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Juncture

sounds very similar to PUNCTURE...well if your tyre gets punctured when you have an important meeting, you find your self IN a HUGE CRISIS.



S- diverge, critical point, meeting point

Construe

Opposite of misconstrue;



translate / interpret

tractable

easily control, managed & docile, easily shaped & molded



S- malleable, pliable, mutable;

Prospective

of or concerned with or related to the future, potential

Prejudiced

Baised, partial;

Predilection

pre(before)+dialect(local language); you generally become partial when you are taking an interview and you meet someone who speaks your language ( :) assume the interview is in the US)



s - partial, fondness, liking

Adumberate

A+DUMB+REPRESENTATION=ADUMBRATION...imagine a dumb is giving you a representation...how will he do it???....represent in outline,indicate faintly...;

roughly sketches;

Bogus

fraudulent; having a misleading appearance



Bug gone to client now the code is fake;`

Spurious

s-PURE+ious...pure means true...spurious means the opposite of it..which is FALSE,CONTERFEIT



Alleviate

ALL (all)+ EVI (evil)+ ATE (has been eaten up) so hence you are relieved of the pain and you feel relief



Allevator made our life easier, less painfull


S - easier, assuage, palliate

Listless
lacking energy or enthusiasm;

I lost my list of universities to apply so now I am lacking spirit hence I am listless;

s - languid, apathetic, unenergetic;

Loafing

a

vENERABLE

a

Pertinent

a

Akin

a

Patent

a

Deearth

a

Divagate

a

Stinting

a

Turbid

a

vindicate

vin( win) the( di ) cate ( case) when ypu win the case tou are free from accused blame and charges...
egregious
means aggressive. aggressive people r shockingly bad;
venerate
vanar hanuman ji v respect him;
impertinent
improper -tenant r always rude , harsh, disdainful;
vociferous
voice + furious = furious voice ; loudly
vehement
showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

ve he men - he men who is forcefull, passionate to save the world;

s - vociferous, passionate, ardent, zealous
gossamer
in school I have a friend sameer who is so delicate, lightful never say anything to anyone;

S - thin, delicate, silky;
dogmatic
highly opinionated, not accepting that your belief may not be correct

read it in reverse - I am god - who say I am god is arrogant and stuborn;

s - opinionated, peremptory, assertive;
peremptory
a
predilection
PRE(before)ELECTIONS political leaders show PARTIALITY towards the people

s - liking, partiality, baised;
assertive
confident, forcefull personality;
conspicuous
can s d picture; can see the clear picture of the situation; completely obvious;
deferential
Respect ;
Since deferential equations are difficult to solve, people stupid at math do not attempt them because they respect their difficulty....and probably have a life....;

s - deference, regardful
Superfluous
divide it as super+flow.. when there is large(super) flow of water, it becomes EXCESSIVE / OVERABUNDANCE of water..;

extra, more than required/ desirable;
culpable
culp( culprit)...so a culprit is always DESERVING OF BLAME FROM EVERYONE.

a state of guilt, blameable, deserves blame,
apathetic
apathetic: A Past Ethic(a moral principle)which are uninterested to today's generations;

not intrested, indifferent;
volubility
vol - volume, bility - ability; some1 has the ability to talk very easily and continuously;
juxtapose
just a pose ; just for the photo they are placed side by side for contrast;
magnanimous
magnificent person is always noble and generous in spirt especially towards rival;

ascetic

spartan, austere , practice self denial;

rudimentary

being in the earliest stages of development; being or involving basic facts or principles;

sedimentary=rudimentary.....sedimentary rock are used in the base or foundation of a building...hence rudimentary means basic or fundamental !!!!!!!

ephemeral

short amt of time;

sounds like e-funeral. Electric funeral is SHORT

subsume

contain or include

sub(sab) sume ( sum) - summing something means sum up means to include everything;

supplant

sub plant - substitute of plant, one has taken the place of other, replacing



S- supercede , supersede , supervene upon

vilify

Vilify (to defame someone) is the opposite of glorify (to praise someone highly).



s- rail , revile , vituperate

disaffected

discontented towards the authority



Dis+Affection



s- dissatisfied, disgruntled, discontented, malcontent, restless,

tantamount

being essentially equal to something



ta-n-ta; an equal amount of 'ta' on both sides of 'n'.



s- equivalent

staunch

firm and dependable especially in loyalty



So staunch like a stone.



s - steadfast

steadfast

Dependable, loyal;



steadfast~stood + first ; One who has always STOOD with you and is the FIRST one to help you is a LOYAL friend. Another meaning - Always STEADY so unswerving

Contrive


come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort



con(gather together)+trive(sounds like tribe); people in tribe gathered together to invent something

implacable
Sounds like IMPLEASABLE -- some one who cannot be pleased or appeased -- not pacifiable;

who can't be pleased / pacify; unpleasable, unappealing, unforgivable;
tortuous
tortoise coil ( kachuva chap is not straight , full of repeated turns and bends;