Wordlist practice Set 1

Abbreviate:
Meaning: shorten
Mnemonics: :  abbreviate has root brev (brief) in it; brev (brief) means in short.
Hence meaning of abbreviate is to shorten something.

 

Aberrant:
Meaning: abnormal or deviant
Mnemonics: :  ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all
these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour.

 

Abeyance:
Meaning: suspended action
Mnemonics: :  it seemingly sounds like ab+yawns.... so, think of something like 'students started yawning and so the
teacher gave them 5 mins break' i.e. temporary suspension.

 

Abode:
Meaning: dwelling place; home
Mnemonics: :  abode sounds jus like aboard= a+board... boarding refers to living room or place

 

Abominate:
Meaning: loathe; hate
Mnemonics: :  omi here sounds like omit, we omit the things we hate.

 

Abscission:
Meaning: cutting off; separation
Mnemonics: :  ab + scission = scissor scissor separates two things by cutting them ,so separation

 

Abstain:
Meaning: refrain; choose not to do something; intentionally not use one's vote;
Mnemonics: : ab+stain...we tend to stay away from stain.

 

Abut:
Meaning: border upon; adjoin
Mnemonics: :  Look at your BUTT (Dont take it offensively).Its like two pieces of flesh together marked by a boundary in
between them ..Thats abut .

 

Acclaim:
Meaning: applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval;
Mnemonics: :  A+claim..imagine you have claimed to a news channel that you have designed a super computer ,so every where people are praising you for your great invention .

 

Acclivity:
Meaning: sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity
Mnemonics: :  if u knwo that cliff is A steep high face of rock, then its easy to remember