GregMAT Word List - 9

boorish

(adj) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

Synonyms : loutish , neandertal , neanderthal , oafish , swinish

Example Sentence

was boorish and insensitive

the loutish manners of a bully

her stupid oafish husband

aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude

boor means =bura .... ill mannered... so make adj boorish..!..:)

brook

(noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

Synonyms : creek

Example Sentence

the creek dried up every summer

(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Synonyms : abide , bear , digest , endure , put up , stand , stick out , stomach , suffer , support , tolerate

Example Sentence

I cannot bear his constant criticism

The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks

he learned to tolerate the heat

She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

relate this to BROOK BOND tea....jst drink the tea and then u can tolerate any tension. :-)

circumspect

(adj) heedful of potential consequences

Synonyms : discreet

Example Sentence

circumspect actions

physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use

a discreet investor

circum(means circumstance)...spect(means to inspect)...so a kind of person who inspects circumstances before speaking, and such people are generally considered as prudent.

comity

(noun) a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect

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comity sounds like come eat with us, which displays courtesy.

commensurate

(adj) corresponding in size or degree or extent

Example Sentence

pay should be commensurate with the time worked

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SPLIT AS COMMON - ENSURED -RATE.

WHICH MEANS, OUR RATE WILL BE EQUAL TO THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT!

cordial

(noun) strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

Synonyms : liqueur

(adj) diffusing warmth and friendliness

Synonyms : affable , amiable , genial

Example Sentence

an affable smile

an amiable gathering

cordial relations

a cordial greeting

a genial host

(adj) politely warm and friendly

Example Sentence

a cordial handshake

(adj) sincerely or intensely felt

Example Sentence

a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort

a cordial abhorrence of waste

cord---think of it as a telephone cord. and dial---dial ur friend's number. you call someone to be cordial

deleterious

(adj) harmful to living things

Synonyms : hurtful , injurious

Example Sentence

deleterious chemical additives

relate it to DELETE...so you DELETE all the spam mails because they may BE HARMFUL to your PC.

dichotomy

(noun) being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

Synonyms : duality

Example Sentence

the dichotomy between eastern and western culture

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can be think as di + cut _ ... so dichotomy is cutting into two parts

edify

(verb) make understand

Synonyms : enlighten

Example Sentence

Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal

edify -> edit + y; you edit some thing to improve it

elicit

(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Synonyms : arouse , enkindle , evoke , fire , kindle , provoke , raise

Example Sentence

arouse pity

raise a smile

evoke sympathy

(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

Synonyms : draw out , educe , evoke , extract

Example Sentence

We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant

(verb) derive by reason

Example Sentence

elicit a solution

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implicit - which is understood ..

explicit - means specifically told/derived

so elicit - explicit

erudite

(adj) having or showing profound knowledge

Synonyms : learned

Example Sentence

a learned jurist

an erudite professor

taken from rude+ite...in olden days people who were higly educated were basically very rude...as they were having profound knowledge of a subject they use to behave very rudely with less educated or illiterates people.

fecund

(adj) capable of producing offspring or vegetation

(adj) intellectually productive

Synonyms : fertile , prolific

Example Sentence

a prolific writer

a fecund imagination

Sounds like "***" "AND". You *** and You are able to produce an offspring (no offence)

feeble

(adj) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

Synonyms : lame

Example Sentence

a feeble excuse

a lame argument

(adj) lacking strength or vigor

Synonyms : faint

Example Sentence

damning with faint praise

faint resistance

feeble efforts

a feeble voice

(adj) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

Synonyms : debile , decrepit , infirm , rickety , sapless , weak , weakly

Example Sentence

a feeble old woman

her body looked sapless

(adj) lacking strength

Synonyms : nerveless

Example Sentence

a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude

sounds like FREE + BAL -> FREE(without) from BAL(strength in Hindi) -> WEAK

felicitous

(adj) exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style

Example Sentence

a felicitous speaker

(adj) marked by good fortune

Synonyms : happy

Example Sentence

a felicitous life

a happy outcome

felicitous sounds like felicitation... in felicitation the person is praised with SUITABLE, APT , WELL CHOSEN remarks..

forbear

(noun) a person from whom you are descended

Synonyms : forebear

(verb) refrain from doing

Synonyms : hold back

Example Sentence

she forbore a snicker

(verb) resist doing something

Synonyms : refrain

Example Sentence

He refrained from hitting him back

she could not forbear weeping

a gf telling to her bf (forget + beer) or forget me..he is restricted to drink...

haphazard

(adj) dependent upon or characterized by chance

Synonyms : hit-or-miss

Example Sentence

a haphazard plan of action

his judgment is rather hit-or-miss

(adj) marked by great carelessness

Synonyms : slapdash , slipshod , sloppy

Example Sentence

a most haphazard system of record keeping

slapdash work

slipshod spelling

sloppy workmanship

(adv) without care; in a slapdash manner

Synonyms : haphazardly

Example Sentence

the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard

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HAP + HAZARD where HAZARD means epidemic spread due to great carelessness.

hodgepodge

(noun) a motley assortment of things

Synonyms : farrago , gallimaufry , hotchpotch , melange , mingle-mangle , mishmash , oddments , odds and ends , omnium-gatherum , ragbag

(noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

Synonyms : jumble , patchwork

HO (Holland) DGE (DJ) PO (Poland) DGE(DJ)

Mixture of different countries DJ. Mixture of unlike things

impede

(verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to

Synonyms : hinder

Example Sentence

She is impeding the progress of our project

(verb) block passage through

Synonyms : block , close up , jam , obstruct , obturate , occlude

Example Sentence

obstruct the path

impede from impedance meaning resistance

impetuous

(adj) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

Synonyms : brainish , hotheaded , impulsive , madcap , tearaway

Example Sentence

a hotheaded decision

liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers

an impetuous display of spending and gambling

madcap escapades

(adj) marked by violent force

Example Sentence

impetuous heaving waves

im(not)-pet-tuo(to)-us...a dog which is not our pet will be very VIOLENT and RASH.

irascible

(adj) quickly aroused to anger

Synonyms : choleric , hot-tempered , hotheaded , quick-tempered , short-tempered

Example Sentence

a hotheaded commander

(adj) characterized by anger

Synonyms : choleric

Example Sentence

a choleric outburst

an irascible response

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concentrate on rasc- a rascal is one who is irritable, choleric, shor-tempered & hotheaded

mercenary

(noun) a person hired to fight for another country than their own

Synonyms : soldier of fortune

(adj) marked by materialism

Synonyms : materialistic , worldly-minded

(adj) serving for wages in a foreign army

Synonyms : free-lance , freelance

Example Sentence

mercenary killers

(adj) profit oriented

Synonyms : mercantile , moneymaking

Example Sentence

a commercial book

preached a mercantile and militant patriotism

a mercenary enterprise

a moneymaking business

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merce - mercy + na - no; no mercy.He can kill anybody for money or gain

meticulous

(adj) marked by precise accordance with details

Synonyms : punctilious

Example Sentence

meticulous research

punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette

(adj) marked by extreme care in treatment of details

Example Sentence

a meticulous craftsman

almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities

it sounds like matriculation(admission to a college).To get matriculation we should be as a meticulous(careful) aspirant to clear the exam.

mordant

(noun) a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

(adj) harshly ironic or sinister

Synonyms : black , grim

Example Sentence

black humor

a grim joke

grim laughter

fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit

(adj) of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

Synonyms : caustic , corrosive , erosive , vitriolic

more +daant = more teeth, so biting

outstrip

(verb) be or do something to a greater degree

Synonyms : exceed , outdo , outgo , outmatch , outperform , surmount , surpass

Example Sentence

her performance surpasses that of any other student I know

She outdoes all other athletes

This exceeds all my expectations

This car outperforms all others in its class

(verb) go far ahead of

Synonyms : distance , outdistance

Example Sentence

He outdistanced the other runners

getting stripped in a colloquial language means being insulted, which is also felt if ur defeated or outdone.. hence try relating outstrip it..

precarious

(adj) affording no ease or reassurance

Synonyms : unstable

Example Sentence

a precarious truce

(adj) fraught with danger

Synonyms : parlous , perilous , touch-and-go

Example Sentence

dangerous waters

a parlous journey on stormy seas

a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat

the precarious life of an undersea diver

dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery

(adj) not secure; beset with difficulties

Synonyms : shaky

Example Sentence

a shaky marriage

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PRE+CARE+IOUS -> We have to take CARE while doing something risky so that it does not go wrong. ..

quirky

(adj) informal terms; strikingly unconventional

Synonyms : far-out , kinky , offbeat , way-out

quirky=quickly; if u do something quickly it becomes unconventional

repudiate

(verb) cast off

Synonyms : disown , renounce

Example Sentence

She renounced her husband

The parents repudiated their son

(verb) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

Example Sentence

The woman repudiated the divorce settlement

(verb) refuse to recognize or pay

Example Sentence

repudiate a debt

(verb) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

Example Sentence

She repudiated the accusations

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he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked him if he ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE (deny eating it)... :)

tact

(noun) consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense

Synonyms : tactfulness

tact= t(=talent)+ act ... so, if you want to show your talent, you need to have the tact to put your act together.

trifling

(noun) the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

Synonyms : dalliance , dawdling

(adj) not worth considering

Synonyms : negligible , paltry

Example Sentence

he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost

piffling efforts

a trifling matter

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divide it like TRI(TRY)+FLING.(means to throw sb or something)..SO..you always TRY to throw SOMETHING UNIMPORTANT.