DECEMBER VERBAL

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 31st)


1. Halcyon

2. Wayne

3. Altruism

4. Atonement

5. Asunder

6. Commensurate

7. Meek

8. Penurious

9. Sangfroid

10. Cessation

11. Procrastinate

12. Recalcitrant

13. Rapacious


Issue Topic:

1. It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data.

2. About media scrutiny on people reputations diminished


Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared as part of a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"During her three years in office, Governor Riedeburg has shown herself to be a worthy leader. Since she took office, crime has decreased, the number of jobs created per year has doubled, and the number of people choosing to live in our state has increased. These trends are likely to continue if she is reelected. In addition, Ms. Riedeburg has promised to take steps to keep big companies here, thereby providing jobs for any new residents. Anyone who looks at Ms. Riedeburg's record can tell that she is the best-qualified candidate for governor."

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 30th)


1. Futility

2. Muddle

3. Inimical

4. Embrace

5. Ossified

6. Preemptory

7. Reticent

8. Epitomic

9. Taint

10. Exacerbate

11. Fiasco

12. Lurk

13. Brevity

13. Voluble

14. Exculpate

15. Unadulterated

16. Fatuous

17. Complacency

18. Fathomable


Analogies:

1. Trial: Courtroom

2. Lurk: Wait

3. Fathomable: Regret


Issue Topic:

1. One can best understand the characteristics of its society, by studying the major cities of the state.


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 29th)


1. Equivocation

2. Dire

3. Harangue

4. Mulish

5. Voluble

6. Entice

7. Gainsay

8. Thwart

9. Banquet


Analogies:

1. Banquet: meal

2. Alarmist: Warning

3. Siren: Heard


Issue Topic:

1. "A picture can give more information than a piece of text"

2. "If you have a goal which is worthy, you should achieve it by any means "


Argument Topic:

1. Anti aging in human beings based on anti aging compounds used on rats.....
(Something like this)

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 26th)


1. Tawdry

2. Perception

3. Lull

4. Tacit

5. Contrite

6. Uncanny

7. Quibble

8. Reminiscence

9. Nepotism

10. Surfeit

11. Cinnamon


Analogies:

1. Cinnamon: Spices

2. Audit : Account


Issue Topic:

1. People's dress, look and act reveals their interest and attitude. One can tell the value of society in which people live by their dressing and look.
(Something like this)


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 24th)


1. Exude

2. Quislings

3. Obdurate

4. Gratuitous

5. Ignominy

5. Lubricant

6. Harangue

7. Mollify


Analogies:

1. Lubricant: friction

2. Harangue: mollify


Issue Topic:

1. "It is always an individual who is the impetus for innovation; the details may be worked out by a team, but true innovation results from the enterprise and unique perception of an individual".

2."Many problems of modern society cannot be solved by laws and the legal system because moral behavior cannot be legislated".


Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a Batavia newspaper.
"The department of agriculture in Batavia reports that the number of dairy farms throughout the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago. During this same time period, however, the price of milk at the local Excello Food Market has increased from $1.50 to over $3.00 per gallon. To prevent farmers from continuing to receive excessive profits on an apparently increased supply of milk, the Batavia government should begin to regulate retail milk prices. Such regulation is necessary to ensure both lower prices and an adequate supply of milk for consumers".


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 23rd)


1. Exanimate

2. Rile

3. Augmented

4. Lacerated

5. Offhand

6. Graze

7. Stultify

8. Tendentious

9. Boor

10. Turncoat

11. Fastidiousness

12. Nadir

13. Acme


Analogies:

1. Nadir: Acme


Issue Topic:

1. "Money spent on research is always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial".

2."The best way to understand the character of society is to examine the character of men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or heroines".


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 22nd)


1. Hasten

2. Diminution

3. Turbulent

4. Infuriate

5. Garrulous

6. Imbue

7. Upbraid

8. Surreptitious

9. Patent

10. Vivid

11. Inane


Analogies:

1. Spontaneous: Planning

2. Vivid: Inspiration

3. Inane: Significance

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 19th)


1. Gruffness

2. Hearsay

3. Recidivism

4. Quagmire

5. Proselytize

6. Priggish

7. Peregrination

8. Baneful

9. Facet

10. Invigorate

11. Cortege

12. Orator

13. Loft

14. Bifurcate

15. Obtuse

16. Propensity

17. Saunter

18. Canyon

19. Gully

20. Deflated

21. Discretion


Analogies:

1. Tree: Bark

2. Saunter: Walk

3. Canyon: Gully

4. Skin: Person

5. Puncture: Deflated

6. Discretion: Diplomatic

7. Mosquito: Netting


Issue Topic:

1. History won’t help in taking imp decisions of today.

2. Research priorities are being set up for science, education and any other field will it save the human lives if the results are successful.


Argument Topic:

1. Regarding the power-lift gyms whether to invest the money on those gyms and national surveys indicate that most of the people are supporting that those power lift-gyms are going to be poplar and more profitable.
(Something like that)

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 18th)


1. Ruminative

2. Morose

3. Intangible

4. Teeter

5. Hoary

6. Arabesque

7. Malleable

8. Imply

9. Endow


Analogies:

1. Philanthropist: Endow


Issue Topic:

1. Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics.


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 17th)


1. Discretion

2. Cavil

3. Chronological

4. Spurious

5. Lionize

6. Restive

7. Invigorate

8. Demur

9. Parsimonious

10. Skimp

11. Countenance


Analogies:

1. Parsimonious: Skimp

2. Countenance: Toleration


Issue Topic:

1. Education will be effective, only if it is modified to the meet the individual interests of the student.


Argument Topic:

1. A survey was conducted on 500 middle-aged men to determine relationship between exercise and longevity. They have been monitored for 10 years. The men were of various occupations and belong to different locations. Among those who responded, many said that they did vigorous outdoor exercises daily. Hence, based on the direct relationship between exercise and longevity, doctors should not recommend moderate exercises to all the patients.
(Some thing like this)

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 16th)


1. Munificent

2. Restive

3. Affable

4. Torrid

5. Austerity

6. Garble

7. Dapper

8. Hapless

9. Tenable

10. Laconic

11. Parsimonious

12. Grimace

13. Ennui

14. Propensity

15. Blunt

16. Elucidate

17. Abate


Analogies:

1. Abate: Force

2. Mosquito: Netting


Issue topic:

1. "Those who treat politics and morality as though they were separate realms fail to understand either the one or the other."

2. "The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds."


Argument topic:

1. The nation of Claria covers a vast physical area. But despite wide geographic differences, many citizens are experiencing rising costs of electricity. A recent study of household electric costs in Claria found that families who cooled their houses with fans alone spent more on electricity than did families using air conditioners alone for cooling. However, those households that reported using both fans and air conditioners spent less on electricity than those households that used either fans or air conditioners alone. Thus, the citizens of Claria should follow the study's recommendation and use both air conditioners and fans in order to save money on electricity.

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 15th)


1. Aligned

2. Catholic

3. Synergy

4. Unbuttoned

5. Profundity

6. Manumit

7. Tendentious

8. Friated

9. Afflatus

10. Ruminative

11. Truncate

12. Squall

13. Ladle


Analogies:

1. Truncate: Length

2. Squall: Commotion

3. Soup: ladle


Issue Topic:

1. The only responsibility for corporate executives as long as they stay within the law is to increase money for the company.

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 12th)


1. Chicanery

2. Nuance

3. Countenance

4. Circuitry

5. Austerity

6. Obfuscate

7. Perspicacious

8. Mottle

9. Buttress

10. Edifice


Analogies:

1. Buttress: Edifice

2. Range: Mountain

3. Branch: Tree


Issue Topic:

1. Should the authorities be questioned for the well being of the society.


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 10th)


1. Dilettante

2. Garbled

3. Conundrum

4. Resilience

5. Subterfuge

6. Mulish

7. Gaunt

8. Pugnacious

9. Perplex

10. Recant

11. Dust jacket


Analogies:

1. Recant: Spend

2. Dust jacket: books

3. Irrelevant: pertain


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 9th)


1. Evoke

2. Taut

3. Effervesce

4. Malaise

5. Ruminative

6. Inept

7. Commotion

8. Repudiate

9. Consolidate

10. Garbled

11. Convoluted


Analogies:

1. Garbled: Comprehend

2. Convoluted: Complexity


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 8th)


1.Peremptory

2.Imbue

3.Emulate

4.Infuriate

5.Deplore

6.Ostracize

7.Exacerbate

8.Thwart

9.Stymie

10.Deplore

11.Vile


Analogies:

1.Deplore: vile

2.Friction: oil


Issue Topic:

1.Tradition and modernization are incompatible; one has to choose between them.


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 5th)


1. Taciturnly

2. Stinting

3. Draconian

4. Drivel

5. Propensity

6. Accrue

7. Voracious

8. Oblivion

9. Obduracy

10. Panache

11. Debilitate

12. Ruminate

13. Palpable

14. Repertoire

15. Slake

16. Apocryphal


Analogies:

1. Slake: Thirst

2. Apocryphal: Authenticity


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 4th)


1. Bibulous

2. Tauter

3. Sunder

4. Slack

5. Hoodwink

6. Extort

7. Buoyant

8. Flamboyance


Issue Topic:

1. In any form of art the work can be merited only, if it is understood by most of the people.

2. Some educational systems are based on reasoning and logical thinking, but students are more benefitted by education which burst out there emotions.
(Something like that)


Argument Topic:

1. It is regarding merging of two states in the USA.

2. To increase the speed limits in a highway.


ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Dec 3rd)


1.Draconian

2.Stinting

3.Accrue

4.Drivel

5.Taciturnly

6. Chuckle

7. Miff

8. Aesthetic

9. Taut

10. Lubricant

11. Abrasion

12. Orator

13. Articulate


Analogies.

1.Lubricant: Abrasion

2.Orator: Articulate

3. Chuckle: Laugh


Issue topic:

1.For professionals and academics imaginative thinking is more important than knowledge.


Argument Topic:

1. A company wants to choose a road contractor for putting road for the company’s shopping mall.... & so on…..
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