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Note: Students are strongly advised to be aware of the fact that these questions have been framed tentatively and haphazardly. Therefore, it is suggested to use your discretion in the genuity of the questions that appear here. Hence, it is not advised to circulate these questions among fellow students taking these questions at prima facie.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 31st)
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1. Belie
2. Inherent
3. Lofty
4. Transitory
5. Recondite
6. Protract
7. Reinforce
8. Insipid
9. Pervasive
10. Lubricant
11. Porous
Analogies:
1. Porous: liquid
2. Lubricant: friction
Issue Topic:
1. Creating an appealing image has become more important in contemporary society than is the reality or truth behind that image.
2. t is the artist, not the critic who provide the society the things of lasting value.
Argument Topic:
1. The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly
improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate
rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more
information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee — a small price to pay when
you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the
Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 30th)
1. Succor
2. Incite
3. Predicament
4. Coagulant
5. Fretwork
6. Natatorium
7. Crotch
8. Contentment
9. Lackluster
10. Burnish
11. Carouse
12. Sobriety
Analogies:
1. Fretwork: Ornamentation
2. Lackluster: Burnish
3. Carouse: Sobriety
Argument Topic:
1. "Last year, sales of our Fierce Fighter toy airplane declined sharply, even though the toy had been a top seller for three years.
Our customer surveys show that parents are now more worried about youthful violence and are concerned about better education
for their children. Therefore, to maintain profits we should discontinue all our action toys and focus exclusively on a new line of
educational toys. Several other toy companies have already begun marketing educational toys and report sales increases last year
of 200 percent. And since the average family income is growing, sales of new Hyper-Go toys should also increase."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 29th)
1. Callous
2. Precarious
3.Ostracize
4.Recondite
5. Lethargic
6. Flippancy
7. Averse
8. Hodgepodge
9. Audit
Analogies:
1. Tutor: Instructor
2. Audit: Account
3. Hodgepodge: Uniformity
Issue Topic:
1. "Essential quality of an effective leader is his ability to be consistent with the particular principles and objectives. A leader who
gets easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion achieves very little".
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 28th)
1. Apocalyptic
2. Tacit
3. Daft
4. Deracinate
5. Commotion
6. Precarious
7. Enfeeble
8. Prairie
9. Peripatetic
10. Sylvan
11. Tantamount
12. Dire
13. Weather
14. Evince
15. Nip
16. Querulous
17. Exhortation
18. Quaff
Analogies:
1. Querulous: Complain
2. Exhortation: Encourage
3. Quaff: Sip
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 27th)
1. Damn(v): to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal; to condemn as a failure; to condemn as a failure; To bring about the failure of; ruin; To condemn to everlasting punishment or a similar fate; Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
Synonyms: abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, cast out, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear.
Antonyms: bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote.
2. Invective(n): an insulting or abusive word or expression; abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
Synonyms: accusation, berating, billingsgate, blame, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy, philippic, reproach, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation.
Antonyms: compliment, flattery, praise.
3. Collusion(n): a secret agreement; a secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; agreement on a secret plot.
Synonyms: bunco, complicity, connivance, conspiracy, craft, deceit, diddling, dodge, double-cross, flam, graft, guilt, gyp, intrigue, plot, racket, scam, scheme, trick, whitewash.
4. Halcyon(adj): calm; peaceful; rich; wealthy; prosperous; happy; joyful; carefree; marked by peace and prosperity.
Synonyms: balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, palmy, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled.
5. Deference(n): respectful or courteous regard; respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
Synonyms(adj): complacent, considerate, courteous, deferential, fawning, loyal, meek, modest, regardful, respectful, reverential, sycophantic, unctuous, venerative, worshiping, yielding.
6. Inchoate(adj): not yet completed or fully developed; not organized; lacking order; In an initial or early stage; Imperfectly formed or developed.
Synonyms: amorphous, elementary, embryonic, formless, immature, imperfect, inceptive, incipient, just begun, nascent, preliminary, rudimentary, shapeless, unfinished, unformed, unshaped.
Antonyms: developed, grown, mature.
7. Salubrious(adj): favorable to or promoting health; healthful; Conducive or favorable to health or well-being.
Synonyms: beneficial, good, healthful, healthy, hygienic, invigorating, salutary, sanitary, wholesome.
Antonyms: insalubrious, unhealthy, unwholesome.
8. Facetious(adj): not meant to be taken seriously or literally; lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing; Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive.
Synonyms: amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, punning, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry.
Antonyms: formal, grave, serious, unfunny.
9. Hasty(adj): Characterized by speed; Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash; Easily angered; irritable; excessively quick.
Synonyms: abrupt, agile, brash, brief, brisk, careless, cursory, eager, expeditious, fast, fiery, fleet, fleeting, foolhardy, harefooted, headlong, heedless, hurried, ill-advised, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, passing, perfunctory, precipitate, prompt, quick, quickened, quickie, rapid, rash, reckless, rushed, short, slambang, sudden, superficial, swift, thoughtless, urgent.
Antonyms: delayed, lazy, lingering, loitering, slow.
10. Irksome(adj):annoying; irritating; causing weariness or disgust; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; vexed; uneasy.
Synonyms: aggravating, boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, troubling, vexing.
11. Diatribe(n): a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism; thunderous verbal attack.
Synonyms: abuse, castigation, denunciation, disputation, invective, jeremiad, objection, onslaught, philippic, reviling, screed, stricture, tirade, vituperation.
Antonyms: praise, recommendation.
12. Disintegrated(v): to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; to decay; to reduce to particles, fragments, or parts; break up or destroy the cohesion of; to lose cohesion or unity.
13. Ballad(n): a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing; a sentimental or romantic popular; a narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
Synonyms: carol, chant, ditty, serenade.
Analogies:
1. Sing: Ballad
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 24th)
1. Facetious
2. Hasty
3. Irksome
4. Invective
5. Diatribe
6. Harangue
7. Apulia
8. Ecclesiastic
9. Plummet
10. Exacerbate
11. Tether
12. Eulogy
13. Contentment
14. Vivid
Analogies:
1. Eulogy: speech
2. Disaffected: Contentment
3. Vivid: Inspiration
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 23rd)
1. Inert
2. Mollify
3. Morass
4. Accolade
5. Trite
6. Nadir
7. Steep
8. Expatiate
9. Zealous
10. Jest
11. Natty
12. Slovenly
13. Exonerate
14. Advocacy
15. Champion
16. Commotion
17. Mirth
18. Iniquitous
19. Impetuous
20. Enervate
21. Disabuse
22. Disaffected
Analogies:
1. Exonerate: Blame
2. Advocacy: Champion
3. Criticism: Evaluate
4. Commotion: Confusion
5. Mirth: Laughter
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 22nd)
1. Callous
2. Compassion
3. Indigenous
4. Gullibility
5. Credulity
6. Prosaic
7. Plucky
8. Oblivious
9. Obfuscate
10. Aesthetic
11. Gregarious
12. Sociable
13. Tractable
14. Venerate
15. Demagogue
16. Resplendent
17. Slur
18. Curb
19. Presumptuous
20. Pontificate
Analogies:
1. Callous: Compassion
2. Gullibility: Credulity
Issue Topic:
1. "It is not good to conclude without enough data".
2. "Socialization decides the future of society".
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 21st)
1. Court(v): to try to win the favor, preference, or goodwill of; to seek the affections of; (of animals) to attempt to attract (a mate) by engaging in certain species-specific behaviors; to act in such a manner as to cause, lead to, or provoke; to seek another's love.
Synonyms: adjective, aulic, forensic, in camera, judicial, judiciary, juridical, juristic, justiciable, sub judice, substantive.
2. Conscientious(adj):careful; characterized by extreme care and great effort; controlled by or done according to conscience; guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong.
Synonyms: complete, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, fussy, hanging in, heedful, meticulous, painstaking, particular, playing safe, punctilious, punctual, reliable, tough, just, upright, honest, faithful, devoted.
Antonyms: careless, inexact, irresponsible, uncareful, unconscientious, unscrupulous.
3. Watershed(n): the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area. ; an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.; an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.
4. Apostasy(n): a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc. ; the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause.
Synonyms: recreance, recreancy, tergiversation.
5. Trite(adj): lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc; Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition;frayed or worn out by use; repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
Synonyms: ordinary
Antonyms: original.
6. Malefeasance(n): the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust); Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official.
Synonyms: crime, delinquency, misconduct, wrongdoing.
7. Mollify(v): To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; To reduce the rigidity of; cause to be more favorably inclined; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; to assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out, temper, tranquilize.
Antonyms: agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry.
8. Banality(n): Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; The condition or quality of being banal; triviality; Something that is trite, obvious, or predictable.
Synonyms: adage, buzzword, hokum, old chestnut, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, trite phrase, trivia, triviality, truism
Antonyms: coinage, nuance, original saying.
9. Extol(v): to praise highly; laud; eulogize; To place on high; to lift up; to elevate; To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify.
Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, bless, boost, celebrate, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, give a boost to, givea bouquet, glorify, hand it to, hats off to, hear it for, hymn, laud, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute to, praise, puff up, push, rave, root.
Antonyms: blame, criticize, disparage.
10. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise; Having great wisdom and discernment.
Synonyms: acute, astucious, astute, cagey*, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise.
11. Explicate(v): to make plain or clear; explain; interpret; to develop (a principle, theory, etc.); To make clear the meaning of; explain; make plain and comprehensible; elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; To unfold; to expand; to lay open; To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity.
Synonyms: amplify, clear up, construe, demonstrate, develop, dilate, elucidate, enlarge upon, enucleate, expatiate, explain, expound, give the big picture, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make explicit, make plain, run down, unfold, untangle, work out.
Antonyms: cloud, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, tangle.
12. Hackneyed(adj): made commonplace or trite; stale; banal; A coach or carriage for hire; To cause to become banal and trite through overuse; To hire out; let; Overfamiliar through overuse; repeated too often,
Synonyms: antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, everyday, familiar tune, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, overworked, quotidian, stale, stereotyped, stock, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn.
Antonyms: fresh, new, original, uncommon
13. Exegesis(n): critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text; Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text; Exposition.
Synonyms: analysis, critique, explanation, exposition, interpretation.
14. Pontificate(v): to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner; to express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way; talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; the state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.
Synonyms: address, admonish, dogmatize, evangelize, get on a soapbox, give sermon, harangue, lecture, minister, moralize, preach, pulpiteer, teach.
15. Gregarious(adj): fond of company; pertaining to a flock or crowd; living in flocks or herds, as animals; Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.
Synonyms: affable, clubby, companionable, convivial, cordial, fun, outgoing, sociable, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted.
Antonyms: cold, cool, introverted, unfriendly, unhospitable, unsociable.
16. Excoriate(v):to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally; to strip off or remove the skin from; to tear or wear off the skin of; abrade; express strong disapproval of.
Synonyms: abrade, chafe, flay, fret, gall, peel, rub, scarify, scratch, skin, strip.
17. Awning(n): a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, from the top of a window, over a deck, etc., in order to provide protection, as from the sun; a shelter; a rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.
Synonyms: covering, door cover, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, sunshade, tent.
Analogies:
1. Awning: Sun
Issue Topic:
1. Art reveals the hidden impulses of the society
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.
"The population of Balmer Island increases to 100,000 duing the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by each of the island's six moped and bicycle rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day during the summer season. By limiting the number of rentals, the town council is sure to attain the 50 percent reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year in the neighboring island of Torseau, when Torseau's town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 20th)
1. Plumb
2. Trenchancy
3. Lackluster
4. Burnish
5. Expatriate
6. Diaphanous
7. Periphery
8. Proximity
9. Guffaw
10. Amusement
11. Exonerate
12. Trudge
13. Sapient
14. Bellicose
15. Didactic
16. Mellifluous
17. Gullible
18. Naive
19. Futile
20. Innocuous
21. Jest
22. Skirt
23. Iridescent
24. Exalt
Analogies:
1. Lackluster: Burnish
2. Guffaw: Amusement
3. Exonerate: Blame
4. Balm: Soothing
Issue Topic:
1. Now-a- days people choose their career on the basis of economy, money and job opportunities in future rather than talent, skill and interest.
2. With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society—including education, politics, the arts, and the sciences—will benefit greatly from international influences.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 17th)
1. Obstreperous
2. Animate
3. Balm
4. Deplore
5. Fringe
6. Fertile
7. Censorious
8. Bellicose
9. Idiosyncratic
10. Hiatus
11. Abatement
12. Supine
13. Acerbic
14. Trenchancy
Antonyms:
1. Ambrosial x Unsavory
2. Timorous x Tardy
3. Cogent x Unconvincing
4. Congenital x not innate
5. Torpor x Animation
6. Natty x Sloven
7. Succinct x Prolixity
8. Gregarious x Aloofness
9. Aligned x Neutral
Analogies:
1. Pragmatist: Practicability
2. Encomiastic: Eulogy
3. Defer: Leader
4. Admire: Hero
5. Impressionable: Influence
6. Servile: Compliant
7. Belligerent: Assertive
8. Quibbler: Cavil
9. Guffaw: Amusement
10. Trenchancy: Insipid
Issue Topic:
1. "It is the artist and not the critic who is of some value to the society."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 16th)
1. Guffaw(n): a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter; a hearty, boisterous burst of laughter.
Synonyms: belly laugh, deep laugh, howl, howling, laughter, loud laugh, roar, shout, shriek, snort.
2. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise.
Synonyms: acute, astucious, astute, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise.
3. Natty(adj): neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
Synonyms: neat, chic, dapper, fashionable, jaunty, neat, posh, smart, spruce, tidy, trim.
4. Trenchancy(adj): clearly or sharply defined; effective; energetic; Forceful; Distinct; clear-cut; keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect; incisive or keen; vigorous; caustic.
Synonyms: sharp, biting, acute
5. Novice(n): a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro; A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows; a recent convert to christianity.
Synonyms: amateur, apprentice, beginner, first of May, fledgling, greenhorn, gremlin, know from nothing, learner, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on the block, novitiate, plebe, postulant, prentice, probationer, proselyte, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, trainee.
6. Pretend(adj): to appear falsely; to make believe; to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so; to allege or profess, esp. insincerely or falsely; counterfeit.
Synonyms:affected, affectional, barmecidal, bogus, disingenuous, hypocritical, ostensible, ostensive, pretended, quasi, self-styled, sham, simulated, so-called; simulate, fake, sham, counterfeit.
7. Illicit(adj): not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful; disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons;
Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful;Improperly formed; ungrammatical; contrary to accepted morality.
Synonyms: adulterous, black-market, clandestine, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, crooked, felonious, furtive, guilty, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, in violation of law, lawless, out of line, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong, wrongful.
Antonyms: blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right.
8. Brazenness(adj): shameless or impudent; made of brass, like brass, as in sound, color, or strength; to face boldly or shamelessly; Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity.
Synonyms: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.
9. Cogitate(v): to think about; to think hard; ponder; meditate; To take careful thought or think carefully about; consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind; use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
Synonyms: Cerebrate, chew the cud, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, envisage, envision, figure, flash on, imagine, meditate, mull over, muse, noodle around, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, stew over.
Antonyms: ignore.
10. Propensity(n): a natural inclination or tendency; favorable disposition or partiality; an innate inclination; a tendency; The quality or state of being propense; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Synonyms: ability, aptness, bias, capacity, competence, disposition, flash, inclining, leaning, liability, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, susceptibility, sweet tooth, talent, tendency, yen.
Antonyms:antipathy, disinclination, dislike, hate.
11. Succinct(adj): expressed in few words;compressed into a small area, scope, or compass; Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; briefly giving the gist of something.
Synonyms: blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone, in a nutshell, in few words, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse
Antonyms: lengthy, long-winded, wordy.
12. Slovenly(adj): untidy or unclean in appearance or habits;untidy or unclean in appearance or habits; negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt.
Synonyms: bedraggled, botched, careless, dingy, disheveled, disorderly, dowdy, grody, grubby, heedless, loose, messed up, messy, mussy, negligent, raunchy, seedy, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, tacky, topsy-turvy, unfastidious, unkempt, unthorough, untidy.
Antonyms: clean, ordered, organized.
13. Dapper(adj): lively and brisk; neat; trim; smart; small and active; Very stylish in dress.
Synonyms: bandbox, brisk, chic, chichi, classy, clean, dainty, dashing, doggy, dressed to kill, dressed to nines, jaunty, natty, nice, nifty, nimble, nobby, posh, prim, rakish, ritzy, sassy, sharp, showy, smart, snug, spiff, spiffy, spruce, spry, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, trim, turned out, well turned out.
Antonyms: dirty, dishevelled, ruffled, rumpled, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tousled, ungroomed, wrinkled.
14. Redress(n): the setting right of what is wrong; relief from wrong or injury; compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury; To make amends for; to adjust; correction or reformation.
Synonyms: aid, amendment, amends, assistance, atonement, balancing, change, conciliation, correction, cure, ease, indemnity, justice, offsetting, payment, quittance, recompense, rectification, reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, relief, remedy, remission, remodeling, renewal, repair, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, return, revision, reward, reworking, satisfaction, vengeance
Antonyms: hurt, injury.
15. Variable(adj): capable of being varied or changed; alterable; inconstant; fickle; having much variation or diversity.
Synonyms: capricious, changeful, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, fluid, iffy*, inconstant, irregular, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, shifty, slippery*, spasmodic, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unequable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, waffling, wavering.
Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying
16. Vehement(adj): strongly emotional; intense or passionate; marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous; zealous; ardent; impassioned;characterized by rancor or anger; violent; Marked by or full of vigor or energy; strong.
Synonyms: angry, ardent, concentrated, delirious, desperate, eager, earnest, emphatic, enthusiastic, exquisite, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, furious, hearty, heated, hopped up, hyper, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intense, lively, on the make, potent, powerful, pronounced, rabid, strong, terrible, vicious, violent, wild, zealous.
Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, impassionate.
17. Malodorous (adj): having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad; foul; having an unpleasant smell.
Synonyms: bad, decayed, decomposed, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, infested, lousy, mephitic, musty, nasty, nauseating, noisome, noxious, offensive, pestilential, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, rotten, smelly, stale, stenchful, stinking, strong, tainted, vile.
Antonyms: aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, savory, sweet.
Analogies:
1. Carelessness: Recklessness
2. Malodorous: Scent
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 15th)
1. Peripheral
2. Integral
3. Novelty
4. Gadfly
5. Periphery
6. Fetter
7. Extol
8. Glee
9. Succinct
10. Iconoclast
11. Garrulous
12. Cryptic
13. Redolent
14. Slothful
15. Zephyr
16. Seasoned
17. Digression
18. Taciturn
19. Embezzlement
20. Exotic
21. Malicious
22. Delay
23. Beleaguered
24. Assertive
Analogies:
1. Accidental: Incidental
2. Beleaguered: Assertive
3. School: Education
Issue Topic:
1. The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were mad; possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in an editorial in the Mason City newspaper.
"At present, Mason City residents seldom use the nearby Mason River for any kind of recreational activity, even though surveys of the region's residents consistently rank water sports (swimming, fishing, and boating) as a favorite form of recreation. Since there
have been complaints about the quality of the water in the river, residents must be avoiding the river because they think that it is not clean enough. But that situation is about to change: the agency responsible for rivers in our region has announced plans to clean up Mason River. Therefore, recreational use of the river is likely to increase, so the Mason City council will need to increase its budget for improvements to the publicly owned lands along the Mason River."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 14th)
1. Diaphanous
2. Encomium
3. Periphery
4. Sojourn
5. Deplore
6. Wallow
7. Defame
8. Lugubrious
9. Mellifluous
10. Exude
11. Banal
12. Ludicrous
13. Restive
14. Signal
15. Compendium
16. Rivalry
17. Skirt
18. Reliquary
19. Slant
20. Fleeting
21. Guffaw
Analogies:
1. Fleeting: Pass
2. Guffaw: Amusement
Issue Topic:
1. Scholars should not worry about contribution to society and rather should concentrate on pursuing
their individual goals.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 13th)
1. Convoke(v): to call together; summon to meet or assemble; to cause to assemble in a meeting.
Synonyms: to summon; assemble; convene; cite, gather, meet, muster, request.
2. Hasten(v): to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry; accelerate; to speed up; act or move at high speed; cause to occur rapidly.
Synonyms: accelerate, advance, barrel, bolt, dart, drive, expedite, fleet, gallop, hie, hurry, precipitate, precipitate press, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, speed, trot, urge, whisk.
3. Limpid(adj): clear, transparent; completely calm; without distress or worry; Characterized by transparent clearness; easily intelligible; clear; Calm and untroubled; clear and bright; easily understandable.
Synonyms: Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright; comprehensible, crystalline, distinct, lucid, pellucid, pure, serene, translucent, transparent, untroubled.
4. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise; sage; discerning; often in irony or contempt.
Synonyms: discerning, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, sagacious, sage, wise.
5. Teddy(n): plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials); a male given name; a female given name; a teddy bear.
6. Dale(n): a valley, esp. a broad valley; a male or female given name; an open river valley (in a hilly area); a low place between hills; a vale or valley; a trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
Synonyms: dell, dene, dingle, glen, ravine, spout, trough, vale, valley.
7. Jejune(adj): without interest or significance; dull; insipid; immature; childish; lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed;deficient or lacking in nutritive value; not interesting; dull.
Synonyms: arid, banal, barren, bland, childish, dull, empty, flat, immature, inane, innocuous, insipid, juvenile, meager, sterile, trite, unexciting, vapid.
8. Plangent(adj): resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell; Loud and resounding; Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive.
Synonyms: mellow, orotund, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant.
9. Stand(v): (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet; to rise to one's feet ; to stop or remain motionless or steady on the feet; to remain firm or steadfast; to continue in force or remain valid; to remain still, stationary, or unused; to face or encounter; Synonyms: abide, stomach, bear up, endure, hold up.
Issue Topic:
1. We are not teaching students how to contribute in society
(It is something like that)
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in a newspaper feature story.
"At the small, non-profit hospital in the town of Saluda, the average length of a patient's stay is two days; at the large, for-profit hospital in the near by city of Megaville, the average patient's stay is six days.Also, the cure rate among patients in the Saluda hospital is about twice that of the Megaville hospital. The Saluda hospital has more employees per patient than the hospital in Megaville and there are few complaints about service at the local hospital.Such data indicate that treatment in smaller, non-profit hospitals is more economical and of better quality than treatment in larger, for profit hospitals".
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 10th)
1. Friated
2. Mind
3. Vicissitude
4. Prosaic
5. Tessellated
6. Reel
7. Perspicacious
8. Timorous
9. Flagging
10. Ambrosia
11. Burnish
12. Lackluster
13. Contentious
14. Querrulous
Analogies:
1. Wood: Carpenter
2. Burnish: Lackluster
3. Contentious: Querrulous
Issue Topic:
1. A Work of art like song, literature, sculpture or movie is given merit only if it is understandable to the people.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 9th)
1. Cement
2. Zealous
3. Desecrat
4. Vacillatory
5. Diaphanous
6. Estimable
7. Shoveled
8. Signal
9. Gossamer
10. Firial
11. Deprecation
12. Prosaic
13. Trecharant
14. Hasten
15. Dogged
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 8th)
1. Vicissitude(n): a change or variation occurring in the course of something; regular change or succession of one state or thing to
another; the quality of being changeable; One of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's life,
activities, or surroundings.
Synonyms: alteration, change, difficulty, diversity, mutability, mutation, reversal, shift, switch, variation, variety.
2. Propitious(adj): presenting favorable conditions; indicative of favor; auspicious; favorably inclined; Kindly; gracious; likely to
result in or show signs of success.
Synonyms: advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benign, encouraging, favorable, friendly, gracious, helpful, opportune, promising,
prosperous, rosy, timely.
3. Hasten(v): to move or act swiftly; to cause to hurry; to speed up; accelerate; speed up the progress of; facilitate; cause to occur
rapidly; to drive or urge forward; to push on.
Synonyms: accelerate, advance, barrel, bolt, dart, drive, expedite, fleet, gallop, hie, hurry, precipitate, precipitate press, push, quicken,
race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, speed, trot, urge, whisk.
4. Minutiae(n): small or trifling matters; Usually, minutiae. precise details.
Synonyms: details, ins and outs, items, odds and ends, particulars, trivia.
5. Dogged(adj): persistent in effort; damned; confounded; stubbornly tenacious; to track or trail persistently; To hold or fasten with a
mechanical device; obstinately determined.
Synonyms: adamant, determined, headstrong, insistent, mulish, obstinate, persevering, persistent, staunch, steadfast, stubborn,
tenacious, unshakable, unyielding.
6. Commotion(n): A condition of turbulent motion; An agitated disturbance; political or social
disturbance; confused movement.
Synonyms: agitation, bouleversement, brouhaha, bustle, clamor, clatter, convulsion, flap, flare,
flourish, fluster, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, mutiny, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket,
revolt, riot, tempest, todo, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar.
7. Addendum(n): a thing to be added; an addition; an appendix to a book; Something added or to be
added, especially a supplement to a book.
8. Puckish(adj): mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
Synonyms: impish, mischievous, mysterious, naughty, playful, wicked.
9. Impecunious(adj): having little or no money; penniless; poor, not having enough money to pay for
necessities
Synonyms: broke, destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, poverty-stricken.
Issue Topic:
1. It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and discredit
the ideas it fears.
2. It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public.
Argument Topic:
1. The following appeared in an article in a magazine for writers
"A recent study showed that in describing a typical day's conversation, people make an average of 23
references to watching television and only 1 reference to reading fiction. This result suggests that,
compared with the television industry, the publishing and bookselling industries are likely to decline in
profitability. Therefore, people who wish to have careers as writers should acquire training and
experience in writing for television rather than for print media."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 7th)
1. Assuage(v): To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe; To satisfy or appease
(hunger or thirst, for example); To pacify or calm; provide physical relief, as from pain; cause to be more
favorably inclined.
Synonyms: alleviate, lessen, abate, appease, comfort, diminish, ease, fill, lull, mitigate, modify, mollify,
quiet, reduce, relieve, salve, slake, soften, solace, soothe, sweeten, tranquilize.
Antonyms: intensify.
2. Exculpate(v): to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame.
Synonyms: absolve, acquit, amnesty, clear, dismiss, excuse, exonerate, forgive, free, pardon, release,
vindicate.
3. Callous(adj): made hard; hardened; insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic, Emotionally hardened;
unfeeling. <
Synonyms: adamant, anesthetic, apathetic, brawny, horny, impertinent, indurative, inexorable,
obdurate, stubborn, torpid.
4. Stoic(adj): One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain; seeming
unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
Synonyms: detached, dispassionate, impassive, imperturbable, patient, philosophic, phlegmatic,
resolute, spartan, stolid, unconcerned, undemonstrative, unflappable, unruffled.
5. Ponderous(adj): Having great weight; unwieldy from weight or bulk; lacking grace or fluency.
Synonyms: heavy, boring, dreary, plodding, tedious, awkward, bulky, cumbersome, dull, hefty,
humdrum, massive, monotonous.
Antonyms: lively, exciting.
6. Timorous(adj) : full of fear; fearful.
Synonyms: abashed, aghast, anxious, apprehensive, blanched, cowed, daunted, dismayed, intimidated,
panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, rattled, spooked.
Antonyms: bold, courageous, valiant
7. Ineluctable(adj): incapable of being evaded; inescapable; Not to be avoided or escaped.
Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, certain, doomed, indubitable, inescapable, inevitable, sure,
unavoidable, unevadable.
8. Pulsatile(adj): Undergoing pulsation; vibrating; Capable of being struck or beaten; played by
beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.
9. Intimidate(v): fill with fear; to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear; to compel or
deter by or as if by threats; make timid or fearful.
Synonyms: abash, badger, bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, daunt, denounce,
dishearten, dominate, dragoon, faze, frighten, hector, overawe, ride, scare, swagger, terrorize, threaten.
Antonyms: calm, encourage.
Analogies:
1. Ineluctable: Avoid
2. Approach: Intimidate
Issue Topic:
1. The study of history is done only on few famous persons. The great achievements of the so called
famous is actually achieved by groups of people who have been long forgotten.
Argument Topic:
1. The Residents of the Mason city make no recreational use of the Mason river that is nearer to the city.
Eventhough the state survey done, quotes that water sports(swimming, fishing, boating) as the
favourites among the people. There are complaints that the river is been polluted and hence the people
might be staying away from it. The situation is about to change as the state government has decided
to purify the Mason river and hence the recreational use of river is about to rise. The Mason city council
should increase the budget to develop the city-owned lands across the river.
(similar to this)
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 6th)
1. Diaphanous(adj): very sheer and light; almost completely transparent ; Characterized by delicacy
of form.
Synonyms: airy, clear, delicate, fine, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, lucid, sheer, transparent,
vague.
2. Spartan(adj): sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere; Rigorously self-disciplined
or self-restrained, brave; undaunted.
3. Discordant(adj): being at variance; disagreeing;harsh; Not being in accord; conflicting; not in
agreement or harmony.
Synonyms: dissonant; incongruous; Discordant; discrepant.
4. Perspicacious(adj): having keen mental perception and understanding; having or showing
penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted; acutely insightful and wise; having the power of
seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
Synonyms: acute, alert, astute, clearheaded, discerning, observant, perceptive, savvy, shrewd, wise.
Antonyms: dull, stupid.
5. Erudite(adj): characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.
Synonyms educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient
6. Commensurate(adj): having the same measure; of equal extent or duration; corresponding in
amount, magnitude, or degree; proportionate; adequate; measurable by a common standard.
Synonyms: adequate, appropriate, balanced, corresponding, equal, equivalent, even, parallel,
proportional, square.
7. Friated(adj): easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbling.
Synonyms: fragile, frangible, brittle.
8. Lurk(v): to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; to exist unperceived or unsuspected
Synonyms: creep, crouch, prowl, skulk, slink, sneak.
9. Trenchant(adj): incisive or keen; vigorous; effective; energetic; clearly or sharply defined.
Synonyms: acerbic, acidulous, acute, astringent, caustic, crisp, emphatic, incisive, piquant, scathing,
sententious, tart, unequivocal, vigorous.
Antonyms: kind, nice.
10. Symphony(n): harmony of sounds; anything characterized by a harmonious combination of elements,
esp. an effective combination of colors; agreement; concord.
11. Garrulous(adj): excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner; wordy or diffuse.
Synonyms: prating, babbling; verbose, prolix, loquacious.
Antonyms: reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed.
12. Din(n): a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor; the act of
making a noisy disturbance.
Synonyms: babble, clamor, clangor, clatter, commotion, confusion, hubbub, instill, loud,
pandemonium, racket, rattle, riot, steven, tumult, turmoil, uproar.
Issue Topic:
1. It is the artist, and not the critic that gives something valuable to the society.
2. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but
the general welfare of all its people.
Argument Topic:
1. The vice president for human resources at Climpson Industries sent the following recommendation
to the company's president. "In an effort to improve our employees' productivity, we should
implement electronic monitoring of employees' Internet use from their workstations. Employees who
use the Internet from their workstations need to be identified and punished if we are to reduce the
number of work hours spent on personal or recreational activities, such as shopping or playing games.
By installing software to detect employees' Internet use on company computers, we can prevent
employees from wasting time, foster a better work ethic at Climpson, and improve our overall profits."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 3rd)
1. Stentorian(adj): very loud or powerful in sound; extremely loud; Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful.
Synonyms: blaring, loud, orotund, resounding, sonorous.
2. Offbeat(adj): differing from the usual or expected; unconventional; Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; informal terms.
Synonyms: bizarre, different, eccentric, odd, peculiar, strange, unique, unusual, weird.
3. Precarious(adj): Dangerously lacking in security or stability; dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain;
unstable; insecure; dependent on the will or pleasure of another; having insufficient, little, or no foundation; exposed to or
involving danger; dangerous.
Synonyms: unsure, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, unreliable, undependable, hazardous, groundless, baseless, unfounded, chancy,
insecure, perilous, risky, rocky, tricky, unassured, unwarranted.
Antonyms: secure, reliable, safe, well-founded.
4. Nefarious(adj): extremely wicked ; abominable; Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.
Synonyms: atrocious, base, corrupt, depraved, despicable, detestable, evil, flagitious, gross, heinous, horrible, infamous,
miscreant, rank, rotten, sinful, treacherous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, execrable.
Antonyms: good, honest.
5. Perspicacious(adj): having keen mental perception and understanding; having or showing penetrating mental discernment;
clear-sighted; acutely insightful and wise; having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
Synonyms: perceptive, acute, shrewd, penetrating.
Antonyms: dull, stupid.
6. Serried(adj): pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows; crowded together especially in rows; dense.
7. Skullduggery(n): Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in
some way .
Synonyms: chicanery, crafty, trickery.
8. Transitory(adj): Existing or lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary; not lasting, enduring, permanent.
Synonyms: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, temporal, transient.
Antonyms: permanent.
9. Mirth(n): amusement or laughter; gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter.
Synonyms: amusement, cheerfulness, delight, festivity, frivolity, fun, gaiety, gayety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, jocularity,
jollity, joyousness, levity, merriment, playfulness, pleasure, spleen.
Antonyms: gloom
10. Vile(adj): wretchedly bad; highly offensive, unpleasant, or objectionable; repulsive or disgusting, morally debased, depraved,
poor; wretched, of little value or account.
Synonyms: repellent, vicious, evil, iniquitous, vulgar, obscene, contemptible, trivial, trifling.
Antonyms: good, elevated.
11. Saunter(v): a leisurely walk or stroll; a leisurely pace; walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.
Synonyms: To loiter; linger; stroll; wander, amble, ramble, meander, dally, dawdle, delay, drift, frank, gigot, idle, lag, lounge, mosey,
promenade, roam, rove, ruminate, sashay, straggle, stray.
12. Overhaul(v): to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition; to investigate or examine thoroughly for repair or
revision; to gain upon, catch up with, or overtake, as in a race.
Synonyms: doctor, examine, mend, rebuild, recondition, redo, renovate, repair, restore, revamp.
Analogies:
1. Saunter: walk
2. Overhaul: Revision
Argument Topic:
1. The following is a recommendation from the business manager of Monarch Books.
"Monarch Books should open a cafe in its store to attract more customers and better compete with Regal Books, which recently
opened a cafe. Monarch, which has been in business at the same location for more than twenty years, has a large customer
following because it is known for its wide selection of books on all subjects. Opening the cafe would clearly attract more customers.
The cafe would require relatively little space. Space could be made for the cafe by discontinuing the children's book section, which
will likely become less popular given that the last national census indicated a significant decline in the percent of the population
who are under age ten."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 2nd)
1. Diaphanous
2. Spartan
3. Quaff
4. Beleaguered
5. Blatant
6. Quell
7. Stentorian
8. Unseemly
9. Offbeat
10. Mulish
11. Persuaded
Analogies:
1. Quaff: Sip
2. Mulish: Persuaded
Issue Topic:
1. An effective political leader doesn't speak da truth always. Honesty is a useful virtue for an effective
politician.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Oct 1st)
1. Clarion
2. Tangibility
3. Commensurate
4. Quaff
5. Friated
6. Havoc
7. Transparent
8. Deplore
9. Emulations
10. Exemplar
11. Obscure
12. Unseemly
13. Hasten
14. Stentorian
15. Spiny
16. Sententious
17. Jaundice
18. Immutable
19. Spurious
20. Procrastinate
21. Avowal
22. Surly
23. Hasten
24. Stentorian
25. Spiny
26. Nefarious
27. Obscure
28. Disparity
29. Tepid
30. Oblivious
31. Nice
Analogies:
1. Malfunction: Failsafe
2. Quaff: Sip
3. Alloy: Pure
Issue Topic:
1. The profound thinkers and highly creative artists are always out of place with their time and society.
September 30th Database Questions(few) were included in today's database.
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