GregMAT Word List - 8

accentuate

(verb) to stress, single out as important

Synonyms : accent , emphasise , emphasize , punctuate , stress

Example Sentence

Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet

(verb) put stress on; utter with an accent

Synonyms : accent , stress

Example Sentence

In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word

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Accent + up : i.e, to say with a strong accent, put emphasis on something.

convivial

(adj) occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

Synonyms : good-time

Example Sentence

a convivial atmosphere at the reunion

a woman of convivial nature

he was a real good-time Charlie

somewhat close to carnival

which also implies festivity.

decadent

(noun) a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

(adj) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay

Synonyms : effete

Example Sentence

a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility

a group of effete self-professed intellectuals

there is a toothpaste named DECADENT used so that your teeth dont DECAY..

egregious

(adj) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Synonyms : crying , flagrant , glaring , gross , rank

Example Sentence

a crying shame

an egregious lie

flagrant violation of human rights

a glaring error

gross ineptitude

gross injustice

rank treachery

scores we get in GRE is outrageously bad (egregious)

evanescent

(adj) tending to vanish like vapor

Example Sentence

evanescent beauty

Remember it as "I want scent. Scent evaporates like vapour.

flamboyant

(noun) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

Synonyms : delonix regia , flame tree , peacock flower , poinciana regia , royal poinciana

(adj) marked by ostentation but often tasteless

Synonyms : showy , splashy

Example Sentence

a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet

a splashy half-page ad

(adj) elaborately or excessively ornamented

Synonyms : aureate , florid

Example Sentence

flamboyant handwriting

the senator's florid speech

flamboyant ~ flame + boy; imagine a boy wearing a T-shirt with pictures of flame on it. will it not be flamboyant?

forestall

(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Synonyms : forbid , foreclose , preclude , prevent

Example Sentence

My sense of tact forbids an honest answer

Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project

(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Synonyms : anticipate , counter , foresee

Fore means before. Stall means to stop. Hence Forestall == Before Stop. i.e to stop something before it happens.

gainsay

(verb) take exception to

Synonyms : challenge , dispute

Example Sentence

She challenged his claims

she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which means, she is denying the fact.

galvanize

(verb) to stimulate to action

Synonyms : galvanise , startle

Example Sentence

..startled him awake

galvanized into action

(verb) cover with zinc

Synonyms : galvanise

Example Sentence

galvanize steel

(verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

Synonyms : galvanise

Imagine a Van filled with Girls(gals) appear, (GALs in VAN)how will you react, you will be STIRRED UP or REVITALIZED as if you have HAD A SHOCK.

indiscriminate

(adj) failing to make or recognize distinctions

(adj) not marked by fine distinctions

Example Sentence

indiscriminate reading habits

an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles

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in-'not,unable' + discriminate, meaning

you are unable to discriminate between the right and the wrong. In such a situation you get CONFUSED and CHOOSE something RANDOMLY.

innocuous

(adj) not injurious to physical or mental health

(adj) not causing disapproval

Synonyms : unobjectionable

Example Sentence

it was an innocuous remark

confined himself to innocuous generalities

unobjectionable behavior

(adj) lacking intent or capacity to injure

Synonyms : innocent

Example Sentence

an innocent prank

in(not)+nocuous(noxious)........

means not noxious......something which is not noxious is harmless...

mundane

(adj) found in the ordinary course of events

Synonyms : everyday , quotidian , routine , unremarkable , workaday

Example Sentence

a placid everyday scene

it was a routine day

there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute

(adj) concerned with the world or worldly matters

Synonyms : terrestrial

Example Sentence

mundane affairs

he developed an immense terrestrial practicality

(adj) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

Synonyms : terrene

Example Sentence

not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind

so terrene a being as himself

monday, tuesday, wednesday....everyday

nullify

(verb) declare invalid

Synonyms : annul , avoid , invalidate , quash , void

Example Sentence

The contract was annulled

void a plea

(verb) show to be invalid

Synonyms : invalidate

(verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

Synonyms : negate , neutralise , neutralize

Example Sentence

Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

This action will negate the effect of my efforts

the NU in nullify can represent numb, which is loss of feeling. This leads to less importance.

obviate

(verb) do away with

Synonyms : eliminate , rid of

(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Synonyms : avert , avoid , debar , deflect , fend off , forefend , forfend , head off , stave off , ward off

Example Sentence

Let's avoid a confrontation

head off a confrontation

avert a strike

obviate - viate sounds like deviate, deviate yourself from studying(happen something)....

omnipresent

(adj) being present everywhere at once

Synonyms : ubiquitous

maruti omni car is used by malority of indians..

oust

(verb) remove from a position or office

Synonyms : boot out , drum out , expel , kick out , throw out

Example Sentence

The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds

(verb) remove and replace

Example Sentence

The word processor has ousted the typewriter

OUT

palpable

(adj) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

Synonyms : tangible

Example Sentence

a barely palpable dust

felt sudden anger in a palpable wave

the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton

a palpable lie

(adj) can be felt by palpation

Example Sentence

a palpable tumor

palpable..divide it like..PALP(SOUNDS LIKE PULP)+ABLE.....after touching the PULP of fruit ITS OBVIOUS THAT every one would be ABLE TO PERCEIVE whether THE FRUIT is fresh or not.

perfidy

(noun) betrayal of a trust

Synonyms : perfidiousness , treachery

(noun) an act of deliberate betrayal

Synonyms : betrayal , treachery , treason

per+ fidy=without fidelity i.e cheat upon ur partner,,in general cheat or breach something

profuse

(adj) produced or growing in extreme abundance

Synonyms : exuberant , lush , luxuriant , riotous

Example Sentence

their riotous blooming

to PRODUCE an abundance of energy from nuclear FUSion, you need to join two atomic nuclei.

pugnacious

(adj) tough and callous by virtue of experience

Synonyms : hard-bitten , hard-boiled

(adj) ready and able to resort to force or violence

Synonyms : rough

Example Sentence

pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance

they were rough and determined fighting men

punga+nacious- one with tendency to always fight and take pungas(Hindi)

sagacious

(adj) acutely insightful and wise

Synonyms : perspicacious , sapient

Example Sentence

much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument

observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions

a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators

(adj) skillful in statecraft or management

Example Sentence

an astute and sagacious statesman

sagacious look like suggest us.....and we always ASK WISE PEOPLE to suggest us, whenever we are in trouble.

sanguine

(noun) a blood-red color

(adj) confidently optimistic and cheerful

(adj) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

Synonyms : florid , rubicund , ruddy

Example Sentence

a ruddy complexion

Santa's rubicund cheeks

a fresh and sanguine complexion

SANGUINE is pronounced very much like "SANGEEN" in hindi which is usually referred with crime-"sangeen hatya" which shows serious murder with blood red colour...

scant

(verb) work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

Synonyms : skimp

(verb) limit in quality or quantity

Synonyms : skimp

(verb) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

Synonyms : skimp , stint

Example Sentence

sting with the allowance

(adj) less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

Synonyms : light , short

Example Sentence

a light pound

a scant cup of sugar

regularly gives short weight

SCANT rhymes with PANT => a mean man with scant regard for the panting dog shares non of his water.

skullduggery

(noun) verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Synonyms : hanky panky , hocus-pocus , jiggery-pokery , skulduggery , slickness , trickery

SKULLS are associated with PIRATE flags. Pirates are known for deceiving and taking advantage.

trivial

(adj) (informal) small and of little importance

Synonyms : fiddling , footling , lilliputian , little , niggling , petty , picayune , piddling , piffling

Example Sentence

a fiddling sum of money

a footling gesture

our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war

a little (or small) matter

a dispute over niggling details

limited to petty enterprises

piffling efforts

giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

(adj) of little substance or significance

Synonyms : superficial

Example Sentence

a few superficial editorial changes

only trivial objections

(adj) concerned with trivialities

Example Sentence

a trivial young woman

a trivial mind

trivial=three+vs+all....so the choice of 3persons is given little importance wen compared to all.

to all

utilitarian

(noun) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

(adj) having a useful function

Synonyms : useful

Example Sentence

utilitarian steel tables

(adj) having utility often to the exclusion of values

Example Sentence

plain utilitarian kitchenware

someone who stresses more on the utility of an object

vapid

(adj) lacking taste or flavor or tang

Synonyms : bland , flat , flavorless , flavourless , insipid , savorless , savourless

Example Sentence

a bland diet

insipid hospital food

flavorless supermarket tomatoes

vapid beer

vapid tea

(adj) lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

Example Sentence

a vapid conversation

a vapid smile

a bunch of vapid schoolgirls

vapid sounds similar to rapid(~ very rapid)... If you cook in a rapid manner, you may spoil the taste of the food, or say, when you eat rapidly..you may not get the taste of the food.