‘Higher’ Frequency GRE Vocabulary: Words of Deep Emotion

Love and Hatred are deep seated and rooted emotions which we all mortals experience. In fact there is no soul that is deprived of emotions like these. Don’t you all agree? Let us for this week learn similar words that pinch the heart, words that make situations fiery.

 

Let us also see how these words leave an indelible impact over a person’s heart and soul. And more than all that how these words keep appearing in GRE and how jubilant a student feels to see them during the exam. In a situation where in he/she is thoroughly prepared. As I keep telling these words will not only enable you get a high score in GRE but also make you speak effectively. Then why delay? Here we go once again!!

 

• Fulminate: The Verb ‘Fulminate’ takes it birth from the Latin word ‘Fulminatus’ which means a thundered explosion. To fulminate is to show vehement denunciation of something. It is condemning something from your gut. A deep rooted emotion indeed!

• Enthralled: What will your state of mind be, when some one walks in holding air tickets for you to go on a world-tour all of a sudden, out of blue??!! Won’t you feel heavenly? Will there not be a permanent glee on your face. And a feeling of some fountain of mirth pouring inside your heart. In simpler words you feel ‘enthralled’ to the hilt! To enthrall is to captivate, mesmerize, engross and grip.

• Harangue: In better words, I mean understandable words ‘Harangue is a long, boring speech’. Usually politicians make such speeches during campaigns before elections. These speeches generate perpetual boredom for they go on and on and on.

 

• Acclaim: The word acclaim also has its roots in Latin. Acclamos in Latin means to ‘call out’. To acclaim is to compliment, praise and approve.

• Abominate: To abominate something is to hate it from gut. Some people detest the sight of lizards. Some hate the smell of eggs. Abominate is a deep rooted feeling of hatred.

• Adulate: When a person is adulated he is praised excessively. It is not a simple praise. The Adulator does that subserviently, slavishly. This makes everything a murky deal/affair. To adulate someone is to praise someone without any limits and bounds. ( Some synonyms for the word are lionize, revere, adore, flatter)

• Expostulate: To expostulate is to deny something earnestly. Well consider a situation wherein your friend proposes to you a theory which he/she firmly believes in. You do not object totally, however you try to deny some things in the theory which you find not very rational. You explain your denial step-wise.

• Obsessed: Being obsessed is being preoccupied in thought that keeps haunting us unendingly. Obsession is domination of one’s feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire. Obsession can be both good and bad. If obsession is channeled into action, constructive that too you will be successful. On the other hand your thoughts alone are obsessed then you will be labeled a ‘day dreamer’ shortly. Smiles!!

Work on the words of deep emotion a little longer to have them deeply rooted in your memory. These words keep appearing in GRE exam. Try to recollect many visuals that relate to a specific word from the above list, link them to situations, people that you know. Activate your imagination. When you do all these you will have them recorded permanently in your memory.

Words of Wisdom:

Do not just read but work on these words. Use a notebook to jot them down and a dictionary to understand the meaning and the context better. As I always tell: Utter the words aloud- each word five times!!

Some effective techniques to memorize words:

1. Work with the word.

2. Expand its meaning into a suitable context.

3. Relate it to the person or situation you know.

4. Share the word with your friends, colleagues

5. Try to pronounce the word aloud at least five times

You ought to read this blog more than once to understand the meanings of the words thoroughly. You can share some words of deep emotion with us right away!

Wishing you all a great success in GRE!!

Regards,

Anu Veluri

Manager- learnwordlist.com

 

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