High Frequency Vocabulary ( Part 7 ) for GRE , GMAT ,SAT , IELTS , TOEFL , BCS, CSP

High Frequency Vocabulary ( Part-7)

Approbation – approval, praise

Appropriate – to take without permission, to set aside for a particular use

Aptitude – capacity for learning, natural ability

Arbiter – one who decides, a judge

Arbitrary – random, capricious

Arcane – mysterious, known only to select few

Archaic – extremely old, ancient, outdated

Archetype – an original model or pattern

Ardent – passionate

Arduous – hard , difficult

Aristocratic – of noble birth , snobbish

Artful – crafty , wily , sly

Artifice – clever trick , cunning

Ascendancy – supremacy, domination

Ascetic – hermitlike, practicing self-denial

Assiduous – hardworking, busy , quite diligent

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Approbation	approval, blessing, favor	refusal, rejection,
Appropriate	applicable, apt, becoming	incapable, incompetent, inept
Aptitude	affection, affinity, bent	allergy, averseness, ,
Arbiter	adjudicator, arbitrator, judge
Arbitrary	imperious, peremptory, willful	balanced, disinterested, dispassionate
Arcane	abstruse, deep, esoteric	easy, facile, simple
Archaic	antiquated, dated	contemporary, current
Archetype	ancestor, antecedent	derivative, offshoot
Assiduous	active, bustling, busy	asleep, dormant, latent
Ascetic	austere, authoritarian, flinty	charitable, kind, merciful
Ascendancy	dominion, hegemony, imperium,	impotence, powerlessness
Artifice	device, dodge, fetch	inability, inadequacy
Ardent	blazing, burning, charged	detached, dry,impersonal
Arduous	Augean, backbreaking, challenging	achievable, clear, doable
Aristocratic	elitist, high hat,persnickety	democratic, egalitarian
Artful	beguiling, cagey	obvious, open

Quick Quiz #7 (Match words in the first column with its definition in the second column.

Approbation Appropriate Misappropriate expropriate Aptitude Arbiter arbitrate Arbitrary Arcane Archaic Archetype Ardent Arduous Aristocratic Artful Artifice Ascendancy Ascetic Assiduous

a)      Misuse public money b)      Extremely old c)      Take without permission ‘ d)     Weigh opposing views e)      Mysterious f)       Approval g)      Random h)      Take property officially i)        Judge j)        Natural ability k)      Passionate l)        Of noble birth m)    Supremacy n)      Hardworking o)      Difficult p)      Trickery q)      Hermitlike r)       Crafty s)       Original model

High Frequency Vocabulary for IELTS, TOEFL, SAT , GRE, GMAT ( Part-6)

High Frequency Vocabulary ( Part-6)

Anarchy –absence of government or control, lawlessness, disorder

Anecdote- short account of  a humorous or revealing incident

Anguish - agonizing physical or mental pain

Animosity – resentment, hostility, ill will

Anomaly- an aberration, an irregularity, a deviation

Antecedent – someone or something that went before

Antipathy – firm dislike

Antithesis – the direct opposite

Apartheid – the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa

Apathy – lack of interest, lack of feeling

Aphorism – a brief, often with saying, a proverb

Apocalypse – a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world

Apocryphal- of dubious authenticity, fictitious , spurious

Apotheosis – elevation to divine status, the perfect example of something 

Appease-  to soothe, to pacify by giving in to

Appreciate – to increase in value

Apprehensive - worried, anxious

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Anarchy	chaos, confusion, disarray	calmness, harmony, order
Anecdote	story, tale, yarn	episode, event, happening
Anguish	agony, distress, excruciation,	comfort, consolation, solace
Animosity	antagonism, antipathy, bad blood	comity, empathy, friendship
Anomaly	aberration, abnormality, exception	norm, ordinary, usual
Antecedent	anterior, foregoing, former	after, ensuing, following
Antipathy	bitterness, enmity, gall, grudge	amicability, civility, cordiality, friendliness
Antithesis	antipode, contrary, counter,	Analogue, copy, duplicate, replica
Apartheid	racial segregation, discrimination , racism separation
Apathy	impassivity, insensibility, numbness,	compassion, empathy, pity
Aphorism	adage, apothegm, byword	expression, felicity axiom,
Apocalypse	calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle	godsend, manna, windfall
Apocryphal	Fictitious, inaccurate ,mythical	True, authentic doubtless
Apotheosis	ideal, perfection, quintessence
Appease	assuage, conciliate, disarm	provoke, rouse , harass
Appreciate	cherish, love, prize, treasure	abhor, abominate, despise
Apprehensive	aware, cognizant, conscious	careless, heedless, inattentive, incautious

Quick Quiz #6 (Match words in the first column with its definition in the second column.

1.      Anarchy 2.      Monarchy 3.      Anecdote 4.      Anguish 5.      Animosity 6.      Anomaly 7.      Antecedent 8.      Antipathy 9.      Antithesis 10.  Apartheid 11.  Apathy 12.  Aphorism 13.  Apocalypse 14.  Apocryphal 15.  Apotheosis 16.  Appease 17.  Appreciate 18.  Depreciate 19.  Apprehensive 20.  Misapprehension

a)      Resentment b)      Racial oppression c)      Firm dislike d)     Irregularity e)      What went before f)       Agonizing pain g)      Amusing account h)      Government by king or queen i)        Lawlessness j)        Direct opposite k)      Of dubious authenticity l)        Misunderstanding m)    Increase in value n)      Lack of interest o)      Soothe p)      Prophetic revelation q)      Decrease in value r)       The perfect example s)       Witty saying t)       Worried