76.

boon

In addition to preparation, strategies are boon for attempting GAT very well, and best strategy is to start preparation as early as possible.

Desi trick to Remember: Very close to boom boom Afridi. So Boon must mean something beneficial to specific person. It also means blessing or a desirable state.

(ADJ.) explain; interpret

77.

facetious

Facetious remarks about a classmate are inappropriate at the serious moment when you got excellent score in GRE but you classmate got very poor score.

Desi trick to Remember: In Pakistant, we usually use in joke as ‘ apna mu (face) dekh or baat dekh kya kr rha hai’. So this word seem to mean as joking in humorous way, or laking seriousness.

(VERB) joking (often inappropriately); unserious; humorous

78.

brake

He applied brakes to stop the car when traffic walton signalled to stop.

Desi trick to Remember: It’s an easy word which means to stop, but don’t confuse it with break (means cancel)

(NOUN) to stop

79.

partisan

Our judicial system consists of partisan judges; in order to be promoted as a judge, one should have strong relationship with one of strong political party.

Desi trick to Remember: One who is inclined only towards his favourite party.

(ADJ.) one one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party(with dislike of any others)

80.

normative

The current president of Pakistan has normative behavior like other presidents, who little appear in public.

Desi trick to Remember: Something pertaining to norms — something normal or typical — can be described as normative.

(ADJ.) pertaining to norms or tradition

81.

check

During lectures on quant section, all students were checked as if they involved completely in what strategies were given to them.

Desi trick to Remember: We are familiar with the statements like, criminal checked all the places in the home, but couldn’t find the money. But in GRE, check is as if police officer ordered me ‘hands-up’. So he can check my equipments, whether I am a suicider. So here check means restrained, block or stop motion.

(ADJ.) stop motion; curb or restrain

82.

debased

The politician debased himself by lying to the public.

Desi trick to Remember: It looks like ‘the base’ which means make inferior.

(VERB) degrade; reduce in quality or value

83.

improbable

Getting a score of 260 in GRE is improbable, because one can get this score, if he did all questions wrongly, whose probability is too low to be true.

Desi trick to Remember: With almost no probability. Or almost impossible.

(ADJ.) having a probability too low to inspire belief; unrealistic

84.

imperturbable

Fatima remained imperturbable during her GRE exam, even the last moment before completion didn’t panic her.

Desi trick to Remember: It looks as if indisturbeable, So it means which cannot be stressed or confused or upset easily.

(ADJ.) unshakeably calm; placid

85.

avarice

Many politicians are avarice; they don’t spend funds to the public, instead they use it for their savings in Swiss banks.

Desi trick to Remember: Many politicians are avarice; they don’t spend funds to the public, instead they use it for their savings in Swiss banks.

(NOUN) greediness for wealth.

86.

substantiate

Mr. Zuhaib couldn’t substantiated in the court about his innocence; he was sentenced sever punishment by the jury.

Desi trick to Remember: Substantiates = substance, which is something in existence; so substantiates means give some proof in existential form.

(VERB) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; represent in bodily form

87.

exigent

While taking a GAT exam, one should exigent for accuracy and time limit of the test.

Desi trick to Remember: When something approaches close to the limit just close to exit: e.g, limit of tolerance etc, It requires precious attention by others to avoid this exit the limit. So its a situation that require very much care and attention.

(NOUN) demanding attention; requiring precise accuracy; urgent.

88.

conceal

After incidence of Bin-Ladin’s dead, media accused the government for concealing the truth.

Desi trick to Remember: conceal= con(together) + ceal(seal); so its something hide from others.

(VERB) prevent from being seen, perceived or discovered; to keep (something) secret

89.

mitigate

Nothing could mitigate his disappointment after getting very low score in GAT.

Desi trick to Remember: Yar mitti pao te ladai mukao. Its famous words of ch. Shujjat Husain.

(NOUN) calm down; soothing; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity

90.

conscience

The thief must have had an attack of conscience, because he returned the wallet with nothing missing from it.

Desi trick to Remember: conscience= con(together) + science(knowledge); so its something awareness or realisation of what’s right and what’s wrong.

(NOUN) a feeling of shame when you do something immoral;built-in sense of what’s right and what’s wrong

91.

indefatigable

The student was indefatigable in his effort in preparing for GAT vocabulary daily; this resulting his high verbal score.

Desi trick to Remember: Indefatigable = not defeatable; When someone is not defeatable by tiredness, he is indefatigable.

(ADJ.) showing no sign of getting tired; tireless

92.

vexation

The repeated vexations about vocabulary guaranteed that she wouldn’t get well preparation.

Desi trick to Remember: As a childhood, whenever you suffered injury,you often used vex(medicine used on the damaged skin); so its something that annoys you.

(VERB.) to something that worries or annoys you

93.

irresolute

After taking GAT classes, Naveena is still irresolute whether to appear for the GAT exam.

Desi trick to Remember: Its similar to unable to making final resolution; so its something not decided.

(NOUN) uncertain how to act or proceed

94.

blues

After the loss of Pakistan team against india, the whole nation was in state of blues.

Desi trick to Remember: Whenever you got fever for couple of days, your skin colour changed to slightly blue. So its something in bad condition.

(NOUN) state of depression

95.

pedestrian

Vocabulary class without mnemonics looks to be pedestrian for the many students, that’s why they usually don’t take part in these classes.

Desi trick to Remember: we know very well what is pedestal fans. So pedestrian is someone who travel by foot. Also this fan looks to be very awkward, that’s why it usually use in villages, rather than big cities. That shows its another meaning ‘boring’.

(ADJ.) ordinary; dull; going on foot; unimaginative

96.

arcane

Many tricky questions of math were arcane to us but was clear to the one who start preparation of GAT well before time.

Desi trick to Remember: Only few people know how to use big cranes(looks like arcane). So arcane is something which is known to only few people. A secrete thing, or a mystery.

(ADJ.) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated

97.

antiquity

Mohenjo-daro antiquities were discovered in Pakistan; these were belongs to some thousand years ago.

Desi trick to Remember: Anties are old aged women, So antiquity must be something very old.

(NOUN) quality of being extremely old

98.

supplant

Old course syllabus of secondary and higher school is supplanted by new course syllabus due to changing rules with the changing needs and unchanging rules with unchanging needs; to make it more comprehensive according to the competition in the world.

Desi trick to Remember: It is derived from supplement (e.g, food supplements); so its something in replace of something

(VERB.) to take the place of (someone or something that is old or no longer used or accepted)

99.

forestalled

He forestalled critics by offering a strong logical defense on this thesis.

Desi trick to Remember: Forestall= fore(before) + stall(start). So forestall means act in advance or prevent something before it happens.

(VERB) act in advance

100.

construe

If I construe your indifference correctly, you are not taking the GAT seriously.

Desi trick to Remember: Con means together believe, and true is what we believe as true, which is under stud. So construe means interpret, but this interpretation may be right or wrong. When its wrong it will be misconstrue.

(VERB) explain; interpret