Group 6

Question 1

Admonish

Answer 1

Warn someone firmly, reprimand

Mnemonic- to avoid a demonish child, a mother scolds firmly

Question 2

Affectation

Answer 2

Pretentious

Mnemonic- affection is natural and true, affectation is pretense

Question 3

Alleviate

Answer 3

Make suffering less severe

Mnemonic- All+evil+ate- all evil gone so your pain becomes less severe

Question 4

Analogous

Answer 4

Similar in some aspects

Sentence- brain and computer are considered analogous

Question 5

Bolster

Answer 5

Support or strength

Mnemonic- sounds like booster which gives us strength

Question 6

Chauvinistic

Answer 6

Excess Support for their own cause/ patriotism

Question 7

Connoisseur

Answer 7

Expert judge in a particular field

Mnemonic- kon inse sure nahi hoga, yeh toh expert hai

Question 8

Dissemble

Answer 8

Disguise one’s true feeling

Question 9

Dogged

Answer 9

Determined to do something no matter what

Mnemonic- dog’s tail is tedha no matter what so it is dogged

Question 10

Dupe

Answer 10

A person who is tricked(victim)

Mnemonic- duplicates in movies are used to trick or fool people

Question 11

Empirical

Answer 11

Based on observation rather than theory

Mnemonic- empirical formula in chem, observation and not theory

Question 12

Engender

Answer 12

Cause or give rise to(feeling/situation)

Question 13

Pertinacious

Answer 13

Dogged, tenacity
Holding firmly to an opinion, unyielding

Mnemonic - sounds like persistent, tenacious

Question 14

Venerate

Answer 14

Regard with great respect

Mnemonic- when you rate someone higher, you treat them with respect

Question 15

Venal

Answer 15

Corrupt, bribery

Mnemonic- we null, when we have null money, we can be inclined towards bribery

Question 16

Underscore

Answer 16

Emphasize

Question 17

Ubiquitous

Answer 17

Being present everywhere at once

Mnemonic - sounds like mosquitos which are present everywhere
Omnipresent

Question 18

Transient

Answer 18

Lasting for a short time
Ephemeral

Question 19

Tractable

Answer 19

Easy to control and deal with

Question 20

Tortuous

Answer 20

Full of twists and turns

Mnemonic- sounds like tortoise, never walks in a straight line

Question 21

Timorous

Answer 21

Lack of confidence, easily frightened, fearful

Mnemonic- sounds like time over, when time over during a test we get fear

Question 22

Subvert

Answer 22

Undermine the power of the system

Question 23

Spurious

Answer 23

False or fake
Synonym of specious

Opposite of pure, spure

Question 24

Specious

Answer 24

Plausible but fake, false

Synonym of spurious

Question 25

Proliferate

Answer 25

Increase rapidly in number, multiply

Mnemonic- life rate- always increasing

Question 26

Probity

Answer 26

Having strong principles, honesty

Mnemonic- pro(first)+ beti- ladies first- shows principle

Question 27

Presumptuous

Answer 27

Brazen, bold
Confident that something will happen without being being sure. In a way thats annoys people