| 1) Abase |
| Meaning : to humiliate or lower in rank |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The tyrant sought to abase his political opponents by spreading false rumors. |
| Mnemonics : |
| abe(a slang used to degrade )+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person’s opinion.. overall goes to humiliate a person…. |
| 2) Abash |
| Meaning : to embarrass or make ashamed |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The unexpected question seemed to abash the usually confident speaker. |
| Mnemonics : |
| A=ALWAYS B=BRINGS a S=SHAME |
| 3) Abate |
| Meaning : to lessen or reduce in degree or intensity |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| After the storm passed, the wind began to abate, and the rain lessened. |
| Mnemonics : |
| rebate means discount… i.e reducing the price.. ~ and rebate are rhyming words |
| 4) Abbreviate |
| Meaning : to shorten or condense |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| To save time, she decided to abbreviate the long document to a concise summary. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ~ consists of brevity(means brief)..so the meaning would be ‘to make brief’ |
| 5) Abdicate |
| Meaning : to renounce or relinquish power or responsibility |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The king chose to abdicate the throne, leading to a change in leadership. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ab+dicate dicate sounds like dictator. Dictator is an authoritarian ruler who has lot of power. To remember better, abnormal is opposite to normal. So,~ is opposite to dictator(ie) losing power. |
| 6) Aberrant |
| Meaning : deviating from the normal or usual |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The scientist discovered an aberrant gene that caused the unusual trait. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ab (away) + err(error)+ ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behavior. |
| 7) Aberration |
| Meaning : a departure from what is normal or expected |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The sudden change in behavior was considered an aberration from his usual self. |
| Mnemonics : |
| sounds like abortion which is not normal delivery |
| 8) Abhor |
| Meaning : to regard with disgust or hatred |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| She couldn’t help but abhor the cruel treatment of animals in the factory farm. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ab+ hor (horror). Generally people hate horror movies |
| 9) Abject |
| Meaning : extremely hopeless or miserable |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The refugees were living in abject poverty, with little access to basic necessities. |
| Mnemonics : |
| sounds like REJECT. Poor people are like REJECTED (~) people in the society. poor people or people lacking pride (~ people) are rejected in society |
| 10) Abjure |
| Meaning : to renounce or reject solemnly |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The witness had to publicly abjure his previous false statement in court. |
| Mnemonics : |
| think it like injure. so once you are injured you will give up. so it means give up |
| 11) Ablution |
| Meaning : the act of washing oneself, often as a religious ritual |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| Before the prayer, he performed ablution to cleanse himself ritually. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ab+solution sounds like blue solution, means pure water, which is used to wash yourself. |
| 12) Abnegation |
| Meaning : self-denial or the renunciation of one’s interests |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| His life of abnegation involved selfless service to the community. |
| Mnemonics : |
| abnegate: ab+nahi+get; meaning giving up something. Nahi means no in hindi. |
| 13) Abominable |
| Meaning : extremely unpleasant or detestable |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The conditions in the prison were abominable, leading to calls for reform. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ~ means think as boman irani(vilan in 3 idiots)…so he is bad, hated by all, his face was extremely unpleasant(in that picture) |
| 14) Aboriginal |
| Meaning : native or indigenous to a place |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The museum displayed artifacts showcasing the culture of the aboriginal people. |
| Mnemonics : |
| see the word origin which means first of a kind. |
| 15) Abrasive |
| Meaning : causing irritation or wearing away by friction |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The abrasive scrubbing pad helped remove tough stains from the kitchenware. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ab- Erasive: which means rubbing away |
| 16) Abridge |
| Meaning : to shorten or condense a text |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The editor had to abridge the novel to fit the word limit for publication. |
| Mnemonics : |
| a+bridge..well bridges are meant to reduce the gap between something..so abridging.. something means reducing or shortening something. |
| 17) Abrogate |
| Meaning : to repeal or annul a law or agreement |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The government decided to abrogate the outdated law that no longer served its purpose. |
| Mnemonics : |
| Imagine a boy is making sighs to a girl standing in front of her GATE, seeing that, her brother comes & get rid of the boy (abolish) |
| 18) Abscond |
| Meaning : to leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection or arrest |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The thief managed to abscond with the stolen goods before anyone noticed. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ab + scond. Absent in a second. When you will absent in a second? = when u STEAL OFF & HIDE, or when u DEPART secretly. |
| 19) Absolute |
| Meaning : complete or not limited by restrictions |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The ruler had absolute power, with no checks or balances on his authority. |
| Mnemonics : |
| “solute” sounds like salute and we use to salute people having complete power. |
| 20) Abstain |
| Meaning : to refrain from doing something, especially from voting |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| Some people choose to abstain from consuming certain foods for health reasons. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ab+stain…we tend to stay away from stain…. |
| 21) Abstemious |
| Meaning : moderate in eating and drinking |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The abstemious eater avoided indulging in rich or fatty foods. |
| Mnemonics : |
| focus on ‘abs’ part of this word. Abs…To build a six-pack abs, eat and drink carefully |
| 22) Abstinence |
| Meaning : the practice of refraining from indulging in something, typically food or drink |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The religious practice called for the abstinence from certain worldly pleasures. |
| Mnemonics : |
| ABS THIN ence. A person maintained ~ when he restrained from pleasant things like food and drinks!!! |
| 23) Abstract |
| Meaning : existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The artist created an abstract painting that left the viewers pondering its meaning. |
| Mnemonics : |
| sounds close to retract….and you cant retract anything from an ~ speech or passage. |
| 24) Abut |
| Meaning : to be adjacent or next to |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The two properties abutted each other, sharing a common boundary. |
| Mnemonics : |
| Look at your BUTT (Don’t take it offensively).Its like two pieces of flesh together marked by a boundary in between them. |
| 25) Abysmal |
| Meaning : extremely bad or appalling |
| Usage in Sentence : |
| The team’s performance in the game was abysmal, leading to a heavy defeat. |
| Mnemonics : |
| a+bys(take dis as 20 i.e.bees in hindi)+mal(take it as mile)…..ao a 20 mile deep pit in the ground looks like its bottomless |
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