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* : Words with slightly different meaning from the majority of the words in a cluster. # : Words which are neither synonyms nor antonyms.

(+) : The words in this family are used usually in positive context. (-) : The words in this family are used usually in negative context.

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AVOID / DODGE

AWKWARD / UNSKILLED BE SLOW / WASTE TIME BEGINNING

BURN/HOT

(effect)/(opp)COLD DISPLAYING FLEXIBLE/SKILFUL HAVING TWISTS AND TURNS HORRIFYING / SHOCKING / (opp) ATTRACTIVE INCLINATION PREDICTION SEPARATED / (opp) CONNECTED SIGN (Warning) TAKE APART TALK FOOLISHLY TEACHER/GUIDE / X STUDENT UNEXPECTED CHANGES UNREAL

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Enrage

to make someone angry (syn) Form: v Tone: negative

put into a rage; make violently

angry Mnemonic: is another word forEnrage RAGE (anger). Example: She was Enraged at his stupidity.

Root: the prefix En-means IN Fume very angry (degree) (syn) Form: v Tone: negative

To fume is to feel or express great anger. You would fume if your teacher accused you of cheating when you didn't.

Mnemonic: In cartoons, when a character is fuming, it is often drawn with

Fumes coming out of

its ears.

Example: She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam.

Glower

angry and sullen look on face (effect) Form: v Tone: negative

If you see someone glower at you, you might consider glowering back, but no one likes an angry staring contest. To glower is not only to stare, it's to stare angrily, as if you're going to throttle someone.

Mnemonic: Glower

sounds like Lower. when someone LOWERS you in front of others, you tend to stare ANGRILY at them.

Example: Bright confident morning has been replaced by a Glowering twilight

Incense

make someone angry (syn) Form: v Tone: negative

If your new college roommate burns incense in your tiny dorm room, you might get incensed and storm out.

Mnemonic: Incense

sounds like insensible. Insensible people infuriate(Incense) me. Example: Incensed, Mr. John demanded on national television that Ms. Rihana be given a 30-year prison sentence. Root: the prefix In-means NOT Infuriate to make someone angry (syn) Form: v Tone: negative

Different things infuriate different people: whatever makes you angry, mad, or ticked off infuriates you.

Mnemonic: The word can be related to Fury or anger.

Example: Her silence Infuriated him even more.

very angry Form: adj Tone: negative

On the anger scale, first comes annoyed, then cross, then furious, then irate. When cartoon characters are irate smoke comes out of their ears.

Mnemonic: IRATE

rhymes with "eye red". When does your eye become red? When you are ANGRY.

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IRATE Example: Whencartoon characters are IRATE smoke comes out of their ears. Use this word only when someone is so mad that they scare you.

IRE

anger Form: n Tone: negative

Ire is another word for

"anger." Mnemonic: sounds like FIRE.IRE Anger emits fIRE like burning emotions visible in action and speech.

Example: If you routinely steal your neighbor's

newspaper, don't be surprised to be on the receiving end of his IRE. Livid furiously angry (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative

If you're livid, you're furious,

in a black cloud of anger. Mnemonic: sounds like Livid LIVE+VIDEO: The officer was ENRAGED WITH ANGER when he was caught taking bribe on LIVE VIDEO Example: Dad will be Livid when he finds out. Rabid Extreme anger (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative

Chances are that if the tail-wagging dog that just

appeared on your doorstep is also foaming at the mouth and chewing on your welcome mat, it's rabid and you should back away slowly; no petting for this infectious pup.

Mnemonic: Rabid

can be remembered in this manner: rabbit is extremely

zealous/enthusiastic about carrots, and gets angry if you try to snatch it from him. Example: She is as Rabidly anti-smoking as only a recently cured addict can be.

Seethe extreme but unexpected anger (syn) Form: v Tone: negative If a liquid seethes, it is boiling, but if it's a person who's seething, watch out! He or she is really angry!

Mnemonic:

Seethe(SITA)..when Ravan took Sita to Lanka, Lord Ram BOILED with anger and was DISTURBED. Example: He marched off, seething with frustration. Smolder suppressed anger or hatred(lesser degree) (syn) Form: v Tone: negative

When a fire is barely burning, it's smoldering. Fires can smolder for days without anyone's knowing, then burst into a conflagration that gets the fire department sirens wailing all over town.

Mnemonic: smol + der

--'smol'...small 'der'.... fear (in hindi)... that is, while handling small things the fear is they might break down.

Example: He was Smoldering with rage when he learned that his orders were not followed.

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Wrath

great anger leading to revenge (effect) Form: n

Tone: negative

wrath is great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone: Noah saw the flood as a sign of the wrath of God.

Mnemonic: Remember rath(s) means chariots in mahabharata. When kings were angry and furious, they used to come on their rath(s) to fight.

Example: Sandyâ €™s )hurricane)

Wrath will peak Monday night, but chances are the effects will be felt long after. Legends:

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* : Words with slightly different meaning from the majority of the words in a cluster. # : Words which are neither synonyms nor antonyms.

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Avert prevent something from happening (manner) Form: v Tone: pos

To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster - either way, you are avoiding something.

Mnemonic: sounds like DIVERT, and that is the meaning. Example: He did his best to Avert suspicion. Circumvent avoid to overcome problem (cause) Form: v Tone: pos To circumvent is to avoid. Someone who trains elephants but somehow gets out of picking up after them has found a way to circumvent the cleaning of the circus tent.

Mnemonic: circle + prevent - to form a CIRCLE or a boundary around the target so as to OUTSMART your opponent, like Abhimanyu did Example: They found a way of Circumventing the law.

Root: The prefix CIRCUM- means AROUND Deflect to deviate (cause) Form: v Tone: neut

The verb deflect describes blocking something or changing its course. Hockey goalies deflect the flying puck with their sticks or blockers, making it travel in a different direction,

preferably to a teammate's stick.

Mnemonic: Deflect

sounds like Defect. And anything Defective is avoided and not used. Example: All attempts to Deflect attention from his private life have failed.

Root: The refix DE-means AWAY. Elude escape in a cunning manner. (manner) Form: v Tone: neg

Elude means evade, or be hard to grasp. "Tom eluded his captors by hiding under a table. Asha tried to understand chemistry, but the subject continued to elude her."

Example: The two men managed to Elude the police for six weeks.

Evade

escape or avoid using tricks (syn) Form: v

Tone: pos

When you evade something, you escape it. You could evade a police chase by slipping into a secret alley, or you could evade your mother's questions about the missing cookies by slipping into another topic.

Mnemonic: Evade

rhymes with AVOID Example: For two weeks they Evaded the press. Headlong done in a hurry (opposite) Form: adj,adv Headlong describes something done headfirst, rashly, or really quickly. If you're the star batter on your baseball team, it's expected that you'll make a

Mnemonic: Sounds like headstrong.i.e. adamant or

unthinkably daring (person who is very strongheaded)

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headlong dive for the base. Example: The government is taking care not to rush Headlong into another controversy. Parry avoid a question or blow. Form: v Tone: pos

When you parry, you avoid doing things. As the needy friend approaches, say, "I wish I had time to catch up!" and hurry off. Or, hide under a table.

Mnemonic: sounds like "Harry" Potter who wards off all the difficulties of people Example: He parried a blow to his head.

Shirk neglect or avoid (syn) Form: v Tone: neg To shirk your responsibilities is to avoid dealing with them - like when you watch four consecutive hours of infomercials instead of facing your homework.

Mnemonic:

Remember Shrek? He used to avoid work or responsibilities as he was fat and was not able to do so. Example: Discipline in the company was strict and no one Shirked.

Shunt

divert (syn) Form: v Tone: neg

move to a less important

place or position. Mnemonic: whathappens when current is Shunted, it diverts (electronics term)

Example: John was Shunted sideways to a job in sales. Skirt avoiding an issue (type of) Form: v Tone: neg

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Example: She Skirted the problem.

Swerve

changing directions suddenly (cause) Form: v

Tone: neut

The noun swerve means a sudden turn off your path. As a verb, it means to move off your original route, possibly to avoid a collision. You can swerve either toward something or away from it.

Mnemonic: Swerve

rhymes with SERVE, in tennis the best SERVE, SwerveS, i.e. abruptly turns and puzzles the opponent. Example: The bus suddenly Swerved into his path. Legends:

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Feckless ineffective, weak (syn) Form: v Tone: neg If a newspaper editorial describes a politician as feckless, you might wonder, "What is feck, and why doesn't he have any?" In fact, the columnist is accusing the politician of being irresponsible and incompetent.

Mnemonic: The "feck" in Feckless began as a short form of effect. So Feckless essentially means ineffective. Can be remembered as Effectless

Example: She had lost the Fecklessness of youth and settled down.

Fumble nervous or clumsy way of handling things (syn) Form: v,n Tone: neg

If you're a football fan you know all about the agony of the fumble - the clumsy handling of the ball that makes you drop it or lose possession.

Mnemonic: Fumble is

like tumble.

Example: He Fumbled

with the buttons on his shirt. Gauche unsophisticated (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Use the word gauche when you want to call something tacky, graceless, tactless, rude, boorish, or awkward and foolish. Have you just pointed out someone's misuse of this word? Oh dear, how gauche!

Mnemonic: Gauche

sounds the Hindi word Ghochu used for a clumsy and awkward person.

Example: She was too Gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate. Inept having no skills.(syn) Form: adj Tone: neg A clumsy, incompetent person - or an ineffective action - is inept. When you're inept, you don't know what you're doing or just can't get it done.

Mnemonic: IN (not) + EPT (like apt ; which means suitable) -not suitable

Example: She was left feeling Inept and inadequate.

Root: The Prefix IN means NOT

Maladroit

not efficient (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

If you are clumsy, you are maladroit. But the word can mean all kinds of clumsy. Trip over your words? You are verbally maladroit. Stumble in social situations? You're socially maladroit.

Mnemonic: Mal means BAD and Adroit means SKILLFUL. So a person is not skillful at doing anything is rather a Maladroit.

Example: Both parties are unhappy about the Maladroit handling of the whole affair. Root: The prefix MAL means BAD

awkward (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Ungainly is the opposite of graceful, convenient or easy. A clumsy dancer boogies in an ungainly or awkward

Mnemonic: un(means NOT) + GAINly...a model who LACKS GRACE IN HER

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Ungainly

fashion. MOVEMENT OR IF SHE WALKS IN AN

AWKWARD manner on the ramp, will NOT GAIN popularity. Example: He was a tall, Ungainly boy of 18.

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Dally

move slowly (action) Form: v Tone: neg

Dally means â€œto waste time.â€ When you dally, you will cause a delay because of your dawdling.

Mnemonic: Dally

sounds like delay. lazy people delay work. Example: Despite our best intentions of not Dallying, it's hard to pass up the chance to check out a sunrise like this at the end of our morning ride.

Dawdle

slow, wastes time (syn)

Form: v Tone: neg

There are lots of words that mean to move slowly. The point of dawdle is that one is moving too slowly, is falling behind, or is not properly focused on making progress.

Mnemonic: Dawdle is

somewhat similar to idle.

Example: Stop dawdling! We're going to be late! Dilatory causing delay intentionally (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Something dilatory creates a delay. If you are a high school student, once in a while you might have used dilatory tactics if you forgot to do your homework.

Mnemonic: Extract 'late' from the word Dilatory and you get.... delay which is generally due to waste of time. Example: The government has been Dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment. Dilly Dally wasting time having failed to decide (effect) Form: v Tone: neg

postpone doing what one

should be doing Mnemonic: Dilly andDally sounds like DELAY.

Example: Don't dilly-dally on the way home from school.

Laggard

slow progress and lagging behing (effect) Form: n Tone: neg

Hey pokey! Yeah you, Mr. Slow Pants. Quit your dawdling! This is no time to be a laggard, or someone who's always lagging behind.

Mnemonic:

concentrate on lag, one who always lag behind the others means slow and sluggish.

Example: Laggards are

the ones still using fax machines instead of email.

Linger

stay in a place for a longer span because you donâ €™t want to leave Form: v

Tone: neg

When someone lingers, he or she takes an

unexpectedly long time to depart, as Romeo lingers when bidding Juliet farewell (or as annoying houseguests almost always tend to do).

Mnemonic:

Linger---Ginger... the taste of ginger is still present in my tongue although its slowly leaving

Example: Furthermore there are Lingering questions as to why the U.S. has focused on chemical weapons in particular.

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Malinger

to fake illness in order to avoid duty or work (cause) Form: v

Tone: neg

When you malinger, you pretend to be sick. If you ever claimed to have a stomach ache in order to stay home from school, you know what it means to malinger.

Mnemonic:

MAL(bad)+LINGER(stay in a place longer than necessary)...when you linger on the ramp badly you Malinger Example: She lingered for a few minutes to talk to Nick.

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ONSET the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant Form: n Tone: neg

When something is at its onset, it's at the beginning, just getting started, and it's often something that's not so pleasant. The onset of hurricane season is probably not the best time to visit the beach.

Mnemonic: On + Set in action

Example: Diagnostic errors are even more common in early ONSET Alzheimer's, where patients often wait several years for a correct diagnosis. OUTSET at/from the beginning of something Form: n Tone: neutral

the time at which something is

supposed to begin Mnemonic: Set outto do your work right NOW

Example: I made it clear right from the OUTSET that I disapproved.

X EGRESS

the act of leaving a place

Form: noun Tone: neg/ neut

If you want to leave a place, you need a means of egress, or a way to exit, such as a door or window. It was a beautiful old house, but without enough ways of egress, they needed outdoor fire-stairs for reaching the upper floors.

Mnemonic: gress- to go; digress-to stray; egress- to go out; ingress- to go in and regress is to return to a former state

Example: doorways intended for egress only

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# Tepid#(warm) Warm or unenthusiastic (Degree) Form: adj Tone: neg

slightly warm Mnemonic: te(tea) and pid(dip):you can dip your hand into tea only when it is

lukewarm Example: The mushrooms develop more flavor if you use the slower method of soaking them in tepid water for six hours or overnight.

torrid

very hot or highly changed emotion (syn)

Form: adj Tone: neg

If youâ€™re having a torrid romance, that means it's steamy and emotionally charged. If youâ€™re listening to a torrid band, then youâ €™re listening to a band that has a lot of energy.

Mnemonic:

torturously arid or hot & arid=torrid

Example: Yet

watching him, even on such a torrid shooting night, always leaves a lukewarm feeling.

Conflagration

Fire that destroys (syn)

Form: n Tone: neg

A conflgaration isn't just a few flames; it's an especially large and destructive fire that causes devastation.

Mnemonic: Flagration sounds like flare which means fire, so big fire. Example: The

conflgaration destroyed property worth millions.

Root: The prefix Con-means together

Frigid

very cold (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Like the North Pole on the coldest day of winter, frigid is an adjective that means extremely chilly. It applies to both temperatures and personalities. Mnemonic: Frigid -concentrate on fridge which is cold

Example: There was a Frigid atmosphere in the room.

Glacial

icy cold and Unemotional (syn and effect) Form: adj Tone: neg

Things that are glacial are super cold. A place can be glacial - like the South Pole - but a person can be glacial, too, like that unfriendly girl who gave you a glacial stare.

Mnemonic:

Ice+Glass-Glass+ice

Example: the Glacial

wind whipped her skin blue.

Scald

injure with hot liquid (effect) Form: v Tone: negative

You could scald yourself if your bathwater is too hot. To scald something is to burn it with hot liquid. However, if a recipe tells you to â €œscald the milk,â€ it means to heat it to the

Mnemonic: Scald

sounds like bald - he became bald because his scalp got burnt in hot water.

Example: Be careful not to Scald yourself with the steam.

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moment just before it boils. Scathe burn Form: v.adj Tone: negative injure or harm,

especially by fire. Mnemonic: When youSkate you damage (Scathe) the ICE beneath

Example: Her sensitive skin got Scathed because of excessive heat. Scorch Burn (syn) Form: v Tone: neg To scorch is to burn something fiercely, to the point where its surface - your face, prairie grass, a steak on the grill - chars or otherwise changes color.

Mnemonic: Think of Scorch as

Torch.Torch is used by people who work in mines.And these people have to face extreme heat and because they are in mine(e.g.coal

mine)their face turns black.

Example: I Scorched

my dress when I was ironing it. Sear intense heat (nature or kind of heat) Form: v Tone: neg To sear something is to quickly cook or burn its surface by applying intense heat. When making beef stew, the color and flavor are usually better if you sear the meat first.

Mnemonic: Sear

rhymes with TEAR. When you BURN your hand you are in tears. Example: The heat of the sun Seared their faces.

Singe

burn lightly (syn) Form: v

Tone: negative or neutral

burn superficially or

lightly Mnemonic: remove 'n' from the Singe-word, we will be left with sige- like cige, a cigarette BURNS

Example: He Singed

his hair as he tried to light his cigarette.

Swelter hot and uncomfortable (syn and effect) Form: v Tone: neg To swelter is to be hot - very, very hot, like on a humid, ninety-degree day. To swelter is to feel like you're in an oven.

Mnemonic: If you put on a SWEATER in the heat, then you will get WET with SWEAT and will suffer from oppresive heat. Example: Passengers Sweltered in temperatures of over 90Â°F. Legends: X : Antonyms

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Cerebral

intellectual or brainy (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos

If you are a cerebral person, no one would ever call you a drama queen. You make decisions using your intelligence and cold, hard facts, instead of your emotions.

Mnemonic: sounds like cereBRAINal

Example: The content of philosophical works is

Cerebral in nature and requires much thought.

Didactic

one who gives or renders moral lessons and instructions(syn) Form: adj Tone: pos

When people are didactic, they're teaching or

instructing. This word is often used negatively for when someone is acting too much like a teacher.

Mnemonic: Sounds like didi (sister) who always acts in a way like she is teaching

something...''didi-act'ic Example: The poet's works became increasingly Didactic

after his religious conversion Erudite showing great knowledge(syn) Form: adj Tone: pos

If you call someone erudite, that means they show great learning. After you've earned your second Ph.D., you will be truly erudite.

Mnemonic:

e+RUD(RUDE)+IT+e-now just concentrate on RUDE IT....NOW THINK OF rude IT PROFESSIONAL WHO IS BASICALLY CONSIDERED AS A LEARNED man..or scholarly

Example: She could turn any conversation into an Erudite discussion. Pedantic very concerned with academic learning (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos

There's nothing wrong with focusing on the details, but someone who is pedantic makes a big display of knowing obscure facts and details.

Mnemonic: Can you smell the word 'PANDIT'( "Scholar" in English) from

"Pedantic"? PANDIT's are usually very strict about the bookish stuff.

Example: A Pedantic

insistence on the correct way of doing things

Pundit

an expert (syn) Form: n Tone: pos

Beware of the pundit, a supposed expert who imparts deep knowledge to us more ignorant folks. pundits are often

blowhards, mere hacks, and you might well want to take what they say with a pinch of salt.

Mnemonic: A pandit is a scholar.

Example: Political Pundits in the United States predicted a historic win for Barack Obama in the 2008 US Elections.

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Adept

very skilled and professional (Syn for skillful) Form: adj Tone: pos

Are you looking for another word to describe a person who is highly skilled, very proficient or expert at something? Try the adjective adept!

Mnemonic: Adept is

close to adapt so an

Adept batsman like sachin adapt himself quickly on any kind of pitch.

Example: He became Adept at getting even the shyest students to talk.

Adroit

Skilled at using hands and mind (syn for skillful) Form: adj Tone: pos

Someone who is adroit is clever and skillful. An adroit leader will be able to persuade people to go with his ideas. An adroit sculptor can turn a lump of clay into an object of great beauty.

Mnemonic: Adroit

sounds like Androids, a mix of human and machine, hence they are more dexterous than humans. Example: I want to become an Adroit

guitarist

Agile

moves quickly and easily (syn for flexible) Form: adj Tone: pos

On water skis she was agile and made sharp turns and long arcs cutting through the water, but she was a lot less agile on the

snowboard, landing on her face and hands as she clunked down the slopes.

Mnemonic: When we are in good age we'll be quick

Example: He had the agility of a man half his age. Aptitude Natural ability Form: adj Tone: pos An aptitude is something you're good at. A rock star might have an aptitude for energizing an audience, or for trashing his hotel room.

Mnemonic:

remember this word from various

"Aptitude tests" which check talent or IQ etc

Example: She showed a natural

Aptitude for the work.

Consummate

to finish something in the perfect or best manner (syn) Form: v,adj Tone: pos

If a restaurant is a consummate example of fine dining, you might say there's nothing more to say about fine dining that what this restaurant represents. consummate means complete or finished. Mnemonic: con+summit(the highest point of something), and now imagine a person who has reached the highest point of perfection,is truly a complete man. Example: She was a Consummate

performer.

Root: The prefix CON either means with or together.

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Deft

skillful and Clever (syn for skillful) Form: adj Tone: pos

deft means "showing cleverness and skill in handling things." What you want to see in football or basketball is some deft handling of the ball.

Mnemonic: Ravi shastri say for Sachin's backside's delicate touch as 'Deft touch by Sachin' Example: He finished off the painting with a few Deft strokes of the brush. Dexterous Skilled at using hands (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos If you're dexterous, you're good with your hands. To be dexterous is an essential trait for knitters and sleight-of-hand magicians.

Mnemonic: dexter, a cartoon character is someone ,who is very skillfull and uses his hands and minds in a very skillfull manner. Example: Paul Frazier was quietly

Dexterous on bass guitar. Limber Flexible (a body part) (Syn) Form: adj Tone: pos

Can you dance the hula? Get into crazy yoga positions, or touch your toes? Then you're limber, meaning your body is pretty flexible and able to bend well.

Mnemonic: Limber

-it sounds like

CLimber.. a CLimber

is FLEXIBLE

Example: The violist Limbered her wrists before the concert

Lithe

Supple and graceful (Syn for flexible)

Form: adj Tone: pos

Have you ever seen people who can bend so easily, they can touch their heels to the back of their heads? That person is, in a word, lithe.

Mnemonic: Lithe

Sounds like "light" and something which is light in weight can easily be moved and bended.

Example: the Lithe

body of a dancer.

Nimble

quick and light in action (Syn for flexible) Form: adj Tone: pos

If you're nimble, you can move quickly and with ease. That spryness can be both physical and mental, so even if your granny isn't very nimble on her feet, she can probably still whip you in chess.

Mnemonic:

Nimble..sounds like nimbu(lemon)..when a lemon falls on the floor it rolls quickly..sure this helps you in understanding the meaning quickly...ie in being Nimble

Example: You need Nimble fingers for that job. Proficient able to do something well because of training and practice Form: adj Tone: pos

When someone has become good at something, they are Proficient. After all those hours playing video games, you must be very Proficient at them.

Mnemonic: A Proficient person is EFFICIENT at the job he/she does

Example: With practice, you should become Proficient

within six months.

Prowess

skilled and expert (syn)

Form: n Tone: pos

prowess means

exceptional skill or ability. Your sailing prowess might save your life in a storm, while someone with less experience might make mistakes.

Mnemonic: Prowess

sounds like POWERS Example: He was complimented on his Prowess as an oarsman. Supple bending, moving easily (syn for flexible) Form: adj

Something or someone that is supple bends and moves easily, like a contortionist at a circus

Mnemonic: Playing cards can be SHUFFLED because they are Supple

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Tone: pos sideshow. If you can wrap your legs around your neck, you most likely have a supple body.

Example: These exercises will help to keep you Supple. Legends:

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Byzantine highly complicated (syn) Form: adj Tone: Neg highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Mnemonic: Recall the chemistry where we studied Benzene which is complex in structure. Example: This is an organization of Byzantine complexity Circuitous longer path, roundabout ( kind, nature) Form: adj Tone: Neg Circuitous means indirect or roundabout. If you're in a hurry to get to the hospital where your wife is having a baby, you want to take the straightest, fastest way, not a circuitous one!

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circ(circle)tous(tour) circle+tour=round about path. which isn't straight Example: He took us on a Circuitous route to the hotel. Convoluted Twisted extremely difficult to follow (syn) Form: adj Tone: Neg If something is

convoluted, it's intricate and hard to understand. You'll need to read over your brother's

convoluted investment scheme a few times before deciding whether or not to go in on it.

Mnemonic: Breaking into a VAULT is COMPLICATED (Convoluted)

Example: She could not follow his Convoluted discourse.

Intertwine

connect and link (Syn)

Form: v Tone: Neg

Things that intertwine are twisted or mixed together. You have to intertwine yarn to make a scarf.

Mnemonic: Intertwine

sounds like In-Turbine. So remember it as: In Turbine, turbine SPINs while exerting pressure of water flow or

WIND,and converts mechanical energy into electrical(electricity). Example: Their political careers had become closely Intertwined. Root: the Prefix Inter means -in between.

Meander

proceed aimlessly (effect)

Form: v Tone: Neg

follow a winding course. Mnemonic: Pronounce it like 'wander'; they are synonymous.

Example: The stream Meanders slowly down to the river.

Sinuous

having curves and turns (Syn) Form: adj Tone: Neg

Sinuous means winding or curvy. If you get lost on a sinuous mountain path, you'll need a compass or a GPS to figure out which direction leads back to camp.

Mnemonic: Sinuous...one who commits sins is NOT MORALLY HONEST but is twisted by nature. Example: One gloriously Sinuous run eight

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Tortuous

twists and turns (Syn)

Form: adj Tone: Neg

Tortuous means twisting or complicated. "James Bond drove his custom BMW 120 mph on the road that was tortuous in its twists and turns.

Mnemonic: A tortoise does not move in straight line. It keeps twisting and turning making the path complicated.

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Aesthetic pleasing appearance, artistic beauty (opposite) Form: n,adj Tone: pos

The adjective aesthetic (also spelled esthetic) comes in handy when subject is beauty or the arts. A velvet painting of dogs playing poker might have minimal aesthetic appeal. Mnemonic: aes + thetic opposite of "pathetic"..means beauty Example: The beautiful sculpture was a mirror image of the carver's aethetic values.

Appalling

shocked (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Something that is appalling is awful or horrible, causing dismay or disgust. It's definitely not appealing.

Mnemonic: Appalling

is something that is not at all Appealing. Example: The brutality of the crime appalled the public.

Comely

attractive (opp) Form: adj Tone: pos

Comely means attractive or appropriate. A comely girl is pretty. A comely hairstyle makes you seem prettier maybe than you are. If your manners are comely, it means you know the right way to act to put people at their ease.

Mnemonic:

Comely-resembles homely, homely girls are always liked by everyone,as they are attractive and also have a pleasing appearance. Example: The General's lady is a hearty, Comely, discreet, affable woman, some few years older than himself Egregious offensive (syn, manner) Form: adj Tone: neg

Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way - it means "really bad or offensive," like a tattoo on a man misspelling his girlfriend's name.

Mnemonic: Egregious is similer to

aggressive.Aggressive people are very bad in manner.

Example: There are several prime ministers in the past who have committed far more Egregious offenses. Ghastly causing horror( syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant - so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke.

Mnemonic: Ghastly

sounds like Ghostly, which is equally horrifying.

Example: She woke up in the middle of a Ghastly nightmare. horror (cause ans

syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Grisly means disgusting and bloody, absolutely repulsive and horrible. Thereâ€™s a wonderfully creepy movie

Mnemonic: because of too much of GREASE on the road my car met with a

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Grisly _{about a man who suffers a} grisly death at the hands of the grizzly bears he was studying.

hORRIFIC accident Example: The jurors saw Grisly photos of the crime scene.

Gross vulgar, unattractive (nature) Form: adj Tone: neg

Get ready, because gross has a few different

meanings. When something is gross, it's disgusting. The noun, a gross, is the complete amount (before expenses), and the verb "to gross" is to bring in money.

Mnemonic: If you're talking about awful, sickening, vile things such as dissecting an animal or filthy behavior, you're looking at the adjective Gross. Example: â€œHe ate it with mustard.â€ â €œOh, Gross!â€ Grotesque ugly or unusually unattractive (cause) Form: adj Tone: Neg

Use grotesque to describe things that are very strange and ugly in an unnatural way. If something "grosses you out," you can safely refer to it as grotesque.

Mnemonic: When I GROW TUSK: how do i look: UGLY:abnormal....it is only a fantasy Example: It's Grotesque to expect a person of her experience to work for so little money.

Gruesome

extremely

unpleasant (cause) Form: adj

Tone: neg

Gothic novels, horror movies, and crime dramas don't shy away from showing gruesome scenes of death, pictures that inspire fright and repulsion.

Mnemonic:

Gruesome - Sounds like cruelsome, which is self-explainable Example: We spent a week in a Gruesome apartment in Miami. Heinous wicked (nature of crime) Form: adj Tone: neg

A heinous crime is very evil or wicked. Of course, some people only use the term as an exaggeration, claiming that their parents'

requirement that they write thank you notes after their birthdays is a heinous form of torture.

Mnemonic: Heinous

sounds like hyena (a wild animal) these animals are very cunning & wicked. Example: There were Heinous accusations made against them for involving in child labour and assault.

Hideous

ugly (cause)

Form: adj Hideous is a word that means extremely ugly. Anything or anybody that is painful - and a little scary â €” to look at is hideous.

Mnemonic: write it like hide+ous.and ous sounds simillar to "us"...and when do we hide ourselves? Its when we see something ugly and unpleasant.

Example: Their new color scheme is Hideous! Horrendous terribly unpleasant (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg

Bad luck, an injury, a mistake, an unfortunate outfit, or a crime - anything can be called horrendous if it causes such dread or fear that you can barely even think about it.

Mnemonic: Horrendous sounds like Horrible and Horrifying.

Example: The police officer said the attack was the most

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Macabre

death (nature) Form: adj Tone: neg

involve the horror of death or violence. If a story involves lots of blood and gore, you can call it macabre.

massacre..which means "excessive killing of many people"..and which also represents death Example: The scene of crime was a Macabre sight to behold. Monstrous shocking (syn) Form: adj Tone: neg Monstrous is an adjective that describes something gross or shocking. It can refer to the size, shape, or general look of something. If your face or body is monstrous, it's misshapen and horrifying to look at.

Mnemonic:

Something that is like a MONSTER (huge and ugly) is Monstrous. Example: He is considering launching new courses in New York and sees Latin America as a potentially â €œMonstrousâ€ market. Morbid interest in unpleasant and disturbing subjects (death) (syn) Form: adj Tone: Neg

Morbid is a word used to describe anyone who spends too much time thinking about death or disease.

Mnemonic: Morbid

-MORTAL (deadly) + BITE (like of an insect) - a deadly bite is unhealthy and disease related. Example: He had a Morbid fascination with blood.

Root: The root word MOR/MORT refers to DEATH Unsightly ugly (cause) Form: adj Tone: neg

Unsightly is a gentler way of saying ugly. Often something that is described as unsightly sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise attractive environment.

Mnemonic:

Concentrate on 'sight' which means to see. Unsightly means reluctance or denial to see if it is ugly. Example: The accident site was unslightly. Vile unpleasant (syn) and (nature) Form: adj Tone: neg

Surely only an evil person could be so vile as to have made you so angry. Vile is something or someone so morally wrong or offensive as to be thoroughly disgusting.

Mnemonic: Rearrange Vile and you will get a synonym for it: EVIL Example: The weather was really Vile most of the time. Legends:

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natural liking or sympathy (syn) Form: n Tone: pos

If you get along with someone very well, you have an affinity with them. Sometimes opposites attract, so you might feel a strange affinity to someone who is seemingly very different from you.

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Mathematicians have an Affinity for infinity. Example: Sam was born in the country and had a deep Affinity with nature.

Bent

natural talent (syn) Form: n

Tone: pos

If you have a knack or aptitude for doing something, you can say you have a bent for it. Perhaps you have a bent for woodworking, creating fabulous desserts, or writing poetry, you are good at it.

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Bent-sounds like "bend it like beckham" a movie where a girl is

determined to prove her natural talent of football Example: Do this exercise with your knees Bent

Disposed

inclined and special attitude (syn) Form: adj Tone: pos

naturally disposed

toward Mnemonic: we alwayshave INCLINATION for having tea/coffee/juice in DISPOSable glass when we are outside Example: I'm not Disposed to argue. Inclined syn Form: adj Tone: pos If you're inclined to do something, you want to do it, you like doing it, and you may even have an inherent talent for doing it. Alternatively, if the sidewalk outside your house is inclined, that means it slopes upward.

Mnemonic: In (into) cline (cling) to a habit. Example: He did not show the slightest inclination to leave. Root: the prefix IN means into Penchant habituated liking (syn) Form: n Tone: pos A penchant is a strong preference or

tendency. If you have a penchant for pizza, you either eat it daily, or wish you did.

Mnemonic:

p+enchant- something that enchants you, you have a strong liking for that.

Example: He quit his job as the CEO of a leading company, to satisfy his Penchant for teaching. a special liking (syn) Form: n Tone: pos A predilection is a preference for or bias toward something. If you have a

predilection for wool

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Predilection clothing, you shouldtake up knitting. interview for a candidatemeet who speaks your language/dialect.

Example: An artist with a Predilection for bright colors.

Root: the prefix PRE-mens before Predisposition a favorable inclination towards someone (syn) Form: n Tone: pos A predisposition is a tendency to do something. If you know you have a predisposition toward getting carsick, better to plan ahead and avoid eating before a long drive. Things could get ugly.

Mnemonic: your position (POSITION) is more towards this (DIS) Example: His health graph indicates that many cancers may have a shared underlying genetic Predisposition Root: same as above.

Proclivity to do something regularly or liking towards something (syn) Form: n Tone: pos A proclivity is a natural tendency to like something, such as your sister's proclivity for restaurants that serve hot, spicy food.

Mnemonic:

pro(forward) + clivity( think of cliff or high slope, prone to slipping towards it), so a strong predispostion/inclination towards something Example: The

government's Proclivity for spending money.

Propensity natural tendency to behave in a particular way (syn) Form: n Tone: pos A propensity is a natural tendency to behave in a certain way. We all have propensities - things we tend to do. Dogs have a propensity to bark, and many people have a propensity for getting annoyed by it.

Mnemonic: Now days people are inclined towards "CITY" that is why they are migrating from villages.

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Augur predicts a bad or good outcome (syn) Form: v,n Tone: Neutral, negative, positive To augur is to predict, but what's tricky about the word is that it pertains to an object or an event. A black cat is an augur of bad luckâ€“â €“it brings bad luck. Seeing one doesn't augur well for your future.

Mnemonic: Augur

--aug+ur -- AUGust indicates(SIGN/WARNS) approaching of winters Example: Conflicts among the various groups do not Augur well for the future of the peace talks. Root: NA Forecast Predict an occurrence, especially weather (syn) Form: v,n Tone: Neutral A forecast is a prediction of what will happen. If the weather forecast calls for sunny skies, consider leaving your umbrella at home. (But, since forecasts arenâ€™t guaranteed to be right, donâ€™t blame us if you get rained on).

Mnemonic: While often used in the context of weather, Forecast can also be used for other types of predictions such as those related to financial or political outcomes.

Example: The Forecast

said there would be sunny intervals and showers.

Root: the prefix fore-means before

Foresight

prediction (syn) Form: n Tone: neutral

Use the noun foresight to describe successful planning for the future, like on a cloudy morning having the foresight to bring an umbrella in case of rain showers later in the day.

Mnemonic: The word Foresight is made of two parts: fore, which means "before," and sight, which means "to perceive." Example: She had the Foresight to prepare herself financially in case of an accident.

Root: Prefix Fore- means before

Fortell

predict (syn) Form: v Tone: neutral

to know or say what will happen in the future, especially by using magic powers

Mnemonic: Fore means before and telling about what happened before. Example: The witch foretold that she would marry a prince.

Root: the prefix fore-means before

Presage

Omen, bad sign or warning (effect) Form: v,n Tone:

Neutral/negative

A presage is a sign that something bad is about to happen, like when you get that queasy feeling in your stomach because your mom found out you skipped band practice to go to the movies.

Mnemonic: As a verb, Presage means "making a prediction or giving a warning of what's to come," like a terrible end-of-season football game's outcome game that Presaged the struggles the team faced the next season.

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Example: Nothing had Presaged the dreadful fate about to befall him. Root: NA Prescient having knowledge of events to take plc (syn) Form: adj Tone: neutral To be prescient is to have foresight or foreknowledge. We can use this word to describe people themselves, or what they say or do at a given moment.

Mnemonic: pre-scienceâ€”means

prediction, knowledge of events forehand

Example: She showed great prescience in selling her shares just before the market crashed.

Root: the prefix pre-means before Prognosis forecast the outcome of some situation (syn) Form: n Tone: Negative Prognosis concerns people who are so sick they might die. What is their prognosis? It is a word doctors use to talk about the path a disease will take with a person.

Mnemonic: Prognosis

= pro+diagnosis, pro= think forward, diagnosis = cause of disease, it means to predict the features of a disease before the disease itself. Example: The

Prognosis is for more people to work part-time in the future.

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Disjointed

lack of connection (kind or nature) Form: adj Tone: neg

Disjointed isnâ€™t when you can bend your thumb all the way backwards - thatâ€™s double-jointed. Disjointed means "unorganized" or "disconnected." Mnemonic: DIS (not) + JOINTED (connected)...so Disjointed is disconnected or scattered.

Example: The novel suffers from a Disjointed plot and pale, insignificant characters. Root: The Prefix DIS- refers to NOT

Nexus

connecting more than one thing (opp)

Form: n Tone: pos

If you happen to be at the nexus of something, this noun means that you are right in the middle.

Mnemonic: Google -- connected to android.. So their phone name Nexus

Example: The Nexus

between industry and political power Polarize Divide (cause) Form: v Tone: neutral To polarize is to divide. Something that's been polarized has been split into two sides that are so

different, it seems as though they're from opposite ends of the earth - like the North Pole and the South Pole.

Mnemonic: Reminds of the two poles "N-Pole", "S-Pole" which is nothing but division of two extreme poles. Example: Public opinion has Polarized on this issue.

Segregate

Divide (syn) Form: v Tone: neutral

To separate people by race or religion is to segregate them. In general, the word segregate means to separate one type of thing from another. Mnemonic: Aggregate is to combine together, Segregate is to seperate

Example: Whites and blacks were

Segregated into different parts of town.

Winnow

separate the good from bad (syn) Form: v Tone: pos

To winnow is to blow

something away until you are left with what you want, like grain from chaff. If you only want your favorite people at the party, you will need to winnow down the guest list from 300 to 30.

Mnemonic: WIN NOW (sounds like WINNER)will separate you from looser Example: She stood there Winnowing chaff all day in the field

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Warning in advance (syn) Form: v Tone: neutral

make a prediction about;

tell in advance Mnemonic: fore =for the future; bode = brood on something bad. (Not so good, but what can we do) Example: She had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad.

Root: The prefix -fore means be-fore

Foreshadow Warning (syn) Form: v Tone: neutral To foreshadow is to predict something or to give a hint of what is to come. If you could take a stereo apart and put it back together at age five, it can foreshadow a successful career in electronics.

Mnemonic: A 'shadow' of an assasin alerts you 'before' his arrival. Example: His sudden death had been

Foreshadowed by earlier health scares. Root: prefix fore-refers to before Minatory expressing threat (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative minatory means threatening. When you petition the school for higher academic

standardsâ€“-i.e. harder grading from teachersâ€“â €“you may receive some minatory looks, or even hate note, from the kids in your school.

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MINEatory...mines are always

threatening because lot's of people can die because of

suffocation or poisonous gases present in mines.... Example: There was a silence which, it seemed to her, could be more Minatory

even than accusation.

Ominous threateningly inauspicious (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative If something looks or sounds ominous, be careful, a threat or an unpleasant event is at hand. If you see an ominous frown on your boss's face, you're in trouble!

Mnemonic: "omen+ious", Remember the movie "omen" the horror movie

Example: There were Ominous dark clouds gathering overhead. Portend Warning (syn) Form: v Tone: negative

portend means to show a sign that something calamitous is about to happen. The tottering, pile of fine china piled up after the dinner party portends an imminent crash of broken plates and dishes.

Mnemonic: When we reached the port's end (sea port) we saw some dead bodies, which gave a sign that something bad was going to happen.

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are many kinds of calms that do not

Portend coming storms. Portent Warning (syn) Form: n Tone: negative

While you might love crows, your father will shudder when he sees them if he superstitiously believes they're a portent - a sign or warning - of death. Mnemonic: On Camping if it pours on your tent it is a omen trekking is going to be bad. Example: The event proved to be a

Portent of the disaster that was to come. Premonition a strong feelingâ €¦that something unpleasant might happen Form: n Tone: negative

Some people claim to have premonitions, such as a dream about a friend they haven't seen in years the night before the friend dies. A premonition is a

warning that comes in advance. Mnemonic: pre(before hand) + monition (remember adMONISH, which means to warn)...so warning which is before hand is Premonition Example: He had a Premonition that he would never see her again.

Root: the suffix -tion means state or quality of being Sinister suggesting harm (syn) Form: adj Tone: negative

People who are left-handed might feel unlucky having to use a desk designed for right-handers, but there probably wasn't any sinister, or evil, intent behind the design. Or was there?

Mnemonic:

Sinistersounds like Monster - evil monster

Example: There was something cold and

Sinisterabout him. Legends:

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