GRE GROUP: jokes/caricature/satire

1. Badinage (n): friendly joking between people; banter; teasing conversation
2. Banter (n): a playful friendly exchange of remarks
   Bantering (adj): good natured ridiculing
3. Satire (n): the art or practices of mocking people, institutions, etc or making them appear ridiculous in order to show how foolish, wicked or incompetent they are.
                  : A piece of writing, a play, a film etc, that uses this art.
   Political satire.
   Satirical (adj): containing or using satire; mocking
   Witty and satirical poems
   

Gre Group: Easy Word; Confusing Secondary Meaning 2

1. Academic (adj): not relevant to practical affairs; of theoretical interest only; not practical or directly useful.
   A matter of academic concern, a purely academic question.
2. Distant (adj): not very friendly; reserved or aloof; cold in manner
   he seems distant until you get to know him
   her distant greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start.
3. Economy (n): efficiency or conciseness in using something
                       : use of available resources in a way that saves money, time, etc or avoids waste.
   Economy of language (i.e. using few words)
   Traveling in economy class (i.e. by the cheapest class of air travel)
4. Purchase (n): a firm hold or grip on something; e.g. on a flat surface
   the mountaineers struggled to get a proper purchase on the slippery rock.
5. Vegetate (n): to live a dull life with little activity or interest; live in a monotonous way.
   Vegetating at home without a job

GRE Group : Party in Thamel

Few days ago, with the aim of savoring best cuisine and enjoying night lives, me an buddies went Thamel. Thamel is a most popular tourist hub located in Kathmandu, Nepal. That night, we enjoyed waltz in some bars and boisterous party’s in some discos. At 3 am when most of our buddies became stupor, we caught a taxi and returned home.
after returning home, I felt that these types of events repeats many times, in lives of young buddies so presenting you, some stuff to digest while being in such party.

1.      Chalice (n): a large cup for holding wine, esp. from which wine is drunk in the Christian communion service. Goblet; consecrated cup.

2.      Vintner (n): winemaker; seller of wine

3.      Carousal (n): drunken revel

4.      Bacchanalian (adj): involving wild noisy behavior and the drinking a lot of alcohol.
Bacchanalian revels

5.      Orgy (n): a wild party usu. With a lot of drinking and / or sexual activity.
A drunken orgy

6.      Tipple (v): drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently.
His most enjoyable evenings occurred when he tippled with his friends at the local pub.

7.      Swill (v): drink greedily; to drink something in large quantities.
swill beer/ tea

8.      Quench (v): to satisfy one’s thirst by drinking; assuage.
I need beer to quench my thirst.
                 : douse or extinguish
Quench the flames
Figurative: quench somebody’s ardor/ desire/ passion

9.      Obstreperous (adj):  (of people or their behavior) very noisy and difficult to control.
He becomes obstreperous when he’s had a few drinks

10.  Revelry (n): noisy celebrations; boisterous merrymaking
sounds of drunken revelry
New year’s eve is a night of drunken revelry

11.  Stupor (n): the state of being nearly unconscious or not fully aware of what is happening, caused by shock, drugs, alcohol.
In a drunken stupor

GRE Group: Hollywood Movies

1.  Desperado (n): reckless outlaw i.e. a man, who commits dangerous, esp. criminal, acts without worrying about himself or other people.
   A gang of armed desperado.
2. Collateral (n):  security given for loan
   The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral
   
3. Daredevil (n): a person who is foolishly bold and seems not to care about danger.
   Don’t try any daredevil stunts.
4. Hidalgo (n): nobleman
                    : (Spanish nobility) was a traditional title of persons of the Spanish nobility or gentry.

GRE Words: Gre Group: Future Telling

1. Augury (n): a sign of what will happen in the future; omen; prophecy
2. Bode (v): to be a good/ bad sign for somebody or something; foreshadow; protend
   use: these trading figures don’t bode well for the company’s future
3. Divine (v): perceive intuitively; foresee the future.