Wordlist #1
1. Abase :
Meaning :lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble;
make (oneself) lose self- Respect
Mnemonics :abase-abe(a slang used to degrade a
person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's
opinion..Overall goes to humiliate a person....
2. Abash :
Meaning :embarrass
Mnemonics :What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u get
embarrassed.
3. Abate:
Meaning :To reduce in amount; Put an end to; subside or
moderate
Mnemonics :ab+ate , conc on ate, if u ate (spent) all ur money , ur
property comes to an end (abate)
4. Abbreviate :
Meaning :shorten
Mnemonics :abbreviate has root brev (brief) in it; brev (brief)
means in short.
Hence meaning of abbreviate is to shorten something.
5. Abdicate:
Meaning :renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)
Mnemonics :ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic
(dictatorship) + ate (to
eat and hence reduce) : means to give away (orreduce) dictatorship and
hence to give-up power.
6. Aberrant:
Meaning:abnormal or deviant
Mnemonics:ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants
normally
move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a
group of
honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour.
7. Aberration:
Meaning:deviation from the normal; mental disorder
Mnemonics:sounds like abortion which is not normal delivery.
8. Abet:
Meaning:assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
Mnemonics:a+bet a bet generally assists you to do something wrong
9. Abeyance:
Meaning:suspended action
Mnemonics:it seemingly sounds like ab+yawns.... so, think of something
like
'students started yawning and so the teacher gave them 5 mins break' i.e.
temporary
suspension...
10. Abhor:
Meaning:detest; hate
Mnemonics:abhor sounds like "a whore" and we generally hatea whore....so
to
hate someone is abhoring that person
11. Abide:
Meaning:dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate;
Mnemonics:bide in abide sounds like bind(something that binds you).....so
abide
means that fails to bind you from your heart..but you merely have to tolerate
12. Abject:
Meaning:(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very
humble;
showing lack of self-respect;
Mnemonics:Abject sounds like REJECT. Poor people are like REJECTED
(Abject)
people in the society.
13. Abjure:
Meaning:renounce upon oath
Mnemonics:abjure ~ ab (away) + jure (jury). He abjured (rejected, moved
away
from) her earlier statements in front of jury.
14. Ablution:
Meaning:washing
Mnemonics:ablution ~ a + blue + solution; just imagine someblue color
solution
used for washing clothes.
15. Abnegation:
Meaning:renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
Mnemonics:Ab-negate ~ relate negate to negative and ab to away. It implies
subtracting something. Renouncing some important aspect of your life means
sacrificing something.
16. Abode:
Meaning:dwelling place; home
Mnemonics:abode sounds jus like aboard= a+board... boardingrefers to
living
room or place
17. Abolish:
Meaning:cancel; put an end to, get rid of.
Mnemonics:a + polish (bolish): a polish puts an end to the dullness of shoes.
18. Abominable:
Meaning:detestable; extremely unpleasant
Mnemonics:AVOMIN "(pretty famous drug) given wen u feel a vomiting
Sensation (which is an unpleasant feeling)..Associate avomin to abomin...
19. Abominate:
Meaning:loathe; hate
Mnemonics:omi here sounds like omit, we omit the things we hate
20. Aboriginal:
Meaning:being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous;
N.
aborigine
Mnemonics:A+B+Origin+all : A-B are origin(initials) of all English
alphabets. i.e.
first of its kind
21. Abortive:
Meaning:unsuccessful; fruitless
Mnemonics:Relate it to abort..things usually gets aborted when it seems that
it
would be unsuccessful or fruitless
22. Abrasive:
Meaning:rubbing away; tending to grind down, harsh
Mnemonics:abrasive..it sounds like aggressive,which means harsh behavior
23. Abridge:
Meaning:condense or shorten
Mnemonics:a+bridge : bridges can shorten the transportationtime..
24. Abrogate:
Meaning:abolish
Mnemonics:Imagine a boy is making sighs to a girl standing in front of her
GATE,seeing that her BRO comes & get rid of the boy (abolish)
25. Abscission:
Meaning:cutting off; separation
Mnemonics:ab + scission = scissor scissor separates two things by cutting
them ,so
separation
26. Abscond:
Meaning:To leave secretly
Mnemonics:Abscond = ab + scond. �Absent in a second�. When you will
absent
in a second? =when u STEAL OFF & HIDE, or whenu DEPART secretly.
27. Absolute:
Meaning:complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not
relative;
Mnemonics:"solute" sounds like salute and we use to salute people certainly
having
complete power.
28. Absolve:
Meaning:pardon (an offense)
Mnemonics:ab -solve . so you solved a dispute between you and your friend
, how
did you solve it by forgiving and pardoning him/her .
29. Abstain:
Meaning:refrain; choose not to do something; intentionallynot use one's
vote;
Mnemonics:ab+stain...we tend to stay away from stain....
30. Abstemious:
Meaning:sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
Mnemonics:abs (abs) + stemious (stamina): To build stamina or six pack
abs, you
have to eat and drink carefully.
31. Abstinence:
Meaning:restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking;
Mnemonics:ab+stinence..(looks like STRINGENC(y)....MEANS sticking to
the
rules)...so your doctor has asked you to stick to the rule of eating only bread
,if you
want to reduce your belly.
32. Abstract:
Meaning:theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
Mnemonics:abstract: sounds close to extract....and you cantextract anything
from
an abstract philosophical speech or passage.
33. Abstruse:
Meaning:obscure; profound; difficult to understand
Mnemonics:It contains "ab....use". ab generally stands for negative sense
and so
'ab+ use' can be taken as difficult to use. A word will be difficult to use if it is
difficult
ABS THIN ence. A person maintained abstinence when he restrained from pleasant things like food and drinks!!!
abstract: sounds close to retract....and you cant retract anything from an abstract speech or passage.
to understand.
34. Abusive:
Meaning:coarsely insulting; physically harmful
Mnemonics:abuse+eve… don’t abuse the eve, its very insulting..
35. Abut:
Meaning:border upon; adjoin
Mnemonics:Look at your BUTT (Dont take it offensively).Its like two
pieces of
flesh together marked by a boundary in between them ..Thats abut .
36. Abysmal:
Meaning:bottomless
Mnemonics:a+bys(take dis as 20 i.e.bees in hindi)+mal(take it as mile)..... a
20 mile
deep pit in the ground looks like its bottomless
37. Abyss:
Meaning:enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit, an extremely deep hole.
Mnemonics:A+bys....(this mnemonic is in hindi...ek 20(bees)fit ka
gadda)..i.e. Vast
bottomless pit....
38. Academic:
Meaning:related to a school; not practical or directly useful
Mnemonics:academy+ic (is) = something is related to academy
abstruse rhyme with CONFUSE,there is confusion when things are not clear
39. Accede:
Meaning:agree
Mnemonics:ac+cede( means to yield)..so accede means to yield to
somebody’s
opinion or wish.
40. Accelerate:
Meaning:move faster
Mnemonics:acc (acount)+ ele (element i.e. interest) + rate grows faster…
and
reaches to high level amount.
41. Accessible:
Meaning:easy to approach; obtainable
Mnemonics:access+able = by ACCESSING interner you will be ABLE to
access
online coaching.
42. Accessory:
Meaning:additional object; useful but not essential thing
Mnemonics:access(EXCESS)+ory(ornaments)..SO you have got excess of
ornaments ,which are not very essential for you,as your clothes,then why do
you buy
this?
43. Acclaim:
Meaning:applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great
approval;
Mnemonics:A+claim..imagine you have claimed to a news channel that you
have
in the word accede acce sounds like"axe"- when you have "axe" scent girls will agree to what u said
designed a super computer ,so every where peopleare praising you for your
great
invention
44. Acclimate:
Meaning:adjust to climate or environment; adapt
Mnemonics:ac+climate : according to the climate; You have to adapt
yourself
according to the climate change.
45. Acclivity:
Meaning:sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
Mnemonics:if u knwo that cliff is A steep high face of rock, then its easy to
remember
46. Accolade:
Meaning:award of merit; strong praise and approval
Mnemonics:it sounds like chocolate.. parents accolade if kids do home work
properly
47. Accommodate:
Meaning:oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make
enough
space for;
Mnemonics:you accommodate someone when you provide accommodation,
so you
are helping him/her.
48. Accomplice:
Meaning:partner in crime
Mnemonics:accompany + police; so accompany police implies helping
police in
reducing crime ; accomplice means opposite of this : partner in crime.
49. Accord:
Meaning:agreement
Mnemonics:sounds like ACC(ACCORDING)+cord(record)...well
ACCORDING TO our RECORDS we are in agreement with our investors ,as
where to invest their money.
50. Accost:
Meaning:approach and speak first to a person
Mnemonics:accost ~ sounds like at any cost. I will approachfirst and speak
to her at
any cost.
51. Accoutre:
Meaning:equip; N. accoutrement
Mnemonics:couture means dress ,accoutre means furnish with dress or
equipment;to equip or to attire
52. Accretion:
Meaning:growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase;
increase
by natural growth;
Mnemonics:ACCRETION sounds like secretion which gives an idea of
growth in
size.
53. Accrue:
Meaning:come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by
addition;
Mnemonics:sounds like AKDU(hindi...means haughty)....so a person
becomes akdu
when he gains a lot
54. Acerbity:
Meaning:bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in
taste,
manner, or tone)
Mnemonics:acer( SIR)+bity(BITE)...well your boss(SIR) is using BITTER
WORDS FOR YOU,what are you thinking??(man to karta hai KACCHA
BITE (kha)
jauo)
55. Acetic:
Meaning:vinegary
Mnemonics:acetic is derived from acetic acid..which is a week acid,which
we
generally use to make bakery products.
56. Acidulous:
Meaning:slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic
Mnemonics:ACID..(USUALLY SOUR AND BITTER IN TASTE)...so
anything
which include acid will automatically give you sour and bitter taste
accrue sounds like acquire... accrue wealth acquire wealth gain wealth
57. Acknowledge:
Meaning:recognize; admit
Mnemonics:ac(ACCORDING)+ knowledge...according to my knowledge
recognized schools generally admit very intelligent students.
58. Acme:
Meaning:peak; pinnacle; highest point
Mnemonics:Sounds like LAKME (face cream) whose products promise
your beauty
to reach its peak.
59. Acne:
Meaning:skin disease (on the face)
Mnemonics:it sounds like LAKNE the duplicate product of LAKME... so
dnt use
dis otherwise dis will cause SKIN DISEASE...
60. Acoustics:
Meaning:science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
Mnemonics:a+co(couple)+stics(sticks)-a couple of sticks when striked
produce a
sound... producing sound relates to science of sound...
61. Acquiesce:
Meaning:assent; agree passively; comply without protest
Mnemonics:ac+QUIE+s..concentrate on the part quie. and remember
quiet..and yes
which means submissive.. or imagine some1 who isquiet will say yes or agree
without
est
62. Acquittal:
Meaning:deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or
accusation;
discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner
Mnemonics:Sounds like accusation quit i.e., to leave someth
... or
63. Acrid:
Meaning:bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent
Mnemonics:remove "r" from acrid, so now it becomes acid andacid is
always bitter
in taste and when smelt its pungent too
64. Acrimonious:
Meaning:stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured
animosity in speech or behavior
Mnemonics:a+cri+moan+us...take cri as cry.....stinging bitter words hurt
and moan
us and make us cry
65. Acrophobia:
ACQUIT=ACcusation QUITs
a+crim+onious...A CRIMe or an ONION both are BITTER :)
Meaning:fear of heights
Mnemonics:a-crow, crow fly at a HEIGHT, phobia-fear hence fear of
heights
66. Actuarial:
Meaning:calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
Mnemonics:actuarial sounds like factorial which implies doing calculation.
67. Actuary:
Meaning:someone who advises insurance companies
Mnemonics:actuary is who acts with insurance company
68. Actuate:
Meaning:motivate; activate; cause to act
Mnemonics:The senior actor, performed and motivated his junior actor. act -
to –
motivate,,thus gives ,,cause to act and motivateas synonym.
69. Acuity:
Meaning:sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
Mnemonics:acuity ~ a +cute; just imagine a cute girl you met in train who
only
have external beauty but doesn't have sharpness of mind.
70. Acumen:
Meaning:mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability tojudge quickly
and well;
Mnemonics:acumen sounds like IQ-men.. men with high IQ haveability to
judge
quickly (has keen insight).
71. Acute:
Meaning:(of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief
and
severe;
Mnemonics:acute angle is angle less than 90 degree...so angles with small
measurement will have SHARP vertex...
72. Adage:
Meaning:wise saying; proverb
Mnemonics:Adage ~ advice at age = when a person is adding in age
(increase in
age, old people) .. old people generally speaks wisely and use lots of adage in
their
conversation.
73. Adamant:
Meaning:hard; inflexible
Mnemonics:A+DAM+ant...A DAM IS GENERALLY INFLEXIBLE AND
HARD
so vehicles can pass through it.
74. Adapt:
Meaning:make or become suitable for a specific use; alter;modify; adjust;
N.
adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form;
Mnemonics:add+opt = opt for adding something new in u to suit in new
environment
acu means sharpness as we studies in ACUmen: sharpness in mind and ACUity: sharpness
75. Addendum:
Meaning:addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end
of a
speech or book)
Mnemonics:add+end+um...anything added in the end of the book.
76. Addiction:
Meaning:compulsive habitual need
Mnemonics:add+action = if u add an action in your regular routine, once u
will get
addicted to it and that is addiction
77. Addle:
Meaning:make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten
(egg)
Mnemonics:Sound like "a+ dull”, and a dull person is alwaysconfused
78. Address:
Meaning:direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's
efforts or
attention to; make with a destination; N: formalspeech
Mnemonics:
79. Adept:
Meaning:expert at; very skilled
Mnemonics:adept is close to adapt so an adept batsman like sachin adapt
himself
quickly on any kind of pitch.
80. Adhere:
add+dress i.e wearing good dress so as to speak in an interview
Meaning:stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion;
loyality
Mnemonics:Adhere is relating to a adhessive which is used to stick or join
two
materials.......so the meaning
81. Adherent:
Meaning:supporter; follower
Mnemonics:add + her + in to the group .... because she is asupporter and
follower
of our group (disciple)
82. Adjacent:
Meaning:adjoining; neighboring; close by
Mnemonics:adjust+end.. adjust him at the end of our queue..he is our
neighbor
83. Adjoin:
Meaning:be next to
Mnemonics:ad + join ~ adjacent and joining;
84. Adjourn:
Meaning:suspend until a later time; move from one place toanother
Mnemonics:add+journey to move from one place to another place
85. Adjunct:
Meaning:something attached to but holding an inferior position
Mnemonics:we add junk food in our diet which is very poor or inferior in
quality in
terms of nutrition.
Gollachut is adjunct part of Daily Prothom Alo
86. Adjuration:
Meaning:solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
Mnemonics:adjuration : ad + jur(JURY)+ ation : so a requestor appeal to
jury about
something.
87. Adjutant:
Meaning:staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
Mnemonics:Sounds like sergeant,lieutenant in army , thus they are:an army
officers
who does office work and helps other officers
88. Admonish:
Meaning:warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
Mnemonics:to avoid A DEMON-ish act, a mother Warns her naughty child
[Note:
A face of a demon as the warning Sign]
89. Adore:
Meaning:love deeply and respect highly
Mnemonics:a + dore: if you adore your wife and she adores you, it means
there is
"a dore (a thread)" between you two that increases the love.
90. Adorn:
(like as bangla ador)
Meaning:decorate
Mnemonics:adorn=ad(d)+ orn(ament). Addition of ornaments toa woman
can
adorn her body.
91. Adroit:
Meaning:skillful (in using mind or hand)
Mnemonics:adroit ~ a + draw it : sounds like draw. for drawing something
you
must be skillful.
1.Adulation
(noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Mnemonics
• adulation ~ ad + u + late; To act in an ad (advertisement) you came late,
so producer became furious...in order to cool him uneed to FLATTER
him.
2.Adulterate
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior
substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;debase,
dilute, load, stretch.
Mnemonics
• when a child becomes adult he loses his purity and innocence...so any
thing adulterated is contaminated or has lost its purity.
3.Advent
Coming;(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last
Judgment;parousia; (noun) the season including the four Sundays preceding
Christmas
Mnemonics
• advent ~ d(ad) + went : assume that if you call your dad's office to know
the arrival of your father the office boy says.....your dad(AD) went(vent)
to home...that means he is arriving.
4.Adventitious
(adj.) associated by chance and not an integral part
Mnemonics
• sounds like adventurous.. when u go for adventure then something
happens accidental..or by chance.
5.Adversary
Someone who offers opposition; antagonist; opponent; opposer;resister.
Mnemonics
• concentrate on ADVERSE : one who gives us adverse effects i.e.
opponents
advent=ad + went "went" is the past tense of go."ad vent" is opposite of "go" which is "come".(ie) "arrival".
6.Adverse
(adj.) in an opposing direction; contrary; inauspicious; untoward.
Mnemonics
• adverse ~ ad-worse, (adding worse) : something which is contrary to your
interests or welfare can only make your situation worse
7.Adversity
(noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event;(noun) a state of
misfortune or affliction; hard knocks; hardships.
Mnemonics
• ad-worse, when the conditions are worst, its your misfortune
8.Advert
Advertisement; advertise; bring up; cite; name; refer; mention; allude;
touch.; attend; give ear; hang; pay heed.
Mnemonics
• advertisement.. it sounds like that.. so ads refer to a product`
9.Advocacy
(noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading
or arguing for something; protagonism.
Mnemonics
• advocacy ~ advocate; advocate always supports his client
10.Advocate
• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; advocator.,
exponent, proponent.counsel, counselor,pleader
• (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of, preach, recommend, urge.
11.Aegis
(noun) kindly endorsement and guidance; auspices, protection.
Mnemonics
• aegis ~ age is; if your age is too much (old), you need some protection for
your body.
12.Aerie
any habitation at a high altitude,eyry,eyrie.
Mnemonics
• aerie = like 'airy' =>high altitude Rest/habitationat high altitude
13. Aesthetic
(noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
Mnemonics
• aesthetic ~ aastha (faith or belief); You have aastha in aesthetic things
(person or object)
14.Affable
diffusing warmth and friendliness; amiable, cordial.,genial.
Mnemonics
• aff+able able means sumthin possible so a friend iseasily approcahble
able to approach a fren in distress
15.Affected
acted upon; influenced, unnatural, moved, stirred, touched.
Mnemonics
• affect ~ effect; side-effects of some medicine can make you affected.
16.Affidavit
written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true
before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
affection+able=affection to others
He is affected by drug effect
Mnemonics
• AFF-ID-AVIT: now making a sentence out of it, I gave my ID to David
th judge, thus a written statement that you swear is true, and that can be
used as evidence in court
17.Affiliation
a social or business relationship, association, tie, tie-up.
Mnemonics
• affiliation....AFFI+li+ation.......look at the letters AFF+ATION...this
word rhyms like AFFecTION......SO YOU JOIN a group or you
ASSOCIATE with only people whom you like or you have some kind of
affection FOR THEM
18.Affinity
• a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
19.Affirmation
a statement asserting the existence or the truth ofsomething,avouchment,
avowal, statement,assertion.
Mnemonics
• firm in the middle of the word tells there is something positive.a positive
notion.
20.Affix
affiliation seems like affair and when you have affair with somebody you are really connected with him/her
Definition: (noun) (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
Mnemonics: affinity ~ a+feel+near+ity; you always have feeling of kinship (affinity) for people you are affiliated with
• Attach to, append, add on, supplement.
21.Affliction
a cause of great suffering and distress
Mnemonics
• it can be a combination of two words..affection andconflict....so when
there is a conflict in affection its a cause of great distress and suffering.
• Split "affliction" into "AFter conFLICTION" btw parents in family => usually results a affliction, state of distress
22.Affluence
abundant wealth, richness.
Mnemonics
• sounds like influence. Rich people generally have influence over others
hence affluence can be related to richness
23.Affront
Insult
Mnemonics
Mnemonics: affix sounds like suffix or prefix, that means add at end or begining, so affix means attach or add on
sounds like infection, which causes a state of distress, irritation and suffering
•
affleunce= a flow of cents means wealth •
: Affront=A(Aao)+front means if u come on the front,you will definitely be insulted.
• af + front.......in(front)... and whenever you insult someone in front of
others you do it intentionally to hurt them.
24.Agape
Wide open, in a state of wonder and amazement.
MnemonicsA+gape ~ a + gap; an opened mouth has gap between lips and
hence agape.
25.Agenda
• a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to, docket,
schedule, agendum, order of business.
26.Agglomeration
the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
Mnemonics
• agglomeration ~ egg + ration; Just imagine a rationstore with heaps of
eggs.
27.Aggrandize
Add details to, blow up , dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad.
Mnemonics
Otherhand confront means -- come in front .. face to face
(affront,confront both are rhyming words)
1. Abase :
Meaning :lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble;
make (oneself) lose self- Respect
Mnemonics :abase-abe(a slang used to degrade a
person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's
opinion..Overall goes to humiliate a person....
2. Abash :
Meaning :embarrass
Mnemonics :What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u get
embarrassed.
3. Abate:
Meaning :To reduce in amount; Put an end to; subside or
moderate
Mnemonics :ab+ate , conc on ate, if u ate (spent) all ur money , ur
property comes to an end (abate)
4. Abbreviate :
Meaning :shorten
Mnemonics :abbreviate has root brev (brief) in it; brev (brief)
means in short.
Hence meaning of abbreviate is to shorten something.
5. Abdicate:
Meaning :renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)
Mnemonics :ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic
(dictatorship) + ate (to
eat and hence reduce) : means to give away (orreduce) dictatorship and
hence to give-up power.
6. Aberrant:
Meaning:abnormal or deviant
Mnemonics:ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants
normally
move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a
group of
honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour.
7. Aberration:
Meaning:deviation from the normal; mental disorder
Mnemonics:sounds like abortion which is not normal delivery.
8. Abet:
Meaning:assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
Mnemonics:a+bet a bet generally assists you to do something wrong
9. Abeyance:
Meaning:suspended action
Mnemonics:it seemingly sounds like ab+yawns.... so, think of something
like
'students started yawning and so the teacher gave them 5 mins break' i.e.
temporary
suspension...
10. Abhor:
Meaning:detest; hate
Mnemonics:abhor sounds like "a whore" and we generally hatea whore....so
to
hate someone is abhoring that person
11. Abide:
Meaning:dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate;
Mnemonics:bide in abide sounds like bind(something that binds you).....so
abide
means that fails to bind you from your heart..but you merely have to tolerate
12. Abject:
Meaning:(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very
humble;
showing lack of self-respect;
Mnemonics:Abject sounds like REJECT. Poor people are like REJECTED
(Abject)
people in the society.
13. Abjure:
Meaning:renounce upon oath
Mnemonics:abjure ~ ab (away) + jure (jury). He abjured (rejected, moved
away
from) her earlier statements in front of jury.
14. Ablution:
Meaning:washing
Mnemonics:ablution ~ a + blue + solution; just imagine someblue color
solution
used for washing clothes.
15. Abnegation:
Meaning:renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation
Mnemonics:Ab-negate ~ relate negate to negative and ab to away. It implies
subtracting something. Renouncing some important aspect of your life means
sacrificing something.
16. Abode:
Meaning:dwelling place; home
Mnemonics:abode sounds jus like aboard= a+board... boardingrefers to
living
room or place
17. Abolish:
Meaning:cancel; put an end to, get rid of.
Mnemonics:a + polish (bolish): a polish puts an end to the dullness of shoes.
18. Abominable:
Meaning:detestable; extremely unpleasant
Mnemonics:AVOMIN "(pretty famous drug) given wen u feel a vomiting
Sensation (which is an unpleasant feeling)..Associate avomin to abomin...
19. Abominate:
Meaning:loathe; hate
Mnemonics:omi here sounds like omit, we omit the things we hate
20. Aboriginal:
Meaning:being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous;
N.
aborigine
Mnemonics:A+B+Origin+all : A-B are origin(initials) of all English
alphabets. i.e.
first of its kind
21. Abortive:
Meaning:unsuccessful; fruitless
Mnemonics:Relate it to abort..things usually gets aborted when it seems that
it
would be unsuccessful or fruitless
22. Abrasive:
Meaning:rubbing away; tending to grind down, harsh
Mnemonics:abrasive..it sounds like aggressive,which means harsh behavior
23. Abridge:
Meaning:condense or shorten
Mnemonics:a+bridge : bridges can shorten the transportationtime..
24. Abrogate:
Meaning:abolish
Mnemonics:Imagine a boy is making sighs to a girl standing in front of her
GATE,seeing that her BRO comes & get rid of the boy (abolish)
25. Abscission:
Meaning:cutting off; separation
Mnemonics:ab + scission = scissor scissor separates two things by cutting
them ,so
separation
26. Abscond:
Meaning:To leave secretly
Mnemonics:Abscond = ab + scond. �Absent in a second�. When you will
absent
in a second? =when u STEAL OFF & HIDE, or whenu DEPART secretly.
27. Absolute:
Meaning:complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not
relative;
Mnemonics:"solute" sounds like salute and we use to salute people certainly
having
complete power.
28. Absolve:
Meaning:pardon (an offense)
Mnemonics:ab -solve . so you solved a dispute between you and your friend
, how
did you solve it by forgiving and pardoning him/her .
29. Abstain:
Meaning:refrain; choose not to do something; intentionallynot use one's
vote;
Mnemonics:ab+stain...we tend to stay away from stain....
30. Abstemious:
Meaning:sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
Mnemonics:abs (abs) + stemious (stamina): To build stamina or six pack
abs, you
have to eat and drink carefully.
31. Abstinence:
Meaning:restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking;
Mnemonics:ab+stinence..(looks like STRINGENC(y)....MEANS sticking to
the
rules)...so your doctor has asked you to stick to the rule of eating only bread
,if you
want to reduce your belly.
32. Abstract:
Meaning:theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
Mnemonics:abstract: sounds close to extract....and you cantextract anything
from
an abstract philosophical speech or passage.
33. Abstruse:
Meaning:obscure; profound; difficult to understand
Mnemonics:It contains "ab....use". ab generally stands for negative sense
and so
'ab+ use' can be taken as difficult to use. A word will be difficult to use if it is
difficult
ABS THIN ence. A person maintained abstinence when he restrained from pleasant things like food and drinks!!!
abstract: sounds close to retract....and you cant retract anything from an abstract speech or passage.
to understand.
34. Abusive:
Meaning:coarsely insulting; physically harmful
Mnemonics:abuse+eve… don’t abuse the eve, its very insulting..
35. Abut:
Meaning:border upon; adjoin
Mnemonics:Look at your BUTT (Dont take it offensively).Its like two
pieces of
flesh together marked by a boundary in between them ..Thats abut .
36. Abysmal:
Meaning:bottomless
Mnemonics:a+bys(take dis as 20 i.e.bees in hindi)+mal(take it as mile)..... a
20 mile
deep pit in the ground looks like its bottomless
37. Abyss:
Meaning:enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit, an extremely deep hole.
Mnemonics:A+bys....(this mnemonic is in hindi...ek 20(bees)fit ka
gadda)..i.e. Vast
bottomless pit....
38. Academic:
Meaning:related to a school; not practical or directly useful
Mnemonics:academy+ic (is) = something is related to academy
abstruse rhyme with CONFUSE,there is confusion when things are not clear
39. Accede:
Meaning:agree
Mnemonics:ac+cede( means to yield)..so accede means to yield to
somebody’s
opinion or wish.
40. Accelerate:
Meaning:move faster
Mnemonics:acc (acount)+ ele (element i.e. interest) + rate grows faster…
and
reaches to high level amount.
41. Accessible:
Meaning:easy to approach; obtainable
Mnemonics:access+able = by ACCESSING interner you will be ABLE to
access
online coaching.
42. Accessory:
Meaning:additional object; useful but not essential thing
Mnemonics:access(EXCESS)+ory(ornaments)..SO you have got excess of
ornaments ,which are not very essential for you,as your clothes,then why do
you buy
this?
43. Acclaim:
Meaning:applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great
approval;
Mnemonics:A+claim..imagine you have claimed to a news channel that you
have
in the word accede acce sounds like"axe"- when you have "axe" scent girls will agree to what u said
designed a super computer ,so every where peopleare praising you for your
great
invention
44. Acclimate:
Meaning:adjust to climate or environment; adapt
Mnemonics:ac+climate : according to the climate; You have to adapt
yourself
according to the climate change.
45. Acclivity:
Meaning:sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
Mnemonics:if u knwo that cliff is A steep high face of rock, then its easy to
remember
46. Accolade:
Meaning:award of merit; strong praise and approval
Mnemonics:it sounds like chocolate.. parents accolade if kids do home work
properly
47. Accommodate:
Meaning:oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make
enough
space for;
Mnemonics:you accommodate someone when you provide accommodation,
so you
are helping him/her.
48. Accomplice:
Meaning:partner in crime
Mnemonics:accompany + police; so accompany police implies helping
police in
reducing crime ; accomplice means opposite of this : partner in crime.
49. Accord:
Meaning:agreement
Mnemonics:sounds like ACC(ACCORDING)+cord(record)...well
ACCORDING TO our RECORDS we are in agreement with our investors ,as
where to invest their money.
50. Accost:
Meaning:approach and speak first to a person
Mnemonics:accost ~ sounds like at any cost. I will approachfirst and speak
to her at
any cost.
51. Accoutre:
Meaning:equip; N. accoutrement
Mnemonics:couture means dress ,accoutre means furnish with dress or
equipment;to equip or to attire
52. Accretion:
Meaning:growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase;
increase
by natural growth;
Mnemonics:ACCRETION sounds like secretion which gives an idea of
growth in
size.
53. Accrue:
Meaning:come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by
addition;
Mnemonics:sounds like AKDU(hindi...means haughty)....so a person
becomes akdu
when he gains a lot
54. Acerbity:
Meaning:bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in
taste,
manner, or tone)
Mnemonics:acer( SIR)+bity(BITE)...well your boss(SIR) is using BITTER
WORDS FOR YOU,what are you thinking??(man to karta hai KACCHA
BITE (kha)
jauo)
55. Acetic:
Meaning:vinegary
Mnemonics:acetic is derived from acetic acid..which is a week acid,which
we
generally use to make bakery products.
56. Acidulous:
Meaning:slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic
Mnemonics:ACID..(USUALLY SOUR AND BITTER IN TASTE)...so
anything
which include acid will automatically give you sour and bitter taste
accrue sounds like acquire... accrue wealth acquire wealth gain wealth
57. Acknowledge:
Meaning:recognize; admit
Mnemonics:ac(ACCORDING)+ knowledge...according to my knowledge
recognized schools generally admit very intelligent students.
58. Acme:
Meaning:peak; pinnacle; highest point
Mnemonics:Sounds like LAKME (face cream) whose products promise
your beauty
to reach its peak.
59. Acne:
Meaning:skin disease (on the face)
Mnemonics:it sounds like LAKNE the duplicate product of LAKME... so
dnt use
dis otherwise dis will cause SKIN DISEASE...
60. Acoustics:
Meaning:science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
Mnemonics:a+co(couple)+stics(sticks)-a couple of sticks when striked
produce a
sound... producing sound relates to science of sound...
61. Acquiesce:
Meaning:assent; agree passively; comply without protest
Mnemonics:ac+QUIE+s..concentrate on the part quie. and remember
quiet..and yes
which means submissive.. or imagine some1 who isquiet will say yes or agree
without
est
62. Acquittal:
Meaning:deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or
accusation;
discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner
Mnemonics:Sounds like accusation quit i.e., to leave someth
... or
63. Acrid:
Meaning:bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent
Mnemonics:remove "r" from acrid, so now it becomes acid andacid is
always bitter
in taste and when smelt its pungent too
64. Acrimonious:
Meaning:stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured
animosity in speech or behavior
Mnemonics:a+cri+moan+us...take cri as cry.....stinging bitter words hurt
and moan
us and make us cry
65. Acrophobia:
ACQUIT=ACcusation QUITs
a+crim+onious...A CRIMe or an ONION both are BITTER :)
Meaning:fear of heights
Mnemonics:a-crow, crow fly at a HEIGHT, phobia-fear hence fear of
heights
66. Actuarial:
Meaning:calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
Mnemonics:actuarial sounds like factorial which implies doing calculation.
67. Actuary:
Meaning:someone who advises insurance companies
Mnemonics:actuary is who acts with insurance company
68. Actuate:
Meaning:motivate; activate; cause to act
Mnemonics:The senior actor, performed and motivated his junior actor. act -
to –
motivate,,thus gives ,,cause to act and motivateas synonym.
69. Acuity:
Meaning:sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
Mnemonics:acuity ~ a +cute; just imagine a cute girl you met in train who
only
have external beauty but doesn't have sharpness of mind.
70. Acumen:
Meaning:mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability tojudge quickly
and well;
Mnemonics:acumen sounds like IQ-men.. men with high IQ haveability to
judge
quickly (has keen insight).
71. Acute:
Meaning:(of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief
and
severe;
Mnemonics:acute angle is angle less than 90 degree...so angles with small
measurement will have SHARP vertex...
72. Adage:
Meaning:wise saying; proverb
Mnemonics:Adage ~ advice at age = when a person is adding in age
(increase in
age, old people) .. old people generally speaks wisely and use lots of adage in
their
conversation.
73. Adamant:
Meaning:hard; inflexible
Mnemonics:A+DAM+ant...A DAM IS GENERALLY INFLEXIBLE AND
HARD
so vehicles can pass through it.
74. Adapt:
Meaning:make or become suitable for a specific use; alter;modify; adjust;
N.
adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form;
Mnemonics:add+opt = opt for adding something new in u to suit in new
environment
acu means sharpness as we studies in ACUmen: sharpness in mind and ACUity: sharpness
75. Addendum:
Meaning:addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end
of a
speech or book)
Mnemonics:add+end+um...anything added in the end of the book.
76. Addiction:
Meaning:compulsive habitual need
Mnemonics:add+action = if u add an action in your regular routine, once u
will get
addicted to it and that is addiction
77. Addle:
Meaning:make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten
(egg)
Mnemonics:Sound like "a+ dull”, and a dull person is alwaysconfused
78. Address:
Meaning:direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's
efforts or
attention to; make with a destination; N: formalspeech
Mnemonics:
79. Adept:
Meaning:expert at; very skilled
Mnemonics:adept is close to adapt so an adept batsman like sachin adapt
himself
quickly on any kind of pitch.
80. Adhere:
add+dress i.e wearing good dress so as to speak in an interview
Meaning:stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion;
loyality
Mnemonics:Adhere is relating to a adhessive which is used to stick or join
two
materials.......so the meaning
81. Adherent:
Meaning:supporter; follower
Mnemonics:add + her + in to the group .... because she is asupporter and
follower
of our group (disciple)
82. Adjacent:
Meaning:adjoining; neighboring; close by
Mnemonics:adjust+end.. adjust him at the end of our queue..he is our
neighbor
83. Adjoin:
Meaning:be next to
Mnemonics:ad + join ~ adjacent and joining;
84. Adjourn:
Meaning:suspend until a later time; move from one place toanother
Mnemonics:add+journey to move from one place to another place
85. Adjunct:
Meaning:something attached to but holding an inferior position
Mnemonics:we add junk food in our diet which is very poor or inferior in
quality in
terms of nutrition.
Gollachut is adjunct part of Daily Prothom Alo
86. Adjuration:
Meaning:solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
Mnemonics:adjuration : ad + jur(JURY)+ ation : so a requestor appeal to
jury about
something.
87. Adjutant:
Meaning:staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
Mnemonics:Sounds like sergeant,lieutenant in army , thus they are:an army
officers
who does office work and helps other officers
88. Admonish:
Meaning:warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
Mnemonics:to avoid A DEMON-ish act, a mother Warns her naughty child
[Note:
A face of a demon as the warning Sign]
89. Adore:
Meaning:love deeply and respect highly
Mnemonics:a + dore: if you adore your wife and she adores you, it means
there is
"a dore (a thread)" between you two that increases the love.
90. Adorn:
(like as bangla ador)
Meaning:decorate
Mnemonics:adorn=ad(d)+ orn(ament). Addition of ornaments toa woman
can
adorn her body.
91. Adroit:
Meaning:skillful (in using mind or hand)
Mnemonics:adroit ~ a + draw it : sounds like draw. for drawing something
you
must be skillful.
1.Adulation
(noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Mnemonics
• adulation ~ ad + u + late; To act in an ad (advertisement) you came late,
so producer became furious...in order to cool him uneed to FLATTER
him.
2.Adulterate
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior
substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;debase,
dilute, load, stretch.
Mnemonics
• when a child becomes adult he loses his purity and innocence...so any
thing adulterated is contaminated or has lost its purity.
3.Advent
Coming;(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last
Judgment;parousia; (noun) the season including the four Sundays preceding
Christmas
Mnemonics
• advent ~ d(ad) + went : assume that if you call your dad's office to know
the arrival of your father the office boy says.....your dad(AD) went(vent)
to home...that means he is arriving.
4.Adventitious
(adj.) associated by chance and not an integral part
Mnemonics
• sounds like adventurous.. when u go for adventure then something
happens accidental..or by chance.
5.Adversary
Someone who offers opposition; antagonist; opponent; opposer;resister.
Mnemonics
• concentrate on ADVERSE : one who gives us adverse effects i.e.
opponents
advent=ad + went "went" is the past tense of go."ad vent" is opposite of "go" which is "come".(ie) "arrival".
6.Adverse
(adj.) in an opposing direction; contrary; inauspicious; untoward.
Mnemonics
• adverse ~ ad-worse, (adding worse) : something which is contrary to your
interests or welfare can only make your situation worse
7.Adversity
(noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event;(noun) a state of
misfortune or affliction; hard knocks; hardships.
Mnemonics
• ad-worse, when the conditions are worst, its your misfortune
8.Advert
Advertisement; advertise; bring up; cite; name; refer; mention; allude;
touch.; attend; give ear; hang; pay heed.
Mnemonics
• advertisement.. it sounds like that.. so ads refer to a product`
9.Advocacy
(noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading
or arguing for something; protagonism.
Mnemonics
• advocacy ~ advocate; advocate always supports his client
10.Advocate
• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; advocator.,
exponent, proponent.counsel, counselor,pleader
• (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of, preach, recommend, urge.
11.Aegis
(noun) kindly endorsement and guidance; auspices, protection.
Mnemonics
• aegis ~ age is; if your age is too much (old), you need some protection for
your body.
12.Aerie
any habitation at a high altitude,eyry,eyrie.
Mnemonics
• aerie = like 'airy' =>high altitude Rest/habitationat high altitude
13. Aesthetic
(noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
Mnemonics
• aesthetic ~ aastha (faith or belief); You have aastha in aesthetic things
(person or object)
14.Affable
diffusing warmth and friendliness; amiable, cordial.,genial.
Mnemonics
• aff+able able means sumthin possible so a friend iseasily approcahble
able to approach a fren in distress
15.Affected
acted upon; influenced, unnatural, moved, stirred, touched.
Mnemonics
• affect ~ effect; side-effects of some medicine can make you affected.
16.Affidavit
written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true
before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
affection+able=affection to others
He is affected by drug effect
Mnemonics
• AFF-ID-AVIT: now making a sentence out of it, I gave my ID to David
th judge, thus a written statement that you swear is true, and that can be
used as evidence in court
17.Affiliation
a social or business relationship, association, tie, tie-up.
Mnemonics
• affiliation....AFFI+li+ation.......look at the letters AFF+ATION...this
word rhyms like AFFecTION......SO YOU JOIN a group or you
ASSOCIATE with only people whom you like or you have some kind of
affection FOR THEM
18.Affinity
• a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
19.Affirmation
a statement asserting the existence or the truth ofsomething,avouchment,
avowal, statement,assertion.
Mnemonics
• firm in the middle of the word tells there is something positive.a positive
notion.
20.Affix
affiliation seems like affair and when you have affair with somebody you are really connected with him/her
Definition: (noun) (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
Mnemonics: affinity ~ a+feel+near+ity; you always have feeling of kinship (affinity) for people you are affiliated with
• Attach to, append, add on, supplement.
21.Affliction
a cause of great suffering and distress
Mnemonics
• it can be a combination of two words..affection andconflict....so when
there is a conflict in affection its a cause of great distress and suffering.
• Split "affliction" into "AFter conFLICTION" btw parents in family => usually results a affliction, state of distress
22.Affluence
abundant wealth, richness.
Mnemonics
• sounds like influence. Rich people generally have influence over others
hence affluence can be related to richness
23.Affront
Insult
Mnemonics
Mnemonics: affix sounds like suffix or prefix, that means add at end or begining, so affix means attach or add on
sounds like infection, which causes a state of distress, irritation and suffering
•
affleunce= a flow of cents means wealth •
: Affront=A(Aao)+front means if u come on the front,you will definitely be insulted.
• af + front.......in(front)... and whenever you insult someone in front of
others you do it intentionally to hurt them.
24.Agape
Wide open, in a state of wonder and amazement.
MnemonicsA+gape ~ a + gap; an opened mouth has gap between lips and
hence agape.
25.Agenda
• a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to, docket,
schedule, agendum, order of business.
26.Agglomeration
the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
Mnemonics
• agglomeration ~ egg + ration; Just imagine a rationstore with heaps of
eggs.
27.Aggrandize
Add details to, blow up , dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad.
Mnemonics
Otherhand confront means -- come in front .. face to face
(affront,confront both are rhyming words)
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