Gre group: World of Magic

1.  Conjure (v): summon a devil; practice magic; imagine or invent.
   Use: Sorcerers conjure devils to appear.
2. Coven (n): a meeting or group or witches
3. Exorcise (v): to drive out or rid somebody of an evil spirit by prayers or magic
   a priest exorcised the ghost from the houses

Gre Group: Easy Word; Confusing Secondary Meaning

Confusing words

1. Amazon (n): female warrior
2. Application (n): diligent attention
3. August (adj): impressive; majestic
   Syn: Majestic, Palatial, Stately, Splendid, Magnificient
   Use: visiting the palace at Versailles, she was impressed by the august surrounding in which she found herself.
4. Buffet (v): slap; batter; knack about
5. Cataract (n): great waterfall
6. Compact (n): agreement, contract
   

GRE Group: Word related with SEX

1. Amorous (adj): openly showing or feeling love; relating to sexual love.
   Use: love them and leave them, is the motto of the amorous boys.
   
2. Platonic: (of love or a friendship between two people) close and deep but not sexual.
   a platonic relationship
3. Chaste (adj): not having sex except with the person to whom one is married.
   Use: to ensure that his bride would stay chaste while he is off to the wars, the crusader had her fitted with a chastity belt.
                       : Not having had sex with anyone; pure, virgin.
4. Celibate (adj): not married, esp. for religious reasons.
                        : Not having sexual relation
   use: she decided to adopt a celibate lifestyle.
   Celibacy (n): the state of not being married or of not having sexual relationships; esp. for a long time.
   Use: catholic priests take a vow of celibacy.
   Quote: Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures (Samuel Johnson).
   

GRE Vocab; words related with fire

1. Arson (n): the deliberate criminal act of setting fire to a house or other buildings.
   Arsonist (n): a person who commits arson
2. Combustible (adj): that can catch fire and burn easily
   Use: all combustible material should be keep in safe containers
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Conflagration (n): a great fire that destroys a lot of property etc.
4. Flammable (adj): easily catching fire; that can burn easily
   Inflammable (adj): that can very easily catch fire and burn
   Nonflammable (adj): not catching fire easily
5. Flint (n): a very hard grey stone that can produce a spark of fire when struck against steel.
   Use: the layer of rock contains a lot of flint.
        : prehistoric flint tools
6. Ignite (v): to start of burn or make something start to burn
   Use: petrol ignites very easily
7. Incendiary (adj): designed to set buildings, etc on fire
   Use: an incendiary bomb/ device/ attack
   Incendiary (n): a bomb that causes a fire
8. Inferno (n): a large dangerous fire that is out of control
   Use: within minutes the shop was a blazing/ raging/ roaring inferno
   Smolder (v): to burn slowly without flame
9. Use: a cigarette smoldering in the ashtray
        : she smoldered with jealousy
        : smoldering heart (Nepali: Mutu Jali Rahe6)
10. Pyromania (n): a mental illness that causes a strong desire to set fire to things
    use: he is suffering from Pyromania
    Pyromanic (n): a person who suffers from pyromania
11. Pyre(n): a large pile of wood for burning a dead body as part of a funeral ceremony
    Use: a funeral pyre
12. Pall (n): a cloth spread over a coffin
               : a dark or heavy covering
    Use: a pall of smoke hung over the town

Gre vocab: Confusing Words

1. Appropriate (v): to take something for one’s use, especially without permission or illegally
   Use: he was accused of appropriating club funds
2. Redress (n): remedy; compensation
   Use: redress an injustice/ a grievance
         : redress the damage done
3. Redoubtable (adj): formidable; deserving to be feared and respected
   Use: a redoubtable opponent/ fighter
   
4. Shaving (n): very thin piece; esp. of wood
   Use: the floor of the carpenter’s shop was covered with food shaving
   

Improve your GRE Vocabulary:Act of cutting

Cutting is a part and parcel of our life. Everyday, we cut vegetables, fruits etc, obviously we don’t cut others head (decapitate), but a single word ‘cut’ can not represent all acts of cutting appropriately. So presenting you, different types/ styles of cutting today, which are better represented by these specialized GRE words.

1. Abscission (n): removal by cutting of , as in surgery; separation
2. Amputate (v): cut off part of body; prune
3. Decapitate (v): be head
4. Dissection (n): analysis; cutting part in order to examine
5. Dismember (v): cut into small parts
6. Excise (n): cut away; cut out
7. Hack (v): to cut something or somebody with rough heavy blows
8. Hew (v): cut into pieces with an ox or sword
9. Incision (n): a surgical cut made in skin or flesh
                     : the action or process of cutting into something.
   Lancet (n): small surgical tools for making incisions
   Suture (n): stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing.
   Use: surgeons will remove the sutures as soon as the wound heals.
10. Mince (v): to cut food, esp. meat, into very small pieces in a machine with revolving blades
                     : walk in affected manner with short, quick steps and swinging hips
11. Prune (v): cut away; trim
12. Truncate (v): to make something shorter by cutting off the top or end.
    Use: a truncated pyramid
          : they published my article in truncated form
13. Whittle (v): pare; cut off bits

Law related words in GRE Revised Test

What is law? What it really means to you? Have you ever tried to breach the law? We can define law in different ways. So define as you like but it’s an ultimate truth that, we have to abide with a law.  When I take a survey with various students taking GRE classes by administering the GRE words related with law, most of them (who came from other backgrounds except law) scored very poorly in the survey. So today ubiquitous law words a GRE students must know. Guys, do find where you stand!!!!!! 

1. Arbiter (n): person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge
   
2. Arbitrate (v): act as judge
   
3. Accomplice (n): Partner in crime
   Quote: Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most of us can do is sign on as its accomplice. (Tom Watson).
4. Bicameral (adj): two chambered, as a legislative body
5. Bequeath (v): leave to someone by means of a will; handdown
6. Codicil (n): supplement to the body of will
7. Conviction (n): judgement that some one is guilty of crime
                          ; strongly held belief
   

Improve GRE Vocab: BED Time Reading

Today was very special day for me. Today my thesis supervisor Professor Dr. Bharat Mani Pokhrel appreciated my thesis work and gave nod to submit thesis for final examination. I hope with in few days, I will have thesis presentation and will get transcript too. Due to this excitement, I am not sleepy today (Hey, it’s not insomnia!!!).

I didn’t post anything to my blog today, but you guys (obviously I mean to tell you girls also) might be expecting something valuable.
Today, let’s get acquainted with words pertaining to sleep.

(You can master these words with little effort; just remember them whenever you go to bed).

1.      Comatose (adj): of or in a state of coma (a state of prolonged deep unconsciousness, caused especially by severe injury or illness i.e. Deep Sleep

Writing the Essay: How to write Best Application Essay

Writing the Essay

(Source: The US-UK Fulbright commission. Based on a presentation in Madras by Professor Hower, ComellUniversity, Department of English)

Stage 1: Preparation

Brainstorming is an important part of preparation. Take some time and write down in note form the important events and facts about your recent life - from the time you graduated from high school. List the things that you have done and the things that have been important to you. For example:

·                  Won a poetry contest

·                  Got A’s in Physics and Mathematics

·                  Member of volleyball team

·                  Worked after school in shop

·                  Won a contest

·                  Worked with a social welfare group on a slum project

·                  Went to Hyderabad for six months to stay with an aunt because she was sick

Write out the answers to some questions. Write them out in some detail, being as specific as you can.

ü      What have you learnt about your field that has stimulated you and given you the conviction that you are best suited to that field?

ü      How have you learned this?
Classes, important reading, work experience, extra-curricular activities...

ü      How have your work experiences contributed to your personal growth?
If you have not had a job, don’t worry about it, but mention it if you have - even if you were not paid for it. Perhaps you took care of neighbors’ children for a number of years. If you are applying for graduate study in social work, psychology or education, you can make this relevant.

ü      What are your career goals?
Be as specific as you can be. Not all students are clear about what they want to do ten years from now. If you don’t know it, don’t fake it. Be as specific as you can be. Not everyone can be clear - some students are not old enough or experienced enough to know what their future goals are.

ü      Explain any discrepancies or gaps in your record.
If you dropped out of university for a year to take care of your father who was ill, that will show up in your student record or transcript. You will have to explain that. You don’t have to make a big deal about it. However admissions faculty will want to know why you were not at university for a certain period. Suppose you had poor marks in the first two years and then your grades picked up and the reason you had poor marks is because you were not sure what you were doing or you were sick a lot or you were moving from one city to another. Explain that. For example, ‘My marks in the first two years were not up to my expectations but once I got settled into a new home, they improved remarkably’ or ‘My father was ill at that time and I had to take care of him. After his death, I had to face university again.’ If such experiences have influenced your record you should mention them. Don’t make silly excuses. But if something really needs explaining, don’t skip over it.

ü      Have you overcome any special obstacles?
Some of you may have faced troubled times in your life - financially, medically or have had family problems. If they are really obstacles explain how you have overcome them. This makes you appear like a person of considerable character.

ü      What personal characteristics do you have that will enhance your prospects for success in your field?
Can you demonstrate that, give evidence? If you can’t give evidence that you are a hard- working person then don’t say you are hard-working. If you are a hard-working person and you have worked ten hours a day at a job and studied, that is worth noting. Again inference may be the best way of stating it.

ü      What special skills do you possess?
Ask your friends. You may have special skills in communication, articulation, or are you especially good at leadership, do you have sharp analytical skills, or are you creative. This is where your autobiography would be useful. You acted in a college play and people thought you were terrific. What does this mean in terms of applying to a graduate school of law? It means you are able to get people to pay attention to you. Being a good actor can make you a good lawyer. Actors have gone on to become lawyers and politicians as we all know, so look over your life. What special skills do you have? Perhaps you have a technical skill, a pilot’s licence or you know how to repair motors.

ü      What are the most compelling reasons the committee should be interested in you?
What is so great, so wonderful about you? If you have done a good job with your autobiography and you have done a good job answering these questions half of your work is done. It takes time to do this. Spend time on it.

ü      What is special and impressive and unique about you?
This is not an easy question to answer. You should ask someone ‘Hey what is so special about me’. Your mother may not always have the same ideas you have: ‘You eat well’. That’s not going to help you figure out an answer. Ask a friend.

ü      What details in your life have shaped you and influenced your growth?
What details in your life have made you the person you are and have influenced your choice of career goal?

Stage 2: Writing

Write several outlines and decide which you like best. Remember the essay has an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Outline the things you want to say and from all the material you have written, select the material which you think will go well in your essay. Select the most significant details. Put that into your outline. Make your outline useable, make it neat and leave lots of space. Now you are ready to write the essay. Write on lined paper, double spaced, using only one side of the page.

The first attempt at writing the essay is going to be terrible, but don’t worry; it is only the first draft. Do not edit as you write. Write it out. Make it too long.

Stage 3: Revision

Let the essay sit for a day or two. Then go over it with a red ink pen making little lines; cross out words or sentences. Revise it carefully and write your second draft. This may also be disappointing. Don’t expect too much from your first attempts. It takes a lot of work. I have often put in a lot of work, put it in an envelope, taken one last look and said ‘Oh hell, I have to do it again’ and I did it again. Do as many drafts as you feel is necessary.

Spend time on the first paragraph. Make sure that first paragraph is terrific and interesting. Don’t make it cute or flowery. Don’t say anything less than fascinating. You won’t get it on your first draft. You will probably get it on your sixth or seventh try. Also pay attention to your last paragraph which may be only one sentence - make it a snappy last sentence.

Be clear, specific and interesting.

You are likely to be exhausted, fed up and sick of the whole project. At that time don’t push yourself. Let it sit. Give the essay to somebody else to look at. Someone who is older, perhaps a former teacher; not a friend who is afraid to criticize you. Somebody who cares enough to be critical and tell you the truth. Then write it again.

Once you think you have got the final draft, what do you do? Proofread it as if you were the editor of India Today or Times of India. Not a single mistake must survive - spelling or grammatical. Look every word up in the dictionary that you are not absolutely sure of.

Remember that content and styles are both important (60%:40%). Make sure that the essay looks perfect

Tips on Writing Application Essay Style

• Write simply, not in a flowery and complicated matter
• Write in a straightforward way.in other words don’t be subtle or cute. 
• Write in a clear and logical manner. If you have to be creative, that is fine, but you do so in a straightforward way. These people are really interested in your vocation. They don’t want to read something that is in the form of one act plays nor do they want to read three adjectives per noun. They want you to be direct and straightforward
  
• Be clear in what you are saying make sure you are logical. Explain yourself with great clarity. 
• Finally, most important of all, be specific, not vague. 

1. Don’t say-‘ My grades were quite good’ but say ‘I belonged to the top 5% of my class’. 

1. Don’t say- ‘I am interested in sports’. Say ‘I was captain of my hockey team’. 

1. Don’t say ‘I like poetry’. Say ‘I did a study of Shakespeare’s sonnets and wrote a twelve- page bachelor’s degree dissertation on imagery’. 

1. Don’t say – ‘ I want to be a supreme court judge, that is why I want to go to law school’. Say things like ‘I was an apprentice in a court’ or ‘I often went with my father to the courts to listen to cases’ or ‘ I wrote a legal column for a school newspaper’. That is being specific.

 (Source: The US-UK Fulbright commission. Based on a presentation in Madras by Professor Hower, Comell University, Department of English)

Know about Scholarships and How to get them

Types of scholarships

Three types

ü      Fellowships

ü      Assistantships

ü      Grants

FELLOWSHIPS

·        Offered at the beginning of graduate level

·        No work obligation

·        Granted to any one on the basis of merit

·        Range $ 1K- $15K (Thousand)

·        Covers living expense, sometimes also includes tuition and fees

ASSISTANTSHIPS:
Assistantships are not just employment relationships. It is an integral and important part of graduate education. Assistantships range from $ 5K-$ 30K per year, with 10-20 hours of work per week.

• Teaching Assistantship (TA)
  * covers salary with full or partial tuition fee remission
  * Health benefit may or may not included
  * involves teaching undergraduate classes, grading papers, and monitoring labs.
  * may involve attending undergraduate classs and carrying lighter courses loads which will kill your time.
• Research Assistantship (RA)
  * Similar to Above
  * involves research assignment in your discipline
  * the best part of it is that it supports your thesis dissertation.

GRANTS

v      Mostly advanced level graduate students are qualified for the grants.

v      It is provided to pursue special projects.

v      Amount ranges from $1K- 3K, more than $10 K is rare

v      it does not include living cost

v      Skills required to receive grants are, originality, importance of the research work and ability to carry out research successfully.

HOW TO WIN SCHOLORSHIPS

o       Professor control must of the assistantships.

o        Go to department webpage; communicate; write to them and know about the professors

o       Email to professor and assure him how you can contribute.

o       Present polished and professional application.

o       Correspond properly,
*use proper email address (not like crazyheart@gmail.com), don’t forget to include your email address on the body of your email.
*Write your full name, academic history, years of study completed
*proposed field of study
*which semester/ year you are applying for
*write about your professional work experience.
*Write your GRE, GMAT, and TOEFL scores if you have them now
*Attach your CV.

How to increase your Aids?

·        Request colleges to match your current aid offer

·        Apply to colleges in clusters, most competitive colleges compete for same students

·        Beat the priority deadline

·        Ask politely to speak with the director of financial aid

·        Research outside funding sources available

·        After getting AID do politely bargain to make that aid match to your expenses.

Scholarship myths
* Guaranteed scholarships with high TOEFL/ IELTS scores (Scams)
* High GRE is automatic Scholarships (no guarantee)

* There is no international student scholarship or diversity scholarships (Scams)
* working outside the college (you may not get time)

WHERE TO GO TO FIND RELEVANT INFORMATION

• USEF Library, Look in Petersons Books
• Websites of college and universities
• American library
• Join USEF e-group
• Useful books are:
  Funding for US study (Latest edition)
  Open door (latest edition)
  Petersons Graduate Program Handbook (2009)
  Petersons grants for Graduate and post doctoral study. 5^th edition
  Petersons Scholorships, Grants, and Prizes (2009)

Useful websites are
Funding for US Study: http://www.fundingusstudy.org/
FinAid! Financial Aid, College Scholarships and Student Loans
http://scholar.google.com/  (go to advanced search, type the name of professor or Key words)
Still confused, leave a question here!!!!!!!!!!

General Do’s and Don’ts: While Writing a Successful Application Essay

General Do’s and Don’ts: While Writing a Successful Application Essay
Do’s

ü      Do take a lot of time.
Don’t do this at the last minute. Plant to spend month or so preparing for the essay. Plan to let it rest for a week, so you have time to mull it over and get a perspective on it. Don’t be hasty and sloppy.

ü      Do read the question carefully.
If they ask you why you want to go to law school, answer that. If they ask what your career goals are, answer that. Don’t go off on a tangent or get too verbose.

ü      Do write length of the essay they ask for.
If they ask for 200 words give them that or 190 or 220. You don’t give them a 1000 and you don’t give them 50.

ü      Type your final draft unless they tell you not to.
Type it well with no mistakes. Buy some good paper. If you’re writing it, see that it is clear and legible.

ü      Do write a separate essay for each university.
There is no reason why you can’t take a paragraph from one essay and apply it to another. Your essays don’t have to be every word different but each university would like to think that you are especially interested in their program. Each university is different. Make something about your essay distinctive to that university and mention its name. Don’t write an all- purpose general essay. Admissions faculties don’t like that.

ü      Do as much research on the university as you can.
If you can get hold of a catalogue, read it. If you can find someone who went to the university, talk to them. Find out as much as you can about the university. You don’t want to say ‘I am always wanted to go to Harvard because I wanted to find out about the Great American West’. As most of you know, Harvard is not in the Great American West. It is in Massachusetts.

ü      Accentuate your positive qualities.
If you had the highest mark in class, make sure that they know it. Make sure that they know that you were able to hold a full – time job while going to school. Make sure that they know that you won any awards. Make sure that they know that you were captain of a team.

HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL Application Essay

HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL
Application Essay
(Source: The US-UK Fulbright commission. Based on a presentation in Madras by Professor Hower, Comell University, Department of English)

The personal statement is a difficult piece of writing, may be the most difficult piece of writing you will ever do, and therefore you have to do it very carefully. It is an opportunity for you to give a picture of yourself. It may take a great deal of time and energy but at least you will have written something you are proud of, which says something important about you. So I would suggest first of all: write it for yourself as much as for graduate schools in America; do a job that you like, something that has integrity, which says something important about you. If things don’t turn out the way you hope, at least you will have written something difficult but satisfying.

Importance

How important is the essay part of the application? This depends on your marks to a certain extent. If your marks are very high, then it may be as important as it is for someone whose marks are not so good. Nevertheless it is important. A person with high marks can spoil his/ her chances of admission with a bad essay. At highly competitive schools, where most applicants score at the 97^th percentile level of standardized tests, a winning proposal statement may be the deciding factor in admission.

What are universities looking for?
First of all don’t second guess. Don’t try to figure out what you think they want and supply it because you won’t be able to do that. Nor can you understand the mind of a 50 year old American who is living 10,000 miles away from you and may have woken up that morning with a headache and then was bitten by a dog on his way to the office. There is no way you can second guess, you can not read their minds. Having said that, I can tell you some things which all college admissions officers want to see in the application.

GRE VOCAB: SPEECH or/ SPEAK

1. Ventriloquent (n): some one who can make his or her voice seem to come from other person or things.
2. Articulate (adj): fluent and clear in speech

3. Bombast: high sounding language with little meaning.
4. Colloquy (n): informal speech; conversation
5. Colloquial (adj): pertaining to conservation or common speech; informal
6. Drawl (v): speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds.
(n): a drawling accent

GRE Vocab; some Useful Proverbs for GRE

1. Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. (Spanish Proverbs )
2. It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind. (Chinese Proverbs)
3. Epigrams succeed where epics fail. (Persian Proverbs )
   
4. It is foolhardy to climb two trees at once just because one has two feet (African Proverbs)  
5. A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance. (Chinese Proverbs )
   
   

Improve your GRE Vocab:Words similar to Death

1. Annihilate (v): destroy utterly, defeat utterly
2. Cadaver (n): a corpse
   
   
   
   
3. Cadaverous (adj): resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony
4. Carnage (n): the killing of a large number of people
5. Carrion (n): rotting flesh of a dead body.
6. Catacombs (n): a series of underground tunnels used for burying dead people, esp. in ancient Rome.
7. Cenotaph (n): a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially a war memorial.
8. Decapitate (v): cut off the head of.
9. Decimate (v): kill or destroy a large proportion of; drastically reduce strength of
                       : (in ancient Rome) kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers) as a punishment for the mutiny of the whole group
10. Demise (n): the end or failure of something; a person’s death
11. Defunct (adj): no longer existing or functioning
12. Dirge (n): a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite
                  : a mournful song, piece of music, or sound
    Use: the funeral dirge stirred us to tears
13. Epitaph (n): words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
14. Euthanasia (n): the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable disease or in an irreversible coma
15. Holocaust (n): destruction or slaughter on a mass scale; destruction by fire
16. Moribund (n): at the point of death; in terminal decline; lacking vigor
17. Massacre (n): an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people
                     (v): deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people).
18. Manslaughter (n): the crime of killing a human being without malice
19. Mausoleum (n): a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs.
    
    
    
20. Obsequies (P noun): funeral rites
21. Pyre (n): a heap of combustible material, especially one for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony.
22. Requiem(n): a mass for the repose of the souls of the dead
                      : a musical composition setting parts of such a mass
23. Regicide (n): the killing of a king; a person who does this.
24. Succumb (v): fail to resist (pressure, temptation, etc.)
                        : die from the effect of a disease or injury
25. Sepulchre (n): a small room or monument cut in rock or built in stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

unique word pair "one word difference in the Middle"

One word different in the middle

1. veracious vs. voracious
2. sagacious vs. salacious
3. verve vs. verse
4. musky vs. musty/ murky
5. snub vs. snug/ snob
6. amble vs. ample
7. bogus vs. bonus
8. chafe vs. chase
9. condole vs. console/ condone
10. contest vs. context
11. converge vs. converse
12. coven vs. cozen

unique word pair"one word substitution in the Middle"

1. Garish vs. Garnish
   Garish (adj): obtrusively bright and showy
   Garnish (v): decorate or embellish (something, especially food).
                 (n): a small amount of food used to decorate other food
2. Repel vs. Repeal
   Repel (v): drive or force back or away
                 : be repulsive or distasteful to
   Repeal (v): revoke or annul (a law or Act of Parliament)
              (n): the action of repealing
3. Dose vs. Douse
   Dose (n): a quantity of a medicine or drug taken at one time
   Douse (v): drench with liquid; extinguish ( a fire or light).
4. Seer vs. Sheer
   seer (n): a person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future
   Analogy: SEER: PROPHECY:: sage: wisdom (Defining characteristics)
   sheer (adj): nothing other than; unmitigated: sheer hard work
5. Chase vs. Chaste
   chase (v): decorate (metal) by engraving or inlaying
   Analogy: EMBROIDER: CLOTH:: chase: metal
   chaste (adj): abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse
                      : without unnecessary ornamentation
6. Climatic vs Climactic
   Climatic (adj): the general weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period
                        : a prevailing trend or public attitude: the current economic climate
   Climactic (adj): forming an exciting climax
7. Congenial vs. Congenital
   congenial (adj): (of a person) pleasing through having qualities or interests similar to one’s own.
                            : suited to one’s taste or inclination
   Congenital (adj): (especially of a disease or abnormality) present from birth
                           : having a particular trait from birth or by established habit. A congenital liar.
8. Amiable vs. amicable
   amiable (adj): friendly and pleasant in manner
   amicable (adj): characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.

GRE VOCB: “Pertaining to Money”

1. Affluent (adj): abundant, wealthy
   Antonyms: Impecunious
2. Capital (n): pertaining to wealth, most significant
   
   
3. Destitute (adj): extremely poor and lacking the means to provide oneself.
4. Embezzle (v): steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or under one’s control).
   
   
5. Endow (v): provide or give or bequeath income or money to a person or organization
   
   
   Antonyms: Divest
   
6. Expenditure (n): payment or expense; out put.
   Antonyms: store up
7. Extort (v): get money by threatening
8. Hack: a writer of a news paper for money who does dishonest things.
   9 A. Haggle (v): dispute or bargain persistently, especially over a price
   
   

   

   
   
9. Impecunious: indigent
   
   Antonyms: Affluent, wealthy
   

GRE VOCAB: CONUNDRUM VS RIDDLE

1. Conundrum (n): a confusing and difficult problem or question.


: A riddle

2. Riddle (n): a question or statement phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning


Quote: I can not forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma. (Sir Winston Churchill).

Riddle (v): make many holes in, especially with gunshot.

GRE vocab: Tools

1. Trowel (n): used to apply and spread mortar or plaster, for lifting plants or earth

2. Anvil (n): a heavy iron block on which metal can be hammered and shaped

3. Awl (n): a small pointed tool used for piercing holes

4. Colander (n): a perforated bowl used to strain off liquid from food.


5. Chisel (n): a long- bladed hand tool used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal

6. Abacus (n): a frame with rows of wires along which beads are slid, used for calculating

GRE VOCAB: “DIFFERENT TYPES OF POEMS and related words”

1. Ballad (n): a poem or song narrating a popular story in short stanza
      : a slow sentimental or romantic song.
2. Bard (n): a poet, traditionally one reciting epics.
3. Canto (n): each of the sections into which some long poems are divided
4. Doggerel (n): comic verse composed in irregualar rhythm
   : badly written verse or word
   
5. Elegy (n): a mournful poem, typically a lament for the dead.
   
6. Epic (n): a long poem narrating the deeds of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.
7. Verse (n): a group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song
8. Epigram (n): a concise and witty saying or remark
   : a short witty poem
   
9. Idyll (n): a short poem or prose work describing a picturesque pastoral scene or incident
   : a blissful or peaceful period or situation
10. Lyric (n): a lyric poem or verse
    : the words of a songs
    (adj): (of poetry) expressing the writer’s emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
    : (of singing voice) using a light register.
11. Limerick (n): a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
    
12. Ode (n): a lyric poem, typically in the form of an address, written in varied or irregular meter.
    : A classical poem of a kind originally meant to be song
13. Prosody (n): The art of versification
    : the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry and its study
14. Sonnet (n): a poem of fourteen lines
    
15. Stanza (n): a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.
    
    Verse (n): a group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song

GRE Word pair easy to remember 3rd

• Premonition of death


• Prodigal spendthrift

• Propitious omens

• Provident fund

• Speaking without reticence

GRE Word pair easy to remember 1st

• Aberrant behavior

• Abject poverty

• Abstemious life style
• Poverty alleviation

• A topical anesthetic

• Anomalous expansion of water

• A faithless apostate

• Assiduous people

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 5TH

21. Lax vs. Wax
Lax (adj): not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful; careless
Wax (n): bees wax
          (v): remove hair from body


22. Lout vs. Tout
Lout (n); clumsy person
Tout (v): publicize; praise excessively.

23. Meek vs. Reek
Meek (adj): quiet, gentle, and submissive
Reek (v): having a foul smell

24. Rigor vs. vigor
Rigor (n): severity
Vigor (n): active strength


25. Roil vs. Foil
Roil (v): make (a liquid) turbid by disturbing the sediment.
Foil (n): metal hammered or rolled into a thing flexible sheet e.g. aluminum foil
            :contrast
           (v): defeat or frustrate

26. Rote vs. Dote
Rote (n): mechanical or habitual repetition: a poem learnt by rote
Dote (v): be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline.
Analogy: UPBRAID: REPROACH:: dote: like (intensity)

27. Rue vs. Hue
Rue (v): bitterly regret (a past event or action) and wish it undone.
         (n): repentance; regret
              : compassion; pity

28. Ruse vs. Muse
Ruse (n): a stratagem or trick
Muse (v): ponder; say to oneself in a thoughtful manner.

29. Slag vs. Flag
Slag (n): residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
Flag (v): become tired or less enthusiastic; droop; grow feeble

30. Slight vs. Plight
Slight (n): insults to one’s dignity; snub
Plight (n): condition, state (especially a bad state or condition); predicament.

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 4TH

11. Festive vs. Restive
Festive (adj): relating to a festival; jovially celebratory
Restive (adj): unable to keep still or silent; restless

12. Gaunt vs. Jaunt vs Daunt vs Taunt
Gaunt (adj): lean and haggard, especially through illness, hunger, or age       
                : (of a place) grim or desolate in appearance
Jaunt (n): a short excursion for pleasure
          (v): go on a jaunt
Daunt (v): make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive

Taunt: A jeering or mocking remark made in order to wound or provoke (Challenge in an insulting way)



13. Grouse vs. Arouse
grouse (v): complain pettily; grumble
            (n): a grumble or petty complaint.
Arouse (v): evoke (a feeling or response); provoke to anger or other strong emotion.
                 Excite sexually; awaken from sleep.

14. Gust vs. Must
Gust (n): a brief, strong rush of wind (a burst of rain, sounds etc).
        (v): blow in gusts
Must (n): mustiness or mould.

15. Gusty vs. musty
gusty (adj): characterized by or blowing in gusts.
Musty (adj): having a stale or mouldy smell or taste; unoriginal or outdated.

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 3RD

1. Benison vs. Venison
Benison (n): blessing
Venison (n): meat from a deer.

2. Bolster vs. Holster
Bolster (v): support or reinforce
Holster (n): a holder carrying a handgun, typically worn on a belt or under the arm.

3. Callow vs. Fallow
Callow (adj): (of a young person) inexperienced and immature
Fallow (adj): plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 2ND

14) Bode vs. Abode
Bode (v): foreshadow, portend
Abode (n): a house or home

15) Eon vs. Peon
Eon (n): an indefinite and very long period.
Peon (n): landless; agricultural worker, bond servant

GRE: KNOW SOME UNIQUE WORD PAIRS 1ST

1) Amble vs. Ramble
Amble (v): walk or move at a leisurely pace
            (n): a leisurely walk
Ramble (v): walk for pleasure in the country side
             (n): a walk taken for pleasure in the country side

2) Anguish vs. Languish
Anguish (n): severe mental or physical pain or suffering
              (v): be very distressed.
Languish (v): grow weak or feeble
                : be kept in an unpleasant place or situation:
he was languishing in jail

3) Arable vs. Parable
Arable (adj): (of land) suitable for growing crops
              (n): arable land or crops
Parable (n): a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.

4) Artisan vs. Partisan
Artisan (n): a skilled worker who makes things by hand
Partisan (n): a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.
           (adj): prejudiced in favour of a particular cause.

GRE vocab: “Different Types of Government”

1. Theocracy (n): a system of government in which priests rule in the name of god.
2. Oligarchy (n): a small group of people having control of a country or organization.
                         : a country governed by an oligarchy.
3. Plutocracy (n): government by the wealthy
                         : a state or society governed in this way
                         : an elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth.
4. Gerontocracy (n): a state, society or group governed by old people
                              : government based on rule by old people.
5. Junta (n): a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.

Gre Vocab:study of the subjects and specialists

Study of the Subject (n) Specialist (n)

1. Anthropology anthropologist
Anthropology (n): the study of humankind, including the comparative study of societies and cultures and the science of human zoology and evolution.

2. Alchemy alchemist

the medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir
: a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation etc

3. Cardiology cardiologist
The branch of medicine concerned with diseases and abnormalities of the heart