Common GAT Vocabulary & Words 1

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Definition: someone who attacks estab-

lished beliefs or institutions.
Iconoclast
Usage: Ali is an iconoclast for wearing
beach shorts and T-shirt to a formal mar-
riage function.
Definition: someone who does not spend
a lot of money but spends it wisely.
Frugal
Usage: People mistook Ahmed's frugality
as a sign of miserliness. However Ahmed
was simply careful in his spending.
Definition: to falsely attack a person's
reputation.

Calumny Usage: With elections in Pakistan about

to begin, all politicians are indulging in
calumny against Imran Khan's political
party.
Definition: neutral, not inclined towards
any particular side.

Disinterested Usage: The President of the election

commission of Pakistan must not be affil-
iated with any political party and should
only be a disinterested member.
Definition: narrow minded, short sighted
or lacking vision

Usage: Fatima could not carry on her

Parochial relationship with her husband because
his thinking was too parochial. He always
complained to Fatima that she should
quit her job because females should only
be confined to the four walls of the house.
Definition: something which is very diffi-
cult and complicated to understand.
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Usage: The GAT analytical questions be-

Involved
came so involved that the student decid-
ed to quit studying and went to sleep.
Definition: to hint at something

Usage: At first the teacher intimated to

the GAT student that he was not per-
Intimate forming well in the class. But when the
student did not improve his grades, the
GAT teacher explicitly told the student
that he was too weak to take the GAT
test.
Definition: honest, truthful

Usage: During election period, we be-

Veracious
lieve that our politicians will be vera-
cious; however every time we are proven
wrong.
Definition: to clear someone from a
blame, conspiracy or accusation.

Usage: Even taking 10 wickets in a match

Vindicate
cannot vindicate Muhammad Asif in the
eyes of the Pakistani public - for he was
involved in match fixing and betting inval-
idates all those wickets.
Definition: extremely bad to such an ex-
tent that it becomes shocking

Egregious Usage: The president's abuse of power

was so egregious that even his own fam-
ily deserted him and asked the interna-
tional courts to take action against him.
Definition: the state of being prone to
corruption, bribery and illegal gifts.

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Usage: Even cricket, which was once
called the gentleman's game, is now sus-
Venality ceptible to venality as many cricketers
and umpires have received significant
bribery to alter the fate of the matches.
Definition: insolent, disrespectful, lacking
good manners.

Usage: After his wallet was stolen,

Impertinent Ahmed found the police inspector's in-
vestigation impertinent - he thought that
the police officer was trying to ask him
such questions in order to place the
blame for the incident on Ahmed.
Definition: one who is wasteful of and
reckless with resources.
Prodigal
Usage: It is very rare to see movie stars
to not live a life of prodigality; most of
them live extravagant lives.
Definition: proportional to in extent,
amount or degree.
Commensurate
Usage: His salary was commensurate to
amount of hard work he did at office.
Definition: a mixture of things, items or
substances.

Amalgam Usage: His GAT preparation was an

amalgam of GRE, GMAT and SAT; blend-
ing the three tests, he was able to pre-
pare well for the GAT.

Definition: to criticize severely.

Castigate
Usage: Banks in Pakistan are famous to
castigate new fresh employees so harsh-
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ly that most of them quit during the first
week at work.
Definition: agreeable, easily persuaded.

Usage: Even though Ahmed's boss did

Amenable
not admire him coming late to office, he
was generally amenable and so did not
castigate Ahmed for his behavior.
Definition: favorable, positive.

Usage: Despite an auspicious start to the

Auspicious
match, Pakistan team lost its way later on
in the match and eventually lost it by a big
margin.
Definition: an abnormality, deviation from
the normal.

Aberration Usage: Aberrations in petrol prices in

Pakistan have become a daily routine; on
any day the prices are exorbitantly high,
the next day back to the previous prices.
Definition: One who speaks less or uses
very few words.
Laconic
Usage: If the GAT teacher were laconic
with his lectures, then he could finish the
class 30 minutes early.
Definition: (of a person) one who has
unpredictable changes in mood and tem-
perament.
Mercurial
Usage: Ahmed's mercurial mood was the
main reason behind his divorce. At one
time he was very polite and the next mo-
ment he was furious for no reason.

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Definition: to offer great respect.

Usage: The GAT student, despite the fact

Venerate
that he never helped any other student,
was venerated amongst his peers for get-
ting perfect scores in his GAT exam.
Definition: ambiguous, unclear or confus-
ing. To equivocate is to lie or prevaricate.

Equivocal Usage: The topics that were taught in

the class were equivocal - the teacher
himself was not sure about the concepts
he was explaining.
Definition: lacking (this is a secondary
meaning of want and it means lack of
something)
Wanting
Usage: After 1 month of preparation, Tan-
veer still felt his GAT preparation was
wanting and therefore he decided to
postpone his test.
Definition: Feeling of mixed or conflicting
emotions about something.

Usage: Mudassar felt ambivalent about

Ambivalent
studying for the GAT because he had
wanted to do a job but his parents wanted
him to study abroad on HEC scholar-
ships.

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