Popular Wordlists
wordlist

GREwordlist

This wordlist is generally used by students preparing for GRE.

Page No.

codicil

Short Definition : supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will

Definition
(noun) a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for codicil

CODICIL (Sounds like KOTHI + SEAL) Imagine a person getting an aalishaan KOTHI through a will. But unfortunately, due to some legal reasons, government has decided to SEAL THE KOTHI and ALTER the will against his favor.

codec + will -> a codec is used to improve or update an existing software.. thus a codec for a will is nothing but a codicil!!

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

codicil== a code in a will, code which is basically some organized instruction so codicil implies an instruction which is added to a will.

codi+cil....llr to KODI+KILL....thus kodi is writing a suplement to a will before its being killed

codisil - that which de-seals or re-seals a codified will, which generally seals a KOTI rupayya

codify

Short Definition : arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs

Definition
(verb) organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
Example Sentence
  • Hammurabi codified the laws
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for codify

a program ll work only when the codes are arranged in correct order

codes have to be in order. So codifyinfg the codes makes some sense.

Codify the C codes into C++, i.e. arrange them into more organized ones

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

codify >>> transfer or make in a form of proper code, so that it may be breakable or may be to form a pact or set of rules..

coercion

Short Definition : use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce

Definition
(noun) the act of compelling by force of authority Definition
(noun) using force to cause something to occur
Synonyms : compulsion
Example Sentence
  • though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
  • they didn't have to use coercion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for coercion

U must hav read COERCIVE forces in physics...

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

resembles forcy on. => force on?

co(go)er(there)cion(son)when compelled it creates aversion for u

coax+aversion:rhymes with aversion; Her coax withered away my aversion for it .

coercion=coerc(cohesive)+ion....ion is strongly bonde...so forece is required to deteach it....

corer-cion=koria use atomic test to force to get someone to buy

coeval

Short Definition : living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age

Definition
(noun) a person of nearly the same age as another
Synonyms : contemporary
Definition
(adj) of the same period
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for coeval

sounds similar to co-evolve meaning EVOLVED OR BORN AT THE SAME TIME

co-eval; eval means age. coeval means same age

COEVAL=CO+EVOLUTION so two things evolved at the same time

co(together)+eval(evolution) born together

CO+EVAL(evaluation = exam) someone who takes up exams with you, is of same age as you

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

coeval-co eval(oval) having the same centre--means same age

Coeval (Sounds like Co + Eve + All).. So if we all have to cooperate "EVE", we all have to sit together in TIME MACHINE and go back to EDEN GARDEN to become contemporary to EVE.

co-eval .. In the same age as Eve from the genesis of Man- And I'm the lucky adam who gets to fornicate

coeval-> co+eval means co-same eval-arrival so coeval means same arrival or of same age/time

it sounds like medieval..which was a time period long ago. so therefore during the same time...:)

cog

Short Definition : tooth projecting from a wheel

Definition
(noun) a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
Example Sentence
  • he was a small cog in a large machine
Definition
(noun) tooth on the rim of gear wheel
Synonyms : sprocket
Definition
(verb) roll steel ingots Definition
(verb) join pieces of wood with cogs
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cog

sounds like dog. Remember a dog's teeth.

cog~ colgate.....colgate relates to teeth....

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

cog sounds like clog in ones teeth

cogent

Short Definition : convincing

Definition
(adj) powerfully persuasive
Synonyms : telling weighty
Example Sentence
  • a cogent argument
  • a telling presentation
  • a weighty argument
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cogent

cogent - gent - a gentle person is always the right person to convince others.

co+agent...cooperative agents make congent suggestions.

CO & GENT, two men (gents) joining together (co) in a team to persuade you, will be more 'powerfully persuasive' than just one gent.

Cogent - Gent - Gentleman - Gentleman always uses fine-toned words to convince others. Gentleman's convincing manners convinces anybody.

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

Co-operative bank agents are generally pursuasive.

COGENT=CO.+AGENT.. I find my Company's Agents more convincing than others

Cogent like cognizant or appealing to the mind with reason.

CO(company)+GENTleman...company of gentleman are always convincing.....they don't need to use force to convince people....

<B>Cognitive Enchantment</B>

co(converse)+gent(gently)...wen u r conversed gently u r well argued

Sounds like coherent...

if u r in a grp and if u want ur idea to b implemented,den u need to b coagent i.e., b able to convince ur COAGENT

cogent can be thought of as co(vert)+ agent. who is a covert agent? Sam fisher is. he grabs you in a choke hold and persuades you to do things.

cognos means to be aware of. so when we are aware of a subject then we can easily persuade people on that subject

My parents will give consent if my argument is cogent.

it has 'cause' in it

cogitate

Short Definition : think over; ponder

Definition
(verb) consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind Definition
(verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
Synonyms : cerebrate think
Example Sentence
  • I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cogitate

Agitate the mind = cogitates.

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

Cogitate = Khoji-tate: One who uses reason and brain to find some thing (or some inference).

Cogitate also means meditate....Cogitate=Meditate and they rhyme

cogitate ~ agitate : one should to get agitated and angry over any issue unless he/she has cogitated over it throughly.

Actually people are lazy to use their brain. So they hesitate to cogitate?

excogitate:invent; so Cogitate is think over to invent new things.

cogitate sounds like--kaunsi date choose karu..u hv to think over it

COGITATE=CO(SO)+GIT(GITA)=+ATE(HATE)....SO GITA HATE YOU..ASK HER TO THINK OVER...

gitate- if u can see the spelling of this, u will find git,,which u can resemble it with wit, and eating(ate) ur wit ,is similar to thinking over and over again,ie ponder over..

cognate

Short Definition : having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.

Definition
(noun) one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another Definition
(noun) a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Synonyms : cognate word
Definition
(adj) related in nature
Synonyms : connate
Example Sentence
  • connate qualities
Definition
(adj) having the same ancestral language
Example Sentence
  • cognate languages
Definition
(adj) related by blood
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cognate

or co(together) + nate(born), so those who are born together (like twins) have the same origin.

cognate=co-originate

cognate-nate- this is the one to rememebr ,if u can resemble this nate ,with native,then it brings us to the answer,native people are related linguistically,probly similar in akin and also origin an may be blood...!!

cognate -> co - generate => generated together i.e. having common origin

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

cognates=co(2GEATHER)+gna(DNA)+te(test)....WHEN DNA TEST IS DONE...ALL CAME TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE RELATED BY BLOOD

its lik co-originate

cognate= co originate

CO(together)+NATES(nates means buttocks)....buttocks are of the same person and hence they have the same origin....

cognate = cog ( connected together) + nate; connected together in a net i.e same origin.

In Electrical machine cogging term means stator & rotor is interlock & rotating together.

co(common) + gnate(originate). Or, Blood coagulates or clots so blood relatives.

cognitive

Short Definition : having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing

Definition
(adj) of or being or relating to or involving cognition
Example Sentence
  • cognitive psychology
  • cognitive style
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cognitive

Root word COGN meaning=know.so, recognize, cognitive, incognito,cognizance all means know.aur wyse v knowledge k bina kahan COGNIZANT jayse bari softwere company me placement hoti hai yaar?

For those who read artificial intelligence...u must be knowing the COGNITIVE modulo approach...

COGNITIVE Sciences... Science pertaining to intelligence/brain

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

nit- similar to wit,,ie, related with respect to knowledge and mental processes. also , gn- which may bring in mind,gnana, ie, knowledge.

Think of Cogs been turned in your head by a native as you gather knowledge.

cognizance

Short Definition : knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware

Definition
(noun) having knowledge of
Example Sentence
  • he had no awareness of his mistakes
  • his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
  • their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
Definition
(noun) range of what one can know or understand
Synonyms : ken
Example Sentence
  • beyond my ken
Definition
(noun) range or scope of what is perceived
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cognizance

only "knowledgeable" students get placed in "cognizant" during placements!! thus cognizance -> knowledge

Cogni - "mind" + Zance (sense) - "aware". Zance - resembles sense!

COGNIZANCE(a BPO firm)is now going to launch its KPO(Knowledge Processing Outsourcing)

Download our Mobile App Today
Receive our word of the day
on Whatsapp