01.

equivocal

Public was misled by the equivocal statements of the politician. The project that he promised to finalize within 2 years, actually requires minimum 10 years to complete.

Desi trick to Remember: When a politician give remarks 50% in favor and 50% against something, he’s equally against as well as supporting it. His equivocal stance looks much confusing, for equally supporting the opposite extremes.

(ADJ.) ambiguous; misleading; uncertain

02.

veracious

During election period, we believe that our politicians will be veracious; however every time we are proven wrong.

Desi trick to Remember: We call somebody ‘veera’ means most trustworthy and sincere friend and brother.

(ADJ.) truthful; accurate; honest

03.

calumny

With elections in Pakistan about to begin, all politicians are indulging in calumny against Imran Khan’s political party.

Desi trick to Remember: Calumny sounds much close to calumn nigari (an art of columnist), who many times get fame on attacking someone reputation by usually false accusation.

(NOUN) an abusive attack on a person’s reputation; false accusation

04.

commensurate

His salary was commensurate to amount of hard work he did at office.

Desi trick to Remember: Sounds like Common Rate; so your pay is of the same rate as your work.

(ADJ.) equal in extent, amount or degree

05.

ambivalent

Haris felt ambivalent about further study, because he had wanted to do some business, but his parents wanted him to further study.

Desi trick to Remember: Ambivalent sounds like ambiguous; that is its meaning.

(ADJ.) uncertain or unable to decide

06.

amenable

Even though Ahmed’s boss did not admire him coming late to office, he was generally amenable and so did not castigate Ahmed for his behavior.

Desi trick to Remember: Amenable sounds like AMAN (peace) + ABLE. So someone who is amenable is complying and at peace.

(ADJ.) agreeable; easily persuaded; obedient; readily managed; answerable or accountable legally; responsible

07.

laconic

If the teacher were laconic with his lectures, then he could finish the class 30 minutes early.

Desi trick to Remember: Laconic contains the word Lack so lack of words.

(ADJ.) using few words only; brief and to the point; effectively cut short

08.

venality

Even cricket, which was once called the gentleman’s game, is now susceptible to venality as many cricketers and umpires have received significant bribery to alter the fate of the matches.

Desi trick to Remember: Venal can be broken down into Ve (We) Nal (Null). We Null meaning no money (0 money). So when one has no money they are easily corruptible

(ADJ.) easily corruptible; greediness for wealth

09.

venerate

In China, the people venerate their ancestors, because they love their old tradition.

Desi trick to Remember: Venerate sounds like “Ven we Rate”; When we rate someone higher we treat them with respect.

(VERB) treat with great respect

10.

aberration

Aberrations in petrol prices in Pakistan have become a daily routine; on any day the prices are exorbitantly high, the next day back to the previous prices.

Desi trick to Remember: Aberration sounds like abortion which is something not normal.

(NOUN) an abnormality, deviation from the normal; mental disorder

11.

mercurial

Ahmed’s mercurial mood was the main reason behind his divorce. At one time he was very polite and the next moment he was furious for no reason.

Desi trick to Remember: Mercury in a thermometer quickly goes up if a person is sick and quickly comes down if not sick. So just like mercury going up and down, the mood of a person can be mercurial.

(ADJ.) quick and changing; sudden unpredictable change

12.

wanting

After 1 month of preparation, Tanveer still felt his GRE preparation was wanting and therefore he decided to postpone his test.

Desi trick to Remember: You only want something when you lack it (don’t have it). So wanting means lacking

(ADJ.) lacking (this is a secondary meaning of want and it means lack of something)

13.

disinterested

The President of the election commission of Pakistan must not be affiliated with any political party and should only be a disinterested member.

Desi trick to Remember: Dis-interested = not + interested; so when a judge is disinterested over the two opposite parties of the case, he definitely would give fair and independent decision.

(ADJ.) neutral; not inclined towards any particular side; unaffected by self-interest

14.

castigate

Banks in Pakistan are famous to castigate new fresh employees so harshly that most of them quit during the first week at work.

Desi trick to Remember: In old days if someone of lower CAST would come to your GATE you would harshly criticize or punish him. BTW, castigate sounds close to castrate which means to change the male gender to transgender etc. OMG! it’s severely condemn-able act and must be criticized severely.

(VERB) to criticize severely.

15.

impertinent

After his wallet was stolen, Ahmed found the police inspector’s investigation impertinent – he thought that the police officer was trying to ask him such questions in order to place the blame for the incident on Ahmed’s ignorance.

Desi trick to Remember: Impertinent = not + pertinent, which is not pertaining to be adequate; which is exactly opposite of adequate.

(ADJ.) disrespectful, lacking good manners

16.

prodigal

It is very rare to see movie stars to not live a life of prodigality; most of them live extravagant lives.

Desi trick to Remember: Sounds like proud girl; proud girl’s are always wasting their dad’s money.

(ADJ.) wasteful; reckless with money or resources; who spends too much money, or something very wasteful

17.

amalgam

In 1970’s, many Muslims countries attempted to amalgamate into one single body known as O.I.C (Organization of Islamic Cooperation).

Desi trick to Remember: Amalgam sounds like Balgam (in Pakistan) which comes out of our mouth when we cough. It is a mixture of all sort of weird things 😛 😀

(NOUN) a mixture of things, items or substances

18.

parochial

Fatima could not carry on her relationship with her husband because his thinking was too parochial; he always complained to Fatima that she should quit her job because females should only be confined to the four walls of the house.

Desi trick to Remember: Link this with “Paaro” of the Indian village whose parents were narrow in their vision and married Paaro to an old man.

(ADJ.) narrow minded, short sighted or lacking vision

19.

iconoclast

Ali is an iconoclast for wearing beach shorts and T-shirt to a formal marriage function.

Desi trick to Remember: Sounds like ICON (hero, ideal) + CLASH; So someone who clashes with icons is an iconoclast.

(NOUN) who attacks established beliefs or institutions

20.

frugal

People mistook Ahmed’s frugality as a sign of miserliness. However Ahmed was simply careful in his spending.

Desi trick to Remember: Frugal sounds like Few + Girl. So if you have only few girl friends, perhaps one it will be very economical on your pocket. 😉

(ADJ.) who does not spend a lot of money but spends it wisely

21.

euphoria

Ahmad was euphoric after he got an admission at Harvard University with full scholarship.

Desi trick to Remember: Almost everybody want to visit Europe (looks close to euphoria), when someone get the chance to visit he get so much exited.

(NOUN) a feeling of extreme excitement and happiness

22.

humdrum

For Sameer, doing job as an accountant is a humdrum task because it requires doing the same work again and again; he wish to switch his job to teaching.

Desi trick to Remember: Hum-drum = hum (we) + drum; when we play drum simultaneously, it creates a monotonous voice that’s so much boring.
Also a movie HUMDUM was very boring and dull for many people.

(NOUN) dull, boring or monotonous routine

23.

vindicate

Even taking 10 wickets in a match cannot vindicate Muhammad Asif in the eyes of the Pakistani public – for he was involved in match fixing and betting invalidates all those wickets.

Desi trick to Remember: Sounds like Win the Case. When you win the case, you are free from all charges and accusations.

(VERB) to clear someone from a blame, conspiracy or accusation.

24.

intimate

At first the teacher intimated to the student that he was not performing well in the class. But when the student did not improve his grades, the teacher explicitly told the student that he was too weak to take the test.

Desi trick to Remember: Intimate sounds like initiate, so initiation whether it’s some private sexual relationship or to suggest or give hint or clue. The later meaning is used in formal conversations.

(VERB) to hint, suggest or imply; (ADJ./NOUN) marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal

25.

frantic

At the time of the separation of East Pakistan (Bangladesh) from West Pakistan (Pakistan), many people became frantic with the words: what would happen next?; But ultimately it was proven a mare conspiracy against Pakistan, where large responsibility were belonged to the leadership for we were having lack of unity that resulted in our biggest weakness and hence gave greatest strength to the enemies of this country.

Desi trick to Remember: Frantic contains F+Ran+Tic (tic tic time); so if you are getting late for office you will run frantically to reach on time.

(ADJ.) full of fear, anxiety and violent emotions; wild; distraught as from fear or worry