June 30
1. Dabbler
2. Extant
3. Rotund
4. Scant
5. Impervious
6. Fretwork
7. Accolade
8. Ostentatious
9. Gainsay
10. Revere
11. Veneration
12. Speck
13. Mite
14. Subvert
15. Potable
Issue Topic:
1. "Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it."
June 26
1. Pertinacious
2. Obloquy
3. Heretical
4. Scant
5. Meld
6. Transience
7. Scant
8. Tantalizing
9. Beguile
10. Inkling
11. Panegyric
12. Veneer
13. Fretwork
Analogies:
1. Veneer: Furniture
2. Fretwork: Ornamentation
Issue Topic:
1."It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value”
June 23
1.Myriad
2.Roil
3.Plethora
4.Buoyant
5.Cultivated
6.Preeminent
7.Tendentious
8.Rapacious
9.Exonerate
10.Tranquil
11.Digression
12.Misdemeanor
Analogies:
1. Disturbance: Tranquil
2. Aside: Digression
3. Topic: Digress
4. Misdemeanor: Crime
Issue Topic:
1. "Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity."
2. "Those who treat politics and morality as though they were separate realms fail to understand either the one or the other."
Argument Topic:
1. Milk and dairy products are rich in vitamin D and calcium, substances essential for building and maintaining bones. Many people therefore believe that a diet rich in dairy products can help prevent osteoporosis, a disease in which the bones weaken significantly with age and that is linked to both environmental and genetic factors. But a long-term study of a large number of people has found that those who have consistently consumed dairy products throughout the years of the study have a higher rate of bone fractures than any other participants in the study. Since bone fractures are a symptom of osteoporosis, this study result shows that a diet rich in dairy products may actually increase, rather than decrease, the risk of osteoporosis.
June 19
1. Detrimental
2. Trespass
3. Ignominy
4. Proscribe
5. Myriad
6. Scant
7. Castigate
8. Wax
9. Euphoria
10. Lamentation
11. Heresy
12. Orthodox
13. Loquacious
14. Lethargic
15. Hospitable
16. Misanthrope
Analogies:
1. Heresy: Orthodox
2. Loquacious: Talk
3. Lethargic: Energy
4. Hospitable: Misanthrope
Issue Topic:
1. "Students should memorize facts only after they have studied the ideas, trends, and concepts that help explain those facts. Students who have learned only facts have learned very little."
June 17
1.Awry
2.Endorsement
3.Gully
4.Anticipating
5.Countenance
6.Euphemism
7.Reify
8.Fustian
9.Intermittent
10.Pulchritude
11.Lubricant
12.Inkling
Analogies:
1.Lubricant: Friction
2.Vision: Manipulation
3.Inkling: Knowledge
June 11
1.Profuse
2.Rescind
3.Fragile
4.Prodigal
5.Exude
6.Penurious
7.Spartan
8.Impeccable
9.Altruism
Analogies:
1.Government:Food
2.Rib:Skeleton
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Verbal Questions - May 2008
May 28
1. Prolific(adj): Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile; characterized by abundant production.
Synonyms: teeming, fecund, abundant.
Antonyms: barren.
2. Consonant(adj): in agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent ; corresponding in sound, as words
Synonyms: concordant, congruous, conformant, accordant, compatible, congenial, harmonious.
Antonyms: dissonant
3. Boast(v): to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself; to glorify oneself in speech; talk in a self-admiring way
Boast(n): The act or an instance of bragging.
Synonyms(n): brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt
Synonyms(v): brag, crow, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt
4. Accolade(n): any award, honor, an expression of approval; praise; a ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation.
Synonyms: award, guerdon, honorarium, plum, premium.
5. Prig(n): A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
Priggish(adj): exaggeratedly proper
Synonyms: Victorian, bluenosed, old-maidish, precise, prim, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, genteel
6. Straddling(n): to stand or sit with a leg on each side of; to stand wide apart, as the legs; the taking of a noncommittal position
7. Belie(v): to show to be false; contradict; to misrepresent.
Synonyms: refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay, besiege, betray, camouflage, contradict, counterfeit, deceive, defame, deny, disguise, disprove, distort, slander.
Antonyms: prove, verify, support.
8. Dissipated(adj): indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; Wasted or squandered.
Synonyms: dissolute, incontinent, licentious, profligate, unbridled, unconstrained, unrestrained, wanton.
9. Nuance(n): a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response; a very slight difference or variation in color or tone
Synonyms: subtlety, nicety, hint, refinement, variation.
10. Pernicious(adj): causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious; hurtful
Synonyms: baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, fatal, malign, noxious, ruinous, toxic, lethal.
11. Gossamer(n): something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate; a fine, a fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in the air or caught on bushes or grass; a soft sheer gauzy fabric.
12. Elusive(adj): eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define; difficult to describe.
Synonyms: baffling, cagey, cunning, eely, ephemeral, equivocal, evasive, fleeting, foxy, impalpable, insidious, intangible, lubricious, mysterious, saponaceous, slippery, subtle, tricky, wily.
13. Impede(v): to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; to prevent or delay the start or progress of.
Synonyms: clog, curb, deter, disrupt, hamper, harass, hinder, interfere, obstruct, stymie, thwart.
14. Encumbrance(n): something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance; a dependent person; a charge against property; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
Synonyms: complication, debt, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, impediment, incubus, obstacle, perplexity.
15. Quarantine(n): a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease; to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons.
Synonyms: ban, confine, exclude, interdict, isolate, restrain, restrict.
Analogies:
1. Impede: Encumbrance
2.Quarantine: Isolate
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till May 23rd)
Today's Words:
1. Irrational(adj): not in accordance with reason, without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason ; utterly illogical; without or deprived of normal mental clarity or sound judgment, absurd; foolish.
Synonyms: unreasonable, ridiculous; insensate; illogical.
2. Friable(adj): easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbling.
Synonyms: fragile, frangible, brittle
3. Consensus(n): An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole; general agreement or concord.
Synonyms: unanimousness, harmony.
4. Torpor(n): A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; a state of suspended physical powers and activities; sluggish inactivity or inertia
Synonyms: stolidity, listlessness, lethargy, sleepiness, slumber, drowsiness; apathy; numbness.
5. Mollify(v): to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; to reduce the rigidity of.
Synonyms: pacify, appease, soothe, assuage, conciliate, dulcify, placate, propitiate.
6. Beguile(v): to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; to take away from by cheating or deceiving; to charm or divert
Synonyms: delude; bewitch, captivate, enchant, betray, cozen, hoodwink, humbug.
Issue Topic :
1. The best way to understand the character of a society is... only by studying its major cities.
(something similar to this)
Argument Topic:
1. Thirteen years ago, researchers studied a group of 25 infants who showed signs of mild distress when exposed to unfamiliar stimuli such as an unusual odor or a tape recording of an unknown voice. They discovered that these infants were more likely than other infants to have been conceived in early autumn, a time when their mothers' production of melatonin—a hormone known to affect some brain functions—would naturally increase in response to decreased daylight. In a follow-up study conducted earlier this year, more than half of these children—now teenagers—who had shown signs of distress identified themselves as shy. Clearly, increased levels of melatonin before birth cause shyness during infancy and this shyness continues into later life.
May 21
1. Bilious(adj): relating to or containing bile; irritable as if suffering from indigestion; extremely unpleasant or distasteful.
Synonyms: grumpy, crabby, cross, grouchy, dyspeptic; peevish; irritable; cranky.
2. Inveterate(adj): Firmly and long established; deep-rooted; settled or confirmed in a habit.
Synonyms: hardened, constant, habitual, set, fixed, rooted.
3. Hermetic(adj): Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air; not affected by outward influence or power; isolated.
4. Obscure(adj): not clear or plain, not clear to the understanding.
Synonyms: dubious, ambiguous, vague, or uncertain, blurred, veiled, undistinguished, secluded, inconspicuous, dusky, somber, abstruse.
Antonyms: certain, clear, conspicuous, bright.
5. Hygienic(adj): conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary; tending to promote or preserve health.
6. Absolve(v): to free from guilt or blame or their consequences, to grant pardon for, To pronounce clear of guilt or blame; to relieve of a requirement or obligation.
Synonyms: exculpate, acquit, exonerate, vindicate.
Antonyms: blame.
7. Mollify(v): to soften in feeling or temper, to calm in temper or feeling; to reduce the rigidity of; soften.
Synonyms: appease, assuage, calm, conciliate, dulcify, pacify, placate, propitiate.
8. Mitigate(v): to lessen in force or intensity; to make less severe
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, palliate.
9. Extricate(v): To release from an entanglement or difficulty; to liberate from combination.
Synonyms: loose, rescue, recover; disengage.
10. Assuage(v): to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease, to soothe, calm; to satisfy.
Synonyms: alleviate, lessen, relieve, mitigate, allay, appease, mollify.
Antonyms: intensify.
11. Verbiage(n): overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; the manner in which something is expressed in words.
Synonyms: diffuseness, diffusion, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verboseness, verbosity, wordage.
12. Overhaul(v): To examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; to dismantle in order to make repairs, to gain upon, catch up with, or overtake, as in a race.
Analogies:
1. Overhaul: Revision
2. Thermal: Heat
May 16
1. Sequential(adj): characterized by regular sequence of parts; following.
Synonyms: sequent, serial, subsequent, successional, successive, Sequential, consequent.
2. Latent(adj): potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; apparent; remaining in an inactive or hidden phase.
Synonyms: dormant, quiescent, veiled, abeyant, inactive, sleeping.
Antonyms: open, active.
3. Garrulous(adj): excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner; wordy or diffuse.
Synonyms: prating, babbling; verbose, prolix, loquacious.
Antonyms: reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed.
4. Effervescence(v): to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors; to show enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, etc.
5. Discordant(adj): being at variance; disagreeing;harsh; Not being in accord; conflicting; not in agreement or harmony.
Synonyms: dissonant; incongruous; Discordant; discrepant.
6. Harmony(n): agreement; accord;a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement.
Synonyms: accord, concert, concord, symphony, tune; congruity; amity, friendship; consonance, conformity, correspondence, consistency.
7. Delegation(n): the body of delegates chosen to represent a political unit, as a state, in an assembly; a group or body of delegates; authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
Synonyms: commission.
8. Pride(n): the state or feeling of being proud; a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority; an excessively high opinion of oneself.
Synonyms: conceit, self-esteem, egotism, vanity, vainglory; amour-propre, ego, self-regard, self-respect.
Antonyms: humility.
9. Esteem(v): to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
Synonyms: reverence, veneration; account, admiration, appreciation, consideration, estimation, favor, honor, regard, respect.
Antonyms: disdain.
Analogies:
1. Discordant: Harmony
2. Delegation: Represent
3. Pride: Esteem
May 14
1. Appease(v): to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; to satisfy; or relieve
Synonyms: pacify; soothe; assuage; allay; conciliate, propitiate
Antonyms: enrage; increase, arouse, sharpen; defy.
2. Estrange(v): to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; to divert from the original use or possessor; To withdraw; to withhold
Synonyms: alienate, disaffect, disunite
3. Succinct(adj): expressed in few words; characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
Synonyms: concise; terse; pithy, compendious, laconic
4. Dependant(adj): Contingent on another; Subordinate; Relying on or requiring the aid of another for support; addicted to a drug.
5. Oblivious(adj): unmindful; unconscious; unaware; forgetful; Lacking all memory
Synonyms: withdrawn, musing, daydreaming, dreamy, forgetful, distracted, abstracted.
6. Drift(n): a driving movement or force; impulse; pressure; overbearing power or influence;impetus.
7. Sequential(adj): characterized by regular sequence of parts; following;
Synonyms: sequent, serial, subsequent, successional, successive, Sequential, consequent.
8. Erudite(adj): characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.
Synonyms educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient
9. Bewilderment(n): The condition of being confused or disoriented; confusion resulting from failure to understand
Synonyms: befuddlement, discombobulation, fog, muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction, stupor, trance, daze.
10. Keen (adj): Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point; having or marked by intellectual quickness
Synonyms: cutting, bitter, caustic; piercing, penetrating, acute; discerning, astute, sagacious, shrewd, clever; avid; earnest, fervid.
Antonyms: dull.
11. Benevolent(adj): desiring to help others; charitable; characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.
Synonyms: altruistic, beneficent, benign, benignant, goodhearted, kindhearted, humane, generous, liberal, philanthropic.
Antonyms: cruel, malevolent.
Analogies:
1. Finger print: Identification
2. Frequent: Rare
Issue Topics:
1."The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
2. History is useful to find illusion of particular period of time they lived.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a newspaper feature story. "At the small, nonprofit hospital in the town of Saluda, the average length of a patient's stay is two days; at the large, for-profit hospital in the nearby city of Megaville, the average patient stay is six days. Also, the cure rate among patients in the Saluda hospital is about twice that of the Megaville hospital. The Saluda hospital has more employees per patient than the hospital in Megaville, and there are few complaints about service at the local hospital. Such data indicate that treatment in smaller, nonprofit hospitals is more economical and of better quality than treatment in larger, for-profit hospitals."
May 9
1. Affinity (n): A natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship.
Synonyms: partiality, fondness; sympathy, leaning, bent; similarity, compatibility.
Antonyms: dislike, aversion, dissimilarity, disparity
2. Invigorate (v): to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize; heighten or intensify;
3. Prolong (v): to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer; to lengthen in duration; to lengthen in extent.
Synonyms: draw out, elongate, extend, prolongate, protract, spin, stretch.
Antonyms: abbreviate
4. Appease (v): to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment;to satisfy or relieve.
Synonyms: to allay, or relieve; assuage; pacify; soothe; conciliate, dulcify, mollify, placate, propitiate.
5. Repose (n): The act of resting or the state of being at rest; peace; calm, tranquillity.
6. Elucidate (v): to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; make clear and (more) comprehensible; to provide clarification; explain
7. Stoical (adj): impassive; characterized by a calm
Synonyms: imperturbable, cool, indifferent.
Antonyms: sympathetic, warm, demonstrative, effusive.
8. Rescind (v): to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal; to invalidate (an act, measure, etc.) by a later action or a higher authority.
Synonyms: nullify; retract, withdraw; countermand, repeal, veto.
9. Maverick (n): someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action.
Synonyms: nonconformist, independent, loner.
10. Saunter (v): to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll; a leisurely walk (n).
Synonyms: amble, ramble, meander.
11. Wary(adj): watchful; being on one's guard against danger
Synonyms: alert, vigilant, guarded, circumspect, prudent.
12. Gulled (v): To deceive or cheat.
Analogies:
1. Conductor: score
2. Saunter: walk
3. Wary: gulled
4. He: she
Issue Topic:
1. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people.
1. Prolific(adj): Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile; characterized by abundant production.
Synonyms: teeming, fecund, abundant.
Antonyms: barren.
2. Consonant(adj): in agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent ; corresponding in sound, as words
Synonyms: concordant, congruous, conformant, accordant, compatible, congenial, harmonious.
Antonyms: dissonant
3. Boast(v): to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself; to glorify oneself in speech; talk in a self-admiring way
Boast(n): The act or an instance of bragging.
Synonyms(n): brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt
Synonyms(v): brag, crow, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt
4. Accolade(n): any award, honor, an expression of approval; praise; a ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation.
Synonyms: award, guerdon, honorarium, plum, premium.
5. Prig(n): A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
Priggish(adj): exaggeratedly proper
Synonyms: Victorian, bluenosed, old-maidish, precise, prim, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, genteel
6. Straddling(n): to stand or sit with a leg on each side of; to stand wide apart, as the legs; the taking of a noncommittal position
7. Belie(v): to show to be false; contradict; to misrepresent.
Synonyms: refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay, besiege, betray, camouflage, contradict, counterfeit, deceive, defame, deny, disguise, disprove, distort, slander.
Antonyms: prove, verify, support.
8. Dissipated(adj): indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; Wasted or squandered.
Synonyms: dissolute, incontinent, licentious, profligate, unbridled, unconstrained, unrestrained, wanton.
9. Nuance(n): a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response; a very slight difference or variation in color or tone
Synonyms: subtlety, nicety, hint, refinement, variation.
10. Pernicious(adj): causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious; hurtful
Synonyms: baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, fatal, malign, noxious, ruinous, toxic, lethal.
11. Gossamer(n): something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate; a fine, a fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in the air or caught on bushes or grass; a soft sheer gauzy fabric.
12. Elusive(adj): eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define; difficult to describe.
Synonyms: baffling, cagey, cunning, eely, ephemeral, equivocal, evasive, fleeting, foxy, impalpable, insidious, intangible, lubricious, mysterious, saponaceous, slippery, subtle, tricky, wily.
13. Impede(v): to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; to prevent or delay the start or progress of.
Synonyms: clog, curb, deter, disrupt, hamper, harass, hinder, interfere, obstruct, stymie, thwart.
14. Encumbrance(n): something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance; a dependent person; a charge against property; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
Synonyms: complication, debt, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, impediment, incubus, obstacle, perplexity.
15. Quarantine(n): a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease; to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons.
Synonyms: ban, confine, exclude, interdict, isolate, restrain, restrict.
Analogies:
1. Impede: Encumbrance
2.Quarantine: Isolate
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till May 23rd)
Today's Words:
1. Irrational(adj): not in accordance with reason, without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason ; utterly illogical; without or deprived of normal mental clarity or sound judgment, absurd; foolish.
Synonyms: unreasonable, ridiculous; insensate; illogical.
2. Friable(adj): easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbling.
Synonyms: fragile, frangible, brittle
3. Consensus(n): An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole; general agreement or concord.
Synonyms: unanimousness, harmony.
4. Torpor(n): A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; a state of suspended physical powers and activities; sluggish inactivity or inertia
Synonyms: stolidity, listlessness, lethargy, sleepiness, slumber, drowsiness; apathy; numbness.
5. Mollify(v): to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; to reduce the rigidity of.
Synonyms: pacify, appease, soothe, assuage, conciliate, dulcify, placate, propitiate.
6. Beguile(v): to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; to take away from by cheating or deceiving; to charm or divert
Synonyms: delude; bewitch, captivate, enchant, betray, cozen, hoodwink, humbug.
Issue Topic :
1. The best way to understand the character of a society is... only by studying its major cities.
(something similar to this)
Argument Topic:
1. Thirteen years ago, researchers studied a group of 25 infants who showed signs of mild distress when exposed to unfamiliar stimuli such as an unusual odor or a tape recording of an unknown voice. They discovered that these infants were more likely than other infants to have been conceived in early autumn, a time when their mothers' production of melatonin—a hormone known to affect some brain functions—would naturally increase in response to decreased daylight. In a follow-up study conducted earlier this year, more than half of these children—now teenagers—who had shown signs of distress identified themselves as shy. Clearly, increased levels of melatonin before birth cause shyness during infancy and this shyness continues into later life.
May 21
1. Bilious(adj): relating to or containing bile; irritable as if suffering from indigestion; extremely unpleasant or distasteful.
Synonyms: grumpy, crabby, cross, grouchy, dyspeptic; peevish; irritable; cranky.
2. Inveterate(adj): Firmly and long established; deep-rooted; settled or confirmed in a habit.
Synonyms: hardened, constant, habitual, set, fixed, rooted.
3. Hermetic(adj): Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air; not affected by outward influence or power; isolated.
4. Obscure(adj): not clear or plain, not clear to the understanding.
Synonyms: dubious, ambiguous, vague, or uncertain, blurred, veiled, undistinguished, secluded, inconspicuous, dusky, somber, abstruse.
Antonyms: certain, clear, conspicuous, bright.
5. Hygienic(adj): conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary; tending to promote or preserve health.
6. Absolve(v): to free from guilt or blame or their consequences, to grant pardon for, To pronounce clear of guilt or blame; to relieve of a requirement or obligation.
Synonyms: exculpate, acquit, exonerate, vindicate.
Antonyms: blame.
7. Mollify(v): to soften in feeling or temper, to calm in temper or feeling; to reduce the rigidity of; soften.
Synonyms: appease, assuage, calm, conciliate, dulcify, pacify, placate, propitiate.
8. Mitigate(v): to lessen in force or intensity; to make less severe
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, palliate.
9. Extricate(v): To release from an entanglement or difficulty; to liberate from combination.
Synonyms: loose, rescue, recover; disengage.
10. Assuage(v): to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease, to soothe, calm; to satisfy.
Synonyms: alleviate, lessen, relieve, mitigate, allay, appease, mollify.
Antonyms: intensify.
11. Verbiage(n): overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; the manner in which something is expressed in words.
Synonyms: diffuseness, diffusion, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verboseness, verbosity, wordage.
12. Overhaul(v): To examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; to dismantle in order to make repairs, to gain upon, catch up with, or overtake, as in a race.
Analogies:
1. Overhaul: Revision
2. Thermal: Heat
May 16
1. Sequential(adj): characterized by regular sequence of parts; following.
Synonyms: sequent, serial, subsequent, successional, successive, Sequential, consequent.
2. Latent(adj): potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; apparent; remaining in an inactive or hidden phase.
Synonyms: dormant, quiescent, veiled, abeyant, inactive, sleeping.
Antonyms: open, active.
3. Garrulous(adj): excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner; wordy or diffuse.
Synonyms: prating, babbling; verbose, prolix, loquacious.
Antonyms: reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed.
4. Effervescence(v): to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors; to show enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, etc.
5. Discordant(adj): being at variance; disagreeing;harsh; Not being in accord; conflicting; not in agreement or harmony.
Synonyms: dissonant; incongruous; Discordant; discrepant.
6. Harmony(n): agreement; accord;a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement.
Synonyms: accord, concert, concord, symphony, tune; congruity; amity, friendship; consonance, conformity, correspondence, consistency.
7. Delegation(n): the body of delegates chosen to represent a political unit, as a state, in an assembly; a group or body of delegates; authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
Synonyms: commission.
8. Pride(n): the state or feeling of being proud; a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority; an excessively high opinion of oneself.
Synonyms: conceit, self-esteem, egotism, vanity, vainglory; amour-propre, ego, self-regard, self-respect.
Antonyms: humility.
9. Esteem(v): to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
Synonyms: reverence, veneration; account, admiration, appreciation, consideration, estimation, favor, honor, regard, respect.
Antonyms: disdain.
Analogies:
1. Discordant: Harmony
2. Delegation: Represent
3. Pride: Esteem
May 14
1. Appease(v): to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; to satisfy; or relieve
Synonyms: pacify; soothe; assuage; allay; conciliate, propitiate
Antonyms: enrage; increase, arouse, sharpen; defy.
2. Estrange(v): to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; to divert from the original use or possessor; To withdraw; to withhold
Synonyms: alienate, disaffect, disunite
3. Succinct(adj): expressed in few words; characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
Synonyms: concise; terse; pithy, compendious, laconic
4. Dependant(adj): Contingent on another; Subordinate; Relying on or requiring the aid of another for support; addicted to a drug.
5. Oblivious(adj): unmindful; unconscious; unaware; forgetful; Lacking all memory
Synonyms: withdrawn, musing, daydreaming, dreamy, forgetful, distracted, abstracted.
6. Drift(n): a driving movement or force; impulse; pressure; overbearing power or influence;impetus.
7. Sequential(adj): characterized by regular sequence of parts; following;
Synonyms: sequent, serial, subsequent, successional, successive, Sequential, consequent.
8. Erudite(adj): characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.
Synonyms educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient
9. Bewilderment(n): The condition of being confused or disoriented; confusion resulting from failure to understand
Synonyms: befuddlement, discombobulation, fog, muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction, stupor, trance, daze.
10. Keen (adj): Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point; having or marked by intellectual quickness
Synonyms: cutting, bitter, caustic; piercing, penetrating, acute; discerning, astute, sagacious, shrewd, clever; avid; earnest, fervid.
Antonyms: dull.
11. Benevolent(adj): desiring to help others; charitable; characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.
Synonyms: altruistic, beneficent, benign, benignant, goodhearted, kindhearted, humane, generous, liberal, philanthropic.
Antonyms: cruel, malevolent.
Analogies:
1. Finger print: Identification
2. Frequent: Rare
Issue Topics:
1."The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
2. History is useful to find illusion of particular period of time they lived.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a newspaper feature story. "At the small, nonprofit hospital in the town of Saluda, the average length of a patient's stay is two days; at the large, for-profit hospital in the nearby city of Megaville, the average patient stay is six days. Also, the cure rate among patients in the Saluda hospital is about twice that of the Megaville hospital. The Saluda hospital has more employees per patient than the hospital in Megaville, and there are few complaints about service at the local hospital. Such data indicate that treatment in smaller, nonprofit hospitals is more economical and of better quality than treatment in larger, for-profit hospitals."
May 9
1. Affinity (n): A natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship.
Synonyms: partiality, fondness; sympathy, leaning, bent; similarity, compatibility.
Antonyms: dislike, aversion, dissimilarity, disparity
2. Invigorate (v): to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize; heighten or intensify;
3. Prolong (v): to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer; to lengthen in duration; to lengthen in extent.
Synonyms: draw out, elongate, extend, prolongate, protract, spin, stretch.
Antonyms: abbreviate
4. Appease (v): to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment;to satisfy or relieve.
Synonyms: to allay, or relieve; assuage; pacify; soothe; conciliate, dulcify, mollify, placate, propitiate.
5. Repose (n): The act of resting or the state of being at rest; peace; calm, tranquillity.
6. Elucidate (v): to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; make clear and (more) comprehensible; to provide clarification; explain
7. Stoical (adj): impassive; characterized by a calm
Synonyms: imperturbable, cool, indifferent.
Antonyms: sympathetic, warm, demonstrative, effusive.
8. Rescind (v): to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal; to invalidate (an act, measure, etc.) by a later action or a higher authority.
Synonyms: nullify; retract, withdraw; countermand, repeal, veto.
9. Maverick (n): someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action.
Synonyms: nonconformist, independent, loner.
10. Saunter (v): to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll; a leisurely walk (n).
Synonyms: amble, ramble, meander.
11. Wary(adj): watchful; being on one's guard against danger
Synonyms: alert, vigilant, guarded, circumspect, prudent.
12. Gulled (v): To deceive or cheat.
Analogies:
1. Conductor: score
2. Saunter: walk
3. Wary: gulled
4. He: she
Issue Topic:
1. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people.
Verbal Questions - April 2008
April 29
1. Maverick(n): someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action.
Synonyms: nonconformist, independent, loner.
2.Meet(v): to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter; to become acquainted with;
Synonyms: get together, rendezvous, confront, intersect, converge, unite.
Antonyms: adjourn, scatter, diverge.
3. Embolden(v): to make bold or bolder; hearten; encourage
4. Prevaricate(v): to speak falsely or misleadingly; To stray from or evade the truth;
Synonyms: evade, shift, equivocate.
5. Lachrymose(adj): suggestive of or tending to cause tears; tearful; given to shedding tears readily; mournful.
6. Dilettante(n): a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement.
Synonyms: amateur.
7. Wardrobe(n): a stock of clothes or costumes; a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes; a piece of furniture for holding clothes
8. Resilient(adj): springing back; rebounding; returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.
Synonyms: elastic, flexible, springy.
9. Ethereal(adj): extremely delicate or refined; Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;
Analogies:
1. Opera :music
2. Meet: embloden
3. wardrobe:garment
Issue topic:
1. People who pursue their own intellectual interests for purely personal reasons are more likely to benefit the rest of the world than are people who try to act for the public good.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell. "Two years ago, the town of Ocean View built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel. During the past two years, tourism in Ocean View has increased, new businesses have opened there, and Ocean View's tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell's economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in Ocean View."
April 25
1. Stasis(n): the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces; A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness.
2. Proffer(v): to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
Synonyms: bid, proposal, tender.
3. Belie(v): to show to be false; to misrepresent; to act unworthily according to the standards.
Synonyms: refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay.
Antonyms: prove, verify, support.
4. Repudiate(v): to reject as having no authority or binding force; to reject with disapproval or condemnation.
Synonyms: disavow, renounce, discard, disclaim, condemn, disapprove, deny, disacknowledge, reject.
Antonyms: accept, approve.
5. Aggrandize(v): to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend; to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
Synonyms: inflate, strengthen, exalt, magnify.
Antonyms: reduce, diminish, minimize.
6. Lithe(adj): bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible; Marked by effortless grace.
7. Happenstance(n): a chance happening or event
8. Spartan(adj): sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere; Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained, brave; undaunted.
9. Mulish(adj): as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack.
10. Persuaded(v): to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging; to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince.
11. Impetuous(adj): of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, moving with great force; violent.
Antonyms: planned, careful.
Analogies:
1. Impetuous: hesitancy
2. Mulish : persuaded
Issue Topic:
1. Importance of general welfare of people of a country rather than its achievers.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a memorandum from a dean at Omega University. "Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by thirty percent. Potential employers apparently believe the grades at Omega are inflated; this would explain why Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should now terminate student evaluation of professors."
April 22
1.Garbled(v) : to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
2.Confession(n): The act or process of confessing.; Something confessed, especially disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution; a public declaration of your faith
Synonyms: avowal; admission; acknowledgment
3.Succumb(v): to give way to superior force;to give way to superior force; To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in.
Synonyms: submit, accede, surrender.
4.Surfeit(n): excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.
Synonyms: superabundance, superfluity, stuff, gorge.
Antonyms: lack
5. Laconic(adj): using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
Synonyms brief, pithy, terse; succinct.
Antonyms: voluble.
6. Rotundity(n): the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person; fullness, as in tone or speech
7. Benediction(n): an utterance of good wishes; a blessing, an invocation of divine blessing
8. Ablution(n): a cleansing with water or other liquid; a washing of the hands, body, etc.
9. Glutton(n): A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink; a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something;
10. Quaint(adj): having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way.
Synonyms: antiquated, archaic, curious, uncommon
Antonyms: ordinary.
11.Magniloquent(adj): speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful; Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
12.Dust jacket(n): A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book.
13. Apocryphal(adj): of doubtful authorship or authenticity; Of questionable authorship or authenticity; Of questionable authorship or authenticity
14. Authenticity(n): The quality or condition of being authentic, trustworthy, or genuine
Synonyms: genuineness, realness, truthfulness, validity
15. Recant(v): to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc.; retract.
Analogies:
1.Dust jacket: books
2.Apocryphal: authenticity
3.Recant : spend
4.Glasses: vision
Issue Topic: 1.There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws
April 21
Today’s Words:
1.Assiduous(adj): constant; constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; attentive.
Synonyms: industrious, sedulous, diligent, studious, Assiduous;tireless, persistent.
Antonyms: inconstant, lazy.
2.Surmount(v): to mount upon; get on the top of; to surpass in excellence; to exceed in amount; To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer.
3.Purvey(v): to provide, furnish, or supply (esp. food or provisions) usually as a business or service; To advertise or circulate.
4.Rancor(n): bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
Synonyms: bitterness, spite, venom, animosity, embitterment, gall, resentfulness, virulence.
Antonyms: benevolence.
5.Mottle(v): to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade
6.Estimable(adj): worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration; capable of being estimated.
Synonyms: reputable, respectable, admirable, laudable, meritorious, excellent.
Antonyms: contemptible.
7.Dour(adj): Marked by sternness or harshness; Silently ill-humored; gloomy.
Synonyms: morose, sour, moody, unyielding, forbidding, sullen.
8.Salubrious(adj): favorable to or promoting health; favorable to health of mind or body; Conducive or favorable to health or well-being
9.Abet(v): to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing.
Synonyms: assist, promote, succor.
Antonyms: hinder, discourage.
10.Antediluvian(adj): a very old or old-fashioned person or thing, of or belonging to the period before the Flood; very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive, ancient.
11.Dessert(n): cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
ANALOGIES:
1.Antediluvian: age
2.Dessert: meal
April 10
1. Insipid(adj): without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink.
Synonyms: anemic, arid, banal, beige, drab, dullsville, feeble, inane, innocuous, jejune, limp, mundane, nebbish, prosaic, stale, subdued, tedious, tenuous, trite, vapid, wearisome, yawn .
Antonyms: interesting
2. Secret(adj): done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others.
Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, camouflaged, covert, enigmatical, esoteric, furtive, obscure, occult, recondite, shrouded, veiled.
Antonyms: known, public, visible
3. Annul(v): to reduce to nothing; to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate.
Synonyms: abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, countermand, efface, expunge, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, repeal, rescind, vitiate.
Antonyms: ratify, validate
4. Tantalising(adj): arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach;very pleasantly inviting.
5. Allude(v): to refer casually or indirectly;to contain a casual or indirect reference.
Synonyms: imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest.
Antonyms: advertise, keep quiet, keep secret.
6. Virile(adj): having or exhibiting masculine energy, forcefulness, or strength in a marked degree.
Synonyms: colt, hairy, hunk, jock, jockstrap, lusty, mannism, procreative, robust, stud, vigorous.
Antonyms: effeminate, impotent, unmanly
7. Demography(n): the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
Synonyms: anthropology, census-taking, population analysis, population density, population growth, population size, population studies, population vital statistics.
8. Opera(n): the form or branch of musical and dramatic art represented by such compositions.
Analogies:
1. Demography: population
2. Singers: opera
3. Classroom: teacher
Issue Topic:
1. "Although many people know how to achieve success, but very few people achieve it"
April 8
1.Dissension(n):strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
Synonyms: altercation, contention, dissent, faction, fuss, strife, variance, wrangle.
Antonyms: accord, agreement, comity, harmony.
2.Enliven(v): to make vigorous or active; invigorate; To make lively or spirited; brighten.
Synonyms: animate, brace up, buoy, exhilarate, galvanize, invigorate, rejuvenate, vitalize, vify.
Antonyms: bore, dampen, dull, extinguish, subdue, tire.
3.Nugatory(adj): of no real value; trifling; worthless; of no force or effect; ineffective; futile
4.Zeitgeist(n): the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.
5.Welsh(v): to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt; to go back on one's word.
Synonyms: bamboozle, con, defraud, dodge, flimflam, hoodwink, scam.
6.Yank(v): to pull or remove abruptly and vigorously; an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
7.Feint(n): a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; a feigned or assumed appearance
Synonyms: artifice, bait, bluff, distraction, dodge, expedient, gambit, hoax, imposture, maneuver, pretension, ruse, snare, subterfuge, wile.
8.Exchequer(n): a treasury, as of a state or nation.
9.Gubernatorial(adj): of or pertaining to a state governor or the office of state governor.
10.Frieze(n): any decorative band on an outside wall, broader than a stringcourse and bearing lettering, sculpture, etc.
11.Expatiate(v): to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme.
12.Rig(v): to put in proper order for working or use; to assemble, install, or prepare Synonyms: accouterments, apparatus, equipage, fixtures, outfit, tackle.
13.Loom(n): the art or the process of weaving.
Synonyms: approach, be forthcoming, be imminent, brew, dawn, emanate, impend, menace, overhang, portend.
14.Dabble(v): to play and splash in or as if in water, esp. with the hands; to wet slightly in or with a liquid; splash;
Synonyms: boggle, boondoggle, dally, diddle, jerk off, potchky, trifle, twiddle.
Antonyms: be into, be proficient, take seriously.
15. Lurk(v): to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; to exist unperceived or unsuspected
Synonyms: creep, crouch, prowl, skulk, slink, sneak.
16.Libretto(n): the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
17.Whit(n): a particle; bit; jot (used esp. in negative phrases);
Synonyms: atom, crumb, fragment, mite, modicum, speck, trace.
Antonyms: lot
18.Whiff(n): a slight gust or puff of wind, air, vapor, smoke; a slight trace of odor or smell.
Synonyms: aroma, blast, draught, flatus, gust, inhalation, smack, soupcon, trifle, waft.
19.Staccato(adj): shortened and detached when played or sung.
April 7
1.Cull(v): to choose; select; pick; pluck.
Synonyms: discriminate, elect, glean, optate, sift, winnow.
2.Seer(n): a person who sees; observer; a person who prophesies future events.
Synonyms: augur, channeller, oracle, soothsayer,
3.Tantamount(adj): equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
Synonyms: commensurate, indistinguishable, synonymous.
Antonyms: different, opposite.
4.Fastidious(adj): excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
Synonyms: captious, dainty, discriminating, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, meticulous, nitpicky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling.
Antonyms: indifferent, sloppy, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding.
5.Daft(adj): senseless, stupid, or foolish; insane; crazy.
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, demented, giddy, lunatic, ridiculous, wacky.
Antonyms: rational, sane, sensible, sound, wise.
6.Feckless(adj): ineffective; incompetent; futile;having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Synonyms: feeble, fustian, futile, incautious, ineffectual, , wild.
Antonyms: competent, efficient, important, purposeful, responsible, useful.
7.Bravura(n): a display of daring; brilliant performance; A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity;(adj)--> Showy; ostentatious.
8.Perspicuous(adj): clearly expressed or presented; lucid; easy to understand.
Synonyms: apparent, comprehensible, explicit, limpid, pellucid, unambiguous, unblurred.
9.Exoteric(adj): suitable for or communicated to the general public;Not confined to an inner circle of disciples or initiates.
10.Gargoyle(n): a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
11.Weltschmerz(n): sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
12.Garbled(v): to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
13.Physiognomy(n): the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character;the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character.
14.Spat(n): a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bickering, discord, dissension, embroilment, feud, fracas, fuss, hubbub, squabble, strife, tiff.
15.Wrench(v): to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
Synonyms: coerce, contort, dislodge, pervert, rend, tweak, yank.
16.Jibe(v): to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
Synonyms: accord, dovetail, harmonize, tally.
April 4
1.Slight(adj): small in amount; of little importance
Synonyms: feeble, insubstantial, meager, paltry, piddling, scanty, sparse, trifling, trivial
Antonyms: big, considerable.
2.Tantalize(v): tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed
Synonyms: annoy, badger, baffle, beleaguer, entice, frustrate, gnaw, pester, plague, taunt, thwart, titillate.
Antonyms: disenchant, repulse, turn off.
3.Bilk(v): to defraud; cheat
Synonyms: circumvent, con, defraud, foil, frustrate, overreach, ruin, swindle, thwart.
Antonyms: give, give away
4. Invidious(adj): calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful; offensively or unfairly discriminating
Synonyms: abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detractive, discriminatory, envious, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, vilifying.
Antonyms: desirable, pleasant
5.Calcify(v): To make or become inflexible and unchanging; To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts
Antonyms: liquefy, soften.
6.Whet(v): to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction; to make keen or eager; stimulate
Synonyms: edge, file, finish, grind, hone, sharpen, strop
Antonyms: blunt, dull
7.Invective(n): vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach; vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach
Synonyms: accusation, berating, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy, philippic, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, vilification, vituperation
Antonyms: praise.
8.Trenchant(adj): incisive or keen; vigorous; effective; energetic; clearly or sharply defined.
Synonyms: acerbic, acidulous, acute, astringent, caustic, crisp, emphatic, incisive, piquant, scathing, sententious, tart, unequivocal, vigorous
Antonyms: kind, nice.
9.Insipid(adj): without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities;without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink
Synonyms: anemic, arid, beige, drab, driveling, dullsville, feeble, inane, innocuous, jejune, mundane, nebbish, prosaic, subdued, tedious, tenuous, trite, vapid, wearisome.
Antonyms: interesting
10. Abdicate(v): to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility.
Synonyms: abandon, abjure, abnegate, disclaim, forgo, relinquish, repudiate, waive.
Antonyms: appropriate, arrogate, assert, challenge, claim, hold, maintain, retain, take charge, usurp.
Analogies:
1.Trenchant: insipid
2.Abdicate: throne
Issue Topic:
1.Laws are of two kinds: just laws and unjust laws. It is every individual's responsibility to obey just laws and more importantly to disobey and resist unjust laws.
2.History teaches us that decisions about future cannot be made based on past experiences. (Something like this...)
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Apr 3rd)
Today's Words:
1. Exacerbate
2. Stern
3. Debauched
4. Lampoon
5. Impeachable
6. Gratuitous
7. Feral
8. Amenable
9. Futility
10. Pragmatic
11. Saboteur
12. Disrupt
Analogies:
1. Starryeyed: Pragmatic
2. Saboteur: Disrupt
3. choreograph:movement
Issue Topic:
1. The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its heroines.
April 1
Today’s Words:
1. Hankering(n) : a longing; craving, to have a strong, often restless desire.
Synonyms: craving, hunger, pining, thirst, urge, weakness, yearning, zazzle.
Antonyms: aversion.
2 .Layover(n): a short stop or break in a journey, usually imposed by scheduling requirements;
3. Allude(v): to refer casually or indirectly.
Synonyms: imply, insinuate, intimate, refer, suggest
Antonyms: advertise, keep quiet, keep secret.
4. Banquet(n): a lavish meal; feast.
Synonyms: festivity, fete, regale, repast.
Antonyms: light meal, snack
5. Happenstance(n): a chance happening or event.
6. Conundrum(n): anything that puzzles; a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words.
Synonyms: brain-teaser, enigma, mystery, mystification.
7. Escalation(v): to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.
8.Mettle(n): courage and fortitude, disposition or temperament.
Synonyms: animation, ardor, caliber, dauntlessness, gallantry, gameness, hardihood, indomitability, moxie, spunk, valor, vigor, vitality.
9.Taut(adj): tightly drawn; tense; not slack; emotionally or mentally strained or tense; in good order or condition; tidy; neat.
Synonyms: flexed, snug, stiff, trim, unyielding
Antonyms: droopy, flabby, loose, slack.
10. Haunter(n): One who, or that which, haunts(to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost, to disturb or distress; cause to have anxiety; trouble; worry).
11. Symphony(n): harmony of sounds; anything characterized by a harmonious combination of elements, esp. an effective combination of colors; agreement; concord.
12. Immutable(adj): not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
Synonyms: abiding, ageless, constant, enduring, inflexible, invariable, permanent, perpetual, sacrosanct, stable, steadfast, unalterable.
Antonyms: changeable, variable.
13. Qurush(n): a former coin and fractional monetary unit of several Middle Eastern and North African countries.
14. Haphazard(adj): characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless; mere chance; accident.
Synonyms: accidental, arbitrary, desultory, erratically, fluke, incidental, indiscriminate, offhand, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, unconscious, unpremeditated.
Antonyms: methodical, planned, systematic.
Analogies:
1.Haphazard : order
2.Layover : Journey
3.Obstreperous :Control
Issue Topic:
1.Today’s advertisements are affecting people a lot. They show that if you use the product you “would be like” the model in the advertisement, so this concept is very effective.
1. Maverick(n): someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action.
Synonyms: nonconformist, independent, loner.
2.Meet(v): to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter; to become acquainted with;
Synonyms: get together, rendezvous, confront, intersect, converge, unite.
Antonyms: adjourn, scatter, diverge.
3. Embolden(v): to make bold or bolder; hearten; encourage
4. Prevaricate(v): to speak falsely or misleadingly; To stray from or evade the truth;
Synonyms: evade, shift, equivocate.
5. Lachrymose(adj): suggestive of or tending to cause tears; tearful; given to shedding tears readily; mournful.
6. Dilettante(n): a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement.
Synonyms: amateur.
7. Wardrobe(n): a stock of clothes or costumes; a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes; a piece of furniture for holding clothes
8. Resilient(adj): springing back; rebounding; returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.
Synonyms: elastic, flexible, springy.
9. Ethereal(adj): extremely delicate or refined; Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality;
Analogies:
1. Opera :music
2. Meet: embloden
3. wardrobe:garment
Issue topic:
1. People who pursue their own intellectual interests for purely personal reasons are more likely to benefit the rest of the world than are people who try to act for the public good.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell. "Two years ago, the town of Ocean View built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel. During the past two years, tourism in Ocean View has increased, new businesses have opened there, and Ocean View's tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell's economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in Ocean View."
April 25
1. Stasis(n): the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces; A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness.
2. Proffer(v): to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
Synonyms: bid, proposal, tender.
3. Belie(v): to show to be false; to misrepresent; to act unworthily according to the standards.
Synonyms: refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay.
Antonyms: prove, verify, support.
4. Repudiate(v): to reject as having no authority or binding force; to reject with disapproval or condemnation.
Synonyms: disavow, renounce, discard, disclaim, condemn, disapprove, deny, disacknowledge, reject.
Antonyms: accept, approve.
5. Aggrandize(v): to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend; to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
Synonyms: inflate, strengthen, exalt, magnify.
Antonyms: reduce, diminish, minimize.
6. Lithe(adj): bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible; Marked by effortless grace.
7. Happenstance(n): a chance happening or event
8. Spartan(adj): sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere; Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained, brave; undaunted.
9. Mulish(adj): as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack.
10. Persuaded(v): to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging; to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince.
11. Impetuous(adj): of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, moving with great force; violent.
Antonyms: planned, careful.
Analogies:
1. Impetuous: hesitancy
2. Mulish : persuaded
Issue Topic:
1. Importance of general welfare of people of a country rather than its achievers.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a memorandum from a dean at Omega University. "Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by thirty percent. Potential employers apparently believe the grades at Omega are inflated; this would explain why Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should now terminate student evaluation of professors."
April 22
1.Garbled(v) : to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
2.Confession(n): The act or process of confessing.; Something confessed, especially disclosure of one's sins to a priest for absolution; a public declaration of your faith
Synonyms: avowal; admission; acknowledgment
3.Succumb(v): to give way to superior force;to give way to superior force; To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in.
Synonyms: submit, accede, surrender.
4.Surfeit(n): excess; an excessive amount; excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.
Synonyms: superabundance, superfluity, stuff, gorge.
Antonyms: lack
5. Laconic(adj): using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
Synonyms brief, pithy, terse; succinct.
Antonyms: voluble.
6. Rotundity(n): the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person; fullness, as in tone or speech
7. Benediction(n): an utterance of good wishes; a blessing, an invocation of divine blessing
8. Ablution(n): a cleansing with water or other liquid; a washing of the hands, body, etc.
9. Glutton(n): A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink; a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something;
10. Quaint(adj): having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way.
Synonyms: antiquated, archaic, curious, uncommon
Antonyms: ordinary.
11.Magniloquent(adj): speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful; Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
12.Dust jacket(n): A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book.
13. Apocryphal(adj): of doubtful authorship or authenticity; Of questionable authorship or authenticity; Of questionable authorship or authenticity
14. Authenticity(n): The quality or condition of being authentic, trustworthy, or genuine
Synonyms: genuineness, realness, truthfulness, validity
15. Recant(v): to withdraw or disavow a statement, opinion, etc.; retract.
Analogies:
1.Dust jacket: books
2.Apocryphal: authenticity
3.Recant : spend
4.Glasses: vision
Issue Topic: 1.There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws
April 21
Today’s Words:
1.Assiduous(adj): constant; constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; attentive.
Synonyms: industrious, sedulous, diligent, studious, Assiduous;tireless, persistent.
Antonyms: inconstant, lazy.
2.Surmount(v): to mount upon; get on the top of; to surpass in excellence; to exceed in amount; To overcome (an obstacle, for example); conquer.
3.Purvey(v): to provide, furnish, or supply (esp. food or provisions) usually as a business or service; To advertise or circulate.
4.Rancor(n): bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
Synonyms: bitterness, spite, venom, animosity, embitterment, gall, resentfulness, virulence.
Antonyms: benevolence.
5.Mottle(v): to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade
6.Estimable(adj): worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration; capable of being estimated.
Synonyms: reputable, respectable, admirable, laudable, meritorious, excellent.
Antonyms: contemptible.
7.Dour(adj): Marked by sternness or harshness; Silently ill-humored; gloomy.
Synonyms: morose, sour, moody, unyielding, forbidding, sullen.
8.Salubrious(adj): favorable to or promoting health; favorable to health of mind or body; Conducive or favorable to health or well-being
9.Abet(v): to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing.
Synonyms: assist, promote, succor.
Antonyms: hinder, discourage.
10.Antediluvian(adj): a very old or old-fashioned person or thing, of or belonging to the period before the Flood; very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive, ancient.
11.Dessert(n): cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
ANALOGIES:
1.Antediluvian: age
2.Dessert: meal
April 10
1. Insipid(adj): without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink.
Synonyms: anemic, arid, banal, beige, drab, dullsville, feeble, inane, innocuous, jejune, limp, mundane, nebbish, prosaic, stale, subdued, tedious, tenuous, trite, vapid, wearisome, yawn .
Antonyms: interesting
2. Secret(adj): done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others.
Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, camouflaged, covert, enigmatical, esoteric, furtive, obscure, occult, recondite, shrouded, veiled.
Antonyms: known, public, visible
3. Annul(v): to reduce to nothing; to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate.
Synonyms: abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, countermand, efface, expunge, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, repeal, rescind, vitiate.
Antonyms: ratify, validate
4. Tantalising(adj): arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach;very pleasantly inviting.
5. Allude(v): to refer casually or indirectly;to contain a casual or indirect reference.
Synonyms: imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest.
Antonyms: advertise, keep quiet, keep secret.
6. Virile(adj): having or exhibiting masculine energy, forcefulness, or strength in a marked degree.
Synonyms: colt, hairy, hunk, jock, jockstrap, lusty, mannism, procreative, robust, stud, vigorous.
Antonyms: effeminate, impotent, unmanly
7. Demography(n): the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
Synonyms: anthropology, census-taking, population analysis, population density, population growth, population size, population studies, population vital statistics.
8. Opera(n): the form or branch of musical and dramatic art represented by such compositions.
Analogies:
1. Demography: population
2. Singers: opera
3. Classroom: teacher
Issue Topic:
1. "Although many people know how to achieve success, but very few people achieve it"
April 8
1.Dissension(n):strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
Synonyms: altercation, contention, dissent, faction, fuss, strife, variance, wrangle.
Antonyms: accord, agreement, comity, harmony.
2.Enliven(v): to make vigorous or active; invigorate; To make lively or spirited; brighten.
Synonyms: animate, brace up, buoy, exhilarate, galvanize, invigorate, rejuvenate, vitalize, vify.
Antonyms: bore, dampen, dull, extinguish, subdue, tire.
3.Nugatory(adj): of no real value; trifling; worthless; of no force or effect; ineffective; futile
4.Zeitgeist(n): the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.
5.Welsh(v): to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt; to go back on one's word.
Synonyms: bamboozle, con, defraud, dodge, flimflam, hoodwink, scam.
6.Yank(v): to pull or remove abruptly and vigorously; an abrupt, vigorous pull; jerk.
7.Feint(n): a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; a feigned or assumed appearance
Synonyms: artifice, bait, bluff, distraction, dodge, expedient, gambit, hoax, imposture, maneuver, pretension, ruse, snare, subterfuge, wile.
8.Exchequer(n): a treasury, as of a state or nation.
9.Gubernatorial(adj): of or pertaining to a state governor or the office of state governor.
10.Frieze(n): any decorative band on an outside wall, broader than a stringcourse and bearing lettering, sculpture, etc.
11.Expatiate(v): to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme.
12.Rig(v): to put in proper order for working or use; to assemble, install, or prepare Synonyms: accouterments, apparatus, equipage, fixtures, outfit, tackle.
13.Loom(n): the art or the process of weaving.
Synonyms: approach, be forthcoming, be imminent, brew, dawn, emanate, impend, menace, overhang, portend.
14.Dabble(v): to play and splash in or as if in water, esp. with the hands; to wet slightly in or with a liquid; splash;
Synonyms: boggle, boondoggle, dally, diddle, jerk off, potchky, trifle, twiddle.
Antonyms: be into, be proficient, take seriously.
15. Lurk(v): to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; to exist unperceived or unsuspected
Synonyms: creep, crouch, prowl, skulk, slink, sneak.
16.Libretto(n): the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
17.Whit(n): a particle; bit; jot (used esp. in negative phrases);
Synonyms: atom, crumb, fragment, mite, modicum, speck, trace.
Antonyms: lot
18.Whiff(n): a slight gust or puff of wind, air, vapor, smoke; a slight trace of odor or smell.
Synonyms: aroma, blast, draught, flatus, gust, inhalation, smack, soupcon, trifle, waft.
19.Staccato(adj): shortened and detached when played or sung.
April 7
1.Cull(v): to choose; select; pick; pluck.
Synonyms: discriminate, elect, glean, optate, sift, winnow.
2.Seer(n): a person who sees; observer; a person who prophesies future events.
Synonyms: augur, channeller, oracle, soothsayer,
3.Tantamount(adj): equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
Synonyms: commensurate, indistinguishable, synonymous.
Antonyms: different, opposite.
4.Fastidious(adj): excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
Synonyms: captious, dainty, discriminating, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, meticulous, nitpicky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling.
Antonyms: indifferent, sloppy, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding.
5.Daft(adj): senseless, stupid, or foolish; insane; crazy.
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, bedlamite, bonkers, demented, giddy, lunatic, ridiculous, wacky.
Antonyms: rational, sane, sensible, sound, wise.
6.Feckless(adj): ineffective; incompetent; futile;having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Synonyms: feeble, fustian, futile, incautious, ineffectual, , wild.
Antonyms: competent, efficient, important, purposeful, responsible, useful.
7.Bravura(n): a display of daring; brilliant performance; A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity;(adj)--> Showy; ostentatious.
8.Perspicuous(adj): clearly expressed or presented; lucid; easy to understand.
Synonyms: apparent, comprehensible, explicit, limpid, pellucid, unambiguous, unblurred.
9.Exoteric(adj): suitable for or communicated to the general public;Not confined to an inner circle of disciples or initiates.
10.Gargoyle(n): a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
11.Weltschmerz(n): sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
12.Garbled(v): to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.)
13.Physiognomy(n): the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character;the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character.
14.Spat(n): a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Synonyms: altercation, argument, bickering, discord, dissension, embroilment, feud, fracas, fuss, hubbub, squabble, strife, tiff.
15.Wrench(v): to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
Synonyms: coerce, contort, dislodge, pervert, rend, tweak, yank.
16.Jibe(v): to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
Synonyms: accord, dovetail, harmonize, tally.
April 4
1.Slight(adj): small in amount; of little importance
Synonyms: feeble, insubstantial, meager, paltry, piddling, scanty, sparse, trifling, trivial
Antonyms: big, considerable.
2.Tantalize(v): tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed
Synonyms: annoy, badger, baffle, beleaguer, entice, frustrate, gnaw, pester, plague, taunt, thwart, titillate.
Antonyms: disenchant, repulse, turn off.
3.Bilk(v): to defraud; cheat
Synonyms: circumvent, con, defraud, foil, frustrate, overreach, ruin, swindle, thwart.
Antonyms: give, give away
4. Invidious(adj): calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful; offensively or unfairly discriminating
Synonyms: abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detractive, discriminatory, envious, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, vilifying.
Antonyms: desirable, pleasant
5.Calcify(v): To make or become inflexible and unchanging; To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts
Antonyms: liquefy, soften.
6.Whet(v): to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction; to make keen or eager; stimulate
Synonyms: edge, file, finish, grind, hone, sharpen, strop
Antonyms: blunt, dull
7.Invective(n): vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach; vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach
Synonyms: accusation, berating, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy, philippic, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, vilification, vituperation
Antonyms: praise.
8.Trenchant(adj): incisive or keen; vigorous; effective; energetic; clearly or sharply defined.
Synonyms: acerbic, acidulous, acute, astringent, caustic, crisp, emphatic, incisive, piquant, scathing, sententious, tart, unequivocal, vigorous
Antonyms: kind, nice.
9.Insipid(adj): without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities;without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink
Synonyms: anemic, arid, beige, drab, driveling, dullsville, feeble, inane, innocuous, jejune, mundane, nebbish, prosaic, subdued, tedious, tenuous, trite, vapid, wearisome.
Antonyms: interesting
10. Abdicate(v): to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility.
Synonyms: abandon, abjure, abnegate, disclaim, forgo, relinquish, repudiate, waive.
Antonyms: appropriate, arrogate, assert, challenge, claim, hold, maintain, retain, take charge, usurp.
Analogies:
1.Trenchant: insipid
2.Abdicate: throne
Issue Topic:
1.Laws are of two kinds: just laws and unjust laws. It is every individual's responsibility to obey just laws and more importantly to disobey and resist unjust laws.
2.History teaches us that decisions about future cannot be made based on past experiences. (Something like this...)
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Apr 3rd)
Today's Words:
1. Exacerbate
2. Stern
3. Debauched
4. Lampoon
5. Impeachable
6. Gratuitous
7. Feral
8. Amenable
9. Futility
10. Pragmatic
11. Saboteur
12. Disrupt
Analogies:
1. Starryeyed: Pragmatic
2. Saboteur: Disrupt
3. choreograph:movement
Issue Topic:
1. The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its heroines.
April 1
Today’s Words:
1. Hankering(n) : a longing; craving, to have a strong, often restless desire.
Synonyms: craving, hunger, pining, thirst, urge, weakness, yearning, zazzle.
Antonyms: aversion.
2 .Layover(n): a short stop or break in a journey, usually imposed by scheduling requirements;
3. Allude(v): to refer casually or indirectly.
Synonyms: imply, insinuate, intimate, refer, suggest
Antonyms: advertise, keep quiet, keep secret.
4. Banquet(n): a lavish meal; feast.
Synonyms: festivity, fete, regale, repast.
Antonyms: light meal, snack
5. Happenstance(n): a chance happening or event.
6. Conundrum(n): anything that puzzles; a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words.
Synonyms: brain-teaser, enigma, mystery, mystification.
7. Escalation(v): to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.
8.Mettle(n): courage and fortitude, disposition or temperament.
Synonyms: animation, ardor, caliber, dauntlessness, gallantry, gameness, hardihood, indomitability, moxie, spunk, valor, vigor, vitality.
9.Taut(adj): tightly drawn; tense; not slack; emotionally or mentally strained or tense; in good order or condition; tidy; neat.
Synonyms: flexed, snug, stiff, trim, unyielding
Antonyms: droopy, flabby, loose, slack.
10. Haunter(n): One who, or that which, haunts(to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost, to disturb or distress; cause to have anxiety; trouble; worry).
11. Symphony(n): harmony of sounds; anything characterized by a harmonious combination of elements, esp. an effective combination of colors; agreement; concord.
12. Immutable(adj): not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
Synonyms: abiding, ageless, constant, enduring, inflexible, invariable, permanent, perpetual, sacrosanct, stable, steadfast, unalterable.
Antonyms: changeable, variable.
13. Qurush(n): a former coin and fractional monetary unit of several Middle Eastern and North African countries.
14. Haphazard(adj): characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless; mere chance; accident.
Synonyms: accidental, arbitrary, desultory, erratically, fluke, incidental, indiscriminate, offhand, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, unconscious, unpremeditated.
Antonyms: methodical, planned, systematic.
Analogies:
1.Haphazard : order
2.Layover : Journey
3.Obstreperous :Control
Issue Topic:
1.Today’s advertisements are affecting people a lot. They show that if you use the product you “would be like” the model in the advertisement, so this concept is very effective.
Verbal Questions - March 2008
March 31
1. Affinity
2. Innocuous
3. Nuance
4. Altruistic
5. Pervasive
6. Euphemism
7. Rhetoric
8. Prevarication
9. Metaphor
10. Boredoom
Analogies:
1. Euphemism : Offense
2. Rhetoric: Persuation
3. Prevarication : Truth
4. Metaphor : Description
5. Repetion : Boredoom
6. Concilation : Appeasement
March 28
1.Sustain
2.Bellicose
3.Unbridled
4.Profuse
5.Ponderous
6.Worldly
7.Misdemeanor
8.Discreditable
9.Isthmus
Analogies:
1.Discreditable: honorable
2.Isthmus: land
3.Misdemeanor: crime
Issue Topic:
1.How important is it on the part of universities to offer various courses to a student apart from his subjects.
2.It was related to impact of economics and communication on arts, science, and politics.
March 27
1. Covert
2. Lacerate
3. Veracious
4. Invigorate
5. Regression
6. Sop
7. Hull
8. Fix
9. Thrifty
10. Miserly
11. Grueling
12. Accolade
13. Transitoriness
14. Truss
Analogies:
1. Truss: support
Issue Topic:
1. Rituals and ceremonies help to define a culture, without them socities or group of people have a diminished sense of who they are.
Argument Topic:
1. "The following appeared in a letter to the school board in the town of Centerville. "All students should be required to take the driver's education course at Centerville High School. In the past two years several accidents in and around Centerville have involved teenage drivers. Since a number of parents in Centerville have complained that they are too busy to teach their teenagers to drive, some other instruction is necessary to ensure that these teenagers are safe drivers. Although there are two driving schools in Centerville, parents on a tight budget cannot afford to pay for driving instruction. Therefore an effective and mandatory program sponsored by the high school is the only solution to this serious problem."
March 26
1. Magniloquent
2. Likeminded
3. Facile
4. Repudiate
5. Avowal
6. Malaise
7. Encipher
8. Spartan
9. Garrulous
10. Splurge
11. Circuitous
12. Purism
Analogies:
1. Truculent: Light
2. Nugatory: worth
3. Sycophant: fawn
4. Senility:consciousness
Issue Topic:
1. Is picture more effective to communicate large group of people or language is more effective to communicate.
Argument Topic:
1.A Letter to the editor of Farming publications. It was about growing health consciousness among people. Researches tells that eating too much sugar causes ill effects and therefore their will be decrease in sugar demand in future. So the farmers in our state are suggested to grow pea nuts instead of sugarcane where peanuts are high on proteins and low on sugar. In the neighboring country Palin the farmers increased the production of peanuts, and therefore their countries revenue increased.
March 25
Today’s Words:
1.Askew
2.Perfidious
3.Skirt
4.Obdurate
5.Plethora
6.Ebullient
7.Torpor
8.Lassitude
9.Invigorate
10.Apocryphal
11.Lugubrious
12.Mishap
13.Capricious
14.Nibble
15.Authenticity
16.Yield
17.Avowal
18.Lionize
19.Isthmus
20. Torpor
21. Exonerate
22. Invigorate
23. Lassitude
24. Dissimulation
Antonyms:
1.Halcyon
2.Torpor
3.Equivocal
4.Daft
5.Exculpate
6.Mawkish
7.Incorrigible
8.Aberrant
9.Mulish
Analogies:
1.Mishap: accident
2.Hole: Perforation
3.Capricious: Fickle
4.Nibble: bite
5.Apocryphal: authenticity
6.Adamant: Moved
7.Isthmus: Land
March 24
1. Scrap
2. Retarded
3. Cacanny
4. Truss
5. Regression
6. Phlegmatic
7. Reify
8. Convivial
9. Duly
10. Ladle
11. Rivet
12. Reconciliation
13. Vivid
14. Pundit
15. Opine
Analogies:
1. Mediate: Reconciliation
2. Vivid: Inspiration
3. pundit: Opine
Argument Topic:
1. In a recent telephone survey of automobile factory workers, older employees were less likely to report that having a supervisor present increases their productivity. Among workers aged 18 to 29, 27 percent said that they are more productive in the presence of their immediate supervisor, compared to 12 percent for those aged 30 or over, and only 8 percent for those aged 50 or over. Clearly, if our printing company hires mainly older employees, we will increase productivity and save money because of the reduced need for supervisors.
March 21
1. Skimpy
2. Askew
3. Byzantine
4. Dab
5. Pulverize
6. Decrepit
7. Mettle
8. Untenable
9. Pretentious
Antonyms:
1. Extinguish
2. Hapless
3. Gainsay
Analogies:
1. Bouquet: flowers
2. He : She
Issue Topic:
1. People who work for personal life will get more benefits than the people who work for the society.
(The issue topic mentioned above is the theme of the topic given in exam...)
Argument Topic:
1. Census data indicate that the number of retired couples without children who are moving into Sophia County is steadily rising; private schools in our county report substantial increases in enrollment; and a statewide survey of parents’ shows that over 10 percent now support the idea of home schooling instead of public schooling funded by the county government. Such demographic trends suggest that our county will not have to construct new school buildings and that we can therefore decrease the budget for county-funded public schools.
March 20
1. Grim
2. Court
3. Abound
4. Castigate
5. Askew
6. Barrel
7. Lenience
8. Stark
9. Impudent
10. Brazenness
11. Archipelago
Analogies:
1. Preparation: Ready
2. Islands: Archipelago
Antonyms:
1. Abound
2. Lachrymose
3. Extinguish
4. Form
Issue Topic:
1. It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and discredit the ideas it fears.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a memo from the manager of television station KICK. "A nationwide survey reveals that a sizeable majority of men would like to see additional sports programs on television. After television station WACK increased its sports broadcasts, its share of the television audience in its viewing area almost doubled. To gain a larger audience share in our area, and thus increase company profits, KICK should also revise its broadcast schedule to include more sports coverage."
March 19
Synonyms :
1. Abound
2. Stark
3. Skimpy
4. Charismatic
5. Exaggeration
6. Caricature
7. Leniency
8. Robust
9. Form
10. Dissolve
11. Inane
12. Appease
13. Dwindle
14. Extol
Antonyms:
1. Askew
2. Outmoded
3. Peace
Analogies:
1. Bouquet: flowers
2. Blockage: circulation
3. Banana: peel
4. Peanut: shell
5. Experiment: discovery
6. Exaggeration: caricature
7. Jog: Exercise
Issue Topic:
1. Explain your point of view for academic, political, business social....hard work or assuming things in idealistic way.
2. It is better to have other disciplinary courses in universities to be truly educated
3. All nations should support global universities in bringing all the students together to solve the persisting social problem
Argument Topic:
1. It is about two television stations and in 1st television station the survey shows than man of Seizen city likes sports and audience increased because of broadcasting more sport program, and profit is doubled so the other that is the 2nd television station have to broadcast more sport program to make profit.
2. “A citizen wrote the following article to the newspaper”. We the citizens of Winteraly are suffering from traffic problem. The survey which is conducted 3 years ago stated that, it took 20mins for a person to travel from home to work place while the recent survey states that it is taking 40mins. The members of the council have decided to bring up new roads, but this is not beneficial as the near-by neighborhood houses could be demolished whereas the citizens of Graceville has advantage because the council members their have decided to give free gas coupons if they share their rides. Also one of my friends have told me that pollution has reduced and journey from home to work place has reduced. If the same idea is also implemented in Winteraly then it would benefit us.
March 18
1. Refute
2. Obstreperous
3. Preponderance
4. Derogate
5. Nepotism
6. Presbyterian
7. Tortuous
8. Gainsay
9. Laze
10. Mollify
11. Perturbation
Issue Topic:
1. To become an effective leader, a political official should be morally and ethically good.
Argument Topic:
1. "It is about folk therapy a new treatment alternative to modern treatments. In this therapy lavender scented pillows are used to cure chronic insomnia. Treatment about three weeks period is given....
(topic is something like this)
March 17
1. Abstain
2. Pulverize
3. Knotty
4. Thaw
5. Dab
6. Nonchalance
7. Obstacle
8. Plethora
9. Panorama
10. Exude
11. Egregious
12. Titanic
13. Lugubrious
14. Obsequiousness
15. Taunt
ANTONYMS:
1. Telling
2. Obdurate
3. Pugnacious
4. Pulverize
5. Ally
6. Perturb
ANALOGIES:
1. Parliament : Legislative
March 14
1.Exude
2.Nonchalance
3.Ameliorate
4.Obdurate
5.Pugnacious
6.Fathom
7.Telling
ANALOGIES:
1.Proxy : Vote
2.Parliament : Legislative
ANTONYMS:
1. Pulverize
Issue Topic :
1. People who are committed to idea or policy are so critical of it.
Argument Topic:
1. From past three years governor Riedeburg did many changes from time she took the charge in office, the crime rate in city got reduced, jobs got increased, many people are showing interest to live in that place and riedeburg also promised that she go to get big companies in that locality such that jobs would be increased... soon on...
March 13
1. Titanic
2. Panorama
3. Maverick
4. Intelligent
5. Bumble
6. Pulverize
7. Deliberate
8. Augmentative
9. Distract
10. Synergy
11. Entice
12. Procrastinate
13. Dust jacket
March 12
1. Thwart
2. Pellucid
3. Relegate
4. Unencumbered
5. Sordid
6. Rant
7. Penitent
8. Reminiscence
9. Intransigent
10. Upbraid
11. Obstreperous
12. Implacable
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. In any field imagination is more important than knowledge.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell. “Two years ago, the town of ocean view built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel. During the past two years, tourism in ocean view has increased, new businesses have opened there, and ocean view’s tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell’s economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in ocean view”.
March 11
1. Whimsical
2. Noxious
3. Supremacy
4. Preponderance
5. Pulverize
6. Superciliousness
7. Humility
8. Lachrymose
9. Reconciliation
Analogies:
1. Dust jacket : books
2. Apron : clothing
3. Lost : whereabouts
4. Mediate : reconciliation
Issue Topic:
1. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people.
March 10
1. Endeavour
2. Facetious
3. Synergy
4. Bemoan
5. Vile
6. Rebuff
7. Zealot
8. Obstinate
9. Succor
10. Indelible
11. Dauntless
Analogies:
1. Fraught: Placidity
2. Inane: Significance
Issue Topic:
1. Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it.
March 7
1. Bellicose
2. Furrow
3. Droll
4. Inclement
5. Ostracize
6. Porous
7. Insipid
8. Pukish
9. Maverick
10. Daft
11. Complaisance
12. Abattoir
13. Unflappable
Analogies:
1. Abattoir: Butcher
2. Impervious:penetrate
March 6
1. Irk
2. Perplexed
3. Consolidate
4. Aptness
5. Contention
6. Humdrum
7. Thaw
Analogies:
1. Recant : Spend
2. Confident : Doubt
Issue Topic:
1."Science is reassuring and art is upset"
March 5
1. Hernoius
2. Dank
3. Dilapidate
4. Altercation
5. Evanescence
6. Ceaseless
7. Egregious
8. Aplomb
9. Insouciant
Analogies:
1. Avaricious: Covet
2. Vitiate: Quality
3. Senility: Consciousness
Issue Topic:
1. Money spent on research is almost always od investment, even when the results of the research are controversial
2. When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?
March 4
1. Lofty
2. Bolster
3. Equanimity
4. Brat
Analogies:
1. Brat : Urbanity
Issue Topic:
1. In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in profession relevant to the courses they teach.
2. It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in an editorial in a business magazine. Although the sales of Whirlwind video games have declined over the past two years, a recent survey of video-game players suggests that this sales trend is about to be reversed. The survey asked video-game players what features they thought were most important in a video game. According to the survey, players prefer games that provide lifelike graphics, which require the most up-to -date computers. Whirlwind has just introduced several such games with an extensive advertising campaign directed at people 10 to 25 years old, the age-group most likely to play video games. It follows, then, that the sales of Whirlwind video games are likely to increase dramatically in the next few months."
March 3
1. Unctuous
2. Whet
3. Imprudent
4. Agape
5. Debiliate
6. Callous
7. Maverick
8. Mundane
9. Vulnerable
10. Thaw
11. Disgruntled
12. Coy
13. Phenomenon
14. Oscillate
15. Shun
1. Affinity
2. Innocuous
3. Nuance
4. Altruistic
5. Pervasive
6. Euphemism
7. Rhetoric
8. Prevarication
9. Metaphor
10. Boredoom
Analogies:
1. Euphemism : Offense
2. Rhetoric: Persuation
3. Prevarication : Truth
4. Metaphor : Description
5. Repetion : Boredoom
6. Concilation : Appeasement
March 28
1.Sustain
2.Bellicose
3.Unbridled
4.Profuse
5.Ponderous
6.Worldly
7.Misdemeanor
8.Discreditable
9.Isthmus
Analogies:
1.Discreditable: honorable
2.Isthmus: land
3.Misdemeanor: crime
Issue Topic:
1.How important is it on the part of universities to offer various courses to a student apart from his subjects.
2.It was related to impact of economics and communication on arts, science, and politics.
March 27
1. Covert
2. Lacerate
3. Veracious
4. Invigorate
5. Regression
6. Sop
7. Hull
8. Fix
9. Thrifty
10. Miserly
11. Grueling
12. Accolade
13. Transitoriness
14. Truss
Analogies:
1. Truss: support
Issue Topic:
1. Rituals and ceremonies help to define a culture, without them socities or group of people have a diminished sense of who they are.
Argument Topic:
1. "The following appeared in a letter to the school board in the town of Centerville. "All students should be required to take the driver's education course at Centerville High School. In the past two years several accidents in and around Centerville have involved teenage drivers. Since a number of parents in Centerville have complained that they are too busy to teach their teenagers to drive, some other instruction is necessary to ensure that these teenagers are safe drivers. Although there are two driving schools in Centerville, parents on a tight budget cannot afford to pay for driving instruction. Therefore an effective and mandatory program sponsored by the high school is the only solution to this serious problem."
March 26
1. Magniloquent
2. Likeminded
3. Facile
4. Repudiate
5. Avowal
6. Malaise
7. Encipher
8. Spartan
9. Garrulous
10. Splurge
11. Circuitous
12. Purism
Analogies:
1. Truculent: Light
2. Nugatory: worth
3. Sycophant: fawn
4. Senility:consciousness
Issue Topic:
1. Is picture more effective to communicate large group of people or language is more effective to communicate.
Argument Topic:
1.A Letter to the editor of Farming publications. It was about growing health consciousness among people. Researches tells that eating too much sugar causes ill effects and therefore their will be decrease in sugar demand in future. So the farmers in our state are suggested to grow pea nuts instead of sugarcane where peanuts are high on proteins and low on sugar. In the neighboring country Palin the farmers increased the production of peanuts, and therefore their countries revenue increased.
March 25
Today’s Words:
1.Askew
2.Perfidious
3.Skirt
4.Obdurate
5.Plethora
6.Ebullient
7.Torpor
8.Lassitude
9.Invigorate
10.Apocryphal
11.Lugubrious
12.Mishap
13.Capricious
14.Nibble
15.Authenticity
16.Yield
17.Avowal
18.Lionize
19.Isthmus
20. Torpor
21. Exonerate
22. Invigorate
23. Lassitude
24. Dissimulation
Antonyms:
1.Halcyon
2.Torpor
3.Equivocal
4.Daft
5.Exculpate
6.Mawkish
7.Incorrigible
8.Aberrant
9.Mulish
Analogies:
1.Mishap: accident
2.Hole: Perforation
3.Capricious: Fickle
4.Nibble: bite
5.Apocryphal: authenticity
6.Adamant: Moved
7.Isthmus: Land
March 24
1. Scrap
2. Retarded
3. Cacanny
4. Truss
5. Regression
6. Phlegmatic
7. Reify
8. Convivial
9. Duly
10. Ladle
11. Rivet
12. Reconciliation
13. Vivid
14. Pundit
15. Opine
Analogies:
1. Mediate: Reconciliation
2. Vivid: Inspiration
3. pundit: Opine
Argument Topic:
1. In a recent telephone survey of automobile factory workers, older employees were less likely to report that having a supervisor present increases their productivity. Among workers aged 18 to 29, 27 percent said that they are more productive in the presence of their immediate supervisor, compared to 12 percent for those aged 30 or over, and only 8 percent for those aged 50 or over. Clearly, if our printing company hires mainly older employees, we will increase productivity and save money because of the reduced need for supervisors.
March 21
1. Skimpy
2. Askew
3. Byzantine
4. Dab
5. Pulverize
6. Decrepit
7. Mettle
8. Untenable
9. Pretentious
Antonyms:
1. Extinguish
2. Hapless
3. Gainsay
Analogies:
1. Bouquet: flowers
2. He : She
Issue Topic:
1. People who work for personal life will get more benefits than the people who work for the society.
(The issue topic mentioned above is the theme of the topic given in exam...)
Argument Topic:
1. Census data indicate that the number of retired couples without children who are moving into Sophia County is steadily rising; private schools in our county report substantial increases in enrollment; and a statewide survey of parents’ shows that over 10 percent now support the idea of home schooling instead of public schooling funded by the county government. Such demographic trends suggest that our county will not have to construct new school buildings and that we can therefore decrease the budget for county-funded public schools.
March 20
1. Grim
2. Court
3. Abound
4. Castigate
5. Askew
6. Barrel
7. Lenience
8. Stark
9. Impudent
10. Brazenness
11. Archipelago
Analogies:
1. Preparation: Ready
2. Islands: Archipelago
Antonyms:
1. Abound
2. Lachrymose
3. Extinguish
4. Form
Issue Topic:
1. It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and discredit the ideas it fears.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a memo from the manager of television station KICK. "A nationwide survey reveals that a sizeable majority of men would like to see additional sports programs on television. After television station WACK increased its sports broadcasts, its share of the television audience in its viewing area almost doubled. To gain a larger audience share in our area, and thus increase company profits, KICK should also revise its broadcast schedule to include more sports coverage."
March 19
Synonyms :
1. Abound
2. Stark
3. Skimpy
4. Charismatic
5. Exaggeration
6. Caricature
7. Leniency
8. Robust
9. Form
10. Dissolve
11. Inane
12. Appease
13. Dwindle
14. Extol
Antonyms:
1. Askew
2. Outmoded
3. Peace
Analogies:
1. Bouquet: flowers
2. Blockage: circulation
3. Banana: peel
4. Peanut: shell
5. Experiment: discovery
6. Exaggeration: caricature
7. Jog: Exercise
Issue Topic:
1. Explain your point of view for academic, political, business social....hard work or assuming things in idealistic way.
2. It is better to have other disciplinary courses in universities to be truly educated
3. All nations should support global universities in bringing all the students together to solve the persisting social problem
Argument Topic:
1. It is about two television stations and in 1st television station the survey shows than man of Seizen city likes sports and audience increased because of broadcasting more sport program, and profit is doubled so the other that is the 2nd television station have to broadcast more sport program to make profit.
2. “A citizen wrote the following article to the newspaper”. We the citizens of Winteraly are suffering from traffic problem. The survey which is conducted 3 years ago stated that, it took 20mins for a person to travel from home to work place while the recent survey states that it is taking 40mins. The members of the council have decided to bring up new roads, but this is not beneficial as the near-by neighborhood houses could be demolished whereas the citizens of Graceville has advantage because the council members their have decided to give free gas coupons if they share their rides. Also one of my friends have told me that pollution has reduced and journey from home to work place has reduced. If the same idea is also implemented in Winteraly then it would benefit us.
March 18
1. Refute
2. Obstreperous
3. Preponderance
4. Derogate
5. Nepotism
6. Presbyterian
7. Tortuous
8. Gainsay
9. Laze
10. Mollify
11. Perturbation
Issue Topic:
1. To become an effective leader, a political official should be morally and ethically good.
Argument Topic:
1. "It is about folk therapy a new treatment alternative to modern treatments. In this therapy lavender scented pillows are used to cure chronic insomnia. Treatment about three weeks period is given....
(topic is something like this)
March 17
1. Abstain
2. Pulverize
3. Knotty
4. Thaw
5. Dab
6. Nonchalance
7. Obstacle
8. Plethora
9. Panorama
10. Exude
11. Egregious
12. Titanic
13. Lugubrious
14. Obsequiousness
15. Taunt
ANTONYMS:
1. Telling
2. Obdurate
3. Pugnacious
4. Pulverize
5. Ally
6. Perturb
ANALOGIES:
1. Parliament : Legislative
March 14
1.Exude
2.Nonchalance
3.Ameliorate
4.Obdurate
5.Pugnacious
6.Fathom
7.Telling
ANALOGIES:
1.Proxy : Vote
2.Parliament : Legislative
ANTONYMS:
1. Pulverize
Issue Topic :
1. People who are committed to idea or policy are so critical of it.
Argument Topic:
1. From past three years governor Riedeburg did many changes from time she took the charge in office, the crime rate in city got reduced, jobs got increased, many people are showing interest to live in that place and riedeburg also promised that she go to get big companies in that locality such that jobs would be increased... soon on...
March 13
1. Titanic
2. Panorama
3. Maverick
4. Intelligent
5. Bumble
6. Pulverize
7. Deliberate
8. Augmentative
9. Distract
10. Synergy
11. Entice
12. Procrastinate
13. Dust jacket
March 12
1. Thwart
2. Pellucid
3. Relegate
4. Unencumbered
5. Sordid
6. Rant
7. Penitent
8. Reminiscence
9. Intransigent
10. Upbraid
11. Obstreperous
12. Implacable
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. In any field imagination is more important than knowledge.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell. “Two years ago, the town of ocean view built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel. During the past two years, tourism in ocean view has increased, new businesses have opened there, and ocean view’s tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell’s economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in ocean view”.
March 11
1. Whimsical
2. Noxious
3. Supremacy
4. Preponderance
5. Pulverize
6. Superciliousness
7. Humility
8. Lachrymose
9. Reconciliation
Analogies:
1. Dust jacket : books
2. Apron : clothing
3. Lost : whereabouts
4. Mediate : reconciliation
Issue Topic:
1. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people.
March 10
1. Endeavour
2. Facetious
3. Synergy
4. Bemoan
5. Vile
6. Rebuff
7. Zealot
8. Obstinate
9. Succor
10. Indelible
11. Dauntless
Analogies:
1. Fraught: Placidity
2. Inane: Significance
Issue Topic:
1. Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it.
March 7
1. Bellicose
2. Furrow
3. Droll
4. Inclement
5. Ostracize
6. Porous
7. Insipid
8. Pukish
9. Maverick
10. Daft
11. Complaisance
12. Abattoir
13. Unflappable
Analogies:
1. Abattoir: Butcher
2. Impervious:penetrate
March 6
1. Irk
2. Perplexed
3. Consolidate
4. Aptness
5. Contention
6. Humdrum
7. Thaw
Analogies:
1. Recant : Spend
2. Confident : Doubt
Issue Topic:
1."Science is reassuring and art is upset"
March 5
1. Hernoius
2. Dank
3. Dilapidate
4. Altercation
5. Evanescence
6. Ceaseless
7. Egregious
8. Aplomb
9. Insouciant
Analogies:
1. Avaricious: Covet
2. Vitiate: Quality
3. Senility: Consciousness
Issue Topic:
1. Money spent on research is almost always od investment, even when the results of the research are controversial
2. When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?
March 4
1. Lofty
2. Bolster
3. Equanimity
4. Brat
Analogies:
1. Brat : Urbanity
Issue Topic:
1. In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in profession relevant to the courses they teach.
2. It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in an editorial in a business magazine. Although the sales of Whirlwind video games have declined over the past two years, a recent survey of video-game players suggests that this sales trend is about to be reversed. The survey asked video-game players what features they thought were most important in a video game. According to the survey, players prefer games that provide lifelike graphics, which require the most up-to -date computers. Whirlwind has just introduced several such games with an extensive advertising campaign directed at people 10 to 25 years old, the age-group most likely to play video games. It follows, then, that the sales of Whirlwind video games are likely to increase dramatically in the next few months."
March 3
1. Unctuous
2. Whet
3. Imprudent
4. Agape
5. Debiliate
6. Callous
7. Maverick
8. Mundane
9. Vulnerable
10. Thaw
11. Disgruntled
12. Coy
13. Phenomenon
14. Oscillate
15. Shun
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Verbal Questions - February 2008
February 29
WORDS:
1. Maverick
2. Dispassionate
3. Teetotaler
4. Mulish
5. Palpable
6. Jocose
7. Predicament
8. Impel
9. Rebuke
ANALOGIES:
1. Tree: Branch
2. Article: Byline
3. Enervate:Strength
4. Crutch: Walk
February 28
WORDS:
1. Agape
2. Debiliate
3. Pulchritude
4. Obfuscate
5. Pallor
6. Lampoon
7. Macabre
8. Imprudent
9. Mawkish
10. Vivify
11. Abridge
12. Tenacity
13. Malevolent
ANALOGIES:
1. Mawkish: sentimental
2. Apron: prevent
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. " Why younger generations feel the problems given to them are more complex than their forefathers"
February 27
WORDS:
1.Mundane
2. Ad-lib
3.Maverick
4.Comeuppance
5.Rigidity
6.Harebrained
7.Unsubstantial
8.Clairvoyant
9.Profligate
ANALOGIES:
1.Grammar: language
2.Apron: cloth
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.The Issue Topic is “how to face more complex problems and confront problems and how to challenge the problems”.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. All students should be required to take the driver's education course at Centerville High School. In the past two years several accidents in and around Centerville have involved teenage drivers. Since a number of parents in Centerville have complained that they are too busy to teach their teenagers to drive, some other instruction is necessary to ensure that these teenagers are safe drivers. Although there are two driving schools in Centerville, parents on a tight budget cannot afford to pay for driving instruction. Therefore an effective and mandatory program sponsored by the high school is the only solution to this serious problem.
February 26
WORDS:
1.Wan
2.Recusant
3.Repudiate
4.Lull
5.Artless
6.Vitriol
7.Pulchritude
8.Arboreal
9.Impervious
10.Vulnerable
11.Thaw
ANALOGIES:
1.Audit : Account
2.Arboreal: trees
3.Impervious: vulnerable
ISSUE TOPICS:
1. People choose their careers based on the economy, salary, easy way of getting a job and settling… rather than opting for the one they are interested and naturally talented.
February 25
WORDS:
1.Malevolent
2.Gauche
3.Repentant
4.Loathsome
5.Contrite
6. Suture
7. Ensue
8. Remiss
9. Chortle
10. Ineluctable
11. Reminiscence
12. Precursor
ANALOGIES:
1.Repentant: Contrite
2.President: Corporation
3.Unpleasant: Loathsome
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. Children should be socialized to determine the destiny of a country.But,we ourselves do not know how to socialize them.
2. With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society—including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences—will benefit greatly from international influences.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. A recent study indicates that Venadial, a new margarine currently produced only in the country of Alta, actually reduces cholesterol levels. Derived from the resin of pine trees, Venadial works by activating a metabolic response that is not yet well understood. However, cholesterol levels fell ten to fifteen percent among participants in the study who consumed Venadial daily, and the risk of heart attack by one-third. In addition, the new margarine is so popular that stores in Alta are unable to keep it on their shelves. Therefore, if our company obtains the exclusive right to sell Venadial internationally, our profits are sure to increase substantially within a very short time.
February 22
WORDS:
1.Deft
2. Appease
3.Laconic
4.Frugal
5.Uncanny
6.Deftness
7.Grueling
8.Reinforcement
9.Conspicuous
ANALOGIES:
1.Reinforcement : Collapse
2.Berth : Sleep
3.Spectacles : Look
4.Audit : Account
5.Thunderous : Noise
6.Conspicuous : Color
7.Brilliant : Light
February 21
WORDS:
1.Earthshaking
2.Collaboration
3.Askew
4.Deft
5.Encroach
6.Derogate
7.Raving
8.Quibble
Analogies:
1.Sycophant: flattery
2.Nimble: movement
Issue Topic:
1.It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and discredit the ideas it fears.
Argument Topic:
1.In a recent study, subjects who ate soybeans at least five times per week had significantly lower cholesterol levels than subjects who ate no soy products. By fortifying our Wheat-O cereal with soy protein, we can increase sales by appealing to additional consumers who are concerned about their health. This new version of Wheat-O should increase company profits and, at the same time, improve the health of our customers.
February 19
WORDS:
1. Sporific
2. Caustic
3. Inclined
4. Dauntless
5. Fervor
6. Veto
7. Bestow
8. Laconic
9. Din
10. Rancour
11. Wary
12. Reminiscence
13. Sate
14. Daft
15. Parsimony
ANALOGIES:
1. Candy:sugar
2. Convivial:gruffness
3. Malingerer:incapacity
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it
2. The study of an academic discipline alters the way we perceive the world. After studying the discipline, we see the same world as before, but with different eyes.
February 18
WORDS:
1. Floppy
2. Insolence
3. Inclement
4. Nepotism
5. Exonerate
6. Aberrant
7. Clairvoyant
ANALOGIES:
1. Literature: Grammar
2. Aberrant: Standard
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. To truly understand your own culture—no matter how you define it—requires personal knowledge of at least one other culture, one that is distinctly different from your own.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. "Last year, sales of our Fierce Fighter toy airplane declined sharply, even though the toy had been a top seller for three years. Our customer surveys show that parents are now more worried about youthful violence and are concerned about better education for their children. Therefore, to maintain profits we should discontinue all our action toys and focus exclusively on a new line of educational toys. Several other toy companies have already begun marketing educational toys and report sales increases last year of 200 percent. And since the average family income is growing, sales of new Hyper-Go toys should also increase."
February 15
WORDS:
1. Wag
2. Droll
3. Sabotage
4. Saboteur
5. Venerable
6. Subtle
7. Infirm
8. Vigorous
9. Providential
10. Fortuitous
11. Surfeit
12. Incrimination
13. Loathsome
14. Harebrained
15. Floppy
16. Insolence
17. Inclement
18. Nepotism
19.Immortalize
February 14
WORDS:
1. Awry
2. Incrimination
3. Featureless
4. Adamant
5. Aridness
6. Loathsome
7. Impertinent
8. Satiate
9. Debauched
10. Gallant
11. Mason
12. Sap
13. Crux
14. Harebrained
15. Despise
16. Surfeit
17. Intransigent
18. Fortuitous
19. Providential
ANALOGIES:
1. Wag:Droll
2. Saboteur: Disrupt
3. Venerable: Respect
4. Subtle: Awe
5. Vigorous: Infirm
Issue Topic:
1. "Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless, in fact, they actually prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals."
2. "In this age of intensive media coverage, it is no longer possible for a society to regard any woman or man as a hero. The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished."
3. Science is to reassure and art is to upset, there the value lies in both.
Argument Topic:
1. "Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives. This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia."
February 13
WORDS:
1. Floppy
2. Incapable
3. Scrutinize
4. Insolence
5. Inclement
6. Amenable
7. Plenitude
8. Blatant
9. Nepotism
10. Hodgepodge
11. Skittish
12. Circumlocution
13. Bewail
14. Bemoan
15. Blasphemous
16. Minotaur
17. Stern
18. Butcher
19. Gerontophobia
20. Mollify
21. Presbyterian
22. Zealot
ANALOGIES:
1. Venerable: respect
2. Instigate:provoke
3. Presbyterians:church
4. Cinnamon:spices
5. Gerontophobia:old
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. The most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
2. Progress is best made through discussion among people who have contrasting points of view.
February 12
WORDS:
1.Abaft - means posterior part of ship
2.Cinnamon - an aromatic spice prepared from bark of cinnamon
3.Abattoir - a slaughter house
4.Mollify
5.Impertinent
6.Zealot
7.Stygian
8.Germ phobia
9.Sap
10.Crux
11.Gallant
12.Debauched
13.Frankness
14.Satiated
ANALOGIES:
1.Abaft: Ship
2.Abattoir: Butcher
3.Cinnamon: Spices
4.Wood: Carpenter
5.Brick: mason
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.Progress can be best made only by the discussion between people having contrasting view.
February 11
WORDS:
1.Quail
2.Awe
3.Intermittent
4.Laxatives
5.Lugubrious
6.Tepid
7.Unsubstantial
8.Equivocation
9.Futility
10.Dicey
11.Zest
12. Fustian
13.Thaw
14.Grueling
15.Venerate
16.Quisling
17.Repose
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Government should put a few, if any, restriction on scientific research and development"
2.Over the past century, the most significant contribution of technology has been to make people's lives more comfortable
3.The most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.At present, Mason City residents seldom use the nearby Mason River for any kind of recreational activity, even though surveys of the region's residents consistently rank water sports (swimming, fishing, and boating) as a favorite form of recreation. Since there have been complaints about the quality of the water in the river, residents must be avoiding the river because they think that it is not clean enough. But that situation is about to change: the agency responsible for rivers in our region has announced plans to clean up Mason River. Therefore, recreational use of the river is likely to increase, so the Mason City council will need to increase its budget for improvements to the publicly owned lands along the Mason River.
2.Your recent article on corporate downsizing* in the United States is misleading. The article gives the mistaken impression that many competent workers who lost jobs as a result of downsizing face serious economic hardship, often for years, before finding other suitable employment. But this impression is contradicted by a recent report on the United States economy, which found that since 1992 far more jobs have been created than have been eliminated. The report also demonstrates that many of those who lost their jobs have found new employment. Two-thirds of the newly created jobs have been in industries that tend to pay above-average wages, and the vast majority of these jobs are full-time."
February 8
WORDS:
1.Abate
2.Invisible
3.Voluble
4.Reify
5.Intermittent
6.Saunter
7.Unctuous
8.Modicum
ANALOGIES:
1.Fraught: placidity
2.Phlegmatic :arouse
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Why politics and morality are taken to be as separate, why cannot one understand them to be related to one other.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.Argument is about…. Downsizing in corporate field in USA.
February 7
WORDS:
1.Cavil
2.Slipshod
3.Laxative
4.Sensitive
5.Tepid
6.Unsubstantial
7.Awe
8.Lugubrious
9.Doleful
ANALOGIES:
1.Lugubrious: doleful
2.Equivocation: ambiguous
3.Mendicant: beg
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Governments should focus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future
2.The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people
February 6
WORDS:
1.Zest
2.Repose
3.Fustian
4.Sangfroid
5.Futility
6.Dicey
7.Vitiate
8.Thaw
9.Reify
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places.
2.The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.A recent study showed that in describing a typical day's conversation, people make an average of 23 references to watching television and only 1 reference to reading fiction. This result suggests that, compared with the television industry, the publishing and bookselling industries are likely to decline in profitability. Therefore, people who wish to have careers as writers should acquire training and experience in writing for television rather than for print media."
February 5
WORDS:
1.Riveting
2.Hone
3.Rapacious
4.Quislings
5.Voluptuous
6.Grueling
7.Altercation
8.Venerate
9.Whet
ANALOGIES:
1.Vivid: inspiration
2.Instigate: Provoke
3.Obstreperous: control
4.Mendicant: beg
February 4
WORDS:
1. Burgeon
2. Augury
3. Esoteric
4. Rapacious
5. Spurious
6. Reminiscence
7. Sacrilegious
8. Unflappable
9. Apron
10. Arboreal
ANALOGIES:
1. Apron: clothing
2. Arboreal: trees
3. Instigate: Urge or Provoke.
4. Interloper: Intruder.
WORDS:
1. Maverick
2. Dispassionate
3. Teetotaler
4. Mulish
5. Palpable
6. Jocose
7. Predicament
8. Impel
9. Rebuke
ANALOGIES:
1. Tree: Branch
2. Article: Byline
3. Enervate:Strength
4. Crutch: Walk
February 28
WORDS:
1. Agape
2. Debiliate
3. Pulchritude
4. Obfuscate
5. Pallor
6. Lampoon
7. Macabre
8. Imprudent
9. Mawkish
10. Vivify
11. Abridge
12. Tenacity
13. Malevolent
ANALOGIES:
1. Mawkish: sentimental
2. Apron: prevent
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. " Why younger generations feel the problems given to them are more complex than their forefathers"
February 27
WORDS:
1.Mundane
2. Ad-lib
3.Maverick
4.Comeuppance
5.Rigidity
6.Harebrained
7.Unsubstantial
8.Clairvoyant
9.Profligate
ANALOGIES:
1.Grammar: language
2.Apron: cloth
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.The Issue Topic is “how to face more complex problems and confront problems and how to challenge the problems”.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. All students should be required to take the driver's education course at Centerville High School. In the past two years several accidents in and around Centerville have involved teenage drivers. Since a number of parents in Centerville have complained that they are too busy to teach their teenagers to drive, some other instruction is necessary to ensure that these teenagers are safe drivers. Although there are two driving schools in Centerville, parents on a tight budget cannot afford to pay for driving instruction. Therefore an effective and mandatory program sponsored by the high school is the only solution to this serious problem.
February 26
WORDS:
1.Wan
2.Recusant
3.Repudiate
4.Lull
5.Artless
6.Vitriol
7.Pulchritude
8.Arboreal
9.Impervious
10.Vulnerable
11.Thaw
ANALOGIES:
1.Audit : Account
2.Arboreal: trees
3.Impervious: vulnerable
ISSUE TOPICS:
1. People choose their careers based on the economy, salary, easy way of getting a job and settling… rather than opting for the one they are interested and naturally talented.
February 25
WORDS:
1.Malevolent
2.Gauche
3.Repentant
4.Loathsome
5.Contrite
6. Suture
7. Ensue
8. Remiss
9. Chortle
10. Ineluctable
11. Reminiscence
12. Precursor
ANALOGIES:
1.Repentant: Contrite
2.President: Corporation
3.Unpleasant: Loathsome
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. Children should be socialized to determine the destiny of a country.But,we ourselves do not know how to socialize them.
2. With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society—including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences—will benefit greatly from international influences.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. A recent study indicates that Venadial, a new margarine currently produced only in the country of Alta, actually reduces cholesterol levels. Derived from the resin of pine trees, Venadial works by activating a metabolic response that is not yet well understood. However, cholesterol levels fell ten to fifteen percent among participants in the study who consumed Venadial daily, and the risk of heart attack by one-third. In addition, the new margarine is so popular that stores in Alta are unable to keep it on their shelves. Therefore, if our company obtains the exclusive right to sell Venadial internationally, our profits are sure to increase substantially within a very short time.
February 22
WORDS:
1.Deft
2. Appease
3.Laconic
4.Frugal
5.Uncanny
6.Deftness
7.Grueling
8.Reinforcement
9.Conspicuous
ANALOGIES:
1.Reinforcement : Collapse
2.Berth : Sleep
3.Spectacles : Look
4.Audit : Account
5.Thunderous : Noise
6.Conspicuous : Color
7.Brilliant : Light
February 21
WORDS:
1.Earthshaking
2.Collaboration
3.Askew
4.Deft
5.Encroach
6.Derogate
7.Raving
8.Quibble
Analogies:
1.Sycophant: flattery
2.Nimble: movement
Issue Topic:
1.It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and discredit the ideas it fears.
Argument Topic:
1.In a recent study, subjects who ate soybeans at least five times per week had significantly lower cholesterol levels than subjects who ate no soy products. By fortifying our Wheat-O cereal with soy protein, we can increase sales by appealing to additional consumers who are concerned about their health. This new version of Wheat-O should increase company profits and, at the same time, improve the health of our customers.
February 19
WORDS:
1. Sporific
2. Caustic
3. Inclined
4. Dauntless
5. Fervor
6. Veto
7. Bestow
8. Laconic
9. Din
10. Rancour
11. Wary
12. Reminiscence
13. Sate
14. Daft
15. Parsimony
ANALOGIES:
1. Candy:sugar
2. Convivial:gruffness
3. Malingerer:incapacity
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it
2. The study of an academic discipline alters the way we perceive the world. After studying the discipline, we see the same world as before, but with different eyes.
February 18
WORDS:
1. Floppy
2. Insolence
3. Inclement
4. Nepotism
5. Exonerate
6. Aberrant
7. Clairvoyant
ANALOGIES:
1. Literature: Grammar
2. Aberrant: Standard
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. To truly understand your own culture—no matter how you define it—requires personal knowledge of at least one other culture, one that is distinctly different from your own.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. "Last year, sales of our Fierce Fighter toy airplane declined sharply, even though the toy had been a top seller for three years. Our customer surveys show that parents are now more worried about youthful violence and are concerned about better education for their children. Therefore, to maintain profits we should discontinue all our action toys and focus exclusively on a new line of educational toys. Several other toy companies have already begun marketing educational toys and report sales increases last year of 200 percent. And since the average family income is growing, sales of new Hyper-Go toys should also increase."
February 15
WORDS:
1. Wag
2. Droll
3. Sabotage
4. Saboteur
5. Venerable
6. Subtle
7. Infirm
8. Vigorous
9. Providential
10. Fortuitous
11. Surfeit
12. Incrimination
13. Loathsome
14. Harebrained
15. Floppy
16. Insolence
17. Inclement
18. Nepotism
19.Immortalize
February 14
WORDS:
1. Awry
2. Incrimination
3. Featureless
4. Adamant
5. Aridness
6. Loathsome
7. Impertinent
8. Satiate
9. Debauched
10. Gallant
11. Mason
12. Sap
13. Crux
14. Harebrained
15. Despise
16. Surfeit
17. Intransigent
18. Fortuitous
19. Providential
ANALOGIES:
1. Wag:Droll
2. Saboteur: Disrupt
3. Venerable: Respect
4. Subtle: Awe
5. Vigorous: Infirm
Issue Topic:
1. "Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless, in fact, they actually prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals."
2. "In this age of intensive media coverage, it is no longer possible for a society to regard any woman or man as a hero. The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished."
3. Science is to reassure and art is to upset, there the value lies in both.
Argument Topic:
1. "Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives. This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia."
February 13
WORDS:
1. Floppy
2. Incapable
3. Scrutinize
4. Insolence
5. Inclement
6. Amenable
7. Plenitude
8. Blatant
9. Nepotism
10. Hodgepodge
11. Skittish
12. Circumlocution
13. Bewail
14. Bemoan
15. Blasphemous
16. Minotaur
17. Stern
18. Butcher
19. Gerontophobia
20. Mollify
21. Presbyterian
22. Zealot
ANALOGIES:
1. Venerable: respect
2. Instigate:provoke
3. Presbyterians:church
4. Cinnamon:spices
5. Gerontophobia:old
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. The most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
2. Progress is best made through discussion among people who have contrasting points of view.
February 12
WORDS:
1.Abaft - means posterior part of ship
2.Cinnamon - an aromatic spice prepared from bark of cinnamon
3.Abattoir - a slaughter house
4.Mollify
5.Impertinent
6.Zealot
7.Stygian
8.Germ phobia
9.Sap
10.Crux
11.Gallant
12.Debauched
13.Frankness
14.Satiated
ANALOGIES:
1.Abaft: Ship
2.Abattoir: Butcher
3.Cinnamon: Spices
4.Wood: Carpenter
5.Brick: mason
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.Progress can be best made only by the discussion between people having contrasting view.
February 11
WORDS:
1.Quail
2.Awe
3.Intermittent
4.Laxatives
5.Lugubrious
6.Tepid
7.Unsubstantial
8.Equivocation
9.Futility
10.Dicey
11.Zest
12. Fustian
13.Thaw
14.Grueling
15.Venerate
16.Quisling
17.Repose
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Government should put a few, if any, restriction on scientific research and development"
2.Over the past century, the most significant contribution of technology has been to make people's lives more comfortable
3.The most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.At present, Mason City residents seldom use the nearby Mason River for any kind of recreational activity, even though surveys of the region's residents consistently rank water sports (swimming, fishing, and boating) as a favorite form of recreation. Since there have been complaints about the quality of the water in the river, residents must be avoiding the river because they think that it is not clean enough. But that situation is about to change: the agency responsible for rivers in our region has announced plans to clean up Mason River. Therefore, recreational use of the river is likely to increase, so the Mason City council will need to increase its budget for improvements to the publicly owned lands along the Mason River.
2.Your recent article on corporate downsizing* in the United States is misleading. The article gives the mistaken impression that many competent workers who lost jobs as a result of downsizing face serious economic hardship, often for years, before finding other suitable employment. But this impression is contradicted by a recent report on the United States economy, which found that since 1992 far more jobs have been created than have been eliminated. The report also demonstrates that many of those who lost their jobs have found new employment. Two-thirds of the newly created jobs have been in industries that tend to pay above-average wages, and the vast majority of these jobs are full-time."
February 8
WORDS:
1.Abate
2.Invisible
3.Voluble
4.Reify
5.Intermittent
6.Saunter
7.Unctuous
8.Modicum
ANALOGIES:
1.Fraught: placidity
2.Phlegmatic :arouse
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Why politics and morality are taken to be as separate, why cannot one understand them to be related to one other.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.Argument is about…. Downsizing in corporate field in USA.
February 7
WORDS:
1.Cavil
2.Slipshod
3.Laxative
4.Sensitive
5.Tepid
6.Unsubstantial
7.Awe
8.Lugubrious
9.Doleful
ANALOGIES:
1.Lugubrious: doleful
2.Equivocation: ambiguous
3.Mendicant: beg
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Governments should focus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future
2.The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people
February 6
WORDS:
1.Zest
2.Repose
3.Fustian
4.Sangfroid
5.Futility
6.Dicey
7.Vitiate
8.Thaw
9.Reify
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places.
2.The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.A recent study showed that in describing a typical day's conversation, people make an average of 23 references to watching television and only 1 reference to reading fiction. This result suggests that, compared with the television industry, the publishing and bookselling industries are likely to decline in profitability. Therefore, people who wish to have careers as writers should acquire training and experience in writing for television rather than for print media."
February 5
WORDS:
1.Riveting
2.Hone
3.Rapacious
4.Quislings
5.Voluptuous
6.Grueling
7.Altercation
8.Venerate
9.Whet
ANALOGIES:
1.Vivid: inspiration
2.Instigate: Provoke
3.Obstreperous: control
4.Mendicant: beg
February 4
WORDS:
1. Burgeon
2. Augury
3. Esoteric
4. Rapacious
5. Spurious
6. Reminiscence
7. Sacrilegious
8. Unflappable
9. Apron
10. Arboreal
ANALOGIES:
1. Apron: clothing
2. Arboreal: trees
3. Instigate: Urge or Provoke.
4. Interloper: Intruder.
Verbal Questions - January 2008
January 31st
WORDS:
1.Barren
2.Arid
3.Solitude
4.Rococo
5.Riveting
6.Hone
7.Succulent
8.Desiccated
9.Reticent
10.Clairvoyant
11.Pacify
12.Solitude
13.Impeccable
ANALOGIES:
1.Journey : Leg
2.Vivid: Inspiration
3.Furniture: Rickety
4.Literature: Grammar
5.Stadium: Game
6.Disinfectant: Germ
ISSUE TOPICS:
1.To learn the characteristics of the society, is it enough to study about major cities
2.Facts are stubborn things, we cannot mold them.
January 30th
WORDS:
1. Ineluctable
2.Vitriol
3. Polemical
4.Luculent
5. Stoical
6. Taciturn
7. Peremptory
8. Encomium
ANALOGIES:
1. Founder: sink
2. He: she
3. Unstable: volatile
January 29th
WORDS:
1.Gruff
2.Rivet
3.Pacify
4.Qurush
5. Repudiate
6. Complaisance
7. Encomium
8. Embezzle
9. Adamant
10. Demoralized
11. Natatorium
12. Imbue
13. Vapid
14. Clairvoyant
15. Obscene
ANALOGIES:
1.Game: Stadium
2.Brake: speed
3.Embezzling: stealing
4.Generator: Electricity
5.Factory: Product
January 28th
WORDS:
1.Ostentatious
2.Foul
3.Reminiscence
4.Indefinable
5.Detrimental
6.Spurious
7.Intriguing
8.Reinforce
9.Rapacious
10.Prudent
11.Augury
12.Esoteric
13.Sacrilegious
ANALOGIES:
1.Mollify: pain
2.Founder: sink
3.Rigid: break
4.Canvas: painting
5.Building: shed
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Ritual and Ceremonies increases the value of the society, does the absence of these…….. results to the downfall of the society?????
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.Oven Baskets, which are very famous in Palean city, are also found in Lithos city which is within city of Palean city. There is a deep and long river between these two cities which needs minimum transportation to cross the river and there is no evidence that Palean needs boats or cargos or large ships. Palean city consists of thick forest which consists of nuts, samegame etc…………….. so Oven Baskets are not unique to Palean city.(something like this)
2.Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."
January 25th
WORDS:
1. Polemical
2. Emulate
3. Reinforcement
4. Accolade
5. Gullible
6. Procrastinate
7. Exude
8. Limpid
9. Penurious
10. Paralyze
11. Fretwork
12. Collude
13. Wary
14. Dire
15. Comprehensive
ANALOGIES:
1. Collude:cooperate
2. Ballad: song
COMPLETE ARGUMENT TOPICS:
1. The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Alta Manufacturing.
"During the past year, Alta Manufacturing had thirty percent more on-the-job accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts believe that a significant contributing factor in many on-the-job accidents is fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Alta and thereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shifts by one hour so that our employees will get adequate amounts of sleep."
2. The following appeared in a business magazine.
"As a result of numerous consumer complaints of dizziness and nausea, Promofoods requested that eight million cans of tuna be returned for testing last year. Promofoods concluded that the cans did not, after all, contain chemicals that posed a health risk. This conclusion is based on the fact that the chemists from Promofoods tested samples of the recalled cans and found that, of the eight chemicals most commonly blamed for causing symptoms of dizziness and nausea, five were not found in any of the tested cans. The chemists did find that the three remaining suspected chemicals are naturally found in all other kinds of canned foods."
3. The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
4. From a letter to the editor of a city newspaper.
"Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."
5. The following appeared in a memo from the owner of Green Thumb Gardening Center, a small business serving a suburban town.
"There is evidence that consumers are becoming more and more interested in growing their own vegetables. A national survey conducted last month indicated that many consumers were dissatisfied with the quality of fresh vegetables available in supermarkets. And locally, the gardening magazine GreatGardens has sold out at the Village News stand three months in a row. Thus, we at Green Thumb Gardening Center can increase our profits by greatly expanding the variety of vegetable seeds we stock for gardeners this coming spring."
January 24th
WORDS:
1.Proofread
2.Verbosity
3.Meander
4.Unflappable
5.Infuriate
6.Deplore
7.Exacerbate
8.Bore
9.Adamant
10.Insipid
11.Reinforce
12.Irrelevant
13.Deplore
14.Immaterial
15.Dispatch
16.Vivify
ANALOGIES:
1.Lampshade: lamp
2.Face: mask
3.Apron: clothing
4.Rock: hill
5.Cow: herd
6.Soil: mud
7.Irrelevant: pertain
8.Glacial :slow
January 23rd
WORDS:
1.Insipid
2. Alacrity
3.Buttress
4.Deplore
5.Qurush
6.Repudiate
7.Complaisance
ANALOGIES:
1.Collude: cooperate
2.Wary: cautious
3.Pacify: infuriate
4.Heart: organ
5.Irrelevant: pertain
6.Choreograph: movement
7.Melodious: hear
8.Deplore: vile
9.Proofread: document
10.Isthmus: island
11.Impervious: penetrate
12.Glacial: slow
13.Duck: drake
14.Exponent: advocate
15.Recess: halt
16.Harangue: mollify
17.Mulish: pervasive
18.He: she
19.Rock: hill
20. Cow: herd
21.Collaborate: cooperate
22. Soil: mud
23. Inane: significance
24. Lubricant: friction
25. Din: ear
26. Porous: liquid
27. Transparency: light
28. Figure: statue
29. Impeachable: blame
30. Arboreal: trees
31. Friction: oil
32.Gratuitous: justification
33.Comprehensive: dire
ISSUE TOPICS:
1. Study of history is not important unless it’s relevant to daily lives
2. Only through mistakes, progress or discovery is achieved
3. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication
4. A school or college should pay its teachers at the same rate in all disciplines, regardless of differences in salaries for related fields in the world outside of school. For example, entry-level teachers in mathematics and in the arts should receive the same pay, even if outside of school, math specialists earn a much higher salary on average than do specialists in the arts
5. To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards
6. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication
7. Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places
8. When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?
9. Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial.
January 22
WORDS:
1.Encomium
2.Stealing
3.Embezzling
4.Adamant
5.Demoralized
6.Ignominy
7.Proscribe
8.Natatorium
9.Procrastinate
10.Imbue
11.Vapid
ANALOGIES:
1.Brake: speed
2.Impervious: penetrate
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.The money spent on research is a good investment… even though the results of research are controversial
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.There is evidence that consumers of US have started growing vegetables in their own houses. The recent survey shows that the US consumers are very dissatisfied with the freshness of the vegetables that they buy in supermarkets. Another survey shows that during the last three months all the copies of a magazine named GARDEN something (XXX) is sold. So a company selling seeds decides to increase their profit by increasing the production of seeds of vegetables.
January 21
WORDS:
1.Alacrity
2.Insipid
3. Excavate
4. Deplore
5. Boorish
6. Banquet
7.Absorb
8. Accolade
9. Polemical
10.Emulate
11. Reinforce
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Are the researches made in various groups like teaching, science etc are useful to all"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.A restaurant was supplying margarine instead of butter…. only a 2% of people complained about their whole fleet of restaurants and the rest 98% kept quite and more over the waiters say that customers could not differentiate between the butter and margarine"
January 18th
WORDS:
1.Gullible
2.Upbraid
3.Procrastinate
4.Befriend
5.Garrulous
6.Zest
7.Exude
8.Limpid
9.Penurious
10. Paralyze
11.Fretwork
ANALOGIES:
1.Collude: cooperate
2.Wary: cautious
3.Pacify: infuriate
4.Duck: Drake
5.Gratuitous: justification
6.Comprehensive: dire
7.Lubricant: friction
January 17
WORDS:
1.Vivify
2.Sequester
3.Intimidate
4.Esteem
5.Ineluctable
6.Temerity
7.Pugnacious
January 15
WORDS:
Today’s Words:
1.Reconstitute
2.Slipshod
3.Meticulous
4.Immaterial
5. Crux
6. Proscribe
7. Fault
8. Din
9. Lubricant
10. Bach
11. Voluptuous
12. Tacit
13. Garrulous
14. Austere
15.Ostracize
16.Perfidy
ANALOGIES:
1.Din: ear
2.Porous: liquid
3.Transparency: light
4.Figure: statue
5.Impeachable: blame
6.Arboreal: trees
7.Friction: oil
Janury 14
WORDS:
1.Knack
2.Mulley
3.Archaic
4.Touchy
5.Impalpable
6.Trespass
7.Obtrude
8.Duly
ISSUE TOPIC:
1."Students should question about what they are studying instead of accepting, they should show some skepticism"
2."The character of the leaders of the society can be determined by the character of men and women of the society who chose them"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
January 11
WORDS:
1.Touchy
2.Annual
3.Iconoclast
4.Irrelevant
5.Obdurate
6.Laconia
7.Quislings
8.Trespass
9.Buttress
10. Alienate
11.Archaic
12.Desperate
13.Belie
14.Boorish
15.Exacerbate
16.Zealot
ANALOGIES:
1.He: she
2.Soil: mud
3.Lubricant: friction
4.Inane: Significance
5.Collaborate: cooperate
6.Cow :herd
7.Rock: hill
January 10
WORDS:
1.Glacial
2.Crux
3.Alienate
4.Fault
5.Ostracize
6.Proscribe
ANALOGIES:
1.Transparency: Light
2.Din: ear
3.Lubricant: friction
4.Figure: statue
5.Soil: mud
6.Porous: liquid
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. To become an effective leader, a public official must have high ethical values.
January 9
WORDS:
1.Touchy
2.Bach
3. Mulish
4. Pervasive
5. Duly
ANALOGIES:
1.Arboreal: trees
2.Friction: oil
3.Impeachable: blame
4.Mulish: pervasive
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Alta Manufacturing.
"During the past year, Alta Manufacturing had thirty percent more on-the-job accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts believe that a significant contributing factor in many on-the-job accidents is fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Alta and thereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shifts by one hour so that our employees will get adequate amounts of sleep."
January 8
WORDS:
1.Reward
2.Scold
3.Voluptuous
4.Tacit
5.Garrulous
6.Ineluctable
7.Austere
8.Duly
9.Archaism
ANALOGIES:
1.Ballad: song
ISSUE TOPIC:
1."Laws in our society should be fixed and they should consider time, place, circumstances"
2.The modern media such as television and email are tending to prevent thoughtful and meaningful communication.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1."Some people complained dizziness because of the chemicals present in food. 8 million cans will be tested and proved that those tested cans don’t contain 5 chemicals (initially it will be given that only 8 chemicals will be responsible for disorder). They also say that the remaining 3 chemicals will be present in all the cans."
2.It’s about the accidents in a company.......... and about deciding to reduce the work hour of the day so that it causes less fatigue and will lead to fewer accident.
January 7
WORDS:
1.Excavate
2.Befriend
3.Receptive
4.Calculated
5.Homogeneous
6. Upbraid
7. Disinclined
8.Deplore
9.Vile
10. Proofread
11. Isthmus
12. Impervious
13. Ascetic,
14. Homogeneous
15. Gratuitous
16. Intangible
17. Receptive
18.Quibble
19.Rebuff
ANALOGIES:
1.Mulish: Pervasive
2.Harangue: mollify
3.Melodious: hear
4.Heart: organ
5.Irrelevant: pertain
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. Teacher’s salary depends on student’s academic study.
January 4
WORDS:
1.Imbue
2.Crouch
3.Venerate
4.Trite
5.Chicanery
6.Palpable
7.Caustic
8.Befriend
9.Matter-of- fact
10. Boastful
11. Intangible
12. Observable
13.Ineluctable
14. Procrastinate
15.Vile
16.Gratuitous
17.Perceptive
18.Receptive
19.Pervasive
20.Calculated
21.Alienate
22.Inaccurate
23.Homogeneous
ANALOGIES:
1.Aphoristic: succinct
2.Glacial :slow
3.Impervious: penetrate
4.Isthmus: island
5.Wedding: marriage
6.Melodious: hear
7.Heart :organ
8.Choreograph: movement
9.Irrelevant: pertain
10. Proofread: document
January 3
WORDS:
1.Befriend
2.Upbraid
3.Disinclined
4.Buttress
5.Sturdy
6.Pragmatic
7.Teem
8.Ignominy
9.Gaunt
10. Puckish
11. Dilettante
12. Abate
13. Gullible
14. Lethargic
15. Vitriol
16. Devious
17. Munificent
ANALOGIES:
1.Cameo :sculpture
2.Deplore: vile
3.Duck: Drake
4.Recess: halt
5.Exponent: advocate
Issue Topic:
1. Study of history is not important unless it’s relevant to daily lives
January 1
WORDS:
1. Ignominy
2. Teem
3. Abate
4. Maverick
5. Accolade
6. Gully
7. Surreptitious
8. Absorb
9. Transient
10. Gainsay
11. Buttress
ANALOGIES:
1. Novelist: book
2. Harangue: mollify
Issue topic:
1. Only through mistakes, progress or discovery is achieved.
WORDS:
1.Barren
2.Arid
3.Solitude
4.Rococo
5.Riveting
6.Hone
7.Succulent
8.Desiccated
9.Reticent
10.Clairvoyant
11.Pacify
12.Solitude
13.Impeccable
ANALOGIES:
1.Journey : Leg
2.Vivid: Inspiration
3.Furniture: Rickety
4.Literature: Grammar
5.Stadium: Game
6.Disinfectant: Germ
ISSUE TOPICS:
1.To learn the characteristics of the society, is it enough to study about major cities
2.Facts are stubborn things, we cannot mold them.
January 30th
WORDS:
1. Ineluctable
2.Vitriol
3. Polemical
4.Luculent
5. Stoical
6. Taciturn
7. Peremptory
8. Encomium
ANALOGIES:
1. Founder: sink
2. He: she
3. Unstable: volatile
January 29th
WORDS:
1.Gruff
2.Rivet
3.Pacify
4.Qurush
5. Repudiate
6. Complaisance
7. Encomium
8. Embezzle
9. Adamant
10. Demoralized
11. Natatorium
12. Imbue
13. Vapid
14. Clairvoyant
15. Obscene
ANALOGIES:
1.Game: Stadium
2.Brake: speed
3.Embezzling: stealing
4.Generator: Electricity
5.Factory: Product
January 28th
WORDS:
1.Ostentatious
2.Foul
3.Reminiscence
4.Indefinable
5.Detrimental
6.Spurious
7.Intriguing
8.Reinforce
9.Rapacious
10.Prudent
11.Augury
12.Esoteric
13.Sacrilegious
ANALOGIES:
1.Mollify: pain
2.Founder: sink
3.Rigid: break
4.Canvas: painting
5.Building: shed
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Ritual and Ceremonies increases the value of the society, does the absence of these…….. results to the downfall of the society?????
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.Oven Baskets, which are very famous in Palean city, are also found in Lithos city which is within city of Palean city. There is a deep and long river between these two cities which needs minimum transportation to cross the river and there is no evidence that Palean needs boats or cargos or large ships. Palean city consists of thick forest which consists of nuts, samegame etc…………….. so Oven Baskets are not unique to Palean city.(something like this)
2.Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."
January 25th
WORDS:
1. Polemical
2. Emulate
3. Reinforcement
4. Accolade
5. Gullible
6. Procrastinate
7. Exude
8. Limpid
9. Penurious
10. Paralyze
11. Fretwork
12. Collude
13. Wary
14. Dire
15. Comprehensive
ANALOGIES:
1. Collude:cooperate
2. Ballad: song
COMPLETE ARGUMENT TOPICS:
1. The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Alta Manufacturing.
"During the past year, Alta Manufacturing had thirty percent more on-the-job accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts believe that a significant contributing factor in many on-the-job accidents is fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Alta and thereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shifts by one hour so that our employees will get adequate amounts of sleep."
2. The following appeared in a business magazine.
"As a result of numerous consumer complaints of dizziness and nausea, Promofoods requested that eight million cans of tuna be returned for testing last year. Promofoods concluded that the cans did not, after all, contain chemicals that posed a health risk. This conclusion is based on the fact that the chemists from Promofoods tested samples of the recalled cans and found that, of the eight chemicals most commonly blamed for causing symptoms of dizziness and nausea, five were not found in any of the tested cans. The chemists did find that the three remaining suspected chemicals are naturally found in all other kinds of canned foods."
3. The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
4. From a letter to the editor of a city newspaper.
"Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."
5. The following appeared in a memo from the owner of Green Thumb Gardening Center, a small business serving a suburban town.
"There is evidence that consumers are becoming more and more interested in growing their own vegetables. A national survey conducted last month indicated that many consumers were dissatisfied with the quality of fresh vegetables available in supermarkets. And locally, the gardening magazine GreatGardens has sold out at the Village News stand three months in a row. Thus, we at Green Thumb Gardening Center can increase our profits by greatly expanding the variety of vegetable seeds we stock for gardeners this coming spring."
January 24th
WORDS:
1.Proofread
2.Verbosity
3.Meander
4.Unflappable
5.Infuriate
6.Deplore
7.Exacerbate
8.Bore
9.Adamant
10.Insipid
11.Reinforce
12.Irrelevant
13.Deplore
14.Immaterial
15.Dispatch
16.Vivify
ANALOGIES:
1.Lampshade: lamp
2.Face: mask
3.Apron: clothing
4.Rock: hill
5.Cow: herd
6.Soil: mud
7.Irrelevant: pertain
8.Glacial :slow
January 23rd
WORDS:
1.Insipid
2. Alacrity
3.Buttress
4.Deplore
5.Qurush
6.Repudiate
7.Complaisance
ANALOGIES:
1.Collude: cooperate
2.Wary: cautious
3.Pacify: infuriate
4.Heart: organ
5.Irrelevant: pertain
6.Choreograph: movement
7.Melodious: hear
8.Deplore: vile
9.Proofread: document
10.Isthmus: island
11.Impervious: penetrate
12.Glacial: slow
13.Duck: drake
14.Exponent: advocate
15.Recess: halt
16.Harangue: mollify
17.Mulish: pervasive
18.He: she
19.Rock: hill
20. Cow: herd
21.Collaborate: cooperate
22. Soil: mud
23. Inane: significance
24. Lubricant: friction
25. Din: ear
26. Porous: liquid
27. Transparency: light
28. Figure: statue
29. Impeachable: blame
30. Arboreal: trees
31. Friction: oil
32.Gratuitous: justification
33.Comprehensive: dire
ISSUE TOPICS:
1. Study of history is not important unless it’s relevant to daily lives
2. Only through mistakes, progress or discovery is achieved
3. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication
4. A school or college should pay its teachers at the same rate in all disciplines, regardless of differences in salaries for related fields in the world outside of school. For example, entry-level teachers in mathematics and in the arts should receive the same pay, even if outside of school, math specialists earn a much higher salary on average than do specialists in the arts
5. To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards
6. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication
7. Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places
8. When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?
9. Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial.
January 22
WORDS:
1.Encomium
2.Stealing
3.Embezzling
4.Adamant
5.Demoralized
6.Ignominy
7.Proscribe
8.Natatorium
9.Procrastinate
10.Imbue
11.Vapid
ANALOGIES:
1.Brake: speed
2.Impervious: penetrate
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.The money spent on research is a good investment… even though the results of research are controversial
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.There is evidence that consumers of US have started growing vegetables in their own houses. The recent survey shows that the US consumers are very dissatisfied with the freshness of the vegetables that they buy in supermarkets. Another survey shows that during the last three months all the copies of a magazine named GARDEN something (XXX) is sold. So a company selling seeds decides to increase their profit by increasing the production of seeds of vegetables.
January 21
WORDS:
1.Alacrity
2.Insipid
3. Excavate
4. Deplore
5. Boorish
6. Banquet
7.Absorb
8. Accolade
9. Polemical
10.Emulate
11. Reinforce
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Are the researches made in various groups like teaching, science etc are useful to all"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.A restaurant was supplying margarine instead of butter…. only a 2% of people complained about their whole fleet of restaurants and the rest 98% kept quite and more over the waiters say that customers could not differentiate between the butter and margarine"
January 18th
WORDS:
1.Gullible
2.Upbraid
3.Procrastinate
4.Befriend
5.Garrulous
6.Zest
7.Exude
8.Limpid
9.Penurious
10. Paralyze
11.Fretwork
ANALOGIES:
1.Collude: cooperate
2.Wary: cautious
3.Pacify: infuriate
4.Duck: Drake
5.Gratuitous: justification
6.Comprehensive: dire
7.Lubricant: friction
January 17
WORDS:
1.Vivify
2.Sequester
3.Intimidate
4.Esteem
5.Ineluctable
6.Temerity
7.Pugnacious
January 15
WORDS:
Today’s Words:
1.Reconstitute
2.Slipshod
3.Meticulous
4.Immaterial
5. Crux
6. Proscribe
7. Fault
8. Din
9. Lubricant
10. Bach
11. Voluptuous
12. Tacit
13. Garrulous
14. Austere
15.Ostracize
16.Perfidy
ANALOGIES:
1.Din: ear
2.Porous: liquid
3.Transparency: light
4.Figure: statue
5.Impeachable: blame
6.Arboreal: trees
7.Friction: oil
Janury 14
WORDS:
1.Knack
2.Mulley
3.Archaic
4.Touchy
5.Impalpable
6.Trespass
7.Obtrude
8.Duly
ISSUE TOPIC:
1."Students should question about what they are studying instead of accepting, they should show some skepticism"
2."The character of the leaders of the society can be determined by the character of men and women of the society who chose them"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
January 11
WORDS:
1.Touchy
2.Annual
3.Iconoclast
4.Irrelevant
5.Obdurate
6.Laconia
7.Quislings
8.Trespass
9.Buttress
10. Alienate
11.Archaic
12.Desperate
13.Belie
14.Boorish
15.Exacerbate
16.Zealot
ANALOGIES:
1.He: she
2.Soil: mud
3.Lubricant: friction
4.Inane: Significance
5.Collaborate: cooperate
6.Cow :herd
7.Rock: hill
January 10
WORDS:
1.Glacial
2.Crux
3.Alienate
4.Fault
5.Ostracize
6.Proscribe
ANALOGIES:
1.Transparency: Light
2.Din: ear
3.Lubricant: friction
4.Figure: statue
5.Soil: mud
6.Porous: liquid
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. To become an effective leader, a public official must have high ethical values.
January 9
WORDS:
1.Touchy
2.Bach
3. Mulish
4. Pervasive
5. Duly
ANALOGIES:
1.Arboreal: trees
2.Friction: oil
3.Impeachable: blame
4.Mulish: pervasive
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Alta Manufacturing.
"During the past year, Alta Manufacturing had thirty percent more on-the-job accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts believe that a significant contributing factor in many on-the-job accidents is fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Alta and thereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shifts by one hour so that our employees will get adequate amounts of sleep."
January 8
WORDS:
1.Reward
2.Scold
3.Voluptuous
4.Tacit
5.Garrulous
6.Ineluctable
7.Austere
8.Duly
9.Archaism
ANALOGIES:
1.Ballad: song
ISSUE TOPIC:
1."Laws in our society should be fixed and they should consider time, place, circumstances"
2.The modern media such as television and email are tending to prevent thoughtful and meaningful communication.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1."Some people complained dizziness because of the chemicals present in food. 8 million cans will be tested and proved that those tested cans don’t contain 5 chemicals (initially it will be given that only 8 chemicals will be responsible for disorder). They also say that the remaining 3 chemicals will be present in all the cans."
2.It’s about the accidents in a company.......... and about deciding to reduce the work hour of the day so that it causes less fatigue and will lead to fewer accident.
January 7
WORDS:
1.Excavate
2.Befriend
3.Receptive
4.Calculated
5.Homogeneous
6. Upbraid
7. Disinclined
8.Deplore
9.Vile
10. Proofread
11. Isthmus
12. Impervious
13. Ascetic,
14. Homogeneous
15. Gratuitous
16. Intangible
17. Receptive
18.Quibble
19.Rebuff
ANALOGIES:
1.Mulish: Pervasive
2.Harangue: mollify
3.Melodious: hear
4.Heart: organ
5.Irrelevant: pertain
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. Teacher’s salary depends on student’s academic study.
January 4
WORDS:
1.Imbue
2.Crouch
3.Venerate
4.Trite
5.Chicanery
6.Palpable
7.Caustic
8.Befriend
9.Matter-of- fact
10. Boastful
11. Intangible
12. Observable
13.Ineluctable
14. Procrastinate
15.Vile
16.Gratuitous
17.Perceptive
18.Receptive
19.Pervasive
20.Calculated
21.Alienate
22.Inaccurate
23.Homogeneous
ANALOGIES:
1.Aphoristic: succinct
2.Glacial :slow
3.Impervious: penetrate
4.Isthmus: island
5.Wedding: marriage
6.Melodious: hear
7.Heart :organ
8.Choreograph: movement
9.Irrelevant: pertain
10. Proofread: document
January 3
WORDS:
1.Befriend
2.Upbraid
3.Disinclined
4.Buttress
5.Sturdy
6.Pragmatic
7.Teem
8.Ignominy
9.Gaunt
10. Puckish
11. Dilettante
12. Abate
13. Gullible
14. Lethargic
15. Vitriol
16. Devious
17. Munificent
ANALOGIES:
1.Cameo :sculpture
2.Deplore: vile
3.Duck: Drake
4.Recess: halt
5.Exponent: advocate
Issue Topic:
1. Study of history is not important unless it’s relevant to daily lives
January 1
WORDS:
1. Ignominy
2. Teem
3. Abate
4. Maverick
5. Accolade
6. Gully
7. Surreptitious
8. Absorb
9. Transient
10. Gainsay
11. Buttress
ANALOGIES:
1. Novelist: book
2. Harangue: mollify
Issue topic:
1. Only through mistakes, progress or discovery is achieved.
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