A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

(Steven Felgate) #1
Sensitive :- Showing

feeling

sequi , secut , seque to follow

Consecutive :- Following

in order

Sequence :- Arrangement

Sequel :- That which

follows

Nonswquitar :- Something

that does not follow

logically

solv,solut to loosen

Absolve :- Free from

blame

Dissolute :- Morally lax

spec ,spect , spic to look at

Spectator :- Observer

Circumspect :- Cautious

(looking around)

Despicable :- Detestable

(deserving to be looked

down on)

Perspicacity :- Clear

sightedness

string , strict bind

Stringent :- Strict

Stricture :- Limit ,

something that restrains

tang , tact, ting to touch

Tangent :- Touching

Contact :- Touching with ,

meeting

Contingent :- Depending

upon

temper time

Contemporary :- At same

time

ten , tent to hold

Tenable :- Able to be held

Retentive :- Holding ;

Having a good memory

term end

Interminable :- Endless

Terminate :- End

tors , tort to twist

Distort :- Twist out of true

shape (or) meaning

Torsion :- Act of twisting

tract to drag , to pull

Distract :- Pull (one's

attention) away

Intractable :- Stubborn,

Unable to be dragged

trud , trus to push , to share

Intrude :- Push one's way

in

Protrusion :- Something

sticking out

vac empty

Vacuous :- Lacking

content, empty-headed
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