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New Approach To Leran Vocabulary For SSC
New Approach To Leran Vocabulary For SSC
New Approach To Leran Vocabulary For SSC
BY.
JITENDRA SINGH TOMAR
veerstudyssc@gmail.com
1. Abase: अपमानित करिा , िीचा दिखािा
Meaning: lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self
respect
Mnemonics: : abase-abe(a slang used to degrade a person)+shhh(se)usually
an attempt to degrade a person's
opinion..overall goes to humiliate a person....
Synonyms debase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debauch, degrade, d
emean,demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, pro
stitute, subvert,vitiate, warp
Near
Antonyms dignify, exalt, honor; ameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich,i
mprove, meliorate, perfect; clarify, clean, cleanse, purify, refine, restore; resp
ect
2. Abash: अपमानित करिा
Meaning: embarrass
Mnemonics: : What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u
get embarrassed.
Synonyms embarrass, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert,
discountenance, faze, fluster,mortify, nonplus, rattle
Near Antonyms calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothe; cheer,
encourage,hearten; assure, reassure
3. Abate: कम करिा
Meaning: To reduce in amount; Put an end to; subside or moderate
Mnemonics: : ab+ate , conc on ate, if u ate (spent) all ur money , ur property comes
to an end (abate)
Synonyms decrease, decline, de-
escalate, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain(away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, e
bb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall,phase
down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside,taper, t
aper off, wane
Near Antonyms appear, emerge, show up; blow up, distend, elongate, lengthen
Antonyms accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate,expa
nd, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick
up, rise, snowball, soar, swell,wax
4. Abbreviate: संक्षिप्त करिा
Meaning: shorten
Mnemonics: : abbreviate has root brev (brief) in it; brev (brief)
means in short.
Hence meaning of abbreviate is to shorten something.
Synonyms shorten, abridge, curtail, cutback, dock, syncopate,
Antonyms elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract,
enlarge, expand, maximize,
5. Abdicate: गद्दी छोड़ ििा
Meaning: renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)
Mnemonics: : ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic
(dictatorship) + ate (to eat and hence reduce) : means to give
away (or reduce) dictatorship and hence to give-up power.
Synonyms abnegate, cede, relinquish, renounce, resign, step
aside (from), step down (from),surrender
NearAntonyms appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim, confiscate;
seize, takeover, defend, guard, protect, safeguard, secure
6. Aberrant: अिनतक , पथभ्रष्ट
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.
Synonyms exceptional, aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, especial,
exceeding,extraordinaire, extraordinary, freak, odd, peculiar, phenomenal,
preternatural, rare,singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual,
unwonted
Antonyms common, customary, normal, ordinary, typical, unexceptional,
unextraordinary, usual
7. Abet: अपराध में सहायक होिा , उकसािा
Meaning: assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage
Mnemonics: : a+bet a bet generally assists you to do something wrong
Synonyms incite, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise,
stir (up), whip (up)
Near
Antonyms bridle, check, constrain, curb, discourage, hold, inhibit, regu
late, rein(in), restrain, tame; allay, calm, quiet, settle, soothe, still, subd
ue, tranquilize (alsotranquillize)
8. Abeyance: प्रसप्ु तावस्था , स्थगि
Meaning: suspended action, a state of temporary inactivity <our weekend
plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast
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...
Synonyms cold storage, deep freeze, doldrums, dormancy, holding
pattern, latency,moratorium, quiescence, suspended
animation, suspense, suspension
Antonyms continuance, continuation
9: Mundane : नीरस, साधारण, साांसाररक
(adj) lacking interest or excitement; dull; the u da e aspe ts of dail life
(adj) of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one; the
mundane world
Mnemonics: M-Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting weekend,
Monday is just another mundane day.
Synonyms everyday, nitty-gritty, prosaic, terrestrial, workaday
Antonyms heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly
10. Prosaic: नीरस, फीका, बरस, मामूली, शुष्क, साधारण
(adj) lacking imaginativeness or originality; p osai la guage a t o e
the e pe ie e
(adj) commonplace; unromantic; the asses e e too p eo upied
prosaic day-to-day concerns
Mnemonics: Prosaic – Prozac is a tablet given to depressed people.
Depressed people are dull and unimaginative
Synonyms average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried (also cut-and-
dry), everyday,garden-variety, normal, ordinary, routine, run-of-the-
mill, standard, standard-issue,unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday
Antonyms abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-
way, strange, unusual
11. Slobber: लार टपकना, थूक, लार
(verb) have saliva dripping copiously from the mouth; She u te ded to
slo e
(noun) saliva dripping copiously from the mouth; slo e s u g i hite
strings from her jaw
Mnemonics: Slobber – this slow bear slobber a lot.
Synonyms drool, slaver, saliva, spit, spittle
12:Relinquish: छ ड़ना, त्यागना, त्याग दना, छ ड़ दना, अलग करना, अलग
कर दना. हाथ उठा लना
(verb) voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up; he offe ed to eli uish
his post as acting President
Mnemonics: relinquish = release your wish
Synonyms cede, cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay
down, surrender, render, turn in, turn over, yield
Near Antonyms keep, retain, withhold
13.Valiant : ददलर, पराक्रमी, बहादरु , विक्राांत, िीर, शूर, शूरिीर, साहसी, बहादरु ाना, िीरतापूणण
(adj) possessing or showing courage or determination; she ade a alia t effo t to
hold her anger in check
Mnemonics: Valiant –> g eat effo t a t i the alle
Synonyms bold, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant,
greathearted, gutsy, gutty,heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, sto
uthearted,undauntable, undaunted, brave, valorous
Antonyms chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-
livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly,fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-
livered [archaic], nerveless, poltroon, poor-
spirited, pusillanimous, spineless, spiritless, timorous, uncourageous, ungallant, unheroic,weakhe
arted, yellow
14.Effervescent: उत्तजित, उत्साहपूण,ण प्रबुदबुद, चमकता हुआ, उत्साही ि अतत अनुरागी
(adj) vivacious and enthusiastic; effe es e t ou g people
(adj) (of a liquid) giving off bubbles; fizzy; a effe es e t i tu e of heap i e,
fruit flavours, sugar, and carbon dioxide
Mnemonics: effe ti e s e t lagaoge toh ladki o u hale gi… (Your scent can make
girls effervescent)
Synonyms bouncy, bubbly, buoyant, crank [chiefly
dialect], exuberant, frolic, frolicsome,gamesome, high-spirited, vivacious
Antonyms low-spirited, sullen
15. Brusque: अशशष्ट, बअदब, रूखा
(adj) abrupt or offhand in speech or manner; she ould e
brusque and impatient
Synonyms acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosiv
e,cutting, mordant, pungent, sardonic, satiric (or satirical), scalding, sarcastic, sharp, s
mart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart
Near
Antonyms amusing, droll, merry, playful, sportive, waggish; gentle, mild; bland; good-
humored, good-
natured; diplomatic, polite, smooth, suave, urbane; affable, cordial, genial,gracious, ho
spitable, sociable
22. Scamper: तजी स द ड़ िाना, भाग िाना, रफूचक्कर ह िाना
(verb) (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially
through fear or excitement; he s a pe ed i like a o e g o pupp
(noun) a a t of s a pe i g; he heard the squeak and scamper of rats
Mnemonic
Myriad = My + Raid,,,, Myriad money ke karan mere yahan raid pad gayi
(verb) convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to
another; I ot here to prosel tize
(verb) advocate or promote (a belief or course of action); Da is a ted to share his
o ept a d prosel tize his ideas
Mnemonic
proselytize = hypnotize
Mnemonic
nonchalant = non + challenge (koi matlab hi nahi hai)
Mnemonic
e us = e t to us… li k
Mnemonic
e us = e t to us… li k
Mnemonic
o ou are ad … keeps o roa i g fro it to it ..
Mnemonic
o ou are ad … keeps o roa i g fro it to it ..
Mnemonic
arson – arre son, yeh kya kiya tumhne.. aag laga di..
Culinary पाक शाला सांबांधी, रस ई का
(adj) of or relating to or used in cooking; uli ar skills
Mnemonic
culinary = curry = cooking related
Replica प्रनतकृनत, प्रनतरूप, प्रनतरूप
(noun) an exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller
scale; A elie as ph si all a repli a of her other
Mnemonic
replica – rep.. rep.. repetition – same face
(adj) denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and
peaceful; the hal o da s of the 1960s
(noun) a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating
on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves.
(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher.
Mnemonic
hal o ole toh halke di … halka halka sa eh asha…
Synonyms calm, hushed, lown [dialect], peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, still, st
illy, tranquil,untroubled
Antonyms agitated, angry, inclement, restless, rough, stormy, tempestuous, t
urbulent,unquiet, unsettled
A new approach to learn vocab
BY.
JITENDRA SINGH TOMAR
veerstudyssc@gmail.com
Root : AB
Meaning : ( off, away from, apart (prefix) )
5.Absolute 6.Abstinence
पर्
ू ,ण असीम तनरं कुश, परम,तत्त्ि, परहज़
पूरा, पूर्,ण पर्
ू तण या
• the practice
• free from imperfection of abstaining from
• being, governed by, or something : the practice
characteristic of a ruler or of not doing or having
authority completely free something that is wanted
from constitutional or other
or enjoyable
restraint <absolute power>
• having no restriction,
exception, or
qualification <an absolute req
uirement> <absolutefreedom>
Root : AB
Meaning : ( off, away from, apart (prefix) )
7.Abstract 8.Abundance
सार प्रचुरता
difficult to understand an ample quantity
a summary of points (as relative degree of
of a writing) plentifulness
usually presented
in skeletal form
Root : AB
Meaning : ( off, away from, apart (prefix) )
9.Abbreviate 10.Abnormal
संक्षिप्त करना असामान्य
to reduce (a word or • deviating from the normal
name) to a shorter form or average
intended to stand for the <a person with abnormal
whole [=exceptional] strength>
• unusual in an unwelcome or
problematic way
Root : ABIL
Meaning : ( aptitude सहज योग्यता, handy आसान )
1.CAPABILITY 2. ABILITY
1. िमता योग्यता 2. सामर्थयण ,योग्यता
the quality or state of the quality or state of
being capable being able
<the ability of the soil
to hold water>
Root : ABIL
Meaning : ( aptitude सहज योग्यता, handy आसान )
3.INCAPABILITY
अयोग्य , असमर्थ
lacking capacity, ability, or
qualification
for the purpose or end in
view
Root : ABS
Meaning : ( off, away from से दरू , संकोच करना, apart
अलग-अलग, के अततररक्त )
1. ABDUCT 2. ABSTEMIOUS
अपहरर् करना संयमी
to seize and take away (a marked by restraint
person) by force especially in the eating
<The girl was abducted by of food or drinking of
kidnappers.> alcohol
Root : ABS
Meaning : ( off, away from से दरू , संकोच करना, apart
अलग-अलग, के अततररक्त )
घण
ृ ा
ABSTRACT,
a feeling
of repugnance toward ABSTRACTION,
something ABSENT,
with a desire to avoid or
turn from it ABSTAIN,
ABSTENTION,
ABSTINENCE
Root : ACERB, ACR
Meaning : ( bitter , कटु, कठोर, दुःु खद )
1. ACERBIC 2. ACERBITY
कसला, तीखा कड़वापन
sharply or bitingly critical, the quality of
sarcastic, or ironic in
temper, mood, or tone
being acerbic
Root : ACERB, ACR
Meaning : ( bitter , कटु, कठोर, दुःु खद )
3. EXACERBATE 4. ACRID
बिगाड़ दना sharp and harsh or
to make more unpleasantly pungent in
violent, bitter, or severe taste or odor
<The new law
only exacerbates the
problem.>
Root : ACERB, ACR
Meaning : ( bitter , कटु, कठोर, दुःु खद )
5. ACRIMONIOUS
कटुतापूर्ण
angry and
bitter : caustic, biting,
or rancorous especially in
feeling, language, or
manner
<an acrimonious dispute>
Root : ACOU
Meaning : ( hearing, सुनने की क्षमता )
1. ACOUSTICS
ध्ितनशाथर
of, relating to, or
experienced through the
sense of hearing
<is a
bird's acoustic organ
similar to a human's?>
Root : ACRO
Meaning : ( pointed, upper, top, first )
1. ACROPHOBIA 2. ACRONYM
abnormal dread of being in आददिर्र्णक शब्द
a high place : fear of a word (such as NATO,
heights radar, or laser) formed
from, the initial letter or
letters of each of the
successive
parts or major parts of a
compound term
Root : ACRO
Meaning : ( pointed, upper, top, first )
3. ACROBAT 4. ACROPOLIS
कलािाज़ • the upper fortified part of
one that performs an ancient Greek city
gymnastic feats requiring • a usually fortified height
skillful of a city or district
control of the body elsewhere
Root : ACT
( move, go, do, drive चलाना, अभियान ,कमथशक्क्त, urge
आगे बड़ाना ,उत्तेक्जत करना, दृढतापव
ू क
थ अननु य करना , प्रेररत करना , प्रोत्साहहत करना act )
1. ACTION 2. ACTIVIST
कायणिाही करना , सक्रियतािादी
a thing done a doctrine or practice that
an act of will emphasizes direct
vigorous action especially
<an emergency
in support of or opposition
requiring action>
to one side of a
the manner or method of controversial issue
performing <political activism>
Root : ACT
( move, go, do, drive चलाना, अभियान ,कमथशक्क्त, urge
आगे बड़ाना ,उत्तेक्जत करना, दृढतापव
ू क
थ अननु य करना , प्रेररत करना , प्रोत्साहहत करना act )
3. COUNTERACT 4. EXACT
दश्ु मनी मोल लना एकदम सही
to make ineffective or to call for as necessary
restrain or neutralize the or desirable
usually ill effects of by
means of an opposite
force, action, or influence
Root : ACT
( move, go, do, drive चलाना, अभियान ,कमथशक्क्त, urge
आगे बड़ाना ,उत्तेक्जत करना, दृढतापव
ू क
थ अननु य करना , प्रेररत करना , प्रोत्साहहत करना act )
5. REACTIONARY 6. RETROACTIVE
प्रततक्रियािादी पूिण प्रभािी
relating to, marked by, or extending in scope or
favoring reaction effect to a prior time or
to conditions that existed
or originated in the past
Root : ACT
( move, go, do, drive चलाना, अभियान ,कमथशक्क्त, urge
आगे बड़ाना ,उत्तेक्जत करना, दृढतापव
ू क
थ अननु य करना , प्रेररत करना , प्रोत्साहहत करना act )
7.TRANSACTION 8. INTERACTION
कारोिार करना िारतालाप, पारथपररक क्रिया
to carry on business mutual or reciprocal action
or influence
Root : ACU
Meaning : ( sharp )
1.ACUTE 2.ACUMEN
तज़, धारदार, नुकीला कुशाग्रता
characterized by keenness and depth of
sharpness or severity perception, discernment,
lasting a short time or discrimination especially
in practical matters
Root : ACU
Meaning : ( sharp )
3.ACUPUNCTURE
an originally Chinese
practice of inserting fine
needles through the skin
at specific points
especially to cure disease
or relieve pain
Root : AD
Meaning : ( to, towards, near (prefix) )
1. Adequate 2. Adhere
पयाणप्त, योग्य चचपकना, समथणन करना
sufficient for a specific to hold fast or stick by or
need or requirement as if by gluing, suction,
of a quality that is good grasping, or fusing
or acceptable to give support or maintain
loyalty
Root : AD
Meaning : ( to, towards, near (prefix) )
3. Adjourned 4. Admission
थथचगत करना दार्खला ममलना, थिीकृतत
to suspend indefinitely or the act or process
until a later stated time of admitting
to move to another place a fee paid at or for
admission
acknowledgment that a
fact or statement is true
Root : AD
Meaning : ( to, towards, near (prefix) )
5. Admonish 6. Adventurous
चतािनी दना, डााँटना उत्साही, जोर्खम भरा, साहमसक
to indicate duties or disposed to
obligations to seek adventure or to cope
to express warning or with the new and unknown
disapproval to especially in characterized by unknown
a gentle, earnest, dangers and risks
or solicitousmanner
Root : AD
Meaning : ( to, towards, near (prefix) )
7. Adversity 8. Advocate
विपस्त्तजनक स्थथतत, कदठनाई आग्रह करना, समथणन करना
a state or instance of one who pleads the cause
serious or continued of another before
difficulty or misfortune a tribunal or judicial court
e.g. : showing courage in one who defends or
the face of adversity maintains a cause or
proposal
Root : AEDI
Meaning : ( house, temple )
1. EDIFICE 2. EDIFY
नततक उन्नतत ऊाँचा उठाना
a large or massive to instruct and improve
structure especially in moral and
a large abstract structure religious knowledge
Root : AER
Meaning : ( air )
1. AERODYNAMICS 2. AERIAL
िायुगततकी आकाशीय, हिाई
a branch of dynamics that of, relating to, or
deals with the motion of occurring in the air or
air and other gaseous atmosphere
fluids and with the forces
acting on bodies in motion
relative to such fluids
Root : AER
Meaning : ( air )
3. AERONAUT 4. AERONOMY
िाय-ु सतनक a science that deals with
one who operates or the physics and chemistry
travels in an airship or of the upper atmosphere
balloon of planets
Root : AER
Meaning : ( air )
5. AERATE
to put air or a gas into
(something, such as soil or
a liquid)
Root : AG
Meaning : ( move, go, do, drive, urge, act )
1. AGENT 2. AGENCY
अमभकताण, गुप्तचर संथथा
one that acts or exerts the office or function of
power an agent
something that produces or an establishment engaged
is capable of producing an in doing business for
effect another
one who is authorized to
act for or in the place of
another
Root : AG
Meaning : ( move, go, do, drive, urge, act )
3. AGENDA 4. AGILITY
कायणसूची, गुप्त उद्दश्यअ फुती
a list or outline of things the quality or state of
to be considered or done being agile
an underlying
often ideological plan or
program
e.g. : a political agenda
Root : AG
Meaning : ( move, go, do, drive, urge, act )
5. COAGULATE 6. SYNAGOGUE
being clotted or congealed यहूदी उपासनागह
ृ
the house of worship and
communal center of a
Jewish congregation
Root : a/n
Meaning : not, without
1. Abyss 2. Achromatic
without bottom without color
Root : a/n
Meaning : not, without
3. Anhydrous
without water
Root : a
Meaning : on
1. Afire 2. Ashore
on fire on the shore
Root : a
Meaning : on
3. Aside
on the side
a, ab/s
from, away, off
1. Abduct 2. Abnormal
carry away by force away from normal
not normal
a, ab/s
from, away, off
3. Absent 4. Aversion
Away, not present the act of turning
away from
a, ab/s
from, away, off
5. Abbreviate
to shorten
Root : a/c/d
Meaning : to, toward, near
1. Accelerate 2. Accessible
to increase the speed easily entered,
of approached, or
obtained
Root : a/c/d
Meaning : to, toward, near
3. Admittance
allowing into
Root: acro
Meaning : top, height, tip, beginning
1. Acrobat 2. Acronym
a "high walker" a word formed from
the first (capital)
letters of a word
Root: acro
Meaning : top, height, tip, beginning
3. Acrophobia
fear of height
Root : agr/i/o
Meaning : farming
1. Agriculture 2. Agribusiness
management of the making money by
land utilizing land
Root : agr/i/o
Meaning : farming
3. Agrarian
relating to the
management of land
Root : alg/o
Meaning : pain
1. Neuralgia 2. Analgesic
pain caused by a a drug that makes one
nerve pain free
Root : alg/o
Meaning : pain
3. Nostalgia
aching for the familiar
Root : ambi, amphi
Meaning : both, on both sides, around
1. Ambidextrous 2. Ambiguous
able to use both hands having more than one
equally meaning
Root : ambi, amphi
Meaning : both, on both sides, around
3. Ambivalence
conflicting or opposite
feelings toward a
person or thing
Root : ambul
Meaning : walk, move
amble ambulant
ambulance
analysis anatomy
anachronism
androgynous android
misandry
animal animate
equanimity
of balanced spirit
Root : ann/enn
Meaning: year
anniversary annual
millennium
1,000 years
Root : ante
Meaning : before, in front
antecede antemeridian
anteroom
anthozoan
anthropology anthropomorphism
philanthropy
antibody antiseptic
antisocial
aphorism apology
apostrophe
1. Aquarium 2. Aquatic
a water container for relating to water
fish
Root : aqu/a
Meaning : water
3. Aquaculture 4. Aqualung
The rearing of aquatic A portable breathing
animals or the apparatus for divers,
consisting of cylinders of
cultivation of aquatic compressed air
plants for food. strapped on the diver's
back, feeding air
automatically through a
mask or mouthpiece.
Root : aqu/a
Meaning : water
5. Aqueduct
6. Aquarium
1. Arborist 2. Arbor
someone working with - a shady area formed
trees by trees
Root : arbor
Meaning : tree
3. Arborous 2. Arborescent
having many trees Tree-like in growth or
appearance
Root : arbor
Meaning : tree
5. Arboreal 6. Arboriculture
Living in trees The cultivation of trees
and shrubs.
Root : arch/i
Meaning : chief, most important, rule
1. Archbishop 2. Archenemy
the highest ranking chief or worst enemy
bishop
Root : arch/i
Meaning : chief, most important, rule
3. Matriarch 4. Monarch
a female who rules a king or queen
a group
Root : arch/a/i
Meaning : primitive, ancient
1. Archaeology 2. Archaic
the study of ancient belonging to an
cultures earlier period
Root : arch/a/i
Meaning : primitive, ancient
3. Archive 4. Archaeoastronomy
a collection of The investigation of
historical materials the astronomical
knowledge of
prehistoric cultures.
Root : arthr/o
Meaning : joint
1. Arthroscope 2. Arthritis
a tool to see inside a inflammation of a joint
joint
Root : arthr/o
Meaning : joint
3. Arthropod 4. Arthralgia
invertebrates with Pain in a joint
jointed legs, like
spiders, crustaceans,
insects
Root : art
Meaning : skill
1. Artifact 2. Artisan
object made by a a person skilled in a
person's skill craft
Root : art
Meaning : skill
3. Artist
a person who
creates skillfully
Root : astro,aster
Meaning : star, stars, outer space
1. Astronaut 2. Astronomer
a person traveling to someone who studies
the stars the stars
Root : astro,aster
Meaning : star, stars, outer space
3. Asterisk 4. Asteroid
- a star-shaped sign A small rocky body
used as a reference orbiting the sun.
tool
Root : astro,aster
Meaning : star, stars, outer space
5. Astrobiology 6. Astrology
The branch of biology The study of the
concerned with the movements and relative
study of life on earth positions of celestial
and in space. bodies interpreted as
having an influence on
human affairs and the
natural world.
Root : aud/i/io
Meaning : hear
1. Audible 2. Audience
loud enough to be people who listen to a
heard program
Root : aud/i/io
Meaning : hear
3. Audiovisual 4. Audience
relating to sound and The assembled
vision spectators or listeners
at a public event, such
as a play, movie,
concert, or meeting.
Root : auto
Meaning : self, same, one
1. Autocrat 2. Autograph
a person who governs a person's own
with absolute power signature
Root : auto
Meaning : self, same, one
3. Automatic 4. Autonomy
moving by itself political independence
Root : aud/i/io
Meaning : hear
5. Autobiography 6. Autocracy
a book or account of a theory favoring
your own life unlimited authority by
an individual
Root : aud/i/io
Meaning : hear
7. Autograph
a person's own
signature
Root : avi/a
Meaning : bird
1. Aviary 2. Aviatrix
a large enclosure for a female airplane
birds pilot
Root : avi/a
Meaning : bird
3. Aviation 4. Aviator
the art of designing or A pilot.
operating aircraft
Root : avi/a
Meaning : bird
5. Avian
Anything avian relates
to birds. Avian flu is
the bird flu, which
birds can pass to
humans.
Root : ALACR
Meaning : ( swift, lively )
1. ALACRITY 2. ALACRITOUS
ALIAS ALIBI
A claim or piece of evidence that
a name that has been one was elsewhere when an act,
typically a criminal one, is alleged to
assumed temporarily have taken place:
Your alibi is evidence that proves
Jitendra Veer Pratap your innocence. If you were making
cookies with your mom when
Singh alias Jeh Singh someone raided your sister's piggy
bank, your mom is youralibi, since she
knows you were with her when the
crime was committed.
Root : ALI
Meaning : ( other, another )
ALIEN ALIENATE
INALIENABLE
incapable of being repudiated
or transferred to another
Something that is yours forever,
that can’t be taken away and
given to your little brother
instead? That something would
be called inalienable. The word
refers to a natural right that
cannot be revoked by an outside
force.
Root : ALL
Meaning : ( other )
ALLOMORPH PARALLEL
ALLEGORY ALLERGY
ALLOPATHY
ALTITUDE ALTIMETER
ALTAR EXALT
ALTERNATE Altercation
AMBIENT AMBIVALENCE
AMBIANCE AMBITION
a particular environment or
surrounding influence Ambition is a strong
An ambiance is the mood or desire to achieve.
setting of a place. You might
like the ambiance of a certain a person has
restaurant because the ambition, the goal is
lighting and decor makes you
feel comfortable and happy. usually wealth, power,
or fame.
Root : AMBI
Meaning : ( around, about, both (prefix) )
AMBIGUOUS AMBIDEXTROUS
SOMNAMBULIST AMBULATORY
FUNAMBULIST AMBULANCE
amicability amicable
AMIABLE AMITY
AMPLITUDE AMPLIFY
ANDROGYNOUS MISANDRY
androphobia
polyandry
ANXIETY ANXIOUS
ANXIOLYTIC ANXIOUSNESS
APPARATUS APERTURE
APOCALYPSE APOGEE
APOLOGY
An apology is what
you say or do when
you want to let
someone know (or fool
them into thinking) that
you regret something.
Root : APT
Meaning : ( fit, join )
APTITUDE ADAPT
INEPT ADEPT
ANARCHY HIERARCHY
MONARCH PATRIARCH
OLIGARCHY
a political system
governed by a few
people
Root : ARCHAEO
Meaning : ( ancient, OLD )
ARCHAEOLOGIST ARCHAIC
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EGO
Root: Ego ~ Self
EGOIST
EGOIST ~ Self-centered, Full of oneself
– EGOCENTRIC, EGOMANIACAL
EGOTIST
EGOTIST ~ Boastful
ALTRUIST
ALTRUIST ~ Interested in welfare of others
– PHILANTHROPIST
• Root: ALTER ~ Other
ALTERATION
Root: ALTER ~ Other
• ALTERNATE: Skip one and take other
• ALTERATION: Change
(Make into other)
A Gynaecologist
An Obstetrician
A Paediatrician
A Dermatologist
An Ophthalmologist
An Orthopaedist
A Cardiologist
A Neurologist
A Psychiatrist
Gynaecologist
Root Word ≈
Paidos → child
Iatreia → medical healing
-ician → expert.
A Geriatrician
A geriatrician is a medical
doctor who is specially
trained to meet the unique
healthcare needs of older
adults.
Root Word ≈
Geras → old, elderly
Iatreia → medical healing
Geras + Iatreia = geriatric
* Pedagogy :
the leading of
children.
Root Word ≈
Paidos → child
Agogos → leading
*A pedagogue :
a narrow-minded,
strait-laced,
old-fashioned,
dogmatic teacher.
Demagogue:
a person who stirs up
public feelings
especially of discontent
Once elected,
demagogues use
political power to
further their
own personal
ambitions or fortunes.
A Dermatologist
specialist who treats
all skin diseases.
Root Word ≈
Derma → skin
Logos → science
Dermatitis
is the general name for any skin
inflammation, irritation, or
infection.
An Ophthalmologist
The physician whose specialty is
disorders of vision
(myopia,astigmatism, cataracts,
glaucoma, etc.)
may prescribe glasses, administer
drugs, or perform surgery.
Root Word ≈
Ophthalmos → eye
Logos → science or study
Ophthalmos + logos = ophthalmology
Oculus → eye
a cardiogram is an electrically
produced record of the heartbeat.
Root Word ≈
Psyche → spirit, soul, or mind
-osis → abnormal or diseased condition,
Psyche + osis = psychosis
A full-blown mental disorder is called a
psychosis
HOW TO TALK ABOUT
VARIOUS
PRACTITIONERS
A Psychologist
syche + logos = psychologist = one who studies the mind
Psychology is the study of
the mind and of thought
, feeling, and behaviour or is
the scientific study of human
and animal behavior and
mental processes.
A psychologist is a
professional who evaluates
and studies behavior and
mental processes.
A person's disturbance
is psychic if it is emotional or
mental, rather than physical.
Psychopathic (psychopathy)
someone suffering
from a severe mental
or emotional disorder.
Root Word ≈
Pathos → suffering or disease
Psyche → spirit, soul, or mind
Psyche + Pathos = psychopathy
Root Word ≈
Psyche → spirit, soul, or mind
soma → body
Psyche +soma = psychosomatic
Psychoanalysis
a system of psychological theory and therapy which
aims to treat mental Psychogenic disorders by
investigating the interaction of conscious and
unconscious elements in the mind and bringing
repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind
by techniques such as dream interpretation and free
association.
Psychogenic
Genesis = birth or origin
A Psychotherapist
the treatment of mental disorder by psychological
rather than medical means.
Root Word ≈
odontos→ tooth
peri- → around, surrounding
peri+ odontos = periodontist
An Endodontist
Endodontists are dentists who
specialize in maintaining teeth
through endodontic therapy
procedures, involving the soft
inner tissue of the teeth, called
the pulp and in root-canal
therapy.
Root Word ≈
odontos→ tooth
endon→ inner, within
endon + odontos = endodontist
An Exodontist
a dentist specializing in the
extraction of teeth.
Root Word ≈
odontos→ tooth
ex-→ out
ex + odontos = exodontist
Optometrists are not physicians, and do not
perform surgery or
administer drugs; they measure vision, test for
glaucoma, and
prescribe and fit glasses.
Root Word ≈
osteon→ bone,
pathos→ suffering,disease.
Osteon + pathos = osteopathy
Podiatrist (podiatry)
is a branch of medicine devoted
to the study, diagnosis, and
medical and surgical treatment of
disorders of the foot, ankle and
lower extremity.
Root Word ≈
pous,podos→ foot
iatreia→ medical healing
podos + iatreia = podiatry
The root pous, podos is found also
in:
1. octopus the eight-armed
(or, as the etymology has it, eight-footed)
sea creature
(Greek okto, eight).
Cheir→ hand
-mancy → foretelling or prediction,
graph→ write
Chiropody
the treatment of the feet and their
ailments by hand.
.
Chirography
handwriting, especially as distinct
from typography.
Chiromancy
the supposed prediction of a person's
future from interpreting the lines on
the palms of their hands; palmistry.
Memory key: Agog sounds like
‘Gog(Goggles)’. I got agog by
AGOG seeing a gog(goggles) on a
Meaning: dog.
highly excited by
eagerness,curiosity Synonyms: awestruck,
,anticipation enthralled
Antonyms: uninterested,
incurious
Synonyms:confined, monastery,
religious, residence
Antonyms: open, public
Synonyms:rascality,
misbehaviour
Antonyms:humanity, clemency,
mercifulness
Syn. : learnedness,
enlightenment
Ant. : ignorance, illitracy
Antonyms – smooth.