3rd - December - GRE - Verbal

3rd - December - GRE - Verbal
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3rd - December - GRE - Verbal

TODAY'S WORDS with Meanings:

1.Quandary : A state of uncertainty or perplexity; dilemma.
Synonyms: bewilderment, impasse, mire, perplexity, plight, predicament, strait.
Antonyms: certainty, decisiveness.

2.Swarthy : Having a dark complexion or color;
Synonyms: black, brown, brunet, dusky, exotic, swart, tan, tawny
Antonyms: fair, light, pale.

3. Gaunt : extremely thin and bony;
Synonyms: angular, attenuated, bare, bleak, cadaverous, desolate, emaciated, forlorn, haggard, lank, meager, scraggy, scrawny.
Antonyms:plump

4.Covert : A covering or cover.
Synonyms: camouflaged, cloaked, creep, furtive, obscured, stealthy, surreptitious, veiled.
Antonyms: open, overt, unconcealed, up-front.

5.Truculent : Disposed to fight or exhibiting violence;
Synonyms: abusive, antagonistic, barbarous, bellicose, browbeating, bullying, contentious, contumelious, ferocious, intimidating, invective, mordacious, mordant, obstreperous, pugnacious,scurrilous, trenchant,vituperative.

6.Bore :to weary by dullness; a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
Synonyms: bromide, drone, dullsville, grunge, lump, nag, nudge, soporific.
Antonyms: charmer, exciter.

7. Stagnant : Not moving or flowing; motionless, inactive;
Synonyms: brackish, dormant, filthy, inert, passive, putrid, sluggish, stale.
Antonyms: active, flowing.

8. Crass : So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility;
Synonyms: Philistine, asinine, boorish, bovine, churlish, coarse, doltish, indelicate, loutish, lumpish, uncouth, witless.
Antonyms: delicate, refined, sensitive, tactful.

9. Luminary : An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light; a person who is an inspiration to others. Synonyms: celebrity, dignitary, eminence, leader, notability, personage, worthy .
Antonyms: nobody.
10. Dank : unpleasantly moist or humid;
Synonyms: chilly, damp, dewy, muggy, soggy.
Antonyms: arid, dry, parched.

11. Bummer : any unpleasant or disappointing experience;
Synonyms:disappointment, disaster, misfortune.

12. Fir : the wood of any coniferous tree.

13. Insipid : without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities;
Synonyms: anemic, arid, banal, beige, driveling, dullsville, feeble, inane, jejune, mundane, nebbish, prosaic, tenous, trite, vapid, wearisome, yawn.
Antonyms: interesting

14. Obstinate : not easily controlled or overcome;
Synonyms: adamant, cantankerous, contumacious, dogmatic, indomitable, obdurate, pertinacious, recalcitrant, willful.
Antonyms: amenable, compliant
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Re: 3rd - December - GRE - Verbal
« Reply #1 on: Today at 01:03:13 AM »

ISSUE TOPIC:

1. Humanity level is increased compared to the last century. The innovations of technology is responsible, but poverty, war, violence is the same. Technolgy cannot change the condition of poverty, war and violence.


Argument Topic:

1.Monarch books should open a cafe, to increase customers and to compete with XXX books. Monarch books cover the books of all the subject. Being on one place since last 20 years, its customers XXX increased a lot. If it will open a cafe it will definatly attract lot of customers. It will take very little space which can be adjusted by discounting the childrens section. Because according to last national census report, the population of people below 10 is decreased.