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Infer or imply?

It depends on who’s talking.
To infer means to deduce something or figure it out.� It’s often confused with the word imply, since both words refer to something that is not stated directly. Infer refers to information that is going into someone’s head.

Imply refers to information that is coming (or not coming) from someone’s mouth. The person doing the talking is implying; the person listening is inferring.
Let the “f” in infer stand for “figure out.”

Jollity (n)

Mnemonic: It sound like JOLLY.

Usage: There is much life and fun and jollity and some vulgarity in Pickwick.

Meaning: cheerfulness, a cheerful and agreeable mood

Jollity (Antonym)
a) antagonism
b) jolliness
c) joviality
d) gaiety
e) merriment

Inkling (n) (ngklng)

With the help of the ink we make a hint on the paper. So the meaning is hint.

Meaning:
1. A slight hint or indication.
2. A slight understanding or vague idea or notion.
3. They hadn’t given us an inkling of what was going to happen.
4. They didn’t have an inkling of how the new invention worked.

Synonym:
glimmering, intimation, glimmer

Inkling (Antonym)

a) gleam
b) glare
c) innuendo
d) disbelief
e) insinuation

Paramount (adj/n)
Something that is as important as mountain.

E.g.:
>> Tending first to one’s paramount needs.
>> Such matters will have a great and paramount influence on the State
>> The paramount goal is to complete the renovations of the house with complete historical accuracy.

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Paramount (Antonym)
A) foremost
B) unparalleled
C) mountain like
D) eminent
E) last

Sage (n)

S+ age……….

Reaching the age of maturity, a person becomes a sage.

E.g.:
>> Sage advice.
>> The sage who writes it.

Syn: academician, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, scholar
Ant: moron

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Sage (Antonyms)

A) seer
B) savant
C) imbecile
D) pundit
E) cirrus

Abdicate         To step down from a position of Power
Abridge           To shorten, condense or lessen in length
Absolve           to forgive or free from blame
Abysmal         extremely wretched, bottomless
Acquiesce      to comply passively, to give in
Advocate       to support, or be in favor of
Aesthetic       concerned with or appreciative of beauty
Affinity           sympathy, attraction, kinship
Agenda           Program, things to be done
Aggrandize    to make great
Allusion          an indirect reference
Altruistic        unselfish concern with the welfare of others
Amnesty         an official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
Animosity      ill will, active dislike
Anomalous    irregular, abnormal, unusual
Arduous          difficult to do, laborious
Augment          to increase or enlarge
Austere            stern in manner or appearance, strict in morals
Aversion         strong or fixed dislike, a feeling of repugnance
Banal                commonplace, trite, unoriginal
Baroque           extravagantly ornate, flamboyant, characterized by bold ornamentation
Begrudge         to envy another’s possessions, to concede reluctantly
Benediction    a blessing, a good wish
Benign              gentle, not harmful, kind
Blanch              to turn pale
Blithe                happily, lighthearted, joyful
Botch                to bungle, to foul up
Bracing            invigorating, to prepare
Broach             to open up a subject for discussion
Buffoon           clown or fool
Bulwark           something used as a defense, a strong protection
Cache               a hiding place, something hidden in a secret place
Callous           unfeeling and insensitive
Candor            truthfulness, great honesty, frankness
Capitulate     to surrender, to stop resisting
Catharsis       an emotional purification, an emotional release
Caustic            biting in humor
Censure          the act of blaming or condemning
Chastise          to criticize severely
Chronic            constant, lasting a long time
Circumspect    careful, thought through
Clemency          disposition towards mercy, mildness
Clique                 an exclusive group
Coalesce            to come together as one, to fuse  or unite
Coherent           making sense, organize and logical
Colloquial         conversational, used in informal speech
Compatible      able to get along well
Convey              to transport, to conduct, to communicate
Conviction      determination, a state of being convinced
Copious            abundant, lavish
Corroborate    to support with evidence
Craven                cowardly
Criterion            standard for judging
Cursory             brief, without much attention to detail
Dearth               a shortage
Deference         respect, courtesy
Deft                     skillful
Delineate           to describe or picture in words, to detail
Delude                 to deceive, to have false illusion
Depravity          moral corruption
Depreciate       to lessen in value, to belittle
Desecrate         to treat with disrespect
Destitute          very poor, totally lacking
Diatribe           a denunciation, a biting speech
Didactic           instructive, intended to educate
Diffuse               wordy, not concentrated, to spread widely
Digress                to stray from the main subject
Discerning         keenly perceptive, shrewd
Discount             to deduct, to disregard
Diva                      an opera singer, prima donna, a tempermental, conceited person
Docile                  easily tought, submissive
Dogmatic           arrogantly assertive, positive about unproven ideas
Dormant             as though asleep, not actively growing
Dupe                    to deceive, to trick
Ebb                       to decline, to recede
Eccentric           non conventional, a little kooky
Eclectic              drawn from many sources
Efface                   to erase, to rub away the features, to obscure
Egocentric        self-involved, selfish
Egregious          extremely bad, flagrant
Elucidate            to make clear
Embellish           to add to, to exaggerate, garnish, ornament
Emigrate             to move to a new country, to move to a new place
Emissary             a messenger or representative, an agent
Emulate              to imitate, to strive to equal
Engaging            charming, interesting
Enigma               a puzzle, a baffling situation, something obscure
Enshroud           to cover, to enclose with a dark cover
Esoteric              understood by only a few
Eulogize             to speak in praise of someone, to pay written or spoken tribute
Exacerbate       to make worse or more severe
Exacting            greatly demanding, requiring close attention
Exalt                   to raise high, to glorify
Exorbitant       extravagant, exceeding what is usual
Expedite           to make faster or easier, to carry out promptly
Explicit            clearly stated, precisely shown
Expunge           to erase, to strike out
Extol                 to praise highly
Facade             the principal front of a building, a false appearance
Faction             a group, or part of large group, united on an issue

The best way is using memory techniques first braek de word in any language and made a stupid story relating tat and imagine tat story in ur mind 4 atleast 5 sec n u will remember it inshallah .ex: facetious=face+tea= on ur face tea is der n some one is looking n dey feel tats HUMOROUS ….. therefore Facetious=Humorous

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Learn words in the context of a story. You remember new words more easily if you learn them in the context of a brief “story”—an interesting and instructive sentence or short paragraph. All of the words in Chapter 3 of my book are presented this way; for other words make up your own stories. Try to include at least two or three testworthy words in each story.

Incorporate new words into everyday conversation. This may seem like hackneyed advice, but it’s nevertheless good advice. Use new words as you converse with friends. Pause to explain what the word means, and ask your friends if they know any similar or contrary words. You’re bound to discover even more testworthy words this way!

Review, review, review. It’s not enough to “learn” a word once. Unless you review it, the word will soon vanish from your memory banks. (My book is packed with quizzes and word games to help refresh your memory.)

You might want to get an audio vocabulary program such as Executive Vocabulary and listen to a number of sessions every day. This will help you memorize more words in a shorter period of time. At any rate you should be realistic: How many new words can learn within two weeks? What’s more important than memorizing separate words is to develop an effective reading comprehension technique. Try to infer the meaning of unknown words from the context.

Concentrate on the gist of the text and follow your intuition. Those are skills you will need later in life, too.

Mnemonic devices will definitely help you remember words better.

We recommend reading the The Wall Street Journal Onlineon a regular basis.The Journal has many GRE-type articles and uses GRE vernacular. When you

come across an unfamiliar word, look it up and write down its definition. You’ll be amazed at how much better your vocabulary is after a month of reading The Journal on a regular basis for just a month.

If you don’t have much time until test day, you should study from a GRE vocabulary list or invest in some flash cards.

Barron’s How to Prepare for the GRE has the most comprehensive GRE vocabulary list topping off at about 3500 words. Learn the general meaning of 3500 words or so, and the GRE verbal section will look a lot less daunting. You’re probably thinking 3500 words is a ton of words to learn. You’re right. That’s why GRE vocabulary can be scary at first, but remember, you don’t have to memorize the exact meanings. The GRE does not test if you know exact definitions; just get to know general meanings. Be a thesaurus not a dictionary. Study a little bit at a time. Try twenty words a day. If that’s too easy, try thirty words a day. Don’t worry if memorizing words is difficult at first–it’ll get much easier. Whatever number of words you choose to study per day, don’t study too many at one time.

Vocalize as you learn. Saying words aloud or hearing somebody else say them helps you to recall them later. Try reading sample sentences and definitions aloud as well.

Break up the task into bite-size pieces. Don’t try to learn hundreds of words in one session. You’ll overload your mental circuits. Try tackling perhaps 20–30 words at a time. The words in my book are divided up this way to help you. Take meaningful breaks between sessions. Limit yourself to three or four sessions per day (20–30 words per session), depending on how much time you have to prepare for your exam. Take healthy breaks—at least a few hours—between study sessions. Sleep on it. Study a new batch of words just before bedtime. Your mind is more likely to retain information received just prior to sleep.

If you have limited time to prep for GRE or have few weeks before the test, you can try to memorize a list of roosts. On the test day, you can guess by those roots.for example: anim- breath, mind example: animate, animosity, equanimity, pusillanimous