MAY VERBAL

(Till May 28th)




Today’s Words:

1. Prolific(adj): Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile; characterized by abundant production.
Synonyms: teeming, fecund, abundant.
Antonyms: barren.

2. Consonant(adj): in agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent ; corresponding in sound, as words
Synonyms: concordant, congruous, conformant, accordant, compatible, congenial, harmonious.
Antonyms: dissonant

3. Boast(v): to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself; to glorify oneself in speech; talk in a self-admiring way
Boast(n): The act or an instance of bragging.
Synonyms(n): brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt
Synonyms(v): brag, crow, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt

4. Accolade(n): any award, honor, an expression of approval; praise; a ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation.
Synonyms: award, guerdon, honorarium, plum, premium.

5. Prig(n): A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
Priggish(adj): exaggeratedly proper
Synonyms: Victorian, bluenosed, old-maidish, precise, prim, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, genteel

6. Straddling(n): to stand or sit with a leg on each side of; to stand wide apart, as the legs; the taking of a noncommittal position

7. Belie(v): to show to be false; contradict; to misrepresent.
Synonyms: refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay, besiege, betray, camouflage, contradict, counterfeit, deceive, defame, deny, disguise, disprove, distort, slander.
Antonyms: prove, verify, support.

8. Dissipated(adj): indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; Wasted or squandered.
Synonyms: dissolute, incontinent, licentious, profligate, unbridled, unconstrained, unrestrained, wanton.

9. Nuance(n): a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response; a very slight difference or variation in color or tone
Synonyms: subtlety, nicety, hint, refinement, variation.

10. Pernicious(adj): causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious; hurtful
Synonyms: baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, fatal, malign, noxious, ruinous, toxic, lethal.

11. Gossamer(n): something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate; a fine, a fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in the air or caught on bushes or grass; a soft sheer gauzy fabric.

12. Elusive(adj): eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define; difficult to describe.
Synonyms: baffling, cagey, cunning, eely, ephemeral, equivocal, evasive, fleeting, foxy, impalpable, insidious, intangible, lubricious, mysterious, saponaceous, slippery, subtle, tricky, wily.

13. Impede(v): to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; to prevent or delay the start or progress of.
Synonyms: clog, curb, deter, disrupt, hamper, harass, hinder, interfere, obstruct, stymie, thwart.

14. Encumbrance(n): something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance; a dependent person; a charge against property; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
Synonyms: complication, debt, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, impediment, incubus, obstacle, perplexity.

15. Quarantine(n): a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease; to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons.
Synonyms: ban, confine, exclude, interdict, isolate, restrain, restrict.


Analogies:

1. Impede: Encumbrance

2.Quarantine: Isolate

(Till May 23rd)


Today's Words:

1. Irrational(adj): not in accordance with reason, without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason ; utterly illogical; without or deprived of normal mental clarity or sound judgment, absurd; foolish.
Synonyms: unreasonable, ridiculous; insensate; illogical.

2. Friable(adj): easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbling.
Synonyms: fragile, frangible, brittle

3. Consensus(n): An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole; general agreement or concord.
Synonyms: unanimousness, harmony.

4. Torpor(n): A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; a state of suspended physical powers and activities; sluggish inactivity or inertia
Synonyms: stolidity, listlessness, lethargy, sleepiness, slumber, drowsiness; apathy; numbness.

5. Mollify(v): to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; to reduce the rigidity of.
Synonyms: pacify, appease, soothe, assuage, conciliate, dulcify, placate, propitiate.

6. Beguile(v): to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; to take away from by cheating or deceiving; to charm or divert
Synonyms: delude; bewitch, captivate, enchant, betray, cozen, hoodwink, humbug.


Issue Topic :

1. The best way to understand the character of a society is... only by studying its major cities.
(something similar to this)


Argument Topic:

1. Thirteen years ago, researchers studied a group of 25 infants who showed signs of mild distress when exposed to unfamiliar stimuli such as an unusual odor or a tape recording of an unknown voice. They discovered that these infants were more likely than other infants to have been conceived in early autumn, a time when their mothers' production of melatonin—a hormone known to affect some brain functions—would naturally increase in response to decreased daylight. In a follow-up study conducted earlier this year, more than half of these children—now teenagers—who had shown signs of distress identified themselves as shy. Clearly, increased levels of melatonin before birth cause shyness during infancy and this shyness continues into later life.

(Till May 21st)


Todays Words:

1. Bilious(adj): relating to or containing bile; irritable as if suffering from indigestion; extremely unpleasant or distasteful.
Synonyms: grumpy, crabby, cross, grouchy, dyspeptic; peevish; irritable; cranky.

2. Inveterate(adj): Firmly and long established; deep-rooted; settled or confirmed in a habit.
Synonyms: hardened, constant, habitual, set, fixed, rooted.

3. Hermetic(adj): Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air; not affected by outward influence or power; isolated.

4. Obscure(adj): not clear or plain, not clear to the understanding.
Synonyms: dubious, ambiguous, vague, or uncertain, blurred, veiled, undistinguished, secluded, inconspicuous, dusky, somber, abstruse.
Antonyms: certain, clear, conspicuous, bright.

5. Hygienic(adj): conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary; tending to promote or preserve health.

6. Absolve(v): to free from guilt or blame or their consequences, to grant pardon for, To pronounce clear of guilt or blame; to relieve of a requirement or obligation.
Synonyms: exculpate, acquit, exonerate, vindicate.
Antonyms: blame.

7. Mollify(v): to soften in feeling or temper, to calm in temper or feeling; to reduce the rigidity of; soften.
Synonyms: appease, assuage, calm, conciliate, dulcify, pacify, placate, propitiate.

8. Mitigate(v): to lessen in force or intensity; to make less severe
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten, palliate.

9. Extricate(v): To release from an entanglement or difficulty; to liberate from combination.
Synonyms: loose, rescue, recover; disengage.

10. Assuage(v): to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease, to soothe, calm; to satisfy.
Synonyms: alleviate, lessen, relieve, mitigate, allay, appease, mollify.
Antonyms: intensify.

11. Verbiage(n): overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; the manner in which something is expressed in words.
Synonyms: diffuseness, diffusion, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verboseness, verbosity, wordage.

12. Overhaul(v): To examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; to dismantle in order to make repairs, to gain upon, catch up with, or overtake, as in a race.


Analogies:

1. Overhaul: Revision

2. Thermal: Heat



(Till May 16th)


Today's Words:

1. Sequential(adj): characterized by regular sequence of parts; following.
Synonyms: sequent, serial, subsequent, successional, successive, Sequential, consequent.
2. Latent(adj): potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; apparent; remaining in an inactive or hidden phase.
Synonyms: dormant, quiescent, veiled, abeyant, inactive, sleeping.
Antonyms: open, active.

3. Garrulous(adj): excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner; wordy or diffuse.
Synonyms: prating, babbling; verbose, prolix, loquacious.
Antonyms: reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed.

4. Effervescence(v): to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors; to show enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, etc.

5. Discordant(adj): being at variance; disagreeing;harsh; Not being in accord; conflicting; not in agreement or harmony.
Synonyms: dissonant; incongruous; Discordant; discrepant.

6. Harmony(n): agreement; accord;a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement.
Synonyms: accord, concert, concord, symphony, tune; congruity; amity, friendship; consonance, conformity, correspondence, consistency.

7. Delegation(n): the body of delegates chosen to represent a political unit, as a state, in an assembly; a group or body of delegates; authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
Synonyms: commission.

8. Pride(n): the state or feeling of being proud; a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority; an excessively high opinion of oneself.
Synonyms: conceit, self-esteem, egotism, vanity, vainglory; amour-propre, ego, self-regard, self-respect.
Antonyms: humility.

9. Esteem(v): to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
Synonyms: reverence, veneration; account, admiration, appreciation, consideration, estimation, favor, honor, regard, respect.
Antonyms: disdain.


Analogies:

1. Discordant: Harmony

2. Delegation: Represent

3. Pride: Esteem

(Till May 14th)


Today's Words:

1. Appease(v): to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; to satisfy; or relieve
Synonyms: pacify; soothe; assuage; allay; conciliate, propitiate
Antonyms: enrage; increase, arouse, sharpen; defy.

2. Estrange(v): to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; to divert from the original use or possessor; To withdraw; to withhold
Synonyms: alienate, disaffect, disunite

3. Succinct(adj): expressed in few words; characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
Synonyms: concise; terse; pithy, compendious, laconic

4. Dependant(adj): Contingent on another; Subordinate; Relying on or requiring the aid of another for support; addicted to a drug.

5. Oblivious(adj): unmindful; unconscious; unaware; forgetful; Lacking all memory
Synonyms: withdrawn, musing, daydreaming, dreamy, forgetful, distracted, abstracted.

6. Drift(n): a driving movement or force; impulse; pressure; overbearing power or influence;impetus.

7. Sequential(adj): characterized by regular sequence of parts; following;
Synonyms: sequent, serial, subsequent, successional, successive, Sequential, consequent.

8. Erudite(adj): characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.
Synonyms educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient

9. Bewilderment(n): The condition of being confused or disoriented; confusion resulting from failure to understand
Synonyms: befuddlement, discombobulation, fog, muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction, stupor, trance, daze.

10. Keen (adj): Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point; having or marked by intellectual quickness
Synonyms: cutting, bitter, caustic; piercing, penetrating, acute; discerning, astute, sagacious, shrewd, clever; avid; earnest, fervid.
Antonyms: dull.

11. Benevolent(adj): desiring to help others; charitable; characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.
Synonyms: altruistic, beneficent, benign, benignant, goodhearted, kindhearted, humane, generous, liberal, philanthropic.
Antonyms: cruel, malevolent.


Analogies:

1. Finger print: Identification

2. Frequent: Rare


Issue Topics:

1."The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."

2. History is useful to find illusion of particular period of time they lived.


Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in a newspaper feature story. "At the small, nonprofit hospital in the town of Saluda, the average length of a patient's stay is two days; at the large, for-profit hospital in the nearby city of Megaville, the average patient stay is six days. Also, the cure rate among patients in the Saluda hospital is about twice that of the Megaville hospital. The Saluda hospital has more employees per patient than the hospital in Megaville, and there are few complaints about service at the local hospital. Such data indicate that treatment in smaller, nonprofit hospitals is more economical and of better quality than treatment in larger, for-profit hospitals."

(Till May 9th)


Today’s Words:

1. Affinity (n): A natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship.
Synonyms: partiality, fondness; sympathy, leaning, bent; similarity, compatibility.
Antonyms: dislike, aversion, dissimilarity, disparity

2. Invigorate (v): to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize; heighten or intensify;

3. Prolong (v): to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer; to lengthen in duration; to lengthen in extent.
Synonyms: draw out, elongate, extend, prolongate, protract, spin, stretch.
Antonyms: abbreviate

4. Appease (v): to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment;to satisfy or relieve.
Synonyms: to allay, or relieve; assuage; pacify; soothe; conciliate, dulcify, mollify, placate, propitiate.

5. Repose (n): The act of resting or the state of being at rest; peace; calm, tranquillity.

6. Elucidate (v): to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; make clear and (more) comprehensible; to provide clarification; explain

7. Stoical (adj): impassive; characterized by a calm
Synonyms: imperturbable, cool, indifferent.
Antonyms: sympathetic, warm, demonstrative, effusive.

8. Rescind (v): to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal; to invalidate (an act, measure, etc.) by a later action or a higher authority.
Synonyms: nullify; retract, withdraw; countermand, repeal, veto.

9. Maverick (n): someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action.
Synonyms: nonconformist, independent, loner.

10. Saunter (v): to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll; a leisurely walk (n).
Synonyms: amble, ramble, meander.

11. Wary(adj): watchful; being on one's guard against danger
Synonyms: alert, vigilant, guarded, circumspect, prudent.

12. Gulled (v): To deceive or cheat.


Analogies:

1. Conductor: score

2. Saunter: walk

3. Wary: gulled

4. He: she


Issue Topic:

1. The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people.

MAY QUANT

(Till May 28th)




1. If 0 > x > -1 then which of the following must be the greatest among all the given options
A. x
B. 2x
C. x^3
D. x-1
E. x^3-1

2. If x < y and x^2-xy=0
Col a: x
Col b: 0

3. Col A: 1/97+1/98+1/99+1/100
Col B: 1/25

4. In one bag, half the balls are red, 1/8 green, 24 are neither, so how many balls are there altogether?

5. Col a: (4^-3+4^9)/32^-2
Col b:16(1+2^23)

6. If a man walks at the rate of 3miles per hour then the distance he covered in 18 minutes is given by (1mile = 5208foot)
A. 4000 feet
B. 4250 feet
C. 4500 feet
D. 4750 feet
E. 5000 feet

7. Given a smaller circle inscribed in the larger circle, if.... 'r' is a point on the smaller circle, 's' is a point on the larger circle, 'o' is the center of both the circles, or = x, rs = y, and if the area of the smaller circle is equal to the area of the big circle minus the area of the small circle, then what is value of y in terms of x?

8. 1/500 - 1/1000 =

9. If x is a positive number, then
Col A: x^2
Col B: 1/x^2

10. mod(2- 1/2) + mod(2- 7/2) = ?

11. A man invested Rs.10,000 at the rate of interest x% and Rs.8000 at the rate of interest y%. If x = (3/4)*y then
col A: Interest for 1 year for 10000 at x%
col B: Interest for 1 year for 8000 at y%

(Till May 26th)


Quants:

1. For 'n' any positive integer, if An = n^2
Col A: A1+A2+A3+A4+A5
Col B: 30

2. If a principle amount of Rs.10,000/- were given at the rate of interest x% and Rs.8000/- were given at the rate of y% and if x=3y/4 then
Col A: interest on money given at the rate x percent
Col B: interest on money given at the rate y percent

3. How many maximum non-overlaping divisions can be made in a rectangular by drawing 3 straight line.

4. Given a right angle triangle ABC, the length of hypoteneous AB is 15 and a point D was given on AB and DB is 5 and other point E was given on AC. Angle c and e are both 90 degree. Find the length of AE?

5. A company charges 4$ per order as transportation fees and 0.5$ per book. If an order costs x$ and it is equal to m times the transportation fees. What is the charge per book in terms of x and m?



Till May 23rd)


1. If a2 = a1 + 4* a1 and a1 = 3 find the 19th term of series?

2. If x = (1000) ^10
Col A: number of zeroes in 'x'
Col B: 30

3. If 621<x<675 and “x” is a multiple of 3, and if “u” is unit digit of “x” and “t” is tens digit of “x” then which of the following should be a multiple of “x”.
A. t+u
B. u-t
C. t^u
D. u^t

4.

Col A: X
Col B: Y

5. There are 26 women in a room in that 13 women are selected out of which 7 are under 40 years.
Col A: Percentage of women under 40
Col B: 40%



(Till May 20th)


Quants:

1. If the sum of the first 100 positive integers is 5050 then what is the sum of the first 200 positive integers?
A. 10,100
B. 10,200
C. 15,050
D. 20,050
E. 20,100

2. Col A: sqrt(11)
Col B: 3.5

3. If the product of 6 integers is negative, at most how many of the integers can be negative?

4. If the slope of the line passing through the point (5,5) is 5/6. All of the following points could be on the line except.....
(some points were given in the options).
Question is similar to this.....

5. If 3x + y = 19 and x + 3y = 1 are the equation given. Find the value of 2x + 2y?

6. John wrote a phone number on a note that was later lost. John can remember that the number had 7 digits, the digit "1" appeared in the last three places and "0" did not appear at all. What is the probability that the phone number contains at least two prime digits?
a) 15/16
b) 11/16
c) 11/12
d) 1/2
e) 5/8

7. A group of 4 pumps are filling a tank. Each of the 3 smaller pumps works at 2/3rds the rate of the largest pump. If all 4 pumps work at the same time, they should fill the tank in what fraction of the time.... that it would have taken the largest pump if it operated alone?

8. If p+6, q+6, r+6 has a standard Deviation 'S' then what will be the Standard Deviation for p, q, r?
a.6S+6
b.8S+18
c.6S
d. none

9. If the profit made by a company is given by P and the tax the company has to pay to the government is $6000 + r% of the profit over $250000. If a company has to pay 3% of its profit as tax, what is the profit made by the company?

10. Given a1, a2, a3,......an, is a series such that an= an - a(n-1), for 2>n. If a1=-5, a2= 4, find the sum of first 50 numbers of the series?

11. Given two circles of radius 3 and 5, if a line tangent to the smaller circle passes through the bigger circle at points Q and P. What is the length of PQ?