BARRONS WORD LIST 3. MNEMONICS ADDED BY VIGNESH. Courtesy: barrons GRE,www.mnemonicdictionary.com,oxford dictionary. 1.

amenities NOUN basic comforts that v need. mnemonics a-man-at-ease so please connect it like... amenities is something that makes a man feel at ease.. that is some basic comforts he needs

2.amiable ADJ very friendly,agreeable,easy to go with. mnemonics ah-me-able wow I feel that I am an able person coz im very friendly. 3.amicable ADJ on friendly terms with mnemonics a-mix(mic)-able mixable person.mixes very well with others. So is friendly with others root: 'amicus' means friends so also like amicus-able.. friend-able. Ex: Right now US ans Russia share a very amicable relationship 4. amiss ADJ wrong. Faulty.

mnemonics a-miss.. its a miss(not a hit).. its a failure. So its wrong. 5. amity NOUN friendship mnemonics mitwa means friend in hindi. A-mitwa a-mity-wa... a friend symbolises friendship 6. amnesia NOUN a state of forgetfulness mnemonics what if u go to somebody and say hi.. I am nesia( but u arent!! ).. who r u? Then u hav forgotten urself!! 7.amnesty pardon mnemonics: amnesty sounds like ah majesty! And thats how plead the king for pardon.. 8. amoral non-moral mnemonics: its very obvious. A-moral automatically means not moral. 9.amorous ADJ motivated in a sexual manner. mnemonics:

10.amorphous ADJ something which has no definite form or shape mnemonics: morphe means shape in greek. Thus morphous is shaped and a-morphous means not shaped.

11. Amphibian ADJ being able to live both on land and water mnemonics amphi is similar to 'ample'. Ample means many, 'many-be-an' which can be equated to can be in many places like land and water 12.amphitheater a large round theatre which is generally open to air. Ex; the greek colosseum. mnemonics again amphi is similar to ample. Ample means abundant so the word becomes abundant theatre or a large theatre. 13. ample ADJ many, abundant mnemonics

14. amplify ADJ to increase, to broaden mnemonics.

Ample means large, so the word is large-ify ==> largify or increase 15.amputate cutting off a part of the body mnemonics sounds like arm-but-ate he has only one arm but was eating 16.amok being at a state of rage mnemonics: a-'mock' u get angry because you are being mocked at. 17.amulet charm, talisman mnemonics: sounds like hamlet... hamlet is a 'charm'ing play which was like a talisman to shakespeare.

18.anachronism an out of date custom or practice not belonging to the period mnemonics: 'chrono' means time. Ana-chrono negates it. So it is like not-time. Similar to not in right time 19.analgesic relieving pain. mnemonics: ana-leg-is-sick when ur leg is sick it is in pain. Ana means the opposite. so it means relieving pain

20.analogous meaning: similar to, like. Mnemonics: on-a-log-us... we are on the same log (list) if we are similar 21.analogy meaning a similar or parallel case. Mnemonics: 22.anarchist meaning a rebel, person against the law or government mnemonics: monarch is a king. A-narch is someone against the monarch. And so is against the government. 23.anarchy meaning absence of a governing body. Mnemonics: monarchy is king's rule. A-narchy is something without a ruling body. 24.anathema a curse, a hated thing mnemonics: ah!...not-them... u say something like that when u see someone u dont like.. 25.anchor

to firmly fix with something mnemonics: sounds like HANGER... hanger is used to properly fix clothes to the cupboard 26.ancestry family lineage... family roots mnemonics: an-sister-tree... sister represents family.. so a family tree is something that contains the family lineage. 27.ancillary serving as an aid or as an extra fitting menmonics: an-cle-lary... take it like an cleaner for lorry. He is a person who is of aid to the driver. 28.anecdote a short story depicting an event mnemonics: anec sounds like epic ( vaguely ).. so its like epic-dot.. u say about the epic as if it were a dot. So surely it is a short story 29.anemia less red blood cells in blood., feeling weak. Mnemonics: anime-eia.. sounds like anime-here. If there were a animal here u wud feel weak and probably lose a lot of red blood cells through thru blood if u dont stay put 30.anesthetic substance that removes sense from any part of body or puts u to sleep. Mnemonics: an-est-i-take.... est is like ester.. when u take ester it takes sense from that part.

31. anguish extreme pain or suffering mnemonics: anger-whooish... something like anger-whoosh. So when u get angry, ' whoosh' u do sumthng that causes extreme pain or suffering 32.angular sharp cornered. Mnemonics: when u draw an angle, the two lines meet forming a sharp corner, NOT a smooth one... 33.animadversion a critical remark or a criticism.. mnemonics:Honey! - mad version.. sounds like a wife commenting abt a version of sumthng her husband had made... 34.animated vigorous, lively. Menmonics: in animation, all characters are alwys very happy nd lively.. 35.animosity active enemity. A feeling of hatred towards something mnemonics: animal-city. If an zoo animal comes to city it will not be looked upon friendly but rather with enemity 36.animus SAME MEANING AS THAT OF ANIMOSITY mnemonics: sounds like animosity. So connect it with that. 37.annals historical records kept chronologically.

Mnemonics annal+lis.. annual list.. a list of achievements kept in year order. 38.anneal reduce brittleness by heating and cooling mnemonics: anneal sounds like seal... when seal something it reduces its brittleness. 39.annex attach mnemonics sounds like on-nex on-next when u are said to be 'on next' u r said to be following it. U follow it to keep it with yourself 40.annihilate destroy mnemonics: anni-hil-ate... a monster called anni comes up hill to destroy everything by eating them up. 41.annotate add explanatory notes to,to comment upon mnemonics: ann-note-tate... add-note-ate... u add notes... 42.annuity yearly allowance or grant mnemonics: sounds like annu-ity annu-pity annual pity u make some allowance yearly out of pity 43.annul

declare invalid mnemonics: a nul u declare it invalid by stating it to be a nul 44.anodyne pain relieving mentally soothing mnemonics: sounds like: a-no-'die-in' .. people 'die-in' pain... when u say a-no-'die-in' u say a-no-pain.. its something that removes pain. 45.anoint declare sacred by applying oil or ointment mnemonics: it sounds like appoint and its got oint in it.. so u 'appoint' someone by smearing an ointment on him... 46.anomalous irregular,abnormal mnemonics: anomaly-ous... abnormalous.. a state of being not normal 47.anomaly irregularity, something that is not how it should be mnemonics: a-normally... not-normal 48.anonymity a state of being left without a name mnemonics a-no-name-ity

49.antagonism hostility,not welcome mnemonics: anta (anti, against) + go + nism; Going against someone is being hostile or opposing to someone. 50.antecede to precede. Mnemonics: cede sounds like ceed... the first to strike is proceed.. so consider anti-proceed. So it means coming before.. 51.antecedents any incident that precedes a particular incident influencing it. Mnemonics: antecede+incident = preceding incident 52.antediluvian very old, ancient. Mnemonics: write it like ante-dil-luv ian.. a person who is opposite to love and heart(dil) certainly belongs to ancient generation. 53.anthem a song in praise of a nation. Mnemonics: self explanatory. Consider the NATIONAL ANTHEM. 54.anthology a collection of literary works. Mnemonics: anth+log+y.. anthem + log a log is a collection of something and anthem is also a literary work.

55.anthropoid human-like.. anthro human 56.anthropomorphic having human form or characteristics. Mnemonics: anthropoid + morphic human-like + shape morphe means shape. 57.antic foolish, odd actions mnemonics: sounds like attic. If u get ur head banged on attic u start acting odd. 58.anticlimax a disappointing end to something very good mnemonics: climax is something that u expect to be good. So if its anti-climax. Its not as good as its expected to be. 59.antidote a remedy to break the effect of poison. Mnemonics: anti+dote.. sounds like anti+dope. And dope is similar to poison... so its opposite poison 60.antipathy dislike, hostility Mnemonics: when u hear a word ending with 'pathy' the word sympathy comes to ur head... so its anti-sympathy... so it means hatred.

61.antiquated outdated. Mnemonics: antique is something which is very old. Antique-ated is something that is made very old. 62.antiseptic something that prevents infection. Mnemonics: self explanatory.. its a day to day term. 63.antithesis a direct opposite to, in contrast with. Mnemonics: thesis is some concept. Anti thesis is a opposite to the concept. 64.anvil a iron block used to hammer materials. Mnemonics sounds like on-wheel... wheel is metal and it is beat on this anvil to be got in shape. 65.apathy indifference, lack of care. Mnemonics: again pathy brings the word sympathy to ur mind.so a-pathy means lack of sympathy note:antipathy-- u show something opp to sympathy-- hatred apathy u DONT show sympathy indifference 66.ape imitate

mnemonics: remember the swami vivekananda monkeys hat throwing story. We see that the monkey tried to IMITATE vivekananda

67. aperture an opening or a hole. Mnemonics: A-pair-tore.. a pair of jeans was tore thus leaving a hole. 68.apex highest point. Mnemonics: ape-x... imitate-x... X stands for stop.. u stop imitating when u reach the topmost point or else u cant survive. 69.aphasia loss of speech due to injury or illness mnemonics: sounds like amnesia which is forgetfulness. As the word 'ph' come it is related to telephone... and u use telephone to speak. So u have forgotten to speak... 70.aphorism a short forcible instructive saying mnemonics: a-phor-ism A- for .. that is the first forcible instructive word we learnt. 71.apiary a place for keeping bees mnemonics:

a-piary.. a-beary... bear eats honey... so its a place where honey bees are kept. 72.aplomb assurance. Mneumonics: ap-lomb happy lamb the emperor ASSURED that the lambs will be happy 73.apocalyptic prophetic of disaster mneumonics: ap o caly -ptic caly is like kaali which signifies destruction.. so relate it to foreseeing destruction. 74.apocryphal not authentic apo-cyphal... very much like apo-cryptal... if u encrypt something its safe..., authentic... consider apo a negation.

75.apogee highest point.. in case of heavenly body.. farthest point. Mnemonic apo-gee.. gee sounds like see.... apo see. Like the previous case consider apo as a negation. If something is at farthest point u CANT SEE it 76.apolitical having no concern for political affairs mnemonics: a-political... NOT political... 77.apologist

a person who defends something or somebody. Mnemonics: apology is something u tell in defence of ur action regretting the same... so an apologist is someone who defends somebody or something. 78.apostate a person who abandons his religion or political beliefs mnemonics: a-po-state... po state stands for political state or political belief... a postate means u no longer care for that belief 79.apothecary a druggist. Mnemonics: a-pot-he-cary.... pot stands for drug... he carries drug... so he is a druggist ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------