Hey Puys, As we all know vocabulary plays a large amount of role in your CAT prep as well as prep for other B schools. But many a time we face this condition that we encounter a new word then look out in the dictionary but after a week we reali…
Hey Puys,
As we all know vocabulary plays a large amount of role in your CAT prep as well as prep for other B schools. But many a time we face this condition that we encounter a new word then look out in the dictionary but after a week we realize that we don't have even a hint about the word. Learning new words through mnemonics do help to make the existence of the word with the right meaning in our subconscious mind. A strong vocabulary would definitely benefit us in our lives.
With every word please provide a mnemonic to remember it no matter how lame it sounds the target is to get the word in our memory.
Lets nail it puys 
Salubrious -
Meaning : healthy, related to good health.
Mnemonic: Salu bhai is known for his good body(health).
Covert-
Meaning : not openly acknowledged
Mnemonic: Co(covered) overt.
Meaning of Overt : done or shown openly.
Nadir:
Meaning: lowest or unsuccessful point.
Mnemonic : Nadir(Gir).
Can be remembered from girna i.e falling to the lowest point.
Gregarious:
Meaning: fond of company ,sociable
Mnemonic: gre-gari(gedi)ous . Gedi means ghumna(in punjabi) so a person who hangs out alot is gregarious .
Skulk :
Meaning: keep out of sight with a cowardly motive.
Mnemonic: Skulk(skull) . Skull is usually hidden from the outside world. So can be remembered as something that is hidden or out of sight.
Recalcitrant:
meaning: Someone with uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.
mnemonic: Re-calci. Imagine an uncooperative person asking a shopkeeper to re calculate his bill amount.
Docile:
Meaning: Ready to accept control or instruction.
Mnemonic: do- sai . Imagine a believer in god praying to Sai Baba for wealth and he is ready to undergo anything i.e being submissive.
Obstreperous:
Meaning : Noisy and difficult to control.
Mnemonic: Obst- reper. Here we can remember the word by OBST meaning obstruction and REPER meaning again and again. So a person causing obstruction again and again is difficult to control.
Prejury Pre Jury
Meaning-the willful giving of false testimony under oath
Mnemonic - assume a person being bribed to say false statement in frnt of jury
Callous:
Meaning: showing or having cruel regards for others.
Mnemonic: call-us. Imagine a contest where the one who is called will win a million $. So you can remember this by imaging a scenario where people are fighting for whom to be called first.I.e people having cruel regards for others.
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. Open for more mnemonics Sordid:
Meaning: Filthy,foul.
mnemonic: Sour-did. Can be remembered by the word sour . Sour meaning not up to a great taste. So the word sordid would hint to smthn that is filthy or dirty.
Quandary
Meaning: A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.
Mnemonic: Quan-dary ( kaun -darre). This can be remembered by a situation where on getting scared by watching a horror movie one would be hanged to death. So people are confused that how to get out of this situation.
Bifurcation
Meaning: The division of something into two parts.
Mnemonic: Bi-fur-cat. This can me remembered by Bi meaning two, so a cat playing with a fur and dividing it into 2 parts.
Purist:
Meaning: A person who insists on complete adherence to traditional rules or structures.
Mnemonic : Pure-ist. Person who is pure would completely adhere to his/her traditional rules.
Tranquility
Meaning: The quality or state of being calm
Mnemonic: tran-quilt. Can be remembered by the sense of calm feeling one feels in quilt during winters.
Nonpareil
Meaning: Having no match or not equal. Not matchable.
Mnemonic: Non -parallel . Two are not on the same track. Can be remembered by two lines that arn't parallel.
Cacophonous:
Meaning:unpleasant mixture of loud sounds
Mnemonic: Caco-phone. From phone we can get an idea that its related to some sound. Ca-Co(can be thought of as an unpleasant sound)
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