51.

dramatic

There was a dramatic increase in prices of some vegetables in Pakistan, and people describe this as govt. failure to administer.

Desi trick to Remember: drama is full of emotions. So dramatic means emotional.

(ADJ.) emotional; sudden and extreme

52.

underscore

For Ali, who was the topper of his undergrad, failure to do well on the GRE underscores the difficulty of the exam.

Desi trick to Remember: When you underline a word or a sentence, it shows its significance. For instance, while writing an application, the subject line is underlined or underscores i.e. it is very important.

(VERB) to emphasize

53.

Precariously

Taking the exam without prior sleep and a sumptuous meal can have precarious outcomes.

Desi trick to Remember: precarious = pre + car + ious. Pre means before something (like before preparation) So driving a car before preparation is precarious. Which means dangerous.

(ADJ.) dangerous

54.

tumultuous

During the lecture of probability in the Math class, the whole class became tumultuous because no student was able to comprehend the difficult concepts of this topic.

Desi trick to Remember: It is derived from ‘tum ult ho’ in Pakistan. Which means you lack discipline. So tumultuous must mean unrestrained and disorderly.

(ADJ.) noisy & disorder

55.

frantic

At the time of the separation of East Pakistan (Bangladesh) from West Pakistan (Pakistan), many people became frantic with fear with the words what would happen next?

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

56.

disparaged

In the issue essay on the GRE exam, disparaging the other side of the argument does not give any credit; its actually waste of precious time & words.

Desi trick to Remember: disparage= display + rage. When you display rage to others you humiliate or belittle them.

(ADJ.) express a negative opinion, belittle others.

57.

trifling

In order to get excellent scores on the GRE, one should practice trivial questions as well, because in GRE nothing is trifling.

Desi trick to Remember: Tariff is tax imposed by govt. on export, which is almost always very low, to facilitate export. So trifling is something very low in important or not worth considering.
Also a restaurant offering a spicy (sounds like auspicious) food is almost profitable in long-run.

(VERB) trivial; unimportant

58.

flaccid

In GAT, focus more on your flaccid area than strong one, this will help you attain maximum score.

Desi trick to Remember: It comes from flaw, also the word flabby which means the same thing weakness or flaws.

(ADJ.) lacking firmness; weak

59.

supine

After the 8 hours long CSS exam, Pakistani test takers lay supine on their bed.

Desi trick to Remember: When sup(snack) is in the your tent, you always behave like inactive or calm. you offer no resistance, in such a way that the snack will go from here as early as possible. If you tease the sup it will remain there for more time. So supine must means offering no resistance, or do nothing. So inactive is meaning of it.
Also its meaning looks to be something rigid.

(ADJ.) inactive

60.

courteous

Asim’s teachers in university are helpful and courteous; as he requested for recommendation letters, they wrote it for him immediately.

Desi trick to Remember: It usually prescribed in courts, so which is good manner. A lawyer & judge should be in good manner, which they are specially, in deciding the ordinary cases.

(ADJ.) innocent and straightforward, artless

61.

precedence

Ali’s desire for a perfect GRE score took precedence over any other consideration in his life.

Desi trick to Remember: Precedence sounds like president. President is a very important person.

(NOUN) the condition of being more important; coming or occurring earlier in time

62.

inscrutability

The topic of integers & probability in GRE is usually inscrutable for many students, because these topics are too difficult to understand.

Desi trick to Remember: Questions like inscribed circle or inscribe triangles are always very tough which is not easy to understand that how to solve it. So inscrutability is something beyond understanding.

(NOUN) difficult to understand

63.

happenstance

It was such a happenstance that the two brothers Hamza and Hamid got exactly same scores on exam.

Desi trick to Remember: Happening in such a co-incidence is called happenstance.

(VERB) coincidental event

64.

acumen

The business acumen of Mian Mansha helped him to succeed where others had failed.

Desi trick to Remember: It means accurate men. or wise men. So acumen is wise.

(NOUN) ability to judge quickly and well

65.

prescient

The prescient instructor was one of the few to see which students were going to do well on the exam.

Desi trick to Remember: Pre- means before and scent comes from science. So before knowledge is spread to others, you know it first. It means you are prescient.

(ADJ.) having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

66.

deviously

For Imran Khan, many politicians in parliament are dishonest and devious politician; when one politician makes allegation against the other politician, also makes allegation against that politician; no one is there to defend himself, because they are devious.

Desi trick to Remember: Someone who tends to device many plans to deceive others, it is devious. It also means when a manager device system in a company, so which show its another meaning manage.

(NOUN) willing to lie and trick people.

67.

unreceptive

In modern societies people are unreceptive to dictatorship, because they want freedom of work.

Desi trick to Remember: In marriage ceremonies, many persons can be seen as receptive, but few are unreceptive because of their shyness. So unreceptive must means unwelcoming.

(ADJ.) not receptive; repellent

68.

coalesce

Some top ranked universities coalesced, and formed ivy league.

Desi trick to Remember: Comes from coalition, like coalition among political parties. So it means fusion or combining.

(VERB) combine; fuse

69.

objurgation

We are objurgating our govt. but not willing to change our self.

Desi trick to Remember: Objection in jury is similar to objurgation, so its something harsh criticism

(NOUN) criticising a person harshly

70.

beholden

After getting the Fulbright scholarship, Irfan likes to be beholden to his instructor for the success.

Desi trick to Remember: Behold = Be + Hold so holding thanks to someone else.

(NOUN.) indebted or obligted to; owing thanks

71.

submissive

Fatima was so submissive to her boss that she did all her best to follow the instructions to the pen.

Desi trick to Remember: When you submit assignments in time to your lecturer, that means you are submissive. So submissive means obedient & follower.

(ADJ.) willing to obey orders; yielding

72.

pervasive

After getting perfect score in exam, this news was so pervasive everywhere that he offered admissions from some Pakistani universities as well even before applying.

Desi trick to Remember: Advertisement of pervaaz fan, some years ago, was very famous; under the title of pervaaz fan ala mayaar, sb se acha shaan dar. Its very famous in those days, so pervasive means universally known, Or which is everywhere.

(ADJ.) spreading or spread throughout; everywhere

73.

meticulous

He was meticulous in attempting GRE quant section, never made mistake, which generated his very high score in this section.

Desi trick to Remember: It looks as if calculus. Which is very care about the accuracy. i.e the exact value, instead of approximation. So meticulous must be very precise.

(NOUN.) excessively careful

74.

fiction

Most stories and movies about aliens are fictions that have little or nothing to do with facts.

Desi trick to Remember: We heard this many times that modern movies are fiction in nature. which is not real, just imaginative.

(NOUN) imaginative, but not real; a deliberately false or improbable account

75.

modish

She always discarded all garments that were no longer modish, as she inclined to modern design and fashions only.

Desi trick to Remember: It comes from model, which is fashion. So modish is current fashion or style.

(VERB.) conforming to the current fashion