GregMAT Word List - 2

adulterate

(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

Synonyms : debase , dilute , load , stretch

Example Sentence

adulterate liquor

(adj) mixed with impurities

Synonyms : adulterated , debased

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dull+the+rate = impure, means to decrease the rate

advocate

(noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Synonyms : advocator , exponent , proponent

(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Synonyms : counsel , counsellor , counselor , counselor-at-law , pleader

(verb) push for something

Synonyms : recommend , urge

Example Sentence

The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day

(verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of

Synonyms : preach

Example Sentence

The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house

advocate...advocate usually "urges"or "pleads" judge to give in his favour

aggrandize

(verb) add details to

Synonyms : aggrandise , blow up , dramatise , dramatize , embellish , embroider , lard , pad

grand- this resembles to somthing huge,great,wealthy.

alacrity

(noun) liveliness and eagerness

Synonyms : briskness , smartness

Example Sentence

he accepted with alacrity

the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him

take the suffix crity we can link it with creativity.creative people are so eager to learn n create things differently.

ambivalent

(adj) uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

Example Sentence

was ambivalent about having children

'ambi' means both in greek. eg : ambidextrouos means ability to write with both hands equally.

Similarly, Ambivalent means having ambi(both) feelings bcoz of which u are uncertain, undecided or neutral

ameliorate

(verb) to make better

Synonyms : amend , better , improve , meliorate

Example Sentence

The editor improved the manuscript with his changes

(verb) get better

Synonyms : better , improve , meliorate

Example Sentence

The weather improved toward evening

Ameli (Imli) improves the taste of food.

amenable

(adj) disposed or willing to comply

Synonyms : conformable

Example Sentence

someone amenable to persuasion

(adj) readily reacting to suggestions and influences

Synonyms : tractable

Example Sentence

a responsive student

(adj) open to being acted upon in a certain way

Example Sentence

an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death

the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment

(adj) liable to answer to a higher authority

Example Sentence

the president is amenable to the constitutional court

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Amen is a word used in islam and christinity. meaning of which is i agree.

So amenable means something able to be agreed.

anachronistic

(adj) chronologically misplaced

Synonyms : anachronic , anachronous

Example Sentence

English public schools are anachronistic

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read it as An Achronistic. A(not) CHRONISTIC(in order).

audacious

(adj) invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Synonyms : brave , dauntless , fearless , hardy , intrepid , unfearing

Example Sentence

audacious explorers

fearless reporters and photographers

intrepid pioneers

(adj) unrestrained by convention or propriety

Synonyms : bald-faced , barefaced , bodacious , brassy , brazen , brazen-faced , insolent

Example Sentence

an audacious trick to pull

a barefaced hypocrite

the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim

bald-faced lies

brazen arrogance

the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress

(adj) disposed to venture or take risks

Synonyms : daring , venturesome , venturous

Example Sentence

audacious visions of the total conquest of space

an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas

the most daring of contemporary fiction writers

a venturesome investor

a venturous spirit

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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.

avaricious

(adj) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

Synonyms : covetous , grabby , grasping , greedy , prehensile

Example Sentence

they are avaricious and will do anything for money

casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields

a grasping old miser

grasping commercialism

greedy for money and power

grew richer and greedier

prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees

comes from avarice=a+var(war)::in a war evry1 becomes greedy.

banal

(adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Synonyms : commonplace , hackneyed , old-hat , shopworn , stock , threadbare , timeworn , tired , trite , well-worn

Example Sentence

bromidic sermons

his remarks were trite and commonplace

hackneyed phrases

a stock answer

repeating threadbare jokes

parroting some timeworn axiom

the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

abey nal to roz hi kholte hain...

benign

(adj) not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)

(adj) pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence

Synonyms : benignant

Example Sentence

a benign smile

the benign sky

the benign influence of pure air

(adj) kindness of disposition or manner

Example Sentence

the benign ruler of millions

benign intentions

benign- bene(good) + sign

brazen

(verb) face with defiance or impudence

Example Sentence

brazen it out

(adj) unrestrained by convention or propriety

Synonyms : audacious , bald-faced , barefaced , bodacious , brassy , brazen-faced , insolent

Example Sentence

an audacious trick to pull

a barefaced hypocrite

the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim

bald-faced lies

brazen arrogance

the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress

(adj) made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

Split the word brazen as Bra + Zen. Suppose you went out with your friends and saw a girl in a Zen car wearing only a bra. How was the attempt of the girl? Really bold and brazen!

calumny

(noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

Synonyms : calumniation , defamation , hatchet job , obloquy , traducement

(noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

Synonyms : aspersion , defamation , denigration , slander

calumny, sounds like kalmuhi, which is a harsh remark given by a saas to her bahu.

So its a kind of slander.

candid

(adj) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

Synonyms : blunt , forthright , frank , free-spoken , outspoken , plainspoken , point-blank , straight-from-the-shoulder

Example Sentence

blunt talking and straight shooting

a blunt New England farmer

I gave them my candid opinion

forthright criticism

a forthright approach to the problem

tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank

it is possible to be outspoken without being rude

plainspoken and to the point

a point-blank accusation

(adj) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared

Example Sentence

a candid photograph

a candid interview

(adj) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

Synonyms : heart-to-heart , open

Example Sentence

his candid eyes

an open and trusting nature

a heart-to-heart talk

candiadates in a interview are recommended to be straight forward,outspoken and honest in an interview for best result.....

castigate

(verb) censure severely

Synonyms : chasten , chastise , correct , objurgate

Example Sentence

She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

(verb) inflict severe punishment on

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cast+i+hate - if you hate caste, you criticize it..

caustic

(noun) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

(adj) harsh or corrosive in tone

Synonyms : acerb , acerbic , acid , acrid , bitter , blistering , sulfurous , sulphurous , virulent , vitriolic

Example Sentence

an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose

a barrage of acid comments

her acrid remarks make her many enemies

bitter words

blistering criticism

caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics

a sulfurous denunciation

a vitriolic critique

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

Synonyms : corrosive , erosive , mordant , vitriolic

caustic soda is very common and its "harmful " for health if taken in large quantity....therefore caustic means harmful or burning.

Since its a soda its somehow related with chemistry as well..

construe

(verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to

Synonyms : interpret , see

Example Sentence

What message do you see in this letter?

How do you interpret his behavior?

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e.g. if i construe your message correctly...

contrite

(adj) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Synonyms : remorseful , rueful , ruthful

SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT.

convoluted

(adj) rolled longitudinally upon itself

Synonyms : convolute

Example Sentence

a convolute petal

(adj) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Synonyms : byzantine , involved , knotty , tangled , tortuous

Example Sentence

the Byzantine tax structure

Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship

convoluted legal language

convoluted reasoning

the plot was too involved

a knotty problem

got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering

Oh, what a tangled web we weave

tortuous legal procedures

tortuous negotiations lasting for months

Convolution theorem was very hard to understand!!

covet

(verb) wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)

Example Sentence

She covets her sister's house

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Remm it as KUWAIT(country famous for its oil resources).. Every country covet to capture KUWAIT for its oil resources

craven

(noun) an abject coward

Synonyms : poltroon , recreant

(adj) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

Synonyms : recreant

Example Sentence

the craven fellow turned and ran

a craven proposal to raise the white flag

this recreant knight

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craven -- is the opposite of 'brave'.

decorum

(noun) propriety in manners and conduct

Synonyms : decorousness

"decor um"; decor them to make them more proper and correct

deft

(adj) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

Synonyms : dexterous , dextrous

Example Sentence

a deft waiter

deft fingers massaged her face

dexterous of hand and inventive of mind

Handicapped people (like the deaf) are sometimes skillful in other activities.

demur

(noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

Synonyms : demurral , demurrer

(verb) take exception to

Synonyms : except

Example Sentence

he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday

(verb) enter a demurrer

sounds a little like Damn U R wrong!! I object!

derivative

(noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx

Synonyms : derived function , differential , differential coefficient , first derivative

(noun) a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound

(noun) a financial instrument whose value is based on another security

Synonyms : derivative instrument

(noun) (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word

Example Sentence

`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'

(adj) resulting from or employing derivation

Example Sentence

a derivative process

a highly derivative prose style

Deriv - Drive /

ative - Relative

Mng:obtaining from the other source.

desiccate

(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from

Synonyms : dehydrate

Example Sentence

carry dehydrated food on your camping trip

(verb) remove water from

Synonyms : dehydrate

Example Sentence

All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me

(verb) lose water or moisture

Synonyms : dehydrate , dry up , exsiccate

Example Sentence

In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly

(adj) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

Synonyms : arid , desiccated

Example Sentence

a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata

a desiccate romance

a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery

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desi cake is always dried up.

diatribe

(noun) thunderous verbal attack

Synonyms : fulmination

diatribe = di-tribe = two tribes fighting...criticize

incredulous

(adj) not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

in (means not)+cred(means showing or having belief)...so someone who does not have belief on something and someone, hence very skeptical about their nature.

ingenuous

(adj) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious

Synonyms : artless

Example Sentence

an ingenuous admission of responsibility

(adj) lacking in sophistication or worldliness

Synonyms : innocent

Example Sentence

a child's innocent stare

his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it

In+genuine- In genuine relationship people are naive and trusting to each other.