Scilab - resource document.

http://kiwi.emse.fr/SCILAB/sci-bot/sci-bot.pdf

Closing all scilab figures with one command

I observed that to close all figure windows in scilab, we can't use
>> close all
like in MATLAB.
After looking around, got the equivalent command in scilab. It is,
>> xdel(winsid())

peace.

Apostrophe in latex

If you want use apostrophe in your document and it isnt showing in the built pdf file, include fontenc package.

\usepackage{fontenc}

Running a python script from the python shell

To run a script from the python shell or the python prompt, use the command

>> execfile('filename.py')

To clear the screen, do the following,
>>import os
>>os.system("clear")

These are for systems running Ubuntu. Not sure if this will work for other operating systems.

Some more more more more GRE words.

61. Guileless - free of deceit.
62. Supplant - move into the position of
63. Vilify - Spread negative information.
64. Vile - morally low.
65. Insidious - working in subtle but destructive way.
66. juxtapose - place side by side for contrast.
67. Eclectic - Comprised of a variety of styles.
68. Forlorn - showing hopelessness.
69. avaricious - excessively greedy.
70. Tantamount - essentially equivalent to something.
71. Haughty - arrogant.
72. ephemeral - lasting a very short time.  

Some more more more GRE words.

46. Precociously - exceptionally early maturity.
47. Ameliorate - make something bad better / improve state of something
48. Panache - distinctive and showy elegance.
49. Languid - slow and relaxed.
50. travesty - mockery.
51. spurious - plausible but false.
52. Apathy - absence of emotion.
53. delineate - describe in detail.
54. vehement - extreme intensity of emotions.
55. immutable - not able to be changed.
56. heretic  - holding unorthodox opinions on any field.
57. contrive - to pull of a plan or scheme.
58.Quotidian - found in the ordinary course of events.
59. refractory - stubborn to control or authority.
60. Mollify - to pacify someone.

Some more more GRE words.

31. Eschew - stay away from / avoid deliberately.
32. Impudent - rude.
33. Decorous - Good taste in manners.
34. Gossamer - Characterized with unusual lightness and delicacy.
35. Reticent - reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
36. Culpability - State of guilt.
37. Didactic - excessively instructive.
38. Bucolic - relating to the pleasant aspects of the country.
39. Apathetic - Lack of interest.
40. Deferential - showing respect.
41. Perfidy - act of deliberate betrayal.
42. Inexorable - impossible to stop.
43. Engender - to give rise to
44. Belligerent - eager to fight.
45. Ascetic - practicing self-denial.