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Easy tricks for Vocabulary (Day 1)
1) Malaise
Meaning: uneasiness, distress, sickness, feeling of
discomfort, illness
Trick to remember: जब बच्चे को होती बेचैनी (uneasiness) म ाँ
करती है बच्चे की maalish(malaise)
Sentence: Ramu knew he was getting ill because of
the malaise he had been experiencing for a few days.
2) Itinerant
Meaning: roaming, nomadic, a person who travels from
place to place.
Trick to remember: (itinerant = itnee si rent) देक
े auto में इधर
उधर घूमन ।With cheap rent he is traveling from one place to
another.
Sentence: The documentary follows the life of
an itinerant homeless man who never sleeps in a location
more than once.
2. 3) Baneful:
Meaning: harmful or destructive
Trick to remember: ban करो जो harmful है। Ban those things
which are very harmful.
Sentence: If not cooked properly, the fish can be baneful to
humans.
4) Impost:
Meaning: tax
Trick to remember: I am posted in tax department.
Sentence: Australia makes no impost on pension benefits
after the age of 60.
5) Stout:
Meaning: fat, obese
Trick to remember: st(stomoach) + out = stout. Those who
are very fat generally their stomach is out.
Sentence: He was a tall, stout man with white hair.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary learning (day 2)
3. 1) Juvenile: young, a juvenile is a child or young person
who is not yet old enough to be regarded as an adult.
Trick to remember: Juven= jawan (जवान)
eg: The boy's case was adjudged in the juvenile court.
2) Lampoon: to criticize, publicly criticize (someone or
something) by using ridicule.
Trick to remember: जब वो बह र खेलने ज त है तो lamp
on करक
े चल ज त है। हर ददन lamp off करन भूल ज त है।
इसदलए उसे उसकी mummy डााँट थी है।
Whenever he leaves the room he keeps lamp on. That's why
his mom scolds/criticizes him as he forgets to off it everyday.
eg: His cartoon mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of
the day.
3) Sedulous: hardworking, (of a person or action) showing
dedication and diligence
Trick to remember: sedulous= schedule. जो schedule भन त
है वो hard work करत है। One who makes a schedule or time
table he will work hard.
eg: Even though you completely destroy the ant bed time after
time, those sedulous ants will continue to go right back to
work rebuilding it.
4. 4) Abhor: hate, to feel strong aversion or intense dislike for
Trick to remember: abhor= a + bore. He is a boring person.
He does not talk. You will hate him.
eg: People who seek peace abhor violence.
5) Sabbatical: paid leave, a period of paid leave granted to
a university teacher or other worker for study or travel.
Trick to remember: sabbatical= sab + bate + kal. सब ब ते
कल करेंगे क्यू की कल छुट्टी है मेरी।
eg: Several professors will be taking sabbaticals this year.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary (Day 3)
1) Podgy/ pudgy: very fat, obese,
(of a person or part of their body) rather fat; chubby.
Trick to remember: (podgy= पड गयी), नीचे पड गयी, वो लडकी
बहुत fat थी इसदलए भ गते भ गते दगर गयी।
eg: Varun, your front tire is looking a bit podgy.
2) Portly: very fat, obese
Trick to remember: (portly = पोटली) He is so fat that that his
stomach is like पोटली. पेट पे पोटली लटक कर चल रह है।
5. eg: Because the portly woman was unhappy with her weight,
she joined a weight loss program.
3) Assiduous: hardworking, constant in application or
effort; working diligently at a task
Trick to remember: Assiduous(As Sid Want to go to US) for
higher studies he is working very hard.
eg: With your assiduous attempt at learning French, I think
you will master the language in no time.
4) Diligent: hardworking, having or showing care and
conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
Trick to remember: dili(Delhi) + gent. Delhi gents are
very hard working.
eg: From his youth he was diligent in his studies.
5) Toil: hard work, exhausting physical labour
Trick to remember: Toilet स फ करने क
े लोए महनत
करना पडत है. It takes extra bit of hard work to clean a
toilet.
eg: You should hire rahul because he is a hard worker who
will toil until the job is done.
6. Easy tricks for Vocabulary (DAY 4)
1) Exemplar: a person or thing serving as a typical example
or appropriate model, epitome or paragon, perfect example
Trick to remember: (Example) उसी की example ददय ज त है
जो exemplar है।
eg: I think a president should indeed strive to be
an exemplar.
2) Renounce: to give up by formal declaration, to say
formally that you no longer want to have something or to be
connected with something.
Trick to remember: (rani + announce)
Rani ने announce दकय की वो अपनी पध renounce(मतलब त्य ग
देन ) कर रही है।
eg: To renounce worldly pleasures.
3) Disgruntled: unhappy, disappointed and annoyed,
dissatisfied
Trick to remember: Disgruntled= Desh + grant. देश की
सक ार grant क्योों नहीोंदे रही है CBI Enquiry क । Students are
disgruntled.
7. eg: Even though Varun is disgruntled about losing his job, he
still plans to find another one in the same field.
4) Savant: Scholar, a learned person
Trick to remember: Rakhi Sawant खुद को बहुत ववद्वान समझ
थी है।
eg: She is a savant in the field of medical ethics
5) Demise: The death of a person
Trick to remember: De(Dekho) + Mise(Mice मतलब
चूह ) . देखो mice ka demise होगय ।
eg: His Friend's demise occurred unexpectedly in a traffic
accident.
Easy tricks for vocabulary learning Day 6
1) Rage: violent uncontrollable anger, wrath, temper, गुस्सा
Trick to remember: जब सब क
े स मने हम री ragging होती है
तब हमें बहुत गुस्सा आत है।
eg: His eyes filled with tears, tears of rage and frustration.
8. 2) Desist: stop doing something; cease or abstain, refrain,
holdback, stop, बंद करदेना, रोकन
Trick to remember: (Desist = Desi + Student) Desi
student ratta marna bandh kardiya.
eg: The soldiers have been ordered to desist from firing their
guns.
3) Augment: increase, make (something) greater by adding
to it, बढ़ना
Trick to remember: जब आग लगती है एक minute भी रुकती
नही है जल्दी जल्दी बढ़ने लगती है।
Augment = आग + increment
eg: Varun wants to augment his income, So he is thinking
about getting a second job.
4) Aftermath: result, the consequences or after-effects of a
significant unpleasant event, पररणाम
Trick to remember: गदित क
े coaching क
े
ब द अच्छ पररणाम आय । After taking Math's coaching he
got better result.
9. eg: In the aftermath of the hurricane, many people's homes
were destroyed.
5) Reiterate: to say or do again repeatedly, restate, retell, do
again
Trick to remember: (Reiterate = Re + itni + rate)
Re (बार बार) itni rate क्योों है बोलक
े Shop व ले को पूछन ।
eg: Let me reiterate the most important points.
Easy tricks for vocabulary learning Day 7
1) Stumpy: fat, podgy, stout, obese, मोटा
Trick to remember: stumpy = stump. International
Cricket में stump
मोटा होत है।
eg: Does this dress make my legs look too stumpy ?
2) Industrious: hardworking, diligent, मेहनती
Trick to remember: Industry मे जो क म करते है वो
बडे मेहनत करते है।
10. eg: Industrious people strive to make their country
prosperous.
3) Laborious: hardworking, requiring much physical effort;
toilsome, मेहनती
Trick to remember: labour = मजदू र बहुत मेहनती होते है।
eg: He was not a laborious student.
4) Detest: hate, abhor, dislike intensely, नफ़रत करना
Trick to remember: (Detest = The + Test) Students
sir को नफरत करते है क्योों की वो हर रोज The Test रखते है।
eg: I detest people who tell lies.
5) Agile: able to move quickly and easily, nimble, तेज
Trick to remember: (Agile = Adam + Gilchrist). Adam
Gilchrist was very quick behind the wickets.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary learning day 8
1) Boorish: rude, impolite
11. Trick to remember: (boorish = बुरी सी) हमेश बुरी सी ब तें
करने व ले लोग boorish होते है।
eg: He is boorish and rash , so he always brings trouble to his
family.
2) Despise: hate, abhor, detest
Trick to remember: (Despise = This + Spicy) This is very spicy.
So I hate that dish.
eg: I despise anyone who is cruel to animals.
3) Rancor: An angry feeling of hatred or dislike for someone
Trick to remember: Ranchod das chanchad को सब hate करते
है 3 idiots movie मे। or ranker को hate करते है सब।
eg: I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he
challenged me to a fight.
4) Arcane: secret, hidden
Trick to remember: ar = अरे cane = क न. अरे क न में बोलत
हाँ secret वरन सब सुन लेंगे।
or WWE Kane's face was hidden under mask
12. eg: People always inquired why the identity of my
grandfather was kept arcane.
5) Abridge: Shorten(a piece of writing) without losing the
sense, curtail, truncate
Trick to remember: Bridge is constructed for making
distance short.
eg: The book was abridged for children.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 9
1) Saturnine: gloomy, उदास ,दुखी
Trick to remember: (Saturnine = Saturday + Nine)
Saturday भी 9 PM तक क म करव रहे है। इसदलए
वो उदास होगय ।
eg : The dog's eyes became saturnine whenever he was left
at home alone.
2) Abortive: unsuccessful, fail, असफल
Trick to remember: Ab = अब, Or = और, tive = टीवी। अब
और TV मत देखन वरन fail होज ओगे।
13. eg: He tried upon the lock, but each attempt
proved abortive.
3) Hegemony: leadership or domination, नेतृत्व, नेत दगरी
Trick to remember: Huge money दजस क
े प स है
वो dominate य नेतृत्व करत है।
eg: The principal enjoyed his hegemony over the staff of the
school.
4) Bawl: yell, shout, विल्लाना
Trick to remember: (bawl = बावला) अरे बावले क्यूाँ विल्ला रह
है।
eg: Don't bawl out like that. I can hear you.
5) Vanish: disappear, गायब
Trick to remember: Vanish powder से धब्बे गायब होज ते है।
eg: It has been my philosophy of life that
difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 10
14. 1) Doleful: filled with sadness or grief, mournful, शोकग्रस्त
Trick to remember: dole = डोली , ful = full. जब लड़की की डोली
उड़ती है श दी क
े ब द स रे (especially म ाँ ब प ) शोकग्रस्त हो ज ते
है।
eg: Because Varun has not received any news of his missing
son, he has been doleful to the point of not being able to eat
or sleep.
2) Dejected: despondent, unhappy, sad and
depressed, उद स
Trick to remember: dejected sounds like rejected. He always
gets rejected. That is why he is unhappy.
eg: He stood in the street looking dejected.
3) Melancholy: gloomy, sorrowful, sadness, उद सी
Trick to remember: (melancholy = mela + holy) न मेल है न
होली। That is why he is so sad.
eg: The film’s tragic ending put us all in a melancholy mood.
4) Dolorous: Sad, gloomy, उदास
15. Trick to remember: (dolorous = Dolor + USA).
Dolor कम ने USA गय । लेदकन job नहीोंदमली इसदलए वो उदास है।
eg: The voice of the mournful chanter called
to dolorous prayer.
5) Salubrious: healthful, healthy, स्वस्त
Trick to remember: Sallu(Salman Khan) is healthy.
eg: Vegetables are salubrious foods which provide essential
nutrients.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 11
1) Novice: Beginner, inexperienced person, नया
Trick to remember: (Nov = नव (नया), ice = इसे) ये नया है इसे
दसख ओ।
eg: When it came to coding complicated functions, the
inexperienced coder was a novice.
2) Jubilant: overjoyed, ecstatic, खुश, उल्ल दसत
Trick to remember: Company क
े Golden Jubilee पर
स रे employees खुश है।
16. eg: Rahul could not control his jubilant emotions after
winning the lottery.
3) Stalwart: strong and brave, loyal, reliable and hard
working, स हसी, बलव न, वीर
Trick to remember: सब से talwar से लडेग तो strong and
brave है।
eg: When the king was accompanied by
his stalwart bodyguards, he felt safe walking among his
people.
4) Slapdash: Careless, done too hurriedly and
carelessly, बेपरव ही से
Trick to remember: (slapdash = slap + दस) दस थप्पड पडी है
क्यूाँ की वो careless थ ।
eg: The shelves were put up slapdash.
5) Jeopardy: Danger of injury, loss, death etc, risk, खतर
Trick to remember: Jeopardy sounds like leopard. Leopard आ
गय ग ाँव में सबको injury का खतरा है।
17. eg: Driving after you had too much drink puts your life
in jeopardy.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 12
1) Thrifty: using money and other resources carefully and
not wastefully, economical, दकफ यती
Trick to remember: म नलो एक बन्दे क monthly income है 350
rs. सोचो क
ै से दजयेग वो बोंद । नही च हते हुवे भी क
ं जूसी से जीन
पड़त ह।
eg: The thrifty family decided to have a garage sale to bring
in extra income.
2) Ousting: drive out or expel (someone) from a position or
place, expel, force out, ब हर दनक लन
Trick to remember: Imagine you are studying 12th and
staying in a hostel. Suppose you went out from hostel to
watch a movie secretly without taking permission. When you
were returning to hostel, you were caught by hostel warden.
He complained to the headmaster. Then imagine what
happens. You will be expelled from the hostel.
18. 3) Arduous: involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult
and tiring, कदिन, मुश्किल
Trick to remember: (arduous = और + दस) और दस लोगो को
क म पर लग वो क्यूाँ की ये बहुत difficult and tiring क म है।
eg: He undertook the arduous task of monitoring the
elections.
4) Virile: masculine, powerful, ताकतवर
Trick to remember: Veer movie मे salman khan बहुत
ही virile थ ।
eg: Throughout his long career, the virile weightlifter won
numerous championships.
5) Ruminate: think deeply about something
Trick to remember: (Ruminate = Room + ate) His father
was eating in a room and thinking deeply about his
daughter's marriage.
eg: His sudden death made us all ruminate on the true value
of time.
Easy tricks for vocabulary learning Day 13
19. 1) Reverie: daydreaming, lost in pleasant thoughts
Trick to remember: (Reverie = river)
I was lost in pleasant thoughts near the river.
eg: She was lost in reverie until she suddenly heard someone
behind her.
2) Abandon: give up completely (a practice or a course of
action), leave behind, त्याग देना
Trick to remember: (Abandon = अब + बोंधन)
अब स रे बोंधन को त्याग दो।
eg: We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order
to abandon ship.
3) Recalcitrant: Stubborn, having an obstinately
uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline, आज्ञ न
म ननेव ल
Trick to remember: (Calci = Calculator)
The students were very stubborn. They did not stop using
calculator despite the principle's warning.
eg: Donkeys are reputed to be the most recalcitrant animals.
20. 4) Ordain: to order, to command, हुक्म देन
Trick to remember: (Ordain = और दे)
The officer ordered the salesman, "और दे मुझे"
eg: The Bishops can ordain clergymen.
5) Simmer: a state or temperature just below boiling
point, उब ल
Trick to remember: (Simmer = Summer)
Summer में प नी simmer करत है।
eg: The longer you simmer, the stronger the flavor.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 14
1) Spurious: fake, नकली
Trick to remember: (Spurious = Sounds like सुप री)
नकली सुप री दमलती है आजकल।
eg: To win elections, politicians often
make spurious promises to voters.
21. 2) Prodigal: Extravagant, lavish, spending money or using
resources freely and recklessly, खिीला
Trick to remember: Prodi+ gal (Prodi = Proud, gal = girl)
Proud girls खिाा ज्यादा करती है।
eg: After the prodigal son spent all of his inheritance, he had
to get a low-paying job.
3) Pygmy: dwarf, an unusually small person.
Trick to remember: Pygmy sounds like pig. Pigs are
generally dwarf in size.
eg: As their name indicates, pygmy tarsiers are small -
weighing about 2 ounces.
4) Rout: defeated, a defeat of an individual, army, group, or
team, पर दजत होन
Trick to remember: (Rout = Run + Out). His team
was defeated because of his runout in the last ball.
eg: With the rout of the rebels, the village was left in peace.
5) Complacent: Self satisfied, pleased with oneself, आत्म
सोंतुष्ट
Trick to remember: (Complacent = Company + Placement)
22. company में placement होगय । I am very satisfied.
eg: We must not become complacent over any success.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 15
1) Sloth: reluctance to work or make an effort;
laziness, सुस्ती
Trick to remember: (Sloth = Slow + थी)
She is very lazy. That is why she is very slow in completing
the work.
eg: Absence of competition makes for sloth.
2) Lassitude: a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of
energy, laziness, सुस्ती, थकावट
Trick to remember: लस्सी ज्य द पीदलय
तो सुस्त होज ओगे। थकावट आ ज येगी।
eg: After the long race, Varun experienced a feeling
of lassitude.
3) Jabber: talk in a rapid, excited, and often
incomprehensible way, gabble, chatter, गपशप
23. Trick to remember: (Jabber = जब + beer)
जब आदमी beer पीत है बक बक करत है। बहुत गपशप ब तें
करत है।
eg: After listening to the radio talk show host jabber about
nonsense I switched the dial for some calming music.
4) Torment: harass, vex, torture, सताना, तड़प न , यातना
Trick to remember: (Torment = Torture + Men)
Men को torture करक
े सता रहे है।
eg: Every day when he got on the bus, the bully began to
torment the quiet child.
5) Vex: annoy, irritate, तंग करना, सत न
Trick to remember: Vex sounds like Vikas. Vikas बहुत तंग
करता है।
eg: This issue looks likely to continue to vex the government.
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 16
1) Beset: trouble (someone or something) persistently,
torment, harass, तोंग करन , न क में दम करन , सताना
24. Trick to remember: (Be = big, set = सेि)
Big सेि छोटे आदमी को सताते है।
eg: We were beset by enemies.
2) Beleaguer: harass, cause problems or difficulties for, to
trouble persistently, तोंग करन
Trick to remember: (Beleaguer = दबल्ली + घर)
दबल्ली घर में परेश न करती है।
eg: When Rohit gets bored, he will beleaguer his younger
brother for entertainment.
3) Gamut: The complete range or scope of
something, the range of a voice or instrument
Trick to remember: (Gamut = ग मत)
ग मत तेर range नही है।
eg: In my town, we experience a gamut of weather
conditions in the winter, everything from bright sunny days
to horrible snowstorms.
4) Brittle: fragile, delicate, breakable, नाजुक
25. Trick to remember: Britannia biscuits बहुत नाजुक होते है।
Easily टू ट ज ते है।
eg: Because elderly people have brittle bones, they
frequently injure themselves.
5) Carnage: Massacre, हत्य क ोंड, सामूवहक हत्या
Trick to remember: (Carnage = Car ने आज)
एक car ने आज च र लोगो को घायल करवदया।
Easy tricks for Vocabulary day 17
1) Abate: to subside, to reduce, lessen, diminish, घटन , कम
होन
Trick to remember: (Abate = अब + ate)
Here ate is the past tense of eat. So when we eat the
quantity in the plate tends to reduce or lessen.
eg: In an hour or so the storm would abate and they could
leave.
2) Aberration: A deviation from what is normal, something
not typical, abnormality, स म न्य से दवचलन
26. Trick to remember: Aberration sounds like abortion which is
not normal delivery.
eg: She is normally calm and level headed, so this outburst is
an aberration.
3) Abet: to assist, help, aid (especially in some wrong
doing), उकस न
Trick to remember: (Abet = A + bet)
Generally college students are involved in betting and they
are abetted(encouraged) by their friends in this wrongdoing.
eg: He abetted the thief in robbing the bank.
4) Abeyance: Temporary suspension, temporary inactivity
Trick to remember: (Abeyance = अब + yawns)
Students started yawning and so the teacher gave them 5
minutes break i.e temporary suspension.
eg: Once the famine was over, the food rationing dictated by
the government was put in abeyance.
5) Abstain: refrain from something, to choose not to do or
have something
27. Trick to remember: (Abstain = अब + stain)
Imagine a mother scolding her child. "अब stains नहीोंलगने
च दहये। Stay away from such activities. Refrain from
playing in mud.
eg: I am trying to abstain from sweets for my new diet.
Memory tricks for Vocabulary day 18
1) Abyss
Meaning: A very deep gulf or pit, immeasurable space
Memory tricks: Abyss = A + बीस feet क गड्ढ
आगे बीस feet क गड्ढ है। जर स वध न से चलन ।
Sentence: Mountain climbers must take great care lest they
slip and fall into an abyss.
2) Acclimate
Meaning: adapt, to accustom to a new environment or
climate
Memory tricks: (Acclimate = Adjust + Climate)
Whenever we move to a new place, we have to adapt to the
new climate.
28. Sentence: It took him only a few days to acclimate to the
new school.
3) Acme
Meaning: The highest point, summit, peak
Memory tricks: Acme sounds like face cream Lakme. After
applying Lakme products her beauty rises to its acme(highest
point)
Sentence: The empire was at the acme of its power.
4) Acrid
Meaning: harsh, bitter, pungent
Memory tricks: Remove letter 'r' from acrid. It becomes acid.
Acid is always pungent and bitter in taste.
Sentence: After taking the medicine, I had an acrid taste in
my mouth that was very unpleasant.
5) Acumen
Meaning: the ability to make good judgements and take
quick decisions, mental sharpness, shrewdness.
Memory tricks: (Acumen = IQ + Men)
29. Men with high IQ have ability to judge quickly. They have
high mental sharpness.
Sentence: Capable lawyers with business acumen are
valuable to any firm.
Memory tricks for Vocabulary day 19
1) Aghast
Meaning: Filled with horror or shock, horrified, astounded
Memory trick: (Aghast = A + ghost)
After seeing a ghost movie everyone became horrified.
Sentence: Helen was aghast when she found the illegal drugs
buried in her backyard.
2) Aloof
Meaning: detached, alone, unresponsive
Memory trick: (Aloof = Alone + roof)
He is alone on roof top. He never talks too much. He is very
reserved and detached.
Sentence: He kept himself aloof from all party strife.
30. 3) Ameliorate
Meaning: To improve, make(something bad or
unsatisfactory) better
Memory trick: (Ameliorate = Amul ka rate)
Amul's rates are increasing because they are trying
to improve its quality.
Sentence: She wanted to ameliorate the situation.
4) Amicable
Meaning: having a friendly attitude, cordial
Memory trick: (Amicable = A + mixable person)
A mixable person mixes very well with others. He is very
jovial and friendly.
Sentence: If you were a bit more amicable, people would not
be afraid to approach you.
5) Amnesty
Meaning: To pardon, to forgive
Memory trick: (Amnesty = Aman + Nasty)
Aman you have done a nasty thing. But since your my friend,
I will forgive you.
31. Sentence: The new law granted amnesty to those who
illegally left the country.
Memory tricks for Vocabulary day 20
1) Approbation
Meaning: approval or praise, प्रशोंस
Trick to remember: (Approbation = After + probation)
After probation the management praised his good work and
made him a permanent employee.
Sentence: I need to write a powerful resume to
gain approbation from an employer.
2) Apprehension:
Meaning: nervousness, anxious, fearful, uneasiness
Trick to remember: (Apprehension = Ab pre(prelims) hai son)
अब prelims exam है son. Are you anxious or fearful about
what will happen?
Sentence: Students are quite apprehensive about results.
3) Anathema
32. Meaning: a religious curse, अविशाप
Trick to remember: [Anathema = अन थ (orphan) +
म ाँ (mother)]
She became अन थ after losing her म ाँ because of an
anathema (a religious curse)
Sentence: The epidemic which killed dozens of small children
was an anathema to the residents of the town.
4) Amiss
Meaning: not quite right, inappropriate or out of place
Trick to remember: (Amiss = missing)
Something is missing. Something is not
right or inappropriate.
Sentence: After five police cars surrounded my neighbor’s
house, I knew something was amiss there.
5) Apocalypse
Meaning: Complete destruction of the world, कय मत
Trick to remember: (Apocalypse = A + big eclipse)
According to a prediction in 2012, a big eclipse would have
led to an apocalypse (complete destruction of the world)
33. Sentence: The movie 2012 is based on the concept
of apocalypse.
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