1. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
2. Aphorism - A brief statement of a principle; a tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
3. Pristine - Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization. Remaining free from dirt or decay; clean
4. Blemish - To mar or impair by a flaw; imperfection that mars or impairs; a flaw or defect; spoil the soundness or perfection of; something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure; mark of discredit or disgrace; flaw, disfigure
5. Heinous - Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime; horrifying, monstrous; very evil or wicked
6. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
7. Insipid - Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull
8. Inconspicuous - Not readily noticeable
9. Transience - The state or quality of being transient; temporariness; an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying; the attribute of being brief or fleeting
10. Stoical - Indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness
11. Jubilation - The act of rejoicing; condition or feeling of being jubilant; celebration or other expression of joy; feeling of extreme joy; joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event; utterance of sounds expressing great joy
12. Serpentine - Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous; repeatedly curving in alternate directions; subtly sly and tempting; any of a group of greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4, used as a source of magnesium and asbestos, and in architecture as a decorative stone
13. Impugn - To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument; criticize, challenge
14. Allegory - The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form; a story, picture, or play employing such representation; a symbolic representation (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
15. Sumptuous - Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish; luxurious, splendid; rich and superior in quality
16. Bumptious - Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy; self-assertive offensively self-assertive
17. Myriad - Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; composed of numerous diverse elements or facets
18. Wax - Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents; resinous mixture used by shoemakers to rub on thread; phonograph record; to increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; to show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full; to grow or become as specified
19. Castigate - To inflict severe punishment on; to criticize severely (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
20. Scant - Just sufficient; limit in quality or quantity; supply sparingly, with a meager allowance; work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially; less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately s
21. Euphoria - A feeling of great happiness or well-being; extreme happiness; high spirits
22. Heresy - A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion; unorthodoxy
23. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity
24. Misanthrope - One who hates or mistrusts humankind; person who expects only the worst from people; person who hates others
25. Afflatus - A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration; divine guidance and motivation imparted directly; a creative impulse, an inspiration (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
26. Gibberish - Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing; nonsense talk
27. Hagiography - Biography of saints; worshipful or idealizing biography
28. Disconsolate - Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected; cheerless; gloomy; depressed, unhappy
29. Chimera - A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire; dream, fantasy (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
30. Yokel - An uneducated country person; clumsy, unsophisticated person; a rustic; a bumpkin
31. Countenance - Appearance, especially the expression of the face; face or facial features; look or expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support; give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve; disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood
32. Intermittent - Stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water; irregular, sporadic; happening or appearing now and then
33. Inkling - A slight hint or indication; a slight understanding or vague idea or notion; a subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person
34. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal; physical beauty (especially of a woman)
35. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
36. Fustian - A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pretentious speech or writing; pompous language; pompous, bombastic, and ranting
37. Lubricant - A substance, such as grease or oil, that reduces friction when applied as a surface coating to moving parts; one that helps reduce difficulty or conflict; a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
38. Reify - To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence; interpretation of an abstract idea or concept, such as the state, as real or concrete; consider an abstract concept to be real
39. Awry - In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew; away from the correct course; amiss (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
40. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term
41. Friction - A state of disagreement and disharmony; the resistance to movement as one object is moved across the other, usually creating heat; conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; the action of one surface or object rubbing against another
42. Prodigal - Rashly or wastefully extravagant; giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse; wasteful; a recklessly extravagant consumer
43. Rescind - To make void; repeal or annul; declare void; take back or remove (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
44. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
45. Altruism - Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness; kindly, charitable interest in others; service to others without thinking of one's self
46. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
47. Fragile - Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail; lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate; tenuous or flimsy; breakable, dainty
48. Impeccable - Having no flaws; perfect; incapable of sin or wrongdoing; above suspicion; flawless; supremely excellent in quality or nature
49. Exude - To ooze forth; to discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually; to exhibit in abundance; to flow or leak out or emit something slowly; display, emit
50. Profuse - Plentiful; copious; given freely and abundantly; extravagant; abundant, excessive; produced or growing in extreme abundance
51. Rib - One of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum; tease or mock good-humoredly; any of the curved transverse pieces of metal or timber in a ship, extending up from the keel and forming part of the framework of the hull
52. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous
53. Ignominy - Great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character; loss of or damage to one's reputation; shame
54. Detrimental - Causing damage or harm; injurious; damaging, disadvantageous
55. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude
56. Trespass - Unlawful entry or possession of property; invasion, offense; infringe, offend; enter forcibly or illegally: break in; violate a moral or divine law
57. Lamentation - The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief; a cry of sorrow and grief
58. Rapacious - Taking by force; plundering; greedy; ravenous; subsisting on live prey; grasping; having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
59. Tranquil - Free from disturbance or agitation; quiet, peaceful
60. Buoyant - Having the ability to float; light in weight; lighthearted; gay
61. Misdemeanor - A misdeed; breaking of the law that is less serious than a felony; minor crime, punishable by a fine or a light jail term
62. Exonerate - To free from blame; free from a responsibility, obligation, or task; excuse, clear of responsibility or blame
63. Preeminent - Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; far beyond what is usual, normal, or customary; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
64. Digression - The act of digressing; deviation; straying
65. Tendentious - Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan; having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; bias
66.Plethora - A superabundance; an excess; excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area; condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate
67. Roil - To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment; displease or disturb; vex; be in a state of turbulence or agitation; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
68. Digress- To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray
69. Heretical - Of or relating to heresy or heretics; characterized by, revealing, or approaching departure from established beliefs or standards; unorthodox; characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
70. Meld - To declare or display (a card or combination of cards in a hand) for inclusion in one's score in various card games, such as pinochle; a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank; announce for a score; of cards in a card game; lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;mix together different elements; cause to merge; bring or come together into a united whole;
71. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together (CLICK HERE TO REMEMBER THIS WORD EASILY)
72. Panegyric - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium
73. Beguile - To deceive by guile; delude; take away from by or as if by guile; cheat; distract the attention of; divert; pass (time) pleasantly; amuse or charm; delight; charm; deceive; draw notice or interest by charm
74. Obloquy - Harsh, often insulting language; loss of or damage to one's reputation; vilification
75. Veneer - A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material; thin layer of costly material put over a common material; deceptive outward appearance; give a deceptively attractive appearance to; pretence, front; cover, overlay
76. Pertinacious - Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action; stubbornly or perversely persistent; determined; stubbornly unyielding or tenacious in purpose; persevering; difficult to alleviate or cure
77. Dabbler - One who engages in an activity superficially or without serious intent; one lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit; amateur; an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge; any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
78. Extant - Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct; standing out; projecting; in existence; occurring or existing in act or fact: actual
Saturday, June 13, 2009
JUNE VERBAL THREAD- HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS
Saturday, June 6, 2009
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
| University Name | Min GPA | Min GRE | Min TOEFL | Intake | Deadlines | Tuition fees
| Some more points
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NA | NA | 250 CBT | Fall | December 15 | 33,600 | Top ranked university
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| Stanford University | No min | No min | 230 CBT
| Fall | December 12 | 21,996 | Even though no min GRE or GPA req, they look for only the best students
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| University of California, Berkeley | 3.0 | NA | 230 CBT
| Fall
| Fall: December 15
| 23828 | Mostly looks for only IITs
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| University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign | 3.0 | NA | 242 CBT
| Fall
| Fall: December 15
| 24,052 | Even though the min GPA is 3.0, avg is 3.86
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| California Institute of Technology | NA | NA | NA | Fall | January 15 | 29595 | Generally considers only IITians | |||||
| University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | 3.5 | 1300 4.5AWA | 220 CBT
| Fall | March 1 | 25268 | A good University | |||||
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 3.25 | 400V, 700Q,3.5AWA | 213 CBT
| Fall
| Fall:February 1
| 19,424 | Very few RAs for MS students
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| Carnegie Mellon University | 3.0 | NA | 260 CBT
| Fall
| Fall: December 31
| 32,400 | Good University but high tuition fees | |||||
| Cornell University | 3.5 | 500V, 750Q,5AWA | 250 CBT
| Fall | January 15 | 32,800 | | |||||
| University of Texas–Austin | 3.0 | 550V, 750Q,5AWA
| 213 CBT | Fall | January 12## | 13,689 | | |||||
| Princeton University | 3.0 | NA | 260 CBT
| Fall
| Fall: December 31
| 32,400 | Good University but high tuition fees | |||||
| Purdue University–West Lafayette | 3.25 | No min
| 230 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: September 15
| 21,266 | | |||||
| University of California–Los Angeles | 3.0 | No min
| 220 CBT | Fall | December 15 | 23,238.50 | | |||||
| University of Maryland–College Park | Good GPA
| No min(generally high) | 233 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: June 1
| 22,264 | | |||||
| University of Southern California | No min | No min | 250 CBT | Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 22,942 | Everyone can get admit into this university but absolutely no funding | |||||
| University of California–San Diego | 3.0 | NA | NA | Fall | December 20 | 23,629.50 | Less chances of funding | |||||
| University of Washington | 3.2 | 500V, 700Q, 5AWA | 250 CBT
| Fall | December 15 | 20,640 | | |||||
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | 3.0 | NA | 213 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: September 30
| 24,454 | | |||||
| Ohio State University | 3.2 | NA | 237 CBT
| Fall Others(NA) | November 30 | 21,429 | | |||||
| Johns Hopkins University | NA | NA | 250 CBT
| Fall | January 15 | 33,900 | | |||||
| Pennsylvania State University–University Park | 3.0 | NA | 250 CBT
| Fall | December 15 | 24,900 | Good chance for internships | |||||
| Rice University | NA | No min
| NA | Spring
| Spring: August 15
| 23,400 | | |||||
| University of California–Santa Barbara | 3.0 | NA | 213 CBT
| Fall | December 15 | 22,964 | High cost of living | |||||
| Texas A&M University–College Station | 3.0 | 525V, 700Q, 4.0AWA | 250 CBT | Spring
| Spring: August 1
| 21,982 | Private university, Internships available. Needs good GRE score | |||||
| Columbia University | NA | No min
| 264(Avg) CBT | Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 16,962 | | |||||
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ | 3.4 | No min | 213 CBT | Fall Others(NA) | Fall: December 31 | 19,049 | Considers only students with high GRE | |||||
| University of Minnesota–Twin Cities | 3.0 | No min
| 213 CBT | Fall | December 15 | 18,274 | | |||||
| Arizona State University | 3.0 | No min
| 213 CBT | Spring
| Spring: August 31
| 17,414 | Good for VLSI.
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| Duke University | NA | NA | 213 CBT | Spring
| Spring: NA
| NA | | |||||
| University of Florida, Gainesville | 3.0 | 1200, 3.5AWA | 213 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: July 1
| 21,951 | Good funding and scholarship chances.
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| North Carolina State University | 3.25 | 70%V, 90%Q, 50%AWA | 220 CBT | Spring
| Spring: May 1
| 17,350 | Another good university. | |||||
| Northwestern University | No min
| No min
| 250 CBT
| Fall | December 31 | 33,408 | | |||||
| University of Arizona | No min | No min | 213 CBT | Spring
| Spring: June 1
| 15,184 | Many industries around | |||||
| University of California–Davis | 3.2 | 500V, 700Q | 213 CBT | Fall | February 1 | 24,103.16 | Costly and needs good GRE score | |||||
| University of Colorado–Boulder | 3.0 | No min
| 250 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 21,726 | Needs very high GRE score. | |||||
| Iowa State University | 3.0 | 700Q | 230 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: September 15
| 17,080 | | |||||
| University of Pennsylvania | 3.0 | No min
| 250 CBT | Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 16,108 | GRE > 1300 | |||||
| University of Virginia | NA | 450V, 650Q, 4.0AWA | 250 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: August 1
| 20,560 | | |||||
| Washington University in St. Louis | 3.0 | 450V, 650Q, 4.0AWA | 213 CBT
| Fall | January 15 | 24,606 | | |||||
| Yale University | NA | NA | NA | Fall | January 2 | 23,610 | | |||||
| University of California–Irvine | No min | No min | 213 CBT
| Fall | January 15 | 24,630 | | |||||
| Michigan State University | 80% | 400V, 4.0AWA | 230 CBT | Spring
| Spring: September 15
| 18,000 | Less acceptance % | |||||
| Case Western Reserve University | 3.2 | 520V, 740Q, 3.5AWA | 213 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 20,016 | | |||||
| Brown University | No min | No min | 173 CBT | Fall | January 1st week | 33,888 | | |||||
| University of Massachusetts–Amherst | 3.0 | No min
| 550 PBT | Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 20,000
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| University of Notre Dame | 3.0 | No min | 250 CBT | Fall | February 1 | 33,410 | | |||||
| Auburn University | NA | NA | NA | Spring
| Spring: August 1
| NA | | |||||
| Dartmouth College | 3.0 | No min
| 550 PBT | Spring
| Spring: August 1
| 22,198 | This univ also considers students with high GRE | |||||
| Rutgers State University | 3.2 | 600V, 730Q, 660AWA | 250 CBT | Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 20,287 | Newyork. Good chances of placement | |||||
| Boston University | NA | NA | 215 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: October 1
| 33,330 | | |||||
| Lehigh University | 2.75 | 1200, 3.5AWA | 213 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: November 1
| 17,820 | | |||||
| University of Iowa | 3.0 | No min | 213 CBT
| Fall | Fall: February 1 | 18,611 | | |||||
| Drexel University | 3.0 | No min | 250 CBT | Spring
| Spring: October 13
| 19,400 | | |||||
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | No min | No Min | 230 CBT
| Spring
| Spring: August 15
| 32,600 | | |||||
