GRE High Frequency Words

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GRE High Frequency Words

April 26, 2016 By vivek S. (India)
Barron's GRE 17th Edition High Freq Words
abate
become less in amount or intensity
rebate means discount... i.e reducing the price.. abate
and rebate are rhyming words
chicanery
the use of tricks to deceive someone
asset CHICks' often use theirs as means of deceit to get
what they want
disseminate
cause to become widely known
dis + seminate seminate could be taken as seminar, so
for a seminar people gather at a place. Hence
disseminar could be understood as the scattering of
people.
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gainsay
take exception to
she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which
means, she is denying the fact.
latent
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
aberrant
markedly dierent from an accepted norm
ab (away) + err (error) + ant
coagulate
change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
dissolution
separation into component parts
garrulous
full of trivial conversation
Denition
(adj) full of trivial conversation
laud
praise, glorify, or honor
abeyance
temporary cessation or suspension
remember "abey" in hindi... abey mat karo... do it
later!
coda
the closing section of a musical composition
At the end of a musical or book, rank it by giving it a
CODE.
dissonance
disagreeable sounds
Dissonance is opposite of resonance, which is
cacophonous, discordant.
dis-sonance::DIS RESONANCE--not resonant....so not in
harmony
goad
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
goat+stick
lethargic
decient in alertness or activity
abscond
run away, often taking something or somebody along
cogent
powerfully persuasive
Cogent like cognizant or appealing to the mind with
reason.
distend
cause to expand as it by internal pressure
Denition
(verb) become wider
Synonyms : dilate
Example Sentence
His pupils were dilated
try to relate it with dis means distance and extend

means to expand.
gouge
an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as if with
a gouge.
"the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing
water"
remember screw gouge
levee
an embankment built to prevent a river from overowing
levee..(sounds like level..) we LEVEL the land ,with
LEVEE so that there is no seep of water(..ooding..)
abstemious
marked by temperance in indulgence
ABstain from eating STEM
abs (abs) + stemious (stamina): To build stamina or six

pack abs, you have to eat and drink carefully.
commensurate
corresponding in size or degree or extent
think about mensuration which is a study of length,

and angle
distill
undergo condensation
grandiloquent
lofty in style
Split GRANDILOQUENT as grand and eloquent
levity
a manner lacking seriousness
lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without
any seriousness
admonish
scold or reprimand; take to task
compendium
a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
An audience always wants that whoever COMES to
speak on the PODIUM should speak briey.
COMPENDIUM = COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPACT
END
diverge
move or draw apart
gregarious
temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
Example Sentence
he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude
log
a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
adulterate
make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
complaisant
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
complan drink
divest
take away possessions from someone
divest means not invest, i.e out of something.
to see the vest's one need to strip the clothes..;)
guileless
free of deceit
guile" means to decieve guile+less means no
deception, only honesty.
gilly: adam gilchrist> very honest
loquacious
full of trivial conversation
aesthetic
characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
"the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure"
aes sounds like ash-aishvarya.so,everyone appreciates

the beauty of aishvarya.
compliant
disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
complaince mail
document
a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
gullible
naive and easily deceived or tricked
gilli danda people
Gullible = gullu name type ppl are always innocent.
lucid
transparently clear; easily understandable
aggregate
a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
conciliatory
making or willing to make concessions
Heyy thz sounds like CONSOLING...which means
soothing...
concil is pronouncing like council,in council elections

the standing candidate wants to win the feelings of
others
dogmatic
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
Dogmatic/Dogma: Just think of Dogmatic as "Dog
Attitude" hence dog is determined and no one can
alter,
harangue
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
HAR (her) + ANGUE (anger) = she VERBALLY ATTACKED
me because of HER ANGER at me.
"they were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by

two border guards"
luminous
softly bright or radiant
alacrity
liveliness and eagerness
Assume ALlah in CITY. So people went to see him with
ALACRITY(Eagerness or Liveliness)
"she accepted my invitation with alacrity"
condone
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
if you use condom( condone) you overlook baby
"the college cannot condone any behaviour that

involves illicit drugs"
dormant
inactive but capable of becoming active
homogeneous
all of the same or similar kind or nature
magnanimity
liberality in bestowing gifts
magNANIMAous, NANI MA in hindi, is always
"generous" to us
magnanimity" = "magna"(magnet = attract)+"enemity"

=those who attracts his enemy too ,,, are "generous ,
kind"
"both sides will have to show magnanimity"
alleviate
provide physical relief, as from pain
ALL (all)+ EVI (evil)+ ATE (has been eaten up) so hence
you are relieved of the pain and you feel relief
confound
be confusing or perplexing to
dupe
fool or hoax
Denition
(noun) a person who is tricked or swindled
duplicates(in movies) are used to fool people....
hyperbole
extravagant exaggeration
"he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles"
malingerer
someone shirking duty by feigning illness or incapacity
Ma linger= child lingering around her mom to avoid
going to school.
Malinga feigned illness to avoid bowling to Tendulkar
"the doctor said my son was a malingerer"
amalgamate
to bring or combine together or with something else
connoisseur
an expert able to appreciate a eld
read it as kon issue solve karega??? the answer is judge
of art..
ebullient
joyously unrestrained
Your dad purchasing you a new 'Eneld Bullet' so you
shpw ur 'Excitement' -> ebullient! :D
iconoclastic
characterized by attack on established beliefs
icon = idol clash = fragments. So, one who destroys
idols into pieces is iconoclast.
malleable
capable of being shaped or bent
ambiguous
having more than one possible meaning
contention
the act of competing as for prot or a prize
heated disagreement.
"the captured territory was the main area of
contention between the two countries
CON + TENSION. YOU ARE IN TENSION WEN U ARGUE
eclectic
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
general eclectic company
idolatry
the worship of idols or images that are not God
maverick
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
those who play counter strike will be aware of the bot "
maverick" who has cooperation as zero. which is
what maverick means!!
ambivalence
mixed feelings or emotions
contentious
showing an inclination to disagree
Contentious- (Contender+Serious) One who takes
competition too serious always ghts and quarrels)
ecacy
capacity or power to produce a desired eect
ecient+accuracy = ecacy;if sth is ecient and
accurate,it does produce desire result
immutable
not subject or susceptible to change or variation
mute control in tv used to CHANGE from high volume
to total silence. if ur remote becomes immutable then
u cant change the volume. imutable = unchangeble
mendacious
given to lying
mendacious = requiring mending (correction)
ameliorate
to make better
contrite
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or oenses
SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE
CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT.
erontery
audacious behavior that you have no right to
for every discussion he comes to the FRONT and
argues...in a rude manner.
impair
make worse or less eective
metamorphosis
striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
anachronism
something located at a time when it could not have existed
you know about chronometer- means clock. Anything
with "chron" is related to time. Anachronisim-
an+chron+ism> here an is used in negative sense> so
anachronism means something or someone that is
not in its correct time
conundrum
a dicult problem
hard as diamond
elegy
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
E(a)-LEGY(legendry).....so if a legendry person
dies......people sing a mournful poem or people lament
or regret for his death.....
impassive
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
Impassive-> A person saying-"I m Passive(Not Active)",
that means he has no feelings,emotions.
meticulous
marked by precise accordance with details
Meticulous:Met(Meet)+ICU(hospitals intensive care

unit),so whenever u met any person in ICU u need to
be very/extremely careful about his health,......etc
analogous
similar or equivalent in some respects
converge
be adjacent or come together
elicit
call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
implicit - which is understood .. explicit - means
specically told/derived so elicit - explicit
impede
be a hindrance or obstacle to
impredence: resistance
misanthrope
someone who dislikes people in general
anarchy
a state of lawlessness and disorder
convoluted
highly complex or intricate
embellish
make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
impermeable
preventing especially liquids to pass or diuse through
mitigate
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
anomalous
deviating from the general or common order or type
craven
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
craven -- is the opposite of 'brave'.
craven - relate with cave + in. You hide in cave if your

are coward (in a jungle)
empirical
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
imperturbable
marked by extreme calm and composure
imperturbabble--im + pertur (like tur tur) + babble (
just talking foolishly..). So, the person who never do
any tur-tur and never babbles is a very cool, calm and
peaceful guy.
mollify
cause to be more favorably inclined
mollify molly + fy Molly is a girl (sounds like a proper
name). A girl is soft!
antipathy
a feeling of intense dislike
daunt
cause to lose courage
emulate
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
we use emulator as to imitate our cell phone software
in computer.
impervious
not admitting of passage or capable of being aected
morose
showing a brooding ill humor
in hindi it is like MOR(peacock) RO(weep) SA raha hai-
means it is in sorrow and hence brooding ill
humoured
apathy
an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
apache bike
decorum
propriety in manners and conduct
endemic
native to or conned to a certain region
implacable
incapable of being appeased or pacied
placate:
verb
past tense: placated; past participle: placated
make (someone) less angry or hostile.
"they attempted to placate the students with promises"
mundane
found in the ordinary course of events
monday, tuesday, wednesday....everyday
appease
make peace with
appeaseapp(appeal)+pease(peace) appeal for
peace..when war was going on in kasmirour prime
minister appealed people to maintain peace in the
region.
default
an option that is selected automatically
enervate
weaken mentally or morally
ENERV(w)asTE whwn you waste you energy you
become weak
implicit
suggested though not directly expressed
negate
make ineective by counterbalancing the eect of
apprise
inform somebody of something
one who will inform will get the prize
deference
courteous regard for people's feelings
if there is no DIFFERENCE between you and him, then
you will respect his wishes.
noticed a di in behaviour
engender
make children
when two gender's male & female end up together ..
they produce or give rise to a CHILD..
implode
burst inward
ex-'out'+plode-'burst'...so im-'in,inwards'+plode-
'burst'... so implode means burst inwards
neophyte
any new participant in some activity
neo+phyte ~ new + ght; A new member or beginner

always has to ght to establish his own identity.
approbation
ocial approval
Ap+PROBATION: You get CONFIRMATION/APPROVAL in
your job after your Probation period
delineate
represented accurately or precisely
delineate sounds like alienate, and if you are
attacked by aliens, you would describe the event in
vivid detail in order to make people believe you!
enhance
increase
inadvertently
without knowledge or intention
in + advertisements...without getting an idea from the
advertisement we end up buying wrong product i.e.
inadvertently
obdurate
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
appropriate
suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
denigrate
charge falsely or with malicious intent
ephemeral
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
choate seems like "chote"..for example "chote
bachche" means not fully grown up or in the initial
stage of life.
obsequious
attempting to win favor from inuential people by attery
seq = Suck, uio = Your, us = Ass. He sucks your ass,
therefore he's obsequious.
arduous
characterized by eort to the point of exhaustion
aduro
deride
treat or speak of with contempt
DE(not)+RIDE....if you are NOT able to RIDE a bicycle,
you friends will laugh at you and some may show
contempt..
de -ride -- riding a horse upside down.. ppl will make

fun of you ( ridicule)
equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress
EQUAL+ENEMY(ity) Seeeing enemy as a friend i.e., with
CALMNESS OF TEMPERAMENT.
incongruity
the quality of disagreeing
IN+CONGRess+no UnITY...take it as fun ppl.
Congruent triangles.... incongruity is opposite of

congruent.. so in-congruent people always clash on
their views
obviate
do away with
obviate - viate sounds like deviate, deviate yourself
from studying(happen something)....
remove (a need or diculty).

"the presence of roller blinds obviated the need for
curtains"
artless
simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
art + less, without having any art(skill)
derivative
a compound obtained from another compound
equivocate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
equi(equal) vocal(sound)... if we make similar sounds
then it would be ambiguous(unclear) to distinguish!!
inconsequential
lacking worth or importance
consequence means result- we are never worried
about the result of inconsequential or worthless
things.
Example Sentence
his work seems trivial and inconsequential

the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a
puppet
occlude
block passage through
when you include someone they are welcome and the
gates are always open but when you
OCCLUDE(rhymes with EXCLUDE), they are unwelcome
and hence the gates are SHUT or CLOSED on them.
ascetic
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
desiccate
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from
desi cake is always dried up.

"Desert Cake": Cake that has been dried out and
turned dull in taste.
erudite
having or showing profound knowledge
taken from rude+ite...in olden days people who were
higly educated were basically very rude...as they were
having profound knowledge of a subject
incorporate
make into a whole or make part of a whole
ocious
intrusive in a meddling or oensive manner
OFFICIOUS,the rst part of the word sounds similar to
oce. Imagine a government oce where people poke
their nose in other's aairs, they are INTERFERING.
assiduous
marked by care and persistent eort
Ass is donkey and donkey is hardworking.
desultory
marked by lack of denite plan or regularity or purpose
desultory think like de story-> moving away from the
main story
esoteric
understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
HISTORIC things are known to few people
the world is like Estrogen, which is a female

hormone..and we all know that females are HARD TO
UNDERSTAND and KNOWN ONLY TO FEW :)
indeterminate
not xed or known in advance
onerous
not easily borne; wearing
adjective
adjective: onerous
(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of

eort, trouble, or diculty.
"he found his duties increasingly onerous
Onerous= one+rous. If u assign much work on ONE

person it will be ONErous for him
assuage
provide physical relief, as from pain
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will
of.
ass-usage in the toilet gives huge relief

ass means donkey... donkey's usage give huge relief
from carrying loads
deterrent
something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
eulogy
a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
eulogy = eu-'good' + log 'root: logue [dialogue, talk,
speech]' => Good speech
eulogy = Euler + geometry; Euler was very good at
geometry; so we praise him, give him a EULOGY
indigence
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Indica + Zen (Cars)Cars owned by poor people.
Antonym:"Opulence" which means "Rich" Mnemonic
:Opel Astra(Its a car owned by very rich people)
opprobrium
a state of extreme dishonor
If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized,
humiliated & put to shame.
attenuate
become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
If tenu(=you) eat(ate) less you will attenuate
AT+TEN+YOU+ATE(gutkha,drugs)....if at the age of ten

you start eating gutkha,drugs, you will become weaker
day by day and will waste your life...
diatribe
thunderous verbal attack
diatribe = di-tribe = two tribes ghting...criticize
euphemism
an inoensive expression substituted for an oensive one
you+feminisn(sounds like) girls try to avoid certain
words and circumlocate... so if u practise
euphemism, you act like a female
indolent
disinclined to work or exertion
indolent - in + dolent => jo dolta nahi hai(hilta nahi
hai)
oscillate
move or swing from side to side regularly
audacious
disposed to venture or take risks
dichotomy
being twofold
can be think as di + cut _ ... so dichotomy is cutting
into two parts
exacerbate
make worse
Latin ex+acerb+ate; Latin acerb- means bitter, harsh;
So exacerbate means to make bittter, to worsen.
inert
unable to move or resist motion
ostentatious
intended to attract notice and impress others
oSTENTATIOUS....read it as Stuntatious....Stunts...you
perform stunts to attract attention, showy.
sounds like Austin(stone cold steve austin) wwe wrestler

.. they always pretend and speak crap to grab
attention..
austere
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
didence
lack of self-assurance
it is like opposite of condence means you are shy not
condent
di means deciency and relate dence with
condence so lack of condence
exculpate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
exculpate sounds like ex-culprit = culprit...but now he
has been cleared of the charges.
pate
liver or meat or fowl nely minced or ground and variously seasoned
ingenuous
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
In+genuine- In genuine relationship people are naive
and trusting to each other.
paragon
a perfect embodiment of a concept
paragon which is a slipper brand makes products

which are models for perfection
autonomous
existing as an independent entity
Autonomous resembles automatic..somethin thats
self governing doesn need or require help..
diuse
spread out; not concentrated in one place
exigency
a pressing or urgent situation
exigency ~ exit + emergency; you remember the
emergency exit, only when at the time of an urgent
situation.
inherent
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
partisan
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
parti(think of a political party)+san(son)...so a father
who is favouring his son's political party, instead of a
good party.
aver
to declare or arm solemnly and formally as true
A VERy condent statement!
AVER : Girl Says To DAD Mujhe Yahi VAR A-Ver(PATI-
HUSBAND) Chahiye... So She Asserted or Declared Her
Decision.
digression
a message that departs from the main subject
dig+reason: if u go deep inside the reason, then what
will happen that u will moved from the main subject.
extrapolation
an inference about the future based on known facts
innocuous
not injurious to physical or mental health
in(not)+nocuous(noxious)........ means not
noxious......something which is not noxious is
harmless...
pathological
relating to the study of diseases
banal
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
abey nal to roz hi kholte hain...
SPLIT INTO ba-nal ba-BAR - COMMONPLACE FOR MEN
TO MEET & NAL(HINDI - TAP) - COMMON PLACE FOR
WOMEN TO MEET.
dirge
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
di means die, so when you die and have done good
things for people in life, a song of grief or lament will
be sung for you.
facetious
cleverly amusing in tone
Face-tease, tease by making funny faces
insensible
barely able to be perceived
paucity
an insucient quantity or number
paucity=scarcity....these two words rhyme....
pau - paav as in paav bhaji and only one "paav" for
the whole city...so obviously it will be scarce
belie
be in contradiction with
belie has lie.
disabuse
free somebody from an erroneous belief
REMEMBER AS the opposite of abuse(use harsh words
or create wrong impression).
facilitate
make easier
insinuate
suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
N(not)+SIGN....without any signal i.e indirectly hint or

imply ..
He insinuated himself into the conversation of the
people at the nearby table
pedantic
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
Can u smell the word 'PANDIT'( "Scholar" in english)
from " Pedantic"? PANDITs are usually very strict
about the bookish stu.
pedantic sounds like VEDANTIC. Any body who
follows Vedas is usually a v. conservative and bookish
person.
benecent
doing or producing good
Simply think about benecial(something gives benet)
which help people.
discerning
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
READ IT AS di-screening. A DUAL SCREENING PERSON,
WHO KEEPS ON SCREENING EVERYTHING AROUND
TWICE( VERY OBSERVANT, ALERT)
Discerning is similar to "Discovering". When you

discover something you reveal something
fallacious
containing or based on incorrect reasoning
insipid
lacking interest or signicance or impact
in+sip+id(it) in-'not, -ve prex', so when you do not sip
it, i.e a juice ,then it means the juice lacks avor.
penchant
a strong liking
chant- verses are chanted by sages because they have
a strong inclination towards spiritualiism.
bolster
support and strengthen
discordant
not in agreement or harmony
Con+Cordant means "with agreement". Dis+Cordant
means "Without Agreement"
fatuous
devoid of intelligence
generally fat people in US are foolish!!

remembles FAT ASS an ass is considered foolish
insularity
the state of being isolated or detached
we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we are
ISOLATING the wires from the environment...
penury
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
pen (penny) + ury (uri means ud gayi in hindi) means
penny penny ud gayi matlab poverty
pen+ru(pee).........no rupee to buy a pen
bombastic
ostentatiously lofty in style
discredit
the state of being held in low esteem
REMEMBER this word means, not to give credit, as
opposed to credit (TO GIVE FAME OR CREDIT).
fawning
attempting to win favor by attery
fawning (yawning) -> so you are out on a date and

you start yawning your gf gets angry and then you try
to please your gf by attering
intractable
dicult to manage or mold
Intractable: things which can not be brought in the
right track... opposite of tractable.
perennial
lasting an indenitely long time
if you remember we have learnt about perennial
rivers in social studies which means LONG LASTING
rivers
boorish
ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
boor means =bura .... ill mannered... so make adj
boorish..
discrepancy
a dierence between conicting facts or claims or opinions
felicitous
exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
felicitous sounds like felicitation... in felicitation the

person is praised with SUITABLE, APT , WELL CHOSEN
remarks..
intransigence
stubborn refusal to compromise or change
intransigence -- can be thought of as in-
transit....lacking movement when you are stubborn
perdious
tending to betray
per+FID+ious.. FID stands for delity.. i.e. loyalty..
hence perdious is its opposite
perdious --- perfume relate to perfume which
reminds us of a beautiful lady who could be disloyal to
you
burgeon
grow and ourish
Burge+on sounds like Bulge which means growing big
discrete
constituting a separate entity or part
fervor
feelings of great warmth and intensity
RELATE FERVOR TO fever-BODY BECOMES WARM &

AND YOU GET warm attention when u have fever
inundate
ll or cover completely, usually with water
I+NUN +DATE....I asked the NUNs for a DATE and i was
FLOODED with letters from christian societies for
violating the social norms.
perfunctory
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
PARAI(other's)+FACTORY - if you are told to take care of
somebody else's factory, you would casually care
about it
burnish
polish and make shiny
Remember Varnish - used on wooden things to make
them shine
disingenuous
not straightforward or candid
INGENUOUS(can be remembered as genuine) IS

SINCERE, INNOCENT AND SOPHISTICATED. AND
disingenuous IS not naive, insincere
ag
a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
inured
made tough by habitual exposure
someone INJURED again and again will become
TOUGH
permeable
allowing uids or gases to pass or diuse through
buttress
a support usually of stone or brick
buttress=butt rest...butt gives u support so u tk rest
on ur butt generally while sleeping or sitting
disinterested
unaected by concern for one's own welfare
edgling
young bird that has just edged or become capable of ying
sounds similar to sledging in cricket... normally
inexperience young players if unable to get wickets
than do sledging.. hope this ll help
invective
abusive language used to express blame or censure
ENVY + ACTIVE or Active jealousy can cause you to
ABUSE the other person.
pervasive
spreading or spread throughout
perva(means festival in hindi) festivals are spread
thorughout
cacophonous
having an unpleasant sound
from kakos bad + phn sound.
disjointed
taken apart at the points of connection
out
treat with contemptuous disregard
FLOUT... FOUL + OUT. When a player is sent out by

foul, the player shows his contempt to the referee.
irascible
quickly aroused to anger
rascible sounds like "racist able". so, making racist
remark can easily anger anyone...
concentrate on rasc- a rascal is one who is irritable,
choleric, shor-tempered & hotheaded
phlegmatic
showing little emotion
Sounds like PRAGMATIC(practical) --> practical people
think with logic and show little emotion.
capricious
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
if u wear Capri(a dress, also called 3/4th) in place of
formal dress, it will be UNPREDICTABLE, ERRATIC.
ca(CAR) + PRIC(PRICE)...PRICE OF cars nowadays is
becoming unpredictable with the launch of Tata's 1
lakh car.
dismiss
stop associating with
foment
try to stir up
Foam starts to appear once you profusely foment
(stir up) a soapy hot water bucket(2nd meaning ).
irresolute
uncertain how to act or proceed
piety
righteousness by virtue of being pious
Pie+tea if we get a pie and a tea when we are hungry
we thank god and devout to him. Or else when we
need them we devout to god.
piety for the deity(god)
castigation
verbal punishment
In olden days lower CAST people were severely
criticized...
disparage
express a negative opinion of
dispa-rage can be read as display a rage. When you
display your RAGE on your juniors you BELITTLE them
in front of the others.
forestall
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Fore means before. Stall means to stop. Hence
Forestall == Before Stop. i.e to stop something before
it happens.
itinerary
an established line of travel or access
Latin word itiner= journey.... itinerary means
schedule or plan a detail route. Other words based on
same root are...intinerant, intinerate.
placate
cause to be more favorably inclined
playing" wid "cat"...it'll surely pacify salman...
catalyst
substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
disparate
fundamentally dierent or distinct in quality or kind
Dis(this) + parate(parrot) is dierent from the rest. But
how?? It can talk!!!
frugality
prudence in avoiding waste
frugal means avoiding waste... read it as free+girl...if a
girl comes for free,it saves waste of money
laconic
brief and to the point
LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech, specify
that she used very few words to portray her ideas.
plasticity
the property of being physically malleable
Plasticity-plastic-by heating plastic we can mould it to

any shape pretty easily without any breakage.
caustic
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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..
dissemble
behave unnaturally or aectedly
The word sounds like "resemble"...the person/ a thing
of tat type can be in disguise...
futile
producing no result or eect
futile is not fertile.. hence not fruitful
lassitude
a feeling of lack of interest or energy
After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of LASSI, you

will go into a lassitude i.e. weariness, lethargy and
ultimately go to slee
platitude
a trite or obvious remark
at + attitude: something at does not attract us as it
is very common. So you will obviously give trite
remarks.
meaning: a remark or statement, especially one with a
moral content, that has been used too often to be
interesting or thoughtful.
"she began uttering liberal platitudes"
plethora
extreme excess
like if you go home after many days, your mother will
insist that you eat more. What she will say is "Pe Le +
Thoda Aur Le" ultimately, aisai lene se, it will become
an excess at the end. You will be full :)
propitiate
make peace with
PROf+PITI- if you want professor's pity then you would
have to appease him/her.
rescind
cancel ocially
rescind reminds us of "resign", where resign is to
cancel your appointment and rescind is to cancel an
agreement.
sporadic
recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
sporadic== opposite of periodic, we know periodic
things occur regularly.
tractable
easily managed
Tractable sounds like tractor ,which makes it easy to
manage a eld .
plummet
drop sharply
plummet rhymes with "comet" which falls so sharply.
propriety
correct behavior
divide the word as propr+iety ..propr(sounds like
PROPER)..hence it refers to being PROPER or CORRECT
IN CONDUCT..
resolution
a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
stigma
a symbol of disgrace or infamy
Opposite of six sigma which is considered very graceful
and good
Stigma (STICK + MAA) Imagine someone hitting his
MAA with a STICK. How disgraceful it will be !!!
transgression
the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
transgenders violate the law..
porous
full of vessels or holes
proscribe
command against
A doctor Prescribes medicines and Proscribes
unhealthy food...
resolve
nd a solution or answer
stint
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
'stin't is moderately 'stin'gy
truculence
obstreperous and deant aggressiveness
truc(sound like truck) + cull(means to kill animals) +
ance(hence).. the truck driver culled some of the
animal while driving, hence the villagers are angry with
him and are agressively barring him from entering the
village.
pragmatic
concerned with practical matters
PRA + gma + TIC = PRA + c + TIC + al
pungent
strong and sharp to the sense of taste
reticent
reluctant to draw attention to yourself
Cent (Saint) is stereotypically reluctant to speak or
draw attention to themselves.
stipulate
make an express demand or provision in an agreement
staple+it-- Staple the documents, so that it
GUARANTEES that they stay together permanently!
vacillate
be undecided about something
sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from
one position to another position.
preamble
a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution
qualied
meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task
reverent
feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
reverent-divide as river end i.e we bath in the rivr end
as a part of worship
stolid
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
STOL(sounds like stool)..and a stool is a nonliving
thing without any emotion,simillarly a STOLID is like
stool without any emotion,always dull and boring.
venerate
regard with feelings of respect and reverence
ven(..when)U RATE someone higher.. you TREAT THEM
WITH RESPECT
precarious
not secure; beset with diculties
quibble
evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
mnemonic in hindi.. read it as
qui(kyun)+bble(bill)..KYUN BILL ITNA ZYADA HAI?, you
OBJECT to reading of meter & COMPLAIN to the
authorities..
sage
a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
striate
marked with stripes
striate = STRIp of diferent colour..
veracious
habitually speaking the truth
the root word 'VER' refers to true.. hence we can frame
words like: veracious - truthful and verisimilitude - an
appearence of truth.
precipitate
bring about abruptly
Precipitate -> Pre + anticipate. That means you dont
think/anticipate before you do something. You do it in
RASH or HASTE.
quiescent
being quiet or still or inactive
quiescent => quies ~ quiet = motionless
quies(QUITE)+scent(in hindi shant means quite)..so
someone who is quite or shant for a period of time.
salubrious
promoting health
strut
to walk with a lofty proud gait
rhymes with SLUT - imagine the way she
walks...pompous, with head erect and chest thrown
out.
verbose
using or containing too many words
precursor
something indicating the approach of something or someone
" precursor" = pre(before) + cursor(that points out) ==
something that points out in advance == forerunner :)
rareed
of high moral or intellectual value
rare(,,very less)+ed(..like eld which means
environment), hence environment where GAS is VERY
LESS DENSE..
sanction
ocial permission or approval
subpoena
a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness
Its pretty simple... read it as COURT MEIN "SABOOT
POST KARNA"!!!
viable
capable of life or normal growth and development
vi(VIV=LIFE) + ABLE....so some one who is ABLE to live

his LIFE.
presumptuous
excessively forward
Focus on "Presum" (Presume)--> To overstep your
boundaries by boldly PRESUMing/assuming
something.
recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
re+calci(calculator->calculate)+trant....so imagine a
person who has made a mistake in calculations using
a calci and is unwilling to re-calculate...it shows he is
STUBBORN
re+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is

a hard mineral found in calcium carbonate which
forms the major part of rocks, chalk and marble, is
hard to break and likewise a recalcitrant person is
also stubborn.
satiate
ll to satisfaction
I SAT & ATE till I was full!
subside
wear o or die down
viscous
having a relatively high resistance to ow
prevaricate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
pre+var(truth)+cate(fabricate) is to fabricate the truth,
meaning to lie
recant
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you this
AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been
REJECTED."
saturate
infuse or ll completely
substantiate
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
we just have substantial evidence.
vituperative
marked by harshly abusive criticism
vitu (bite you) + perative (operator) => when you feel
so pissed o on a unkind operator, you would say
harshy abusive remarks like "I'll bite you operator" :-)
In older days H2SO4 was called oil of vitriol that is
severly bitter and caustic. VITUPERATIVE appears as
'operating' vitriol on someone.Note that vtriolic and
VITUPERATIVE have almost similar meaning.
pristine
immaculately clean and unused
recluse
one who lives in solitude
re+close . Closed=hermit
savor
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is tasted
SAVOR and FLAVOR are rhyming words. You savor
(feel the taste) the avor (taste) of the food you eat.
supersede
take the place or move into the position of
when a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET
ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE..
volatile
liable to lead to sudden change or violence
probity
complete and conrmed integrity
meaning: the quality of having strong moral
principles; honesty and decency.
PRO(pahle)+beti(ladkiya) sounds like girls rst
'something having high morale'
recondite
dicult to penetrate
read recondite as "re conduct". The professor re
coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not
understand properly.
secrete
generate and separate from cells or bodily uids
Example Sentence: secrete digestive juices
SECRETE and EXCRETE which are rhyming words,
mean, to produce and discharge a substance.
supposition
the cognitive process of conjecturing
akin to "suppose".
unwarranted
incapable of being justied or explained
i got a mobile without a warranty and that was
unjustied.
problematic
making great mental demands
refractory
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
one who doesn't refract or bend at all meaning

stubborn
refractive index
shard
a broken piece of a brittle artifact
s + hard..it is very HARD to join the broken
FRAGMENTS OF POTTERY
( visualize SHARaD pawar our head of BCCI---his face
is like broken pot.
tacit
implied by or inferred from actions or statements
tacit ~ take it; imagine you are giving permission to
someone to take something from your room...but you
didn't say it verbally but via your actions.
wary
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
Wary and worry sound the same... you become wary
(cautious) if you have too many worries in life.
prodigal
recklessly wasteful
prod(rodies) +gals(girls)=extravagance. If you are with

girls of rodies then you have to be extravagant..
refute
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
skeptic
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
tangential
of supercial relevance if any
Word Tangent(ial) taken from maths. A tangent is a
line that touches a circle with a 90`degree angle. So
the meaning comes from there only slightly connected,
not central, preipheral.
welter
a confused multitude of things
I would remember it as 'world tour'. so you are
planning for a world tour, but 'confused' as where to
start from, because there are quite a lot countries to
be covered. Hence 'confused due to multiple things'.
profound
situated at or extending to great depth
relegate
assign to a lower position
Being a delegate is an important position. Take care of
it. Don't let anyone relegate you.
relegate..split it like rele(relatives+gate)your relatives
are crying at THE GATE because you are not allowing
them to enter your house, you have put them in a
worse place i.e the GATE WHICH IS ALMOST LIKE A
FOOTPATH.
solicitous
full of anxiety and concern
soli(solo).if u r doin a work on ur own(solo) then u ll do
t wit much eager and care
tenuous
very thin in gauge or diameter
this word sound very close to TENNIS....and most of
the female TENNIS PLAYERS ARE VERY SLIM AND
THIN...
whimsical
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
Whimsical sounds like comical... whimsical is ,

impulsive, playful...comical is amusing and funny.
prohibitive
tending to discourage, especially of prices
Example Sentence
the price was prohibitive
reproach
express criticism towards
divide it as re(again..)+proach(..approach).. you ask
someone to APPROACH AGAIN & AGAIN since you
DISAPPROVE OF HIS WORK..(eg during submissions)
soporic
inducing sleep
(in hindi) 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporic.
tirade
a speech of violent denunciation
sounds like tired.. your mom gets tired after a

TIRADE..i.e. LONG ANGRY DENUNCIATORY SPEECH..
zealot
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
zealot -- zeal + lot one who shows a lot of zeal....
proliferate
grow rapidly
reprobate
a person without moral scruples
reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who
again and again robs other peoples food and eats it
up has no moral values.
specious
plausible but false
It sounds like 'suspicious'.
torpor
a state of motor and mental inactivity
Well its quite opposite to what is a topper who is
naturally diligent
tor-por....TORRENT PAR..........TORRENT PAR most of

the seeders were INACTIVE due to which downloading
the movie becomes a SLUGGISH task....
propensity
a natural inclination
prop + city = people get propelled towards city only
because of strong inclination towards city life
repudiate
refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked
him if he ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE
(deny eating it)...
spectrum
a broad range of related objects or values or qualities
tortuous
marked by repeated turns and bends
a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps
twisting and turning making path complicated.
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Barron's GRE 17th Edition High Freq Words

His pupils were dilated

try to relate it with dis means distance and extend

remember screw gouge

abs (abs) + stemious (stamina): To build stamina or six

think about mensuration which is a study of length,

aes sounds like ash-aishvarya.so,everyone appreciates

concil is pronouncing like council,in council elections

"they were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by

"the college cannot condone any behaviour that

magnanimity" = "magna"(magnet = attract)+"enemity"

"both sides will have to show magnanimity"

duplicates(in movies) are used to fool people....

Malinga feigned illness to avoid bowling to Tendulkar

"the doctor said my son was a malingerer"

CON + TENSION. YOU ARE IN TENSION WEN U ARGUE

mendacious = requiring mending (correction)

Meticulous:Met(Meet)+ICU(hospitals intensive care

craven - relate with cave + in. You hide in cave if your

neo+phyte ~ new + ght; A new member or beginner

de -ride -- riding a horse upside down.. ppl will make

Congruent triangles.... incongruity is opposite of

remove (a need or diculty).

his work seems trivial and inconsequential

desi cake is always dried up.

the world is like Estrogen, which is a female

(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of

"he found his duties increasingly onerous

Onerous= one+rous. If u assign much work on ONE

ass-usage in the toilet gives huge relief

If tenu(=you) eat(ate) less you will attenuate

AT+TEN+YOU+ATE(gutkha,drugs)....if at the age of ten

sounds like Austin(stone cold steve austin) wwe wrestler

paragon which is a slipper brand makes products

N(not)+SIGN....without any signal i.e indirectly hint or

Discerning is similar to "Discovering". When you

generally fat people in US are foolish!!

fawning (yawning) -> so you are out on a date and

felicitous sounds like felicitation... in felicitation the

RELATE FERVOR TO fever-BODY BECOMES WARM &

INGENUOUS(can be remembered as genuine) IS

FLOUT... FOUL + OUT. When a player is sent out by

playing" wid "cat"...it'll surely pacify salman...

Plasticity-plastic-by heating plastic we can mould it to

After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of LASSI, you

plummet rhymes with "comet" which falls so sharply.

PRA + gma + TIC = PRA + c + TIC + al

vi(VIV=LIFE) + ABLE....so some one who is ABLE to live

re+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is

one who doesn't refract or bend at all meaning

prod(rodies) +gals(girls)=extravagance. If you are with

Whimsical sounds like comical... whimsical is ,

sounds like tired.. your mom gets tired after a

zealot -- zeal + lot one who shows a lot of zeal....

tor-por....TORRENT PAR..........TORRENT PAR most of

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