Words asked in SSC Exams- 12

ACCOLADE       STARK           ASSIDUOUS    PREDILECTION LACONIC    DISDAIN     NASCENT     INCITE     WRITHE TYRANNY     OBDURATE        CHARISMATIC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

ACCOLADE (N)

Meanings:

• praise or an award for an achievement that people admire

Mind Tricks:

Link the word Accolade with cola , a company. Cola has won so many awards (accolade) for their best service.

Usages:

1. She has been winning accolades for her performances in small plays.

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STARK (Adj./Adv.)

Meanings:

• having a very plain and empty appearance, without any colour or decoration

eg.: a stark hall, a stark room

• unpleasant and difficult to accept or experience; real, and impossible to avoid

eg.: the stark reality of death

• clear, very obvious; very plain and easy to see

eg.: stark differences

• complete and total
• completely or fully (Adv.)

eg.: stark naked = completely naked

Mind Tricks:

Relate the word Stark with Star. Now, a star(sun) has no colour; you can't avoid a star; Stars are very clear and easy to see.

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ASSIDUOUS (Adj.)

Meanings:

• working very hard and taking great care that every thing is done as will as it can be 

Mind Tricks:

The first word in Assiduous is Ass, a hard working animal, as is well known. You work like an Ass -you are an Assiduous.

Usages:

1. He is assiduous in her duties.
2. The project required some assiduous planning.

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PREDILECTION (N)

Meanings:

• liking, preference
• a natural liking for something

Mind Tricks:

As the word suggests pre means before and dilection = Selection. If you have selected something before seeing or getting it, you have predilection for it.

Usages:

1. She followed her own predilections.
2. He has a predilection for drinks.

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Laconic (Adj.)

Meanings:

• effectively cut short; brief and to the point
• using only a few words to say something

Mind Tricks:

Lack of words means Laconic.

Usages:

1. A good writer has laconic style of writing.
2. Replying in only yes or no is laconic.

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DISDAIN (N/V)

Meanings:

• a feeling of strong dislike of someone of something you think does not deserve respect
• to think that somebody/something is not good enough to deserve your respect
• to refuse to so something because you think that you are too important to do it

Mind Tricks:

Disdain = Dislike

Usages:

1. He disdained to bring a glass of water.
2. He turned his head away in disdain.

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NASCENT (Adj.)

Meanings:

• beginning to exit; not yet fully developed

Mind Tricks:

Nascent sounds like Nasa sent. Nasa sent a plane on Mars to begin a new civilization there.

Usages:

1. A nascent planet has been seen in our galaxy.
2. The actress is now focusing on her nascent singing career.

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INCITE (V)

Meanings:

• to encourage somebody to do something violent, illegal or unpleasant, especially by making them angry or excited

Mind Tricks:

Incite means to excite; only is the difference to do something violent, illegal or unpleasant.

Usages:

1. The leaders incite the attackers.
2. He incited the workforce to come out on strike.

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WRITHE (V)

Meanings:

• to twist or move your body without stopping because of great pain
• to twist your body from side to side

Mind Tricks:

Writhe sounds like Wrath, which means extreme anger. Your wrath makes your body to writhe. 

Writhe looks like Write. Writing may make your finger twisted.  

Usages:

1. She lay on the floor, writhing pain.
2. The snake writhed and hissed.

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TYRANNY (N)

Meanings:

• unfair or cruel use of power or authority
• a government in which all power belongs to one person

Mind Tricks:

Relate the word Tyranny to Tyrannosaurus Rex. 

In the Jurassic period, Tyrannosaurus Rex used its power to kill other tiny animals; and it dominated the large area. 

Usages:

1. A nation ruled by tyranny
2. The tyrannies of Nazi rule

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OBDURATE (Adj.)

Meanings:

• stubborn
• refusing to change your mind
• not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something

 Mind tricks:

Not Available

Usages:

1. He has an obdurate attitude.
2. My dog is very obdurate.

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CHARISMATIC (Adj.)

Meanings:

• having great charm or appeal
• having charisma

Mind Tricks:

Charismatic is taken from the Hindi word- Charisma, which means charm.

Usages:

1. He is a charismatic leader
2. Rakhi has very charismatic smile.

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