ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 31st)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Barren
2.Arid
3.Solitude
4.Rococo
5.Riveting
6.Hone
7.Succulent
8.Desiccated
9.Reticent
10.Clairvoyant
11.Pacify
12.Solitude
13.Impeccable
ANALOGIES:
1.Journey : Leg
2.Vivid: Inspiration
3.Furniture: Rickety
4.Literature: Grammar
5.Stadium: Game
6.Disinfectant: Germ
ISSUE TOPICS:
1.To learn the characteristics of the society, is it enough to study about major cities
2.Facts are stubborn things, we cannot mold them.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 30th)
TODAY'S WORDS:
1. Ineluctable
2.Vitriol
3. Polemical
4.Luculent
5. Stoical
6. Taciturn
7. Peremptory
8. Encomium
ANALOGIES:
1. Founder: sink
2. He: she
3. Unstable: volatile
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 29th)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Gruff
2.Rivet
3.Pacify
4.Qurush
5. Repudiate
6. Complaisance
7. Encomium
8. Embezzle
9. Adamant
10. Demoralized
11. Natatorium
12. Imbue
13. Vapid
14. Clairvoyant
15. Obscene
ANALOGIES:
1.Game: Stadium
2.Brake: speed
3.Embezzling: stealing
4.Generator: Electricity
5.Factory: Product
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 28th)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Ostentatious
2.Foul
3.Reminiscence
4.Indefinable
5.Detrimental
6.Spurious
7.Intriguing
8.Reinforce
9.Rapacious
10.Prudent
11.Augury
12.Esoteric
13.Sacrilegious
ANALOGIES:
1.Mollify: pain
2.Founder: sink
3.Rigid: break
4.Canvas: painting
5.Building: shed
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Ritual and Ceremonies increases the value of the society, does the absence of these…….. results to the downfall of the
society?????
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.Oven Baskets, which are very famous in Palean city, are also found in Lithos city which is within city of Palean city.
There is a deep and long river between these two cities which needs minimum transportation to cross the river and there is no
evidence that Palean needs boats or cargos or large ships. Palean city consists of thick forest which consists of nuts,
samegame etc…………….. so Oven Baskets are not unique to Palean city.(something like this)
2.Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States.
Only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change.
Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are
given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term
'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House
should extend this cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 25th)
WORDS:
1. Polemical
2. Emulate
3. Reinforcement
4. Accolade
5. Gullible
6. Procrastinate
7. Exude
8. Limpid
9. Penurious
10. Paralyze
11. Fretwork
12. Collude
13. Wary
14. Dire
15. Comprehensive
ANALOGIES:
1. Collude:cooperate
2. Ballad: song
COMPLETE ARGUMENT TOPICS:
1. The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Alta Manufacturing.
"During the past year, Alta Manufacturing had thirty percent more on-the-job accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where
the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts believe that a significant contributing factor in many on-the-job
accidents is fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Alta and
thereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shifts by one hour so that our employees will get
adequate amounts of sleep."
2. The following appeared in a business magazine.
"As a result of numerous consumer complaints of dizziness and nausea, Promofoods requested that eight million cans of tuna be
returned for testing last year. Promofoods concluded that the cans did not, after all, contain chemicals that posed a health
risk. This conclusion is based on the fact that the chemists from Promofoods tested samples of the recalled cans and found
that, of the eight chemicals most commonly blamed for causing symptoms of dizziness and nausea, five were not found in any of
the tested cans. The chemists did find that the three remaining suspected chemicals are naturally found in all other kinds of
canned foods."
3. The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle
strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of
patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics
regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected.
Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the
patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all
patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
4. From a letter to the editor of a city newspaper.
"Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only
about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore,
many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine
instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term 'butter' to refer to
either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this
cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."
5. The following appeared in a memo from the owner of Green Thumb Gardening Center, a small business serving a suburban town.
"There is evidence that consumers are becoming more and more interested in growing their own vegetables. A national survey
conducted last month indicated that many consumers were dissatisfied with the quality of fresh vegetables available in
supermarkets. And locally, the gardening magazine GreatGardens has sold out at the Village News stand three months in a row.
Thus, we at Green Thumb Gardening Center can increase our profits by greatly expanding the variety of vegetable seeds we
stock for gardeners this coming spring."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 24th)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Proofread
2.Verbosity
3.Meander
4.Unflappable
5.Infuriate
6.Deplore
7.Exacerbate
8.Bore
9.Adamant
10.Insipid
11.Reinforce
12.Irrelevant
13.Deplore
14.Immaterial
15.Dispatch
16.Vivify
ANALOGIES:
1.Lampshade: lamp
2.Face: mask
3.Apron: clothing
4.Rock: hill
5.Cow: herd
6.Soil: mud
7.Irrelevant: pertain
8.Glacial :slow
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 23rd)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Insipid
2. Alacrity
3.Buttress
4.Deplore
5.Qurush
6.Repudiate
7.Complaisance
RECENT ANALOGIES:
1.Collude: cooperate
2.Wary: cautious
3.Pacify: infuriate
4.Heart: organ
5.Irrelevant: pertain
6.Choreograph: movement
7.Melodious: hear
8.Deplore: vile
9.Proofread: document
10.Isthmus: island
11.Impervious: penetrate
12.Glacial: slow
13.Duck: drake
14.Exponent: advocate
15.Recess: halt
16.Harangue: mollify
17.Mulish: pervasive
18.He: she
19.Rock: hill
20. Cow: herd
21.Collaborate: cooperate
22. Soil: mud
23. Inane: significance
24. Lubricant: friction
25. Din: ear
26. Porous: liquid
27. Transparency: light
28. Figure: statue
29. Impeachable: blame
30. Arboreal: trees
31. Friction: oil
32.Gratuitous: justification
33.Comprehensive: dire
RECENT ISSUE TOPICS:
1. Study of history is not important unless it’s relevant to daily lives
2. Only through mistakes, progress or discovery is achieved
3. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and
thoughtful communication
4. A school or college should pay its teachers at the same rate in all disciplines, regardless of differences in salaries for
related fields in the world outside of school. For example, entry-level teachers in mathematics and in the arts should
receive the same pay, even if outside of school, math specialists earn a much higher salary on average than do specialists in
the arts
5. To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards
6. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and
thoughtful communication
7. Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances,
times, and places
8. When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider
is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?
9. Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 22nd)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Encomium
2.Stealing
3.Embezzling
4.Adamant
5.Demoralized
6.Ignominy
7.Proscribe
8.Natatorium
9.Procrastinate
10.Imbue
11.Vapid
ANALOGIES:
1.Brake: speed
2.Impervious: penetrate
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.The money spent on research is a good investment… even though the results of research are controversial
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.There is evidence that consumers of US have started growing vegetables in their own houses. The recent survey shows that
the US consumers are very dissatisfied with the freshness of the vegetables that they buy in supermarkets. Another survey
shows that during the last three months all the copies of a magazine named GARDEN something (XXX) is sold. So a company
selling seeds decides to increase their profit by increasing the production of seeds of vegetables.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 21st)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Alacrity
2.Insipid
3. Excavate
4. Deplore
5. Boorish
6. Banquet
7.Absorb
8. Accolade
9. Polemical
10.Emulate
11. Reinforce
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Are the researches made in various groups like teaching, science etc are useful to all"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.A restaurant was supplying margarine instead of butter…. only a 2% of people complained about their whole fleet of
restaurants and the rest 98% kept quite and more over the waiters say that customers could not differentiate between the
butter and margarine"
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 18th)
Today’s Words:
1.Gullible
2.Upbraid
3.Procrastinate
4.Befriend
5.Garrulous
6.Zest
7.Exude
8.Limpid
9.Penurious
10. Paralyze
11.Fretwork
ANALOGIES:
1.Collude: cooperate
2.Wary: cautious
3.Pacify: infuriate
4.Duck: Drake
5.Gratuitous: justification
6.Comprehensive: dire
7.Lubricant: friction
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 17th)
Today’s Words:
1.Vivify
2.Sequester
3.Intimidate
4.Esteem
5.Ineluctable
6.Temerity
7.Pugnacious
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 15th)
Today’s Words:
1.Reconstitute
2.Slipshod
3.Meticulous
4.Immaterial
5. Crux
6. Proscribe
7. Fault
8. Din
9. Lubricant
10. Bach
11. Voluptuous
12. Tacit
13. Garrulous
14. Austere
15.Ostracize
16.Perfidy
ANALOGIES:
1.Din: ear
2.Porous: liquid
3.Transparency: light
4.Figure: statue
5.Impeachable: blame
6.Arboreal: trees
7.Friction: oil
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 14th)
WORDS:
1.Knack
2.Mulley
3.Archaic
4.Touchy
5.Impalpable
6.Trespass
7.Obtrude
8.Duly
ISSUE TOPIC:
1."Students should question about what they are studying instead of accepting, they should show some skepticism"
2."The character of the leaders of the society can be determined by the character of men and women of the society who chose
them"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle
strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of
patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics
regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected.
Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the
patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all
patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 11th)
WORDS:
1.Touchy
2.Annual
3.Iconoclast
4.Irrelevant
5.Obdurate
6.Laconia
7.Quislings
8.Trespass
9.Buttress
10. Alienate
11.Archaic
12.Desperate
13.Belie
14.Boorish
15.Exacerbate
16.Zealot
ANALOGIES:
1.He: she
2.Soil: mud
3.Lubricant: friction
4.Inane: Significance
5.Collaborate: cooperate
6.Cow :herd
7.Rock: hill
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 10th)
WORDS:
1.Glacial
2.Crux
3.Alienate
4.Fault
5.Ostracize
6.Proscribe
ANALOGIES:
1.Transparency: Light
2.Din: ear
3.Lubricant: friction
4.Figure: statue
5.Soil: mud
6.Porous: liquid
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. To become an effective leader, a public official must have high ethical values.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 9th)
WORDS:
1.Touchy
2.Bach
3. Mulish
4. Pervasive
5. Duly
ANALOGIES:
1.Arboreal: trees
2.Friction: oil
3.Impeachable: blame
4.Mulish: pervasive
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1. The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Alta Manufacturing.
"During the past year, Alta Manufacturing had thirty percent more on-the-job accidents than nearby Panoply Industries, where
the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts believe that a significant contributing factor in many on-the-job
accidents is fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Alta and
thereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shifts by one hour so that our employees will get
adequate amounts of sleep."
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 8th)
WORDS:
1.Reward
2.Scold
3.Voluptuous
4.Tacit
5.Garrulous
6.Ineluctable
7.Austere
8.Duly
9.Archaism
ANALOGIES:
1.Ballad: song
ISSUE TOPIC:
1."Laws in our society should be fixed and they should consider time, place, circumstances"
2.The modern media such as television and email are tending to prevent thoughtful and meaningful communication.
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1."Some people complained dizziness because of the chemicals present in food. 8 million cans will be tested and proved that
those tested cans don’t contain 5 chemicals (initially it will be given that only 8 chemicals will be responsible for
disorder). They also say that the remaining 3 chemicals will be present in all the cans."
2.It’s about the accidents in a company.......... and about deciding to reduce the work hour of the day so that it causes
less fatigue and will lead to fewer accident.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 7th)
WORDS:
1.Excavate
2.Befriend
3.Receptive
4.Calculated
5.Homogeneous
6. Upbraid
7. Disinclined
8.Deplore
9.Vile
10. Proofread
11. Isthmus
12. Impervious
13. Ascetic,
14. Homogeneous
15. Gratuitous
16. Intangible
17. Receptive
18.Quibble
19.Rebuff
ANALOGIES:
1.Mulish: Pervasive
2.Harangue: mollify
3.Melodious: hear
4.Heart: organ
5.Irrelevant: pertain
ISSUE TOPIC:
1. Teacher’s salary depends on student’s academic study.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 4th)
WORDS:
1.Imbue
2.Crouch
3.Venerate
4.Trite
5.Chicanery
6.Palpable
7.Caustic
8.Befriend
9.Matter-of- fact
10. Boastful
11. Intangible
12. Observable
13.Ineluctable
14. Procrastinate
15.Vile
16.Gratuitous
17.Perceptive
18.Receptive
19.Pervasive
20.Calculated
21.Alienate
22.Inaccurate
23.Homogeneous
ANALOGIES:
1.Aphoristic: succinct
2.Glacial :slow
3.Impervious: penetrate
4.Isthmus: island
5.Wedding: marriage
6.Melodious: hear
7.Heart :organ
8.Choreograph: movement
9.Irrelevant: pertain
10. Proofread: document
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 3rd)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Befriend
2.Upbraid
3.Disinclined
4.Buttress
5.Sturdy
6.Pragmatic
7.Teem
8.Ignominy
9.Gaunt
10. Puckish
11. Dilettante
12. Abate
13. Gullible
14. Lethargic
15. Vitriol
16. Devious
17. Munificent
ANALOGIES:
1.Cameo :sculpture
2.Deplore: vile
3.Duck: Drake
4.Recess: halt
5.Exponent: advocate
Issue Topic:
1. Study of history is not important unless it’s relevant to daily lives
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 1st)
WORDS:
1. Ignominy
2. Teem
3. Abate
4. Maverick
5. Accolade
6. Gully
7. Surreptitious
8. Absorb
9. Transient
10. Gainsay
11. Buttress
ANALOGIES:
1. Novelist: book
2. Harangue: mollify
Issue topic:
1. Only through mistakes, progress or discovery is achieved.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
DECEMBER WORDS
arguments
1. The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
“Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee — a small price to pay when you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course.”
2. The following is a recommendation from the business manager of Monarch Books.
“Monarch Books should open a cafe in its store to attract more customers and better compete with Regal Books, which recently opened a cafe. Monarch, which has been in business at the same location for more than twenty years, has a large customer following because it is known for its wide selection of books on all subjects. Opening the cafe would clearly attract more customers. The cafe would require relatively little space. Space could be made for the cafe by discontinuing the children’s book section, which will likely become less popular given that the last national census indicated a significant decline in the percent of the population who are under age ten.”
3. Statistics collected from dentists indicate that three times more men than women faint while visiting the dentist. This evidence suggests that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done than women are. Thus, dentists who advertise to attract patients should target the male consumer and emphasize both the effectiveness of their anesthetic techniques and the sensitivity of their staff to nervous or suffering patients
4. The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
1. Dauntless - Incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless; having or showing courage; bold, courageous
2. Vapid - Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull; lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat; uninteresting
3. Cameo - To make into or like a gem or shell carved in relief; to portray in sharp, delicate relief, as in a literary composition
4. Herculean - Of extraordinary size and power; displaying superhuman strength or power
5. Trifling - Of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle; insignificant, worthless; contemptibly unimportant; the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
6. Observable - Possible to observe; deserving or worthy of note; noteworthy; apparent; readily seen, perceived, or understood
7. Polemical - Polemic; controversial; disputatious; given to arguing; of or involving dispute or controversy
8. Bromide - A tiresome person; a bore; a commonplace remark or notion; a platitude; a binary compound of bromine with another element, such as silver; sedative; trite expression or idea
9. Hackneyed - Over familiar through overuse; trite
10. Gratuitous - Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free
11. Wedding - Marriage rite
12. Ladle - a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
13. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
14. Malice - A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite; the intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another; hate, vengefulness; state of mind that disregards the law and legal rights of others but that does not necessarily involve personal hate or ill will
15. Teetotaler - One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages; a total abstainer; practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors
16. Aggrandize - To increase the scope of; extend; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation; cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
17. Banquet - An elaborate, sumptuous repast; ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion; honor at or partake of a banquet; large meal elaborately prepared or served; dinner
18. Dire - Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous; urgent; desperate; terrible, ominous; urgent; crucial
19. Comprehensive - So large in scope or content as to include much; full; including everything; inclusive; covering a wide scope
20. Oaf - A person regarded as stupid or clumsy; large, ungainly, and dull-witted person; person who is clumsy, stupid; awkward person
21. Complaisance - Agreeableness; disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
22. Veto - To forbid or prohibit authoritatively; refusal of permission
23. Maverick - An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it; one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter; being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence; radical
24. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval
25. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
26. Surreptitious - Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means; sneaky, secret; trickily secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
27. Schism - A separation or division into factions; disunion; discord; state of disagreement and disharmony; condition of being divided, as in opinion; interruption in friendly relations
28. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
29. Volatile - Following no predictable pattern; explosive, changeable; having a tendency to evaporate rapidly; flying or capable of flying; ephemeral; fleeting; inconstant; fickle; lighthearted; flighty
30. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous,
or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
31. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; ause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
32. Candid - Free from prejudice; impartial; characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward; unposed informal photograph; not posed or rehearsed; manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech; honest
33. Belie - To give a false representation to; misrepresent; to show to be false; contradict; deceive
34. Accrue - Accumulate or increase; increasing by addition of growth, often financial
35. Bliss - Extreme happiness; ecstasy; ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy; condition of supreme well-being and good spirits; be in a state of great happiness or joy
36. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together
37. Repudiate - To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject; turn one’s back on; disown
38. Gainsay - To declare false; deny; to oppose, especially by contradiction; refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of
39. Ungainly - Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy; Difficult to move or use; unwieldy; awkward; lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
40. Falter - To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence; waver; speak hesitatingly; stammer; to operate or perform unsteadily or with a loss of effectiveness; stumble, stutter; to move in a shaky or unsteady way
41. Alluring - Tending to seduce; charming; tempting; highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; enticing
42. Bestow - To present as a gift or honor; give, allot; to store or house; to provide with often temporary lodging; give formally or officially
43. Couch - A sofa; convey in language or words of a particular form; ie down; recline, as for rest; lie in ambush or concealment; lurk; be in a heap or pile, as leaves for decomposition or fermentation; to word in a certain manner; phrase; to embroider by laying thread flat on a surface and fastening it by stitches at regular intervals; lower (a spear, for example) to horizontal position, as for an attack; frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting; priming coat of paint or varnish used in artistic painting; a layer of grain, usually barley, spread to germinate
44. Esteem - To regard with respect; prize; favorable regard; think highly of; have a high opinion of; recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of; feeling of deference, approval, and liking
45. Venerate - To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference
46. Din - A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds; stun with deafening noise; instill by wearying repetition; sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable; uproar
47. Temerity - Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness; nerve, audacity; rash or presumptuous daring
48. Probity - Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; quality or state of being morally sound; fairness, honesty; virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
49. Pervasive - Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate; spreading throughout; extending; suffusing
50. Ineluctable - Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable; certain; impossible to avoid or evade
51. Fraught - Filled with a specified element or elements; charged; marked by or causing distress; emotional; freight; cargo; marked by distress; filled with or attended with
52. Placidity - The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity; a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling; a disposition free from stress or emotion
53. Mishap - Bad luck; an unfortunate accident; unexpected and usually undesirable event; an instance of misfortune; unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
54. Happenstance - An unexpected random event
55. Intermittent - Stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water; irregular, sporadic; happening or appearing now and then
56. Agility - The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness; deftness (physical or mental)
57. Visa - An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region; to endorse or ratify (a passport)
58. Pithy - Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief; consisting of or resembling pith
59. Procrastinate - To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; postpone or delay needlessly; delay, put off doing
60. Imbue - To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade; to permeate or saturate; to stain or dye deeply; to cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone; infuse, saturate
61. Playbill - A poster announcing a theatrical performance; a theatrical program
62. Conformist - A person who uncritically or habitually conforms to the customs, rules, or styles of a group; marked by conformity or convention; conventionalist, traditionalist
63. Voluble - Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent; turning easily on an axis; rotating; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech
64. Mulish - Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
65. Opine - To state as an opinion; speak one’s opinion without fear or hesitation; expect, believe, or suppose
66. Pundit - A source of opinion; a critic; learned person; usually elderly person noted for wisdom, knowledge, and judgment; person who is authority
67. Equivocation - Intentionally vague or ambiguous; falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth; expression or term liable to more than one interpretation; use or an instance of equivocal language
68. Go-getter - An enterprising person; someone whose career progresses rapidly; intensely energetic, enthusiastic person
December Words2
1. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor
2. Formulaic - Characterized by or in accordance with some formula; being of no special quality or type; average
3. Inclined - Sloping, slanting, or leaning; having a preference, disposition, or tendency; having a preference, disposition, or tendency; at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; having made preparations; used especially of the head or upper back
4. Paralyze - To deprive of the power to move or feel in a part of the body; make powerless and unable to function; cause to be paralyzed and immobile; impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless
5. Addle - To muddle; confuse; to become confused; to become rotten, as an egg; to cause to be unclear in mind or intent; mix up or confuse
6. Encipher - To put (a message, for example) into cipher; convert plain text into unintelligible form by means of a cipher system
7. Emulate - To take as a model or make conform to a model; to strive against (others) for victory; to imitate with intent to learn; strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation; compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with; ambitious; emulous
8. Saunter - To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll; leisurely pace; leisurely walk or stroll; stroll; walk in a confident manner; act of walking, especially for pleasure
9. Succor - Assistance in time of distress; relief; one that affords assistance or relief; to give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress; give support or assistance
10. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal
11. Abate - To lessen; to subside; in metalwork, to cut away or beat down so as to show a pattern or figure in low relief
12. Peremptory - Urgent; imperative; overbearing, authoritative; tending to dictate; offensively self-assured; dictatorial; having the nature of or expressing a command; urgent; not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative; putting an end to all debate or action
13. Timorous - Full of apprehensiveness; timid; easily frightened
14. Formulate - To convey in language or words of a particular form; form a strategy for; to use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving; prepare according to a specified formula; devise or invent; express in systematic terms or concepts; state as or reduce to a formula
15. Disparate - Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar; containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements; at odds, different; not like another in nature, quality, amount, or form; including markedly dissimilar elements; fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
16. Tantalizing - Enticingly in sight, yet often out of reach; arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; very pleasantly inviting
17. Vile - Very evil; unpleasant; so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean; extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings; having or proceeding from low moral standards; offensive, horrible; loathsome; disgusting
18. Vex - To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; distress, bother; disturb or annoy; to cause perplexity in; puzzle; to debate or discuss (a question, for example) at length; to toss about or shake up
19. Dauntless - Incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless; having or showing courage; bold, courageous
20. Vapid - Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull; lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat; uninteresting
21. Cameo - To make into or like a gem or shell carved in relief; to portray in sharp, delicate relief, as in a literary composition
22. Herculean - Of extraordinary size and power; displaying superhuman strength or power
23. Trifling - Of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle; insignificant, worthless; contemptibly unimportant; the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
24. Observable - Possible to observe; deserving or worthy of note; noteworthy; apparent; readily seen, perceived, or understood
25. Polemical - Polemic; controversial; disputatious; given to arguing; of or involving dispute or controversy
26. Bromide - A tiresome person; a bore; a commonplace remark or notion; a platitude; a binary compound of bromine with another element, such as silver; sedative; trite expression or idea
27. Hackneyed - Over familiar through overuse; trite
28. Gratuitous - Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free
29. Wedding - Marriage rite
30. Ladle - a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
31. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
32. Malice - A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite; the intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another; hate, vengefulness; state of mind that disregards the law and legal rights of others but that does not necessarily involve personal hate or ill will
33. Teetotaler - One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages; a total abstainer; practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors
34. Aggrandize - To increase the scope of; extend; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation; cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
35. Banquet - An elaborate, sumptuous repast; ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion; honor at or partake of a banquet; large meal elaborately prepared or served; dinner
36. Dire - Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous; urgent; desperate; terrible, ominous; urgent; crucial
37. Comprehensive - So large in scope or content as to include much; full; including everything; inclusive; covering a wide scope
38. Oaf - A person regarded as stupid or clumsy; large, ungainly, and dull-witted person; person who is clumsy, stupid; awkward person
39. Complaisance - Agreeableness; disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
40. Veto - To forbid or prohibit authoritatively; refusal of permission
41. Maverick - An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it; one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter; being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence; radical
42. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval
43. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
44. Surreptitious - Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means; sneaky, secret; trickily secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
45. Schism - A separation or division into factions; disunion; discord; state of disagreement and disharmony; condition of being divided, as in opinion; interruption in friendly relations
46. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
47. Volatile - Following no predictable pattern; explosive, changeable; having a tendency to evaporate rapidly; flying or capable of flying; ephemeral; fleeting; inconstant; fickle; lighthearted; flighty
48. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
49. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; ause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
50. Candid - Free from prejudice; impartial; characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward; unposed informal photograph; not posed or rehearsed; manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech; honest
51. Belie - To give a false representation to; misrepresent; to show to be false; contradict; deceive
52. Accrue - Accumulate or increase; increasing by addition of growth, often financial
53. Bliss - Extreme happiness; ecstasy; ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy; condition of supreme well-being and good spirits; be in a state of great happiness or joy
Analogies December
1. fir:tree
2. truculent:light
3. insipid:bore
4. dank:moisture
5. insect:aphid
6. wary:gulled
7. ruler:length
8. peep:sound
9. degree:centigrade
10. hardness:mass
11. pinch:quantity
12. saunter:walk
13. cameo:sculpture
1. fir:tree
2. truculent:light
3. insipid:bore
4. dank:moisture
5. insect:aphid
6. wary:gulled
7. ruler:length
8. peep:sound
9. degree:centigrade
10. hardness:mass
11. pinch:quantity
12. saunter:walk
13. cameo:sculpture
14. herculean:trifling
15. marriage:wedding
16. gratuitous:justification
17. bromide:hackneyed
18. soup:ladle
19. banquet:meal
20. comprehensive:dire
21. gully:erosion
22. candy:sugar
23. unstable:volatile
24. harangue:mollify
25. appointment:official
1. The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
“Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee — a small price to pay when you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course.”
2. The following is a recommendation from the business manager of Monarch Books.
“Monarch Books should open a cafe in its store to attract more customers and better compete with Regal Books, which recently opened a cafe. Monarch, which has been in business at the same location for more than twenty years, has a large customer following because it is known for its wide selection of books on all subjects. Opening the cafe would clearly attract more customers. The cafe would require relatively little space. Space could be made for the cafe by discontinuing the children’s book section, which will likely become less popular given that the last national census indicated a significant decline in the percent of the population who are under age ten.”
3. Statistics collected from dentists indicate that three times more men than women faint while visiting the dentist. This evidence suggests that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done than women are. Thus, dentists who advertise to attract patients should target the male consumer and emphasize both the effectiveness of their anesthetic techniques and the sensitivity of their staff to nervous or suffering patients
4. The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
1. Dauntless - Incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless; having or showing courage; bold, courageous
2. Vapid - Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull; lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat; uninteresting
3. Cameo - To make into or like a gem or shell carved in relief; to portray in sharp, delicate relief, as in a literary composition
4. Herculean - Of extraordinary size and power; displaying superhuman strength or power
5. Trifling - Of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle; insignificant, worthless; contemptibly unimportant; the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
6. Observable - Possible to observe; deserving or worthy of note; noteworthy; apparent; readily seen, perceived, or understood
7. Polemical - Polemic; controversial; disputatious; given to arguing; of or involving dispute or controversy
8. Bromide - A tiresome person; a bore; a commonplace remark or notion; a platitude; a binary compound of bromine with another element, such as silver; sedative; trite expression or idea
9. Hackneyed - Over familiar through overuse; trite
10. Gratuitous - Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free
11. Wedding - Marriage rite
12. Ladle - a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
13. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
14. Malice - A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite; the intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another; hate, vengefulness; state of mind that disregards the law and legal rights of others but that does not necessarily involve personal hate or ill will
15. Teetotaler - One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages; a total abstainer; practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors
16. Aggrandize - To increase the scope of; extend; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation; cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
17. Banquet - An elaborate, sumptuous repast; ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion; honor at or partake of a banquet; large meal elaborately prepared or served; dinner
18. Dire - Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous; urgent; desperate; terrible, ominous; urgent; crucial
19. Comprehensive - So large in scope or content as to include much; full; including everything; inclusive; covering a wide scope
20. Oaf - A person regarded as stupid or clumsy; large, ungainly, and dull-witted person; person who is clumsy, stupid; awkward person
21. Complaisance - Agreeableness; disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
22. Veto - To forbid or prohibit authoritatively; refusal of permission
23. Maverick - An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it; one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter; being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence; radical
24. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval
25. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
26. Surreptitious - Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means; sneaky, secret; trickily secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
27. Schism - A separation or division into factions; disunion; discord; state of disagreement and disharmony; condition of being divided, as in opinion; interruption in friendly relations
28. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
29. Volatile - Following no predictable pattern; explosive, changeable; having a tendency to evaporate rapidly; flying or capable of flying; ephemeral; fleeting; inconstant; fickle; lighthearted; flighty
30. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous,
or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
31. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; ause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
32. Candid - Free from prejudice; impartial; characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward; unposed informal photograph; not posed or rehearsed; manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech; honest
33. Belie - To give a false representation to; misrepresent; to show to be false; contradict; deceive
34. Accrue - Accumulate or increase; increasing by addition of growth, often financial
35. Bliss - Extreme happiness; ecstasy; ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy; condition of supreme well-being and good spirits; be in a state of great happiness or joy
36. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together
37. Repudiate - To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject; turn one’s back on; disown
38. Gainsay - To declare false; deny; to oppose, especially by contradiction; refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of
39. Ungainly - Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy; Difficult to move or use; unwieldy; awkward; lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
40. Falter - To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence; waver; speak hesitatingly; stammer; to operate or perform unsteadily or with a loss of effectiveness; stumble, stutter; to move in a shaky or unsteady way
41. Alluring - Tending to seduce; charming; tempting; highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; enticing
42. Bestow - To present as a gift or honor; give, allot; to store or house; to provide with often temporary lodging; give formally or officially
43. Couch - A sofa; convey in language or words of a particular form; ie down; recline, as for rest; lie in ambush or concealment; lurk; be in a heap or pile, as leaves for decomposition or fermentation; to word in a certain manner; phrase; to embroider by laying thread flat on a surface and fastening it by stitches at regular intervals; lower (a spear, for example) to horizontal position, as for an attack; frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting; priming coat of paint or varnish used in artistic painting; a layer of grain, usually barley, spread to germinate
44. Esteem - To regard with respect; prize; favorable regard; think highly of; have a high opinion of; recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of; feeling of deference, approval, and liking
45. Venerate - To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference
46. Din - A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds; stun with deafening noise; instill by wearying repetition; sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable; uproar
47. Temerity - Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness; nerve, audacity; rash or presumptuous daring
48. Probity - Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; quality or state of being morally sound; fairness, honesty; virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
49. Pervasive - Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate; spreading throughout; extending; suffusing
50. Ineluctable - Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable; certain; impossible to avoid or evade
51. Fraught - Filled with a specified element or elements; charged; marked by or causing distress; emotional; freight; cargo; marked by distress; filled with or attended with
52. Placidity - The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity; a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling; a disposition free from stress or emotion
53. Mishap - Bad luck; an unfortunate accident; unexpected and usually undesirable event; an instance of misfortune; unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
54. Happenstance - An unexpected random event
55. Intermittent - Stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water; irregular, sporadic; happening or appearing now and then
56. Agility - The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness; deftness (physical or mental)
57. Visa - An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region; to endorse or ratify (a passport)
58. Pithy - Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief; consisting of or resembling pith
59. Procrastinate - To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; postpone or delay needlessly; delay, put off doing
60. Imbue - To inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade; to permeate or saturate; to stain or dye deeply; to cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone; infuse, saturate
61. Playbill - A poster announcing a theatrical performance; a theatrical program
62. Conformist - A person who uncritically or habitually conforms to the customs, rules, or styles of a group; marked by conformity or convention; conventionalist, traditionalist
63. Voluble - Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent; turning easily on an axis; rotating; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech
64. Mulish - Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
65. Opine - To state as an opinion; speak one’s opinion without fear or hesitation; expect, believe, or suppose
66. Pundit - A source of opinion; a critic; learned person; usually elderly person noted for wisdom, knowledge, and judgment; person who is authority
67. Equivocation - Intentionally vague or ambiguous; falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth; expression or term liable to more than one interpretation; use or an instance of equivocal language
68. Go-getter - An enterprising person; someone whose career progresses rapidly; intensely energetic, enthusiastic person
December Words2
1. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor
2. Formulaic - Characterized by or in accordance with some formula; being of no special quality or type; average
3. Inclined - Sloping, slanting, or leaning; having a preference, disposition, or tendency; having a preference, disposition, or tendency; at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; having made preparations; used especially of the head or upper back
4. Paralyze - To deprive of the power to move or feel in a part of the body; make powerless and unable to function; cause to be paralyzed and immobile; impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless
5. Addle - To muddle; confuse; to become confused; to become rotten, as an egg; to cause to be unclear in mind or intent; mix up or confuse
6. Encipher - To put (a message, for example) into cipher; convert plain text into unintelligible form by means of a cipher system
7. Emulate - To take as a model or make conform to a model; to strive against (others) for victory; to imitate with intent to learn; strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation; compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with; ambitious; emulous
8. Saunter - To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll; leisurely pace; leisurely walk or stroll; stroll; walk in a confident manner; act of walking, especially for pleasure
9. Succor - Assistance in time of distress; relief; one that affords assistance or relief; to give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress; give support or assistance
10. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal
11. Abate - To lessen; to subside; in metalwork, to cut away or beat down so as to show a pattern or figure in low relief
12. Peremptory - Urgent; imperative; overbearing, authoritative; tending to dictate; offensively self-assured; dictatorial; having the nature of or expressing a command; urgent; not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative; putting an end to all debate or action
13. Timorous - Full of apprehensiveness; timid; easily frightened
14. Formulate - To convey in language or words of a particular form; form a strategy for; to use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving; prepare according to a specified formula; devise or invent; express in systematic terms or concepts; state as or reduce to a formula
15. Disparate - Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar; containing or composed of dissimilar or opposing elements; at odds, different; not like another in nature, quality, amount, or form; including markedly dissimilar elements; fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
16. Tantalizing - Enticingly in sight, yet often out of reach; arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; very pleasantly inviting
17. Vile - Very evil; unpleasant; so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean; extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings; having or proceeding from low moral standards; offensive, horrible; loathsome; disgusting
18. Vex - To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; distress, bother; disturb or annoy; to cause perplexity in; puzzle; to debate or discuss (a question, for example) at length; to toss about or shake up
19. Dauntless - Incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless; having or showing courage; bold, courageous
20. Vapid - Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull; lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat; uninteresting
21. Cameo - To make into or like a gem or shell carved in relief; to portray in sharp, delicate relief, as in a literary composition
22. Herculean - Of extraordinary size and power; displaying superhuman strength or power
23. Trifling - Of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle; insignificant, worthless; contemptibly unimportant; the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working
24. Observable - Possible to observe; deserving or worthy of note; noteworthy; apparent; readily seen, perceived, or understood
25. Polemical - Polemic; controversial; disputatious; given to arguing; of or involving dispute or controversy
26. Bromide - A tiresome person; a bore; a commonplace remark or notion; a platitude; a binary compound of bromine with another element, such as silver; sedative; trite expression or idea
27. Hackneyed - Over familiar through overuse; trite
28. Gratuitous - Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free
29. Wedding - Marriage rite
30. Ladle - a long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving soup, stew etc
31. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
32. Malice - A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite; the intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another; hate, vengefulness; state of mind that disregards the law and legal rights of others but that does not necessarily involve personal hate or ill will
33. Teetotaler - One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages; a total abstainer; practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors
34. Aggrandize - To increase the scope of; extend; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation; cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
35. Banquet - An elaborate, sumptuous repast; ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion; honor at or partake of a banquet; large meal elaborately prepared or served; dinner
36. Dire - Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous; urgent; desperate; terrible, ominous; urgent; crucial
37. Comprehensive - So large in scope or content as to include much; full; including everything; inclusive; covering a wide scope
38. Oaf - A person regarded as stupid or clumsy; large, ungainly, and dull-witted person; person who is clumsy, stupid; awkward person
39. Complaisance - Agreeableness; disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
40. Veto - To forbid or prohibit authoritatively; refusal of permission
41. Maverick - An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it; one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter; being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence; radical
42. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval
43. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
44. Surreptitious - Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means; sneaky, secret; trickily secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
45. Schism - A separation or division into factions; disunion; discord; state of disagreement and disharmony; condition of being divided, as in opinion; interruption in friendly relations
46. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
47. Volatile - Following no predictable pattern; explosive, changeable; having a tendency to evaporate rapidly; flying or capable of flying; ephemeral; fleeting; inconstant; fickle; lighthearted; flighty
48. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
49. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; ause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
50. Candid - Free from prejudice; impartial; characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward; unposed informal photograph; not posed or rehearsed; manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech; honest
51. Belie - To give a false representation to; misrepresent; to show to be false; contradict; deceive
52. Accrue - Accumulate or increase; increasing by addition of growth, often financial
53. Bliss - Extreme happiness; ecstasy; ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy; condition of supreme well-being and good spirits; be in a state of great happiness or joy
Analogies December
1. fir:tree
2. truculent:light
3. insipid:bore
4. dank:moisture
5. insect:aphid
6. wary:gulled
7. ruler:length
8. peep:sound
9. degree:centigrade
10. hardness:mass
11. pinch:quantity
12. saunter:walk
13. cameo:sculpture
1. fir:tree
2. truculent:light
3. insipid:bore
4. dank:moisture
5. insect:aphid
6. wary:gulled
7. ruler:length
8. peep:sound
9. degree:centigrade
10. hardness:mass
11. pinch:quantity
12. saunter:walk
13. cameo:sculpture
14. herculean:trifling
15. marriage:wedding
16. gratuitous:justification
17. bromide:hackneyed
18. soup:ladle
19. banquet:meal
20. comprehensive:dire
21. gully:erosion
22. candy:sugar
23. unstable:volatile
24. harangue:mollify
25. appointment:official
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