Tuesday, December 11, 2007

GRE

  • Abishek Bachan , Amitabh Bachan , Jaya Bachan .. What is common between them? Besides they forming a family , their cognomen is Bachan! Hope you got it! cognomen - surname.
  • Most of us are blessed.For many people suffer from lack of basic facilities.When it comes to politicians , they are destitute of ordinary human feelings.They have a busy time nurturing their egos.destitute - impoverished,impecunious,indigence,paupersim,privation.
  • Some politicians are notorious when it comes to Law and Order.They take them into their hands and convert an iniquity into pecadillo as per their wish.Its all in the game. iniquity-large sin;pecadillo-minor sin.
  • English is a funny language in the words of our English teacher Prof.Donald.E James.Yes we have to accept the hard truth.Moreover a latin scholar can guess most of the words in English because many of its words have their roots in Latin. eg.peccare - to sin (as in previous)
  • I would recommend "Word Power made easy" by Norman Lewis to grasp these concepts

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