When a word is associated to a picture, it can effectively be remembered. We have a collection of pictures for over 700 words tested in GRE.
02.10.2008
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TURRET:■noun a small tower at the corner of a building or wall, especially of a castle.
an armoured tower, typically one that revolves, for a gun and gunners in a ship, aircraft, fort, or tank.
eg. The entrance is by a porch at the west end, which is surmounted by a bell turret, with two bells.JAPE:■nouna practical joke.■verbsay or do something in jest or mockery.eg.Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point. VERTIGO:■noun a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve.eg.When I had the flu, I suffered from vertigo every time I tried to get out of bed.WELTER:■noun a large number of items in no order; a confused mass.▶a state of general disorder.eg. a welter of papers and magazines.PLOD:■verb walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.▶work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task.■noun a slow, heavy walk. a police officer.eg.The elderly man plodded down the street.BIER:■noun a movable platform on which a coffin or corpse is placed before burial.
eg. They followed the bier to the cemetery.AMASS:■ verb collect;hoard; pile; gathereg.What good is it to amass wealth and lose your soul?
BELLE:
■noun A popular, attractive girl or woman, especially the most attractive one of a group.
eg. the belle of the ball.BRIGAND:
■noun a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.
brigandagenounbrigandrynouneg. Upon arrival in England he was captured by brigands and returned to slavery.BRAY:■verb To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
■noun harsh cry of a donkey, heehaw.
eg.The foghorn brayed all night.
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