Is it stationary or stationery?

Is it stationary or stationery?

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If it’s standing still, it’s stationary. The paper you use to write a letter is stationery.

It’s easy to remember when to use which spelling by making the “e” in stationery stand for envelope.

Popularity: 9% [?]

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GRE word of the Day: Leeway (n)

Leeway (n)

Lee+way=leeway…

Lee jean gives very less leeway to move around the waist. So leeway means freedom to do someting.

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Meaning:
>> a margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude
>> an allowable margin of freedom or variation

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>>a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

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Usage:
>> some little allowance for leeway in not being over-smart about it.

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Leeway (Antonym)

A) peonage
B) endurance
C) stamina
D) freedom
E) room

Popularity: 14% [?]

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GRE Word of the Day : Waver (adj.)

Waver (adj.)

Wave….. Waver person waves to take a tough decision.

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Meaning:
>> to vacillate irresolutely between choices
>> fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction

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Example:
>> wavering flames.
>> he’s still wavering about whether to take the job
>> the steel tower wavered for a moment before falling over
>> wavered over buying a house
>> his resolve began to waver

waver ( Antonym)

A) quiver
B) totter
C) reel
D) flicker
E) resolute

Popularity: 10% [?]

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GRE Word of the Day : Mediate (v)

Mediate (v)

Media

Print and TV Media want to mediate in personal life of cinestar.

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Meaning:
>> acting through an intervening agency
>> exhibiting indirect causation, connection, or relation

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Example:
>> the middle child is often ask to mediate between the oldest and the youngest
>> mediate a labor-management dispute.

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Mediate (v)

A) schew
B) snoop
C) intervene
D) intrude
E) interpose

Popularity: 7% [?]

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Picture GRE word of the Day :Paleontology

Paleontology (n)

Meaning: The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms.

Popularity: 7% [?]

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Picture GRE Word of the Day

Brindled (n)

Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots-bhindi you purchased from market is of bad quality and has lot of spots on it.

Meaning:
Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots of a darker color.

Usage: A fine brindled cow with a large udder was attached to the cart behind

Syn: tabby

bridle (Antonym)
(a) spotless
(b) flecked
(c) motley
(d) piebald
(e) variegated

Popularity: 7% [?]

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