476.

converge

Students converged in the parking lot to say goodbye after graduation.

Trick to Remember: converge = con (together) + verge (tending to), that means unite; It’s basically opposite of diverge which means break in more than 1 angles, e.g., the sunlight has diverged the tree into two.

(ADJ.) To move towards a point esp. to the centre; approach; tend to meet; come together.

477.

catalyst

Imran Khan has proud to be a catalyst for reforms in the politics of Pakistan; now politics is no more abut critics, it’s changed to self-evaluation in declaring assets to the public.

Trick to Remember: In chemistry, we studied that catalysts are chemical agents that just enhance speed of chemical reaction, but don’t become part of the reaction; so catalyst is causer of change.

(NOUN) Causer of change.

478.

impede

The special prosecutor determined that the Attorney General, though inept, had not intentionally set out to impede the progress of the investigation.

Trick to Remember: Impede contains the root ‘per’ which mean ‘feet’, also occurring in pedestrian or pedal. Impede thus has the sense of shackling the feet, preventing movement.

(ADJ.) hide; retard or obstruct the progress of; block.

479.

mollify

We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising her many gifts.

Trick to Remember: Mollify shares a root ‘soften’ with emollient, which means soothing or softening remedy (for the skin).

(ADJ.) Calm or soothe (an angry person); lessen or soften.

480.

fallacious

The reasoning of government representative is fallacious because it leads to a ridiculous answer.

Trick to Remember: It sounds like false; when someone reasoning is false or misleading, it’s fallacious. It’s derived from fallacy.

(ADJ.) Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive; illogical.

481.

caustic

The critic’s caustic remarks angered the hapless politician who was serving as Ministry of Water & Electricity in Pakistan.

Trick to Remember: We use caustic soda (vinegar) which is harsh in taste when touch with tongue directly. A caustic remarks that spoken directly to a person is bitting to him.

(ADJ.) burning; corrosive; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful.

482.

apocryphal

The remarks of the government representative about the Model Town incident of Tahir-ul-Qadri workers was clearly apocryphal; How can be police kill more than 10 people and injure more than 80 people without the government permission?

Trick to Remember: apo-cry-phal = apny ap cry to get hal(solution); when someone cry on something so highly, As indian did in UN, that is a questionable and not authentic.

(ADJ.) Of questionable authenticity; false.

483.

connoisseur

A forthcoming exhibit at the art museum that is eagerly awaited by connoisseurs of ancient Greek pottery

Trick to Remember: Connoisseur comes, through French, from the Latin ‘cognoscere’, meaning ‘to know’, which also gives us cognition.

(ADJ.) person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of an art.

484.

elevate

After a year in doing his job responsibilities, he hoped to be promoted to a more elevated position.

Trick to Remember: We use elevator (which is a lift) to go to high flour without using stairs; so elevate means uplift. Also in Maths we know the angle of elevation is the upper angle made by a tree with it’s shadow; the angle of depression is the lower angle made by shadow other than 90 degree.

(ADJ.) Rise, lift up; move up to a higher rank or status.

485.

figurative

To lose one’s marbles is a figurative expression; if you’re told Bilal has lost his marbles, no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.

Trick to Remember: A figurative as it’s root ‘figure’ describe that it’s not a literal; it’s only limited to figures, not a theoretical or reality.

(ADJ.) not literal but metaphorical; containing many figures of speech (as fancy-sounding writing).

486.

deflect

The purpose of a shield is to deflect the attacks through bullets from an enemy.

Trick to Remember: It’s sounds like heaven, which is a most safe and comfort place.

(ADJ.) Turn aside, esp. from a straight course; avoid.

387.

hierarchy

It was difficult to step out of one’s place in this hierarchy, because the rules are much strict; if someone want to get out of his place, he needs approval from it’s top hierarchy.

Trick to Remember: It sounds like reflect; when the radiation of sun reflects from a mirror; this results the radiation to be deflected towards the other side, rather than straight forward. Also it sounds like different, when a radition suddenly go in different direction rather than straight forward, it’s tend to be deflected.

(NOUN) arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks.

488.

counterintuitive

Although it seems counterintuitive, for some extreme dieters, eating more can actually help them to lose weight, since the body is reassured that it is not facing a period of prolonged starvation.

Trick to Remember: counterintuitive = counter (against) + intuitive (biased); so when a decision is made on bases of facts and evidences, it’s not a biased decision; in other words, it’s a counterintuitive.

(NOUN) Against what one would intuitively expect.

489.

negate

Our Political system is that the opposition negates the government in corruption, as a result government also negate the opposition in their corruption, when opposition was in government, after that both becomes silence; neither of one defends himself nor proves the allegation to be false.

Trick to Remember: Of course, negate is the same word we use in math, as in “To negate both sides of the equation, multiply through by -1.”

(ADJ.) Deny or refute; make void or cause to be ineffective; cancel out; nullify.

490.

levity

Stop giggling abd wriggling around in the pew; such levity is improper in courtroom.

Trick to Remember: It comes from Latin word for ‘lightness’ which also gives us elevator, lever, leaven and levitate (to cause to float, such as in a magic show).

(ADJ.) lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner.

491.

preamble

His early travels were just a preamble to his later adventures.

rick to Remember: Preamble literally means ‘walk before’. The root for ‘walk’ is also found in amble, which means able to walk.

(NOUN) Introductory statement, preface.

492.

burgeon

In the spring, the plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty that is to come.

Trick to Remember: In Pakistan, Burj Bank is growing rapidly; so burgeon means grow rapidly.

(NOUN) grow rapidly; grow forth.

493.

virtual

The Web site provides a virtual tour of the stadium with live football match.

Trick to Remember: We study in physics that when an object is placed in front of a mirror, it creates it’s virtual image or unreal person. Similarly a virtual memory (RAM) is a slot that saves data only for temporary basis, on other hand hard-disk is a real memory because it saves the data actually and permanently.

(VERB) Existing only in the mind or by means of computer network; existing in essence though not in actual form.

494.

exacerbate

This latest arrest will exacerbate the already existing discontent of the people and enrage them.

Trick to Remember: It shares its roots with acerbate or acerbic which means bitter or make harsh.

(ADJ.) make worsen; embitter; aggravate.

495.

implode

America has a new technology of controlled demolition during which it’s entire old and useless building imploded in a matter of seconds; without any loss of it’s nearby buildings.

Trick to Remember: Of course, it’s the opposite of explode; which means burst outward.

(NOUN) burst inward.

496.

lull

The continuous reading of vocabulary lulled Bilal to sleep.

Trick to Remember: It’s sounds like dull, which means boring; when the excitement comes to an end, it’s the start of lull or dull time.

(VERB) Soothe or cause to fall asleep; quiet down.

497.

deem

“You can take the GAT exam when I deem you ready, and not a moment before,” said the instructor.

Trick to Remember: It’s sounds like dean, who is the head of faculty and is the judge for any sort of decision.

(VERB) Judge; consider.

498.

metamorphosis

The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.

Trick to Remember: Metamorphosis = meta (change) + morph (shape; so the different forms and structure of organisms are named as metamorphosis.

(VERB) change of form or shape.

499.

maverick

Most cop movies feature heroes (like chulbul pandey in ‘Dabangg’ Bollywood movie) that are maverick police officers, breaking all the rules, blowing things up, and getting their guns confiscated by the chief–but ultimately saving the day.

Trick to Remember: This word sounds very awkward; Maverick must be someone who is always disagree within a group or society. Just as maverick calf doesn’t bear a mark of ownership, a political maverick doesn’t belong to any party.

(ADJ.) rebel; nonconformist (in a group).

500.

finesse

The finesse and adroitness of the surgeon impressed the observers in the operating room.

Trick to Remember: It sounds like fineness, which means delicateness or appropriateness; so it’s some sort of good skill.

(ADJ.) delicate skill.