Ever felt the amount of practice I put into learning vocab is futile after seeing the words in a practice gre test?? Of course,all of us has got that experience..But the right thing to do is note down those words and fight back by learning them. Words I found challenging in a CAT
*<mnemonic>
1.PERILOUS: full of danger and risk<peril = danger times>
2.DAUNTING: discouraging through fear<don?? yea he keeps fear by discouraging you and supporting others>
3.PRECIPITATE=sudden<check all the usages regarding this..a tricky one?>
4.CONUNDRUM=a difficult problem<con is opposite of pro so conundrum a difficult situation>
5.ALLEVIATE:relief<all evil ate source:http://www.mnemonicdictionary.com/?word=alleviate>
6.TAINT:state of being contaminated<stain rhymes with taint>
7.INSEMINATE=induce
8.TINGE=slight
9.GOSSAMER=lightness and delicacy<go summer->we wear light clothes<from mnemonicdictionary>>
10.TORPID=dull,sluggish<note down all the synonyms useful words for dull>
11.DECIMATE=eliminate/kill in large number<remeber decay??>
12.APPENDAGE=external body part projected<appendix from intestines>
13.DISSOLUTION=separation into component parts<opposite of resolution>
14.OBTUSE=lacking in discernment
15.DILATORY=wasting time<late in word>
16.ALLURE=enchant
17.HIATUS=interruption<hi at us when speaking?? <mnemonic dictionary>>
18.DENOUEMENT=final outcome of a complex sequence events<de + NOUncEMENT(ANNOUNCEMENT)..SO you are making an annoucement of your company's FINAL OUTCOME report.DEAL + ANOUNCEMENT(mnemonic dictionary)>
19.RETRENCHMENT=act of cutting down/reduce
20.SUCCOR=assistance in time of difficulty<sarkar(government) should help in times of trouble>
21.EDIFICES= a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
22.TRIBUTARIES=A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
23.DOMICILES=legal residence<with a dome>
24.STOLID=not easily aroused or excited<like a stone?<mnemonic dictionary>>
25.CONTRIVED= Giving a sense of artificiality<contra-opposite to natural>
26.WRY=humourosly sarcastic/mocking<wry and make others cry>
27.SALACIOUS=characterized by lust
28.DEPRICATION=express disaapproval of
*<mnemonic>
1.PERILOUS: full of danger and risk<peril = danger times>
2.DAUNTING: discouraging through fear<don?? yea he keeps fear by discouraging you and supporting others>
3.PRECIPITATE=sudden<check all the usages regarding this..a tricky one?>
4.CONUNDRUM=a difficult problem<con is opposite of pro so conundrum a difficult situation>
5.ALLEVIATE:relief<all evil ate source:http://www.mnemonicdictionary.com/?word=alleviate>
6.TAINT:state of being contaminated<stain rhymes with taint>
7.INSEMINATE=induce
8.TINGE=slight
9.GOSSAMER=lightness and delicacy<go summer->we wear light clothes<from mnemonicdictionary>>
10.TORPID=dull,sluggish<note down all the synonyms useful words for dull>
11.DECIMATE=eliminate/kill in large number<remeber decay??>
12.APPENDAGE=external body part projected<appendix from intestines>
13.DISSOLUTION=separation into component parts<opposite of resolution>
14.OBTUSE=lacking in discernment
15.DILATORY=wasting time<late in word>
16.ALLURE=enchant
17.HIATUS=interruption<hi at us when speaking?? <mnemonic dictionary>>
18.DENOUEMENT=final outcome of a complex sequence events<de + NOUncEMENT(ANNOUNCEMENT)..SO you are making an annoucement of your company's FINAL OUTCOME report.DEAL + ANOUNCEMENT(mnemonic dictionary)>
19.RETRENCHMENT=act of cutting down/reduce
20.SUCCOR=assistance in time of difficulty<sarkar(government) should help in times of trouble>
21.EDIFICES= a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
22.TRIBUTARIES=A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
23.DOMICILES=legal residence<with a dome>
24.STOLID=not easily aroused or excited<like a stone?<mnemonic dictionary>>
25.CONTRIVED= Giving a sense of artificiality<contra-opposite to natural>
26.WRY=humourosly sarcastic/mocking<wry and make others cry>
27.SALACIOUS=characterized by lust
28.DEPRICATION=express disaapproval of
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