GRE WORDS 545-546

PANTOMIME: 

  ■ noun 

Mime show, theatrical performance in which one expresses ideas through movement and gestures without speaking ■ verb

Perform a mime show, make a performance in which one expresses ideas through movement and gestures without speaking.

eg.Charlie Chaplin turned pantomime into an art form.



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PALATIAL:
 ■ adj.

magnificent; palace-like. eg. He lives in a palatial home which no one can dream of.

ENGINEER JOKE

REFRESHMENT: Software engineer and his wife Husband - hey dear, I am logged in. Wife - would you like to have some snacks? Husband - hard disk full. Wife - have you brought the saree. Husband - Bad command or file name. Wife - but I told you about it in morning Husband - erroneous syntax, abort, retry, cancel. Wife - OH god! forget it where's your salary. Husband - file in use, read only, try after some time. Wife - at least give me your credit card, I can do some shopping. Husband - sharing violation, access denied. Wife - I made a mistake in marrying you. Husband - data type mismatch. Wife - you are useless. Husband - by default. Wife - who was there with you in the car this morning? Husband - system unstable press ctrl, alt, del to Reboot. Wife - what is the relation between you & your Receptionist? Husband - the only user with write permission. Wife - what is my value in your life? Husband - unknown virus detected. Wife - do you love me or your computer? Husband - Too many parameters. Wife - I will go to my dad's house. Husband - program performed illegal operation, it will Close. Wife - I will leave you forever. Husband - close all programs and log out for another User. Wife - it is worthless talking to you. Husband - shut down the computer. Wife - I am going Husband - Its now safe to turn off your computer

CONTINUING JOKES....

REFRESHMENT: A new boss was hired for a bigshot company. Since the workers there had a slight reputation for being ruthless and wandery, he decided that it was his job to show them all that he wasn't Mr. Fun Guy. So the first day of work, he goes down to the worker offices. He decides to fire the worker who seems the most lackadaisical. He spots a worker just leaning against the wall twiddling his thumbs. "YOU" he yells. Everyone peeps over to watch. "How much money do you make a month" he asks "ohhhh about 200$" the worker says. The boss shoves him 200$ and yells "HERE'S A WEEK'S PAY. NOW GET OUT OF HERE. YOU DON'T WORK HARD AND I DON'T WANT THAT!!!" The worker grabs the money and runs off. He looks around to make sure that everyone gets the point. Next, the boss goes up to the closest employee and asks, "Who was that guy???" and the employee says, "Pizza delivery boy."

STILL THINKING

REFRESHMENT: 1. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. 2. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. 3. My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me. 4. Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others. 5. Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner. 6. It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss. 7. They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak. 8. Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you. 9. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something. 10. Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

THINKING A LOT

REFRESHMENT: 1.Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving. 2. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee. 3. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband! 4. They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried- but they wanted cash. 5. A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms. 6. Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent. 7. Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without... but whatever you do, you'll regret it later. 8. You can't buy love. . But you pay heavily for it. 9. True friends stab you in the front. 10. Forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you for hurting me.

GRE WORDS 543-544

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Click above to get SERVILE: ■ adjective 1. of a slave or slaves 2. like that of slaves or servants servile employment 3. like or characteristic of a slave; humbly yielding or submissive; cringing; abject 4. Archaic held in slavery; not free Eg. Even today, according to the UN, 200 million people work in servile conditions throughout the globe. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads RABID: ■ adjective 1. violent; raging 2. fanatic or unreasonably zealous in beliefs, opinions, or pursuits 3. of or having rabies rabidity ra·bid′·ity, rabidness rab′·id·ness noun rabidly rab′·idly adverb

GRE WORDS 541-542

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Click above to get LACHRYMOSE: ■ adjective 1. inclined to shed many tears; tearful 2. causing tears. lachrymosely lach′·ry·mose′ly adverb Eg. Suitably lachrymose pictures of the children affected were used to further illustrate the terrible effect of EU law. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads MOLLIFY: ■ verb 1. to soothe the temper of; pacify; appease 2. to make less intense, severe, or violent mollified-·fied′, mollifying-·fy′·ing transitive verb mollification mol′·li·fi·ca′·tion noun mollifier mol′·li·fi′er noun Eg. The two players were not so easily mollified.

GRE WORDS 539-540

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Click above to get HIRSUTE: ■ adjective hairy; shaggy; bristly Eg. Forty-five hirsute women were enrolled in the study: 29 were hyperandrogenic and 16 had idiopathic hirsutism. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads ABATE: ■ Transitive verb 1. to make less in amount, degree, force, etc. 2. to deduct 3. Law to put a stop to (a suit or action), end (a nuisance), etc.; terminate abated abat′·ed, abating abat′·ing Eg. The previous evening there had been a violent storm which had only partly abated by the time that the young explorer left home.

GRE WORDS 537-538

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Click above to get PARQUETRY: ■ noun inlaid woodwork in geometric forms, usually of contrasting woods, used esp. in flooring Eg. The outside of the case is decorated with fielded panels of mahogany veneer surrounded with narrow parquetry stringing and walnut bands. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads PALLET: ■ noun a small bed or a pad filled as with straw and used directly on the floor Eg. Pallets have to be treated in order to be pest free.

JOKES 2 REFRESH YOU

REFRESHMENT: Lady : Is this my train? Station Master : No, it belongs to the Railway Company. Lady : Don't try to be funny. I mean to ask if I can take this train to New Delhi. Station Master : No Madam, I'm afraid it's too heavy. ~~~~~~ Customer :Waiter, do you serve crabs? Waiter :Please sit down sir, we serve everyone. ~~~~~~ Customer:Waiter, is this a lamb chop or pork chop? Waiter:Can't you tell the difference by taste? Customer:No, I can't. Waiter:Then does it really matter? ~~~~~~ Customer:Waiter, there's a dead beetle in my soup. Waiter:Yes sir, they are not very good swimmers.

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GRE WORDS 535-536

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Click above to get QUEUE: ■ noun 1. a plait of hair worn hanging from the back of the head; pigtail 2. Brit. a line or file of persons, vehicles, etc. waiting as to be served 3. a stored arrangement of computer data or programs, waiting to be processed Eg. Following the mass ravers we arrived at the NEC and we were greeted by a colossus queue which was moving slowly but was massive! Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads QUARANTINE: ■ noun 1. the period, orig. 40 days, during which an arriving vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease is detained in port in strict isolation 2. any isolation or restriction on travel or passage imposed to keep contagious diseases, insect pests, etc. from spreading 3. the state of being quarantined 4. a place where persons, animals, or plants having contagious diseases, insect pests, etc. are kept in isolation, or beyond which they may not travel 5. any period of seclusion, social ostracism, etc. Eg. We are the traffic cop that enforces quarantine, " says Gillis.

GRE WORDS 533-534

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Click above to get NONCOMMITTAL: ■ adjective 1. not committing one to any point of view or course of action; not revealing one's position or purpose 2. having no definite quality, meaning, etc. Eg. Mike remained relatively noncommittal, even tho he was lobbied by both sides. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

NOXIOUS:

■ adjective 1. harmful to the health; injurious a noxious gas 2. morally injurious; corrupting; unwholesome noxiously nox′·iously adverb noxiousness nox′·ious·ness noun Eg. They are forced to inhale noxious fumes or burning plastics.

GRE WORDS 531-532

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Click above to get MACHIAVELLIAN: ■ adjective 1. of Machiavelli 2. of, like, or characterized by the political principles and methods of expediency, craftiness, and duplicity set forth in Machiavelli's book, The Prince; crafty, deceitful, etc. ■ noun a follower of crafty, deceitful principles and methods Eg. People are exposed to Machiavellian logic even from novice politicians Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads NEBULOUS: ■ adjective 1. of or like a nebula or nebulae 2. Rare cloudy; misty 3. unclear; vague; indefinite nebulously neb′u·lously adverb nebulousness neb′u·lous·ness noun Eg. This paper aims to bring greater clarity to the nebulous concept of the involved star.

JOKES TO REFRESH YOU

Refresh yourselves: o Wife: Darling today is our anniversary, what should we do? Husband: Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes. o It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged. It's like asking someone, if suicide is better or being murdered. o A man who surrenders when he's wrong, is Honest. A man who surrenders when not Sure, is Wise. A man who surrenders even if he's Right, is a Husband. o Prospective husband: Do you have a book called 'Man, The Master of Women'? Salesgirl: The fiction department is on the other side, sir.

GRE WORDS 529-530

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Click above to get TAPER:

■ noun 1. a wax candle, esp. a long, slender one 2. a long wick coated with wax, used for lighting candles, lamps, etc. 3. any feeble light 4. a gradual decrease in width or thickness the taper of a pyramid 5. a gradual decrease in action, power, etc.something that tapers ■ adjective gradually decreased in breadth or thickness toward one end

Eg. The hollows would be filled with oil, and lighted tapers would float in them.

Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads TALON: ■ noun 1. the claw of a bird of prey or, sometimes, of an animal 2. a human finger or hand when like a claw in appearance or grasp 3. the part of the bolt of a lock upon which the key presses as it is turned 4. in card games, the stock remaining after the cards are dealt 5. Archit. an ogee molding Eg. Eagles have sharp talons with which they catch their prey.