapture is a feeling of emotional ecstasy so magical it's almost as if you've been

transported to some other world.
Form: noun Tone: pos RIVET
When you watch a movie which though scary, you appreciate the dark somber look of
the ugly hero, it must have been rivetting.
Form: adj Tone: pos
attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
SPELLBINDING
X ENNUI
The French word ennui describes a feeling that combines tiredness and boredom.
Ennui is one version of "the blahs."
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER Form: noun Tone: neg Though
dilettante might sound like a nice French word, don't use it on your friend who
thinks he can play the guitar after several short lessons. CALLOW Form: adj Tone:
neg callow is a freshmen in high school or the callow receptionist who can't figure
out how to transfer a call. CADET Form: noun Tone: pos APPRENTICE Form: noun Tone:
pos An apprentice is someone who learns a trade. An apprentice farmer is paid very
little but has the chance to learn farming by watching and doing. ACOLYTE Words
Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning An acolyte is also a fan or follower
of the famous, so you can find an acolyte in church or at a concert.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ACOLYTEs of movie star or pro athletes closely follow
their careers - and with great admiration - and would love to be just like their
heroes. Example: He is the emperor's faithful ACOLYTE. Mnemonic: APPRENTICE sounds
like a parent. Say someone who has become a parent for the first time, tries to
gradually learn how to manage their kids. Example: An APPRENTICE chef. Mnemonic:
remember NCC = national CADET crops. students joined in NCC camp for serving
nation. so they ll join military trainee they are called CADET Example: Thomas
received the best CADET award of the Air Force last year Mnemonic: The
inexperienced cat owner did not see anything wrong with the cat lying low on the
the ground, yowling in pain. Example: The inexperienced cop did not see anything
wrong with a big bag of cash laying on the street Mnemonic: A card dealer learns
how to deal a tent instead of cards and is one who practises an art for pleasure
Example: Online DILETTANTEs dropped out fast, but 23,000 committed learners
a young person who is training to become an officer in the police or armed forces
DILETTANTE
finished the course Form: adj Tone: pos INGENUOUS One of the things kindergarten
teachers value is the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively
ingenuous-their open, trusting natures are a joy. "Look at the little freshies,"
said the football team captain to his friends. "Little neophytes come to learn how
the big boys play....Let's get 'em!" Mnemonic: In+genuine- In genuine relationship
people are naive and trusting to each other. Example: It is INGENUOUS to suppose
that money did not play a part in his decision. Mnemonic: Neomeans new, and -phyte
is from the Greek phuton "plant"- like a baby plant, a NEOPHYTE is someone who
is new to an activity. Example: A political NEOPHYTE is someone who has just been
elected and comes to Washington D.C. not understanding how the game of politics is
played. Root: Prefix NEO means NEW. Mnemonic: Companies are always looking for that
NOVEL idea that will earn them millions and skydiving is a NOVEL experience,
especially if you're not adventurous. Example: Protesters found a NOVEL way of
demonstrating against steepy rising oil prices. Mnemonic: NOVICE is derived from
the Latin word novus, which means new. A NOVICE is new to what they do, so a NOVICE
photographer is just learning how to take nice pictures Example: I'm a complete
NOVICE at skiing. Mnemonic: PUERILE sounds like Pure. Like a child who is pure at
heart and is inexperienced, immature. Example: Concert organizers branded the
group's action as PUERILE, schoolboy humor. Example: I don't want to have another
ROOKIE to train.
NEOPHYTE
Form: adj Tone: pos
If something is so new and original that it's never been seen, used or even thought
of before, call it novel.
NOVEL
Form: noun Tone: neut/pos
On the Internet, a novice might be called a newbie, but your parents would call one
a beginner.
NOVICE
PUERILE
If you hear someone talk about puerile toys, they may merely be remarking on the
toys of childhood, but it is more likely they are discussing whoopee cushions, fake
dog poo, and the like.
ROOKIE
Form: noun Tone: neut/neg
an awkward and inexperienced youth is a rookie.

Form: noun Tone: neut TYRO
A tyro is a beginner, a new recruit, or someone who is just learning something. If

you are the new guy at the job and you're wearing a big dorky badge that says
"Trainee" on it, you are a tyro.
Mnemonic: TYRO isn't used much these days but it's similar to newbie, novice, or
recruit. Example: He is a TYRO Journalist.
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DELAY /POSTPONE DISREPUTE / BAD REPUTATION FALSE / FAKE / DOUBTFUL CHIVALRY
FALSEHOOD FEAR / LACKING COURAGE FLUENT / CLEAR GENUINE GLOOMY / DARK / HOPELESS
HIGHEST POINT ILLOGICAL / STRANGE NATIVE / LOCAL PUZZLING RUDE SELF-OBSESSED SHY
UNINTENTIONAL UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER INTREPID Form: adj
Tone: pos GALLANT Form: adj Tone: pos If you volunteered to deal with removing a
huge, hairy spider from your bathroom ceiling, your whole family would be grateful
for your gallant actions. Intrepid is just a fancy word for describing a person or
action that is bold and brave. Super heroes are intrepid in their struggle for
truth, justice and the American way. DAUNTLESS Form: adj Tone: pos A dauntless
person is someone who isn't easily frightened. If you're dauntless, it means you're
like a tiger or a wild horse - you can't be dominated or tamed. Form: noun Tone:
pos Men behaving courteously toward women - holding the door for them, offering
them their jackets when it's cold - is called chivalry. AUDACIOUS Words Relation to
Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning This adjective is very bold - if you are
audacious, you are daring and unconventional! Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: AUDACIOUS
is Audio to us: if you want to be audible you need to be AUDACIOUS (bold) Example:
The AUDACIOUS soldier went into battle without a shield. Mnemonic: CHIVALRY sounds
like: Lord Shiva is bestowed with endless valor and patience. Example: Women always
admire men who are chivalrous. Mnemonic: If Daunt means Fear and Less we know. So
DAUNTLESS means fearless. Example: The DAUNTLESS reporters saved the lives of
hundreds of tourists in the hotel. Mnemonic: army GALLANTry award is awarded to
BRAVE army people Example: She made a GALLANT attempt to hide her tears. Mnemonic:
In means NOT and TREP means FEAR. INTREPID means fearless. Example: The INTREPID
reporters braved the threat of gunfire for the sake of their news reports.
PLUCK
As a noun, pluck is energy Example: I finally or enthusiasm, even when PLUCKed up

the things are looking grim. courage to ask her for a date. If you're undaunted,
you're not afraid or intimidated. As a great Mnemonic: UN is not , daunt is fear.
So UNDAUNTED is
Form: adj Tone: pos

UNDAUNTED
surfer, you remain undaunted as you seek out dangerous waters to ride the biggest
waves.
fearless. Example: You must remain UNDAUNTED when facing your terrifying calculus
homework. Mnemonic: separate VALIANT into Valley + Ant. Now think "ants"
audaciously walking through a "valley" to gather their food Example: It was a
VALIANT attempt to prevent the hijack. Mnemonic: The Jailer is valor. Example: He
received the Medal of Honor for his valor in battle.
Form: adj Tone: pos VALIANT
It was pretty courageous of the automaker Plymouth to name a car the "Valiant" in
the 1960s and 70s because that term usually refers to a hero or describes a really
determined, or valiant. It was custom-ordered for a knight in resplendent armor
sitting atop his noble steed. "Onward to deeds of valor!," you imagine him saying,
anticipating his own unfailing courage.
Form: noun Tone: pos VALOUR
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FEAR / LACKING COURAGE FLUENT / CLEAR GENUINE GLOOMY / DARK / HOPELESS HIGHEST
POINT ILLOGICAL / STRANGE NATIVE / LOCAL PUZZLING RUDE SELF-OBSESSED SHY
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Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neut/neg
Meaning To adjourn is to close a session of something, like at court. People also

adjourn when they go to bed.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: "I must ADJOURN!" is a fancy way of saying "I'm out of
here! I need to get some sleep. See you tomorrow." Example: The trial has been
ADJOURNed until next week. Root: Prefix AD refers to towards Mnemonic: When you
become deaf to your mother's pushing you to get up from bed because you may get
late for college and you say you will go tomorrow, you are DEFERring. Example: The
department DEFERred the decision for six months. Mnemonic: You may remember from
geometry that a PROTRACTor is a device used to draw exact angles. A PROTRACTor
allows you to PROTRACT a plan for the perfect catapult - perfect to use to end a
PROTRACTed battle. Example: The ruling brings an end to a heated, PROTRACTed court
case. Mnemonic: When we keep something in the SHELVE, purpose is to keep it aside
and use it when required, similarly when we SHELVE an issue we postpone it for a
while. Example: Authorities have drawn up draft media bills in the past which were
later SHELVEd. Example: They voted to TABLE the proposal until the following
meeting.
ADJOURN
Defer means to put off or delay. You can try to defer the inevitable by pushing
snooze and falling back asleep, but eventually you're going to have to get up.
To protract something is to stretch it out. If you have a disagreement with a
friend that you continue for weeks and weeks, you are protracting the argument.
PROTRACT
To postpone something for a while.

SHELVE
Form: verb Tone: neg/neut
When we table an issue, we tend to hold back to a later time
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg
Meaning public shame
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: IGNO(IGNORE)+miny(enemy)...so YOU ignore your enemy

because you have a DEEP DISGRACE FOR HIM. Example: They suffered the Ignominy of
defeat. Mnemonic: in(not) + fame = so when not in fame it could only mean
disgrace. Example: They are seeking a sort of personal vindication through fame or,
more precisely, Infamy. Mnemonic: this sounds like ne(nephew)+farious(furious).so
your nephew is very furious or cruel or violent Example: It's getting as profitable
as selling dangerous illegal drugs, and many of the same Nefarious people are
involved. Mnemonic: in(NOT GOOD OR BAD) +famous...FAMOUS for BEING NOT GOOD or
Notorious Example: Mountain weather is Notoriously difficult to predict.
Ignominy
Infamy
infamous for some bad quality or deed wicked or criminal
Form: adj Tone: neg Nefarious
Notorious
Form: adj Tone: neg
infamous for some bad quality or deed
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER FALLACIOUS Form: adj Tone: neg
Something fallacious is a mistake that comes from too little information or unsound
sources. Predictions that the whole state of California will snap off from the rest
of North America and float away have proven to be fallacious - for now, anyway.
Illicit means not allowed by law or custom. An illicit drug trade is one that
happens under the radar FABRICATE Form: verb Tone: neg Do you like to construct
mini airplanes from kits? Work on an assembly line? Piece together Ikea furniture?
Then you certainly know how to fabricate, or to put together, things. ERRONEOUS
Form: adj Tone: neg DUBIOUS Form: adj Tone: neg APOCRYPHAL Words Relation to Group
Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Urban legends - stories about phantom hitchhikers,
deep-fried rats, and spider eggs in bubblegum - are classic examples of apocryphal
tales. They're told as if they're true, but no one can ever identify their origins.
Choose the adjective dubious for something you have doubts about or you suspect is
not true. That bridge you just "bought" might be of dubious value. The adjective
erroneous describes something or someone as mistaken and incorrect. Early explorers
had the erroneous notion that the oceans were full of dragons. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Appu cry, fal (fruit): Apple is a crying fruit is a APOCRYPHAL Example:
Most of the stories about him are APOCRYPHAL.
Mnemonic: Doubt DUBIOUS is doubtful Example: I am DUBIOUS about the wisdom of this
action Mnemonic: ERRONEOUS sounds like ERROR and the meaning is also similar
Example: The reporter's ERRONEOUS story was corrected by a new article that stated
the truth. Mnemonic: When the mattress fabric ate Johnny Depp in "A Nightmare on
Elm Street", his mother was forced to clean up and make his bed again. Example: The
evidence was totally FABRICATEd. Mnemonic: FALLACIOUS derived from FALLACY which is
derived from FALSE Example: It is a fallacy to say that the camera never lies.
Form: adj Tone: neg ILLICIT
Mnemonic: Silly Sit Silly is sitting and doing ILLICIT things. Example: The man
of the law.
got caught with dangerous weapons and ILLICIT drugs Mnemonic: Eu: Good , Phony:
sound so good sound. Example: Her poetry was full of euphony, and therefore very
enjoyable to read aloud. Mnemonic: Scam shyam always SHAM illness Example: She felt
trapped in a SHAM of a marriage.
Form: adj Tone: neg PHONEY
Whether you're talking about your attitude, a gigantic diamond, or that obnoxious
guy's claims that he knows everything about quantum physics, you can use phony to
say that somethings not real. A sham is a fake. If you frequently order products
advertised on late-night, hour-long television commercials, youve probably ended
up with at least one item that was a sham. All-purpose, industrial strength stain
remover, anyone? Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good,
correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must
be the center of the universe has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar
system.
SHAM
Form: adj Tone: neg
SPECIOUS
Mnemonic: Spec+ious => people with specs normally seem reasonable but end up being
incorrect. * (no offense, just to remember) Example: This idea that we must see
through what we have started is SPECIOUS, however good it may sound Mnemonic:
SPURIOUS sounds like furious. You get furious when you hear SPURIOUS arguments
Example: When his wife died, he became the victim of SPURIOUS rumors
Form: adj Tone: neg
SPURIOUS
Something false or inauthentic is spurious. Don't trust spurious ideas and stories.
Spurious statements often are lies, just as a spurious coin is a counterfeit coin -
a fake.
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER X VERACITY Form: noun Tone: pos
Veracity sounds like some kind of disease you don't want to catch, but in fact, it
means truthfulness. If you question the veracity of a statement or story, you
wonder whether it is truthful or accurate. PREVARICATION Form: verb Tone: neg
PERJURY MENDACITY Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning Mendacity is
a tendency to lie. Your friend might swear that he didn't eat your secret chocolate
stash, but you'll find it hard to believe him if he's known for his mendacity. A
defendant in a murder trial commits perjury when he swears he never met the murder
victim before, even though he had a two-year relationship with her. A boy might use
prevarication to avoid telling the whole truth about how the kitchen window got
broken. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: you require a special kind of mental audacity to
think it's okay to lie to a police officer. Example: often politicians are accused
of hypocrisy and MENDACITY Mnemonic: Jury sanctioned charges due to his PERJURY
Example: The witness is now facing charges of PERJURY. Root: Prefix PERrefers to
THROUGH Mnemonic: Pre (Before) Varicate (varying): if you are varying from what you
said before, you are lying. Pre + var (truth) + cate (fabricate) is to fabricate
the truth, meaning to lie. Example: Some people believe that to prevaricate in a
good cause is justifiable and regard the statement as a "white lie." Root: Prefix
PRE refers to BEFORE Mnemonic: Ver is root for Thruth. Veracity of Veer in city.
Example: I can recommend him for this position because I have always found him
veracious and reliable. Root: refix VER refers to TRUTH
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER FLINCH Form: verb Tone: neut Flinch
is often used to describe a person who shows a moment of weakness or fright: he was
so tough, I thought he'd never flinch, but snakes really freak him out. When you
intimidate, you frighten or make someone afraid. A pet rat might intimidate DAUNT
Form: verb Tone: neg The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz appeared at first to be
easily daunted, but, in fact, he showed unusual courage. CRINGE Form: verb Tone:
neut CRAVEN COWER Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neut Meaning To cower is
to shrink in fear. Whether they live in the country or city, any mouse will cower
when a huge, hungry cat approaches. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Coward COWER when
Cow (animal) cowed (terrorized) him Example: A gun went off and people COWERed
behind walls and under tables. Mnemonic: Opposite of Brave is CRAVEN Example:
CRAVEN cowardice of the highest order.
Form: adj Tone: neg
A craven man is no Superman or Spiderman, nor is he a firefighter or a soldier. A

craven man is the opposite of those guys: he has not an ounce of courage. When you
cringe, your body language shows you don't like what you see and hear. You may even
jerk your body away from the offensive sight or sound, like the movie Agneepath.
Mnemonic: Whether it's a song you hate or someone mentioning an embarrassing moment
from the past, you CRINGE at things that are unpleasant. Example: She felt herself
CRINGE with embarrassment at the memory. Mnemonic: Haunt: Dont do this, an inner
voice which make you DAUNT. DAUNT to go into haunted house. Example: I felt
somewhat DAUNTed by the prospect of the long drive home Mnemonic: Sounds like pinch
, when you pinch, the skin FLINCHes. Example: She FLINCHed away from the dog; He
FLINCHed at the sight of the death. Mnemonic: You can see "timid" in the middle of
INTIMIDATE, and to

INTIMIDATE
your sister's friends, keeping them out of your fort.
be timid is to be frightened or to pull back from something. Example: Attempts to

INTIMIDATE people into voting for them failed. Mnemonic: More commonly, something
petrifies a person or an animal when it scares them very much. Example: Just the
thought of making a speech petrifies me. Mnemonic: Pussy animals: pussy cat like
animals are coward Example: You should be ashamed of your PUSILLANIMOUS conduct
during this dispute. Mnemonic: SHRINK also means to reduce, our clothes get
SHRINKED due to FEAR of WATER, so CLOTHES MOVE BACK COZ OF FEAR of water Example:
My sweater shrank in the wash. Mnemonic: Trep is fear. Example: The sailors viewed
the gathering storm clouds with TREPIDATION.
Form: verb Tone: neg PETRIFY
If you scare someone so much they can't move, you petrify them. Petrify is to make
something like a stone or to literally turn to stone.
Form: adj Tone: neg PUSILLANIMOUS
You can describe someone who lacks courage as pusillanimous, such as a

pusillanimous student who is too afraid to speak out against someone who is
bullying others. Shrink is the informal word you can use to talk about a therapist.
Talking about your problems with her can hopefully help you shrink them, or make
them smaller.
SHRINK
Form: noun Tone: neut/neg TREPIDATION
When plain old "fear" isn't enough to get across a deep feeling of dread about
something on the horizon, use the more formal word trepidation.
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glib might be used to describe the slick car salesman who uses his polished sales
pitch to talk his customers into buying lemons. If you have to recite Shakespeare
and you do so haltingly or selfconsciously, then you have given a labored
performance. ENUNCIATE Form: verb Tone: POS Can't get your point across? Maybe you
just need to speak more clearly or articulate your thoughts better - in short,
enunciate. ELOQUENT Form: adj Tone: POS An eloquent speaker expresses herself
clearly and powerfully. COHERENT ARTICULATE Words Relation to Group Form: verb
Tone: POS Meaning To articulate is to say something. And, if you say it well,
someone might praise you by saying you are articulate. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
The Art of Calculating your speech while you presenting a paper at your college.
Example: She struggled to ARTICULATE her thoughts. Mnemonic: c+o+her+rent--- HER
RENT used to come CONSISTANTLY as she was in a good(LOGICAL) job Example: She only
became COHERENT again two hours after the attack. Root: Prefix CO refers to
TOGETHER or WITH Mnemonic: Eloquence sounds like fluency. Example: He was ELOQUENT
when it came to addressing his office colleagues. Root: Prefix LOQ means to SPEAK
Mnemonic: The word ENUNCIATE is related to the Latin words for both "announce" and
"messenger." Example: She ENUNCIATEd each word slowly and carefully. Mnemonic: GLIB
sounds like Ghalib..his shayeri was slick and fluent. Example: He is a GLIB
salesman. Mnemonic: labor is something done with lots of effort. Example: The movie
looks labored and slow by today's standards.
Form: adj Tone: POS
Something coherent is logical and clear. "I told you if you didn't do your homework
you couldn't watch TV. You didn't do your homework so you can't watch TV." This is
a coherent argument
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER VERITABLE Form: adj Tone: pos "The
trees and lights turned the campus into a veritable wonderland" means that the
campus seemed to be transformed into a true wonderland (if there is such a thing).
LEGITIMATE Form: adj Tone: pos Something legitimate is the real deal according to
the law. FACTITIOUS (X) Form: adj Tone: neg If you create a "diamond" out of
plastic, then youve created a factitious diamond, meaning that its a phony.
COUNTERFEIT (X) Form: adj Tone: neg AUTHENTIC Words Relation to Group Form: adj
Tone: pos Meaning Be careful when you are buying jewelry or watches. If you are
going to buy a diamond ring, you want an authentic diamond and not glass. That
would be authentic glass but a fake diamond! If you painted an uncanny copy of the
"Mona Lisa" and tried to pass it off as the original, you'd have a counterfeit on
your hands. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: AUTHENTICate with a ticket, it proves you
are genuine Example: My little sister told me that the Eiffel Tower is about 10,000
feet high," when in fact it's 1,063 feet tall. Mnemonic: contrameans in opposition,
facere means make; making a product for a different (opposing) reason; a
counterfeit is an imitation of something valuable Example: Are you aware these
notes are counterfeit? Mnemonic: Most facts are factitious. Fictitious .. is always
artificial Example: Bollywood actresses often create factitious tears by using
glycerin Mnemonic: LEGITIMATE is like legible that is something that is logical and
lawful Example: It seemed like a perfectly LEGITIMATE question. Mnemonic: Ver means
TRUE so something that is truly able is VERITABLE. Example: The meal that
followed was a VERITABLE banquet.
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Mnemonic/Example
ABYSMAL
If one person shows up Mnemonic: Abis to your party, well Mal(Aladdin) was ABYSMAL
then that is an in nature abysmal turnout. Example: His manners are ABYSMAL. If
it's raining and dark, Mnemonic: Leak makes it you might describe the cold BLEAK
chances, that it night as bleak. will leak His roof leaked and he is BLEAKcold
and depressed Example: No doubt it is also BLEAK in the winter. A cloudy day, a sad
song about lost love, your downbeat mood after your team loses a big game - all of
these can be called gloomy. Mnemonic: Have you ever been called a GLOOMY Gus? If
so, you must have been acting depressed or sulky. But you aren't the first to be
called that - after all, GLOOMY Gus was a comic book character Example: There was a
GLOOMY silence in the room. Mnemonic: Something that is somber is often thought of
as "in shadow," as in "the shadow of grief," or "the shadow of a bad mood. Example:
Funerals and burials tend to be very somber occasions Mnemonic: STYGIAN sounds like
dungeon both related to bottom hell wherein darkness thrives. Example: She was
STYGIAN in her appearance yesterday
Form: adj Tone: neg BLEAK
Form: adj Tone: neg
GLOOMY
Form: adj Tone: neg SOMBRE
Also your face after your teacher hands back an exam you failed. Somber is used to
describe situations, facial expressions, or moods that are dark, gloomy, or
depressing. Dark and dismal
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a momentous life decision with great uncertainty, like enrolling in clown college,
might feel like jumping into the abyss. SUMMIT Form: noun Tone: pos PINNACLE Form:
noun Tone: pos Going as far into the sky as you can go on foot, you'll reach the
highest point, or pinnacle, of the Himalayas. A successful climb like that might
also become the pinnacle, or peak, of your success. What better place for the
mountain climbing summit than on the summit of the mountain. CREST APEX Form: noun
Tone: pos ACME Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning When something
is at the very peak of perfection, reach for this noun from Greek: acme. A
brilliant violinist might reach the acme of her career, but eventually she might
become unstrung. When there's no mountain left to climb and nothing but blue sky
above, you know you've reached the highest peak - the apex. A crest is a showy tuft
of feathers on the head of a bird. It's easy to identify a male cardinal by its
bright red color and the tufted crest on its head. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Lakme
is at ACME: top beauty product Example: His work is considered the ACME of
cinematic art.
Mnemonic: APEX = climax = MAX Example: An actor who wins an Oscar can say she's
reached the APEX of her career. Mnemonic: CREST is like Crust i.e upper
part/highest point of that wave. Example: They've been on the CREST of the wave
ever since their election victory. Mnemonic: Pineapple juice is PINNACLE of juices
Example: He had reached the PINNACLE of his career.
Mnemonic: sum+mit imagine you SUM your gre score(quant+verbal) and think of
getting into MIT school, i.e., HIGHEST or TOPMOST POINT you can get into Example:
This path leads to the SUMMIT. Mnemonic: the abyss referred to the "bottomless pit"
of Hell. Example: They took a long look into the abyss before deciding whether to
jump. Mnemonic: Nadir sounds like Na + Gir meaning from where
If a highly forgetful person loses his phone, his wallet, and then his car keys in
X NADIR
separate instances all in one day, you could say that he has reached an
organizational nadir. This means lowest point.
one cannot fall that is the lowest point. Example: The nadir of David's life came
in a brief two month period when his wife left him, he got fired, he lost the lease
on his apartment, and his dog died. Mnemonic: Jannat is at ZENITH Example: His
career is now at its ZENITH.
ZENITH
Zenith means the high point. The sun reaches its zenith when it is as high in the
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LUDICROUS Form: adj Tone: neg Ludicrous things are funny, absurd, or nonsensical.
If someone says something silly or far-fetched, you could say "That's ludicrous!"
Driving around the city in a golf cart and eating spaghetti with pineapple sauce
are both examples of outlandish behavior. To a vegetarian, the idea of eating a 52-
ounce T-bone steak would seem preposterous absolutely absurd. BIZARRE Form: adj
Tone: neg If your teacher walked into class wearing a purple boa, cat's eyes
glasses and three inch heels, you might comment, "How bizarre!" ATYPICAL ABSURD
Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Something absurd is really
silly, absolutely ridiculous, or total nonsense. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Ab
means away from normal path and that is what ABSURD means Example: the ABSURD
excuse that the dog ate his homework Mnemonic: A (not) typical Example: Women, he
noted, are more likely than men to have socalled ATYPICAL heart attack symptoms -
like unexplained shortness of breath, nausea or weakness. Root: Prefix A-refers to
WITHOUT Mnemonic: Bizzare sounds like Bazar. we all know how noisy, and stange it
becomes to visit a big bazar, where you are clueless where to go and what to buy.
Example: Unpredictable behavior is often called BIZARRE - like when your teacher
conducts a lesson in Pig Latin. Mnemonic: Ridiculous and LUDICROUS are same.
Example: It was LUDICROUS to think that plan will succeed.
Form: adj Tone: neg
Atypical means outside of type an atypical suburban town might be populated by

zombies in damp caves.
Mnemonic: Out + Landish => the one who is from some other land. Means
unconventional and bizarre to our land Example: This idea is not as OUTLANDISH as
it seems. Mnemonic: Pre (before) Post (after) both in one word, pre+post+erous
seems ABSURD. Example: a chef who is asked to cook with
Form: adj Tone: neg
PREPOSTEROUS
nothing but jelly beans might exclaim, "That's PREPOSTEROUS!" Root: Prefix PRE
refers to BEFORE Form: adj Tone: neg If you hear strange music echoing through your
attic, you might refer to it as positively uncanny. Mnemonic: If something is
UNCANNY, it is so mysterious, strange, or unfamiliar that it seems
supernatural.prefix un"not" and canny "fortunate, safe." Example: You have the
UNCANNY knack of reading my innermost thoughts.
UNCANNY
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Meaning Domestic work is work done in the home. Domestic is also used to refer to
products that are produced in your country, or policies and affairs that relate to
your country. Though Switzerland is known for its chocolates, chocolate, which
comes from the cocoa plant, is indigenous to South America.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: I'm not a very DOMESTIC sort of person. Example: Then an
establishment newspaper offered him a columnwriting about foreign, but not
DOMESTIC, affairs. Mnemonic: Indigeneous sounds like indian+geniuses.....native or
local talent or genius.... Example: An INDIGENOUS ceremony or religion is one
traditionally used by a certain group of people. Root: Prefix IN means INTO.
Mnemonic: Exotic Destinations/ Exotic Islands: TV show Example: He travelled around
the globe to collect rare and exotic plant species.
DOMESTIC
INDIGENOUS
Form: adj Tone: neut X EXOTIC
Something so unusual that it must be from some unfamiliar place is exotic. An

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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER GARBLE Form: adj Tone: neg When you
garble something, you warp or distort it, making it hard to understand. Talking
with marbles in your mouth is one sure way of garbling your speech. ENIGMA Form:
noun Tone: neut/neg Form: adj Tone: neut/neg "White bunny. Moon. Square." Do you
understand what that means? Of course not! It's totally cryptic. Cryptic comments
are hard to understand because they seem to have a hidden meaning. Take the noun,
enigma, for something that is a puzzle or a mystery. Why do you have to learn
difficult words like this? That is an enigma. CONUNDRUM Words Relation to Group
Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning The tricky word conundrum is used to describe a riddle
or puzzle, sometimes including a play on words or pun. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
"What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the
evening?" The answer is "A person": crawling as a child, walking as an adult, and
using a cane in old age. Example: Oil, in short, is an essential CONUNDRUM of our
lives. Mnemonic: A Roman Script will be difficult to comprehend and hence it may be
called CRYPTIC. Example: I shall be careful in future not to make my remarks so
CRYPTIC. Root: The root CRYPT means HIDDEN Mnemonic: Who havent heard the tunes of
ENIGMA, also, no one has ever seen the members of ENIGMA Band members are still
remain in Enig Example: To me he has always been an ENIGMA, one minute completely
insensitive, the next moved to tears Mnemonic: While he was Gargeling he spoke with
GARBLEd words Example: So imagine a sentence so scrambled that you have to sort
through each word, trying to figure out what everything means. Mnemonic: Its
INSCRUTABLE to tight screw in table Example: The killer left no clues, and the
CRYPTIC
Form: adj Tone: neg
INSCRUTABLE
Any person or thing that's mysterious, mystifying, hard to read, or impossible to

interpret is
inscrutable.You ever notice how it's hard to tell what some people are thinking?
Those folks are inscrutable. Form: verb Tone: neg INTRIGUE An intrigue is a secret
plot. If you ever become the monarch of a small island kingdom, keep watch for
signs of any intrigue against you. A labyrinth is a structure with many connected
paths or passages in which it is hard to find your way. So a labyrinth is a
complicated situation: our tax code is a labyrinth of rules and regulations. a
system of paths separated by walls or hedges built in a park or garden, that is
designed so that it is difficult to find your way through
murder remains an INSCRUTABLE mystery
Mnemonic: INTRIGUE - tri(tricky) + gue(game) - tricky game Example: The idea

INTRIGUEd her. Mnemonic: When you visit a huge library, you may lose your way in
the process of finding your necessary books, so its a LABYRINTH and a
complicated situation altogether. Example: We lost our way in the LABYRINTH of
streets. Mnemonic: MAZE sounds like haze. Haze or something hazzy is cloudy and
hence confusing. So is the function of MAZE Example: The old city is a delightful
MAZE for the modern tourist. Mnemonic: RUIN-IC.. Imagine going through newly
discovered ruins of a civilization, it'll be enchanting and mysterious at the same
time. Example: RUNIC inscriptions continue to have an air of mystery about them,
because they're so hard to read.
LABYRINTH
Form: noun Tone: neut/neg MAZE
RUNIC
Runic writing consists of ancient characters that are tough to decipher. These days
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: NEG
Meaning A boor is a crude, rude person. Boors lack sophistication and manners
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BOOR can be related to this hindi word BOORA a bad
and rude person. Example: A BOOR would talk too loudly on the train. Mnemonic:
Brush and BRUSQUE are not related, but they sound similarwhen someone is
BRUSQUE, you often feel that they are trying to give you the "brush off." Example:
The doctor spoke in a BRUSQUE tone. Mnemonic: It's CURTesy (courtesy) to not be
rude and short in behavior Example: A CURT note of rejection arrived from the
company director. Mnemonic: TERSE...sounds like TERESA..Here all her
achievements,efforts everything has been consolidated, confined and put into a
single word "MOTHER" Example: The President issued a TERSE statement denying the
charges.
BOOR
Form: adj Tone: NEG
BRUSQUE
If you ask a salesperson with help finding something and all you get in response is
a brusque "Everything's out on the shelves," it would be unfriendly, rude, and very
brief.
Form: adj Tone: NEG CURT
Im sorry to be curt, but let's get right to the point. You should use the
adjective curt to describe a way of speaking that s brief and blunt. If your
teacher tells you to make your writing in your essay style terse and to the point,
he's saying use as few words as you can and be simple and clear.
Form: adj Tone: NEG
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DELAY /POSTPONE DISREPUTE / BAD REPUTATION FALSE / FAKE / DOUBTFUL EGOTIST
FALSEHOOD FEAR / LACKING COURAGE FLUENT / CLEAR GENUINE GLOOMY / DARK / HOPELESS
HIGHEST POINT ILLOGICAL / STRANGE NATIVE / LOCAL PUZZLING RUDE SELF-OBSESSED SHY
UNINTENTIONAL UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER SELFEFFACING (X) Form:
adj Tone: pos SELFDEPRECATORY (X) Form: adj Tone: neg NARCISSIST Form: noun Tone:
neg The noun narcissist refers to someone intensely concerned with only his or her
own self or interests and who seems to forget that others exist. A self-deprecating
person knows her own weaknesses and shortcomings and isn't afraid to point them
out, often in a humorous way. Someone who's self-effacing is shy and likes to stay
out of the spotlight, shunning attention and praise. Form: noun Tone: neg A self-
centered person is egotist. EGOCENTRIC Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg
Meaning If you are egocentric, the whole world centers on you and you don't pay
much attention to other people. Are you even reading this? Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Ego is self and Centric means center of attraction. So a person who is
self-centered is Ego Centric. Example: Young children are usually EGOCENTRIC
because they haven't learned other forms of behavior. Root: Prefix EGO is SELF
Mnemonic: A person who is concerned with ones self only. SELF is EGO. Example: You
need to be an EGOTIST to succeed in politics. Mnemonic: NARCISSIST has emerged from
the word Narcissus was a hunter who was exceptionally beautiful and also just as
proud of his looks, ignoring other people around him. Example: A NARCISSIST is his
own best friend. Mnemonic: Some people are egotistical, always talking about how
great they are. The opposite type of person is selfdeprecating, dwelling on his own
faults. Example: He gave a selfdeprecating shrug. Mnemonic: If someone says you did
a great job and you say, "It was nothing," that's selfeffacing. Efface mean to
erase, so when you tend to erase yourself from different situations its
selfeffacing. Example: He was a shy, self-effacing man.
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER RETIRING Form: adj Tone: neg/neut If
you are a retiring person, you avoid being at the center of attention. You can
often be found in the library and other quiet places, and if someone compliments
you. RESERVED Form: adj Tone: neut If you're reserved, you're the opposite of a
loudmouth or a cut-up: you're polite, you have a lot of self-control, and you don't
show your feelings. INTROVERT Form: noun Tone: neut An introvert is person who is
wrapped up in herself. If you are extremely shy and would rather examine your
feelings in your diary than have a conversation, then you are an introvert.
DIFFIDENCE Form: adj Tone: neg/neut COY Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone:
neg/neut Meaning Take the adjective, coy, for a person who pretends to be shy but
really isn't, or someone who could give a definite answer but won't. Coy behavior
can be playful or just plain annoying. Your diffidence might be the reason why you
never say "hi" to the cute guy or gal in the elevator or why you never ask for a
raise. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: COY Boy (shy boy) Example: But the former finance
minister remains COY on the timing of the vote. Mnemonic: Confidence DIFFIDENCE is
lack of confidence .Diffident is not confident. Example: With habitual DIFFIDENCE
she handed a new manuscript to me Mnemonic: The word INTROVERT comes from Latin
intro-, for inward, and vertere, for turning. Example: He was described as an
INTROVERT, a reserved man who spoke little. Mnemonic: RESERVED attitude. Remains
quiet and to himself. Example: He was unemotional, quiet, quiet, and RESERVED.
Mnemonic: After RETIRING people has a RETIRING personality. Example: Given Susan's
RETIRING personality, no one expected her to take up public speaking. Mnemonic:
TIMID (shy) + date. TIMID person going on date with boss and she inTIMIDate him.
Example: Deer are naturally TIMID creatures.
Form: adj Tone: neg TIMID
Timid means "overly cautious or fearful," like a timid driver who drives very
slowly or avoids highways altogether.
TIMOROUS
A timorous person is timid or shy, like your timorous friend who likes to hang out
with close pals but gets nervous around big groups of new people.
Mnemonic: Timor sounds like Tremor, which means shaking and that happens even when
we are scared. And TIMOROUS is related to fearful. Example: She started delivering
her speech with a TIMOROUS tone.
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Relation to Group Form: adverb Tone: neut
Meaning Inadvertently is an adverb that means "without knowledge or intent," like

when you inadvertently take someone else's coat from the coatroom because it looks
just like yours.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: In advertisement there is no logic but still we buy the

products Example: The teacher told her student, 'You're acting INADVERTENTLY,
please pay attention
INADVERTENTLY
Form: adverb Tone: neg/neut UNWITTINGLY
without Mnemonic: wit is knowledge. knowledge or Witting means knowing intention

something.UN(not)WITTING(knowing something) Example: She had broken the law
UNWITTINGLY, but she had still broken it. Root: UN means NOT
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Meaning You might have trouble finding a nondescript apartment building because it
looks exactly like every other apartment building around it. So its something that
is not special.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Non + Describe : An ordinary object does not need to be

described Example: The private detective was a short, NONDESCRIPT fellow with no
outstanding features, the sort of person one would never notice in a crowd. Root:
Suffix SCRIPT refers to WRITE Mnemonic: If you are doing something wrong, it's wise
not to be conspicuous about it! Example: Mary's red hair always made her
conspicuous at school.
NONDESCRIPT
Form: adj Tone: pos X CONSPICUOUS
Keep your eye on the adjective conspicuous for something that stands out so much
you notice it right away - like that zit in the center of your friend's forehead.
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UNINTERESTING WIDESPREAD WORKING UNDER ANOTHER EPIDEMIC Form: noun Tone: neg
ENDEMIC Form: adj Tone: neg CONTAGIOUS Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg
Meaning You should probably postpone dinner if your date's cold is contagious
that means it's easily spread and likely to get you sick. If you want to underscore
just how commonly found and present something is within a particular place, try the
word endemic. Tight pants are endemic in my lunch room! An epidemic is a disease
that spreads rapidly among many people in a community at the same time. In the
1980, the fast spreading AIDS epidemic transformed life on our planet. Remember the
2009 swine flu? That was a pandemic an illness Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
contag+ious CONTAG(contact) +ious something thats SPREADS when comes in
CONTACT with body or something; so something that SPREADS Example: His enthusiasm
was CONTAGIOUS Root: Prefix CON means WITH or TOGETHER
Mnemonic: Like epidemic disease, ENDEMIC is specific to a group. As discussed about

epidemic and pandemic. Example: Food shortages and starvation are ENDEMIC in
certain parts of the world.
Mnemonic: pandemic,EPIDEMIC,endemic....say pandemic is whole world,EPIDEMIC whole

country and endemic is for a city or particular in a community Example:
Effectively, tobacco companies will be exporting an EPIDEMIC of smoking-related
diseases, the campaign suggests. Root: The root word DEM (I/O) refers to PEOPLE.
PANDEMIC
Mnemonic: pan means all, demos means people; a PANDEMIC is a widespread outbreak of
disease affecting all people Example: A flu PANDEMIC occurred three times in the
last
that swept over much of the globe. Form: adj Tone: neg Rampant means wild, out of
control, to be up on your hind legs roaring at the world.
century Root: Prefix PAN means ALL or EVERY. Mnemonic: RAM ka naam lekar public ko
thagne waale BABA aaj kal RAMPANT ho gaye hain.....Taking God Rama's name and
fooling around with people, all these Baba's have become RAMPANT these days.
Example: The children ran RAMPANT at the supermarket even though their mother tried
to control them. Root: Prefix PAN means ALL or EVERY.
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Meaning Subordinate means putting one thing below another. We subordinate our
desire for popcorn to our desire to keep watching the movie.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Sub means lower and Ordinate sounds like order, so when
someone is ordered to do something as he works under someone else, he is called a
SUBORDINATE Example: In many societies women are SUBORDINATE to men. Root: Prefix
SUB refers to UNDER Mnemonic: UNDERLING has the word Under that itself means below
someone. Example: He dishes out orders to his UNDERLING. Mnemonic: UNDERSTUDY
sounds like studying under someone so that you can learn enough and practice the
same role if required Example: She worked as an UNDERSTUDY to Meryl Streep.
SUBORDINATE
Form: noun Tone: neg UNDERLING
someones called an underling when they are lower in rank to someone else and take
orders from them, and also when you do not respect someone an actor who learns the
part of another actor in a play so that they can play that part if necessary, so an
extra is called an understudy.
Form: noun Tone: neut UNDERSTUDY
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Groups AWAY FROM THE CORRECT/INTENDED PATH APPLAUSE ARTIFICIAL / PRETENSE BEST
EXAMPLE COME TOGETHER DIG OUT / SEARCH / SOLVE ECHO EQUALITY FAT FLATTER / BEG
(LOWER DEGREE) FORCE (HIGHER DEGREE) GET RID OF / CLEANSE IMPORTANT MARK IMPURE /
POISONOUS INBORN / FIRMLY FIXED INTELLIGENT PERSUADE POLISH / *RENOVATE SERIOUS /
CONFUSED SPOIL / DISFIGURE SPOTTED / STAINED STUPID / FOOLISH TEMPT / PLOT / TRICK
TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL DIGRESS Form: verb Tone: neg
If we're talking about science fiction, and you suddenly go off on a long tangent
about the cost of grape soda, you digress. When a person digresses, they stray from
the topic. DESULTORY Form: adj Tone: neg CIRCUITOUS Form: adj Tone: neg AWRY Form:
adverb Tone: neg ASTRAY Words Relation to Group Form: adverb Tone: neg Meaning If
you go astray, you lose the path. If you went to college intending to become a
doctor, but instead became interested in making violent video games, your parents
might feel you have gone astray. When something goes wrong with a decent plan, you
say it has gone awry. You accidentally forget your backpack in the airport? That's
a mistake. That's when something has gone awry. Circuitous means indirect or
roundabout. If you're in a hurry to get to the hospital where your wife is having a
baby, you want to take the straightest, fastest way, not a circuitous one!
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A STRAY dog is a domestic animal found wandering. It is
not in right direction to home. Example: We locked up our valuables so they would
not go ASTRAY. Mnemonic: Plan went AWRY, success went away Example: All my plans
for the party had gone AWRY.
Mnemonic: If your route goes around in complicated circuits, it's CIRCUITOUS, or

windy and indirect Example: Because of the traffic congestion on the mainhighways,
she took a CIRCUITOUS route. Mnemonic: DESULTORY can be related to: Worse than
going and insulting people from place to place is going around without a plan of
insulting. Example: I wandered about in a DESULTORY fashion Mnemonic: Di -Away,
Gress - step. DIGRESS is to move away from path. Due to Depression you need
DIGRESSion from that matter. Example: To follow it, we must make a little
DIGRESSion into the history of Bolshevism Root: Prefix DImeans ACROSS
If you lack a definite plan or purpose and flit from one thing to another, your
actions are desultory. Some people call such desultory wanderings spontaneous.
Others call it "being lost."
Form: adj Tone: neg DISCURSIVE
If people accuse you of rambling from topic to topic in your speech or writing,
they may say you have a discursive style with changes in subject that are hard
to follow. Something divergent is moving away from what is expected. Two divergent
paths are moving in opposite directions - away from each other.
Mnemonic: Cursive writing is not at centre, it is diverting from one side to

another side. Example: The DISCURSIVE style of novel Mnemonic: Things that are
DIVERGENT are diverging - moving away from a path or a standard. A teacher who
comes to work in a clown outfit is being DIVERGENT Example: We went through high
school and college together, but then our paths diverged. Mnemonic: Amble is to
walk, RAMBLE is to walk aimlessly. Example: They RAMBLEd through the shops until
closing time. Mnemonic: TANGENTIAL is like a Tangent Example: Although interesting,
Christina's point was TANGENTIAL to the discussion
DIVERGENT
Form: verb Tone: neg RAMBLE
You ramble when your talking or your walking goes on and on and on. And on.
Youre in no hurry to make a point or get to your destination if there is
one at all. Tangential refers to something that's not part of the whole. If you
make a comment that is tangential to the story you're telling, it's a digression.
The story could still be understood without it.
Form: adj Tone: neg TANGENTIAL
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Words
Meaning A performance that's repeated or added to the regular performance is called

an encore. If you're deaf from last night's concert, it might be because the band
played for two hours and then did a thirty minute encore. Hear that applause and
cries of "Bravo"? Your audience is giving you an ovation, or praise for a great
performance.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ONCE MORE is ENCORE... (just rearrange letters ENCO to

ONCE and you are there with it...) Example: She played a Chopin waltz as an ENCORE.
Mnemonic: On this Occasion he got standing OVATION Example: He was pleasantly
surprised by the OVATION he received. Mnemonic: Pan sounds like BAN , when a
performance or book is criticized, at times it is banned from reading. Example: The
television series was panned by critics and viewers alike.
ENCORE
Form: noun Tone: pos OVATION
To pan a performance, book, or movie is to say that you think it stunk.
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL Form: adj Tone: neg FARCICAL
Form: adj Tone: neg CONTRIVED Form: adj Tone: neg If you see something that seems
fake since it was too perfectly planned out, call it contrived. If you can easily
predict the final minutes of a madefor-TV movie, then call it contrived. AFFECTED
Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Pretended Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: AFFECTED.....past form of affect....affect..af+fect(FACT).SO SOMETHING
which has nothing to do with facts....or reality hence ARTIFICIAL AND THE KEY WORD
HERE IS FACT...reality..and opposite of it artificial Example: I had been quite
scared by the dog but AFFECTED carelessness. Mnemonic: Con(not true, as in con
artist, con job)+Try --not truly trying. Contri(ved) ie forced , artificial, not
spontaneous Example: The book's happy ending seemed CONTRIVED.
Something Example: It was a FARCICAL that's farcical trial. is ridiculously funny

absurd, even. When you stumbled onstage, tripping over your costume and pulling
down the backdrop, you brought a farcical element to the serious play. If your
grandmother describes you as mannered, she means you are very formal, observing all
societys Mnemonic: man in red is "not natural" Example: His prose style is far
too MANNERED and selfconscious.
MANNERED
mandates. She might mean this positively, approving of your actions, or negatively,
thinking you too formal. Form: verb Tone: neg If you're accused of posturing
though, that's a different story - that means you're behaving unnaturally to
impress someone. Use the adjective pretentious as a way to criticize people who try
to act like they are more important or knowledgeable than they really are. Example:
The administration has adopted an aggressive POSTURE on immigration.
POSTURE
Form: adj Tone: neg
Mnemonic: PRETENTIOUS is someone who is Pretending Example: It was just an ordinary

housenothing PRETENTIOUS.
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Form: noun Tone: pos EMBODY Form: verb Tone: pos ARCHETYPE Form: noun Tone: pos
APOTHEOSIS Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning If your teacher
says the term paper you handed in last week is a work of genius that sets a new
gold standard for the school, he's telling you your work is the apotheosis of term
papers. The epitome. An archetype is a perfect example of something. If you have
blond hair, a perfect size six body and are on the cheerleading squad, you're the
archetype of a high school cheerleader. To embody a role is to fill it completely.
If a high schooler seems to embody the character of Macbeth, his performance might
make the audience forget they're watching a dorky 15-year-old with braces. If
you're talking about a typical example of something, call it the epitome. The
cartoon character Garfield is the epitome of the fat, lazy, food-obsessed cat. If
you exemplify something, you're the perfect example of it. Say you wear frilly
shirts, kneehigh boots, and black eye-make-up you exemplify the fashion world's
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: apo = up/ above(raise) + theo(god)+ sis = is. So "god is
above all in APOTHEOSIS belief". Example: Mona Lisa is the APOTHEOSIS of all
paintings. Root: Prefix APO means AWAY FROM, FROM
Mnemonic: Archies type comics are ARCHETYPE Example: She is the ARCHETYPE of an
American movie star.
Mnemonic: Imagine someone whose body is crushed and replaced with a letter m - the
'm' body stands as a representative of his body. Example: He is a politician who
embodied the hopes of black youth
Mnemonic: Happy Tom: is a perfect example of Tom and Jerry Example: He is the
EPITOME of goodness.
EXEMPLIFY
Mnemonic: EXEMPLIFY is nothing but EXAMPLE. Example: His food exemplifies Italian
cooking at its best. Root: Suffix -Y always means A STATE of something
obsession with pirates. Form: noun Tone: pos PARADIGM A paradigm is a standard,
perspective, or set of ideas. A paradigm is a way of looking at something. Paragon
applies to someone who is a model of perfection in some quality or trait. We link
paragon with other words that follow it, such as "paragon of virtue" or "paragon of
patience." To personify is to give something lifeless human-like qualities - like
when Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped
for me..." A precedent is something that sets a standard for future events. It's
hard to say what the legal community would do without the word precedent, since so
many legal judgments and decisions are based on what came before. A prototype is
the original model, like a sample on which to base future designs. A company
designing a new toaster will first design and build a prototype, to test it out and
see if it's any good. Mnemonic: Dime coin is PARADIGM for US currency Example: The
war was a PARADIGM of the destructive side of human nature. Mnemonic: You rub the
gold on the touchstone and you can find out how good the gold is. You are hoping
that it is the PARAGON of "goldness." Example: He wasn't the PARAGON of virtue she
had expected. Mnemonic: person+infy(infosys):infosys recruit only quality people.
Example: These children PERSONIFY all that is wrong with the education system.
Root: Suffix -Y always means A STATE of something Mnemonic: PRECEDENT pre(before)+
cedent(incident), an incident happened before which will decide the following
incident. Example: The ruling set a PRECEDENT for future libel cases. Root: Prefix
PRE means BEFORE.
PARAGON
PERSONIFY
PRECEDENT
PROTOTYPE
Mnemonic: Type of something. Example: Scientists have developed a working

PROTOTYPE for a voice translation machine. Root: Prefix PROTO means FIRST
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Meaning Concurrent means happening at the same time, as in two movies showing at
the same theater on the same weekend.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: CONCURRENT can be related to Co(together) occurant

(something that takes place). Example: He was imprisoned for two CONCURRENT terms
of 30 months and 18 months. Root: Prefix CON means TOGETHER. Mnemonic: CONFLUENCE
can be remembered as you bring people together by means of your influence. Example:
the CONFLUENCE of the Blue Nile and the White Nile Root: Prefix CON means TOGETHER.
Mnemonic: CONVERGE sounds like Come and merge. Example: Thousands of supporters
CONVERGEd on Washington, D.C. for the rally. Root: Prefix CON means TOGETHER.
CONCURRENT
CONFLUENCE
Confluence means a flowing together. In a literal sense, it's about rivers. But
it's more often used to talk about the coming together of factors or ideas, or of
cultures in a diverse city.
CONVERGE
Two roads, a roomful of politicians, or a group of rabid fans - when things come
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL Form: verb Tone: neut To
unearth something is to dig it up. You could unearth a coffin, or even a tee shirt
buried in the bottom of a drawer. FERRET Form: noun Tone: pos/neut EXHUME Form:
verb Tone: neut When you see your mysterious neighbor digging around in his
backyard, you may wonder if hes trying to exhume something. Chances are hes
only digging up potatoes - when you exhume something, it means youre digging up
a corpse. You may be familiar with ferrets, those adorable little mammals that look
like cheap minks. Well, the verb to ferret means to act like a ferret: to dig for
something until you find it. EXCAVATE Form: verb Tone: neut DISINTER Words Relation
to Group Form: verb Tone: neut Meaning To "inter" a body is to bury it or place it
in a mausoleum, so to disinter someone is to take the body out again - usually to
find out how they died, to make sure it's really who we think it is, or to move the
body to a new burial site. To excavate is to remove or find by digging. If you have
rocky soil in your garden, you may have to excavate it to remove the rocks and
replace them with additional soil. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Inter is to bury
DISINTER is to dig out. Dis is NOT . Example: The actor's autobiography DISINTERred
a past era. Root: Prefix DISmeans NOT/ APART. Mnemonic: Try to remember EXCAVATE in
this way: eight eggs dig out a cave and are known as the eggs cave eight. Example:
The site has been EXCAVATEd by archaeologists. Root: Prefix EXmeans OUT OF, FROM
Mnemonic: Exhuman, dig out (EXHUME) human from ground Example: They insisted not to
EXHUME that old argument in the party. Root: Prefix EXmeans OUT OF, FROM Mnemonic:
FERRET my Parrot FERRET the FERRET, kaunsa FERRET hai mera (trying to find out from
a flock of parrots) Example: She opened the drawer and FERRETed around for her
keys. Mnemonic: un(not)+earth the minerals which are not present in surface of
earth is found BY DIGGING Example: When they UNEARTHed the city, the archeologists
found many relics of
UNEARTH
an ancient civilization. Form: verb Tone: neut make plain or clear; solve Mnemonic:
Un (not) + Ravel is to complicate. Paresh Rawal Ravel the story Example: It also
helped UNRAVEL longstanding mysteries such as exactly how ozone degrades and rust
forms. Mnemonic: Inter is to bury. Example: The princess was interred on an island
in the middle of a lake.
UNRAVEL
Form: verb Tone: neut/neg X INTER
Inter means to bury, usually in a tomb or grave. If you loved your cat a lot, you
might want to inter her remains in the back yard and make a nice little memorial.
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Meaning To resound is to echo with sounds, usually loudly. When you sing in the
shower, your voice resounds.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Re means to REPEAT. So the sound that keeps repeating is

RESOUND. Example: If you've ever heard a ring announcer, the microphone helps his
or her voice RESOUND to the crowd. Root: RE is to REPEAT Mnemonic: Re is to REPEAT
and verbate can be equated to vibrate. So a sound that keeps on vibrating, its
REVERBERATE. Repetitive Re Vibration (echo) produces echo. Example: The thunder
REVERBERATEd across the valley. Root: RE is to REPEAT
RESOUND
REVERBERATE
If you give a loud shout in a cavernous place, like a gym, or a church, the sound
of your voice will reverberate throughout the room. Reverberate means an echo.
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Meaning Secular things are not religious. Anything not affiliated with a church or
faith can be called secular.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: we say india is a SECULAR country--- means india has

combination of many religions, not a fixed religion, there are hindu, muslims
,Christian, jain Example: Ours is a SECULAR society. Root: Prefix SEC mean CUT.
Mnemonic: TEMPORAL and Mortal are rhyming words with the same meaning i.e something
that is temporary, that does not last forever. Example: Although spiritual leader
of millions of people, the Pope has no TEMPORAL power. Root: Prefix TEMP means
TIME.
SECULAR
Form: adj Tone: pos
Secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to any particular religion.
TEMPORAL
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL Form: adj Tone: neg STOUT
Stout describes something fat, dependable, or rugged. If someone calls you stout,
ask them exactly what they mean before bursting into tears and skipping dinner. It
could be a compliment! SQUAT Form: verb Tone: neg PORTLY Form: adj Tone: neut/neg
OBESE Form: adj Tone: neg GIRTH Form: noun Tone: neg The girth of something is the
distance around its middle, and it usually refers to a persons waist. If you get
pregnant with twins, your girth will probably block your view of your toes. Obese
means excessively fat. In medical terms, it means you have a body mass index (BMI)
of 30 or more, at which point your body's excess fat begins to threaten your
health. Don't call someone fat. Be nice, and call them portly. Portly is just one
of several words that are kinder than "fat," including "stout," "heavy," and
"pleasingly plump." short and thick CORPULENT Words Relation to Group Form: adj
Tone: neg Meaning Corpulent is a formal word that describes a fat person. If you
are trying to be respectful when describing a fat man, you might refer to him as a
"corpulent gentleman." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: cor+pulent (Car Puller) one who
is capable of pulling a car i.e. a large fat man Example: Mrs. George donner was in
good health was somewhat CORPULENT and certainly able to travel. Root: Prefix CORP
means BODY Mnemonic: He is a GIRTH of Earth Example: The man of enormous GIRTH. A
tree one meter in GIRTH .
Mnemonic: OBESE can be used as very fat so OBviously not at EASE. Example: OBESE
patients are given dietary advice. Mnemonic: PORKY the pig is PORTLY... Example:
The salesclerk tactfully referred to the overweight customer as PORTLY rather than
fat Mnemonic: Kuwait people are SQUAT Example: As he was SQUAT, he was easily
noticeable in a team having lean players. Mnemonic: Most supermodels would not want
to be described as STOUT, which is often a nicer way of saying "fat." Example: She
is getting too STOUT for her dresses.
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL Form: verb Tone: neg ENTREATY
Form: noun Tone: neg CAJOLE Form: verb Tone: neg To cajole someone is to persuade
them by using insincere compliments or promises. If you say "Please, pretty-please,
I'll be your best friend," when asking for a candy, you are cajoling him. "Ain't
too proud to beg" is what the word entreaty is all about. When you make an
entreaty, you're begging or pleading for something. You might ask your friend for a
loan if you're short a few bucks, but if the bank is about to foreclose on your
house you'll implore your friend for the money, desperately begging for the cash so
you can keep your house. CADGE Form: verb Tone: neg BESEECH Form: verb Tone: neg If
you're begging for something but you want to sound formal and a little old-
fashioned, say "I beseech you!" It really captures how urgent and desperate you
are, yet saves a shred of your dignity. to ask somebody for food, money, etc.
especially because you cannot or do not want to pay for something yourself BEHEST
Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning Behest is an authoritative
command or request. If your boss or principal asks to see you, you go to their
office at their behest. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BEHEST can be split as Be
(become) + Haste (fast) when you are called by your boss, because it is his
command/BEHEST. Example: He went at the king's BEHEST. Mnemonic: BESEECH sounds a
little like seek, which is appropriate. To BESEECH is to seek for something, or for
permission. Example: Let him go, I BESEECH you! Mnemonic: Imagine begging somebody
for a ride. "Can I catch (CADGE) a ride with you?" Example: I managed to CADGE some
money off my dad. Example: The salesman will CAJOLE the couple into buying the
stereo.
Mnemonic: We often have to entreat a person to give us a treat Example: She held up
her arms in ENTREATY. Root: Prefix EN means IN Mnemonic: Beggars IMPLORE for money
sitting on floor Example: They IMPLOREd him for forgiveness.
IMPLORE
IMPORTUNE
to importune is to beg, but use it only when you're talking about going beyond mere
begging into more urgent territory. The woman importuned the judge to release her
innocent brother from jail.
Mnemonic: Im means NOT and -portune sounds like Fortune (fate and money both). So a
person lacking or not having enough money and a good fortune has to beg from others
and is called IMPORTUNE. Example: After a year of being IMPORTUNEd (persuasion),
dad let me have the car. Root: Prefix IM means NOT Mnemonic: Imagine a cat supply
teacher, a supply cat, who has no idea how to teach and has to beg for help
Example: He SUPPLICATEd her girlfriend to get back to him after cheating on her
Mnemonic: WHEEDLE sounds like Needle. She WHEEDLEd Needle from doctor Example: I
WHEEDLEd a new car out of my father.
SUPPLICATE
If you dont get the grade you were hoping for on your paper, you could try to
rewrite it, or you could meet with your teacher and supplicate. Your humble
requests for an A may or may not work. To wheedle is to sweet talk, or
flatter someone in the hopes of getting something in return. You might try to
wheedle a meter maid into not giving you a parking ticket.
Form: verb Tone: neg WHEEDLE
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL GOAD Form: verb Tone: neg
EXTORT Form: verb Tone: neg COMPULSION Form: noun Tone: neg Let's say you have a
secret. You've promised not to tell, but there's something forcing you to call a
friend and spill the beans. This force is compulsion, that urge to do something
even though you know you shouldn't. To extort is to use information or the threat
of violence to acquire cash or something else. Extortion is a classic shakedown, a
gouge, a squeeze. something that encourages, urges, or drives. COMPEL Form: verb
Tone: neg COERCION Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning Coercion is
making something happen by force, like when bullies use coercion to make kids give
them their lunch money. You don't want to be compelled to go to a classical music
concert if you'd rather listen to rap. Compel means to force or drive someone to do
something. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: COERCIVE forces in physics Example: The
police might use COERCION, too, to get a confession. Mnemonic: School officials
might be upset if a winter storm COMPELs them to cancel classes Example: The law
can COMPEL fathers to make regular payments for their children. Mnemonic: Compusion
is to comply or agree to something when you are forced to. Example: COMPULSION for
employers in contributing to their employees pension funds. Mnemonic: Ex Tort
(Torture) get money by threats Example: The kidnappers EXTORTed a 2 lakh ransom for
his release. Mnemonic: GOAD = goat. Imagine a huge Goat which always inspires you
to think that humans could eat grass for their living Example: When GOADed beyond
endurance, she turned on him and hit out. Mnemonic: PRESS is to force. Example:
They had PRESSed for their children to be taught French.
Form: noun Tone: neg PRESS
When you urge, and literally force your mother to sign the marksheet since you have
scored very less and its the Principals command, its
PRESSING her to do so. Form: verb Tone: neg When you dissuade someone, you convince
that person not to do something: When Caroline saw Peter's broken leg, she tried
to dissuade him going on the ski trip. Mnemonic: Remember the meaning of dissuade
(discourage) by comparing it to its more common relative persuade (to force or
urge) Example: I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job. Root: Prefix DIS
means APART/ NOT
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL PURGE Form: verb Tone: neg To
purge is to get rid of something or someone, and often its done suddenly.
EXPURGATE Form: verb Tone: neg To expurgate is to censor. Usually, people talk
about expurgating bad words from something written or on TV. For Instance, the BIG
BOSS, contestents have been asked not to use curse words. EXORCISE Form: verb Tone:
neg To exorcise is to cast out a devil or evil spirit, using prayer and other
religious tools. You're probably familiar with the name of the person who does
this: an exorcist. CATHARSIS Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning
Use the noun, catharsis, to refer to the experience a person can have of releasing
emotional tension and feeling refreshed afterwards. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
CATHA sounds like KATHA(a religious story in hindi)..KATHA leads to the
purging(means release) of emotional tensions. Example: Aristotle maintained that
tragedy created a CATHARSIS by purging the soul of base concepts. Mnemonic:
EXORCISE sounds like "exercise," which means to work out or train your body or
mind. Casting out devils is hard work, so be sure to exercise before you EXORCISE.
Example: The ghost was EXORCISEd from the house. Root: EX means OUT OF/FROM
Mnemonic: exmeans out, purgare means cleanse; EXPURGATE means change the tone of
a text by removing words Example: On TV, if you hear some words bleeped out, those
words have been EXPURGATEd. Root: EX means OUT OF/FROM Mnemonic: PURGE rhymes with
urge, and when you have a really strong urge to throw stuff away or clean something
out, you have an urge to PURGE. Example: His first act as leader was to PURGE the
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Meaning A hallmark is a distinctive characteristic of something or someone. That

can mean a literal symbol on the bottom of a piece of pottery, or just a rock
star's signature hair style.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A basketball player could say that coming to practice

early is a HALLMARK of her success Example: Police said the explosion bore all the
HALLMARKs of a terrorist attack. Mnemonic: a MILESTONE victory or a company's sales
MILESTONE. Example: He said the launch of the party represented a MILESTONE in
Zambian history. Example: The middle decades of the 19th century marked a WATERSHED
in Russia's history
HALLMARK
Form: noun Tone: pos MILESTONE
A milestone is a significant event in your life. Often a milestone marks the start
of a new chapter. For example, the day you graduated from high school was a
milestone in your life. A watershed is a turning point, or historic moment. The day
you got your braces off might have been a watershed moment in your life.
Form: noun Tone: pos WATERSHED
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL TOXIC Form: adj Tone: neg
NOXIOUS Form: adj Tone: neg MIASMA Form: noun Tone: neg CONTAMINATE Form: verb
Tone: neg ADULTERATE Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning If you
adulterate something, you mess it up. You may not want to adulterate the beauty of
freshly fallen snow by shoveling it, but how else are you going to get to work?
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ADULTERATE sounds like: Adult rate, adult are impure
than children so adults are adultrated Example: Food adulteration is a big problem
in developing countries. Mnemonic: If your coke has got tab in it the coke is made
impure Example: The drinking water has become CONTAMINATEd with lead.
The verb contaminate means the same as pollute. Whether its food, air, or water,
when you contaminate something, you make it impure or hazardous.
A miasma is a cloud of Mnemonic: You could foul-smelling vapor, like describe the
MIASMA swamp gas. of a hot summer day, but you'd be thinking of the stench of
uncollected garbage and exhaust fumes, not the smell of summer flowers Example: a
MIASMA of cigarette smoke. Something noxious is harmful and could be even fatal -
whether it is colorless, odorless, and invisible like carbon monoxide, or dark,
strong-smelling, and obvious, like black smoke from a fire. Danger! Hazardous! Do
not eat! These are just some of the warnings you'll see on toxic substances -
meaning stuff that's poisonous and even deadly. Mnemonic: NOXIOUS can be split in
two parts: No+ Oxygen in the air is really harmful. Example: His cologne was so
NOXIOUS I had to exit the elevator and take the stairs Mnemonic: TOXIC is related
to the word toxin, which is a kind of poison. Cobra bites, wild mystery mushrooms
and strong chemicals are all TOXIC. Example: Many pesticides are highly TOXIC.
Mnemonic: VITIATE the effect of Vish
As some sneaky fiveyear-olds know,

VITIATE
crossing ones fingers while making a promise is an effective way to vitiate, or

destroy the validity of, an agreement.
(Poison) Example: The yes vote was VITIATEd by the low turnout in the
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL Form: adj Tone: neut INTRINSIC
The intrinsic qualities of something have to do with its nature. An intrinsic
quality of dogs is that they're loyal. INNATE Form: adj Tone: neut If a
characteristic or ability is already present in a person or animal when they are
born, it is innate. People have the innate ability to speak whereas animals do not.
INHERENT Form: adj Tone: neut Use the adjective inherent for qualities that are
considered permanent or cannot be separated from an essential character. ENTRENCHED
Form: verb Tone: neut CONGENITAL Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut
Meaning Congenital refers to something present at birth but not necessarily
inherited from the parents. Babies with heart disorders developed in utero can live
long and productive lives, in spite of their congenital birth defect. When you're
entrenched, you're dug in. Sometimes that means you're literally in a trench, but
usually it means you just won't budge from a position or belief. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Genetic mismatches lead to CONGENITAL diseases. Example: Half of all
fetuses with the syndrome have a CONGENITAL heart defect. Mnemonic: If you
establish something by digging a trench you are in trench Example: Having turkey on
Thanksgiving is a tradition that's ENTRENCHED in American culture it's long been
established and isn't going anywhere Mnemonic: INHERENT is always in here. Its a
rule that if you want to stay in here, at our house you have to pay a monthly rent.
Example: It has, however, highlighted the difficulties INHERENT in this process
Mnemonic: He always ate in inn, thats his INNATE (inborn) habit Example: He
possess an INNATE knowledge of right and wrong Root: Prefix IN means INTO Mnemonic:
INTRINSIC is internal, within. Example: Generosity was an INTRINSIC part of her
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL DISCRIMINATING Form: adj Tone:
pos Someone discriminating has fine-grained judgment and can tell, for example, the
difference between pretty good cookies and incredibly great cookies - a valuable
skill. DISCERNING Form: adj Tone: pos ASTUTE Form: adj Tone: pos ACUMEN Form: noun
Tone: pos ACUITY Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning Acuity has to
do with sharpness and smartness. Do you always get A's in math? Then you have an
acuity for numbers. If you have acumen, you are very sharp at what you do. You hope
your accountant and your surgeon are both known for their acumen. Someone who is
astute is clever and has good judgment. The kid running around with a bucket stuck
on his head? Not so astute. Discerning people pick up on subtle traits and are good
judges of quality they're the ones that can tell if your cupcakes are homemade from
the finest ingredients or totally from a box mix. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A cute
girl has sharp features Example: In time his youthful ACUITY of vision failed him,
and he needed glasses. Mnemonic: A few men have ACUMEN Example: His business ACUMEN
helped him to succeed where others had failed. Mnemonic: absolute: a salute to
ASTUTE person Example: That was a very ASTUTE observation. Mnemonic: READ IT AS di-
screening. A DUAL SCREENING PERSON, WHO KEEPS ON SCREENING EVERYTHING AROUND TWICE(
VERY OBSERVANT, ALERT) Example: The DISCERNING customer will recognize this as a
high quality product. Mnemonic: Discriminate is to know the DIFFERENCE between good
and bad. Example: When eating, being DISCRIMINATING is especially useful: why eat
food that's badly prepared or unhealthy if you don't have to? Root: Prefix DIS
means to APART,NOT Mnemonic: With this word, remember inand -sight-. When
Form: adj Tone: pos
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INSIGHTFUL
papers is insightful analysis - thinking that sees beyond the obvious and expresses
an original thought.
you have the ability to look (sight) inside (in) something a painting, a
discussion, a situation. Example: She offered some really interesting, INSIGHTFUL
observation. Mnemonic: judi+cious--- having JUDgement qualities Example: It is
curable with JUDICIOUS use of antibiotics. Root: Prefix JUD means to JUDGE
Mnemonic: PERCEPTIVE sounds like Perfectly Observative. Example: It was very
PERCEPTIVE of you to notice that. Root: Prefix PER means THROUGH Mnemonic: A
PERSPICACIOUS person has keen perspective Example: The brilliant lawyer was known
for his PERSPICACIOUS deductions Mnemonic: Im means NOT and PRUDENT means CAREFUL.
Not Careful Example: It would be imPRUDENT to invest all your money in one company.
Form: adj Tone: pos JUDICIOUS
If you're judicious, you've got a good head on your shoulders and make good
decisions. Humpty Dumpty's decision to sit on a wall? NOT judicious. If someone
calls you perceptive, they mean you are good at understanding things or figuring
things out. Perceptive people are insightful, intelligent, and able to see what
others cannot. Perspicacious is an adjective that means "shrewd" and "wise." A
perspicacious child can't be fooled when her parents try to keep a secret by
talking in Pig Latin. To be imprudent means lacking selfrestraint when it would be
wise to have it, like that time you started dancing on the table during a math
test. Remember that? Everybody else does. Use the formal adjective, sagacious, to
describe someone who is wise and insightful like an advisor to the president or a
Supreme Court justice. Use the word sage for someone or something wise and
judicious. Thanks to the sage advice of your friend, you didn't write your teacher
an angry email!
Form: adj Tone: pos PERCEPTIVE
Form: adj Tone: pos PERSPICACIOUS
Form: adj Tone: pos
PRUDENT
Form: adj Tone: pos SAGACIOUS
Mnemonic: Imagine a man who is so old his skin sags in sag ages -this man is so old
he must be wise Example: He is a SAGACIOUS leader.
Form: noun Tone: pos SAGE
Mnemonic: S + AGE... a wise aged man(your grandpa).. Example: He was famous for his
SAGE advice to younger paints.
Form: noun Tone: pos SAVANT
You know that girl in your school with a GPA over 100? She is a savant in the
making. A savant is someone over-thetop smart, a scholar.
Mnemonic: Rakhi Sawant is considered SAVANT in exposing Example: There are SAVANTs
who are wise and learned, and then there are idiot SAVANTs
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induce is to move or lead someone to action. A promise of a lollipop can induce a
toddler to do just about anything, even sit down and be polite to the maid. EXHORT
Form: verb Tone: neg ENJOIN Form: verb Tone: neg COGENT Form: adj Tone: neg In
these days of 24-hour entertainment news and sound-bite sized explanations of
complex government policy, its hard to find a cogent (persuading) argument
amidst all the emotional outbursts. COAX Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone:
neg Meaning When you coax someone, you try to convince him gently, with pleasant
words and maybe a little flattery. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: When you want a bike
from your father, serve him some cokes to first cool him and then request for your
bikein short COAX him. Example: She COAXed the horse into coming a little
closer. Mnemonic: COGENT sounds like Convincing+ Gent. A man who speaks in a way
that is very convincing, may be like a salesman. Example: She put forward some
COGENT reasons for abandoning the plan.
To enjoin is to issue an Mnemonic: ENJOIN to urgent and official order. If join the
army the government tells Example: The doctor loggers to stop cutting ENJOINed a
strict diet. down trees, they are enjoining the loggers to stop. When he heard the
crowd exhort (to fill up with encouragement) him with stomping and cheers, he knew
that he could finish the marathon. Mnemonic: If your Ex, hurts (EXHORT) you
continuously by reminding you of time spent in the past, request (urge) him to move
on and stop bothering you. Example: The media have been EXHORTing people to come to
the demonstration. Mnemonic: Typical filmy dialogue: a movie heroine might say to
the villain, "Nothing could INDUCE me to marry you. Not all the money in the world.
Not if you were the last man on Earth!" Example: Nothing would INDUCE me to take
the job. Mnemonic: Mr. BURGEr King giving bURGEr to BoURGEois (middle class people)
dressed in pink.
If you have an urge to eat candy, you really want to eat those sweets. Your mother
might urge you to
URGE
wait until after dinner.
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Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg
Meaning You can burnish your resume, by polishing it until it's perfect.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BURNISH is opposite of Tarnish. Tarnish is to spoil or

disfigure something and BURNISH is to make something look shiny by polishing.
Example: When the floor is dry apply a coat of concentrated Star and BURNISH
when dry. Mnemonic: REFURBISH sounds like refurnish. Example: REFURBISHed phones
are easily available for those who do not wish to spend much on hi-tech phones.
Root: RE means AGAIN. Mnemonic: garnish means to decorate; VARNISH means to
decorate by POLISHING Example: I'll give the shelves a coat of VARNISH. Mnemonic:
VENEER is pronounced in a similar way to Paneer. Both mean the same soft, elegant.
Example: The chest is solid oak, not VENEER.
BURNISH
Form: verb Tone: neg REFURBISH
Whether its a bike, an old computer, or a tennis stadium, when you refurbish
something you clean it up and make it look or perform better. a coating that
provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
Form: noun Tone: neg VARNISH
Form: noun Tone: neg VENEER
A veneer can be anything that makes something look more elegant or attractive than
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Meaning If you're bemused, you're muddled or preoccupied. It happens when you're

lost in thought, dazed, or overwhelmed (say, on the first day of high school). See
that person staring out the window who looks so sad and lost in thought? He is
pensive, the opposite of cheery and carefree.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Amused No => BEMUSED = Confused Example: It Constantly

confuse or bemuses people, why he did this. Mnemonic: PENSIVE calls for a PAINFULL
face/ mood Example: She was in a PENSIVE mood, just wanting to be alone to think.
BEMUSED
Form: adj Tone: neut PENSIVE
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL WARP Form: verb Tone: neg MAR
Form: verb Tone: neg DISTORT Form: verb Tone: neg Distort means to twist out of
shape. When you look at a tree through a twisting kaleidoscope, you distort its
image, making its branches and leaves look wavy and misshapen. A mar is a flaw,
mark, or blemish, like a deep scratch on a wooden table. As a verb, to mar is to
make such an imperfection - like the pen mark that mars your crisp, white shirt. to
become, or make something become, twisted or bent out of its natural shape,
especially something that is too hot or damp. DISFIGURE Form: verb Tone: neg To
disfigure something is to ruin its appearance, which is what would happen if you
drew a big bushy mustache and a pair of antennae on the Mona Lisa. DEFACE Words
Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning If you deface something, you've
blemished or disfigured it in some way. For example, graffiti can deface a statue.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: The de- in DEFACE should be a clue that this is a
negative word.Throwing a cup of coffee on a valuable painting ruins the face of the
painting - so we say it's been DEFACEd. Example: They were charged with defacing
public property. Root: DE refers to DOWN or AWAY Mnemonic: The prefix DIS means
negative always and Dis means NOT. So When the figure is not in usual shape and
form its called DISFIGURE. Example: Their faces are DISFIGUREd by severe burn
scars. Root: DIS is APART or NOT Mnemonic: Dis means NOT and again to maintain the
original form of something is to DISTORT Example: The loudspeaker seemed to DISTORT
his voice. Mnemonic: She MARked on the wall with pencil and spoilt the paint.
Example: The elections were MARred by violence.
Mnemonic: WARP is pronounced as Worp which sounds like a dwarf who is extra short
and sometimes not in correct posture. Example: The window frames had begun to WARP.
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL SULLY Form: verb Tone: neg If
you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Mr
Srivastav's, you would sully his good reputation.To sully is to attack someone's
good name. If something's tainted, it's ruined or spoiled. If you leave milk on the
counter overnight, it could be tainted. MACULATE Form: adj Tone: neg If your little
sister has a maculate appearance, she either needs a good wipe with a damp towel or
you should take her to the doctor straight away. DEBASE Form: verb Tone: neg To
debase something is to make it corrupt or impure. If your lemonade stand sells
pure lemonade, you d insist on using real lemons instead of a mix; using a
mix would debase your product. BLOTCH Form: noun Tone: neg BLEMISH Words Relation
to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning A blemish is a small flaw. If you borrow your
brother's brand new bicycle, you'd better be careful - what might seem like the
tiniest blemish to you might be a horribly ruined paint job to him. an irregularly
shaped spot Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BLEMISH sounds like Blame. We usually blame
people even for small flaws Example: His reputation is without a BLEMISH. Mnemonic:
BLOTCH sounds like a blot (of ink) on your shirt leading to a dirty patch. Example:
His face was covered with dark red BLOTCHes. Mnemonic: The Base Terrace se building
ki base pe aa gaye hai so DEBASE Example: He wouldn't DEBASE himself by doing
manual labor Root: DE refers to DOWN or AWAY Mnemonic: MACULATE sounds like Mac
-you -Late for the partythat s not correct and your image is stained Example:
The room was long, dark, narrow, slovenly, spaced with tables on which were
MACULATE cloths and lamps with faded shades. Mnemonic: Bully always SULLY people
Example: I would not SULLY her reputation with that piece of gossip Mnemonic: Taint
sounds like a bad paint. A bad paint can ruin the look of the wall and hence look
TAINTED.
TAINTED
Example: Opposition leaders said that the elections had been TAINTED by corruption.
Form: verb Tone: neg TARNISH To tarnish is to become dull or discolored. Silver
tends to tarnish easily, which is why your mother is always having you polish the
family silver. Mnemonic: TARNISH is opposite of Garnish. Garnish is to decorate and
TARNISH is stained. Example: The mirrors had TARNISHed with age.
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL Form: noun Tone: neg OAF An
oaf is the boring, illmannered person you hope doesn't show up at your party and
send the other guests running for the door. INANE Form: adj Tone: neg If something
is inane, it's silly or senseless. If you just want to space out, you won't mind
the inane chatter on TV, as long as it's on. IMBECILE Form: noun Tone: neg If your
best friend calls you an imbecile, he's implying that you're stupid, and he's
probably pretty angry with you. An imbecile is an extremely stupid person. FATUOUS
Form: adj Tone: neg DOLT Form: noun Tone: neg ASININE Words Relation to Group Form:
adj Tone: neg Meaning Mnemonic/Example If you want to call someone a Mnemonic: if
you complete stupid while get NINE out of sounding smart yourself, ASSI(80) You ar
asinine is your go-to word. surely an ASININE(stupid) Example: Talking trash about
your boss in an email they're cc'd on...that's ASININE. Dolt refers a person who
isn't very smart. You might be called a dolt if you do something dumb, like stand
outside your car complaining that you locked your keys inside - even though the
window is wide open. Fatuous means lacking intelligence. When your mother outlaws
calling your brother stupid, use fatuous instead. Mnemonic: DOLT rhymes with bolt.
Nut-bolt ~ what a nut he is. (stupid person) Example: I gave him the keys, but then
that DOLT locked them in the car Mnemonic: getting FATUOUS on purpose is foolish
for your health Example: She is far too intelligent to utter such FATUOUS remarks
Mnemonic: IMBECILE sounds like IMBALANCE....a person having imbalance in his mind
is a stupid person.... Example: They behaved like IMBECILEs. Mnemonic: Insane
person passes INANE remarks. Example: I have never heard anything as INANE as what
just came out of your mouth. Mnemonic: OAF...sounds like uff..and when you see an
ugly awkward person. Example: He stood there grinning like an OAF. Mnemonic:
Form: adj
The adjective obtuse is good

Tone: neg
for describing someone slow on the uptake: "Don't be so obtuse: get with the
program!"
OBTUSE
Remember OBTUSE angle in Geometry? Its the opposite of Acute angle. Acute means
Sharp , OBTUSE should be Blunt. Example: Perhaps I'm being OBTUSE, but what has all
this got to do with me?
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TO KNOW TO SEE UNMATCHED / UNIQUE WEAK / THIN / TALL Form: verb Tone: neg When you
conspire, you collaborate with others to do harm, or maybe just keep something from
happening CONNIVE Form: verb Tone: neg COLLUDE Form: verb Tone: neg BEGUILE Form:
verb Tone: neg ALLURE Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning If you
find yourself making eyes at that stranger across the coffee shop, chances are
there is an allure about him or her - something mysteriously, powerfully attractive
and tempting. To beguile is to trick someone, either with deception or with
irresistible charm and beauty. You could be beguiled by a super model or by a super
con artist. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: All Lure means to attract Example: The
romantic young man ALLUREd the beautiful woman by preparing a wonderful dinner.
Mnemonic: Be means TO and -Guile is to cheat using charm. SO BEGUILE IS TO CHEAT
USING ONES CHARM. Example: Bermuda triangle is something which BEGUILEs a great
many people. Mnemonic: CO means together and Lude is to play, using tactics.
Example: Several people had COLLUDEd in the murder. Mnemonic: Connie has been
plotting and conspiring to ruin her neighbor's garden by planting it full of ivy (a
climbing tree) Example: The government was accused of having CONNIVEd with the
security forces to permit murder. Mnemonic: CON means TOGETHER and Aspire would
mean that you are keen to do something. In this case when together you aspire to
harm some one its called conspiracy. Example: They were accused of conspiring
against the government.
When you collude with someone you secretly plot together to do something bad. You
might collude with your twin sister to find out where all the birthday presents are
hidden. To connive is to plan or plot to do something illegal or wrong. Conniving
is considered dishonest and cowardly.
CONSPIRE
Root: Prefix CON means TOGETHER Form: verb Tone: neg ENTICE Let's say your friend
wants to go to the movies and you don't want to. Your friend might try to entice
you by offering to buy you popcorn. Entice means to persuade with promises of
something. When you tell your boyfriend hes not just the best boyfriend ever but
also the world's best driver, and this makes him offer to drive the whole way on
your upcoming road trip, then congratulations. You know how to inveigle, or use
charm to coax someone i To lure is to entice or bait someone. A lure is used to
bait or entice fish to attach themselves to your hook. Mnemonic: You are ENTICEd
(attracted to) buy ENTICEr, the bike. Example: Some stores slashed prices by up to
80 % to ENTICE shoppers. Mnemonic: In veil girl is having INVEIGLE intentions.
Deceptive intentions of girl in veil Example: The babysitter tried to INVEIGLE the
kids into going to bed
INVEIGLE
Form: verb Tone: neg LURE
Mnemonic: LURE is not a Pure act of attracting. Example: The romantic young man
LUREd the beautiful woman by preparing a wonderful dinner. Mnemonic: Machine Guns
in Nation for MACHINATIONs. Example: I don't want to get involved in all his
MACHINATIONs.
MACHINATION
When a James Bond villain comes up with a plan to destroy the world, he doesnt
use a simple plan. No, he uses a machination - a complex plot that relies on
numerous elements coming together to work. A ploy is a clever plan that helps you
get what you want. A manipulative little girl might shed tears simply as a ploy to
get her mother to buy her ice cream. Movie bank robbers always seem to pull some
kind of ruse, a deceptive trick or tactic like hiding the money underneath the bank
while they drive off in the getaway car to avoid capture by the police. A scheme is
an elaborate plan or plot. It's going to take a really solid scheme, probably
involving teleportation or some sort of temporary cloning, to make an appearance at
both
Form: noun Tone: neg PLOY
Mnemonic: PLOY is to plot or take strategic steps. Example: This is a a clever

marketing PLOY.
Form: noun Tone: neg RUSE
Mnemonic: Imagine an australian making a scheme to sell kangaroos to people as

pets. Example: She tried to think of a RUSE to get him out of the house. Mnemonic:
These companies keep on introducing new SCHEME(PLAN) to trick customers Example:
This is an elaborate SCHEME to avoid taxes
Form: noun Tone: neg SCHEME

parties at once. Form: noun Tone: neg Tactic is another word for maneuver or
method. Looking for a way to get something done? Then you better find a tactic.
Mnemonic: To TACKLE something in a tricky way or by planning or plotting is
TACTICs. Example: football teams have to use strong defensive TACTICs to keep the
other guys from scoring.
TACTIC
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Meaning If you are cognizant of what's going on at the table behind you in the
lunchroom, that means you know they're plotting to throw peas at your head. If you
are cognizant of something, you are aware of or informed about it. If you don't
notice or aren't aware, it means that the adjective oblivious applies to you!
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: COG is to SEE. Example: In the light of the new evidence
that the court can now take cognizance of, the case is dropped. Root: Prefix
COGmeans to KNOW. Mnemonic: For example, Mr. Magoo mistakes an airplane for a
theater and instead of watching a movie, he takes a seat on a departing airplane!
Example: You eventually became oblivious to the noise
COGNIZANT
Form: adj Tone: neg
X OBLIVIOUS
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Meaning To behold is to see. You could behold the changing sky as the sun sets.
Its oldfashioned and fancy, so magicians like to use it, as in Behold! I
shall pull a rabbit out of my hat!
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: To be holden by someone, keep showing gratitude Feeling

BEHOLDen (obligated) as he is holding on Example: BEHOLD breathtaking mountain
views, while relaxing in a luxurious guestroom. Mnemonic: We placed the broken
disc's ashes in an urn to recognize it as distinct and different from all our other
deceased records. Example: It is possible to DISCERN a number of different
techniques in her work. Mnemonic: ESPY is to SPY on someone. Example: Here from a
window, did she ESPY a Knight standing in a woodman's cart? Mnemonic: PERCEIVE is
ti SEE. Example: I PERCEIVEd a change in his behavior.
BEHOLD
If you can make out, pick out, or distinguish something, you can discern it. This
is a word for recognizing and perceiving things.
DISCERN
Form: verb Tone: pos ESPY
catch sight of.
PERCEIVE
When we perceive something, we become aware of or notice it. Sometimes we perceive

things by using our senses of sight, hearing, and smell.
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Meaning Use the adjective inimitable to describe someone or something that is so

special or unique, it is impossible to duplicate, like that superstar tennis player
with the inimitable serve no other player can copy.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: IN means NOT and IMITATE is to COPY. So it means

something that cannot be copied or duplicated. Example: John related in his own
INIMITABLE way the story of his trip to Tibet.
INIMITABLE
Form: adj Tone: pos PEERLESS
Do you ever feel like one of Mnemonic: a kind? Then maybe you PEERLESS dont are
peerless, a word for have any peer(friend) someone (or something) Example: Amazing,
unique, excellent, and one-of-a-kind people superior. like Picasso, Gandhi, and
Shakespeare are considered PEERLESS.
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Meaning grow weak and thin or waste away physically is called emaciate.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Ema she ate it but still looks thin or EMACIATEd
Example: His long period of starvation had left him EMACIATEd. Mnemonic: Taunt to
GAUNT girl Example: The girl was very GAUNT, but she was very healthy as well.
EMACIATE
Form: adj Tone: neg GAUNT
You can never be too rich or too thin, but you certainly can be too gaunt. It means
you look skinny like you're sick, not skinny like you have a personal nutritionist
slapping your hand when you reach for a bonbon.
Form: adj Tone: neg
LANKY
Use the adjective lanky Mnemonic: Youve to describe someone probably seen a
LANKY whos tall, thin, and a basketball player who little bit gawky. moves
awkwardly but is still able to make the play, or a LANKY teenager who seems to be
made up entirely of long legs and long arms. Example: She is a tall LANKY teenager.
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Groups CANNOT BE DEFENDED CAREFUL / PRECISE CONCERNED ONLY WITH PLEASURE DECEPTIVE
REASONING EXAGGERATED BEHAVIOR EXCLUDE / FORBID FINE / DELICATE FRANK FREQUENT
TRAVELLER FULLY SATISFIED FUSSY (-) HINT / INDIRECT REFERENCE HUGE LONG ESSAY
MISTAKE / ACT DONE CARELESSSLY PERTAINING TO RELIGION PLACE SIDE BY SIDE REMOVE /
DESTROY SMALL SUPPORT / STRENGTHEN SYMPATHY TAKE CARE THEORY WITHOUT EVIDENCE
THIN / TRANSPARENT TO DO RELUCTANTLY TO GUESS / INFER UNDERSTAND USED TO WEAKEN
Words
Meaning
Mnemonic/Example
INDEFENSIBLE
not able to be protected Mnemonic: In (NOT) against attack and Defensible. Cannot
be Defeated Example: The assemblyman was accused of defending the INDEFENSIBLE.
Root: Prefix IN means NOT If something is untenable, you can't defend it or justify
it. If your disagreement with your teacher puts you in an untenable position, you
better just admit you made a mistake and get on with it. Mnemonic: Un + Tenable
Teenager is UNTENABLE Example: I find your theory UNTENABLE and must reject it
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Form: adj Tone: pos PURISTS Form: noun Tone: pos PUNCTILIOUS Form: adj Tone: pos
METICULOUS Form: adj Tone: pos People who are meticulous can be pretty annoying,
what with their extreme attention to detail. But if that person is, say, your
surgeon or your accountant, you'll want them to be meticulous. A punctilious person
pays attention to details. Are you always precisely on time? Is your room perfectly
neat? Do you never forget a birthday or a library book's due date? Then you are one
of the punctilious people. FASTIDIOUS Form: adj Tone: neut CONSCIENTIOUS Words
Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos Meaning Mnemonic/Example If someone is
Mnemonic: conscientious, that Conscious = person strives to do CONSCIENTIOUS what's
right and to Example: carry out his duties. CONSCIENTIOUS with Conscientious people
regard to his duties show care and put in a as examiner. big effort. Root: Prefix
CON means TOGETHER If you want to describe a person who insists on perfection or
pays much attention to food, clothing and cleanliness, the right word is
fastidious. Mnemonic: FASTIDIOUS sounds like: Fast + Tedious ie fast and
hardworking Example: He was FASTIDIOUS in his preparation for the big day.
Mnemonic: Someone who's METICULOUS is afraid of what will happen if they're not
careful enough to get every detail right. Example: The lab technicians must be
METICULOUS in their measurements to obtain exact results Mnemonic: Punctual person
is PUNCTILIOUS: very attentive. Punctuation is right or not, said the PUNCTILIOUS
man. Example: He was PUNCTILIOUS about being ready exactly on time
someone who insists Mnemonic: Purist is on great precision and a person who belongs
correctness in PURE usage of everything. Example: PURISTS may not approve of the
changes made to the text of the play in this production. Scrupulous means very
careful to do things properly and correctly, such as Mnemonic: Screw Plus
(positive) Example: He was SCRUPULOUS about
SCRUPULOUS
paying friends back for money borrowed right away, or not returning a pair of shoes
after they've been worn outdoors.
the choices he made;This was a SCRUPULOUS performance
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Meaning Strictly speaking, hedonism is the belief that pursuing pleasure leads to
the greatest ethical good. In practice, though, the ethical part sometimes gets
lost in the pleasure part.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: HEDONISM would be indulging in places like Las Vegas.

Example: the hedonistic philosophy of eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we
die! Mnemonic: SYBARITE a lover of luxury always Say Bar is the right place to
go. Example: Jared, who used to be the epitome of Chicago's wealthy SYBARITEs, went
bankrupt in December, 1997
HEDONISM
SYBARITE
If you know someone who's totally addicted to luxurious things and all of life's
pleasures, call them a sybarite. Unless she's inviting you over for champagne
brunches and showering you with gifts - in which case you should keep your mouth
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Meaning argue over petty things
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: petti (small issues) creating fight. Example: Instinct

is what drives the best instant decisions and puts too much PETTIFOGGING purity to
shame. Mnemonic: Soap History SOPHISTRY on soap history Example: The judge rejected
the local authority's argument as mere SOPHISTRY
PETTIFOGGING
SOPHISTRY
Sophistry is tricking someone by making a seemingly clever argument, such as

telling your mom you must have candy before dinner because if you don't you'll die
and then the protein and vitamins won't get eaten at all.
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Meaning Anything that has to do with actors or acting can be called histrionic,
like a Broadway actor's histrionic voice projection that would sound strange in
everyday life but is perfect for the stage.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: describe a person who in regular life is a little too

dramatic and even over-acts, like your friend whose HISTRIONIC rantings make a trip
to the grocery store seem like a matter of life and death. Example: She was used to
her mother's HISTRIONICs. Mnemonic: Extra Dramatic is called MELODRAMATIC Example:
a MELODRAMATIC plot full of deceit and murder
HISTRIONIC
Form: adj Tone: neg MELODRAMATIC
If you're writhing on the floor, howling in pain over the splinter in your finger,
you're being a tad melodramatic, that is, exaggerated, affected, or histrionic.
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TABOO Form: noun Tone: neg Something considered taboo is naughty, something society
considers a no-no. For example, it is taboo to ask people how much money they earn
or about their sex lives. SHUN Form: verb Tone: neg If you purposely stay away from
someone, you shun that person. A sensitive baker may ask why you are shunning her
cookies. PROSCRIBE Form: verb Tone: neg To proscribe something is to forbid or
prohibit it, as a school principal might proscribe the use of cell phones in class.
PARIAH Form: noun Tone: neg A pariah is someone that has been soundly rejected by
their community. Your constant gossiping might make you a pariah on campus. OUTLAW
Form: verb Tone: neg declare illegal; outlaw OSTRACIZE Words Relation to Group
Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning If you banish someone or ignore him, you ostracize
him. When the Iranian president claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, he was
ostracized by the international community. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ostRACISM ..
racism leads to groupism and excluding a group from the public is to OSTRACIZE.
Example: The ostrich was OSTRACIZEd because of his big mouth Mnemonic: OUTLAW:
without Law, which is Illigal Example: There are plans to OUTLAW the carrying of
knives Mnemonic: Her pair of eyes had a hard time looking in the same direction so
she became one who was rejected by society Example: Because of his religious
beliefs he became a PARIAH in the village Mnemonic: Doctor prescribes medicines and
PROSCRIBEs junk food Example: The new law PROSCRIBEd drinking alcohol on the
street. Root: Suffix SCRIBE is to WRITE Mnemonic: SHUN sounds like SUN so keep a
distance from the sun. Example: She has been SHUNned by her neighbors Mnemonic:
TABOO its similar to TAUBA(->refrain oneself to do somthing restricted in Islam)
Example: Death is one of the great TABOOs in our culture.
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Meaning Use nuance to refer to a very small difference in color, meaning, or

feeling. What makes singers brilliant is not how loud they can sing a note, but how
many nuances they can evoke through their approach.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: It is always such a nuisance to have to capture all the

subtle aspects of every new dance we learn. Example: He watched her face intently
to catch every nuance of expression. Mnemonic: SUBTLE is used for things that are
hard to describe because of their complexity or delicacy: a way of thinking,
arguing, or creating a work of art. Example: The fragrance is a SUBTLE blend of
jasmine and sandalwood.
NUANCES
SUBTLE
Something that is subtle is not obvious: a professional food taster might be able
to perceive subtle differences of flavor that most people don't notice.
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Meaning Straightforward and truthful talk might be described with the adjective
candid. If you're too candid in your personal blog, a future employer might
discover your penchant for nude skydiving. When a person is being forthright,
they're being direct, clear, or even straight-up. But we're not here to talk about
those. We're here to talk about forthright.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Remember that TV show Candid Camera? It was called that
because its hidden cameras supposedly showed a candid view of reality. Example: To
be candid, I can't stand her. Mnemonic: Fourth option Right hai you said in
FORTHRIGHT manner. Example: He was known for his FORTHRIGHT manner
CANDID/CANDOR
Form: adj Tone: pos FORTHRIGHT

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Meaning An itinerant is a person who moves from place to place, typically for work,
like the itinerant preacher who moves to a new community every few years.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ITINERANT keeps itinerary all the time as he always

travels from place to place Example: The same day, an ITINERANT preacher came to
the village Mnemonic: Music teachers in England rarely teach in one school these
days; they teach in several and are described as PERIPATETIC teachers. Example: Her
father was in the army and the family led a PERIPATETIC existence Root: Prefix
PERImeans AROUND
ITINERANT
PERIPATETIC
If you're reading this on a treadmill or while taking a walk, you may know about
the peripatetic, or walking, philosopher Aristotle, who taught while strolling with
his students. Or, maybe you just like being a peripatetic, a walking wanderer.
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Form: verb Tone: pos The verb saturate means to cause something to be fully soaked
to the point where it can't take on anything else. SATIATE Form: verb Tone: pos If
you just can't get enough popcorn, even the jumbo tub at the movie theater may not
be enough to satiate, or satisfy, your desire. SATE Form: verb Tone: pos REPLETE
Form: adj Tone: pos QUENCH Form: verb Tone: pos Quench means to put out, put an end
to, or satisfy. If you're stranded in the middle of the desert with nothing drink,
you're probably dreaming of a nice big glass of ice water to quench your thirst.
Replete means full, often in a satisfying way. "The library was replete with bound
first volumes, and Lucy, a bookworm, was happier there than any place else."
GRATIFY Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: pos Meaning To gratify is to give
satisfaction. So if you've managed to get straight A's in school, what you did was
gratify your parents - and it probably felt pretty gratifying to you too.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: it would be really GREAT IF I bring a score above 330 in
GRE and I'll be able to please the top notch universities Example: He only gave his
consent in order to GRATIFY her wishes. Mnemonic: Drench and QUENCH sounds similar
Example: Firemen tried to QUENCH the flames raging through the building. Mnemonic:
deplete, complete, REPLETE all relate to the quantity of something. Example:
Literature is REPLETE with drama and excitement Mnemonic: s-ate, so when we have
finished eating our food, we are satisfied to the full. Example: However many are
planned, I ve had my curiosity SATEd and will happily skip the next. Mnemonic:
I SAT & ATE till I was full! Example: Protein and fat keep you SATIATEd, so you
don't want another snack 30 minutes later. Mnemonic: If you're a workaholic, you
might SATURATE all your free time with work, leaving no time to spend with your
family. Example: The
Sometimes you're so hungry you feel like you could eat a ten-course meal. Other
times it takes just a small salad to sate your appetite, or to satisfy your hunger.
SATURATE
company had SATURATEd the market for personal organizers Form: verb Tone: pos When
you slake something, such as a desire or a thirst, you satisfy it. A big glass of
lemonade on a hot summer day will slake your thirst. Mnemonic: focus on the 'lake'
part of this word..so you can say that you want to satisfy your thrist after seeing
the water in that lake . Example: More through fatigue than because his thirst was
SLAKEd, he stopped at last and turned away from the lake. Mnemonic: SUFFICE sounds
like SUFFICIENT. Example: Generally a brief note or a phone call will SUFFICE.
SLAKE
Form: verb Tone: pos SUFFICE
To suffice is to be enough, in either quality or quantity. If may not be gourmet

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Meaning You reject any vegetable that isn't yellow. You like basmati rice, but
detest jasmine and brown.You dine at one restaurant, and you always order the same
meal. You are a finicky eater - that is, you are quite particular about food.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Nicky is FINICKY, FINICKY is Picky Example: Even the

most FINICKY eater will find something to eat.
FINICKY
NITPICKING
be overly critical; criticize Example: Some minor details readers will surely
perceive our critique as NITPICKING Khan s errors. Persnickety is a lively,
fancy word for fussy. If you've sent your salad back to the kitchen three
times, you might be a persnickety eater. Mnemonic: The adjective PERSNICKETY sounds
prickly like a porcupine, and PERSNICKETY people can indeed be sharp and prickly
when they don't get things precisely as they wish. Example: To be polite, Id
call her PERSNICKETY, he told me. Mnemonic: SQUEAMISH is like "scream-ish". i.e.,
one who screams for everything. Example: This movie is not for the SQUEAMISH.
Mnemonic: STICKLER sounds like a person who is very sticky, that sticks to one
point only. Example: To others it might seem that you're being a STICKLER for
rules.
Form: adj Tone: neg
PERSNICKETY
Form: adj Tone: neg SQUEAMISH
If you fainted or threw up at the sight of frog intestines in biology class,

youre squeamish - easily nauseated or shocked by unpleasant, icky things. No
horror movies for you! A stickler is someone who insists that things are done in a
certain way. Say youre getting married and want to write your own vows, but your
partners mother demands that you have a traditional ceremony. The mother is a
stickler for tradition.
Form: noun Tone: neg/neut
STICKLER
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Form: noun Tone: neg IMPLICIT Form: adj Tone: neut HINT Form: noun Tone: neut CUE
Form: noun Tone: neut Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neut Meaning When
you allude to something, you don't identify it or mention it specifically. If you
allude to the fact that a cop is sitting right behind you, your friends might stop
talking about their plans to rob a bank. During rehearsal, the actors need to learn
their cues to make sure their timing is right. A cue can also be a clue or reminder
of something. A hint is a slight indication or clue. Your mother might hint at the
fact that she doesnt like your shoes, while your grandmother will just come
right out and say that theyre ugly. Use the adjective implicit when you mean
that something is understood but not clearly stated. You might think you and your
boyfriend might have an implicit understanding that you are going to get married,
but it's probably better to talk it through. Speaking in innuendo is when you say
something indirectly - often of a hurtful or sexual nature. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Helen, a fitting name for a woman of great beauty, is an allusion to
Helen of Troy. Example: Try not to allude to this matter in his presence because
the topic annoys him.
ALLUDE/ALLUSION
Example: Temperature is often a CUE to enter or emerge from hibernation.
Example: He resented any HINT that he might be to blame.
Mnemonic: IMPLICIT sounds like Imply or Refer to something and the opposite is
EXPLICIT. Example: IMPLICIT in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty.
INNUENDO
Mnemonic: A worm is cut in two so it has a new end: the old worm head says a
statement that implies something bad indirectly in the new end Example: Because
the movie is full of sexual INNUENDOs, we did not bring the children Form: verb
Tone: neut Insinuate means you imply or suggest something that may or may not be
true. If you say things seemed to go wrong about the time your brother took over,
you insinuate that he had something to do with the decline. Something tacit is
implied or understood without question. Holding hands might be a tacit
acknowledgment that a boy and girl are dating. Something blatant is very obvious
and offensive. Don't get caught in a blatant lie, because you won't be able to
weasel your way out of it. Mnemonic: The girl has lost her memory. The boy telling
her This is the INStitute IN which YOU ATE. He is trying to HINT, IMPLY to her.
Example: The article INSINUATEd that he was having an affair with his friend's
wife. Mnemonic: TACITly asked To Sit Example: She gave a TACIT approval by smiling
and winking
INSINUATE
Form: adj Tone: neut TACIT
Form: adj Tone: neg
X BLATANT
Mnemonic: Blatant is not latent. Latent: hidden, dormant, unexpressed. Latent is

hidden in tent (LA TENT), opposite is Blatant which means OBVIOUS Example: I am not
sure why Raki is always so blatant. Mnemonic: Please sit: I will make it explicit
Example: The plot of 9/11 attack was an explicit act of violence.
Form: adj Tone: neut X EXPLICIT
Anything explicit is very clear, whether it's instructions or a bad movie
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Form: adj Tone: neut Form: adj Tone: neut GARGANTUAN Form: adj Tone: neut COLOSSAL
Form: adj Tone: neut Colossal describes something so large it makes you say,
"Whoa!" You might have a colossal amount of homework, or see a colossal pyramid
while vacationing in Egypt. Whether you're talking about your gargantuan appetite
or a gargantuan building, use the word gargantuan to describe something so big that
big just isn't, well, big enough to accurately describe it. BEHEMOTH Words Relation
to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning You can call a massive telecommunications
company a behemoth. The word means something big and powerful. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: BEHEMOTH is big like Mammoth Biblical creature mentioned in the Book of
Job The word is most likely a plural form of ???? (b?h?m?h), meaning beast or large
animal. Example: Its tough for BING to compete with the BEHEMOTH search engines
like Google. Mnemonic: The colosseum - one of the seven wonders of the world, which
was a huge theatre in the olden days Example: The singer earns a COLOSSAL amount of
money. Mnemonic: Gargantua was a huge, stout GIANT. We get the name from that
character. Example: A GARGANTUAN corruption scandal a marketing event of GARGANTUAN
proportion.
GIGANTIC
Gigantic is an adjective Mnemonic: used to describe GIGANTIC soungs like something

that's really a GIANT. And so it is, big, as though it were unusually huge. made
for a giant. You Example: The might call a skyscraper a problem was gigantic
building, beginning to take on especially if it towers GIGANTIC over other
buildings proportions. nearby. Something humongous is really, really big. If you
experiment with greenhouses, fertilization, and grow lights, you can grow a
humongous pumpkin. Mnemonic: HUMONGOUS sounds like ENORMOUS OR TREMENDOUS. When we
describe something very big will call it so. Example: You may look a little silly
HUMONGOUS
making phone calls, holding the HUMONGOUS Galaxy Note up to your ear. Form: noun
Tone: neut LEVIATHAN anything of immense size Mnemonic: and power. LEVIATHAN sounds
like a LIVING GIANT. Example: the LEVIATHAN of government bureaucracy The adjective
mammoth is a great way to describe something really, really big, like those huge
woolly elephants theyre still finding in the melting glaciers. Mnemonic: MAMMOTH
is big like Behemoth Biblical creature mentioned in the Book of Job The word is
most likely a plural form of ???? (b?h?m?h), meaning beast or large animal.
Example: This is a MAMMOTH organization Mnemonic: Mono Single + Lithic related to
rocks, so single solid rock and unchangeable Example: Knowing the importance of
appearing resolute, the patriots sought to present a MONOLITHIC front. Mnemonic:
have you seen large MONUMENTS, they are attractive because of their look as well as
height or hugeness. Example: Gibbon's MONUMENTAL work The Rise and Fall of the
Roman Empire Mnemonic: Prodigy group is PRODIGIOUS. Proud ji us: because we are
PRODIGIOUS (extraordinary) Example: He impressed everyone with his PRODIGIOUS
memory Mnemonic: Remember the HUGE SHIP named TITANIC in the movie with the same
name. Its meant to be huge and gigantic. Example: This is a TITANIC struggle
between good and
MAMMOTH
MONOLITHIC
When something is monolithic it's big, and made of one thing. A large piece of
stone jutting from the earth is a monolith, and Detroit's economy when it depended
entirely on the auto industry was monolithic. Whether it's a monumental effort
requiring vast amounts of strength or a monumental cruise ship with eleven floors
and five sets of elevators, the word monumental describes something imposing or
massive in size. Something exceptional, substantial, or great is prodigious. A
blizzard includes prodigious wind and snow. A prodigious writer is one who can
write a lot and do it well.
MONUMENTAL
Form: adj Tone: pos
PRODIGIOUS
Form: adj Tone: pos
TITANIC
If two rival football teams played a close game that went into overtime, it could
be could be said that winning it was a titanic struggle. This means it took a large
amount of force and power to do so.
evil Form: adj Tone: neut TOWERING of imposing height; especially standing out
above others Mnemonic: A Tower usually stands tall and appears to be huge. Example:
This was a TOWERING performace. Mnemonic: VOLUMINOUS definitely comes from VOLUME
which in this case is great. Example: There is VOLUMINOUS literature on modernism
and postmodernism.
VOLUMINOUS
Consider that volume is a measure of size. That will help you understand that
voluminous refers to something very large in size or extent.
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Meaning If you use the word discourse, you are describing a formal and intense
discussion or debate.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Sounds like 'this Course'. I attended a DISCOURSE on

this course. Example: A DISCOURSE on issues of gender and sexuality. Mnemonic:
Dessert Station pe DISSERTATION di Example: He is currently writing a DISSERTATION
DISCOURSE
Form: noun Tone: neut DISSERTATION
A dissertation is a long piece of writing that uses research to bring to light an

original idea. Don't go to grad school unless you're prepared to write, say, a
300page dissertation on some topic. Rhetoric is speaking or writing that's intended
to persuade. If your goal is to write editorial columns for "The New York Times,"
you should work on your rhetoric.
Form: noun Tone: neut RHETORIC
Mnemonic: Our friend Ray learned the art of discourse from attending many tours
held by famous orators Example: His offers of compromise were mere RHETORIC
Mnemonic: THESIS or a Treatise refer to a theory or statement put forward for
reasoning. Example: Students must submit a THESIS on an agreed subject within four
years.
THESIS
A thesis is the most important or foundational idea of an argument. If you write a

paper with the central thesis that girls are yucky, you'll need to back that up
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Form: noun Tone: neg MALAPROPISM Form: noun Tone: neg GAFFE Form: noun Tone: neg
FAUX PAS Form: noun Tone: neg BUNGLE Form: verb Tone: neg BOTCH Words Relation to
Group Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning If you botch something, you make a mess of it or
you ruin it. If you totally botch your lines in the school play, you stammer and
stutter your way through the whole thing. Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time,
dropping something, tripping and falling: these are some classic bungles - and
they re always embarrassing. If you misread a party invitation and arrive in a
penguin costume, only to realize that the other guests are wearing elegant gowns,
you'll understand what it means to commit a faux pas, or an awkward social mistake.
A gaffe is mistake that embarrasses you in front of others. If you run into a
friend out with her grey-haired father, and you blurt out, "Oh, hi, you must be
Tara's grandfather!" then you've made a gaffe. A malapropism occurs when you say
one word but you mean another, like instead of saying a certain restaurant is
prosperous, you say it is preposterous. As you can tell, malapropisms are often
humorous, though sometimes the joke is on the speaker. A misnomer is a wrong or
unsuitable name. It s a misnomer to call your grandmother Grandfather, the
same way its a misnomer to call a chair Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BOTCH can be
rememberd as Black Patch Example: The work they did on the house was a BOTCHed job.
Mnemonic: Bangle seller bunged his job by breaking bangles Example: He was caught
during his BUNGLEd attempt to burgle the bank. Mnemonic: Faux Pa is a french word
meaning a false step. Example: His outbursts and FAUX PAS often triggered national
debates, but also made for television gold. Mnemonic: Disney character Goofy who
was always making Blunders. Example: He made some real GAFFEs early in his career.
Mnemonic: Mal (negative) + Prop (proper usage) .. improper usage of words Example:
One of the things George W. Bush is known for are his MALAPROPISMs. Root: Prefix
MAL means BAD Mnemonic: MIS means WRONG OR HATE and NOMER can be related to NAME.
So a Name that does not match at all with the person's
MISNOMER
with four legs that doesnt move unless you drag it across the floor, a rocking
chair.
characterestics Example: Villa was something of a MISNOMER; the place was no more
than an old farmhouse. Root: Prefix MISmeans HATE Mnemonic: Without Tact would be
TACTLESS. Example: It was TACTLESS of you to comment on his hair! Mnemonic: Finesse
sounds like FINENESS that is involved in doing something. Example: He used no
unnecessary finesse in stating his ends.
Form: adj Tone: neg TACTLESS
To be tactless is to either be rude (without manners) or inept (without finesse).

Either way, it's awkward. Having finesse means you can handle difficult situations
with diplomacy and tact, like the finesse it takes to help two friends work out
their differences without taking sides or alienating either one.
Form: noun Tone: pos X FINESSE
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THEOLOGY THEIST Form: noun Tone: neut Form: noun Tone: pos/neut PROSELYTIZE Form:
verb Tone: neg To proselytize is to try to persuade someone to switch to your
religious beliefs or your way of living. "Like a true evangelist, Amber
proselytized about the rewards of life as a devout adherent of the faith." one who
believes in the existence of a god or gods Theology is the study of religion, plain
and simple. Of course, religion isn t simple, so theology covers a lot of
subjects, like rituals, divine beings, the history of religions, and the concept of
religious truth. ATHEIST Form: noun Tone: neut An atheist believes there is no such
thing as god, or any other deity. AGNOSTIC Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone:
pos/neut Meaning If someone believes they cannot know whether or not God exists,
label them an agnostic. A bad joke: Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic
insomniac? He stayed up all night wondering if there was a dog. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: Imagine staring at a hag (an ugly old woman) nose and not being sure
whether the hag is a witch - you are unsure of the existence of the supernatural
Example: She grew up in an AGNOSTIC household. Root: GNOS- means KNOWLEDGE
Mnemonic: THEIST means God or believer in God, And the prefix A means NOT. So
ATHEIST does not believe in God. Example: Nearly one in five Americans say they are
ATHEIST, agnostic or nothing in particular. Root: THEO - means GOD Mnemonic:
Pro sell ytize (advertize): act of pros to sell and advertize their gods and force
people to convert. Example: Christian groups were arrested for trying to
PROSELYTIZE people Mnemonic: THEIST means God or believer in God. Mnemonic: Theo is
know as GOD in Greek. Example: He got a a degree in THEOLOGY Root: Prefix THEOmeans
GOD and suffix -LOGY means STUDY/FIELD OF.
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Meaning
Mnemonic/Example
ABUT
When something Example: His land borders something ABUTs on to a road else, it is
said to abut it. The term is often used in real estate to refer to a lot line.
Wouldnt it be nice to have your back yard abut a forest preserve or park?
Adjacent means close to or near something. You may consider the people up and down
your street to be neighbors, but your next door neighbor is the person who lives in
the house or apartment adjacent to yours. Use the adjective contiguous when you
want to describe one thing touching another thing, or next to it but not actually
touching. Mnemonic: Add scent ADJACENT to each other Example: The planes landed on
ADJACENT runways. Root: AD- means TO or TOWARDS.
ADJACENT
CONTIGUOUS
Mnemonic: All states are touching/adjacent (CONTIGUOUS) or all states are

continuous.. Example: The bruising was not CONTIGUOUS to the wound. Root: CON means
TOGETHER. Mnemonic: Imagine a funeral mourner telling jokes graveside, and you get
the idea - the JUXTAPOSITION in this case is between grief and humor. Example: In
the exhibition, abstract paintings are juxtaposed with shocking photographs.
JUXTAPOSITION
If a waiter served you a whole fish and a scoop of chocolate ice cream on the same
plate, your surprise might be caused by the juxtaposition, or the side-by-side
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EFFACE Form: verb Tone: neg If something is erased or rubbed out, it has been
effaced. Teachers get annoyed to find that someone has effaced the blackboard -
even the part clearly marked, "Do Not Erase!" DECIMATE Form: verb Tone: neg If
something is drastically reduced or killed, especially in number, you can say it
was decimated. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico decimated the wildlife along
the coast." CARNAGE Form: noun Tone: neg Carnage is mass murder. If you have seen
news footage of a village after a bomb has been detonated, you probably saw a scene
of carnage. ANNIHILATE Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning Killing
ends when the thing you are killing (your sworn enemy, all hope, a gerbil) is dead.
Annihilate goes farther when you annihilate something, you wipe all trace of it
from the earth. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ANNIHILATE Eliminate; So to ELIMINATE
someone completely from your life.. means to kill them. Example: The human race has
enough weapons to ANNIHILATE itself. Root: AN- means WITHOUT. Mnemonic: If under
aged people drive the car, there is a possibility that he may kill people or
animals on the road. Example: How can we reduce the CARNAGE on our roads? Root:
CARN- means MEAT Mnemonic: deci [means 10]mate[in ,chess mate means killing a
king]so it sound like killing a king in every 10 people,so to kill a king you have
to kill 10 persons. Example: The rabbit population was DECIMATEd by the disease.
Root: DE- means DOWN/ AWAY Mnemonic: Closely related to "erase"..to rub out or we
can think in another way also, we wash our face to remove the dust from the surface
of the skin(ef+face) Example: She tried her best to EFFACE the memory of the
accident. Root: E- means OUT OF/FROM
To eradicate something is to get rid of it, to destroy it, and to kiss it goodbye.
ERADICATE
Mnemonic: You can also ERADICATE corruption, poverty, or diseases, rather ERASE it.
Example: Diphtheria has been virtually ERADICATEd in the United States. Root: same
as above Mnemonic: EXPUNGE rhymes with sponge..which is used to remove dirt..
Example: Details of his criminal activities were EXPUNGEd from the file. Root: EX-
means OUT OF/ FROM
EXPUNGE
To expunge is to cross out or eliminate. After Nicholas proved he had been in

school on the day in question, the absence was expunged from his record.
EXTERMINATE
If your house becomes Mnemonic: infested with AXE+TERMINATE(put cockroaches, mice,

or an end to)...when you even ants, you might use axe to end have to exterminate
someone, you them. It is certainly not a EXTERMINATE pleasant process, but Example:
Fur seals often quite necessary. were nearly EXTERMINATEd a few years ago. To
fumigate is to spray something with fumes, usually to eliminate pests of some kind.
Mnemonic: FUMIGATE sounds like FUMES, and that s the meaning, used to draw away
insects. Example: Carpets are best FUMIGATEd on the floor, but should afterward be
removed to the open air and thoroughly beaten. Root: OB- means AGAINST Mnemonic:
lets ' all-be-literate ' and destroy illiteracy completely Example: Everything
that happened that night was OBLITERATEd from his memory. Example: Thousands
PERISHed at the hands of the invading forces.
FUMIGATE
OBLITERATE
When you see obliterate, think of evil alien invaders that zap a planet with a
destructive ray. In one blast, the planet and all of the people on it are
vaporized. The planet is truly obliterated, or completely wiped out. Perish means
to die, but it suggests a slow, gradual, nonviolent death. Starving to death is
perishing. Getting hit by a bus is just plain getting killed. If something is
indelible, you better hope you never regret it, like the indelible tattoo of the
Form: verb Tone: neg PERISH
Form: adj Tone: pos
Mnemonic: indelible: in + delete + ablewhich can't be deleted

X INDELIBLE
name of your favorite band or the indelible first impression it might give people
you meet years from now, especially if your taste in music changes.
Example: Her unhappy childhood left an indelible mark. Root: IN- means NOT.
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SLIGHT Form: adj Tone: neut If you have a slight build, you're slim with small
bones. A slight deviation from your plan, is a tiny adjustment. MINUSCULE Form: adj
Tone: neut MICROCOSM Form: noun Tone: neut INFINITESIMAL Form: adj Tone: neut When
it's incalculably small, when teensy seems large compared to it, then it is
infinitesimal. "The equipment was so sensitive that even the infinitesimal dust
molecules that swept in with the open door altered the readings." When you think of
microcosm, picture your home town inside a snow globe. The teeny tiny city is a
microcosm of the one you live in. It is that place in miniature. Miniscule is a
variant of minuscule, meaning very tiny. Ants, grains of sand, and portion
sizes at fancy restaurants might all be described as miniscule. Words Relation to
Group Form: adj Tone: neut Meaning Diminutive means small. A diminutive person is
short and small. A diminutive word is a "cute" version of a regular word, "Maggie"
is the diminutive of "Margaret." Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Dimin (sounds like
DIMINISH), when something diminishes the effect becomes lesser smaller. Example:
Jim and Jimmy are DIMINUTIVEs of 'James'. Root: Root MIN means SMALL. Mnemonic:
INFINITESIMAL is infinitely small. Earth is INFINITESIMAL in universe Example: His
statement has INFINITESIMAL amount of truth
DIMINUTIVE
Mnemonic: Micro = small + Cosmos = worldA small world Example: The family is a
MICROCOSM of society. Root: MICRO means SMALL Mnemonic: Mini means extremely small.
as in the words minimal and miniskirt. Example: But what may seem like a miniscule
gain can affect medal standings. Root: Prefix MIN means SMALL. Mnemonic: SLIGHT
means Less. Example: I woke up with a SLIGHT headache.
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Meaning When the battle is getting long and the odds are getting longer, retreat to
your bastion to regroup and prepare for the next round of fighting. A bastion is a
stronghold or fortification that remains intact. When you cheer up a friend who's
feeling down, you bolster them. To bolster is to offer support or strengthen.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BASTION army fighting from BASTION Army Base station is
BASTION Example: There is a huge BASTION on the side of the castle to help protect
it from the enemy. Mnemonic: Boster sounds like Bolt the sitar. Example: These
bolts on Sitar are to BOLSTER the sitar. Mnemonic: Butt-rest for a wall.. Example:
Trees have wide BUTTRESS roots to support their great height.
BASTION
Form: Verb Tone: pos BOLSTER
Form: noun Tone: pos BUTTRESS
You can buttress an argument with solid facts or your financial portfolio with safe
investments. You may find that giving compliments to everyone you meet buttresses
your popularity. To buttress is to sustain or reinforce. If you add nutrients to
something you fortify it. Food scientists have found ways to fortify cereal, but in
addition to vitamins C and D, they usually add a lot of sugar. support
Form: Verb Tone: pos FORTIFY
Mnemonic: If you turn your couch into a fort you make it stronger Example: They
fortified the area against attack. Mnemonic: Remember we used to watch this dance
show boogy woogy where you have to dance with a PROP (support the act) Example:
these are measures to PROP up an unpopular government.
PROP
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neut/pos
Meaning If someone shows kindness, caring, and a willingness to help others,

they're showing compassion.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Com means together and Passion is the zeal. So when you
have the passion and willingness to help others its COMPASSION. Example: She was
known as a hard woman with no COMPASSION, no emotion. Mnemonic: EMPATHY and
Sympathy are similar in meaning. Example: He has EMPATHY for other people's
situations Root: EM- means IN Mnemonic: Remember HUMANE is nothing but Being Human.
Example: This is a a caring and HUMANE society Example: He had worked in the
hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards.
COMPASSION
Form: noun Tone: neut/pos EMPATHY
Use empathy if you're looking for a noun meaning "the ability to identify with
another's feelings."
Form: adj Tone: neut/pos HUMANE
A humane person is one who shows great compassion and caring for others, including
animals, and who tries whenever possible to alleviate another's suffering. A
callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened. If you laugh at your little
sister while she's trying to show you her poetry, you're being callous.
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Meaning To foster is to nurture something for a little while. She fosters

creativity by providing crayons to every student. You can also foster a child,
which means she lives in your home for a time. If you plant a seed, water it daily
and give it lots of light, you nurture it until it is ready to be transplanted
outside. When you nurture a person or thing, you care for it and help it to grow.
Someone who acts as a surrogate takes the place of another person. In the middle of
a big Hollywood awards ceremony, if a celebrity has to go to the bathroom, a
surrogate will take his or her place and fill the seat.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Poster is to FOSTER your brand name. Example: The club
s aim is to FOSTER better relations within the community; ..FOSTER Parents
Mnemonic: Dont torture but please NURTURE a child, even if it belongs to sombody
else. Example: These delicate plants need careful nurturing. Mnemonic: SURROGATE
sounds like :Sir, your gate is broken and I will be the one to take the
responsibility for it even though Bob did it. Example: She adopted our newest
rescue and became a SURROGATE mom to him this year.
FOSTER
Form: verb Tone: pos NURTURE
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Meaning Everyone who has ever taken a science class knows the word "hypothesis,"
which means an idea, or a guess, that you are going to test through an experiment.
A hypothetical is related to that. It means something based on an informed guess.
When you speculate, you use what you know to make a prediction about an outcome,
like when you speculate that the injury of two key players will prevent your
favorite team from going far in the playoffs this year.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Its nothing but HYPOTHESIS, which lacks EVIDENCE

Example: Let us take the HYPOTHETICAL case of Sheila, a mother of two Root:
Prefix HYPOmeans UNDER
HYPOTHETICAL
SPECULATE
Mnemonic: a business owner may SPECULATE that a brand-new kind of frozen yogurt
will be really popular, so she buys a huge order of it for her ice cream store.
Example: We all SPECULATEd about the reasons for her resignation. Root: SPEC is to
SEE Mnemonic: Such claims need to be tested empirically. Example: There is enormous
empirical evidence for the law of diminishing marginal returns. Root: EM- means IN
Form: adj Tone: neut X EMPERICAL
If knowledge is empirical, it's based on observation rather than theory. To do an

empirical study of donut shops, you'll need to visit every one you can find.
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MEMBRANOUS Form: noun Tone: neut INTANGIBLE Form: adj Tone: neut You can't touch
this word - it is intangible. You can grasp the meaning of the word in your head,
but you can't close your hands around it; you'll just put fingerprints on your
monitor. characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a
membrane) If people can see through your shirt, it's GOSSAMER Form: noun Tone:
pos/neut FRAIL Form: adj Tone: neut FLIMSY Form: adj Tone: neut/neg DIAPHANOUS
Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: pos/neut Meaning If a dress is so
seethrough that light shines through it revealing the things unnecessarily, it's
diaphanous. Also known as "sheer," "transparent," or just plain" but diaphanous is
so much classier. You can describe weak, thin, and fragile things as flimsy. Onion
smells are strong, onion skins are flimsy. Blaming onions for making you cry during
a sad movie, that's a flimsy excuse, when there are no onions in the theater.
Something that is delicate and fragile can be described as frail. Grandma's
favorite vase is probably too frail to use for football practice; some of us have
learned that the hard way. Gossamer is something super fine and delicate like
a spider web or the material of a wedding veil. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic:
DIAPHANOUS phone. Example: The stain glass window was very DIAPHANOUS I could
almost clearly see the clouds outside Root: Prefix DIAmeans THROUGH Mnemonic: A
FLIMSY object and a FLIMSY objection or excuse are both without weight and are easy
to knock down Example: The evidence against him is pretty FLIMSY. Mnemonic: FRAIL
one who fails in a subject is obviously WEAK in it Example: Mother was becoming too
FRAIL to live alone. Mnemonic: +SAMMER(summer) we wear clothes of light fabric
Example: Nylon can be woven into GOSSAMER or thick fabrics. Mnemonic: INTANGIBLE is
not tangible Example: The old building had an INTANGIBLE air of sadness about it.
Root: Prefix TANGmeans to TOUCH Example: It also provides a clear MEMBRANOUS
touchpoint for the touchscreen. Example: We were impressed by the

SHEER
sheer. This can also mean something steep, like a cliff, or anything extreme, like
sheer nerve. Form: adj Tone: neut If something is tenuous it's thin, either
literally or metaphorically. If you try to learn a complicated mathematical concept
by cramming for 45 minutes, you will have a tenuous grasp of that concept, at best.
When something is palpable, you can touch or handle it, even though the word is
often used to describe things that usually can't be handled or touched, such as
emotions or sensations.
SHEER size of the cathedral.
TENUOUS
Mnemonic: Ten Of Us can fit in this car, there is TENUOUS chances. Example: He
holds a rather TENUOUS position in history Root: Prefix TEN means HOLD Mnemonic:
After touching the PULP of fruit its obvious that every one would be ABLE to
perceive whether the fruit is fresh or not. Example: The tension between them is
palpable Mnemonic: Lots of Substance in anything would be considered as Substantial
Example: He ate a substantial breakfast. Root: Prefix SUBmeans UNDER. Mnemonic:
This Tile is so tactile Example: Different textures of food are tactile - they feel
different in your mouth, aside from how they taste. Root: Prefix TACTmeans TOUCH
X PALPABLE
Form: adj Tone: neut X SUBSTANTIAL
Something substantial is large in size, number, or amount: If you want to say

someone spent a lot of money without being too specific, you could say they spent a
substantial amount of money. Tactile has to do with the sense of touch. There's a
huge tactile difference between smooth glass and rough sandpaper.
X TACTILE
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Meaning If you balk at your mother's suggestion that you take on more
responsibility, you're saying no to added chores. To balk means to refuse to go
along with.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Dog barked to BALK the thieves. Dog BALKed to bark.
Example: Many parents may BALK at the idea of paying $100 for a pair of shoes.
Mnemonic: Imagine a grungy teenager unwilling to help out with chores Example: The
GRUDGING acceptance of his opponent's victory. Mnemonic: All creativity requires is
alacrity Example: He demonstrated his eagerness to serve by his alacrity in
executing the orders of his master. Example: The obliging waiter was in no hurry
for us to leave.
BALK
Form: adj Tone: neg GRUDGING
If you do something in a grudging manner (or grudgingly), you do it with

reluctance. Doing homework, paying taxes, and saying sorry are all commonly done in
a grudging manner. Someone with alacrity shows cheerful willingness and eager
behavior, like a kid whose mother has told him he can buy anything in a candy
store.
Form: noun Tone: pos X ALACRITY
X OBLIGING
Form: adj Tone: pos
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SURMISE Form: verb Tone: neut EXTRAPOLATE Form: verb Tone: neut DEDUCE Form: verb
Tone: neut CONSTRUE Form: verb Tone: neut CONJECTURE Words Relation to Group Form:
noun Tone: neut Meaning Can you guess what conjecture means? It's a word to use
when you are not sure of something and have to "guess or surmise." Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: A "CONGUESSTURE" dont make the complete picture. Example: The truth of
his CONJECTURE was confirmed by the newspaper report. Mnemonic: Construct true
movie by construing the true story Example: CONSTRUEd according to the laws of
england and wales.
If you interpret something or make sense of it, you construe its meaning. If the
new girl in your class asks to sit with you at lunch, you could construe that she
wants to be friends. You can never have too many friends! To deduce is to figure
something out based on what you already know. When you see a person crying, it's
easy to deduce that the person is sad. Unless they're happy, of course. Sometimes
happy people cry. When you extrapolate, you use specific details to make a general
comment. For example, if you travel to Canada and encounter only friendly, kind
natives, you might extrapolate that all Canadians are friendly.
Mnemonic: demeans down, ducere means lead; to 'lead down, derive', figure out
Example: We can DEDUCE a lot from what people choose to buy. Root: Root DUCmeans
LEAD. Mnemonic: Looking at your current grade report for math and how you are doing
in class now, you could EXTRAPOLATE that you'll likely earn a solid B for the year.
Example: The figures were obtained by extrapolating from past trends. Mnemonic:
Mice can SURMISE where the cheese is kept even though they do not know where
exactly it is kept. Example: I SURMISE this is needed to complete your homework
If you see the empty ice cream containers, a kicked can of Reddi-wip in the trash,
you can surmise what has happened: Sundaes. To surmise is to form an opinion or
make a guess about something.
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MISTAKE / ACT DONE CARELESSSLY PERTAINING TO RELIGION COMPREHEND PLACE SIDE BY SIDE
REMOVE / DESTROY SMALL SUPPORT / STRENGTHEN SYMPATHY TAKE CARE THEORY WITHOUT
EVIDENCE THIN / TRANSPARENT TO DO RELUCTANTLY TO GUESS / INFER UNDERSTAND USED TO
WEAKEN Form: adj Tone: pos ILLEGIBLE Form: adj Tone: neg When your friend scribbles
a note to you and you cant figure out what it says, its because her
handwriting is illegible - its unreadable. Use the adjective intelligible to
describe speech that is loud and clear, like the intelligible FATHOM Form: verb
Tone: pos To fathom something is to understand it thoroughly, and is usually used
in the negative, as in "I can't fathom why he doesn't want to go along with us."
Form: verb Tone: pos ASSIMILATE Form: verb Tone: pos APPREHEND Words Relation to
Group Form: verb Tone: pos Meaning To apprehend is to capture or arrest, as when
the police try to apprehend criminals and bring them to justice. You also apprehend
a concept when you understand it, grasping or capturing its meaning.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: APPREHEND sounds like Comprehend, and the meaning
remains the same: to Understand. Example: He was slow to APPREHEND danger.
If you are trying to fit in, Mnemonic: you are trying to ASSIMILATE has the
assimilate. word similar within it and in fact, means "to become like something
else." Example: The committee will need time to ASSIMILATE this report. Root:
Prefix SIMILmeans SAME To comprehend something is to understand it, like when you
have to read a difficult passage more than once in order to comprehend it.
Mnemonic: Com means together and so it means to combine things and understand the
issue. Example: COMPREHEND why these meetings seem to be held in secret. Root:
Prefix COMmeans TOGETHER. Mnemonic: FATHOM sounds like BOTTOM: To understand
something thoroughly is "to get to the bottom of it." Example: It is hard to FATHOM
the pain felt at the death of a child. Mnemonic: Not Legible, Not understood.
Example: This is an ILLEGIBLE signature Root: Prefix ILmeans NOT Mnemonic: like if
you have done something by intelligence, it would
INTELLIGIBLE
words of your principal which, thanks to a microphone, you were able to hear.
be INTELLIGIBLE that is clear and easily understood... Example: His lecture was
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Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neut/neg
Meaning When you habituate something, you're helping it to get accustomed to a new
home. Workers in zoos spend a lot of time habituating animals.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: When it s a habit to do something you are HABITUATEd.

Example: We have all become HABITUATEd to thinking and reacting in certain ways.
Mnemonic: Vaccinations serve to make people IMMUNE to certain diseases. Example:
You'll eventually become IMMUNE to criticism. Mnemonic: To become INUREd to bad
life you get insured Example: Doctors become INUREd to death Root: IN- means INTO
Mnemonic: Veter is a root which means for a long time Example: She is an INVETERATE
smoker and cannot break the habit Root: IN- means INTO
HABITUATE
Form: adj Tone: neut IMMUNE
To be immune to something is to be resistant to it. If you had chickenpox as a

child, you should be immune to it now. To inure is to get used to something
difficult or unpleasant. If after spending an hour in your brother's room, you stop
noticing the stinky-sock smell, you have become inured to the odor. If you're an
inveterate doodler, all your notebooks are covered with drawings. If you're an
inveterate golf player, you probably get twitchy if you haven't been out on a
course in a week.
Form: verb Tone: neut/neg INURE
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Meaning When you subvert something, your words or actions criticize or undermine
the usual way of doing something or common values. The girl who wears a tuxedo to
the prom might subvert traditional ideas about beauty. To undermine literally means
to dig a hole underneath something, making it likely to collapse. But we more often
use the word to describe sabotage or the act of weakening someone else's efforts.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: SUBVERT sounds like DIVERT, ie going the unusual way and
breaking laws Example: This was an alleged plot to SUBVERT the state. Root: Prefix
SUB means UNDER Mnemonic: UNDEMINE has an effect which is opposite of UNDERLINE. We
underline to emphasise something that is important and Undermining would be to make
something lesser Important Example: Our confidence in the team has been seriously
UNDERMINEd by their recent defeats.
SUBVERT
UNDERMINE
X UNDER GIRD
make secure underneath, Mnemonic: Under gird lend moral support to. can be related
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Groups ACTIVATE / SPEED UP BLAMEWORTHY / GUILTY CARELESS / DIRTY CONFIRM / SUPPORT
DEADLOCK DISRESPECTING SACRED THINGS FIRM / UNCHANGING FREE FROM BLAME HARMLESS /
KIND HEALING HEALTHY LOOKING HELPFUL LEFT-OVER MUTUAL AGREEMENT NOT THOROUGHLY /
SUPERFICIALLY PHYSICALLY STRONG PUNISH RESTRICT / STOP / PREVENT SHINING /
DECORATIVE SIMPLE / PLAIN / BORING TO BLAME / ACCUSE / CHARGE UNABLE TO DECIDE /
FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER Form: verb
Tone: pos FACILITATE Form: verb Tone: pos EXPEDIENT Form: noun Tone: neut ENGENDER
Form: verb Tone: pos Engender is a fancy way of saying "to make happen," like when
you engender the spirit of teamwork and cooperation by encouraging others and doing
your share of the group's work. The adjective expedient describes something that
provides an easy way to achieve a goal or result, but it's not necessarily a moral
solution. CATALYST Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning A catalyst
is an event or person causing a change. Getting kicked out of your parents' house
might be a catalyst for becoming more independent. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Raju
acts as a CATALYST in our fights, when you least expect it. Example: His
imprisonment by the government served as the CATALYST that helped transform social
unrest into revolution. Mnemonic: When genders get together they cause, produce,
and give rise to children, that is ENGENDER. Example: Hatred ENGENDERs violence.
Mnemonic: Expedited delivery is (EXPEDIENT) suitable when sending your GRE scores
to universities Example: A pragmatic politician, he was guided by what was
EXPEDIENT rather than by what was ethical. Root: EX means OUT OF/ FROM
To facilitate means to Mnemonic: make something easier. If FACILITATE calls for

your best friend is very facilities shy, you could facilitate Example: The new her
efforts to meet new trade agreement people. should FACILITATE more rapid economic
growth. to excite; stir up or set going. Mnemonic: KINDLE the Candle. Amazon
KINDLE, KINDLEs (inspires) the world of books Example: The soft music and dim
lights in our favorite restaurant always KINDLE romance Mnemonic: Pre +
KINDLE
Form: verb
Precipitate usually means

Tone: neg PRECIPITATE
"bringing something on" or "making it happen" and not always in a good way.
anticipate: you anticipate before thinking (sooner) or hasten anticipation Example:

I don't think we should make any PRECIPITATE decisions. Mnemonic: Rod: PROD (stir
up) with rod Example: I PRODded him with my elbow.
Form: verb Tone: pos/neut PROD
A teacher might use a verbal prod when students aren't participating in class. A
prod is an encouragement, like the threat of a quiz. A prompt is a cue that gives
forgetful actors a hint for their next line, or students the topic of the essay
they will write. It can also be the act of inspiring action, like your letter to
the editor that prompts others to join your cause. To propel is to push or drive
forward, like a sheep dog nipping at the heels of his flock to keep them moving.
Form: adj Tone: pos
PROMPT
Mnemonic: Pro empty: pro empty response is PROMPT because you dont need to do
much. Command PROMPT Example: A noise PROMPTed the guard to go back and
investigate. Mnemonic: PROPEL sounds like Compel, that is force or drive something
to happen. Example: The development of our missile program has forced our
scientists to seek more powerful PROPELlants. Mnemonic: Economists talk of lowering
interest rates to SPUR spending. Example: His speech was a powerful SPUR to action.
Mnemonic: Say, for example, that I'm trying to sell my new song CD. In order to
STIMULATE interest, I need to send out a sample song to all my friends. Unless, of
course, my songs are not good. Example: The article can be used to STIMULATE
discussion among students.
PROPEL
Form: noun Tone: pos SPUR
To spur something on is to get it going, to encourage it, to hasten it or

stimulate. Cowboys wear spiky metal tools called spurs on their boots to kick their
horse, and spur them to greater speed. If the economy is starting to stall, the
president can't just sit there. He has to stimulateturn it on, bring it to life,
perk it up. You can stimulate practically anything: a person, a conversation, a
mind, or even the growth of a plant.
STIMULATE
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Meaning If a child tells his mother he was not to blame for the cookie jar being
broken, she could still find him culpable if he was the only one home. Culpable
means to be at fault.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: culp( culprit)...so a culprit is always DESERVING OF

BLAME FROM EVERYONE. Example: The accident was the result of a CULPABLE failure to
consider the risks involved. Root: CULP- means GUILT Mnemonic: REPREHENSIBLE is
Blamable. Example: His conduct was thoroughly REPREHENSIBLE. Root: RE means to
REPEAT
CULPABLE
Form: adj Tone: neg
REPREHENSIBLE
Reprehensible means deserving of blame or strong criticism. It is a strong word-

your mother might forgive you for doing something bad, but something reprehensible?
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER SLOPPY
Form: adj Tone: neg SHODDY Form: adj Tone: neg Shoddy refers to poor materials or
quality. Maybe you passed on buying a house because it leaned in an odd way and
various and sundry parts were falling off. Sounds like both the materials and
workmanship were shoddy. lacking neatness or order SHABBY Form: adj Tone: neg The
adjective shabby describes something that is threadbare or worn out. Your last
apartment was clean, but the furniture and carpets were so shabby that you were
embarrassed to invite your friends over. RUMPLED GAUCHERIE Form: adj Tone: neg
Form: verb Tone: neg DISHEVELED Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning
The meaning of disheveled hasn't changed much from the 16th and 17th centuries,
when it referred to disordered clothing or hair. If he were coming in from the
snow, you could blame static and hat-hair for his disheveled look, but no, he just
never uses a the quality of being rustic or gauche extremely disorderly
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Dis + Shave A person who dont shave is DISHEVELED
Example: He looked very tired, DISHEVELED and very pale Root: DIS means NOT
Example: a gauche teenager/manner Mnemonic: Heard of Crumbled shirt, it looks
disorderly and so is RUMPLED. Example: She RUMPLED his hair playfully. Mnemonic: If
you spent your whole childhood treating your younger brother in a SHABBY way, you
can't expect him to be your friend when you're older. Example: The outside of the
house was beginning to look SHABBY. Mnemonic: Shody sounds like Shady. She is
showing SHODDY emotions and he is looking at SHODDY construction Example: SHODDY
business practices; SHODDY behavior; a SHODDY bookcase Mnemonic: SLOPPY sounds like
a SLOw person who is CARELESS about his career. Example: Your work is SLOPPY.
Form: adj Tone: neg
Slovenly is what your Example: This, great aunt Mehitabel together with a slack
might call you if you came tie, creates a
SLOVENLY
to high tea without a necktie. It means "messy or unkempt," but is a word you
probably won't hear messy or unkempt people using. Form: adj Tone: neg Unkempt
literally means not combed, but use it to describe anything with a sloppy
appearance. Your hair probably looks unkempt when you roll out of bed in the
morning. Keep it that way if you're going for the rock star look.
SLOVENLY appearance
UNKEMPT
Mnemonic: Un (not) + Kept UNKEMPT is not kept properly Example: The beggar was
dirty and UNKEMPT. Root: UN means WITHOUT
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER RATIFY
ENDORSE Form: verb Tone: pos CORROBORATE Form: noun Tone: pos/neut To corroborate
is to back someone else s story. If you swear to your teacher that you didn't
throw the spitball, and your friends corroborate your story by promising that you
were concentrating on math homework, she might actually believe you. To endorse is
to give support to someone or something. "I endorse this!" means "I think this is a
good thing, and so should you." CONFIRM CLINCH Form: verb Tone: pos Form: verb
Tone: pos settle conclusively make sure AFFIRM Words Relation to Group Form: verb
Tone: pos Meaning To affirm something is to give it a big "YES" or to confirm that
it is true. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: AFFIRM rhymes with Confirm and so is the
meaning. Example: Both sides AFFIRMed their commitment to the cease-fire. Example:
They CLINCHed the deal. Mnemonic: CONFIRM rhymes with Affirm and so is the meaning.
Example: Rumors of job losses were later CONFIRMed. Mnemonic: CORROBORATE sounds
like Collaborate (work with other) and CORROBORATE (support and strengthen).
Example: We need to CORROBORATE the findings. Mnemonic: When someone ENDORSEs a
product in a commercial, it means "Go buy this! Example: he world leaders ENDORSEd
a ban on land mines. Mnemonic: Rat And Cat never RATIFY. Rectify the mistake in
document to RATIFY it. Example: They have yet to RATIFY the treaty.
To ratify a treaty or contract is to officially approve it by signing or voting for

it. You and your brothers and sisters might devise a plan for a family vacation to
Disney World, but it would need to be ratified by your parents. To substantiate is
to give support to a claim. Wed really like to believe in the Tooth
Mnemonic: SUBSTANTIATE is related to the word substantial, which

SUBSTANTIATE
Fairy; however, more evidence is needed to substantiate her existence (besides that
quarter in your pocket). Form: verb Tone: pos To testify is to make a statement or
provide evidence, usually in court. Witnesses testify for the prosecution or
defense.
means "solid." Example: The results of the tests SUBSTANTIATEd his claims.
Mnemonic: If you've ever seen a TV show about lawyers, you've probably seen someone
TESTIFYing: putting their hand on the Bible, sitting in the witness seat, and
telling what they know about a case. Example: She refused to TESTIFY against her
husband. Mnemonic: VALIDATE is to make something VALID. Example: to VALIDATE a
theory
TESTIFY
Form: verb Tone: pos VALIDATE
To validate is to prove that something is based on truth or fact, or is acceptable.

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Meaning When two huge semi trailers meet face-to-face on a one-lane mountain road,
the drivers jumped out of their cabs and exclaimed, "We're at an impasse! We can't
move forward - we can only reverse and go back in the direction from which we
came." A stalemate is an impasse in a contest, a point where neither player -
usually in chess - can win or lose.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Its impossible to pass this traffic, so its a traffic

IMPASSE. Example: The peace talks reached an IMPASSE
IMPASSE
Form: noun Tone: neg STALEMATE
Mnemonic: CheckMate STALEMATE and check-mate in chess Example: Talks between union
and management resulted in a STALEMATE.
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER Form: adj
Tone: neg DESECRATE Form: verb Tone: neg To desecrate means to treat a sacred place
or thing with violent disrespect. The news sometimes reports on vandals who have
desecrated tombstones or places of worship. To be impious is to be disrespectful of
god or duty. When someone is being impious they are doing things that their church,
synagogue, temple, mosque, school principal, government or parents would find
unacceptable. Profane is the sort of BLASPHEMY Form: noun Tone: neg Saying
offensive things about God or religion is blasphemy. Blasphemy can be used for
offensive ideas in other areas too. (X) SACROSANCT Form: adj Tone: pos (X)
CONSECRATE Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: pos Meaning Consecrate means to
make holy or to dedicate to a higher purpose. You need to consecrate a building to
turn it into a church, but you can also consecrate a week in New York City to the
pursuit of the perfect bagel. You might be enraged at the idea of doing homework on
a Saturday if you consider your weekends sacrosanct - meaning they are too special
or important to interrupt. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Con + sacred Example:
Conscrate yourselves for tommorrow the lord will do wonders among you.
Mnemonic: Sacrosanct Sounds like SACRED Example: A church, for example, might
consider its Sunday service to be sacrosanct - a very important and holy ritual
that cannot be changed or canceled. Mnemonic: BLASPHEMY bless+famous...Famous
people are so proud of their success that they often disrespect Godthey are never
to be Blessed ! Example: To say that man is precisely what God made him to be is
sheer BLASPHEMY. Mnemonic: DESECRATE sounds like De (NOT)-Sacred Example: Please do
not DESECRATE the Monument or surrounding area. Root: DE means DOWN/AWAY. Mnemonic:
IMPIOUS can be split as IM (NOT) + PIOUS (RELIGIOUS) Example: The IMPIOUS man began
to pray in an ungodly fashion. Root: IM means NOT Mnemonic: Propane
IMPIOUS
Form: adj
Tone: neg
PROFANE
language that gets bleeped on TV but it's also whenever you deeply offend people
with how little respect you show something (usually religious).
gas: being inextinguishable is not allowed in holy places. Cannot use propane for
aarti Example: Tourists are urged not to PROFANE the sanctity of holy places by
wearing improper clothes. Mnemonic: SACRILEGE has its roots in the sacr-, meaning
"holy." Example: The cult of the Roman emperor was SACRILEGE to Jews and
Christians.
SACRILEGE
If you show up to an animal rights rally with a bucket full of fried chicken for
lunch, you may be accused of committing sacrilege. You are violating a belief held
sacred, at least by some individuals.
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Meaning If you can't change it, it's immutable. There are many things in life that
are immutable; these unchangeable things include death, taxes, and the laws of
physics.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: IM (NOT) and MUTABLE (CHANGEABLE). Cannot change

Example: This decision should not be seen as IMMUTABLE. Root: IM means NOT
Mnemonic: In (NOT) Variable (changes or VARIES) Does not change or vary is
INVARIABLE. Example: Her routine was INVARIABLE. Mnemonic: Steady Fast Example: Let
them thank the Lord for his STEADFAST love, for his wondrous works to the children
of men
IMMUTABLE
Form: adj Tone: pos INVARIABLE
Use the adjective invariable to describe something that's unlikely to change, such
as your invariable custom of eating deep-dish pizza every Saturday. Someone who is
firm and determined in a belief or a position can be called steadfast in that view,
like your mom when she thinks you really shouldnt wear that outfit.
Form: adj Tone: pos STEADFAST
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER EXONERATE
Form: verb Tone: pos EXCULPATE Form: verb Tone: pos To exculpate means to find
someone not guilty of criminal charges. If you've been wrongly convicted of
robbery, you better hope a judge will exculpate you, unless you want to go to jail
because you've heard prison food is amazing. To exonerate someone is to declare him
not guilty of criminal charges. This word is pretty much only used in reference to
proceedings in a court of law. A word with a similar meaning that might be familiar
is acquit. Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea - or to
absolve from guilt. If your family thinks you hogged ACQUIT Form: verb Tone: pos
ABSOLVE Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: pos Meaning To be absolved is to
be let off the hook, to be set free from a certain obligation or to be forgiven for
a wrongdoing. The Church may absolve you of your sins, but that won't absolve you
of the need to attend mass. To acquit someone is to clear them of charges.
Acquitting also has to do with how you carry or present yourself. Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: ab + solve : if you can solve this problem, I can ABSOLVE your sin from
the accusation of cheating in exam. (a teacher said to his student) Example: The
court ABSOLVEd him of all responsibility for the accident. Mnemonic: AC(accused)
+QUIT.....when you are under any kind of criminal charge and the court quits the
charge, it means that you are free from a criminal charge by a verdict of not
guilty...hence ACQUIT Example: The jury ACQUITted him of murder. Mnemonic:
EXCULPATE sounds like ex-culprit = culprit...but now he has been cleared of the
charges. Example: The defendant was able to EXCULPATE himself from liability. Root:
EX- is OUT OF/FROM
Mnemonic: EXONERATE break it as EX (gone) HONOUR (pride) - to bring back your gone
or fallen honour by getting the blame off you. Example: The police report
EXONERATEd Lewis from all charges of corruption. Root: EX- is OUT OF/FROM
VINDICATE
Mnemonic: vidicate....split it like vin(WIN) + di(the) + cate(case)....so when you

win a case IN a COURT...it means you are freed FROM ACCUSATION AND
the last piece of pie on Thanksgiving, you'll be vindicated when your younger
brother fesses up.
CHARGES...you are freed from blame. Example: There was not enough evidence against
him, so the court VINDICATEd him.
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Meaning Someone or something that is benign is gentle, kind, mild, or unharmful: a

benign soul wouldn't hurt a fly.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BENIGN sounds like Be nice Example: Its entirely BENIGN
in nature, you will be start working in two days. Root: BE means GOOD Mnemonic:
INNOCUOUS is innoxious which is harmless Example: An INNOCUOUS home remedy; An
INNOCUOUS remark
BENIGN
Form: adj Tone: pos INNOCUOUS
If you want to reassure someone that something isn't harmful or likely to cause
injury, call it innocuous. Even an innocuous letter from your boyfriend is
embarrassing if your parents find it!
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Meaning
Mnemonic/Example
CURATIVE
tending to cure or restore Mnemonic: to health CURATIVE is nothing but Curing

Example: the CURATIVE properties of herbs Whether youre talking about a
therapeutic drug or a therapeutic exercise plan, something that is therapeutic
helps to heal or to restore health. Mnemonic: THERAPEUTIC is nothing bout Therapy
Example: Painting can be very THERAPEUTIC.
Form: adj Tone: pos THERAPEUTIC
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER SALUBRIOUS
RUDDY FLUSHED Form: adj Tone: pos FLORID Form: adj Tone: pos When people are
redcheeked with good health they are florid. Spending most of the year in the
college library can give you a colorless, weary face, but after a mountain
vacation, you'll be florid with the reddish color that comes from exercise and
living CHERUBIC Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos Meaning Use the word
cherubic to describe someone with a round face and an air of sweetness, whether
you re talking about a cute cooing baby or your innocent-looking, roundfaced 40-
year-old brother. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: CHERUBIC, pronounced "CHAIRuh-bick,"
is used to describe someone who looks like a cherub, a baby-like angel Example:
With her cheerful smile and rosy cheeks, she was a particularly CHERUBIC child.
Mnemonic: FLORIDa mein FLORID stalls and FLORID (reddish) complexion girls.
Example: a FLORID style of painting
having the pinkish flush of Mnemonic: Flush health sounds like Blush. When you
blush your face turns pink and u looked FLUSHED Example: Sam felt her cheeks flush
red. Ruddy is used to describe something that is reddish - like the color of red
hair, tomatoes, or your cheeks on a cold winter's day. Salubrious is a fancy way to
describe something thats good for you or is generally favorable to mind or body,
but it need not be limited to describing healthy foods or liquids. Mnemonic: RUDDY
complexion is Reddy complexion. Example: He had a naturally RUDDY complexion.
Mnemonic: SALUBRIOUS sounds like we salute each other with the cheer, "To your
health!" Example: We had to move to a house in a less SALUBRIOUS area.
Form: adj Tone: pos
Form: adj Tone: pos
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Meaning Though officious sounds like official, it means being annoyingly eager to
do more than is required. "The officious lunch lady made everyone's food choices
her business, and made nasty comments when students chose cookies over carrots."
When you hear the word solicitous, think of your mom - attentive, caring and
concerned. It's nice when your waiter gives you good service, but if he or she is
solicitous, the hovering might annoy you.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Office mein Officious person. Example: The officious man
didn't realize that his help was not needed.
OFFICIOUS (-)
Form: adj Tone: pos
SOLICITOUS
Mnemonic: Solicit means to request earnestly for something, but if you have to wait
for it to happen then you are liable to become SOLICITOUS Example: The son was
SOLICITOUS about his father's health.
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Meaning If you want to describe a small amount of something, try modicum. If you
have a modicum of interest in something, you are a little bit interested. A remnant
is something that's left over, once the rest is used up. If you plan to sew a shirt
using only a remnant, it might have to be a midriff shirt. A trace of something is
just a hint or suggestion of it, a very small amount left behind - like the sad
cookie crumbs at the bottom of an empty cookie jar.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: MODICUM sounds like Moderate or medium and so is the

meaning. Example: He does not have a MODICUM of sense. She always discarded all
garments that were no longer modish.
MODICUM
Form: noun Tone: neut/neg REMNANT
Mnemonic: REMNANT is remaining part. Example: The shop is selling REMNANTs of cloth
at half price.
TRACE
Mnemonic: There are more meanings we can TRACE to this word. So you could say that
Sherlock Holmes TRACEd criminals throughout London, following even the smallest
TRACEs of evidence and tracing copies of the villain's notes for his files.
Example: We finally TRACEd him to an address in Chicago. Mnemonic: VESTIGE sounds
like Wastage. VESTIGE of Wastage Example: We discovered VESTIGEs of early Indian
life in the cave.
Form: noun Tone: neut VESTIGE
Vestige is an elegant word. It's all about shadows, and gives us a way to talk
about traces or reminders of something that has disappeared or is disappearing.
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Meaning When there's a consensus, everyone agrees on something. If you're going to

a movie with friends, you need to reach a consensus about which movie everyone
wants to see.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Con (common) sensus (sense): its a common sense for a
group to reach CONSENSUS to resolve the issue Example: CONSENSUS decision making
leads to paralysis Mnemonic: UNANIMOUS sounds like UNION. Example: UNANIMOUS
agreement must be reached for this plan to go ahead. Mnemonic: Vetoes block or
forbid something, and the word is also used more loosely. Example: The governor
used his veto to block the proposal.
CONSENSUS
Form: adj Tone: pos UNANIMOUS
When a group or a decision is unanimous, it means that everyone is in total

agreement. Just imagine if you let third graders vote on what to serve at lunch:
Pizza and candy would be the unanimous choice! A veto is a no vote that blocks a
decision. The President can veto some bills that pass his desk.
Form: noun Tone: neg X VETO
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Meaning No reason to get excited - cursory has nothing to do with bad language.
Instead, it means not paying attention to details, like friends who are so busy
studying for a test that they only give your new haircut a cursory glance.
Perfunctory means done as part of a routine or duty. If you give someone a gift and
they look at it like it's roadkill and say nothing about it but a perfunctory
"thank you," you might not be giving them another one anytime soon. done quickly;
in a summary manner
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Mouse is used to move the cursor hastily without going
into minor details Example: CURSORY reading of new testament.
CURSORY
PERFUNCTORY
Mnemonic: Parai factory ko take care in PERFUNCTORY way Example: In his lectures he
reveals himself to be merely a PERFUNCTORY speaker
SUMMARILY
Example: the suspected spy was SUMMARILY executed.
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Meaning Use robust to describe a person or thing that is healthy and strong, or
strongly built. This adjective also commonly describes food or drink: a robust wine
has a rich, strong flavor. Terrain that is broken and uneven is called rugged. If
you want an easy hike, you should stay away from the rugged coastline. That rocky
shoreline is definitely for the more experienced hikers. Describe something that is
firmly constructed or strongly made as sturdy. That house you built was not sturdy
at all. It blew down in the last wind storm. Fortunately, it was only a dog house
and the dog wasn't in it.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ROBUST Robot Example: The candidate for the football
team had a ROBUST physique. Mnemonic: RUGGED can also describe something that is
steady, sturdy, and strong. Example: The countryside around here is very RUGGED.
Mnemonic: Your grandmother is pushing 80, but she is still pretty STURDY if she can
beat you at tennis. Example: The vehicle is STURDY enough to withstand rough
terrain.
ROBUST
Form: adj Tone: pos RUGGED
Form: adj Tone: pos
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER SENTENCE
Form: noun Tone: neg INCARCERATE Form: verb Tone: Neg Use the verb incarcerate when
you need to put someone behind bars in a big way, meaning, send them to prison,
like those who, after being found guilty of a crime and sentenced, become
incarcerated. If you receive a lengthy prison sentence, you will certainly feel it.
IMMURE Form: verb Tone: Neg CONVICT Form: verb Tone: Neg CONDEMN Words Relation to
Group Form: verb Tone: neut/neg Meaning You can condemn, or openly criticize,
someone who is behaving inappropriately. If you are an animal rights activist, you
would probably condemn someone for wearing fur. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: You may
see politicians CONDEMN each other in political ads during a campaign in hopes of
improving their chances of winning an election. Example: The government issued a
statement CONDEMNing the killings.
A convict is a person who Example: He was has been found guilty CONVICTed of fraud.
convicted - of a crime and is serving a sentence in prison. When you immure someone
or something, you put it behind a wall, as in a jail or some other kind of
confining space. Mnemonic: Funny way of remembering it will be: IMMURE like I M
YOURS....please enclose me within the walls of your heart Example: At the age of 86
he was IMMUREd in his house by infirmity. Mnemonic: IN + CAR + CIGARETTE due to a
ban on smoking, if you smoke cigarettes even in the car, you may be IMPRISONed.
Example: Thousands were INCARCERATEd in labor camps. Mnemonic: Sent to Jail
Example: The prisoner has served (= completed) his SENTENCE and will be released
tomorrow. Mnemonic: amnesty - am + ne (not) + sty (stay); Imagine a prisoner
saying "I am not going to stay in this prison anymore as judge granted
Amnesty can mean a pardon for a wrongdoing, or it can also signal a government's
willingness to overlook something.
X AMNESTY
amnesty to me." Example: The president granted a general amnesty for all political
prisoners. Form: verb Tone: pos If you condone something, you allow it, approve of
it, or at least can live with it. Some teachers condone chewing gum, and some
don't. Mnemonic: When you tell someone that "THIS CAN BE DONE" (condone) you are
approving of something. Example: The college cannot condone any behavior that
involves illicit drugs. Root: CON- means WITH/ TOGETHER Mnemonic: Reprieve sounds
like relieve and means the same Example: He is a a reprieved murderer. Root: RE- is
to REPEAT
X CONDONE
Form: verb Tone: pos X REPRIEVE
A reprieve is a break in or cancellation of a painful or otherwise lousy situation.

If you're being tortured, a reprieve is a break from whatever's tormenting you.
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER Form: verb
Tone: neg It takes a bit of planning to forestall something, meaning stop it from
happening. To forestall the effects of aging, exercise and take care of your health
all your life. FOIL Form: verb Tone: neg to prevent the success of something. EDDY
Form: noun Tone: neg DETER Form: verb Tone: neg Deter means to discourage. Many
believe that the use of capital punishment deters people from committing murder.
Others think that is hogwash. An eddy is a whirlpool what you stare at as a kid
when the water is draining out of the bathtub. CHECK Form: verb Tone: neg As a
noun: the act of restraining power or action BARRICADE Words Relation to Group
Form: noun Tone: neg Meaning A barricade is anything that prevents people or
vehicles from getting through. Construction workers often barricade a street to
block traffic. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BARRICADE sounds like Barrier. Example:
The police stormed the BARRICADEs the demonstrators put up. Mnemonic: We sometimes
tell a rowdy guy "Hey CHECK your action" urging him to keep a CHECK on what he does
Example: The government is determined to CHECK the growth of public spending.
Mnemonic: DETER sounds like DETERmined. Example: This is equivalent to a
DETERminate sentence of 20 years. Mnemonic: EDDY current/wind: where current flows
Example: Caught in an EDDY, the polythene bag flew high over the trees Mnemonic:
Silver FOIL prevents bacteria getting successful in decaying food Example: Loyal
troops FOILed his attempt to overthrow the government. Mnemonic: Fore = before,
Stall = stop. FORESTALL is to stop before happening I put for stall to FORESTALL
crowd pushing when one stall Example: Some research shows that
FORESTALL
doing crossword puzzles daily may FORESTALL Alzheimer's disease FRUSTRATE Form:
verb Tone: neg Form: verb Tone: neg HINDER self explanatory The verb hinder means
to block or put something in the way of, so if youre in a high-speed car chase
with the police, they might put up a blockade to hinder your progress. To impede
something is to delay or block its progress or movement. Carrying six heavy bags
will impede your progress if you're trying to walk across town. Mnemonic: a
political situation that HINDERs economic growth
IMPEDE
Mnemonic: IMPEDE sounds like Compete .You IMPEDE when you compete. You try to
obstruct so they cant win. Example: Do they assist or IMPEDE the flow of learning
in the course? Root: IM means NOT Mnemonic: INHIBIT is to prohibit Example: I need
to INHIBIT myself from eating too many cookies.
INHIBIT
When you inhibit something, you block it or hold it back. If you put plants in a
dark room, you inhibit their growth. A teacher who mocks their students for giving
wrong answers inhibits their willingness to speak up in class. Interdict means to
forbid, to nix, to veto. If your parents find out you're planning a party for a
time when they're away , they will interdict it.
INTERDICT
Mnemonic: Inter (between) Dict (Speak) So if you speak in between you prohibit
someone else from speaking Example: Civilized nations must INTERDICT the use of
nuclear weapons if we expect out society to live Root: IN means NOT Mnemonic: Ob
means AGAINST and Struct can be related to structure. Remember OBSTRUCTion
(something that prevents) Example: He was arrested for OBSTRUCTion of a police
officer in the execution of his duty. Root: OB means AGAINST Mnemonic: OBTRUDE is
similar to Intrude, enter forcibly
OBSTRUCT
When you obstruct something, you block it. If youre gobbling down your pizza, a
chunk of crust you didnt chew so well might obstruct your airway and you'll
choke.
If you want to be rude, you'll obtrude, or thrust yourself to the front of a line
without waiting.
OBTRUDE
Example: She tried to OBTRUDE the wedge through the door Root: OB means AGAINST
Form: verb Tone: neg Occlude means to obstruct, as with an opening. You hear this a
lot in a medical context. Heart surgeons are looking for occlusions in blood
vessels-things that occlude the flow of blood. To preclude something is to
prevent it from happening. A muzzle precludes a dog from biting. Mnemonic: OCCLUDE
is to Exclude Example: A blood clot OCCLUDEd an artery to the heart.
OCCLUDE
PRECLUDE
Mnemonic: PRECLUDE - Exclude opposite of include. I had no pre-clue that I will be

PRECLUDEd Example: His physical disability PRECLUDEs an athletic career for him.
Root: PRE means BEFORE Mnemonic: The progression of the disease can be RETARDed by
early surgery. Mnemonic: Stock Ate STOCKADE to prevent stock ate from cow Example:
When he returns to the old STOCKADE, he has a surprise waiting for him. Mnemonic:
STYMIE rhymes with: Tie me, so you cant move and its a STYMIE (obstacle)
Example: A problem in thermodynamics that STYMIEd half the class. Mnemonic: War
THWART my plans Example: They were doing all they could to THWART the terrorists.
RETARD
To retard something is to slow it down. This is also a mean and inappropriate word
for someone who's mentally slow. A stockade is an enclosed pen used to herd cattle
and other livestock. Stockades can also house men, in the sense of a penal camp. In
both cases, the treatment tends to be on the rough side. The verb stymie means to
obstruct or hinder. Constantly texting with your friends will stymie your effort to
finish your homework.
Form: noun Tone: neg STOCKADE
Form: verb Tone: neg STYMIE
Form: verb Tone: neg THWART
A villain's worst nightmare is the superhero who always seems to thwart his
efforts, preventing him from carrying out his plans to take over the world.
Form: verb Tone: neg TRAMMEL
to limit someone's freedom Mnemonic: The tram of movement or activity mall is

_restrict_ed to shops selling trams and tram accessories Example: He felt himself
TRAMMELed by convention.
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Tone: pos EMBELLISH Form: verb Tone: pos EFFULGENT Form: adj Tone: pos Something
effulgent radiates light. On a clear day the sun can be quite effulgent. You might
need a pair of shades. BAROQUE Form: adj Tone: pos Something baroque is overly
ornate, like a paisley red velvet jacket with tassels, or music that has a lot
going on. ADORN Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: pos Meaning To adorn is to
dress something up by decorating it. You might adorn your poncho with fringe or
your poodle's dog collar with rhinestones. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Add orn
(ornaments), add on add on... to ADORN Example: He said add on, add ornaments to
ADORN the room for her birthday party Root: AD- means TO/TOWARDS Mnemonic: Music
from late 16th century to the early 18th century Play BAROQUE music piece.From 16th
century Broke..BAROQUE music was played from broken record Example: BAROQUE music
is considered to be in many ways more BAROQUE (showy) than classical. Mnemonic: Eff
(Efficient)+ full+ gen(gem)= an efficient full gem shins brightly Example: Love
these EFFULGENT daffodils. Mnemonic: EMBELLISH has a BELL in the middle of the word
which talks about decoration especialy in Christmas. Example: The artist EMBELLISH
his painting to make it look more real Root: EM- means IN Mnemonic: FLORIDa mein
FLORID stalls and FLORID (reddish) complexion girls. Example: The bride had a
FLORID dress.
The word "bell" shows up in the middle of embellish, and bells are something that
decorate, or embellish something, making it more attractive. If you embellish
speech, though, it can get ugly if you add a lot of details that aren't true. When
people are redcheeked with good health they are florid. Spending most of the year
in the college library can give you a colorless, weary face, but after a mountain
vacation, you'll
FLORID
be florid with the reddish color that comes from exercise and living Form: verb
Tone: pos GARNISH A garnish is a decoration or embellishment, often used with food.
It is also the verb that means to do the decorating: you can garnish a baked fish
with a garnish of lemon slices and parsley. The noun intricacy means a quality of
being complex or elaborately detailed. You could compliment the intricacy of your
friend's complicated hairdo. Mnemonic: Garden is GARNISHed with new plants and
gorgeous flowers Example: GARNISH the chicken with almonds. Mnemonic: Intricate
sounds like DELICATE and so is the meaning Example: an intricate network of
loyalties and relationships
Form: noun Tone: neut INTRICACY
Form: adj Tone: pos ORNATE
If something is ornate Mnemonic: whether it's a ball Ornaments are gown, a set
of dishes, or ORNATE in nature a poem - it seems to be and look. covered in
ornaments. It's Example: This style lavish, flowery, or heavily is a little too
ORNATE adorned. for my taste. Someone or something that is resplendent has great
beauty and is a pleasure to behold. "She was there, at the base of the stairs,
resplendent in her flowing gown and jewels." Spectacular is both a noun and an
adjective. The noun spectacular refers to a big, beautiful production, like a play
or musical performance that has a huge cast and many dance numbers. Mnemonic: This
pendant is RESPLENDENT Example: Mary looked RESPLENDENT in her royal blue velvet
prom dress. Mnemonic: SPECTACULAR sounds like Miraculous and so is the meaning.
Example: Messi scored a SPECTACULAR goal. Root: SPEC- means to SEE
Form: adj Tone: pos RESPLENDENT
Form: adj Tone: pos SPECTACULAR
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER PROSAIC
INSIPID Form: adj Tone: neg DRAB Form: adj Tone: neg BLAND Form: adj Tone: neg
AUSTERE Form: adj Tone: neg ASCETIC Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg
Meaning Want to live an ascetic lifestyle? Then you better ditch the flat panel TV
and fuzzy slippers. To be ascetic, you learn to live without; it's all about
selfdenial. The adjective austere is used to describe something or someone stern or
without any decoration. You wouldn't want someone to describe you or your home as
austere. When you have a nasty cold and youre very congested, food can taste
unappealingly bland. That means dull, flavorless, or just plain blah.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: someone who leaves all AESTHETICs (art of beauty)is an
ASCETIC Example: Only real saints and sages are ASCETIC in nature. Mnemonic: Aus
tere: Austrailian live AUSTERE life and practice that s why they do good.
Example: It is a monk s AUSTERE life; AUSTERE grandeur of the cathedral.
Mnemonic: divide it into B and LAND.in a Bbarren LAND you dont get tasty food to
eat. Example: An elevated threshold for taste may make food taste BLAND or boring.
Mnemonic: Crab is a DRAB creature. Example: a cold DRAB little office
Dull, dreary, dingy, depressing: These adjectives capture the sense of drab,
whether the word is used to describe a muted color, a miserable mood, or an
oppressively boring existence. Some insipid is lacking in flavor or interest.
You'll probably find the generic poems inside of greeting cards insipid. Prosaic
means ordinary or dull. Most of us lead a prosaic everyday life, sometimes
interrupted by some drama or crisis.
Mnemonic: INSIPID coffee, so you dont sip it INSIPID people are Stupid Example:
This is a cup of INSIPID coffee Mnemonic: mosaic beautiful artistic work with full
of vibrant colours.....PROSAIC ...opposite of that ...dull Example: The guitars
feel fairly PROSAIC to me, there's nothing complex or amazingly new going on.
Mnemonic: A barren desert or a room with no furniture or curtains is STARK. It can
also mean "severe, stern, or
Form: adj Tone: neg
Form: adj Tone: neg
extremely simple or plain

STARK
austere," like the STARK beauty of the rocky cliffs in the west of Ireland.
Example: the STARK interior of the place did not attract people looking for
flamboyance Form: adj Tone: neg Reserve the adjective vapid for the airhead in your
office that brings nothing to the table, except maybe the doughnuts. (And be
careful to mutter it behind her back; it's much too vicious for a casual dig.)
Mnemonic: VAPID sounds like Rapid If you cook food rapidly then it will be VAPID
WAP seminar is VAPID Example: The VAPID conversation bored her.
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER INCRIMINATE
Form: verb Tone: neg IMPUTE Form: noun Tone: neg IMPLICATE Form: verb Tone: neg
ALLEGE Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg Meaning If you accuse someone
of committing a crime but the proof of the wrongdoing isn't yet found, use the verb
allege. You might allege that your sister broke a vase, just because no one else
was home when you heard the crash. The verb implicate means "to connect or involve
in something." For example, your cousins might implicate you in the planning of a
big party for your grandparents. The verb impute can be used to blame someone for
doing something bad, give credit for good work, or just tell it like it is, like
when you impute your lateness to my not telling you where to meet me. Is your
homework in shreds and the dog chewing something? Then you can incriminate poor
Fido for eating your homework. To incriminate someone (or some dog) of a crime, is
more than just accusing them; it's offering some evidence they're guilty.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ALLEGE eligible; so if you are eligible for voting, you
have to show a certificate proving that you are above 18 years old. Example: The
prosecution ALLEGEs (that) she was driving carelessly. Mnemonic: IMPLICATE implies
Incriminate are synonyms, involved in crimnal activity Example: He tried to avoid
saying anything that would IMPLICATE him further. Mnemonic: im(put)e... put the
blame to somebody Example: I denied the motives that my employer was imputing to
me. Root: IM means NOT
Mnemonic: here we need to remember two things the prefix IN intensifies or

strengthen the suffix added to it. suffix here is criminate= to make some one
criminal in-criminate = make someone further a criminal thus we we accuse someone
who had a previous record. Example: They were afraid of answering the questions and
incriminating themselves. Mnemonic: Rhymes with VERDICT Example: She was INDICTed
for murder.
Form: verb Tone: neg INDICT
If you accuse someone of committing an offense, you indict them. A book that
indicts the entire education system might lay out all the
reasons that schools are failing kids. Form: verb Tone: neg return an accusation
against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return Mnemonic: RE
means REPEAT/ RETURN and CRIMINATE sounds like CRIMINAL. So when someone accuses
you in RETURN , because you had accused him someday, its recriminating. Example:
They must not come to recriminating each other.
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Tone: neg INCONSISTENT Form: adj Tone: neg Inconsistent describes something that's
varied or irregular. So if you're supposed to floss every day, but you only
remember every now and then, your commitment to oral hygiene could be called
inconsistent. Irresolute describes someone who feels stuck. A decision must be
made, a plan acted on, but the irresolute person just doesn't know what to do.
ERRATIC Form: adj Tone: neg CAPRICIOUS Form: adj Tone: neg ARBITRARY Words Relation
to Group Form: adj Tone: neg Meaning Something that's arbitrary seems like it's
chosen at random instead of following a consistent rule. Team members would dislike
their coach using a totally arbitrary method to pick starting players. Capricious
is an adjective to describe a person or thing that's impulsive and unpredictable,
like a bride who suddenly leaves her groom standing at the wedding altar. The
adjective erratic describes things that are unpredictable, unusual, and that
deviate from the norm. An erratic quarterback might completely confuse his
receivers waiting for a pass. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ARBITRARY art Example:
Hitler was an ARBITRARY leader.
Mnemonic: I like this one, but other will look better on me..CAPRICIOUS Example:
The storm was CAPRICIOUS and changed course constantly. Mnemonic: This is ERRATIC
behavior: message says error at the top and operation completed successfully at the
same time.. Example: Investors become anxious when the stock market appears
ERRATIC. Root: ERR means MISTAKE Mnemonic: In (NOT) and Consistent (CONSTANT). NOT
CONSTANT. Example: The report is INCONSISTENT with the financial statements.
IRRESOLUTE
Mnemonic: IRRESOLUTE is not resolute IRRESOLUTE dont know new year resolution
Example: She had no respect for him because he seemed weak-willed and IRRESOLUTE
Root: IR means NOT
Form: adj Tone: neg
MERCURIAL
Mercurial describes someone whose mood or behavior is changeable and unpredictable,

or someone who is clever, lively, and quick. With a mercurial teacher, you never
know where you stand. Oscillating means to vacillate between differing
opinions,conditions, etc
Mnemonic: Mercury level in the blood pressure testing device is MERCURIAL when
measuring B.P Example: Advertising is a MERCURIAL business
Form: verb Tone: neg OSCILLATING
Mnemonic: Oscillate is like Vacillate. Example: Her moods oscillated between

depression and elation.
Form: noun Tone: neg PENDULATING
One who swings like a Example: In Pendulum and is education, the never stable
pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods. Root: PEND means to HANG
OR WEIGH. If your moods change quickly and dramatically, people might describe you
as temperamental. If you weren't so temperamental, maybe your friends would open up
to you more. Did I say something wrong? If someone can't make up their mind, you
can call that person vacillating. A vacillating student might not know whether to
commit to a major in electrical engineering or in art history. Watch out when a
situation becomes volatile - it is likely to change for the worse suddenly. You
fight and then make up with your partner often if you two have a volatile
relationship. Mnemonic: A TEMPERAMENTAL air conditioner can make for a long, hot
summer. Example: You never know what to expect with her. She's so TEMPERAMENTAL.
Root: TEMP means TIME Mnemonic: Vacillate sounds like OScillate..so something which
moves from one position to another position. Example: His tendency to vacillate
makes him a poor leader. Mnemonic: VOLATILE means "fleeting, transitory" always
gives the sense of sudden, radical change. Think of it as the opposite of stable.
Example: A person who is VOLATILE loses his or her temper suddenly and violently.
Mnemonic: The word soon came to mean "to talk foolishly" and then eventually "to
vacillate, to change." Example: She continues to WAFFLE
Form: adj Tone: neg
TEMPERAMENTAL
VACILLATING
Form: adj Tone: neg
VOLATILE
WAFFLE
You might think of a waffle as a gridpatterned pancakelike food that's tasty with
syrup, and you'd be right. But the word is also a verb that
means to avoid making a definitive decision. Form: verb Tone: neg WAVERING the
quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
on honesty,and is capitalizing on dishonesty Mnemonic: Like a sea WAVE going UP and

DOWN in taking decision: WAVERING Example: He wavered in his determination.
Mnemonic: Whims and Fancies which are odd, because they rarely come true. Example:
He was forced to pander to her every WHIMSICAL idea.
Form: adj Tone: neg
WHIMSICAL
Whimsical means full of or characterized by whims, which are odd ideas that usually
occur to you very suddenly. If you decide at the last minute to fly to Europe, you
could say you went there on a whim.
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Meaning When your best friends face drains of all color when he hears that his
favorite team traded its star player, you can use the word ashen to describe the
pale, white face of someone who is shocked and upset. Santa looks a little pallid,
meaning that he has a pale complexion, from spending too much time at the North
Pole. A few days in Hawaii might do wonders to add color to his pale, bearded face.
When youve got the flu, that pale, sickly color of your skin is called a pallor.
Other causes of pallor include shock, stress, or 10 days spent indoors trying to
beat your new video game.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Ash fans were ASHEN when Ash got married to Abhishek
Example: Her face was ASHEN with fear.
ASHEN
Form: adj Tone: neg PALLID
Mnemonic: Pal had PALLID expressions which is like a lid. Example: His thin, PALLID
face broke into a smile Mnemonic: PALLOR sounds like Parlour. When we go to a party
we should look good and not Pale, so going to the PARLOR may help. Example: Her
cheeks had an unhealthy PALLOR. Mnemonic: SALLOW - Yellow Example: She has SALLOW
complexion due to jaundice
PALLOR
Form: adj Tone: neg SALLOW
Sallow means unhealthy in appearance-often yellow in color-and is almost

invariably used to describe someone's complexion. His smile was as engaging as
ever, but from his sallow complexion, I knew he was sick. Someone who is wan is
visibly unwell and lacking in energy. If youve had the flu for over a week, and
you finally get out of bed looking pale and tired, your mother might say that you
look wan.
Form: noun Tone: neg WAN
Mnemonic: WAN rhymes with maruthi van... she liked to travel in a scorpio but she
is traveling in a van..so she is pale Example: He looked WAN and tired.
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FICKLE UNHEALTHY APPEARANCE UNSTEADY WALK / HESITATE WITHOUT REAL POWER TOTTERING
Form: verb Tone: neg/neut unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age FUMBLE
FOUNDER Form: verb Tone: neg/neut to fail because of a particular problem or
difficulty FLOUNDER Form: verb Tone: neg/neut FALTER Words Relation to Group Form:
verb Tone: neg/neut Meaning Falter means to hesitate, stumble, or waver, and
everything from faith to voices can do it. So if you want to keep your bride or
groom happy, it's best not to falter when it's your turn to say "I do." A flounder
is a flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head; and, as a verb, to flounder
is to wobble around like a fish out of water. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: FALTER
sounds like Fault When you FALTER you make lots of Faults. Example: As he neared
the house, he FALTERed Mnemonic: FLOUNDER sounds like Fly+under water is
accompanied with lots of struggle and confusion Example: He FLOUNDERed helplessly
on the first day of his new job. Mnemonic: FOUNDER sounds like flounder with
similar meaning. Example: The peace talks FOUNDERed on a basic lack of trust.
Mnemonic: FUMBLE sounds like Tumble. We generally Tumble when we are not stable, so
is to FUMBLE (uncoordinated movement that can involve your entire body) Example:
She FUMBLEd in her pocket for a tissue. Mnemonic: TOTTERING is being unsteady like
TINY TOT, who keeps TOTTERING because he is small Example: The building tottered
and collapsed. Example: Only, unlike Apple, Facebook shares are on WOBBLY footing
at best.
If you're a football fan you know all about the agony of the fumble - the clumsy
handling of the ball that makes you drop it or lose possession.
WOBBLY
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Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: neg/neut
Meaning a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has
no real authority or responsibility
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: We are aware of the phrase "head of the Family" is

applicable to a FIGUREHEAD. Example: The president of the club is not just a
FIGUREHEAD. Mnemonic: Nomi-nal sounds like Name, and thats the meaning. NOMINAL
means IN NAME ONLY. Example: He remained in NOMINAL control of the business for
another ten years. Root: NOMEN means NAME. Mnemonic: TITULAR sounds like Title, and
a person of Name and Fame is always Titled. Title Ruler TITULAR Ruler just have
Title no powers Example: He is TITULAR head, and merely signs laws occasionally.
FIGUREHEAD
in name only, without authority.
NOMINAL
TITULAR
You might say youre the boss man in your household, but if everybody else in the
family ignores you, 'boss man' is probably a titular position for you. In other
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Groups AFTER-EFFECTS COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS COUNTER-ATTACK DESTROY EMBARRASS
EXAGGERATE EXCLUDE FASHION GIVE OUT HARSH / BITING / SHARP HESITATE ON MORAL
GROUNDS HIDE / REVEAL (X) INACTIVE INDEPENDENCE / FREEDOM INEFFECTIVE LOWER IN RANK
LYING DOWN / RESTING MALICIOUS SELFSATISFACTION MISC. NOBLE / SPIRITUAL / (X)
EARTHLY PLACE OF SAFETY REMOVE (X) / SPREAD REVENGE RULE / LAW / PRINCIPLE SELF-
CONTRADICTION TO BURN TO STIR UP / REVOLT UNIVERSAL VARIETY VILLAGE - LIKE
Words
Meaning A ramification is an accidental consequence that complicates things.

Remember that time you borrowed your father's car without asking? The ramification
was that Dad missed an important meeting, his company went under, and he had to
sell the car. A repercussion is something that happens because of another action.
You could quit paying your rent, but getting evicted from your apartment might be
the repercussion.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Amplification (Ramify ? Amplify) Amplify is to increase

and ramify is to divide into parts and hence increase. Example: These issues have
powerful personal and political RAMIFICATIONs.
RAMIFICATION
REPERCUSSION
Mnemonic: very simple !! concentrate on CUSSION(I mean cushions) ... cushions are
so soft ..bouncy bouncy (rebound property)...similarly REPERCUSSION --> rebound
Example: The REPERCUSSIONs of the quarrel were widespread.
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Form: adj Tone: pos Discreet describes someone or something that is appropriately
quiet, prudent, and restrained. If you are wearing a discreet gray suit, it is
unlikely that anyone at that business meeting will notice you. DISASSEMBLE Form:
verb Tone: neg The verb disassemble means to take something apart. It's one thing
to disassemble a computer; it's a whole other thing to put it back together again.
DEMURE Form: adj Tone: pos A demure woman or girl can be described as polite and a
little shy. A demure outfit is a modest one-think high neckline and low hem.
DEMUR Form: verb Tone: neut/neg ALLUSION Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone:
neut Meaning That little nod to a Dylan Thomas poem that you sneaked into your
PowerPoint presentation? That was an allusion, a quick reference to something that
your audience will have to already know in order to "get." Your friend wants to go
to the Death Metal Forever concert, but you hesitate: you demur. Whether you
strongly object, politely disagree, or hesitate to agree, you demur.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: it is similar to "illusion" which is done by showing
things not there, indirectly Example: His statement was seen as an ALLUSION to the
recent political unrest. Mnemonic: sounds a little like Damn you are wrong!! I
object! If Aunt Tilly offers to knit you a sweater, you might politely DEMUR, being
reluctant to accept. Example: At first she DEMURred, but then finally agreed.
Mnemonic: DEMURE is a word you don't hear a lot these days, but it used to be a
huge compliment for a woman or a girl, for them to be considered shy and quiet and
modest. Example: She is a DEMURE young lady. Mnemonic: DIS is not and ASSEMBLE is
to arrange. So DISASSEMBLE means to spoil the arrangement of something. Example: We
had to completely DISASSEMBLE the engine to find the problem. Mnemonic: DISCREET-
diSECRET. "You must be DISCREET about our SECRET." Example: You should ask a few
DISCREET questions before you sign anything.
DISCRETE
Discrete means separate or divided. A discrete unit is a separate part of something

larger. A room is a discrete space within a house, just as the transmission is a
discrete part of a car engine.
Mnemonic: if u can remember the DISCRETE maths ,you can see that one topic is
separated from the other and subtopics also unconnected to each other. Example: The
organisms can be divided into DISCRETE categories. Root: DIS- means APART Mnemonic:
The word sounds like "resemble"...the person/ a thing of that type can be in
disguise Example: She was a very honest person who was incapable of dissembling.
Root: DIS- is APART/ NOT Mnemonic: A fort thats stands straight and strong is a
symbol of Support and strength. Example: They fortified the area against attack.
Mnemonic: ILLUSION sounds like ILLVISION. When something is not real and you still
manage to see it, your eyes are tricking you. Example: She's under the ILLUSION
that she'll get the job. Mnemonic: sounds like I M YOURS....please enclose me
within the walls of your heart... Example: At the age of 86 he was IMMUREd in his
house by infirmity. Mnemonic: Remember the word insane. Insane person doesnt have a
mind to think and understand and hence he is void. Example: Surely there never had
been written anything so INANE and silly. Mnemonic: INCUM + BENT - OFFICIALS are
BENT on(determined)
DISSEMBLE
To dissemble is to hide under a false appearance, to deceive. "When confronted

about their human rights record, the Chinese government typically dissembles."
Form: verb Tone: pos FORTIFY
If you add nutrients to something you fortify it. Food scientists have found ways
to fortify cereal, but in addition to vitamins C and D, they usually add a lot of
sugar. An illusion is something that isn't real. It may look real, but it's
actually fake - just a crafty construction or fantasy. Like the old rabbit-out-of-
the-hat trick practiced by magicians around the globe. When you immure someone or
something, you put it behind a wall, as in a jail or some other kind of confining
space.
ILLUSION
Form: verb Tone: neut IMMURE
Form: adj Tone: neg
INANE
If something is inane, it's silly or senseless. If you just want to space out, you
won't mind the inane chatter on TV, as long as it's on.
An incumbent is an official who holds an office. If you want to

INCUMBENT
run for congress, you're going to have to beat the incumbent.
to bring an INCUM home, as it is NECESSARY to survive Example: it is INCUMBENT on

them to pay their own debts Mnemonic: Since Birth is INNATE Example: He never lost
his INNATE sense of fun.
Form: adj Tone: neut INNATE
If a characteristic or ability is already present in a person or animal when they

are born, it is innate. People have the innate ability to speak whereas animals do
not. To inure is to get used to something difficult or unpleasant. If after
spending an hour in your brother's room, you stop noticing the stinky-sock smell,
you have become inured to the odor. If you are loath to do something, you really
don't want to do it. If you are reluctant to go swimming, people will say you are
loath to swim, but if they are really mean - they may throw you in anyway. If you
loathe someone or something, you hate them very much. You might not choose to eat
raw carrots if you dislike them, but if you loathe them, you might have a hard time
even having them on your plate. To mortify someone is to cause them extreme
embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to mortify you when she showed
up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did. Bikes on
which you recline rather than sit upright are recumbent. Recumbent means to leaning
back in a reclining position.
Form: verb Tone: neg INURE
Mnemonic: INUREd means its 'in' 'your' systemyour used to it... Example: The
prisoners quickly became INUREd to the harsh conditions. Mnemonic: l+oath..oath..so
if you have taken a oath of not doing what your dad guides you... you are very
unwilling and reluctant to listen him. Example: He was LOATH to admit his mistake.
Mnemonic: Loa-the can be related as Low thought...So having a low thought of
someone else implies hate or detest Example: They LOATHE each other. Mnemonic:
MORTIFY can be said as moti fy means calling someone moti(fat) which is
embarrasing. Example: She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she
said. Mnemonic: recum+bentsounds similar to become+bent. If you become bent while
sitting it would mean you want to lie down. Example: In a few minutes the watchers
observed a warm, healthy flush spread over the white face and limp hands of the
RECUMBENT boy. Mnemonic: If you've ever seen a TV show
Form: adj Tone: neg
LOATH
Form: verb Tone: neg LOATHE
Form: verb Tone: neg MORTIFY
RECUMBENT
To testify is to make a statement or provide

evidence, usually in court. Witnesses testify for the prosecution or defense.
TESTIFY
about lawyers, you've probably seen someone TESTIFYing: putting their hand on the
Bible, sitting in the witness seat, and telling what they know about a case.
Example: There are several witnesses who will TESTIFY for the defense. Mnemonic:
If someone has described you as SHORT-TEMPERED in the TESTY(testimonial), then you
will get IRRITATED looking at it. Example: The old man sounded TESTY. Mnemonic: ve
+ nal = we null ....we can be easily bribed when we are null in terms of money ...
Example: We have these bunch of VENAL journalists Mnemonic: key word is menial. We
forgive someone for menial (small) mistakes. Example: The confidence of ignorance,
however VENIAL in youth, is not altogether so excusable, in full grown men.
Mnemonic: vidicate....split it like vin(WIN) + di(the) + cate(case)....so when you
win a case IN a COURT...it means you are freed FROM ACCUSATION AND CHARGES...you
are freed from blame. Example: I have every confidence that this decision will be
fully VINDICATEd. Mnemonic: VINDICTIVEwin+addictive obsessed about winning ...so
always having ill will against others Example: He accused her of being VINDICTIVE.
Form: adj Tone: neg
TESTY
You might feel a bit testy before taking a test, but test and testy are unrelated.
Feeling testy is like being peeved, annoyed, or irritated.
Form: adj Tone: neg VENAL
Someone with venal motives is corrupt and maybe a little evil. Nobody wants to be
thought of as venal.
VENIAL
Some crimes are unforgivable. Others are venial - venial crimes and sins are
excusable. They're not a big deal.
VINDICATE
Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea - or to absolve from guilt.

If your family thinks you hogged the last piece of pie on Thanksgiving, you'll be
vindicated when your younger brother fesses up.
Form: adj Tone: neg
VINDICTIVE
It is no fun hanging out with vindictive people, who are forever out to get back at
people they think have hurt them. If you forget to say hello to them one day in the
hall, they will carry a grudge against you into next week.
Form: noun Tone: neg WRAITH
If you have a vision of your grandfather just before he passes away, you have seen
a wraith or a ghostly image. Wraith can also mean something thin, wispy, or ghost-
like. Wrath is great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone:
Noah saw the flood as a sign of the wrath of God.
Mnemonic: Those who have faith , dont believe in WRAITH Example: He has a a WRAITH-
like.
WRATH
Mnemonic: Remember rath(s) means chariots in mahabharata. when kings are angry and
furious, they come on their rath(s) to fight. Example: Nobody wanted to face the
WRATH of their teacher and so came well prepared for the class.
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Meaning A reprisal is an act of retaliation, especially one committed by one

country against another. If you attack your enemy's village and cause lots of
damage, expect a reprisal. To retaliate means to get back at someone, usually
through a counterattack. Ned got hit with a cream pie, then he retaliated by
throwing a bucket of Jell-O at his attackers.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: If you escape from jail and are caught they will re-
prison you as an act of retaliation Example: They did not want to give evidence for
fear of REPRISALs. Root: RE- is AGAIN/ BACK Mnemonic: RET called ALI and they both
ATE Pizza and didn't study at all for the exam because they wanted to repay her
mother the agression she showed in making them learn things at the last moment.
Example: The boy hit his sister, who RETALIATEd by kicking him.
REPRISAL
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Mnemonic/Example
DEVASTATE
If a storm devastates your Mnemonic: town, it comes pretty close DEVASTATE can be
to destroying it. To remembered in this devastate is to cause way: A VAST area
destruction to or was WASTED in overwhelm. Japan, because of the destruction caused
by Tsunami. Example: The bomb DEVASTATEd much of the old part of the city. Raze
means to tear an object down to the ground. Before Donald Trump can raze that
family's home to build another skyscraper, he's going to have to cut them a big
check. Mnemonic: RAZE = Erase Which means to remove or clean completely. Example:
Dozens of villages have been RAZEd due to floods.
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Meaning Although abash sounds like a big party or what fire fighters do to get
through a locked door, abash is, in fact, a verb that means you have caused another
person to feel awkward, bashful, embarrassed, or ashamed. To discomfit someone is
to make them feel uncomfortable or upset. An easy way to discomfit another person
is to use the age-old, childish trick of ignoring them. (Of course, were sure
you would never do that, right? Right?)
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: A=ALWAYS B=BRINGS a S=SHAME Example: I was ABASHed by

the magnitude of the others generosity so I donated twenty thousand more
ABASH
DISCOMFIT
Mnemonic: DISCOMFITresembles discomfortable, when you are uncomfortable ,you tend

to get frustrated and defeated. If you can check the word Fit ,you can add a
meaning ,by assuming,if you are not fit(disfit) you are defeated and put to
embarrasment. Example: He was not noticeably DISCOMFITed by the request. Mnemonic:
where mor (peacock) compares itself with other birds and talks proudly about it
wings..and its beautiful body..but when other birds remind it of its ugly
legs...mor (peacock) feel embarrassed and humiliated. Example: She was mortified to
realize he had heard every word she said. Root: MORT- means DEATH
MORTIFY
To mortify someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have
been trying to mortify you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of
unicorn balloons, but she did.
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Meaning Praising your favorite sports team is one thing, but if you call the team
the most incredible group of humans ever to walk the earth, then you're going
overboard and indulging in hyperbole. to understate or deemphasize; downplay
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Hyper Beyond the limit Example: The film is being
promoted with all the usual HYPERBOLE. Hes not usually given to HYPERBOLE
Example: The coach is underplaying the team's poor performance. Mnemonic: Calling
washington dc an under state is to describe it as less important than it actually
is Example: It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.
HYPERBOLE
X UNDERPLAY
represent as less significant or important
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Meaning To banish is to get rid of. Think very carefully before you banish someone
from your group. Someday, you may want that person around again. expel from a
country
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Vanishing oneself from power is BANISH ; hand over

Example: He was BANISHed to Australia, where he died five years later. Mnemonic:
DEPORT = depart moving from one place to another from india to us Mnemonic: When
you stop communicating with your EX-, you generally exclude them from your friend
list as well. Example: They were threatened with excommunication. Root: EX- means
OUT OF/ FROM Example: She was EXPELled from school at 15. Root: EX- means OUT OF/
FROM
BANISH
DEPORT
to exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association,

etc.
EXCOMMUNICATE
Form: verb Tone: neg EXPEL
Getting expelled from a school is a step beyond suspension. It means that you are
asked to leave and never come back. In other words, you have been kicked out.
EXTRADITE
hand over to the Mnemonic: Xauthorities of another TRAitor....the Xcountry traitor

of a particular country was EXTRADITEd to the country soon after he left the
country Example: The government attempted to EXTRADITE the suspect from Canada to
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Meaning Something that's faddish is in style, often for a brief length of time.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: f+ add+ish = f(follow) add = advertisements fashion

Example: Timelessness is key--so watch out for FADDISH designs. Mnemonic: VOGUE and
provoke...sometimes fashion trends (in VOGUE) provoke (anger) a certain class of
conservative people. Example: Sixties music has come back into VOGUE.
FADDISH
Form: noun Tone: neut VOGUE
If something is the latest vogue, it is the latest fashion. When your new hairstyle
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Meaning When you use the word emanate, you're usually talking about lights, sounds
or unseen forces coming out of a specific source. If you hear creepy sounds
emanating from an old house, that might mean it's haunted. To emit means to give
off or let out, and it usually has a lot to do with gases, smells and noises. All
of which could be potentially embarrassing, depending on where they're coming from.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: relate it to emit/illuminate. HEMAN ATE and come out

(EMANATE) from his home Example: He EMANATEs power and confidence. Mnemonic: Lots
of things can be EMITted: body heat from your hands, high pitched sound waves from
a dog whistle, nasty odors from your mouth after a garlic-heavy lunch Example: The
metal container began to EMIT a clicking sound.
EMANATE
EMIT
Form: verb Tone: neut RADIATE
When something radiates, it Mnemonic: Imagine sends out waves or rays. you are on a
ray diet The sun radiates light and that causes you to emit warmth. energy in the
form of rays Example: He RADIATEd selfconfidence and optimism.
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TRENCHANT Form: adj Tone: neg If you're trenchant, it means you think or say smart,
sharply worded things that cut right to the heart of the matter. A trenchant
observation is one that makes people scratch their chins thoughtfully, or wince
with embarrassment for whomever you're talki INCISIVE Form: adj Tone: neg CAUSTIC
ACRIMONIOUS Form: adj Tone: neg Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone: neg ACERBIC
Meaning If you say something acerbic, or harshly bitter, to someone, it can leave a
bitter taste in your own mouth that lingers, and the acerbic, or acidic, words can
eat away at the person on the receiving end too. Locked in a meanspirited, bitter
argument? That's an acrimonious situation that might result in fists flying unless
you and your opponent can cool down. Use the adjective caustic to describe any
chemical that is able to burn living tissue or other substances, or, figuratively,
a statement that has a similarly burning effect. Caustic in this sense means
harshly critical. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: ACERBIC speech is like acidic, because
it is sour and corrodes, or weakens, relationships. Example: The letter was written
in her usual ACERBIC style. Mnemonic: ACRIMONIOUS sounds like Ominous. Both has to
do with a bad or wrong doing. Example: His parents went through an ACRIMONIOUS
divorce. Mnemonic: CAUSTIC is CAUSTIC soda, it burns and is bitter and acidic, so
is a person who is called CAUSTIC. Example: The critic's CAUSTIC remarks angered
the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm. Mnemonic: Incisor teeth
are INCISIVE. Very sharp and used to cut food. Example: Both sides had their
chances but the visitors looked more INCISIVE in attack. Root: IN means NOT
Mnemonic: The people on the trainchant in an energetic and vigorous fashion when
they see their family waiting. Example: He was shattered by the TRENCHANT criticism
Form: adj Tone: neg
The adjective incisive describes something that is sharp, decisive, and direct. A
comment that cuts right to the bone can be just as incisive as an actual knife.
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Meaning When you feel compunction you feel very, very sorry, usually for something
you did to hurt someone or mess something up. When you feel no compunction, you're
not at all sorry.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: compuncture sounds like compensation..when you hav done

a wrong thing you regret and offer victim the compensation.. Example: She felt no
COMPUNCTION about quitting her job. Mnemonic: Mis(not)+Giving....I am not giving
the keys of my locker to you because I have some doubts,anxiety in my mind about
you. Example: I had grave MISGIVINGS about making the trip. Mnemonic: QUALM = QUAL
+ M(S) = QUALIFICATION + MS, you are in doubt whether MS as qualification is right
for you or not. Example: He had been working very hard so he had no QUALMS about
taking a few days off. Mnemonic: SCRUPLE and PRINCIPLE sounds alike. Example: He
had no SCRUPLES about spying on her.
COMPUNCTION
MISGIVINGS
If you have misgivings about something, it means you're worried that it's not a
good idea. Trying to fall asleep the night before a test, you might have misgivings
about having studied so little.
QUALMS
A qualm is a feeling of uneasiness, or a sense that something you're doing is

wrong, and it sounds almost like how it makes your stomach feel. If you had qualms
about taking candy from the bulk bins at the store, your conscience probably told
you to go ba Your scruples are what keep you from doing things you consider to be
morally or ethically wrong. Your scruples won't allow you to cheat on a test, or
steal from your brother's Halloween candy stash.
Form: noun Tone: pos SCRUPLES
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Meaning When you conceal something, you are keeping it from being discovered: To
avoid another argument with his cousins, Jonathan worked hard to conceal his
disappointment at the outcome of the race.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: CONCEAL sounding like SEAL.. you seal something which
you don't like to be exhibited.. ! So hide or prevent from being discovered
Example: She CONCEALs her anger well Mnemonic: When Sally revealed the secret that
if you put fudge on you face, pimples will disappear, Amy dived into a pool of dive
fudge Example: Police refused to DIVULGE the identity of the suspect.
CONCEAL
DIVULGE
If you've been sneaking around with your best friend's boyfriend, that's probably
one secret you don't want to divulge, because revealing that tidbit of information
will probably cut your friendship short.
Form: verb Tone: neg SECRETE
Secrete is all about secrets. It Mnemonic: SECRETE means both "to hide" and "to is
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Meaning That old dog was dormant for so long he was confused for a furry doormat,
but a doormat is likely to stay dormant, or inactive, because it is lifeless: that
old dog has some life in him yet.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Volcanoes are described as DORMANT when they stay cool
for a long time, without spewing hot lava and ash. They may have the ability to
come to life, but they remain DORMANT, or inactive. Example: During the winter the
seeds lie DORMANT in the soil. Mnemonic: Talent Regroup LATENT as Talent. Talent is
LATENT. Example: These children have a huge reserve of LATENT talent Mnemonic:
QUIESCENT quies - quiet > motionless Example: The QUIESCENT melancholy of the town
enchants me.
DORMANT
Form: adj Tone: neg LATENT
Latent is an adjective that you use to describe something that is capable of

becoming active or at hand, though it is not currently so. The adjective quiescent
means "being quiet and still," like the quiescent moments lying in a hammock on a
beautiful summer Sunday. There is a tone to the word stagnant that sounds like what
it is: lacking movement, stale, and inactive, especially with exaggerated
pronunciation, "staaaagnant."
Form: adj Tone: neg QUIESCENT
Form: adj Tone: neg
STAGNANT
Mnemonic: Nelson, the retired station agent, stood patiently on the platform
everyday, waiting for the trains to begin moving again, like the still, unchanging
puddles of water that would never do anything but sit idly there. Example: Few fish
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Meaning Autonomous describes things that function separately or independently. Once

you move out of your parents' house, and get your own job, you will be an
autonomous member of the family. Use the word latitude to describe how much freedom
you have in making choices. For example, if a teacher gives you latitude in writing
your paper, you might get to choose the topic and how many sources to include.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: auto(self) + nomous(operation) = self operating Example:

AUTONOMOUS provinces which make their own laws. Root: AUTO- refers to SELF
Mnemonic: LATITUDE:can be interpreted as lasting attitude,...and any one who's got
a good atitude will always be free from narrow thoughts Example: Skating officials
have LATITUDE in the selections, which will be announced Sunday. Mnemonic: India is
a SOVEREIGN, Secular,socialist, Democratic and republic country. Example: an
autonomous judiciary, a SOVEREIGN state
AUTONOMOUS
LATITUDE
Form: adj,n Tone: pos SOVEREIGN
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Meaning If a newspaper editorial describes a politician as feckless, you might

wonder, "What is feck, and why doesnt he have any? In fact, the columnist is
accusing the politician of being irresponsible and incompetent. If you are a coach
with a losing team that doesn't listen to you, don't be surprised if you are called
ineffectual. It means too weak to produce the desired effect. The degree to which a
method or medicine brings about a specific result is its efficacy. You might not
like to eat it, but you can't question the efficacy of broccoli as a health
benefit.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: think of FECk-LESS as afFECting LESS because it is so

useless. Example: She had lost the FECKLESSness of youth and settled down.
Mnemonic: IN = Not, effect sounds like effective. Thus, INEFFECTUAL = ineffective .
Example: This is an INEFFECTUAL attempt to reform the law Mnemonic: Efficacy is
EFFECTIVE Example: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment
FECKLESS
Form: adj Tone: neg INEFFECTUAL
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Meaning assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: DEMOTE can be remembered as DEMOTION, which is opposite

for PROMOTION Example: She was DEMOTEd because she always speaks up Root: DE means
DOWN/AWAY Mnemonic: divide it like rail+gate. Earlier station Master is now
appointed as a watcher of rail gate. so, in worse position. Example: She was then
RELEGATEd to the role of assistant.
DEMOTE
Form: verb Tone: neg RELEGATE
Relegate means assign to a lower position. If the quarterback of the football team
stops making decent throws he might be relegated to the position of benchwarmer,
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Meaning Bikes on which you recline rather than sit upright are recumbent. Recumbent
means to leaning back in a reclining position.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: recum+bent - sounds similar to become+bent. you become

bent while sitting means you lie down. Example: Doctor advised him to assume
RECUMBENT posture Mnemonic: REPOSE = resting pose Example: The first rays of
morning sun disturbed their REPOSE. Mnemonic: Spine Lying on Spine is SUPINE
Example: Clare remained SUPINE, her eyes closed.
RECUMBENT
Form: noun Tone: neut REPOSE
Repose is a formal or literary term used to mean the act of resting, or the state
of being at rest. Repose is also a state of mind: freedom from worry. One can be
described as supine when lying face up ("his favorite yoga poses were always the
supine ones"); or, if one is very passive or lethargic ("supine in the face of
their threats and insults").
Form: adj Tone: neut SUPINE

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Meaning If you gloat, you express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others.
If your team scores a big win, it would be better not to gloat. Be happy for your
win, but don't laugh at their loss.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: g+loat....LOOT...so think of dacoits who express their

evil satisfaction after looting houses of people. Example: She was still GLOATing
over her rival's disappointment. Mnemonic: SMIle+IRK....meaning SMILE IN AN IRKY
MANNER OR IRRITATED MANNER Example: He SMIRKed unpleasantly when we told him the
bad news. Mnemonic: SMUG can be remembered as when we drink a MUG of some drink,we
feel SELFSATISFIED Example: He smiled SMUGly as the results were announced.
GLOAT
SMIRK
A smirk is specific kind of smile, one that suggests selfsatisfaction, smugness, or

even pleasure at someone else's unhappiness or misfortune.
Form: adj Tone: neg SMUG
A smug person is self-satisfied. You can usually recognize someone who is pleased
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verb Tone: neut BROACH BASK Form: verb Tone: pos ANECDOTE Form: noun Tone: neut
Words Relation to Group Form: verb Tone: neg ACCOST Meaning To accost is to
approach someone aggressively or confront them in an inappropriate way. A short,
amusing true story is an anecdote. You might come back from a crazy spring break
with a lot of anecdotes to tell. To bask in something is to take it in, receive its
warmth, or bathe in its goodness. On the first warm day of the spring, you may bask
in the sunshine. When you win the Pulitzer, you bask in your own glory. As a verb,
broach means to bring up or introduce a sensitive issue. As a noun, a broach is one
of those dowdy pins your Great Aunt Edna wears. Telling her not to wear it is a
subject you should probably not broach. If your mom can magically Mnemonic/Example
Mnemonic: ACCOST=Ac(Acclerating)+CostWhen cost shoots up in a shop, we as a person
speaks with the shopkeeper to reduce the cost.Hence we initiate the talk Example:
She was ACCOSTed in the street by a complete stranger. Mnemonic: The word's
original sense in English was "secret or private stories" - tales not fit for
print, so to speak. Example: The book is a rich store of ANECDOTE.
Mnemonic: BASKetball player Michel Jordan lives luxury life. Example: We sat
BASKing in the warm sunshine.
Mnemonic: When a Boy appROACH a girl for the first time,he needs to BROACH.
Example: She was dreading having to BROACH the subject of money with her father.
Mnemonic: To con a jury you need magical power

CONJURE
conjure up the Example: He could CONJURE most delicious coins from behind people's
ears. meals from the most random ingredients in the kitchen, she might just be the
best cook in the neighborhood. Form: adj Tone: neut Use the adjective corporeal to
describe something that has to do with the body, like when your teacher catches you
daydreaming and says you need to bring your mental sharpness, not just your
corporeal presence to the classroom. Pardon me, but when a polite term is
substituted for a blunt, offensive one, you should call it a euphemism. Green,
orange, yellow, and blue - each of these is a hue, a color or a shade that's true.
A rainbow shows the melting of one hue into another, from red to violet, and all
shades in between. When you find something hard to express or difficult to pin
down, it's ineffable. The feeling when you get a new puppy is ineffable - too
strange and wonderful to define. If something is inevitable, it Mnemonic: Corp o
real: Corporate o real: always target the material aspect of customer, dont care
about the spiritual part Example: CORPOREAL reality as the goddess herself
appeared. Root: CORP- means BODY
CORPOREAL
Form: noun Tone: pos EUPHEMISM
Mnemonic: Assuming: females are milder than males as they are more emotionally
inclined. It reads like E(xpress) U(yourself) Phemism(like feminism). Example:
User fees is just a politician's EUPHEMISM for taxes. Root: EU- means GOOD
Mnemonic: blUE(HUE)...blue is a color Example: Her paintings capture the subtle
HUES of the countryside in the fall.
HUES
Form: adj Tone: pos
INEFFABLE
Mnemonic: in+ef+ fable. fable means story. story can be told. in-fable means
something which can not be uttered such as the name of Lord Voldemort (from Harry
Potter). Example: Professional women gained ground in the INEFFABLE but vital world
of informal networks.
Mnemonic: Remember INEVITABLE sounds like IN-

INEVITABLE
will definitely happen, like death or tax season.
EVERY-TABLE( what is UNAVOIDABLE in every table? Answer is food) Food is

unavoiadable in every(dinning)table.So ineveitable=unavoidable Example: It seems
INEVITABLE that interest rates will rise. Root: IN means INTO Mnemonic: JADED
sounds like faded.. which means WORN OUT, WEARIED, TIRED Example: It was a meal to
tempt even the most JADED palate.
Form: adj Tone: neg
JADED
If you've done something so much that it doesn't excite you anymore but just leaves
you tired, consider yourself jaded. If someone says you look a little jaded, it
just means that you look tired. Literally, a linchpin is the pin that goes through
the axle of a wheel to keep it in place, but linchpin can be used to mean an
important part of anything, the thing that holds it all together. Lofty is a good
word for describing something that's high above the ground, or someone who acts
like she's high above everyone else. You might not want to call a mercenary a
"hireling" to his face, but a mercenary is, after all, a soldier who gets paid to
fight where needed, sometimes taking a heroic stand and other times just wanting
payment for fighting. Use the word
Mnemonic: eating well is the LINCHPIN to staying healthy. Example: Nurses are the
LINCHPIN of our health center.
LINCHPIN
Form: adj Tone: pos/neg
LOFTY
Mnemonic: LOFTY sounds like HEFTY (big/ large). He played a lofted shot in the air
Example: A towering mountain can be called "LOFTY."
Form: noun Tone: neg/neut
Mnemonic: MERCENARY sounds like: merce - mercy + na - no; no mercy.He can kill
anybody for money or gain Example: Lila was suspicious that Joe had jumped at the
chance only for MERCENARY reasons
MERCENARY
Form: noun
Mnemonic: NEMESIS can be

Tone: neg
NEMESIS
nemesis to describe someone or something that always causes you major problems,
like the runner on another school's track team who, for years, has been beating
your time by a fraction of a second. If a police officer falls in love with a
witness in a case, it might be hard for him to stay objective - that is, looking at
things in a detached, impartial, factbased way. Pathos is a quality that stirs
emotions. A song with a lot of pathos hits you right in the heart. A purveyor is
someone who supplies goods often of food or drinks. If you're a seafood purveyor
you will always smells a bit fishy, which is no surprise, considering that you sell
cod and haddock all day long.
remembered in this way: not+my+sis hence wants to take revenge..my sister wouldn't
have been the cause of my downfall. Example: The football team seeks NEMESIS of
previous lost on Saturday.
Form: adj Tone: pos
OBJECTIVE
Mnemonic: You are not influenced by emotions when you need to fulfill your
OBJECTIVE Example: These figures give a reliable and OBJECTIVE indicator of
changing trends in people's lifestyles.
Form: noun Tone: neut PATHOS
Mnemonic: PATHOS is related to SYMPATHY, EMPATHY. Example: The scene was full of
PATHOS.
PURVEYOR
Mnemonic: remember conveyor which means supplying something..PURVEYOR= person+

conveyor. A person who does a job of conveyor by supplying something to others.
Example: Brown and Son, PURVEYORs of fine wines
RHAPSODIZE
Use the verb rhapsodize to describe something spoken about with extreme enthusiasm
and often at great length, like that friend who tends to rhapsodize about her
favorite movie
Mnemonic: WRAP+SODA+ICEI wrapped soda in ice which is a miracle.......I was telling

this to my friends enthusiastically Example: "He RHAPSODIZEd about his new project
for an hour"
for twenty minutes straight. Form: adj Tone: neut Things that are subjective are
open to interpretation. If you go see a movie about a jewel thief, the topic is not
subjective. But whether it's a good movie or not is subjective. If something is
vicarious, it delivers a feeling or experience from someone else. If your child
becomes a big star, you might have a vicarious experience of celebrity. Mnemonic:
SUBJECTIVE sounds like Subject, which seems to be related to a particular Subject
only. Example: Everyone's opinion is bound to be SUBJECTIVE.
SUBJECTIVE
VICARIOUS
Mnemonic: If you're mad at your wife but you take it out on your dog, that's
VICARIOUS punishment. Example: He got a VICARIOUS thrill out of watching his son
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Mnemonic/Example
BASE
morally low; without estimable Mnemonic: BASE is personal qualities. waste (very
bad quality) Example: She was upset to see his BASE behavior In common use, sublime
is an adjective meaning "aweinspiringly grand, excellent, or impressive," like the
best chocolate fudge sundae you've ever had. Mnemonic: once u sublimate(purify)
your earthly pleasures you will be SUBLIME(noble) Example: The location of the
hotel is SUBLIME.
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Meaning Any mom taking care of the kids day in and day out is probably more than
ready to seek asylum, or refuge, at a local spa.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Amanda, the silent lamb, sought refuge and sanctuary
from the bullying rams out in the cow pastures, where she was greeted with warmth
and kindness. Example: There was a nationwide debate on whether the ASYLUM laws
should be changed. Mnemonic: HARBOR is a place where ships stand, in Mumbai, most
of the criminals and REFUGE find SHELTER there Example: The church HARBORed aliens
who were political refugees. To HARBOR the negative thoughts. Mnemonic: HAVEN
sounds like Heaven > a place which is always safe. Example: The new floral beds,
formally opened in July 2002, enhance this peaceful HAVEN Mnemonic: If you
'Persistently' tell someone 'Cute' he/she wil be irritated. Example: Throughout
history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs.
ASYLUM
HARBOR
A harbor is a safe place providing refuge and comfort. If you're traveling, the
harbor provided by a warm hotel is welcome. For ships, a harbor is a sheltered port
area shielded from waves, where it's safe to dock.
Form: noun Tone: pos HAVEN
Need to find shelter, from the weather or from other troubles? Then you need a
haven.
Form: verb Tone: neg PERSECUTE (X)
To persecute is to make someone suffer or to keep them in bad circumstances. In

some parts of the world governments or military groups persecute, or punish, people
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EXTIRPATE Form: verb Tone: neut The verb extirpate originally literally meant "to
weed out by the roots." Now you'd use it when you want to get rid of PROPAGATE
Form: verb Tone: neut To propagate is to be fruitful and multiply, by the usual
routes of reproduction, or by spreading something around - like a rumor. PROMULGATE
DISSEMINATE Form: verb Tone: neut DIFFUSE Words Relation to Group Form: adj Tone:
neut Meaning Diffuse mean spread out, or the action of spreading out. If lots of
people in school believe invisible angels are everywhere, you could say that
opinion is diffuse. You might even think angels are diffuse as well. Disseminate
means to spread information, knowledge, opinions widely. Seminderives from the
Latin word for seed; the idea with disseminate is that information travels like
seeds sown by a farmer. To promulgate is to officially put a law into effect. Your
state may announce a plan to promulgate a new traffic law on January 1st.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Bulb fuse and gas DIFFUSE. Suffuse - liquid, color or
light spread all over. Suffuse and DIFFUSE. Example: The active ingredient DIFFUSEs
slowly through the coating giving good residual control.
Mnemonic: dis + seminate: seminate could be taken as seminar, so for a seminar

people gather at a place. Hence disseminar could be understood as the scattering of
people. Example: Their findings have been widely DISSEMINATEd. Mnemonic: By legend
Romulus is the founder of Rome. Let's imagine he lays the foundation of some gate
in Rome and says:"I PROclaim this is ROMULus GATE!" (PROMUL-GATE) He's the founder,
right? So he's already broadcasted a decree! Example: The new constitution was
PROMULGATEd in 2006. Mnemonic: Scientists are now studying how best to PROPAGATE
fresh vanilla, as demand for the flavour grows. Example: Television advertising
PROPAGATEs a false image of the ideal family. Mnemonic: Imagine that you destroy
someone's wig by throwing eggs and turps on it Example: Indian extirpated the
British

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Meaning Retribution is the act of taking revenge. If you pull a prank on someone,
expect retribution.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Ratri at tuition and teacher scolded her and she got her
RETRIBUTION. Example: People are seeking RETRIBUTION for the latest terrorist
outrages. Mnemonic: 'venge'ance, add rein beginning, it becomes revenge, so it
means taking revenge Example: He swore VENGEANCE on his child's killer.
RETRIBUTION
VENGEANCE
If someone hurts you, you might be inspired to plan an act of vengeance: some type
of payback in order to settle the score. Be careful, though, because you might
inspire someone to take vengeance on you in return.
Form: adj Tone: neg
VINDICTIVE
It is no fun hanging out Mnemonic: He with vindictive people, accused her of being
who are forever out to VINDICTIVE. get back at people they think have hurt them. If
you forget to say hello to them one day in the hall, they will carry a grudge
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noun Tone: neut A mandate is like an official command or a go-ahead. When a
politician wins an DOGMAS Form: noun Tone: neut Dogma means the doctrine of belief
in a religion or a political system. DOCTRINE Form: noun Tone: neut DICTUM Form:
noun Tone: neut CANONS Form: noun Tone: neut AXIOMS Words Relation to Group Form:
noun Tone: neut Meaning An axiom is a statement that everyone believes is true,
such as "supply equals demand" or "the only constant is change." Mathematicians use
axiom to refer to established proofs. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Axi OM: Axiom is
like OM. Universally believed Example: the old axiom that you can only succeed
through hard work
Canon is all about Mnemonic: College authoritative standards students used to read
for literature, sainthood, what was called the or behavior. Don't confuse it
"literary canon," until with cannon with two n's, they noticed that they the big
gun that shoots were written by dead bowling-size balls at the white men. enemy.
Example: "The House of Mirth is a central book in the canon of American
literature. "You are what you eat" is a dictum, and so is a law requiring you to
curb your dog. A dictum is a formal pronouncement, a rule, or a statement that
expresses a truth universally acknowledged. Mnemonic: Dictator is authoritarian and
DICTUM is authoritative statement Example: He cites Augustine's DICTUM that 'If you
understand it, it is not God Mnemonic: They have something called Doctor Medical
DOCTRINE for doctors Example: He was deeply committed to political DOCTRINEs of
social equality. Mnemonic: If you try to read "dogmatic" from back to front, you
will get "i am god". the person who think that he is a god is arrogant and stubborn
Example: There is a danger of becoming too dogmatic about teaching methods.
Mnemonic: man+date man(boss) orders you to finish
Doctrine means a belief or set of beliefs. The idea that a man named Jesus was the
son of God is part of the Christian doctrine.
MANDATE
election by a lot, that's a mandate for their ideas.
your work on date. Example: The presidential MANDATE is limited to two terms of
four years each. Mnemonic: A volleyball team always carries ten nets with it - ten
net is a watchword held as true by a group Example: Nonviolence is the central
tenet of their faith
Form: noun Tone: neut TENETS
A tenet is a principle or belief honored by a person or, more often, a group of

people. "Seek pleasure and avoid pain" is a basic tenet of Hedonism. "God exists"
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Meaning Reserve irony for situations where there's a gap between reality and
expectations, especially when such a gap is created for dramatic or humorous
effect.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: Remember Ironic as Iron. Imagine that people were

mining a new place in that place they were amazed that unexpectedly they found Iron
but no one were sure either it was Iron or not. So it was contrary outcome.
Example: The IRONY is that when he finally got the job, he discovered he didn't
like it. Mnemonic: you are unique but "everybody is unique" .this is a PARADOX
Example: It is a curious PARADOX that professional comedians often have unhappy
personal lives.
IRONY
Form: noun Tone: neg PARADOX
Here's a mindbender: "This statement is false." If you think it's true, then it
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Meaning start to burn or burst into flames
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: COMBUST sounds like CAN BURST INTO FIRE anytime Example:
Never place candles on top of tv or other plastic COMBUSTible surfaces. Mnemonic:
You will be INCINERATEd if you smoke excessive cigarette. Example: Holland has a
very good recycling record and INCINERATEs much of its waste, like Germany.
Mnemonic: A CANDLE can be KINDLEd. Example: We watched as the fire slowly KINDLEd.
COMBUST
INCINERATE
See incinerate and think: "burn, dear, burn!" Whether its an old love letter
that makes you sad or a terrible picture of yourself, it might be better just to
incinerate it, meaning, you burn it.
Form: verb Tone: neut KINDLE
When you start a fire burning, you can say you kindle the fire. Knowing how to
kindle a campfire is an important survival skill. It can help keep you warm at
night, and keep you from eating cold beans for dinner.
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Meaning To incite is to cause to act or occur. Violent words can incite violent
actions which, in turn, might incite public outcry against violence. When you
instigate something, you start it, but the word carries conflict with it. If you
are suspended for wearing a political t-shirt, the incident might instigate days of
protest by students and faculty. Anything that brings about a strong reaction can
be said to provoke. You can provoke that lion if you want. But if he responds by
attacking, don't come running to me.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: INCITE rhymes with excite which also means arouse to
action. Example: They were accused of inciting the crowd to violence. Mnemonic: I
am always motivated whenever I see the Institute gate (relate to INSTIGATE) of
"MIT". Example: They were accused of instigating racial violence. Mnemonic: The
sales man in provogue showroom started argumenting instead of changing the
defective shirt. It annoyed me badly. They PROVOKEd me to get irriated. Example:
The announcement PROVOKEd a storm of protest. Mnemonic: seidition = said+i+shun he
said i will shun u.. reisitance 2 authority Example: Two journalists were charged
with SEDITION
INCITE
Form: verb Tone: neg INSTIGATE
PROVOKE
Form: noun Tone: neg SEDITION
Sedition is the illegal act of inciting people to resist or rebel against the
government in power. It's what the southern states did at the start of the Civil
War.
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Meaning When capitalized, Catholic refers to the Catholic Church. With a lower-case
"c," catholic means "universal" and "inclusive." If you listen to anything from
hip-hop to Baroque, you have catholic taste in music.
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: CATHOLIC Christians are found everywhere in the

world....so they are present universally. Example: Unlike his father, Tom's
judgments are CATHOLIC (universal)in nature. Mnemonic: (gene)ric...in genes...so it
is a characteristic of the entire class/species Example: Broadband is a
GENERIC term for any high-speed connection to the Internet. Mnemonic: UNIVERSAL and
General sound the same and both words refer to something that is present
everywhere, is common. Example: Such problems are a UNIVERSAL feature of old age.
CATHOLIC
GENERIC
Generic refers to the members of a whole class of things - like "tissue," a generic
word for any soft, thin piece of paper that's good for wiping runny noses.
UNIVERSAL
Universal describes something for everything or everyone. Universal design is

architectural design that accommodates every person. A universal remote can change
the stations on all your home entertainment systems, but hopefully not at once.
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MULTIFARIOUS Form: adj Tone: pos MULTIFACETED Form: adj Tone: pos MOTLEY Form: adj
Tone: neut If you've encountered the word motley, it's most likely in the phrase
"motley crew," which means a diverse and poorly organized group. Think of a band of
pirates, or the assorted characters who became The Fellowship of the Ring.
Multifaceted means having many aspects or sides. Diamonds are usually cut to be
multifaceted, that is, with many angled flat surfaces, because this increases their
ability to reflect light. ECLECTIC Form: adj Tone: pos/neut She listens to hip-hop,
Gregorian chant, and folk music from the '60s. He's been seen wearing a handmade
tuxedo jacket over a thrift-store flannel shirt. They both have eclectic tastes.
Words Relation to Group Form: noun Tone: pos DIVERSITY Meaning When there's
diversity, there's variety. Often, this word is used for diversity of race, class,
or gender. Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: We are all aware of the phrase Unity is
DIVERSITY. Example: There is a need for greater DIVERSITY and choice in education.
Root: DI means TWO Mnemonic: ECLECTIC or elect means, choosing the best from many
sources which is the meaning of the word ECLECTIC Example: The ECLECTIC collection
of furniture did not match Mnemonic: Imagine a motel made of junk, made up of
diverse parts Example: The room was filled with a MOTLEY collection of furniture
and paintings. Root: MOT- means MOVE Mnemonic: Multi means Many and Faceted can be
equated to Faces. SO Many Faces. Example: This is a a complex and MULTIFACETED
problem Root: MULTI- means MANY Mnemonic: Multi means MANY and Farious relates to
variety. So many varieties calls for MULTIFARIOUS Example: the MULTIFARIOUS life
forms in the coral reef
A person or thing with many sides or different qualities is multifarious. The

Internet has multifarious uses, museums are known for their multifarious art
collections, and Hindu gods are associated with multifarious incarnations.
Form: adj Tone: pos PIED
Pied means colorfully jumbled. If you're looking at kittens, you may see solid
black ones, solid white, or ones with lots of different patches of color. You'd
call a patchy one pied. A woman emptying out her purse after many years might find
an old stick of gum, a pair of broken sunglasses, a few movie tickets, and sundry
items, meaning that that her purse was filled with a random collection of unrelated
things. make something more diverse and varied
Mnemonic: PIED bird Pie chart: multicolored pie Example: In the early hours of the
day, bird with PIED markings can be seen in the park. Mnemonic: SUNDRY contains
SUNDRY items in purse Example: On what basis will these SUNDRY expenses be met?
Form: adj Tone: pos
SUNDRY
Form: adj Tone: pos VARIEGATE
Mnemonic: VARIEGATE is nothing but VARIETY Example: This is a a plant with

VARIEGATEd leaves Mnemonic: "Various Attires" or "Various Styles" ...means many
forms and tahts being VERSATILE. Example: He's a VERSATILE actor who has played a
wide variety of parts.
Form: adj Tone: pos VERSATILE
To describe a person or thing that can adapt to do many things or serve many
functions, consider the adjective versatile.
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Meaning As an adjective, bucolic refers to an ideal country life that many yearn
for. If your parents wanted to raise you in a bucolic environment, you may find
yourself living 45 minutes away from the nearest movie theater or person your age.
Not ideal. Pastoral refers to the countryside, particularly an idealized view of
the country. If you draw cheery pictures with lush grassy fields, calm skies, a
farm animal or two, and some flowers, you draw pastoral scenes. When you think of
the word rustic, think of the rural country. This word can be given a positive or a
negative spin depending on how you use it; a rustic inn, for example, might be
quaint (old and strange) or it might be virtually uninhabitable (cannot st
Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: BUlls and COLI (collie, a sheep dog) Country -- rustic
and pastoral places, people, and songs. Example: a stream winding through tranquil
parks and BUCOLIC meadows Mnemonic: PASTORAL is Rural Example: In these stories of
PASTORAL life, we find an understanding of the daily tasks of country folk
Mnemonic: Think of RUST, which reminds us of something which is old or has worn
out, hence country people are old fashioned, rural or slightly backwards: RUSTIC.
Example: This is a typical an old cottage full of RUSTIC charm
BUCOLIC
Form: adj Tone: neut PASTORAL
RUSTIC
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to make someone angry (syn) Form: v Infuriate Tone: negative

very angry Form: adj Tone: negative

furiously angry (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative Livid

If you're livid , you're furious, in a black cloud of anger.

Extreme anger (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative Rabid

extreme but unexpected anger (syn) Form: v Tone: negative

If a liquid seethe s, it is boiling, but if it's a person who's seething , watch

suppressed anger or hatred(lesser degree) (syn) Form: v Tone: negative Smolder

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escape or avoid using tricks (syn) Form: v Tone: pos

done in a hurry (opposite) Form: adj,adv Headlong

Mnemonic: Sounds like headstrong.i.e. adamant or unthinkably daring (person who is

divert (syn) Form: v Tone: neg Shunt

move to a less important place or position.

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or

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not efficient (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

awkward (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Ungainly is the opposite of graceful, convenient or easy. A clumsy dancer boogies

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causing delay intentionally (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Mnemonic: MAL(bad)+LINGER(stay in a place longer than necessary)...when you linger

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Relation to Group the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant Form:

Mnemonic/Example Mnemonic: On + Set in action Example: Diagnostic errors are even

at/from the beginning of something OUTSET Form: n Tone: neutral

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injure with hot liquid (effect) Form: v Tone: negative Scald

Burn (syn) Form: v Tone: neg

intense heat (nature or kind of heat) Form: v Tone: neg

burn lightly (syn) Form: v Tone: negative or neutral

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an expert (syn) Form: n Tone: pos Pundit

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If a restaurant is a consummate example of fine dining, you might say there's

Skilled at using hands (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos Dexterous

If you're dexterous, you're good with your hands. To be dexterous is an essential

Flexible (a body part) (Syn) Form: adj Tone: pos

bending, moving easily (syn for flexible) Form: adj

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Mnemonic: Intertwine sounds like In-Turbine. So remember it as: In Turbine, turbine

proceed aimlessly (effect) Form: v Tone: Neg

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attractive (opp) Form: adj Tone: pos

Comely means attractive or appropriate. A comely girl is pretty. A comely hairstyle

offensive (syn, manner) Form: adj Tone: neg

causing horror( syn) Form: adj Tone: neg