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Alacrity |
Eager willingness to do something.(imagine your first week at office) |
Ala-crity: crity rhymes with creativity, creativity people are eager to do different things. A- la -carte: menu+ restaurant+ eager to get food. |
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Prosaic |
Dull and lacking imagination, eg:prosaic essay is dull and uninteresting to read. |
Mosaic: beautiful work , prosaic: opposite of that , dull. Pros(prose):facts,dull and devoid of imagination. |
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Veracity |
Truthful |
You should have the audacity to express veracity |
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Paucity |
Lack of something |
Paucity of IT jobs in India. Paucity of MIS jobs. Paucity -scarcity |
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Maintain |
To assert |
Maintain innocence |
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Contrite |
To be remorseful |
Cont(count)+ rite(right):Count the right cash, else you will be regretful. |
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Laconic |
Someone who says very few words. |
I always have laconic conversations. Opposite of talkative. Her mother is laconic whereas her granny is talkative. |
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Pugnacious |
Aggressively argue, like a pug that yaps anything near it. |
Verbally combative. Pug rhymes with thug. Punga |
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Disparate |
Fundamentally different |
Verbal and Quant |
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Egregious |
Standing out of flock in a good way |
If I get a good GRE score, I will be egregious |
