7 Words A Day For MBA,CAT,GRE Aspirants

      

September 12, 2009

Weird Words!

Filed under: Must Know Words.
  • Absquatulate -  Abscond; to make off; do away with.

             The sailor has absquatulated & has taken the map with him.

  • Gongoozler - An idle spectator.  

        Every audience has a couple of gongoozlers.

  • Lollapalooza: Exceptional; one of its kind.

        "What a lollapalooza idea".

  • Higgledy - Piggledy: Utter confusion; mess; mayhem.

        The play started off smoothly, but ended in a higgledy - piggledy manner. 

  • Esculent - Edible. The cake was no longer esculent.

July 26, 2009

Whacked Everyday!

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An Easy Read. All The Humorous and Interesting Happenings Around The World.

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- 10 Most Unbelievable Song Titles ! 

- 1 Kick Ass Theory You Wanna Believe! 

- 7 Most Whacked Laws Around The Globe !

- Check Out Michael Jackson’s Mistake 

May 17, 2008

Day 79 - Cluster Words

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  • Fustian - Pompous style of speech or writing; ridiculously inflated; bombastic.

         Fustian can’t disguise the author’s meager plot.

  • Sonorous - Characterized by language, speech that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style.

        A sonorous orator.  

  • Aureate - Elaborately or excessively ornamented; flamboyant (esp. writing or speech).

        The senator’s aureate speech.

  • Rhetoric - The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively.

        His offers of compromise were pure rhetoric.

  • Declamatory - Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument.
        A pompous, declamatory manner of speech.
  • Grandiloquent/Magniloquent - Speaking in a lofty style; pompous.
        We were all ears for his grandiloquent/Magniloquent speech.               
  • Orotund - Pompous and bombastic; Full in sound.

        Orotund talk.
       
Orotund tones.

  • Turgidity - Pompously embellished language; flatulence.

        Turgid language; turgid prose.

  • Claptrap/Rant- Pretentious, insincere, or empty language.
        Everyone is well aware of his claptrap/rant talk and hence do not pay any heed to it..
       
       

July 9, 2007

Day 78

Filed under: Must Know Words.
  • Somnambulism (n): Walking by a person who is asleep.

         Somnambulism is often laughed away, but it is a serious disorder.

  • Rhapsodise (v): Say (something) with great enthusiasm.

         He rhapsodised the matches of the cricket world cup to all his friends.

  • Synoptic (adj): Providing a general view; summary.

         A synoptic talk had to be given by a child at the end of every class.

  • Vendetta (n): Blood feud.

         The rival gangs engaged in a harsh vendetta.

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

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

  • Vacuous (adj): Stupid; empty; lacking in ideas.

         When the girl was asked about the math problem she gave a vacuous look.

  • Decreptitude (n): State of collapse caused by illness or old age.

         His state of decrepitude gave me a shock.

June 28, 2007

Day 77

Filed under: Must Know Words.
  • Grubbily (adv): In a dingy manner.

         The cook grubbily put the ingredients into the vessel with his bare hands.

  • Peckish (adj): Somewhat hungry; Easily irritated or annoyed.

         The peckish nature of the old woman.

  • Poignant (adj): Arousing affect; keenly distressing to the mind or feelings.

         Poignant grief cannot endure forever.

  • Rakish (adj): Stylish, sporty.

         The model wore an extremely rakish dress.

         The hat was worn in a very rakish position.

         Poignant anxiety.

  • Emollient (n): A softening or soothing remedy.

         The doctor applied an emollient to the inflamed knee. 

  • Machinations (n): Evil schemes or plots.

         The officer got to know about the machinations of the crook.

  • Sybarite (n): A person addicted to luxury; pertaining to luxury.

         His massive monthly income turned him into a sybarite.

June 26, 2007

Day 76

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  • Aeon: Eternity; a very long time.

         A moment in the aeon of creation.

  • Tardy: Late.

         The President apologised for his tardy arrival.

  • Riffle: To flip or thumb through rapily.

         To riffle through the pages of the book just before the exam.

  • Engaging: Charming, attractive.

         The engaging beauty of the Himalayas.

  • Succour: To help, give aid in times of difficulty.

         To succour the backward nations.

  • Ailurophile: Cat lover.

         My sister is an ailurophile.

         Ancient Egyptians were ailurophiles.

  • Feral: Untamed; resembling a wild animal.

         Feral dogs are often seen on the streets and they pose a threat to the passer-by.

June 25, 2007

Day 75

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  • Coddle: To pamper or protect attentively.

         Coddling children from a very young age weakens their self-reliance and confidence.

  • Rebuff: To reject something bluntly or rudely.

         The board rebuffed his new proposal.

  • Disputatious: Argumentative; belligerent.

         Two disputative countries.

         To become disputative over an issue.

  • Tenable: Practical; justifiable.

         To put forth a tenable a tenable business plan.

  • Trenchant: Vigorous; harsh.

         His trenchant style of writing was his strength.

  • Pander: To gratify another’s every desire.

         The parents pandered their childrens’ every whim and fancy.

  • Brio: Liveliness; vivacity.

         The drama had a lot of brio right from the beginning.

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.

May 26, 2007

Day 72

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  • Trounce (v): To beat, punish or rebuke.

         "I’ll trounce some of the members", cried the king.

  • Frisson (n): Shudder, shiver, thrill; an almost pleasurable sensation of fright.

         The royal visit sent a frission of excitement through the city.

         A frission of surprise shot throught his heart.

  • Amphibology (n): Ambiguous wording or doubt meaning; an ambiguous grammatical construction.

        Example: ‘They are flying planes’; can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.

                     Our dog eats everything and loves children. 

  • Antediluvian (v): Very old-fashioned. Literally, dating befor Noah’s flood.

         The students were exasperated by the principals’ antediluvian ideas.

  • Vivify (v): To animate or bring to life.

         Her humurous speech vivified the boring meeting.

  • Oxymoron (n): Figure of speech combining contradictory expressions.

         Example: It was a pretty ugly scene. (Here pretty and ugly are contradictory expressions).

                      A deafening silence.

  • Temerity (n): Rashness, recklessness.

         The bloody accident was caused due to the young driver’s temerity.

        

May 25, 2007

Day 71

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  • Adoins (n): A handsome young man.

         An adonis in the advertisement.

  • Splenetic (adj): Irritable.

         The pupils grew wary of the splenetic teacher.

  • Excoriate (v): To criticize harshly; express strong disapproval of.

         The recent hindi movie ‘Good Boy Bad Boy’ recieved excoriating reviews.

  • Wax (v): To increase gradually in extent; become.

         Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

  • Palmy (adj): Very profitable; flourishing; prosperous.

         The most palmy state in India.

         A palmy time for investors.

  • Lacuna (n): Gap; missing portion.

         His inability to answer the question exposed a lacuna in his knowledge.

  • Gobsmacked (adj): Astounded; speechless.

         On learning the price of the painting I was gobsmacked.

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