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I am not sure how helpful this thread would be to the majority to TLS aspirants but I think some may agree with me on the struggle with vocabulary.While preparing for LSAT,I realized that its not enough that you have a general idea of the word/phrase to answer a question or decode the passage.The exact meaning validates the accuracy in understanding.Hope this thread makes the words sink in more.

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Today's 5 words.Might be too obvious for most but few like me might be struggling.

Zeitgeist-the general intellectual,moral and cultural state of an era.

Eschew-shun:avoid

Conglomerate- made up pf parts of various sources.

Apartheid-a policy of racial segregation.

Drudge- to do hard,menial or monotonous work.

aggregate - formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum

Tuesday's Words-

Esoteric- private,secret:designed for understood only by the specially initiated.
Reckon- count,calculate:consider,regard.
Plagiarized- to present ideas or words of another as one's own.
Ingenuity- skills of cleverness in planning or inventing.
Relinquish- to withdraw or retreat from:abandon,quit.

Parochial: narrow minded, restricted, limited in scope.

Embroidered: beautified, distorted.

Eccentric: slightly strange.

Pedagogy: method of teaching.

Low brow: not highly intellectual or cultured.

Desecration: blasphemy

Ecclesiastical: Of or relating to the Christian Church or its clergy.

Exacting: severe, demanding

Avant-Garde: New and unusual or experimental ideas, esp. in the arts, or the people introducing

Vogue: prevailing fashion or style.

Preternatural: beyond what is normal.

Arcane: obscure

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Came across a good one in RC today and thought of this thread.


stultify: to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.

tmon wrote:Came across a good one in RC today and thought of this thread.


stultify: to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.

Wow I've never heard that one. Good find Tmon

Wednesday's Words-
fudge-to exceed the proper bounds of something:cheat:falsify
irewrath
loath:reluctance
benevolent-charitable nature
nexus- connection:link

Thursday's Words-

Vex- to bring trouble:to annoy continually with little irritations.
timid-lacking in courage or self confidence
shortchanged- to cheat:especially giving less than correct amount of change
alienate- to make hostile:to transfer to another ( property etc)
Extol- to praise highly:glorify

some words sound quite familiar but didn't know what they mean

everyday: encountered or used routinely or typically; ordinary; commonplace

every day: occurring or done each day

Friday's Words-

clatter- a rattling sound.
curator- one in charge of a place of exhibit.
retributive- something administrated or exacted in recompense esp punishment.
fad- a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal.
wary- very cautious especially careful in guarding against danger or deception.

I still had to look up few of them in the dictionary.

Incapacitate- make unfit
thrive- flourish/grow
incumbent- the holder of an office/position never would have guessed
Enliven- give life,action or spirit to:animate
absurd- objectionable/ridiculous

vicious- wicked:depraved:faulty:invalid
disposition- the art of disposing:relinquished:natural tendency towards things
rhetoric- the art of speaking or writing effectively
promulgate- to make known or put into force by open declaration
insurgent- the person who revolts against civil authorities or established declaration.

Impugn: To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument ex: "impugn a political opponent's record"

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"a priori" - a: being without examination or analysis; presumptive b : formed or conceived beforehand

"prevarication" - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

Eichörnchen wrote:"a priori" - a: being without examination or analysis; presumptive b : formed or conceived beforehand

"prevarication" - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

I think I did whatever test had prevarication on Friday

Adjudication - the act of a court in making an order, judgement, or decree.

Smidgen - a very small amount.

Quandary - delimma.

Hue - Color, tint.

Quarrelsome - inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.