Random Word List and VA resources for CAT 2008.

[freakinbubu]

There may be similar posts but all of us who were preparing for CAT 2008 felt that we must have a single post for VA to collectively discuss among ourselves......Please feel free to contribute and drop in your preparation strategy as well as put in as much of materials here as possible.......This is just a platform for us people who are geared up for CAT 2008 to discuss preparation strategies, word lists and everything regarding VA under the sun....

[abhishek.205]

Yeah..Thats a nice initiation ..honeslty have been kicking my a** by not performing well in CAT this year..i look ahead now for sure..English if cosidered fro clearing CAT papaer then probably things may be too short to do specifically..but if u require to be gud buddy speaking helping in ur long runs..got to start too early then..
i guess for VA section..
-Think,speak,and communciate to urself in English
-Read,editorials to anything..
-A basic grammer book..(Most Important)
and Day to DAy words..
all my assumption shuld be starting that way from scratch..ya forgot to add novels..
great initiation looking forward to make thisn thread deciated for VA section..

cheers..
wuld start from the start..

[freakinbubu]

FOIBLE::

**A minor weakness or failing of character.
**The weaker section of a sword blade, from the middle to the tip.
It can also mean some sort of behvioural attitudes peculiar to certain people like idiosyncracies.........But I came I across the word in the sentence...." I have been fumbling around with the foibles of the French language.......

VILE::
**wretchedly bad, offensive, repugnant, depraved, despicable, morally debased, degraded, ignominious etc. etc...
Like we can say a vile humour etc...

EPIPHANY::
** If this word starts with the first letter that is E in capital, it means a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
**But for other cases, it means, an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity or
** a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience
** a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.

Like we can say....... The art work was an epiphany showing me the true meaning of life.....

OXYMORON::
** a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness" or "to make haste slowly."
This is propbably self-explnatory..like a silent boom can be an oxymoron....

PERTINENT::
** pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: pertinent details.
Like we can say.....My boss is always piqued when I miss out on the pertinent details of the project....

[freakinbubu]

Guys do check out these two threads.......damn good.........probably all of us had been loooking for something of this sort........

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/englis...torial-68.html (Analyze "The Hindu" Editorial) (Analyze "The Hindu" Editorial)

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/englis...itorial-4.html (Economic Times Editorial) (Economic Times Editorial)

[freakinbubu]

BULIMIA::
An eating disorder, common especially among young women of normal or nearly normal weight, that is characterized by episodic binge eating and followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation. It is often associated with measures taken to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, the use of laxatives, dieting, or fasting. Also called bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa or in other words, Excessive or insatiable appetite.
** I learnt the usage of the word from a joke....It goes something like::

Q:What does a bulimic call two fingers?
Aessert.

The following words and sentences are courtesy The Hindu Editorial::

HABEAS CORPUS::
a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, esp. for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.

**The prisoner was denied the right to Habeas Corpus....

INCOMMUNICADO::
deprived of any communication with others.

**Here we have secret, incommunicado and unacknowledged arrests and tortures, and all those who have been subjected to enforced disappearances and encounters are not provided access to effective remedy and justice, including compensation.


INIQUITY::
gross injustice or wickedness or violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin.

**The heinous act on the part of the officials was an example of sheer iniquity.

RUBRIC::
a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.

a direction for the conduct of divine service or the administration of the sacraments, inserted in liturgical books.

any established mode of conduct or procedure; protocol.

an explanatory comment; gloss.

a class or category

Archaic:red ocher.

written, inscribed in, or marked with or as with red; rubrical.

Archaic: red; ruddy.



**It would have been virtually impossible for Guantanamo to continue without a global war paradigm, constructed under the rubric of “war on terror.”

(please note the superb usage of the word in this sentence)

[freakinbubu]

1:: BLARNEY

Flattery designed to gain favour, Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering, unintelligent or insincere talk (informal)

The people in France were blarneyed by us.

2:: BANTAM::

small domestic fowl: a bird belonging to a breed of small domestic fowl
miniature: small in size
overconfident: overconfident and slightly aggressive

(Mark the 1st and 3rd usage although I found this word in the context of the second usage)

Bantam Weight is the category of boxers below Feather Weight.

3:: SEDULOUS::

working persistently: working with great zeal and persistence
painstaking: carried out with great care, concentration, and commitment • sedulous attention to detail

I had shown a lot of diligence and sedulity.

4:: MERETRICIOUS::

superficially attractive: attractive in a superficial or vulgar manner but without real value (formal) • meretricious extras that don’t really add to the car’s value
misleadingly plausible: seemingly plausible or significant, but actually insincere or false • Don’t be swayed by this meretricious argument in the project’s favor.
of prostitutes: relating to or like a prostitute (archaic)

Meretricious beauty is not what any man desires in a woman or is it?

5:: TRENCHANT::

incisive: direct, incisive, and deliberately hurtful • trenchant criticism
energetic: effective and relevant in the pursuit or achievement of a goal • trenchant opinions

His trenchant remarks really hurt me a lot.

[freakinbubu]

INDENTURED::

Bound by contract, Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

Usage::"an indentured servant"


DISAVOWAL::

Denial of any connection with or knowledge of

Usage: These factors gave way to the disavowal of any responsibility towards those people.

DIASPORA::

The body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel (interesting meaning), The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture), The dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time.

Usage: The Indian diaspora population numbers more than 20 million.

ERSATZ::

Artificial and inferior, an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation.

Usage: "ersatz coffee"

PUTATIVE::

Purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

Usage: Purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

[bubai376]

Originally Posted by freakinbubu

There may be similar posts but all of us who were preparing for CAT 2008 felt that we must have a single post for VA to collectively discuss among ourselves......Please feel free to contribute and drop in your preparation strategy as well as put in as much of materials here as possible.......This is just a platform for us people who are geared up for CAT 2008 to discuss preparation strategies, word lists and everything regarding VA under the sun....

hey freakinbabu!!! gr8 iniciation...i think its better to post ur words here rather than the earlier thread...

newas about strategies.. i feel tht word power is good enof for ur vocab... n ya... the other thing about VA is readin n more reading... whatever comes in ur way.....

newas... keep reading .. n keep suggesting if u ppl find some really good stuff to read...

[vicky.verma]

Originally Posted by freakinbubu

There may be similar posts but all of us who were preparing for CAT 2008 felt that we must have a single post for VA to collectively discuss among ourselves......Please feel free to contribute and drop in your preparation strategy as well as put in as much of materials here as possible.......This is just a platform for us people who are geared up for CAT 2008 to discuss preparation strategies, word lists and everything regarding VA under the sun....

Nice initiative

[sheetikantha]

Thanks buddy....for initiating this ...try to continue till next D-day..