326.

cherished

Bilal has cherished to math since he was child; for that reason he is very good in numbers.

Trick to Remember: It sounds close to charli, which is a vary loving character use in entertainment shows (like Charli Maamu in ‘Enak Wala Jin’

(ADJ.) to feel or show great love for; keep (a hope or ambition) in one’s mind.

327.

libertine

A famed libertine, the sitcom star was constantly in the news for cavorting with women of dubious occupations and overdosing on drugs often enough to regularly hold up production of his popular television show.

Trick to Remember: Libertine certainly is related to ‘liberty’— think of a libertine as someone who has even more than too much liberty.

(NOUN) morally or sexually unrestrained person; freethinker(regarding religion).

328.

touchstone

Many people tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of the any language performance.

Trick to Remember: the word stone shows it must be something related to basis on which other thing is standing on, whether it’s an idea or a thing.

(ADJ.) a basis for comparison; a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized.

329.

scheming

Indian & Jewish scheming to attach on atomic plant of Pakistan was vanished when Pakistan Airforce has countered their scheme, by having better plan to defend their attack.

Trick to Remember: We know scheming means planing but remember its negative in sense; scheming is always perceived as bad, while planning is usually perceive as good.

(ADJ.) concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans.

330.

overshadows

The Afridi’s outstanding performance in Asian Cup should not overshadow the achievements of the rest of the team.

Trick to Remember: to cast a shadow over something or to make a shadow over something to hide its importance; that’s it’s meaning.

(ADJ.) appear more prominent or important than.

331.

gawky

As a teenager, she thought of herself as gawky and often slouched so as not to seem so much taller than her peers; of course, now that she’s a supermodel, no one thinks of her as gawky at all.

Trick to Remember: The word gawhak is seem to be awkward which is used in better way as customers. So gawky must be something awkward.

(ADJ.) Physically awkward (esp. of a tall skinny person, often used to describe teenagers).

332.

hyperbole

An angry mother hyperbole worst things about her evil son, but she never hate his son by heart.

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.

(NOUN) language that describes something as better or worse than it really is; exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

333.

abate

Her stress over spending so much money on house abated when the real estate broker told her about the property’s 15 year tax abatement.

Trick to Remember: Abate comes from an old french word for ‘beat, cast down’ that also give us batter (beat severely) and abattoir (slaughterhouse).

(ADJ.) Moderate; reduce; diminish.

334.

precursor

We cannot ignore this warning sign–it is clearly a precursor of larger problems to come.

Trick to Remember: The ‘cursor’ in precursor is the same as in currency–the root means ‘rum’. A precursor can be thought of as a ‘before-runner, or forerunner (a synonym).

(ADJ.) Something that comes before, something that suggests about something.

335.

propriety

They questioned the propriety of certain investments made by the council; as they were in doubt whether the high return on investment is highly riskier.

Trick to Remember: This word sounds like proper; a properness suggests that it’s propriety.

(NOUN) Confirming to good manners or appropriate behavior.

336.

disquieting

Mr. Amir’s lack of emotion at his wife’s death was disquieting–so much so, in fact, that even his own family began to suspect he’d something to do with it.

Trick to Remember: Think of disquiet not as the opposite of quiet, but more as an opposite to quiescent, meaning peaceful and calm.

(ADJ.) disturbing, causing anxiety.

337.

aberrant

The teen’s aberrant behavior made his family suspect that he was using drugs.

Trick to Remember: The prefix ‘ab’ means away — in this case, away from what’s normal.

(NOUN) Abnormal, deviant.

338.

sanction

America’s sanctions on Cuba mean that it is illegal for Americans to do business with Cuban companies.

Trick to Remember: This word can be very confusing–its two definitions seem to be opposites. permit and penalise? We have to use context to figure out the meaning–since the bad meaning (generally ‘sanctions’, plural) applies to international actions, most usages of sanction mean ‘allow’.

(NOUN) permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance.

339.

sportive

Ali practiced his GAT mocks in sportive manner, as a result he was stuck with the time pressure in his actual GAT exam; it’s because he didn’t take the practice exams seriously.

Trick to Remember: It certainly related to some sports or playful things; please don’t confuse it with supportive which means helpful, which is very different in context.

(ADJ.) Playful, merry, joking around, done in sport rather than intended seriously.

340.

intelligible

During speech use vocabulary that is intelligible to your audience.

Trick to Remember: intelligible comes from intelligent which is ability of mind related to knowledge; when someone is intelligible, he has enough knowledge to understand what he is receiving further knowledge or information.

(ADJ.) Able to be understood, clear; comprehensible.

341.

standing

In England, judiciary is at the highest standing; even the Prime Minister is answerable to the judiciary when he will asked.

rick to Remember: Standing is the position or status where someone stands; as an adjective, it may use as longstanding friendship which means long-existing friendship.

(NOUN) Status, rank or reputation (noun); existing indefinitely, not moveable

342.

foreshadow

Bad score of practice tests is a foreshadow of low score in actual GAT test.

Trick to Remember: ‘Fore’ means before — foreshadow literally comes from the idea that an object’s shadow sometimes arrives before the object does.

(VERB) Indicate or suggest beforehand.

343.

alleviate

The stimulus package has alleviated the pangs of the Great Recession, but times are still tough.

Trick to Remember: The over-the-counter painkiller ‘Alleve’ was undoubtedly named with the word alleviate in mind.

(VERB) provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen pain or suffering.

344.

enigma

Despite all attempts to decipher the code, it remained an enigma.

Trick to Remember: It’s very close to engine; it’s very difficult to understand the mechanism of an engine. Only Mechanical Engineer can understand it’s working.

(ADJ.) Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person.

345.

appease

My mother is so angry she wasn’t the first person we called when the baby was born — I’m hoping to appease her by spending Eid at her house this year.

Trick to Remember: When you try to please someone on his state of anger, you are trying to appease.

(NOUN) pacify, satisfy, relieve.

346.

simultaneous

It is rarely seen in the world that the enemies were just going to attack the Atomic power plants of Pakistan, but Pakistan Air Force has counter their attack simultaneously.

Trick to Remember: simultaneous sounds like similar occasion; so when the two events happen simultaneously, both of them happen at the same time. It’s usually such a coincidence.

(VERB) at the same time.

347.

aver

I wish to aver that I am certain of success after my GRE preparation with too much practices.

Trick to Remember: Aver contains the root ‘ver’ (truth), which also appears in verity, veracious, and verisimilitude.

(VERB) declare or affirm with confidence.

348.

dispatch

So, you want to be a bike messenger? I need messengers who approach every delivery with alacrity, care and dispatch — if the customers wanted their packages to arrive slowly, they’d use the post office.

Trick to Remember: A dispatch can also be a report from a journalist or something delivered by messenger, or the act of sending a messenger. To dispatch a person can also mean to execute him or her — presumably in a speedy manner.

(VERB) speed, promptness;send off or deal with in speedy way.

349.

indeterminate

It is indeterminate that how many students from Pakistan will get admissions in US universities, for higher education; whole thing is depends on their application profile as compare to the profiles of the students from the rest of the world.

Trick to Remember: indeterminate = not able to be determine because of lack of clearance or information.

(ADJ.) not fixed or determined, indefinite; vague; uncertain; not clearly fixed

350.

skeptic

In this matter of many allegation against Imran Khan, I am a skeptic; I want proof.

Trick to Remember: Don’t confuse skeptical and cynical. In GAT Reading Comprehension passage, an author might be skeptical (a very appropriate attitude for a scientist, for instance), but would never be cynical.

(ADJ.) person inclined to doubting or questioning generally accepted beliefs; doubter.