Popular Wordlists
wordlist

GREwordlist

This wordlist is generally used by students preparing for GRE.

Page No.

coax

Short Definition : persuade by flattery

Definition
(noun) a transmission line for high-frequency signals Definition
(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Example Sentence
  • He palavered her into going along
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for coax

Give cokes(coax) to make your friends happy.

18        1

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

rememebr "cajole" its same meaning...persuade some one by ur skills

5        2

caox(axe) is used to flatter girls

3        0

coax cable used in tv

1        1

coax rhymes with coach who may have to sometimes persuade the players by flattery.

0        1

coda

Short Definition : concluding section of a musical or literary composition

Definition
(noun) the closing section of a musical composition
Synonyms : finale
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for coda

ie ,conclusive part of the lunch ,is done by soda(coda) by watching music on television.

73        6

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

At the end of the musical performance everyone took pictures with their KODAk cameras.

9        1

coda...imagine Devedas is drinking rum mixed with soda and listining paaro's song which she is about to end.

3        11

At the end of a musical or book, rank it by giving it a CODE.

2        3

c-closing o-of d-dias a-archestra

2        2

in the villages,people drink color soda after they have a heavy lunch for easy digestion.

1        13

discovery commercial song : boom de yada, boom de yada.... yada ~ coda....and boom de yada is closing/final passage of song

1        6

coda = conclusion + da

0        0

coddle

Short Definition : treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs

Definition
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence
Example Sentence
  • grandparents often pamper the children
  • Let's not mollycoddle our students!
Definition
(verb) cook in nearly boiling water
Example Sentence
  • coddle eggs
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for coddle

Coddle - sounds like cuddle - cuddling is pampering kids, showing excessive love, indulge in excess of cuddling that is mollycoddle, which will spoil kids.

21        2

coddle ~ Noodle noodle are cooked in boiled water.

15        2

coddle sounds like CODDALU(Daughter in law in TELUGU) so generally a bridegrooms parents show a lot of care for their daughter in law just after marriage

11        2

CODDLE SOUNDS SIMILAR TO CUDDLE

2        1

like cuddle

0        1

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

coodle sounds like toodlers(kids) who r treated gently without taste of disicpline

0        1

c+oddle(adollu)...we see adavallu with indulgence,we pamper them...

0        0

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.

35        22

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

28        3

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

7        4

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

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

5        0

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

0        3

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

8        0

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

5        3

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

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

0        0

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..

0        0

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...

37        4

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

resembles forcy on. => force on?

8        18

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

3        2

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

2        3

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

1        1

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

0        3

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

80        3

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

13        4

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

5        0

co(together)+eval(evolution) born together

2        0

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

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

1        0

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

1        1

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.

0        13

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

0        4

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

0        0

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

0        1

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.

20        5

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

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

11        1

cog sounds like clog in ones teeth

0        0

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.

51        21

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

39        10

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

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

19        6

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

10        1

Co-operative bank agents are generally pursuasive.

2        7

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

2        0

Cogent like cognizant or appealing to the mind with reason.

1        8

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

1        1

<B>Cognitive Enchantment</B>

1        0

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

1        0

Sounds like coherent...

1        1

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

0        13

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.

0        0

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

0        0

My parents will give consent if my argument is cogent.

0        0

it has 'cause' in it

0        0

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

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

Agitate the mind = cogitates.

56        4

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

14        5

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

8        3

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

3        5

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

2        17

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

2        7

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

2        1

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

2        0

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..

0        24
Download our Mobile App Today
Receive our word of the day
on Whatsapp