7 Words A Day For MBA,CAT,GRE Aspirants

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• Deja Vu (n): (Is a French word) The illusion of having already experienced the situation one is in for the first time; recognition of something already seen or known.

         The writer’s book as a whole gives was a sense of deja vu.

• Apolitical (adj): Having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs.

         It was extremely hard to remain apolitical during the Vietnam war; every layman felt the need to take a political stand.

• Bevy (n): Large group.

         The movie star was surrounded by a bevy of starlets.

• Starlet (n): A young actress or singer who is being trained for leading roles in motion pictures.

         Some remote Hollywood starlet’s marriage was on the rocks.

• Assiduous (adj): Diligent; hard-work.

         Assiduous persons are rewarded greatly in this company.

• Chafe (v): Warm by rubbing.

         Chilled, he chafed his hands before the fire-place.

• Demur (adj): Hesitate; Object.

         He demured to talk on stage because he thought everyone would ridicule him about his accent.

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• Egregious (adj): Notorious; conspicously bad or shocking.

         We all knew she was an egregious liar.

• Fathom (v): Comprehend; investigate.

         I found his motives very difficult to fathom; infact I can’t guess what goes on in his mind.

• Empirical (adj): Based on experience.

         He finalised his business deals purely on empirical data.

• Fecund (n): Fertile; fruitful.

         Einstein had a very fecund mind; which made him a genius.

• Grandiloquent (adj): Using high-sounding language; pompous;

         She hid her inferiority complex by using grandiloquence when she spoke.

• Gullible (adj): Easily decievable.

         Gullible people have only themselves to blame if they fall for a con artist repeatedly.

• Heyday (n): Time of greatest success; prime.

         In his heyday, he was the unbeaten champion for three consecutive years.

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• Antiquated (adj): Osolete; outdated.

         Even though typewriters are antiquated, most courts in India use it extensively.

• Belligerent (adj): Quarrelsome nature.

         Everyone avoided speaking to her due to her belligerent nature.

• Animosity (n): Active enmity.

         There was visible animosity between the two teams before the finals.

• Berate (v): Scold strongly.

         He kid feared the teacher would berate him for not completing the project.

• Censorious (adj): Critical.

         Censorious people delight in casting blame.

• Deluge (n): Flood; rush.

         When we advertised the propositions we recieved a deluge of applications.

• Delusion (n): False belief; hallucination.

         Don’t suffer from delusions of grandeur; you have won only the first match, there are six more to go.

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• Trifling (adj): Trivial; unimportant.

         Do not go to the doctor for such a trifling, everyday cold.

• Trepidation (n): Fear; a nervous apprehension.

         As I entered the examination hall, I felt some trepidation about how I would the exam.

• Unimpeachable (adj): Blameless and examplary.

         His unimpeachable previous record earned him a high post at the governments’ office.

• Ursine (adj): Bearlike; pertaining to be a bear.

         The child had dressed up in an ursine fashion for the stage play.

• Vainglorious (adj): Boastful; excessively conceited.

         She was a vainglorious and an arrogant person.

• Vapid (adj): Dull and unimaginative.

         He was forced to sit through the vapid lecture of the professor.

• Whit (n): Smallest speck.

         There isn’t a whit of intelligence left in him.

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• Ratiocination (n): Act of drawing conclusions from premises; resaoning.

         Holmes was a genius, whose gift for ratiocination made him a superb detective.

• Ravenous (adj): Extremely hungry.

         The ravenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.

• Scad (n): A great quantity.

         He is an avid book reader and has scads of them.

• Scruple (v): Fret about; hesitate; for ethical reasons.

         Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to check his diary.

• Sear (v): Char or burn.

         Accidently brushing her hand against the hot gril, she seared her hand badly.

• Sluggard (n): Lazy person.

         " We refuse to take this sluggard in our cricket team".

• Testy (adj): Irritable; short-tempered.

         His testy attitude at his work-place cost him his job.

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• Nettle (v): Annoy,vex.

         Do not nettle her with your sarcastic remarks.

• Niggle (v): Spend too much time on minor unimportant things.

         Let’s not niggle over details.

• Obloquy (n): Slander; throw aspersions; defame.

         I hate the obloquy that you are casting on my reputation.

• Obstreperous (adj): Noisy; boisterous.

         The mayor considered rock music to be obstreperous.

• Ominous (adj): Threatening.

         The thief ominously looted the passerby with his knife.

• Pastoral (adj):  Rural.

         He chose to live in a pastoral village rather than an eloquent bunglaow.

• Parochial (adj): Narrow in outlook.

         Today’s youth accuse their elderly to be parochial in all aspects of life.

 Should Presidents’ Rule Be Imposed In Uttar Pradesh.

(This was a GD Topic in a premier B-School)

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• Immolate (v): Offer as a sacrifice.

         The man offered to immolate his cattle to the angry gods.

• Incendiary (n): Inflammatory; arsonist.

         The ministers’ incendiary remark on a particular religion caused riots throught the state.

• Jocund (adj): Merry; happy.

         Santa Claus is always cheerful and jocund.

• Juggernaut (n): An irresistible crushing force.

         The army lost to the juggernaut of its enemies.

• Lackadaisical (adj): Lacking in purpose; half-hearted.

         His lackadaisical approach to win in the final match was greatly criticised.

• Lampoon (v): Ridicule.

         The article lampoons the pretentions of some Mougal emperors.

• Mangy (adj): Shabby; wretched.

         To their surprise they found that hte famous movie star lived in a mangy little house.

• Elixir (n): Cure-all; something invigiorating.
  Happiness is the elixir of life.

• Encipher (v): Encode; convert a message into code.
  It was imperative for the radio operators of WW II to encipher all codes they were to send.