GRE WORDS 565-566

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Click above to get CHAUFFEUR: ■ noun A man paid to drive a privately owned car. ■ verb Drive someone in a vehicle. eg.The chauffeur waited in the car during the business meeting. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

ZEAL:

■ noun

Excitement; fervor, passion;

eg.He had an absolute zeal for litigation.

GRE WORDS 563-564

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Click above to get TANTRUM: ■ noun Fit of ill-temper, outburst of rage . eg.The toddler threw a tantrum when he didn't get a sucker. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

TRENCHERMAN: ■ noun A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess. (synonym) glutton, gourmand (hypernym) eater, feeder eg. However Caroline is a good trencherman and soon regained her weight loss and is back to her usual seven stone.

GRE WORDS 561-562

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Click above to get NOSTRUM: ■ noun 1. A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy. 2. A favorite but usually ineffective remedy for problems or evils. eg.The man touted his miracle nostrum could cure a cold in ten minutes. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads NOISOME: ■ adj. obnoxious; stinky; offensive; unhealthy ;causing or able to cause nausea. eg.Foul breath is noisome.

GRE WORDS 559-560

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Click above to get PARSIMONY: ■ noun Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily;Extreme stinginess. eg.His parsimony was one of the biggest sources of his wealth. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads PANOPLY: ■ noun Complete suit of armor, protective body suit; splendid or impressive array. eg. 1. The knight wore his panoply during battle. 2. "a panoply of colorful flags"

GRE WORDS 557-558

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Click above to get PALPITATE: ■ verb Beat rapidly, pound (about the heart); tremble, quiver, shiver ,Shake with fast, tremulous movements. eg.Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads

PAN: ■ verb 1. Criticize harshly. 2.Move a video camera from one side to the other to capture a panoramic view. eg. 1.The critics panned the performance. 2.The camera panned across the room.

GRE WORDS 555-556

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Click above to get LUDICROUS: ■ adj. Ridiculous, comical, absurd, laughable .Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce. eg.It is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads LUMINARY: ■ noun A celebrity who is an inspiration to others. eg.He was host to a large gathering of luminaries.

GRE WORDS 553-554

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Click above to get MACERATE: ■ verb 1.To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid. 2.To separate into constituents by soaking. 3.To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate. eg.His winemaker allowed the juice and skins of the white grapes to macerate together overnight before pressing. Also visit Killthegre.blogspot.com for latest verbal threads MESA: ■ noun Land formation with a flat top and steep rock walls (commonly found in the southwest USA and Mexico); flat-topped hill, small plateau (Spanish) eg.The tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water.

GRE WORDS 551-552

NUBILE:
  ■ adj. 
of age or adequate physical development for marriage (regarding girls or young women) eg.Newly separated Ginny Tait arrived in Honeycote at around the same time - with very nubile twin daughters and an awful lot of baggage. 















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NATTY: ■ adj. smart, neat, trim (in appearance or dress);Marked by up-to-date in dress and manners eg.Luckily, and importantly, she also looks natty.

GRE WORDS 549-550

 LUMEN: 

 ■ noun 

Unit for measuring the rate at which light is transmitted (Optics); unit of light energy; Cavity, hollow space (Anatomy, Botany) ; 

  eg.In buying the bulbs,she checked not only their power,but also their brightness ,which is measured in lumen.

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LUXURIANT:

■ adj. abundant; rich; fertile, growing; magnificent; richly ornamented eg. Within a few short years, brown eroded hills have replaced luxuriant forests in many parts of the country.

GRE WORDS 547-548

QUAFF: 
■ verb Drink with large gulps, drink quickly; drink an alcoholic beverage quickly and cheerfully. To drink largely or luxuriously.
■ noun Alcoholic drink that is consumed quickly; instance of drinking a beverage quickly eg.We spent the whole evening quaffing ale.







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LOW: 

■ verb Moo, make a mooing sound (like a cow) ■ noun

Level which is below what is normal; low degree or barometric pressure; something which is low; sound made by a cow, moo. eg.The low of a distant herd was clearly heard by the cowboy.

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.