GRE GMAT CAT Wordlist - TurboPack 7

Hi guys! hows it going? Hows your verbals preparation coming along. Hope the previous TurboPacks are useful in some way. Kindly do post your valuable comments and suggestions guys.

Here's another small batch of 10 Turbo words for the day.

encircle : surround
armada : fleet of warships
garish : overbright in color, gaudy, showy
exhume : dig out from ground
ferret : hunt out of hiding, assiduous search for something
arid : dry, barren
jetsam : things thrown from a ship usually to lighten it
oust : expel, drive out
paragon : model of perfection, a perfect example, of perfect quality
exquisite : very finely made, very beautiful and delicate

And incase you missed it, here are the links to previous TurboPacks

TurboPack 1
TurboPack 2
TurboPack 3
Turbopack 4
TurboPack 5
TurboPack 6

GRE GMAT CAT Wordlist - TurboPack 6

Ola fellas! como estas? How you guys doing? Hope the TurboPacks are aiding your preparations. Let me know your valuable comments and suggestions and if any more assistance needed.

So the TurboPack 6 is as follows :

rebuke : scold harshly, sharply criticise
mischance : ill luck, bad luck
ineffectual : weak, not effective
shirk : avoid/neglect work or responsibility
petty : trivial, unimportant
respite : relief, time for rest
parable : short story with a moral or lesson
shrewd : clever, astute
mirage : unreal reflection, optical illusion
astral : relating to the stars

The TurboPack 7 will be posted tomorrow. Stay tuned folks.

GRE GMAT CAT Wordlist - TurboPack 5

Thanks guys for the good response for my previous TurboPacks. Well, as I said before more TurboPacks are in the pipeline and would be posted at regular intervals. Am really encouraged to post more Packs like these. Again let me reiterate that the USP of TurboPacks is the random non-alphabetical sequencing of words. I think it helps in improved memorisation. Hope it helps guys.

In the meantime, I suggest you cut a cardboard or simply a blank page into 10 mid-sized rectangles. Create your own 10 flash cards the moment you come across the new words in TurboPack. On one side of the rectangle write the word and on the other side write the meaning/synonym. Perhaps a rectangle of the size of the logo below. What say? You could refer to them throughout the day, whenever you wish to. Just target this small batch of 10 words and focus on them thoroughly.

Ok so here we go again. Here's the TurboPack for today.

mortician : an undertaker, a funeral director
biennial : every two years
pyromaniac : person with an obsessive desire to set things on fire
canard : baseless unfounded rumor or story
onslaught : fierce attack, a vicious assault
philanderer : womaniser, a flirt, faithless lover
churlish : rude or boorish
rebate : discount, partial refund
doze : nap, short light sleep
residual : leftover, remaining

Mac OS X - Hidden Gems : Part 3

Guys in today's new gem, we'll see how to play the hidden game Tetris on Mac OS X which comes bundled by default for FREE. Didn't you even know that? I bet you didn't!

Allright! So to play Tetris on Terminal, do this :

• Open Terminal
• Type emacs
• Now hit the Esc button and immediately press x

• When you see the M-x prompt, just type tetris. Now simply relax and play a cool game of Tetris. How cool is that?

GRE GMAT CAT Wordlist - TurboPack 4

Guys, I have seen many people trying by-heart the dictionary all at once while trying to prepare for the verbals of these competitive exams. In my opinion, its wiser to take small batches of words and work on them regularly. Hence the name TurboPack which is essentially a small batch of 10 random words in non-alphabetical sequence. I will try to post some word-sets like these at regular intervals. Make sure you bookmark them for future references.

Also, in case you missed, here's the list of previous TurboPacks.

TurboPack 1
TurboPack 2
TurboPack 3

Tip : Learn the meanings of these words and try to use them in any sentences. For starters, you could add a comment to my blog post with a sentence including a word you just learnt from the TurboPack. Try to have a conversation with someone and use these words randomly. I bet this approach will significantly boost your memorisation.

So here is the latest TurboPack for the day.

diadem : a jewelled crown
amazon : female warrior
cataract : a large waterfall, an eye abnormality
facsimile : copy
contusion : bruise, an injury
encumber : burden in such a way that movement is restricted
kernel : a central or vital part, core
maxim : proverb, a short statement of general truth
noxious : harmful, unpleasant, poisonous
orator : an eloquent/skilled public speaker

That's it for now. Will try to post more exciting and interesting TurboPacks very soon. In the meantime make sure to post an instant comment with some random sentence making use of the above words. Ciao!

GRE GMAT CAT Wordlist - TurboPack 3

The TurboPack 3 wordlist for today is as follows guys. Also do checkout TurboPack 1 and TurboPack 2 for reference.

apparition : ghost, phantom
buccaneer : pirate
nomenclature : terminology, the system of naming things
modicum : small amount, limited quantity
fallacious : based on a fallacy or mistaken belief, misleading
ewe : female sheep
cessation : stoppage, bringing to an end
pragmatic : practical, in a realistic way
recline : lie down, lean back
forlorn : sad and lonely, desolate

Upgrade Subversion on Mac OS X using Homebrew

Hi guys, in today's article we will see how to upgrade Subversion on Mac OS X using Homebrew. Subversion i.e SVN as you know is a popular centralised version controlling system.

First of all check in Terminal, the default pre-loaded version of Subversion that comes packaged with OS X.

svn --version

svn, version 1.7.20 (r1667490)

Now lets install Homebrew on the machine. For that just type the below command as mentioned on Homebrew's homepage. Btw for those who may be unaware, Homebrew is a free open source package management solution.

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Now it will begin the installation process and will change/update the owner and permissions of the following folders.

==> This script will install:

/usr/local/bin/brew

/usr/local/Library/...

/usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1

==> The following directories will be made group writable:

/usr/local/.

/usr/local/bin

==> The following directories will have their owner set to ironcladzone:

/usr/local/.

/usr/local/bin

==> The following directories will have their group set to admin:

/usr/local/.

/usr/local/bin

Once Homebrew is installed, we need to install Subversion using it. First of all lets get some information about svn installation. Type this in terminal :

brew info subversion

subversion: stable 1.9.3 (bottled)

Version control system designed to be a better CVS

https://subversion.apache.org/

Not installed

From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/subversion.rb

==> Dependencies

Build: pkg-config ✘, scons ✘

Required: sqlite ✘, openssl ✘

Optional: gpg-agent ✘

==> Options

--universal

Build a universal binary

--with-gpg-agent

Build with support for GPG Agent

--with-java

Build Java bindings

--with-perl

Build Perl bindings

--with-python

Build with python support

--with-ruby

Build Ruby bindings

==> Caveats

svntools have been installed to:

  /usr/local/opt/subversion/libexec

You see there are some dependencies that Brew will install along with Svn. Dependencies like sqlite, openssl etc. Proceed with the installation now and be patient for a while till it finishes.

brew install subversion

==> Installing dependencies for subversion: readline, sqlite, openssl

==> Installing subversion dependency: readline

==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/readline-6.3.8.el_capitan.bottle.tar.gz

######################################################################## 100.0%

==> Pouring readline-6.3.8.el_capitan.bottle.tar.gz

==> Caveats

This formula is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local.

.

.

.

==> Caveats

svntools have been installed to:

  /usr/local/opt/subversion/libexec

Bash completion has been installed to:

  /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d

==> Summary

🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/subversion/1.9.3: 148 files, 11.1M

Just check which svn versions are installed on your machine. I mean the locations of svn.

which -a svn

/usr/local/bin/svn

/usr/bin/svn

Now after the installation is complete, if you check svn --version you will still see the older version of svn. Hey but it should be 1.9.3 the latest version right?

svn --version

svn, version 1.7.20 (r1667490)

To fix this we need to add a line to ~/.bash_profile

sudo vi ~/.bash_profile

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

Now type : source ~/.bash_profile

Check the svn version now and it will show the latest one.

svn --version

svn, version 1.9.3 (r1718519)

Cheers! You just upgraded Subversion on Mac OS X. Hope it helps guys!