GRE Vocabulary list-10
GRE frequently used words list-10:
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Sr. |
Word |
Usage in Sentence |
Meaning |
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226. |
ignominious |
Rigging by returning officers in general election of Pakistan is ignominious for Imran Khan; he condemn returning officers with sever words. Trick to Remember: Ignominious = ignore + mini (minus); which signify its meaning of making very shameful. |
(ADJ.) deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. |
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227. |
anglicized |
French books of history needs to anglicized in order to make it readable by the general public so that they can understand the history of french. Trick to Remember: Anglina Jolie is an english heroin, so it means make it english. |
(NOUN) make English in appearance. |
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228. |
presumption |
Even before preparation, Bilal presume that he can get very high score in GAT, but after the preparation; its not the right way to predict your score, one have to prepare well and then do much practice for achieving the result. Trick to Remember: Presumption = pre + assumption; so it’s assumption before research to get information. |
(ADJ.) an assumption that is taken for granted |
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229. |
perspicacious |
Some students develop new short-cuts to solve math questions due to their perspicacious strength. Trick to Remember: It derived from perception; the right perception of things is perspicacious. |
(ADJ.) having a ready insight into and understanding of things. |
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230. |
affluent |
The affluent practice materials are not enough to get high score in GAT; smart work is always better than the hard-work. Trick to Remember: fluency it speaking increase the chances of getting jobs of high profile, so if someone what’s to be rich, he should be fluent in english; So affluent is something abundant. |
(ADJ.) wealth; abundant. |
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231. |
modicum |
When you awarded Commonwealth scholarship, you will have only modicum expense of visa to bear; all major expenses are covered by the scholarship. Trick to Remember: It looks like moderate, so it’s something small or less in amount or quantity. |
(ADJ.) a small or moderate amount. |
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232. |
Dogmatism |
Mr. Umair has much given to inflexible dogmatism when it came to answer difficult questions of math MCQs. Trick to Remember: it suggests its meaning ‘like dogs’, a dog who is usually stubborn; in Pakistan, we use words’kutton ki tarha par gya hai pichy’; its stubborn. |
(ADJ.) stubborn and narrow-minded |
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233. |
prudent |
Prudence decision of Mr. Ali to select his future university has revealed his level of knowledge. Trick to Remember: A prude University is one of the famous university that admit wise students; so prude has something wise. |
(ADJ.) wise; judicious. |
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234. |
alluring |
Allured by the songs of Ashqi movie, many young adults built affairs. Trick to Remember: alluring = all yours; when you are much attractive, then all beauty around you is yours. |
(ADJ.) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire (mostly immoral).. |
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235. |
fortuitous |
There is no connection between these two events; their timing is entirely fortuitous. Trick to Remember: It has derived from fortune; so it should mean by luck. |
(ADJ.) occurring by happy chance; having no cause or apparent cause; having or showing good luck. |
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236. |
dysphoric |
A low score in mock test of GAT produce dysphoric state of mind. Trick to Remember: dys- means abnormal; whenever a word start with dys- is must be of something not good. |
(ADJ.) generalised feeling of unhappy. |
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237. |
ebullient |
Fatima sounded ebullient and happy, when she got very high GAT score, for having brighter chance of getting scholarship. Trick to Remember: It’s very close to boiling; when something is boiling it’s excited highly. |
(NOUN) showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; joyously unrestrained. |
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238. |
advent |
The advent of his son’s first birthday has lead him to spend more than 50 million dollars; its a world record. Trick to Remember: It derived from adventure; the arrival of new millennium has introduced adventurous movies; now-a-days all adventurous movies are successful, because its the arrival of new era. |
(NOUN) arrival |
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239. |
culpability |
The culpability of Raymond Davis was so sever that he should not free from imprisonment of Pakistan. Trick to Remember: It derived from culprit; that is a person who is guilty of a crime or offence. |
(ADJ.) a state of guilt; blameworthy |
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240. |
vociferous |
The decision to cancel the kerry lugar bill was made over the vociferous objections of media and some political parties. Trick to Remember: vociferous = voice full; it’s meaning is offensively loud. |
(ADJ.) conspicuously and offensively loud. |
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241. |
gregarious |
As a gregarious boy Bilal ran up to every person on the playground and wanted to be their friend. rick to Remember: gregarious = GRE + groups; many students prefer combine study or study in groups for GRE practice questions. |
(NOUN) sociable; tending to form a group. |
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242. |
ominous |
After the GAT preparation, a very low score in mocks is ominous; it suggests a low score that one will receive in actual GAT exam. |
(NOUN) threatening; of an evil omen. |
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243. |
bracing |
A good preparation and practices of mocks of GAT was bracing him; therefore Ahmed got very high score in GAT. Trick to Remember: when someone embrace Islam, it gives strength and vigour to him. |
(VERB) giving strength, vigour, or freshness. |
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244. |
prolific |
Fatima is a prolific writer who produced as many as three books a year; its very worthcoming for his Phd study. Trick to Remember: It looks like profit, which is fruitful for a person who earn it; please don’t mix this with profligate ( which means destructive or wasteful); as too much profit by a person is destructive by the other from whom it has earned. |
(ADJ.) intellectually productive; fruitfully abundant. |
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245. |
torpor |
Because of his torpor in nature of habit in avoid reading the passages and English novels, Bilal cannot get high score in GAT. Trick to Remember: It sounds like tor-phor (depreciate); when something has tor-phor too much, it becomes inactive and not able to be use; torpid also has same in meaning which is an adjective. |
(NOUN) lethargic; lazy; inactive. |
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246. |
circumscribe |
Verbal score of Bilal in GAT was too low, because he circumscribed his preparation to only quantitative & analytical section. Trick to Remember: A circumference is the circular line that is the limit of the circle. |
(VERB) limit, restrict or confine. |
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247. |
engendered |
His strong efforts in preparation of GAT has engendered his high score in GAT. Trick to Remember: engender = enhance in generation (gender); so it means produce as a result. |
(VERB) cause or give rise to. |
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248. |
suspect |
In violation of the Pakistan law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights. Trick to Remember: it’s very close to inspect; police inspector inspect those to whom he have doubt of guilty of an offence. |
(VERB) believe to be guilty; regard as untrustworthy. |
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249. |
scrupulous |
One way to get perfect score in GAT is to make scrupulous look on each questions while attempting it. Trick to Remember: scrupulous = scotland yard ki pulous (police); it’s famous for diligent through investigation with careful attention to detail. |
(ADJ.) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details. |
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250. |
mercurial |
He was of a mercurial temperament and therefore unpredictable. Trick to Remember: mercury in a thermometer gives different movements under different places of different temperatures; so mercurial is something capricious. |
(ADJ.) capricious; quick and changing; fickle. |
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