7 Words A Day For MBA,CAT,GRE Aspirants

      

June 23, 2007

Day 73 (Back To Regular Posting !)

Filed under: Must Know Words.
  • Dicker : Haggle; to trade by bargaining.

         To dicker over the price of vegetables.

  • Acuity : Keenness in perception or thought; sharpness.

         Acuity of vision.

         Acuity to understand complex numerical problems.

  • Inveigle: To persuade or entice by guile.

         To inveigle someone into a bad habit.

  • Tinsel: Sparkling material.

         The christmas tree glittered with tinsel in the midst of the darkness.

  • Gamut: Complete range.

         The course runs the gamut from quants to vocab.

  • Parlous: Perilious; dangerous; risky.

         The Nandigram district is in a parlous condition.

  • Fritter: To waste something bit by bit.

         He fritted the money over trifle things until he realised he had nothing left.

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