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GRE Word of The Day: Elicit
Elicit (v)
Illicit…
Don’t move on images……read this carefully. It is almost impossible to elicit the information about someone’s illicit relationship.
Example:
The role elicited the actress’s flair for comedy that previous directors had overlooked.
Hypnotism elicited his hidden fears.
Her remarks elicited cheers.
Syn:
engender, evoke
Your Preparation here…..
Elicit (Antonym)
A) Outlook
B) Overlook
C) Evoke
D) Educe
E) Thrust
Picture GRE Word of the Day: Satiate
satiate (v)
Satiate= Sat+i+ate, I ate so much that i cannot take in anymore, that is, I am completely satisfied.
Meaning:
Provide (sb) with so much of sth that he wants no more.
Usage:
“Women use men to validate their sexuality while men use women to satiate theirs.” – Xenocrates
Usage:
The inroads of those who had pledged their blood to satiate their vengeance.
Synonyms:
cloy, content, glut, gorge, gratify, indulge, pall, sate, saturate, slake, surfeit
Antonyms:
deprive
The recalcitrant calculator refused to work.
Recalcitrant (Adj)
The recalcitrant calculator refused to work.
Meaning:
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance.
Synonyms:
indomitable, radical, rebellious, refractory, resistant, resisting, stubborn, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, unwilling, wayward, wild, willful, withstanding
Antonyms:
passive
transform into a single word
a person who study different people & tribes, a person who collects stamp, a person who collects different types of coins , one who compiles ditionary
Lassi is considered as sleep inducing so lassitude !
lassitude
frm lassi–a north indian drink.
lassi is considered as sleep inducing.
lassitude—lack of energy,weakness
Synonyms:
aloofness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dullness, emotionlessness, halfheartedness, heedlessness, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, passiveness, passivity, unconcern, unresponsiveness
Antonyms:
care, concern, feeling, interest, sensitivity, sympathy, warmth
Word of the Day: Impecunious
Impecunious
im–> means not
pecun –> penny
So impecunious means no penny or litte money.
Usage:
- When I was an impecunious student, I eked out my meager means by offering private tuition in elementary mathematics.
- I would not rely on any court keeping an successful but impecunious claimant out of its money simply because litigation had begun.
Synonyms:
bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, deficient, depleted, drained, empty, necessitous, needy, penurious, pinched, strapped, stripped
Antonyms:
lucky, rich, secure, wealthy
Picture Word of the Day: Morbid
Morbid
MORBID = MORTAL (deadly) + BITE (like of an insect) –> a deadly bite is unhealthy and disease related.
Usage:
His morbid fascination with horror films.
Synonyms:
aberrant, abnormal, ailing, brooding, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, gruesome, hideous, horrid, infected, irascible, macabre, malignant, melancholy, monstrous, pessimistic, saturnine, sick, somber, sullen, unhealthy, unnatural, unsound, unusual, unwholesome
Antonyms:
cheerful, happy, healthy, sound
