Visual Vocabulary for CAT, XAT, GRE students

1. To improvise or
deliver
spontaneously
S: Impromptu,
Off-hand

2. Pompous, wordy
speech or writing
S: Grandiosity,
Airs

3. To make beautiful by
ornamenting; to add
details, sometimes
fictitious, to a story
S: Adorn,
Decorate,
Festoon

4. An absurdly ridiculous
situation
S: Comedy,
Buffoonery,
Satire

5. Describing flower or
over-embellished
speech
Latin: flower
S: Rubicund,
Ornate,
High-coloured

6. Overused and overly
familiar; trivial
S: Clichéd,
Trite,
Unriginal

7. Spur of the moment;
unplanned
S: Improvised,
Unrehearsed,
Off-hand

8. A broad piece of satire,
usually ridiculing a
person, group, or
institution
S: Caricature,
Parody

9. An assortment or
mixture, especially
of songs or melodies
S: farrago,
hotchpotch,
potpourri

10. A large painting
applied directly to a
wall or a ceiling

11. An artistic work that
imitates the style of
another, usually with
comic intent
S: Skit,
Burlesque

12. To pass off another’s
ideas or writings as
one’s own
Latin: to kidnap
S: Piracy,
Borrowing,
Infringement

13. Emotionally moving;
touching
S: Distressing,
Sad

14. Unimaginative; dull
S: Humdrum,
Mundane,
Routine

15. Having or producing
sound

16. Brief and to the
point; concise
S: Condensed,
Laconic,
Succinct

17. AD LIB BOMBAST EMBELLISH
FARCE FLORID HACKNEYED
IMPROMTU LAMPOON MEDLEY
MURAL PARODY PLAGIARISM
POIGNANT PROSAIC SONOROUS
TERSE