451.

discredit

The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to discredit the other.

Trick to Remember: The root ‘cred’ means belief; the reverse of belief is disbelief or discredit.

(ADJ.) Injure the reputation of; destroy confidence in.

452.

bygone

After starting jobs, the time to reminisce about bygone days of graduation with cheering friends was pretty much all the time.

Trick to Remember: bygone = bye + gone; that is saying bye to something or someone that has gone (past).

(NOUN) Past; former.

453.

covert

The soldier trained to be part of covert operations, moving silently and remaining out of the enemy’s sight.

Trick to Remember: In a video game known as I.G.I Project (Covert Strike); we try to kill opponent soldiers secretly.

(NOUN) Secret, undercover.

454.

counterpoint

After Imran Khan jalsa on Minar-e-Pakistan, news anchors and columnists of Geo & Co. started making counterpoints of Mr. Khan’s speech in his jalsa.

Trick to Remember: We hear word many times like counter-attack; e.g, I.S.I has countered the attack by R.A&W and Moosad; but it couldn’t be countered by other agencies, that’s its perfection. Also a game named as I.G.I project (counter strike). So counter means to negate or oppose.

(ADJ) Contrasting item, opposite.

455.

temperance

Noted for his temperate appetite, he seldom drink alcohols.

Trick to Remember: It’s derived from temperature; a moderate temperature is most suitable, or favorable for the growth; so a temperance should be of moderate or self-control.

(VERB) moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate.

456.

exhaustive

In advance study plan for GAT, the quantitative and analytical sections are exhaustive enough that it covers all possible scenarios that students must know in order to answer any type of questions from these two sections.

Trick to Remember: Please don’t confuse this word with exhaust or exhausting, which means ‘having lost one’s original power’. It’s exhaustive; this because, when someone work so hard that cause him so tired, but it makes the word so through and comprehensive.

(ADJ.) Comprehensive; very thorough; accounting for all possibilities.

457.

fanatical

The leader of the group was held responsible even though he could not control the fanaticism of his followers.

Trick to Remember: It drives from the urdu word fana (a name of bollywood movie of Amir Khan). It’s about excessive love, with a blind girl.

(ADJ.) Excessively devoted, enthusiast, or zealous in an uncritical way; extreme devotion to a belief or cause.

458.

static

Nothing has changed in our country; things are static here; no progress at all.

Trick to Remember: When someone or something remains in a constant state (root of static), it’s static.

(VERB) Fixed, not moving or changing; lacking development.

459.

liberal

Liberal reformers in Pakistan in 2001, pushed for freedom of speech and freedom of press.

Trick to Remember: It’s comes from liberty; we have a liberty market in Gulberg, Lahore; it’s name was suggested so that people can buy things by freedom of their wish or the freedome of choice(price + taste); whichever they like.

(NOUN) Generous; believing in maximum possible individual freedom; tolerant; open-minded.

460.

inherent

New research seems to support the idea that humans have an inherent sense of justice–even babies become upset at the upper shows depicting unfairness.

Trick to Remember: Inherent = in + here by nature; this means when something is inherent, it’s there naturally; for instance a inherent habit of moving hands while talking.

(ADJ.) Existing as a permanent, essential quality; firmly established by nature or habit.

461.

chronological

I am afraid you’ve done the assignment wrong–the point of making a timeline is to put the information in chronological order. You’ve made an alphabetical-order-line instead.

Trick to Remember: It’s derived from chronicle, which means in step by step orderly arrangement; just like chronicle order or arrangement.

(VERB) Arranged in order.

462.

autonomous

Inter-Services-Intelligence (I.S.I) is an autonomous body of organization which is independent of any rules and laws of Pakistan; even Pakistani law it-self has made this an independent organization, or above all rules or laws; this autonomy is teasing to many people who are against Pakistan independence.

Trick to Remember: It has root with ‘auto’ or ‘automatic’, an automatic machine is independent of human interventions; it has self-control system.

(ADJ.) Self-governing; independent.

463.

analogous

She called our attention to the things that had been done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same.

Trick to Remember: It’s derived from analogy, which means similarity; moving through bike near canal(anal-) is similar to swimming in it, fresh air in the surrounding makes that analogy.

(VERB) comparable; similar.

464.

entitlement

I dislike celebrities who have an arrogant sense of entitlement.

Trick to Remember: It originally referred to investing a person with a title, as in “King Khan” to Sharukh Khan. It can also mean a government benefit, as in “Social Security payments and other entitlements”.

(ADJ.) Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves.

465.

mundane

He was concerned only with mundane matters, especially the daily stock market quotations.

Trick to Remember: It’s close to man-done; man done his jobs daily; it’s an ordinary and common practice in Pakistan that man do work, for his whole family.

(NOUN) Common; worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary.

466.

modest

Modest by nature, she was no braggart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.

Trick to Remember: It has derived from moderate, which means to reduce or lessen. A modest attitude is a moderate one; Similarly a modest outfit is a suitable and decent dressing rather than a much awkwardly fashionable one.

(ADJ.) Humble; simple rather than showy; decent; small, limited.

467.

anarchy

Once the dictator was assassinated, the country fell into total anarchy, as none of the opposition groups were strong enough to seize power.
Trick to Remember: It sounds like anna (blind) a blind governance is called anarchy; that means there is no government.

(NOUN) Absence of law or government’ chaos, disorder.

468.

principled

Donna was only an intern, but she was also quite principled–although she knew it would kill her shot at a full-time job, she was the one who alerted the authorities when asked to violate federal law via corrupt accounting practices.

Trick to Remember: A principle is a moral rule. And a principal is the headmaster of a school, and principal a an adjective means first or most important. Thus one can say something like ‘My principal principle is never to lie.

(ADJ.) Having high moral standards.

469.

mores

An American in Saudi Arabia should study the culture beforehand so as to avoid violating deeply conservative cultural mores.

Trick to Remember: It’s sounds like moral; a moral customs or believe is called mores.

(ADJ.) Customs, manners, or morals of a particular group.

470.

levy

Crying “No taxation without representation,” the colonists demonstrated against England’s power to levy taxes.

Trick to Remember: levy = heavy; a tax imposed by government is heavy burden on poor.

(ADJ.) impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax).

471.

naive

He is naive, simple, and guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud.

rick to Remember: We know that there are three major defensive forces of Pakistan: Pak Army, Pak Air-force and Pak Navy (close to naive). The first two are stronger than the third one; we didn’t have our own submarine. So Pak Navy is naive that’s it’s not sophisticated as Pak Army and Pak Airforce are.

(VERB) Simple and unsophisticated; lacking worldly experience and critical judgment.

472.

likewise

Obama administration (Democratic) is likewise the Bush administration (Republican); we can’t see any change in the system and policy.

Trick to Remember: likewise = like (same) + wise (way); so it’s meaning ‘in same way’. When someone says ‘Nice to meet you’ you could say, ‘likewise’.

(VERB) Also, in addition to; similarly; in the same way.

473.

discerning

The ships in the harbor were not discernible in the fog.

Trick to Remember: Discerning = dis (not) + cerka hua (mind cerka hua); so discerning means able to perceive or distinguish mentally.

(NOUN) Mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments.

474.

log

Lawyers who bill by the hour have to be sure to log all the time they spend on every client’s case.

Trick to Remember: Of course, a log ha a root with catalogue which is a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically.

(ADJ.) record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to- day activities.

475.

layperson / layman

The special terminology developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse laypersons than to enlighten them.

Trick to Remember: layperson = laymen; it’s an opposite of law-men, which is a professional; lay means inactive or lay down; so laymen is a person who is inactive as a professional; In other words “laita hua man” (in Urdu).

(NOUN) a person who is not a professional (e.g, lawyer, doctor or clergyman).