GRE LIST- 1 Occultism, Necromancy, diabolism - black magic, supernatural beliefs , worshiping devil Sorcerer-a person to have magical

powers Necrophobia fear of dead bodies Conjure cause to appear as if by magic, create something from nothing Legerdemain, prestidigitation skilful use of ones hand when performing conjuring tricks, deception, trickery {Deftness, Adroitness, Handiness, Agility, Nimbleness, Dexterousness quick and neatly skilful especially with hands (Antonym Clumsiness) Levitate to make someone to float in the air Talisman, amulet lucky charm brings good luck Mascot - a person or a thing that

Incantation prayer, a series of word said as a magic spell or charm (mantroan ka uchharan) Incantation out of the temple. Omen, portent (noun), augury- bad signs, PORTEND (verb), AUGUR (verb) Forebode, foretell, prophesy, presage, prognosticate advance warning, predict Prescience (verb), foreshadow (verb) - having knowledge of events before they take place, warn of threatening Foresight (+ve) -ability to future Ominous-indication of bad Cassandra, Minatory seer, oracle,

Sibyl, clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer, haruspex a person who can see the

future, fortune teller Prognosis forecast specially of the likely course of a disease or ailment Smolder (smoulder), seethe burning w/o flame, to burn from inside sear to burn superficially Singe, scorch,

The hot floor seared her feet; she singed her fingers on the hot oven Scald- injure with very hot liquid Swelter- an uncomfortably hot atmosphere Torrid- very hot and dry Scathe-to hurt, injure he makes scathing remarks Fume- to get angry When I was late the teacher fumed at me Glower, scowl- to look angrily angry, having a dark inflamed appearance (live angrily) Incense (verb) - make very angry, to anger someone (Noun)- Perfume with incense or a similar fragrance

PIQUE a feeling of irritation

Indignation- anger by annoyance

Rabid- extreme, fanatical, or affected with rabies (Antonym- moderate) Frigid- very cold unfriendly DISCRETE- divided DISCREET- wise

Glacial- relating to ice, extremely cold or My aunt is always dida ctic

Didactic- moralizing, teacher

Pedantic- fault-finding, interested in minor details Mentor- an experienced and trusted adviser (guru) Protg- a person who is guided (chela) Pedagogue-a teacher especially a strict or pedantic one Eruditehaving or showing knowledge, scholarly Limber, lithe, supple- flexible quickly and easily Adroit, adept, deft- skillful Nimble, agile-able to move

Culinary- cooking skill

Aptitude, prowess-skill, natural ability Convoluted,gnarled,sinuous,tortuous,interwined,serpentine,circ uitous,winding,meandering -twisted,complex,wavy,full of curves and turns Affinity- likeness harmed Prone, susceptible, vulnerable- attacked or

Penchant, propensity, inclination, disposition, predilection-liking towards something Dawdle, procrastinate, dilly-dally, dally waste time, delay or postpone action Linger-to stay behind, spend a long time over Dilatory-slow, negligent attitude Laggard- a person who falls behind of others, slower than the desired Malingerer - exaggerate or a person who pretend to be ill to avoid duty or work Goldbrick- invent excuses to avoid tasks Morbid (deathly), gruesome, grisly, gross, macabre (deathly), ghastly, horrendous - fear or horror

Hideous, grotesque-extremely ugly Heinous, appalling, egregious - shocking, very bad (for crime) Segregate- separate along racial, sexual, or religious lines Polarize- separate into two contrasting groups or sets of beliefs Disjointed-lacking a coherent connection or sequence, lack of harmony Nexus- bad type of connection Nexus b/w police and mafia

Prodigy- born talented, a wonder kid Precocious-having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an earlier age than usual Prattle, babble, drivel, jabber, gibberish, prate to talk nonsense in a speedy or rapid way Drawl- speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds; who stops b/w a talk inundate- flood Mumbai was inundated by rain water Parry, shirk, dodge, shirk, evade, circumvent, elude - avoid, bypass Avert- prevent, ward-off (an undesirable occurrence), turn away He averted the accident by his presence of mind pull to a less important place Shunt- slow push or

Swerve-to take a sharp turn, abruptly diverge from a straight course Divert, deflect- to move the direction or to change the direction Maladroit- ineffective or inefficient; clumsy (ungainly), un-skilled Inept- incompetent; awkward or clumsy, Gauche, ungainly, lummox un-sophisticated, clumsy and socially awkward Illusion, fantasy, perception delusion, hallucinatea false or unreal

Delirium- not in presence of mind, an acutely state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech, occurring in fever, intoxication, and other disorders Chimera-ghost (a fire breathing female monster with lions head, o goats body, and a serpents tail) Mirage- appears but not in real, atmospheric illusion Wraith, apparition, spectre, phantom- a ghost or ghostly image of someone