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Meaning: abandon or leave. Usage: Narrow streets lead to a quaint bridge over the
Synonyms: abandon, desert, leave, quit, depart from, river.
leave behind
N
Usage: She forsook her child, giving him up for 10). Truculent (Adjective)
adoption. Meaning: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively
defiant.
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3). Impudent (Adjective) Synonyms: defiant, aggressive, antagonistic,
Meaning: not showing due respect for another person; belligerent, pugnacious, bellicose
impertinent. Usage: The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper
Synonyms: impertinent, insolent, cheeky, audacious, imports.
brazen
Usage: He could have strangled this impudent upstart. 11). Intractable (adjective)
Meaning: hard to control or deal with.
4). Inept (Adjective) Synonyms: unmanageable, uncontrollable,
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Meaning: having or showing no skill; clumsy. ungovernable, out of control.
Synonyms: incompetent, unskillful, unskilled, Usage: Their problems have become more acute and
inexpert, amateurish intractable.
Usage: My attempts at baking were inept but I fumbled
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Usage: It is highly risk to hire a perfidious labour.
17). Anomalous (adjective)
Meaning: deviating from what is standard, normal, or 25). Conundrum (noun)
N
expected. Meaning: a confusing and difficult problem or
Synonyms: abnormal, atypical, non-typical, irregular. question.
Usage: Nuclear weapons testing may have been Synonyms: problem, difficult question, vexed
responsible for the anomalous weather conditions. question, difficulty
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Usage: One of the most difficult conundrums for the
18). Friable (adjective) experts.
Meaning: easily crumbled.
Synonyms: crumbly, easily crumbled, powdery, dusty. 26). Denouement (noun)
Usage: The soil was friable between her fingers. Meaning: The final part of a play, film, or narrative in
which the strands of the plot are drawn together and
19). Protean (adjective) matters are explained or resolved
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Meaning: tending or able to change frequently or Synonyms: final scene, final act, last act
easily. Usage: The film's denouement was unsatisfying and
Synonyms: ever-changing, variable, changeable, ambiguous.
mutable, kaleidoscopic.
N
Usage: The diverse and protean nature of mental 27). Stolid (adjective)
disorders. Meaning: calm, dependable, and showing little
emotion or animation
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Usage: The police struggled to garner sufficient Meaning: modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of
evidence. self-confidence
Synonyms: shyness, bashfulness, unassertiveness,
31). Contentious (adjective) modesty, modestness
Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; Usage: He regretted his diffidence and awkwardness in
controversial. large groups.
Synonyms: controversial, disputable, debatable, and
disputed 39). Fulminate (verb)
Usage: The contentious issue of abortion. Meaning: express vehement protest
Synonyms: protest, rail, rage, rant, thunder, storm,
32). Antipathy (noun) declaim, inveigh
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Meaning: a deep-seated feeling of aversion. Usage: Ministers and preachers fulminated against the
Synonyms: hostility, antagonism, animosity, aversion, new curriculum.
animus
N
Usage: His fundamental antipathy to capitalism. 40). Assay (noun)
Meaning: the testing of a metal or ore to determine its
33). Countenance (noun) ingredients and quality
Meaning: a person's face or facial expression Synonyms: evaluation, assessment, analysis,
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Synonyms: face, features, physiognomy, profile; facial examination, test
expression Usage: New plate was taxed when it was brought for
Usage: His impenetrable eyes and inscrutable assay.
countenance give little away.
41). Turbid (adjective)
34). Dogmatic (adjective) Meaning: (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with
Meaning: inclined to lay down principles as suspended matter
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undeniably true Synonyms: murky, muddy, thick; opaque, cloudy
Synonyms: opinionated, peremptory, assertive, Usage: The turbid waters of the river.
imperative, insistent
Usage: She was not tempted to be dogmatic about what 42). Erudite (adjective)
N
Synonyms: rakish, jaunty, dapper, dashing, sporty, Usage: He was a rather saturnine individual who never
flashy; unconventional spoke an unnecessary word.
Usage: His cosmopolitan, raffish air.
44). Abeyance (noun)
37). Vituperate (verb) Meaning: a state of temporary disuse or suspension.
Meaning: blame or insult (someone) in strong or Synonyms: suspension, a state of suspension, a state of
violent language dormancy, a state of latency, a state of uncertainty
Synonyms: revile, rail against, inveigh against, Usage: The project was left in abeyance for the time
fulminate against being.
Usage: He vituperated against all presidents with equal
gusto. 45). Diaphanous (adjective)
Meaning: (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and
38). Diffidence (noun) translucent.
Synonyms: sheer, fine, ultra-fine, delicate, light, Synonyms: diverse, many, numerous, various, varied
lightweight, thin Usage: The multifarious local and ethnic traditions that
Usage: She wore a diaphanous dress of pale gold. are found in the USA.
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47). Castigate (verb) 55). Audacious (adjective)
Meaning: reprimand (someone) severely. Meaning: Showing a willingness to take surprisingly
N
Synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, bold risks.
chide, upbraid, reprove Synonyms: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave,
Usage: He was castigated for not setting a good unafraid
example. Usage: The audience were left gasping at his audacious
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exploits.
48). Apprehension (noun)
Meaning: anxiety or fear that something bad or 56). Tenacity (noun)
unpleasant will happen. Meaning: The quality or fact of being able to grip
Synonyms: alarm, worry, uneasiness, unease, something firmly; grip.
nervousness, Synonyms: persistence, pertinacity, determination,
Usage: He had been filled with apprehension at having perseverance, doggedness
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to report his failure. Usage: The tenacity with which he stuck to his story.
Meaning: A feeling of irritation or resentment resulting Usage: He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
from a slight, especially to one's pride.
Synonyms: irritation, annoyance, resentment, anger, 59). Laconic (adjective)
displeasure Meaning: (of a person, speech, or style of writing)
Usage: He left in a fit of pique. using very few words.
Synonyms: brief, concise, terse, succinct, short,
52). Turgid (adjective) economical, elliptical
Meaning: Swollen and distended or congested. Usage: His laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in
Synonyms: swollen, congested; in spate, in flood the topic.
Usage: A turgid and fast-moving river.
60). Ossify (verb)
53). Multifarious (adjective) Meaning: Turn into bone or bony tissue.
Meaning: Having many varied parts or aspects.
Synonyms: turn into bone, become bony, harden, Meaning: a long, angry speech of criticism or
solidify, stiffen accusation.
Usage: These cartilages may ossify. Synonyms: Diatribe, invective, polemic, attack.
Usage: She rounded on Nathan with a devastating
61). Accretion (noun) tirade.
Meaning: growth or increase by the gradual
accumulation of additional layers or matter. 69). Yoke (noun)
Synonyms: Accumulation, collecting, gathering, Meaning: a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the
amassing, cumulation. necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart
Usage: The accretion of sediments in coastal that they are to pull.
mangroves. Synonyms: Harness, collar, tackle, tack.
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Usage: The horses were loosened from the yoke.
62). Acumen (noun)
Meaning: the ability to make good judgements and 70). Umbrage (noun)
N
take quick decisions. Meaning: offence or annoyance.
Synonyms: Astuteness, awareness, acuity, sharpness. Synonyms: take offence, be offended, take exception,
Usage: A gullible young man with little or no business bridle.
acumen. Usage: She took umbrage at his remarks.
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63). Ephemeral (adjective) 71). Abysmal (adjective)
Meaning: lasting for a very short time. Meaning: extremely bad; appalling
Synonyms: Transitory, transient, fleeting, passing. Synonyms: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful
Usage: Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly Usage: some of the teaching was abysmal.
drive out the old.
72). Tawdry (adjective)
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64). Garrulous (adjective) Meaning: showy but cheap and of poor quality
Meaning: excessively talkative, especially on trivial Synonyms: gaudy, flashy, showy, garish, loud;
matters. tasteless
Synonyms: Talkative, voluble, chatty. Usage: she had cheap, tawdry rings on her fingers.
N
65). Fetter (noun) Synonyms: rubbish, junk, debris, chaff, draff, detritus
Meaning: a chain or manacle used to restrain a Usage: sometimes it's possible to find a little gem
prisoner, typically placed around the ankles. amongst the mass-produced dross.
Synonyms: shackles, manacles, handcuffs, irons, leg
irons, chains. 74). Ardour (noun)
N
Usage: He lay bound with fetters of iron. Meaning: great enthusiasm or passion.
Synonyms: passion, avidity, fervour, zeal,
66). Inure (verb) wholeheartedness, eagerness
BA
Meaning: accustom (someone) to something, Usage: she was unaccustomed to being kissed with
especially something unpleasant. such ardour.
Synonyms: Harden, toughen, season, temper.
Usage: These children have been inured to violence. 75). Insouciant (adjective)
Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
67). Pejorative (Adjective) Synonyms: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval. unruffled, unconcerned
Synonyms: Disparaging, derogatory, denigratory. Usage: he had an insouciant attitude to their money
Usage: Permissiveness is used almost universally as a problems.
pejorative term.
76). Dulcet (adjective)
68). Tirade (noun) Meaning: (especially of sound) sweet and soothing
(often used ironically).
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78). Pellucid (adjective) 85). Tractable (adjective)
Meaning: translucently clear. Meaning: (of a person) easy to control or influence.
Synonyms: translucent, transparent, clear, crystal clear, Synonyms: controllable, manageable, malleable,
N
crystalline governable, yielding,
Usage: mountains reflected in the pellucid waters. Usage: She has always been tractable and obedient,
even as a child.
79). Pariah (noun)
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Meaning: an outcast. 86). Sedulous (adjective)
Synonyms: outcast, persona non grata, leper, reject, Meaning: (of a person or action) showing dedication
untouchable and diligence.
Usage: they were treated as social pariahs. Synonyms: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough,
assiduous
80). Taciturn (adjective) Usage: He watched himself with the most sedulous
Meaning: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative care.
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in speech; saying little.
Synonyms: untalkative, uncommunicative, reticent, 87). Intrepid (adjective)
unforthcoming, quiet Meaning: fearless; adventurous (often used for
Usage: after such gatherings she would be taciturn and rhetorical or humorous effect).
N
Meaning: lasting only for a short time; impermanent. 89). Demur (verb)
Synonyms: transitory, temporary, short-lived, short- Meaning: raise objections or show reluctance.
term, ephemeral Synonyms: raise objections, object, take exception,
Usage: A transient post-war baby boom. take issue
Usage: Normally she would have accepted the
83). Reprobate (noun) challenge, but she demurred.
Meaning: an unprincipled person.
Synonyms: rogue, rascal, scoundrel, good-for-nothing, 90). Equipoise (noun)
villain, wretch Meaning: balance of forces or interests.
Usage: He had to present himself as more of a lovable Synonyms: equilibrium, balance, evenness, symmetry,
reprobate than a spirit of parity
Corruption. Usage: This wine represents a marvellous equipoise of
91). Garrulity (Noun) Usage: She was assiduous in pointing out every
Meaning: excessive talkativeness, especially on trivial feature.
matters.
Synonyms: talkativeness, garrulousness, loquacity, 99). Lassitude (Noun)
loquaciousness, volubility, verbosity, Meaning: a state of physical or mental weariness; lack
Usage: They were irritated by his ungovernable of energy
garrulity. Synonyms: lethargy, listlessness, weariness, languor,
sluggishness, enervation
92). Arrant (Adjective) Usage: She was overcome by lassitude and retired to
Meaning: complete, utter bed.
Synonyms: downright, thoroughgoing, absolute,
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complete, thorough
Usage: What he is talking is arrant nonsense! 100). Sycophant (Noun)
Meaning: a person who acts obsequiously towards
N
93). Consequential (Adjective) someone important in order to gain advantage.
Meaning: following as a result or effect. Synonyms: toady, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer,
Synonyms: resulting, resultant, ensuing, consequent; flunkey, truckler
following Usage: He was surrounded by flatterers and
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Usage: A loss of confidence and a consequential sycophants.
withdrawal of funds.
101). Infant (Noun)
94). Attenuate (Verb) Meaning: a very young child or baby.
Meaning: reduce the force, effect, or value of. Synonyms: Baby, newborn, young child, little child
Synonyms: weakened, reduced, lessened, decreased, Usage: Their first year at infant school.
diminished, impaired
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Usage: Her intolerance was attenuated by an 102). Mortality (Noun)
unexpected liberalism. Meaning: the state of being subject to death.
Synonyms: Impermanence, temporality, transience,
95). Precarious (Adjective) perishability
N
Meaning: dependent on chance; uncertain Usage: the work is increasingly haunted by thoughts of
Synonyms: uncertain, insecure, unreliable, unsure, mortality.
unpredictable
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reasoning or argument.
97). Equivocate (Verb) Synonyms: talk someone into, coax, convince, make,
Meaning: use ambiguous language so as to conceal the get, induce, coerce, prompt
truth or avoid committing oneself. Usage: it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the
Synonyms: prevaricate, be evasive, be non-committal, right thing.
be vague, be ambiguous
Usage: The government have equivocated too often in 105). Deserters (Noun)
the past. Meaning: a member of the armed forces who deserts.
Synonyms: Runaway, renegade, fugitive, escapee
98). Assiduous (Adjective) Usage: deserters from the army.
Meaning: showing great care and perseverance.
Synonyms: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, 106). Tenure (Noun)
sedulous, attentive Meaning: the holding of an office.
Synonyms: incumbency, term of office, term, period of Meaning: not showing due respect for another person;
office, time impertinent.
Usage: his tenure of the premiership would be Synonyms: impertinent, insolent, cheeky, audacious,
threatened. brazen
Usage: He could have strangled this impudent upstart.
107). Bureaucracy (Noun)
Meaning: excessively complicated administrative 114). Inept (Adjective)
procedure. Meaning: having or showing no skill; clumsy.
Synonyms: red tape, rules and regulations, protocol , Synonyms: incompetent, unskilful, unskilled, inexpert,
officialdom amateurish
Usage: the unnecessary bureaucracy in local Usage: My attempts at baking were inept but I fumbled
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government. on.
N
Meaning: cause to become twisted together with or Meaning: a person new to and inexperienced in a job
caught in. or situation.
Synonyms: Intertwine, entwine, tangle, intertwist, Synonyms: beginner, learner, inexperienced person
twist, ravel, Usage: He was a complete novice in foreign affairs.
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Usage: Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and
become entangled. 116). Salient (Adjective)
Meaning: most noticeable or important.
109). Legitimate (Adjective) Synonyms: important, main, principal, major, chief,
Meaning: able to be defended with logic or primary, notable
justification; valid. Usage: The salient points stuck out clearly in her mind.
Synonyms: valid, sound, admissible, acceptable, well
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founded 117). Umbrage (Noun)
Usage: these are legitimate grounds for unease. Meaning: offence or annoyance.
Synonyms: take offence, be offended, take exception,
bridle, take something personally
N
Synonyms: Level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, plane, Meaning: the occurrence and development of events
order, division by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
Usage: the upper echelons of the business world. Synonyms: chance, happy chance, accident, happy
accident, fluke
111). Ambivalent (Adjective) Usage: Technical innovation may be the result of pure
N
Usage: The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper Definition: a person who rises in opposition or armed
imports. resistance against an established government or leader.
Meaning: revolutionary, insurgent, mutineer agitator
121). Persuade (verb) Usage: The rebels took control of the capital.
Definition: induce (someone) to do something through
reasoning or argument. 129). Substantial (adjective)
Meaning: prevail on, talk someone into, coax, Definition: of considerable importance, size, or worth.
convince, make, get, press someone into Meaning: considerable, real, material, weighty, soild,
Usage: He tried to persuade her to come with him. sizeable
Usage: Substantial progress had been made.
122). Traverse (Verb)
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Definition: travel across or through 130). Utterly (adverb)
Meaning: travel over/across, cross, journey Definition: completely and without qualification;
over/across, make one's way across absolutely.
N
Usage: He traversed the deserts of Persia and Meaning: completely, totally, absolutely, entirely, fully
Baluchistan. Usage: He looked utterly ridiculous.
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Definition: allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of. Meaning: (of a person) pleasing or liked on account of
Meaning: wallow in, give oneself up to, give way to, having qualities or interests that are similar to one's
yield to, abandon oneself to own.
Usage: We indulged in a cream tea. Synonyms: like-minded, compatible, kindred, well
suited, easy to get along with
124). Sway (verb) Usage: I was working with a bunch of very congenial
Definition: move or cause to move slowly or people.
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rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to
side. 132). Strident
Meaning: swing, shake, oscillate, rock, undulate, move Meaning: (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating.
from side to side Synonyms: harsh, raucous, rough, grating, rasping,
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companionable, convivial Meaning: (of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or
Usage: He was a popular and gregarious man. submissive, especially because of boredom or
dissatisfaction.
N
138). Enigma Synonyms: restless, fidgety, edgy, on edge, tense,
Meaning: a person or thing that is mysterious or uneasy
difficult to understand. Usage: The crowd had been waiting for hours and
Synonyms: mystery, puzzle, riddle, conundrum, many were becoming restive.
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paradox, problem,
Usage: How it works is a complete enigma to me. 146). Accolade
Meaning: an award or privilege granted as a special
139). Assuage honour or as an acknowledgement of merit.
Meaning: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. Synonyms: honour, recognition, privilege, award, gift,
Synonyms: Relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate, title
dampen Usage: The hotel has won numerous accolades
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Usage: The letter assuaged the fears of most members.
147). Harbinger
140). Sanguine Meaning: a person or thing that announces or signals
Meaning: optimistic or positive, especially in an the approach of another.
N
authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. Usage: The customary restraint of the British police
Synonyms: fictitious, made-up, untrue, fabricated,
false, 149). Trepidation
BA
Usage: An apocryphal story about a former president Meaning: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something
that may happen
142). Adage Synonyms: fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness,
Meaning: a proverb or short statement expressing a Usage: He sat in the waiting room, full of trepidation
general truth.
Synonyms: saying, maxim, axiom, proverb, slogan 150). Imperturbable
Usage: It is vital for every pilot to remember the old Meaning: unable to be upset or excited; calm.
adage ‘safety first Synonyms: self-possessed, composed, collected, calm,
cool, calm
143). Ersatz Usage: My father was a solid, imperturbable man
Meaning: (of a product) made or used as a substitute,
typically an inferior one, for something else. 151). Inevitable
Synonyms: artificial, substitute, imitation, fake, false Definition: certain to happen; unavoidable.
Meaning: unavoidable, inescapable, bound to happen, Definition: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction;
sure to happen, unpreventable, uninspired or uninspiring
Usage: His resignation was inevitable. Meaning: uninspired, uninspiring, unimaginative, dull,
humdrum, colourless,
152). Unassailable Usage: No excuses were made for the team's lacklustre
Definition: unable to be attacked, questioned, or performance.
defeated.
Meaning: impregnable, invulnerable, impenetrable, 160). Menace
inviolable Definition: a person or thing that is likely to cause
Usage: The world's most unassailable fortress. harm; a threat or danger.
Meaning: danger, peril, risk, hazard, threat; jeopardy
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153). Queer Usage: A new initiative aimed at beating the menace of
Definition: strange; odd. drugs.
Meaning: odd, strange, unusual, funny, peculiar,
N
curious, bizarre 161). Dampen
Usage: It seemed queer to see the windows all dark. Meaning: Humidify, moisten, wet
Definition: Make slightly wet.
154). Preponderance Usage: The fine rain dampened her face.
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Definition: the quality or fact of being greater in
number, quantity, or importance. 162). Vest
Meaning: prevalence, predominance, dominance Meaning: invest in, grant to, give to
Usage: The preponderance of women among older Definition: confer or bestow (power, authority,
people. property, etc.) on someone.
Usage: Executive power is vested in the President
155). Redundant
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Definition: not or no longer needed or useful; 163). Illicit
superfluous. Meaning: illegal, unlawful, banned
Meaning: unnecessary, not required, inessential, Definition: forbidden by law, rules, or custom.
unessential Usage: Police were searching for the illicit drugs in the
N
Meaning: failure, catastrophe, disaster, disintegration, Usage: The artist's exquisite delineation of costume and
mess, wreck, ruin; downfall, jewellery
Usage: The only man to reach double figures in the
second-innings debacle. 166). Intermittent
Meaning: broken, irregular, discontinuous
158). Beleaguer Definition: occurring at irregular intervals; not
Definition: lay siege to. continuous or steady.
Meaning: besieged, under siege, blockaded, Usage: They heard intermittent bursts of gunfire
surrounded, encircled, hemmed in, under attack
Usage: He led a relief force to the aid of the 167). Transgression
beleaguered city. Meaning: offence, crime, sin, wrong
Definition: an act that goes against a law, rule, or code
159). Lacklustre of conduct; an offence.
Usage: They were granted full amnesty for their Definition: the holding or expression of opinions at
transgressions . variance with those commonly or officially held.
Usage: there was no dissent from this view
168). Sovereignty
Meaning: Power, dominion, supermacy 176). Relevance
Definition: Supreme power or authority. Meaning: applicability, application, appositeness,
Usage: Full West German sovereignty was achieved in bearing, concernment, germaneness, materiality,
1955. pertinence, pertinency, relevancy
Definition: the quality or state of being closely
169). Blatant connected or appropriate.
Meaning: flagrant, glaring, obvious Usage: This film has contemporary relevance
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Definition: (of bad behaviour) done openly and
unashamedly. 177). Critique
Usage: She forced herself to resist his blatant charm Meaning: Analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal,
N
review
170). Periphery Definition: a detailed analysis and assessment of
Meaning: edge, margin, boundary something, especially a literary, philosophical, or
Definition: the outer limits or edge of an area or object. political theory
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Usage: New buildings on the periphery of the hospital Usage: A critique of Marxist historicism
site.
178). Gestures
171). Derelict Meaning: Signal, signaling, sign, signing, motion,
Meaning: Unsafe, dangerous, hazardous, perilous, wave, ondication
insecure Definition: a movement of part of the body, especially
Definition: in a very poor condition as a result of a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.
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disuse and neglect Usage: he threw out both hands in a gesture of
Usage: A derelict Georgian mansion surrender
Meaning: Engrossing, captivating, absorbing, Meaning: Boldness, daring, bravery, courage, pluck,
interesting, enchanting, beguiling, enthralling, riveting insolence
Definition: extremely interesting Definition: a willingness to take bold risks.
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Usage: A fascinating book Usage: he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan
Definition: call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a Definition: illustrate or clarify by giving an example.
witness, or for inspiration Usage: he exemplified his point with an anecdote
Usage: the antiquated defence of insanity is rarely
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Meaning: vestibule, foyer, hall, entry, lobby, portal several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often
Definition: a covered shelter projecting in front of the into two battalions
entrance of a building Usage: the Royal Highland Regiment
Usage: the north porch of Hereford Cathedral
192). Infiltrate
184). Fiesta Meaning: penetrate, invade, intrude on, permeate, enter
Meaning: Festival, carnival, holiday, party Definition: enter or gain access to (an organization,
Definition: an event marked by festivities or place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in
celebration order to acquire secret information..
Usage: the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Usage: the organization has been infiltrated by
informers
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185). Fusion
Meaning: Blend, combination, amalgamation, joining, 193). Interrogation
bonding Meaning: questioning, vross-questioning, carechism,
N
Definition: the process or result of joining two or more quizzing
things together to form a single entity. Definition: the action of interrogating or the process of
Usage: the election results produced pressure for fusion being interrogated.
of the parties Usage: would he keep his mouth shut under
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interrogation ?
186). Traverse
Meaning: cross, negotiate, travel over/across 194). Adjunct
Definition: travel across or through. Meaning: Supplement, addition, complement, extra
Usage: he traversed the forest Definition: a thing added to something else as a
supplementary rather than an essential part.
187). Genesis Usage: computer technology is an adjunct to learning
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Meaning: origin, source, root, beginning, start, outset
Definition: the origin or mode of formation of 195). Armada
something Meaning: fleet, flotilla, navy, squadron
Usage: this tale had its genesis in fireside stories Definition: a fleet of warships.
N
Definition: relating to a city or town, especially its Meaning: principle, rule, law, tenet, formula
administration; municipal. Definition: a general law, rule, principle, or criterion
Usage: a meeting of civic and business leaders by which something is judged.
Usage: the appointment violated the canons of fair play
189). Cooper and equal opportunity
N
ships unprotected
Definition: exposed to the possibility of being attacked
190). Rover or harmed, either physically or emotionally
Meaning: wanderer, traveler, drifter, brid of passage Usage: we were in a vulnerable position
Definition: a person who spends their time wandering.
Usage: they became rovers who departed further and 198). Thrall
further from civilization Meaning: power, control, grip, grasp, yoke
Definition: the state of being in someone's power, or of
191). Regiment having great power over someone.
Meaning: Unit, outfit, force Usage: she was in thrall to her abusive husband
Definition: a permanent unit of an army typically
commanded by a lieutenant colonel and divided into 199). Trammel
Meaning: restraint, curb, check, impediment, barrier
Definition: restrictions or impediments to freedom of Usage: she propped her chin in the palm of her right
action. hand
Usage: we will forge our own future, free from the
trammels of materialism 208). Assiduous
Meaning: diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough,
200). Revere sedulous, attentive
Meaning: respect, admire, prize, treasure, value Definition: showing great care and perseverance.
Definition: feel deep respect or admiration for Usage: She was assiduous in pointing out every feature
(something) .
Usage: Cezanne's still lifes were revered by his 209). Episodic
contemporaries Meaning: intermittent, irregular, sporadic, periodic,
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fitful
201). Robust Definition: occurring occasionally and at irregular
Meaning: durable, resilient, tough, hard-wearing, long- intervals.
N
lasting, well made, Usage: volcanic activity is highly episodic in nature
Definition: (of an object) sturdy in construction
Usage: a robust metal cabinet 210). Impervious
Meaning: impermeable, impenetrable, waterproof
ZO
202). Perhaps Definition: not allowing fluid to pass through.
Meaning: maybe, possibly, conceivably, feasibly Usage: an impervious layer of basaltic clay
Definition: used to express uncertainty or possibility.
Usage: perhaps I should have been frank with him 211). Capricious
Meaning: fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable,
203). Towering unstable, mercurial, erratic
Meaning: high, tall, lofty, sky-high, steep Definition: given to sudden and unaccountable changes
G
Definition: extremely tall, especially in comparison of mood or behaviour..
with the surroundings. Usage: A capricious and often brutal administration
Usage: Hari looked up at the towering buildings
212). Empirical
N
Usage: the dynamism and strength of the economy Definition: intended for or likely to be understood by
only a small number of people with a specialized
206). Asymmetric knowledge or interest.
Meaning: lopsided, unsymmetrical, crooked Usage: Esoteric philosophical debates
Definition: having parts which fail to correspond to
one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking 214). Inevitable
symmetry. Meaning: unavoidable, certain, sure, fated, inexorable
Usage: the church has an asymmetrical plan with an Definition: certain to happen; unavoidable.
aisle only on one side Usage: war was inevitable
Definition: characterized by pretentious or showy Usage: The woman in charge was a martinet who
display; designed to impress. treated all those beneath her like children
Usage: A simple design that is glamorous without
being ostentatious 224). Unlawful
Meaning: illegal, illicit, illegitimate, against the law
216). Poignant Definition: not conforming to, permitted by, or
Meaning: moving, sad, touching, tearful, pitiful, tragic recognized by law or rules.
Definition: evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret. Usage: The use of unlawful violence
Usage: A poignant reminder of the passing of time
225). Bequest
217). Sarcastic Meaning: legacy, inheritance, endowment, estate,
E
Meaning: Sardonic, ironic, satirical heritage, bestowal, donation
Definition: marked by or given to using irony in order Definition: the action of bequeathing something.
to mock or convey contempt Usage: A painting acquired by bequest
N
Usage: Making sarcastic comments
226). Gullible
218). Vain Meaning: credulous, trustful, naïve, innocent, ignorant,
Meaning: conceited, egoistic, egocentric, self-loving simple, unguared
ZO
Definition: having or showing an excessively high Definition: easily persuaded to believe something;
opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth. credulous
Usage: Their flattery made him vain Usage: an attempt to persuade a gullible public to
spend their money
219). Trauma
Meaning: Injury, damage, hurt, wound, sore, cut, 227). Deceptive
lesion Meaning: misleading, illusory, illusive, ambiguous,
G
Definition: physical injury. delusive,
Usage: Rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt Definition: giving an appearance or impression
trauma different from the true one; misleading
Usage: He put the question with deceptive casualness
N
220). Aloof
Meaning: distant, detached, unresponsive, remote, 228). Elusive
stuffy Meaning: difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down
KI
Definition: not friendly or forthcoming; cool and Definition: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
distant. Usage: Success will become ever more elusive
Usage: They were courteous but faintly aloof
229). Tyranny
221). Indefatigable Meaning: despotism, absolutism, autocracy,
N
Usage: The adhesion of the gum strip to the paper Usage: The new law is expected to diminish the
government's chances
232). Virtuoso
Meaning: genius, expert, master, artist, doyen 240). Mirth
Definition: a person highly skilled in music or another Meaning: merriment, high spirits, cheer, gaiety, fun,
artistic pursuit jollity, joy
Usage: A celebrated clarinet virtuoso Definition: amusement, especially as expressed in
laughter.
233). Waif Usage: his six-foot frame shook with mirth
Meaning: ragamuffin, guttersnipe
Definition: a homeless, neglected, or abandoned 241). Corporeal
E
person, especially a child. Meaning: bodily, fleshly, carnal, human, mortal,
Usage: she is foster-mother to various waifs and strays earthly
Definition: relating to a person's body, especially as
N
234). Ulterior opposed to their spirit.
Meaning: Secondary, underlying, undisclosed, Usage: He was frank about his corporeal appetites
unexpressed, unapparent, hidden, covert
Definition: existing beyond what is obvious or 242). Epigram
ZO
admitted; intentionally hidden. Meaning: quip, witticism, gem, jest, pun, sally
Usage: could there be an ulterior motive behind his Definition: a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea
request? in a clever and amusing way
Usage: a Wildean epigram
235). Telltale
Meaning: revealing, revelatory, meaningful, 243). Laudable
significant, meaning Meaning: admirable, worthy, deserving, noteworthy,
G
Definition: revealing, indicating, or betraying reputable, sterling
something. Definition: (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise
Usage: The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon and commendation.
Usage: laudable though the aim might be, the results
N
Usage: the government eventually rescinded the electorate on an important public question such as a
directive change in the constitution.
Usage: the administration will hold a plebiscite for the
238). Acrimony approval of constitutional reforms
Meaning: rancor, ill feeling, bad blood, animosity,
bitterness 246). Amateur
Definition: bitterness or ill feeling. Meaning: non-professional, layman, layperson
Usage: the AGM dissolved into acrimony Definition: a person who engages in a pursuit,
especially a sport, on an unpaid basis.
239). Diminish Usage: it takes five years for a top amateur to become a
Meaning: decrease, decline, reduce, lessen real Tour de France rider
Definition: make or become less.
247). Exorcise
E
into the mud the list
N
Meaning: anomaly, deviation, abnormality, variation, Meaning: misunderstand, misinterpret, misconceive,
quirk miss, confuse, confound
Definition: a departure from what is normal, usual, or Definition: interpret (a person's words or actions)
expected, typically an unwelcome one. wrongly.
ZO
Usage: they described the outbreak of violence in the Usage: my advice was deliberately misconstrued
area as an aberration
258). Nonchalant
250). Brusque Meaning: Feeling, relaxed, calm
Meaning: curt, abrupt, blunt, short, terse, brisk, crisp Definition: (of a person or manner) feeling or
Definition: abrupt or offhand in speech or manner appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying
Usage: She could be brusque and impatient anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.
G
Usage: She gave a nonchalant shrug
251). Quirky
Meaning: eccentric, odd, outlandish, offbeat, zany, 259). Nexus
weird Meaning: Connection, focal point
N
power
252). Reconnaissance
Meaning: survey, exploration, observation, probe, scan 260). Arson
Definition: military observation of a region to locate an Meaning: incendiarism, pyromania, fire-raising,
enemy or ascertain strategic features firebombing
N
Usage: An excellent aircraft for low-level Definition: the criminal act of deliberately setting fire
reconnaissance to property
Usage: Police are treating the fire as arson
BA
253). Humdrum
Meaning: Dull, boring, tedious, monotomous, banal, 261). Bankrupt
ordinary, everyday Meaning: Insolvent, without, denuded of, vacant of
Definition: lacking excitement or variety; boringly Definition: completely lacking in a particular good
monotonous. quality.
Usage: humdrum routine work Usage: His father went bankrupt and the family had to
sell their home
254). Revamp
Meaning: renovate, redecorate, refurbish, recondition, 262). Abundant
rehabilitate, rebuild, overhaul Meaning: Plentiful, copious, ample, profuse, rich,
Definition: give new and improved form, structure, or lavish, liberal, bountiful, bumber
appearance to. Definition: existing or available in large quantities;
Usage: An attempt to revamp the museum's image plentiful
E
Meaning: Basic, elementary, introductory, early,
primary, initial, first 273). Bizarre
Definition: involving or limited to basic principles. Meaning: Strange, peculiar, odd, funny, curious,
N
Usage: He received a rudimentary education offbeat, outlandish, queer
Definition: very strange or unusual.
265). Scruple Usage: a bizarre situation
Meaning: hesitation, compunction,
ZO
reservation,thoughtd 274). Scurrilous
Definition: a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard Meaning: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, pejorative,
to the morality or propriety of a course of action. libelous
Usage: I had no scruples about eavesdropping Definition: making or spreading scandalous claims
about someone with the intention of damaging their
266). Specious reputation.
Meaning: misleading, deceptive, false, unsound Usage: A scurrilous attack on his integrity
G
Definition: superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
Usage: A specious argument 275). Calumny
Meaning: slander, libel, character assassination,
267). Tenacious calumniation
N
Meaning: firm, tight, fast, clinging, good Definition: the making of false and defamatory
Definition: tending to keep a firm hold of something; statements about someone in order to damage their
clinging or adhering closely. reputation; slander.
KI
E
Definition: the expression of disapproval or Definition: move with a smooth wave-like motion.
disappointment Usage: Her body undulated to the thumping rhythm of
Usage: He gave her a look of reproach the music
N
281). Reticence 289). Wary
Meaning: reserve, restraint, inhibition, shyness, Meaning: cautious, careful, chary, alert, prudent
modesty Definition: feeling or showing caution about possible
ZO
Definition: the quality of being reticent; reserve. dangers or problems.
Usage: The traditional emotional reticence of the Usage: Dogs which have been mistreated often remain
British very wary of strangers
291). Dilatory
283). Preempt Meaning: Slow, unhurried, tardy, lax, sluggish, idle,
Meaning: Foretall, prevent, secure indolent
KI
E
investment 305). Fulsome
Meaning: ample, profuse, generous, liberal, lavish
297). Turbid Definition: complimentary or flattering to an excessive
N
Meaning: murky, muddy, thick, degree
Definition: (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with Usage: The press are embarrassingly fulsome in their
suspended matter. appreciation
Usage: The turbid estuary
ZO
306). Extol
298). Verbose Meaning: praise enthusiastically, go into raptures
Meaning: wordy, garrulous, talkative, voluble, effusive about/over, wax lyrical about, sing the praises of, praise
Definition: (using or expressed in more words than are to the skies, heap praise on,
needed. Definition: praise enthusiastically
Usage: Much academic language is obscure and Usage: He extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples
verbose
G
307). Insipid
299). Venerate Meaning: tasteless, unflavoured, bland, weak, thin
Meaning: revere, respect, worship, hallow, deify Definition: lacking flavour; weak or tasteless
Definition: regard with great respect; revere Usage: Mugs of insipid coffee
N
Meaning: Honour, recognition, privilege, award, gift, Meaning: untalkative, reticent, quiet, mute, dumb,
title inarticulate
Definition: an award or privilege granted as a special Definition: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative
honour or as an acknowledgement of merit. in speech; saying little.
Usage: The hotel has won numerous accolades Usage: After such gatherings she would be taciturn
and morose
312). Acrid
Meaning: pungent, bitter, sharp, sour, tart, harsh, acid, 320). Witticism
acidic Meaning: Joke, quip, witty remark, flash of wit, jest,
Definition: unpleasantly bitter or pungent. pun, pleasantry
Usage: Acrid smoke Definition: a witty remark.
E
Usage: Maurice roared with laughter at his own
313). Adjunct witticisms
Meaning: Supplement, addition, accompaniment,
N
complement, additive, accessory 321). Abdicate
Definition: a thing added to something else as a Meaning: resign, retire, quit, stand down
supplementary rather than an essential part. Definition: (of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
Usage: Computer technology is an adjunct to learning Usage: in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German
ZO
emperor
314). Bolster
Meaning: pillow, cushion, support, pad, rest 322). Atrophy
Definition: a long, thick pillow that is placed under Meaning: waste, become emaciate, wither, shrivel, wilt
other pillows for support Definition: (of body tissue or an organ) waste away,
Usage: the fall in interest rates is starting to bolster especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or
confidence become vestigial during evolution
G
Usage: The calf muscles will atrophy
315). Orator
Meaning: Speaker, lecturer, declaimer 323). Axiom
Definition: a public speaker, especially one who is Meaning: Accepted truth, general truth, dictum,
N
E
Definition: Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics Usage: She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the
to achieve goals. mirror
Usage: he's as devious as a politician needs to be
N
337). Perdition
329). Enervate Meaning: damnation, eternal punishment
Meaning: exhaust, tire, weary, devitalize, drain, sap, Definition: (in Christian theology) a state of eternal
weaken, enfeeble punishment and damnation into which a sinful and
ZO
Definition: make (someone) feel drained of energy or unrepentant person passes after death.
vitality. Usage: She used her last banknote to buy herself a
Usage: Enervating heat square meal before perdition
331). Innate
Meaning: inborn, natural, inbred, inherent, intrinsic, 339). Vicissitude
intuitive, untaught Meaning: Change, alteration, transformation, shift,
KI
E
344). Pristine Usage: They were imbibing far too many pitchers of
Meaning: immaculate, fresh, new, clean, virgin, pure beer
Definition: in its original condition; unspoilt.
N
Usage: Pristine copies of an early magazine 353). Perjury
Meaning: lying under oath, violation of an oath, giving
345). Altercation false evidence/testimony, bearing false
Meaning: Argument, quarrel, fight, dissension, quarrel witness/testimony
ZO
Definition: a noisy argument or disagreement, Definition: the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or
especially in public. making a misrepresentation under oath.
Usage: I had an altercation with the ticket collector Usage: He claimed two witnesses at his trial had
committed perjury
346). Opulent
Meaning: Luxurious, sumptuous, palatial, grand, 354). Vanquish
magnificent, rich, lush Meaning: conquer, trounce, annihiliate, worst,
G
Definition: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.. overcome, overwhelm,
Usage: The opulent comfort of a limousine Definition: defeat thoroughly.
Usage: he successfully vanquished his rival
347). Eulogize
N
Usage: He was eulogized as a rock star Usage: The night skies were sombre and starless
E
imposingly deep and full. Usage: I was infuriated by your article
Usage: He read aloud with a sonorous and musical
voice 368). Brood
N
Meaning: offspring, young, progeny, spawn
361). Monotonous Definition: a family of birds or other young animals
Meaning: tedious, dull, unexciting, tiresome, unvaried, produced at one hatching or birth
prosaic, dreary, colourless Usage: A brood of chicks
ZO
Definition: dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in
variety and interest.. 369). Panacea
Usage: The statistics that he quotes with monotonous Meaning: universal cure, cure-all, wonder drug, magic
regularity formula, magic bullet
Definition: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or
362). Annihilate diseases.
Meaning: destroy, obliterate, liquidate, eradicate, Usage: The panacea for all corporate ills.
G
extinguish, exttinguish
Definition: destroy utterly; obliterate.. 370). Reproachful
Usage: A simple bomb of this type could annihilate Meaning: disapproving, reproving, critical, censorious,
them all admonitory
N
E
Usage: We were deafened by the explosion 383). Hail
Meaning: Sleet, precipitation, beat, rain, fall, drop
376). Fortune Definition: pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers
N
Meaning: chance, accident, coincidence, destiny, from cumulonimbus clouds
foruity Usage: rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof
Definition: chance or luck as an arbitrary force
affecting human affairs. 384). Allude
ZO
Usage: some malicious act of fortune keeps them Meaning: refer to, suggest, hint at, imply, mention,
separate touch on, cite
Definition: suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint
377). Envy at.
Meaning: Jealousy, desire, enciousness Usage: She had a way of alluding to Jean but never
Definition: a feeling of discontented or resentful saying her name
longing aroused by someone else's possessions,
G
qualities, or luck. 385). Defy
Usage: She felt a twinge of envy for the people on Meaning: disobey, refuse to obey, flout, disregard,
board ignore
Definition: openly resist or refuse to obey.
N
especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to Meaning: evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee,
show defiance escape(from)
Usage: newly rich consumers eager to flaunt their Definition: escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or
prosperity pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way.
Usage: he tried to elude the security men by sneaking
N
Usage: a jibe at his old rivals. Meaning: Equivocal, uncertain, unsure, doubtful,
indecisive, irresolute, unresolved, mixed
380). Grisly Definition: having mixed feelings or contradictory
Meaning: gruesome, horrid, fearful, hideous, macabre, ideas about something or someone.
dire, awful Usage: some loved her, some hated her, few were
Definition: causing horror or disgust. ambivalent about her
Usage: The town was shaken by a series of grisly
crimes 388). Anecdote
Meaning: Story, tale, narrative, sketch
381). Persuade Definition: a short amusing or interesting story about a
Meaning: Coax, sway, prompt, inveigle, entice, tempt, real incident or person
make, get Usage: He told anecdotes about his job
E
actions, especially in order to keep something inert, sluggish, dull, heavy
confidential or to avoid embarrassment. Definition: lazy.
Usage: We made some discreet inquiries Usage: Fatigue made him slothful
N
391). Revive 399). Catharsis
Meaning: resuscitate, bring back from the edge of Meaning: purgation, relief, exorcism, release, purging
death Definition: the process of releasing, and thereby
ZO
Definition: restore to life or consciousness. providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
Usage: both men collapsed, but were revived Usage: Music is a means of catharsis for them.
Usage: The new government was confronted with shape or form of something.
many profound difficulties. Usage: She traced the contours of his face with her
finger
394). Subside
Meaning: calm, lull, fade, wane, ebb, still, cease, 402). Anarchy
N
Definition: (of an object) easily broken or damaged. Usage: He was familiar with the nuances of the local
Usage: Fragile items such as glass and china dialect
E
Definition: be or remain hidden so as to wait in Definition: give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle
ambush for someone or something Usage: Her stutter caused the children to titter
Usage: A ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness
N
415). Cabal
407). Besmirch Meaning: clique, faction, group, set, band, camp
Meaning: sully, tarnish, blacken, stain, taint, smear, Definition: a secret political clique or faction.
spoil, ruin Usage: A cabal of dissidents
ZO
Definition: damage (someone's reputation).
Usage: He had besmirched the good name of his family 416). Pious
Meaning: devout, dedicated, reverent, holy, godly,
408). Neophyte faithful, dutiful, righteous
Meaning: beginner, learner, novice, newcomer, tyro, Definition: devoutly religious
fledgling Usage: A deeply pious woman
Definition: a person who is new to a subject or activity
G
Usage: Four-day cooking classes are offered to 417). Grotesque
neophytes and experts Meaning: Malformed, deformed, distorted, twisted
Definition: comically or repulsively ugly or distorted..
409). Austere Usage: A figure wearing a grotesque mask
N
Usage: The onus is on you to show that you have Definition: not discovered or known about; uncertain.
suffered loss Usage: His origins and parentage are obscure.
Definition: lasting or existing for a long or apparently Usage: He acknowledged their presence with a
infinite time; enduring or continually recurring. condescending sneer.
Usage: His perennial distrust of the media
430). Pariah
422). Abnegation Meaning: outcast, leper, reject, untouchable,
Meaning: rejection, refusal, abandonment, abdication, undesirable
surrender, disavowal Definition: an outcast.
Definition: the action of renouncing or rejecting Usage: They were treated as social pariahs.
something..
Usage: Abnegation of political power 431). Desist
Meaning: abstain, refrain, forbear, hold back, keep
E
423). Mortal Definition: stop doing something; cease or abstain.
Meaning: deadly, physical, bodily, fleshly, corporal, Usage: Each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage
earthly, fatal, killing
N
Definition: (of a living human being, often in contrast 432). Inscribe
to a divine being) subject to death. Meaning: crave, write, etch, cut, score, incise
Usage: All men are mortal. Definition: write or carve (words or symbols) on
something, especially as a formal or permanent record.
ZO
424). Somnolent Usage: His name was inscribed on the new silver
Meaning: sleepy, drowsy, tired, heavy –eyed, groggy trophy
Definition: sleepy; drowsy
Usage: a somnolent summer day 433). Succumb
Meaning: yield, give in, give way, submit, surrender,
425). Amicable capitulate, cave in
Meaning: friendly, cordial, civil, easy, easy-going Definition: fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some
G
Definition: characterized by friendliness and absence other negative force.
of discord. Usage: We cannot merely give up and succumb to
Usage: An amicable settlement of the dispute despair.
N
Definition: cause to become unable to think clearly Definition: not telling the truth; lying
Usage: even in my befuddled state I could see that they Usage: mendacious propaganda
meant trouble
435). Querulous
427). Callow Meaning: petulant, testy, touchy, waspish, prickly,
N
Usage: Earnest and callow undergraduates Usage: She became querulous and demanding
E
Definition: damage (someone's reputation). Definition: different to what is normal or expected;
Usage: He had besmirched the good name of his strange.
family. Usage: He gave her some very peculiar looks
N
440). Disgust 448). Denial
Meaning: revulsion, repugnance, aversion, distaste, Meaning: contradiction, rebuttal, repudiation
loathing Definition: the action of denying something.
ZO
Definition: a feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval Usage: She shook her head in denial
aroused by something unpleasant or offensive.
Usage: The sight filled her with disgust. 449). Probed
Meaning: examine, feel, prod, poke, check
441). Discrimination Definition: explore or examine (something), especially
Meaning: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, with the hands or an instrument.
partisanship, Usage: Hands probed his body from top to bottom.
G
Definition: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of
different categories of people, especially on the grounds 450). Engulf
of race, age, or sex. Meaning: flood, deluge, immerse, swamp, inundate
Usage: Victims of racial discrimination. Definition: (of a natural force) sweep over (something)
N
E
Usage: I vacillated between teaching and journalism.
456). Intrusive
Meaning: intruding, invasive, obtrusive, interrupting, 464). Ordained
N
trespassing, unwanted Meaning: appoint, induct, install, invest, anoint,
Definition: causing disruption or annoyance through consecrate
being unwelcome or uninvited Definition: make (someone) a priest or minister; confer
Usage: That was an intrusive question holy orders on
ZO
Usage: He was ordained a minister before entering
457). Temporize Parliament
Meaning: equivocate, stall, delay, prevaricate, hesitate
Definition: avoid making a decision or committing 465). Provision
oneself in order to gain time. Meaning: supply, delivery, furnishing, allocation,
Usage: The opportunity was missed because the queen distribution, presentation
still temporized Definition: The action of providing or supplying
G
something for use.
458). Lampoon Usage: New contracts for the provision of services
Meaning: saririze, mock, ridicule, rag, tease
Definition: publicly criticize (someone or something) 466). Stipulation
N
Meaning: linger, dally, idle, waste time Usage: The cathedral was built in 1517 as a royal
Definition: waste time; be slow. mausoleum
Usage: she mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call
now. 468). Entrench
Meaning: establish, settle, lodge, set, root, install,
461). Rampage plant, embed, anchor, seat
Meaning: riot, tear, run amok, storm, charge Definition: establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so
Definition: (especially of a large group of people) firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable Usage: Ageism is entrenched in our society
manner.
Usage: Several thousand demonstrators rampaged 469). Deception
through the city Meaning: deceit, duplicity, fraud, guile, pretence,
artifice
Definition: the action of deceiving someone. Definition: weaken or damage (something, especially a
Usage: Obtaining property by deception. faculty or function)
Usage: a noisy job could permanently impair their
470). Astounding hearing
Meaning: amazing, astonishing, shocking, surprising,
stunning 478). Astounding
Definition: surprisingly impressive or notable Meaning: amazing, astonishing, shocking, surprising,
Usage: The summit offers astounding views. striking
Definition: surprisingly impressive or notable.
471). Trepidation Usage: The summit offers astounding views
Meaning: fear, apprehension, dread, agitation, dismay ,
E
alarm 479). Contemplate
Definition: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something Meaning: look at, view, regard, examine, inspect,
that may happen. observe, survey, study
N
Usage: The men set off in fear and trepidation Definition: look thoughtfully for a long time at.
Usage: He contemplated his image in the mirrors.
472). Certainty
Meaning: Confidence, certitude, fact, truth, validity 480). Stupefy
ZO
Definition: firm conviction that something is the case. Meaning: stun, daze, knock out, benumb, numb
Usage: She knew with absolute certainty that they Definition: make (someone) unable to think or feel
were dead properly
Usage: The offence of administering drugs to a woman
473). Scandalising with intent to stupefy her.
Meaning: shock, appal, outrage, revolt, repel, sicken
Definition: shock or horrify (someone) by a real or 481). Erratic
G
imagined violation of propriety or morality. Meaning: unpredictable, variable, inconstant,
Usage: Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts. uncertain, unstable,
Definition: not even or regular in pattern or movement;
474). Stringent unpredictable.
N
Meaning: Strict, firm, rigid, severe, harsh, tight, Usage: Her breathing was erratic
exacting, demanding, stiff
Definition: (of regulations, requirements, or 482). Prominent
KI
conditions) strict, precise, and exacting Meaning: important, well known, leading, eminent,
Usage: stringent guidelines on air pollution pre-eminent, noted, public, foremost, famed, big, top,
great, chief, main
475). Strained Definition: important; famous.
Meaning: austere, abstinent, Spartan, monastic, simple Usage: She was a prominent member of the city
N
Usage: an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual Meaning: inclination, drive, compulsion, need
labour Definition: a natural or intuitive way of acting or
thinking.
476). Entrench Usage: They retain their old authoritarian instincts.
Meaning: establish, settle, ensconce, lodge, set, root,
install, plant 484). Prerequisites
Definition: establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so Meaning: precondition, condition, essential,
firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely requirement, imperative, basic
Usage: Ageism is entrenched in our society Definition: a thing that is required as a prior condition
for something else to happen or exist
477). Impair Usage: sponsorship is not a prerequisite for any of our
Meaning: damage, harm, diminish, reduce, weaken, courses
lessen, blunt, impede, disable
E
Usage: Tayside Regional Council called for arbitration
487). Disown to settle the dispute
Meaning: reject, cast off, cast aside, abandon,
N
repudiate, renounce, deny 495). Candid
Definition: refuse to acknowledge or maintain any Meaning: frank, outspoken, forthright, open, honest,
connection with. truthful, direct, bluff
Usage: Lovell's rich family had disowned him because Definition: truthful and straightforward; frank
ZO
of his marriage Usage: His responses were remarkably candid
fluently and coherently Definition: (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and
Usage: She was not very articulate. convincing.
Usage: They put forward cogent arguments for British
BA
Usage: He has been plagued by ill health. Meaning: Out of date, outdated, outmoded, old-
fashioned
501). Proclaim Definition: no longer produced or used; out of date
Meaning: Indicate, show, signify, reveal, manifest, Usage: The disposal of old and obsolete machinery
betray, demonstrate
Definition: his high, intelligent forehead proclaimed a 509). Integrate
strength of mind that was almost tangible. Meaning: combine, amalgamate, mix, intermix, join,
Usage: indicate clearly fuse, blend
Definition: combine (one thing) with another to form a
502). Debtor whole
Meaning: borrower, mortgagor, Usage: Transport planning should be integrated with
E
Definition: a person, country, or organization that owes energy policy.
money.
Usage: Generally, debtors must negotiate with each 510). Alleviate
N
creditor separately Meaning: Reduce, ease, relive, dull, lessen, quiet,
blunt, moderate
503). Hypocrisy Definition: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem)
Meaning: cant, humbug, pretence, posturing, empty less severe.
ZO
talk, pietism Usage: He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it.
Definition: the practice of claiming to have higher
standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. 511). Affirm
Usage: his target was the hypocrisy of suburban life. Meaning: Declare, state, aver, proclaim, pronounce,
attest, swear, avow, vow, guarantee, promise, certify
504). Influx Definition: state emphatically or publicly.
Meaning: inundation, inrush, rush, stream, flood, Usage: He affirmed the country's commitment to peace
G
ingress
Definition: an arrival or entry of large numbers of 512). Travesty
people or things Meaning: misrepresentation, distortion, corruption,
Usage: A massive influx of tourists poor imitation, parody
N
Meaning: Recompense, repay, pay back, recoup, Definition: the action of making amends for a wrong
requite one has done, by providing payment or other assistance
Definition: give (someone) something, typically to those who have been wronged.
BA
money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury Usage: The courts required a convicted offender to
incurred; recompense. make financial reparation to his victim.
Usage: Payments were made to farmers to compensate
them for cuts in subsidies 514). Dissent
Meaning: disagreement, argument, dispute, demur
507). Diligence Definition: the holding or expression of opinions at
Meaning: assiduity, rigour, heedfulness, carefulness, variance with those commonly or officially held.
studiousness Usage: There was no dissent from this view
Definition: careful and persistent work or effort.
Usage: Few party members challenge his diligence as 515). Oppress
an MP Meaning: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, suppress,
repress, subject
508). Obsolete
Definition: keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, Definition: produce a pleasing visual combination.
especially by the unjust exercise of authority Usage: Steeply pitched roofs which harmonize with the
Usage: A system which oppressed working people. form of the main roof.
E
517). Glimpse Meaning: devise, conceive, concoct, brew, invent,
Meaning: brief look, quick look plan, design, formulate
Definition: a momentary or partial view Definition: conspire to devise (a plot or plan)
N
Usage: She caught a glimpse of the ocean Usage: The little plot that you and Sylvia hatched up
last night
518). Integrity
Meaning: honest, probity, rectitude, honour, ethics, 526). Pioneer
ZO
sincerity, truthfulness, virtue, decency Meaning: Settler, colonist, explorer, trailblazer
Definition: the quality of being honest and having Definition: a person who is among the first to explore
strong moral principles. or settle a new country or area.
Usage: A gentleman of complete integrity. Usage: The pioneers of the Wild West
down intimation
Definition: difficult to find, catch, or achieve. Definition: the conclusion that can be drawn from
Usage: Success will become ever more elusive. something although it is not explicitly stated
Usage: The implication is that no one person at the
521). Deem bank is responsible
N
Usage: The event was deemed a great success Definition: modelled on or aiming for a state in which
everything is perfect; idealistic.
522). Taboo Usage: It is based on a utopian ideology.
Meaning: Prohibition, proscription, veto, ban,
restriction 530). Spur
Definition: a social or religious custom prohibiting or Meaning: stimulus, incentive, encouragement,
restricting a particular practice or forbidding stimulant, inducement, prompt
association with a particular person, place, or thing Definition: a thing that prompts or encourages
Usage: many taboos have developed around physical someone; an incentive
exposure Usage: Wars act as a spur to practical invention.
E
Definition: used in reference to a feeling or reaction
533). Abide based on an instinctive emotional response rather than
Meaning: obey, observe, follow, keep to, conform to, considered thought
N
accept, accede to Usage: I had a gut feeling that something was wrong.
Definition: accept or act in accordance with (a rule,
decision, or recommendation). 541). Blatant
Usage: I said I would abide by their decision. Meaning: Flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised,
ZO
overt, open, manifest
534). Espionage Definition: (of bad behaviour) done openly and
Meaning: Spying, undercover work, intelligence, unashamedly.
cyber-espionage, counter-espionage Usage: Blatant lies.
Definition: the practice of spying or of using spies,
typically by governments to obtain political and 542). Exorbitant
military information Meaning: extortionate, excessive, sky-high, inordinate,
G
Usage: The camouflage and secrecy of espionage huge, enormous
Definition: (of a price or amount charged)
535). Manslaughter unreasonably high..
Meaning: Killing, murder, slaying Usage: Some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone
N
Usage: The defendant was convicted of manslaughter Meaning: flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey, non-
serious.
536). Bankrupt Definition: not having any serious purpose or value.
Meaning: insolvent, without, bare of, denuded of Usage: Frivolous ribbons and lacy frills.
Definition: (of a person or organization) declared in
N
Definition: essentially different in kind; not able to be Definition: contemplate or conceive of as a possibility
compared. or a desirable future event.
Usage: They inhabit disparate worlds of thought Usage: The Rome Treaty envisaged free movement
across frontiers.
547). Accentuate
Meaning: point up, heighten, stress, spotlight, 555). Conventional
foreground, frature Meaning: normal, standard, regular, ordinary
Definition: make more noticeable or prominent.. Definition: based on or in accordance with what is
Usage: His jacket unfortunately accentuated his generally done or believed.
paunch Usage: A conventional morality had dictated
behaviour.
E
548). Exacerbate
Meaning: aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame 556). Rupture
Definition: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative Meaning: break, fracture, crack
N
feeling) worse. Definition: (especially of a pipe or container, or bodily
Usage: Rising inflation was exacerbated by the part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst
collapse of oil prices. suddenly.
Usage: If the main artery ruptures he could die.
ZO
549). Credence
Meaning: acceptance, belief, faith, trust, confidence, 557). Bumpy
reliance, traction Meaning: uneven, rough, irregular
Definition: belief in or acceptance of something as true Definition: (of a surface) uneven, with many patches
Usage: Psychoanalysis finds little credence among raised above the rest.
laymen. Usage: The car jolted on the bumpy road.
G
550). Suffice 558). Emanate
Meaning: be enough, be sufficient, do, serve, Meaning: emerge, flow, pour
Definition: be enough or adequate. Definition: (of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or
Usage: A quick look should suffice. spread out from (a source).
N
E
Meaning: economic decline, downturn, depression
Definition: a period of temporary economic decline 571). Troupe
during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, Meaning: group, company, band, ensemble, set, cast
N
generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive Definition: a group of dancers, actors, or other
quarters. entertainers who tour to different venues.
Usage: the country is in the depths of a recession. Usage: A dance troupe.
ZO
565). Metaphor 572). Avaricious
Meaning: figure of speech, image, trope, figurative Meaning: grasping, acquisitive, covetous, greedy,
expression rapacious, mercenary
Definition: a figure of speech in which a word or Definition: having or showing an extreme greed for
phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not wealth or material gain.
literally applicable. Usage: An avaricious, manipulative woman
Usage: When we speak of gene maps and gene
G
mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor. 573). Disconcert
Meaning: unsettle, nonplus, discomfit, confuse,
566). Pacifism perplex, ruffle, shake, worry.
Meaning: peacemaking, conscientious objection(s), Definition: disturb the composure of; unsettle.
N
passive resistance, love of peace Usage: The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.
Definition: the belief that war and violence are
unjustifiable and that all disputes should be settled by 574). Harangue
KI
Meaning: unashamed, shameless, brazen, confident, Definition: nothing other than; unmitigated (used for
immodest, unshrinking, fearless emphasis)
Definition: not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed Usage: she giggled with sheer delight
Usage: He was unabashed by the furore his words
provoked 585). Plague
Meaning: afflict, bedevil, torment, trouble, beset, dog,
578). Melodramatic curse
Meaning: histrionic, extravagant, overdone, overripe, Definition: cause continual trouble or distress to
overemotional, sentimental Usage: He has been plagued by ill health
Definition: characteristic of melodrama, especially in
being exaggerated or overemotional. 586). Archive
E
Usage: He flung the door open with a melodramatic Meaning: file, log, catalogue, pigeonhole
flourish. Definition: place or store (something) in an archive.
Usage: The entire directory will be archived
N
579). Mimic
Meaning: imitate, copy, mock, parody, lampoon, 587). Liberate
caricature Meaning: set free, free, release, let out, let go,
Definition: imitate (someone or their actions or words), discharge, deliver
ZO
especially in order to entertain or ridicule Definition: set (someone) free from imprisonment,
Usage: He mimicked Super Star Rajini voice. slavery, or oppression.
Usage: The serfs had been liberated
580). Protagonist
Meaning: supporter, adherent, backer, proponent, 588). Retreat
advocate, promoter, exponent, prime mover Meaning: withdraw, retire, draw back, pull back, pull
Definition: an advocate or champion of a particular out, fall back, give way
G
cause or idea. Definition: (of an army) withdraw from enemy forces
Usage: He's a strenuous protagonist of the new as a result of their superior power or after a defeat
agricultural policy. Usage: The French retreated in disarray
N
profession or group that are difficult for others to Usage: Five Hurricanes were shot down in combat.
understand.
Usage: legal jargon 590). Retract
Meaning: Pull in, draw in, pull back, sheathe, put away
582). Evocative Definition: draw or be drawn back or back in
N
Meaning: Reminiscent, suggestive, redolent Usage: She retracted her hand as if she'd been burn.
Definition: bringing strong images, memories, or
feelings to mind 591). ENDURANCE
BA
Meaning: uncommunicative, secret, silent Usage: The creditor to whom the land is pledged
Definition: (of a person or an organization) inclined to
conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose 602). Tumultuous
information. Meaning: loud, deafening, thunderous, thundering, ear-
Usage: She was very secretive about her past. splitting, noisy, vociferous
Definition: making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
594). INTRUSIVE Usage: Tumultuous applause
Meaning: invasive, obtrusive, unwanted
Definition: causing disruption or annoyance through 603). Coalition
being unwelcome or uninvited. Meaning: alliance, union, partnership, affiliation, bloc,
Usage: That was an intrusive question. caucus.
E
Definition: a temporary alliance for combined action,
595). IMPRESARIO especially of political parties forming a government.
Meaning: organizer, manager, producer Usage: A coalition between Liberals and
N
Definition: a person who organizes and often finances Conservatives.
concerts, plays, or operas.
Usage: A theatrical impresario. 604). Inhibit
Meaning: impede, hinder, hamper, discourage,
ZO
596). BLATANT obstruct, slow, retard
Meaning: flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised Definition: hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or
Definition: (of bad behaviour) done openly and process)
unashamedly. Usage: Cold inhibits plant growth
Usage: A blatant lie.
605). Squirm
597). SACROSANCT Meaning: wriggle, wiggle, writhe, twist, slide, slither,
G
Meaning: sacred, respected, inviolate turn, shift, fidget
Definition: (especially of a principle, place, or routine) Definition: wriggle or twist the body from side to side,
regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort
with. Usage: He looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his
N
E
Meaning: doctrine, belief, creed, dogma, credo, theory, Definition: a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or
view, idea, practice criminal case or an inquest
Definition: authorized or generally accepted theory, Usage: The jury returned a verdict of not guilty
N
doctrine, or practice.
Usage: Monetarist orthodoxy. 618). Embroil
Meaning: Involve, entangle, ensnare, enmesh, catch
611). Tendentious up, mix up, bog down, mire
ZO
Meaning: partisan, expressing, intending Definition: involve (someone) deeply in an argument,
Definition: expressing or intending to promote a conflict, or difficult situation.
particular cause or point of view, especially a Usage: The organization is currently embroiled in
controversial one. running battles with pressure groups.
Usage: A tendentious reading of history
619). Reckless
612). Credence Meaning: rash, careless, thoughtless, incautions,
G
Meaning: acceptance, belief, faith, trust, confidence, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, precipitate
reliance, traction Definition: heedless of danger or the consequences of
Definition: belief in or acceptance of something as one's actions; rash or impetuous
true. Usage: You mustn't be so reckless".
N
Definition: the highest or climactic point of something, Meaning: Speed up, accelerate, hurry, hasten, step up,
especially as attained after a long time. quicken
Usage: The deal marked the culmination of years of Definition: make (an action or process) happen sooner
negotiation. or be accomplished more quickly.
Usage: He promised to expedite economic reforms.
624). Surrogate
Meaning: substitute, proxy, replacement 632). Conscience
Definition: a substitute, especially a person deputizing Meaning: moral sense, sense of right, still small voice
for another in a specific role or office. Definition: a person's moral sense of right and wrong,
Usage: Wives of MPs are looked on as surrogates for viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.
their husbands while the latter are at Westminster. Usage: He had a guilty conscience about his desires
E
625). Enumerate 633). Contravene
Meaning: List, itemize, catalogue, set out, set forth, Meaning: Break, breach, violate.
N
give Definition: offend against the prohibition or order of (a
Definition: mention (a number of things) one by one. law, treaty, or code of conduct).
Usage: There is not space to enumerate all his works. Usage: He contravened the Official Secrets Act.
ZO
626). Altruistic 634). Sanctum
Meaning: Unselfish, selfless, self-denying Meaning: Holy place, shrine, altar, refuge, foxhole,
Definition: showing a disinterested and selfless hiding place
concern for the well-being of others; unselfish. Definition: a sacred place, especially a shrine within a
Usage: It was an entirely altruistic act. temple or church
Usage: An icon installed within the sanctum of the
627). Maverick temple
G
Meaning: Individualist, nonconformist, free spirit,
eccentric, outsider, trendsetter 635). Whopping
Definition: an unorthodox or independent-minded Meaning: Huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, very
person. big, very large
N
the organization .
637). Foil
629). pecuniary Meaning: thwart, oppose, baulk, disappoint, impede,
BA
Meaning: Flippant, flip, glib, joking, jocular, playful, Meaning: a form of sexual desire in which gratification
impish is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object,
Definition: treating serious issues with deliberately item of clothing, part of the body, etc..
inappropriate humour; flippant Usage: A man with a fetish for surgical masks
Usage: A facetious remark.
647). Blatant
640). Murky Synonyms: flagrant, manifest, unmistakable, open,
Meaning: dark, gloomy, grey, leaden, dull, dim, cloudy obvious
Definition: dark and gloomy, especially due to thick Meaning: (of bad behaviour) done openly and
mist. unashamedly
Usage: The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was Usage: Blatant lies
E
falling.
648). Sacrosanct
641). Lynch Synonyms: sacred, hallowed, inviolable, inviolate,
N
Synonyms: hang, hang by the neck untouchable
Meaning: (of a group of people) kill (someone) for an Meaning: (especially of a principle, place, or routine)
alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered
hanging. with
ZO
Usage: Her father had been lynched by whites. Usage: The individual's right to work has been upheld
as sacrosanct
642). Arid
Synonyms: dry, dried up, waterless, as dry as a bone, 649). Martyr
thirsty, Dull Synonyms: suffer from, be a constant sufferer from,
Meaning: lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning.. have chronic
Usage: His arid years in suburbia Meaning: a person who displays or exaggerates their
G
discomfort or distress in order to obtain sympathy
643). Impresario Usage: She wanted to play the martyr
Synonyms: Organizer, manager, producer, stage
manager 650). Swoop
N
Meaning: a person who organizes and often finances Synonyms: dive, descend, drop, plunge, pitch
concerts, plays, or operas Meaning: (especially of a bird) move rapidly
Usage: Amit Shah plays impresario to this knee-jerk downwards through the air.
KI
Meaning: dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of Definition: burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
manner.. Usage: The bonfire crackled and flared up
Usage: A post for which he has the expertise and the
BA
E
evidence, hint, intimation Definition: public support for or recommendation of a
Definition: a claim or assertion that someone has done particular cause or policy.
something illegal or wrong, typically one made without Usage: His outspoken advocacy of the agreement has
N
proof. won no friends.
Usage: He made allegations of corruption against the
administration 674). Allegation
Meaning: claim, assertion, declaration, statement
ZO
656). Agitation Definition: a claim or assertion that someone has done
Meaning: anxiety, perturbation, distress, concern, something illegal or wrong, typically one made without
alarm, worry proof.
Definition: a state of anxiety or nervous excitement. Usage: He made allegations of corruption against the
Usage: She was wringing her hands in agitation administration.
Meaning: confusion, tumult, disorder, commotion, Usage: This disease has been eradicated from the
unrest, trouble, upset world.
Definition: a state of great disturbance, confusion, or
uncertainty. 677). Turmoil
Usage: The country was in turmoil. Meaning: confusion, disorder, disturbance
N
E
Definition: never ending or changing.
682). Relinquish Usage: the population lived in a perpetual state of fear.
Meaning: renounce, give up, part with turn over
N
Definition: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up. 691). Shrewd
Usage: he relinquished his managerial role to become Meaning: astute, sharp, acute, intelligent
chief executive. Definition: having or showing sharp powers of
judgement; astute.
ZO
683). Persuade Usage: She was shrewd enough to guess the motive
Meaning: convince, talk someone into, induce behind his gesture.
Definition: induce (someone) to do something through
reasoning or argument. 692). Subvert
Usage: it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the Meaning: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow, overtum
right thing. Definition: undermine the power and authority of (an
established system or institution).
G
684). Ancestry Usage: An attempt to subvert democratic government
Meaning: forebears, forefathers, parentage
Definition: one's family or ethnic descent. 693). Emergence
Usage: he was proud of his Irish ancestry. Meaning: disclosure, exposure, publication
N
Meaning: transient, fleeting, passing Usage: They had mustered 50,000 troops.
Definition: lasting for a very short time.
Usage: fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly 695). Ordeal
BA
Definition: showing great care and perseverance. Usage: The ambulance arrived outside, siren blaring.
Usage: She was assiduous in pointing out every
feature. 705). Tinkle
Meaning: ring, jingle, jangle, chime, peal, ding, ping
698). Shoddy Definition: make or cause to make a light, clear ringing
Meaning: Poor Quality, inferior, rubbishy sound.
Definition: badly made or done. Usage: Cool water tinkled in the stone fountains.
Usage: We're not paying good money for shoddy
goods. 706). trumpet
Meaning: proclaim, announce, declare, broadcast,
699). Inducement blazon
E
Meaning: incentive, attraction, encouragement, Definition: proclaim widely or loudly.
temptation Usage: The press trumpeted another defeat for the
Definition: a thing that persuades or leads someone to government.
N
do something.
Usage: Companies were prepared to build only in 707). Percussion
return for massive inducements Meaning: crash, bang, smash, clash, bump, thump
Definition: the striking of one solid object with or
ZO
700). Contemptuous against another with some degree of force.
Meaning: scornful, disdainful, disrespectful, insulting, Usage: the clattering percussion of objects striking the
insolent walls and the shutters.
Definition: showing contempt; scornful.
Usage: She was intolerant and contemptuous of the 708). Wade
majority of the human race. Meaning: paddle, wallow, dabble, slop, plod
Definition: walk with effort through water or another
G
701). Provincial liquid or viscous substance.
Meaning: small-town, non-metropolitan, non-urban, Usage: He waded out to the boat.
back woods, backwater
Definition: of or concerning a province of a country or 709). Impeccable
N
faultless.
702). Rebuke Usage: He had impeccable manners.
Meaning: reprimand, reproach, scold, admonish, chide,
upbraid, criticize 710). Perplex
Definition: express sharp disapproval or criticism of Meaning: puzzle, baffle, mystify, worry, befuddle,
N
E
Meaning: Spur, encouragement, boost, prompt Meaning: an institution for the care of people who are
Definition: a thing that arouses activity or energy in mentally ill.
someone or something; a spur or incentive. Usage : he'd been committed to an asylum
N
Usage: If the tax were abolished, it would act as a
stimulus to exports. 723). Prevarication
Synonyms: dishonesty, distortion, lie, equivocation
715). Constrain Meaning: a person dishonest to his organization
ZO
Meaning: compel, force, drive, oblige Usage : My hesitation and prevarication had apparently
Definition: compel or force (someone) to follow a not inspired my interlocutor with confidence in me.
particular course of action.
Usage: Children are constrained to work in the way the 724). Exacerbating
book dictates. Synonyms: aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame,
compound
716). Receptive Meaning: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative
G
Meaning: Open-mined, responsive, flexible feeling) worse.
Definition: willing to consider or accept new Usage : Rising inflation was exacerbated by the
suggestions and ideas. collapse of oil prices
Usage: A receptive audience.
N
725). Indecorously
717). Lethargy Synonyms: improper, unseemly, unbecoming,
Meaning: sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, inaction, undignified, immodest, indecent, immoral
KI
Definition: a lack of energy and enthusiasm. Meaning: not in keeping with good taste and propriety;
Usage: There was an air of lethargy about him. improper
Usage : a pub crawl with sundry indecorous adventures
718). Debilitate
Meaning: weakening, enfeebling, enervating, 726). Assertion
N
. belief
Usage : His assertion that his father had deserted the
719). Aggregate family
Meaning:
Definition: a material or structure formed from a mass 727). Incongruity
of fragments or particles loosely compacted together. Synonyms: inappropriateness, dissonance, difference,
Usage: The specimen is an aggregate of rock and inconsistency, lack of harmony
mineral fragments. Meaning: the state of being incongruous;
incompatibility
720). Tumultuous Usage : the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny
Meaning: loud, thunderous, ear-shattering body disturbed her the incongruity of his fleshy face
Definition: making an uproar or loud, confused noise. and skinny body disturbed her
Usage: He left the stage to tumultuous applause.
E
a group of people.
Usage : ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our 738). Conspiracy
society Synonyms: plot, scheme, plan
N
Meaning: a secret plan by a group to do something
730). Vacillate unlawful or harmful.
Synonyms: dither, teeter, waver, hesitate, oscillate, Usage: The company was involved in a conspiracy
fluctuate with bookmakers to manipulate starting prices
ZO
Meaning: waver between different opinions or actions; 739). Coterie
be indecisive. Synonyms: set, circle, crowd
Usage : I vacillated between teaching and journalism Meaning: a small group of people with shared interests
or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other
731). Pivotal people.
Synonyms: central, crucial, vital Usage: All prime ministers develop a small coterie of
Meaning: of crucial importance in relation to the kindred spirits
G
development or success of something else.
Usage: Japan's pivotal role in the world economy 740). Pervasive
Synonyms: prevalent, penetrating, extensive
732). Afloat Meaning: (especially of an unwelcome influence or
N
Synonyms: floating, drifting, non-submerged physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or
Meaning: floating in water; not sinking. a group of people.
Usage: A swimmer fighting to stay afloat Usage: Ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our
KI
society.
733). Sabotage
Synonyms: wreck, damage 741). Commemorative
Meaning: deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct Meaning: Memorial, remembrance, celebratory,
(something), especially for political or military celebrative
N
Usage: The hurricane ravaged southern Florida. Meaning: idealistic, unbusinesslike, romatic,
extravagant, visionary, unworldly
744). Swell Definition: extremely idealistic; unrealistic and
Meaning: Expand, bulge, distend, inflate, balloon, impractical
bloat, grow, increase, rise Usage: A vast and perhaps quixotic project.
Definition: become or make greater in intensity,
number, amount, or volume 752). Brazen
Usage: The flooding submerged large parts of the Meaning: bold, shameless, forward, unashamed,
region on Sunday, three days after water-swelled unabashed, unblushing
streams and rivers began rising Definition: bold and without shame.
Usage: He went about his illegal business with a brazen
E
745). Interim assurance
Meaning: meantime, meanwhile, interval, interlude
Definition: the intervening time 753). Ingenious
N
Usage: In the interim I'll just keep my fingers crossed. Meaning: inventive, creative, imaginative, original,
innovative, resourceful, inspired
746). Curtain Definition: (of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
Meaning: hanging, screen, blind, window hanging Usage: He was ingenious enough to overcome the
ZO
Definition: a screen of heavy cloth or other material limited budget
that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage
Usage: She drew the curtains and lit the fire 754). Naive
Meaning: innocent, artless, guileless, trustful,
747). Boast unaffacted, fond, wide-eyed, simple
Meaning: Brag, crow, swagger, swank, own, enjoy, Definition: (of a person) natural and unaffected;
have innocent
G
Definition: talk with excessive pride and self- Usage: Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled
satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or
abilities 755). Suave
Usage: She boasted about her many conquests Meaning: charming, sophisticated, debonair, urbane,
N
Definition: obstruct (someone or something) so as to Usage: All the waiters were suave and deferential
prevent them from continuing to a destination.
Usage: Intelligence agencies intercepted a series of 756). Epicure
telephone calls. Meaning: gourmet, gourmand,
749). Pave connoisseur,gastronome
N
Meaning: Cover, surface, floor, top, finish Definition: a person who takes particular pleasure in
Definition: cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or fine food and drink
bricks; lay paving over Usage: They see themselves as epicures—delighting in
BA
Usage: China Satellite will pave the way to a hack- food that is properly prepared
proof communication system.
757). Magnanimous
750). Feasibility Meaning: generous, charitable, benevolent, open-
Meaning: Practicability, practicality, workability, handed, bountiful, liberal, princely, kind, kindly
viability Definition: generous or forgiving, especially towards a
Definition: the state or degree of being easily or rival or less powerful person
conveniently done. Usage: She should be magnanimous in victory
Usage: The feasibility of screening athletes for cardiac
disease. 758). Paragon
Meaning: Model, good example, apotheosis, exemplar,
751). Quixotic paradigm, acme, shining example
Definition: a person or thing viewed as a model of Usage: Her intolerance was attenuated by an
excellence unexpected liberalism
Usage: Your cook is a paragon.
767). Vindictive
759). Aesthetic Meaning: Vengeful, out for revenge, revengeful,
Meaning: Connoisseur, genteel avenging, unforgiving, implacable, bitter
Definition: concerned with beauty or the appreciation Definition: having or showing a strong or unreasoning
of beauty desire for revenge
Usage: The pictures give great aesthetic pleasure. Usage: The criticism was both vindictive and
personalized
760). Gregarious
E
Meaning: sociable, social, companionable, clubbable, 768). Discomfit
convivial Meaning: embarrass, discomfort, unsettle, unnerve,
Definition: (of a person) fond of company; sociable upset, disturb, perturb, distress
N
Usage: He was a popular and gregarious man. Definition: make (someone) feel uneasy or
embarrassed.
761). Abandon Usage: He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
Meaning: Desert, Leave, cast aside, 769). Accusation
ZO
Definition: cease to support or look after (someone); Meaning: allegation, charge, claim, asseveration,
desert. blame, criticism, complaint
Usage: Her natural mother had abandoned her at an Definition: a charge or claim that someone has done
early age. something illegal or wrong
Usage: accusations of bribery.
762). Patronage
Meaning: Sponsorship, backing, funding, promotion, 770). Indict
G
support, guaranty, protection Meaning: Charge with, arraign for, take to court for,
Definition: the support given by a patron. put on trial for
Usage: The arts could no longer depend on private Definition: formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
patronage Usage: His former manager was indicted for fraud.
N
Usage: Arrangements for inducting new members to an Usage: The children were traumatized by separation
organization from their families
E
Meaning: Prominence, importance, significance Meaning: inestimable, untold, immeasurable,
Definition: special importance, value, or prominence uncountable, indeterminable, incomputable
given to something Definition: too great to be calculated or estimated
N
Usage: They placed great emphasis on the individual's Usage: An archive of incalculable value.
freedom
785). Myopic
777). Evident Meaning: unimaginative, uncreative, narrow-minded,
ZO
Meaning: Obvious, apparent, noticeable, conspicuous, short-term, small-mind
perceptible. Definition: lacking foresight or intellectual insight
Definition: clearly seen or understood; obvious Usage: The government still has a myopic attitude to
Usage: She ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment public spending.
Definition: invoke or use a curse against. Usage: It wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the
Usage: It often seemed as if the family had been right thing.
cursed.
798). Persona
791). Hinge Meaning: image, face, public face, character,
Meaning: depend, hang, rest, turn, pivot, centre, be personality, identity, self
conditional Definition: the aspect of someone's character that is
Definition: attach or join with or as if with a hinge presented to or perceived by others
Usage: The ironing board was set into the wall and Usage: Her public persona.
hinged at the bottom.
799). Astonish
E
792). Ballot Meaning: surprise, stagger, startle, stun, confound,
Meaning: Vote, poll, election, straw poll, plebiscite dumbfound
Definition: a system of voting secretly and in writing Definition: surprise or impress (someone) greatly.
N
on a particular issue. Usage: You never fail to astonish me.
Usage: A strike ballot
800). Vicious
793). Disenchant Meaning: brutal, savage, violent, dangerous, ruthless,
ZO
Meaning: disillusioned, disappointed, let down, fed up, heartless, callous, cruel
discontented Definition: deliberately cruel or violent
Definition: cause (someone) to be disappointed Usage: A vicious assault.
Usage: He may have been disenchanted by the loss of
his huge following 801). Adherent
Meaning: follower, supporter, defender, advocate,
794). Cohort disciple, votary, member, friend
G
Meaning: unit, outfit, force Definition: someone who supports a particular party,
Definition: an ancient Roman military unit, comprising person, or set of ideas
six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion. Usage: He was a strong adherent of monetarism.
Usage: A cohort of civil servants patiently drafting
N
Meaning: brazenness, audacity, boldness, temerity, Definition: a person who is present at an event or
front, pertness, forwardness incident but does not take part.
Definition: behaviour perceived as arrogant, Usage: Water cannons were turned on marchers and
disrespectful, and transgressing the limits of what is innocent bystanders alike
permitted or appropriate
N
Usage: He lifted her off the ground, and she was 803). Diligence
enraged at his presumption. Meaning: assiduity, rigour, carefulness,
conscientiousness, intentness
BA
Meaning: soft, loose, flabby, yielding, slack, lax, Meaning: Heartless, unfeeling, uncaring, cold, hard,
toneless. cruel, harsh
Definition: soft and hanging loosely or limply, Definition: showing or having an insensitive and cruel
especially so as to look or feel unpleasant. disregard for others.
Usage: She took his flaccid hand in hers. Usage: His callous comments about the murder made
me shiver
806). Demise
Meaning: dying, death, passing, expiry, expiration, end 814). Slovenly
Definition: a person’s death Meaning: scruffy, untidy, messy, unkempt, slatternly,
Usage: Mr Grisenthwaite’s tragic demise. dishavelled, blowsy, down at heel
Definition: (especially of a person or their appearance)
E
807). Delusion untidy and dirty
Meaning: misapprehension, misconception, Usage: A fat, slovenly ex-rock star
misleading, mistake, deception, misbelief
N
Definition: the action of deluding or the state of being 815). Verbose
deluded. Meaning: wordy, loquacious, garrulous, talkative,
Usage: What a capacity television has for delusion. voluble, orotund, expansive, babbling, prating
Definition: using or expressed in more words than are
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808). Arbitrary needed
Meaning: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, Usage: Much academic language is obscure and
erratic, unpredictable, wild, casual verbose.
Definition: based on random choice or personal whim
rather than any reason or system. 816). Mandate
Usage: An arbitrary decision. Meaning: instruction, directive, direction, decree,
command, order, injunction, edict, charge
G
809). Cynical Definition: an official order or commission to do
Meaning: misanthropic, pessimistic something.
Definition: believing that people are motivated purely Usage: A mandate to seek the release of political
by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or prisoners
N
integrity.
Usage: He was brutally cynical and hardened to every 817). Smacks
sob story under the sun Meaning: slap, blow, spank, cuff, clout, thump, punch,
KI
Definition: (of regulations, requirements, or Definition: great sorrow or distress (often used
conditions) strict, precise, and exacting hyperbolically)
Usage: Stringent guidelines on air pollution. Usage: The Everton tale of woe continued.
E
822). Burgeoning 830). Herald
Meaning: Expand, spring up, shoot up, mushroom, Meaning: single, indicate, announce, point to, spell,
boom, multiply, snowball presage, augur, portent, promis
N
Definition: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish. Definition: be a sign that (something) is about to
Usage: Manufacturers are keen to cash in on the happen
burgeoning demand Usage: The speech heralded a change in policy.
ZO
823). Quest 831). Brevity
Meaning: Search, hunt, pursuit Meaning: Conciseness, concision, pith, briefness,
Definition: a long or arduous search for something. shortness, compression, crispness
Usage: The quest for a reliable vaccine has intensified Definition: concise and exact use of words in writing
or speech
824). Evolve Usage: The staff will edit manuscripts with a view to
Meaning: develop, progress, make progress, spread, brevity and clarity.
G
extend
Definition: develop gradually 832). Feeble
Usage: The company has evolved into a major Meaning: Weak, weakly, puny, infirm, delicate, sickly,
chemical manufacturer ailing, failing, helpless, powerless
N
E
Usage: Five Hurricanes were shot down in combat. to decrease in size
Usage: The moon is waning.
838). Obstinate
N
Meaning: Stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding,
inflexible, dogged, inexorable 846). Foster
Definition: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion Meaning: Encourage, promote, further, stimulate,
or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade forward, cultivate
ZO
one to do so Definition: encourage the development of (something,
Usage: Her obstinate determination to pursue a career especially something desirable)..
in radio. Usage: The teacher's task is to foster learning
Usage: She might live to rue this impetuous decision. Definition: inspiring fear or respect through being
impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable
841). Ballast Usage: A formidable opponent
Meaning: Heavy material, sand, iron
Definition: heavy material, such as gravel, sand, or 849). Emphatic
N
iron, placed in the bilge of a ship to ensure its stability Meaning: vehement, firm, forceful, forcible, energetic,
Usage: The hull had insufficient ballast. vigorous, ardent
Definition: expressing something forcibly and clearly.
BA
842). Deceit Usage: The children were emphatic that they would
Meaning: deception, duplicity, fraud, craft, chicanery, like to repeat the experience.
guile, simulation, lying, bluff
Definition: the use of clever but unsound reasoning, 850). Drastic
especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry. Meaning: extreme, serious, forceful, dire, radical,
Usage: The minister is engaging in nothing more or substantial
less than casuistry Definition: likely to have a strong or far-reaching
effect; radical and extreme
843). Synthetic Usage: A drastic reduction of staffing levels.
Meaning: artificial, fake, false, faux, imitation, mock,
simulated, ersatz 851). Abstain
Definition: (of a substance) made by chemical Meaning: Not vote, decline/refuse to vote
synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
Definition: formally decline to vote either for or Usage: The royal palace (some pedants would say the
against a proposal or motion ex-royal palace)
Usage: Forty-one voted with the Opposition, and some
sixty more abstained. 859). Engender
Meaning: Cause, create, generate, rouse, incite,
852). Adulterate provoke, kindle, trigger, effect
Meaning: Make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, Definition: cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or
defile, foul, sully condition).
Definition: render (something) poorer in quality by Usage: The issue engendered continuing controversy.
adding another substance.
Usage: The brewer is said to adulterate his beer 860). Gullible
E
Meaning: credulous, trustful, naïve, innocent, unwary,
853). Laconic simple
Meaning: brief, terse, succinct, shot, economical, Definition: easily persuaded to believe something;
N
elliptical, crisp, pithy credulous
Definition: (of a substance) made by chemical Usage: An attempt to persuade a gullible public to
synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product. spend their money.
Usage: Synthetic rubber
ZO
861). Vacillate
854). Capricious Meaning: Dither, be indecisive, hesitate, oscillate,
Meaning: fickle, inconstant, changeable, variable, waver, teeter, temporize
unstable, mercurial, volatile Definition: waver between different opinions or
Definition: given to sudden and unaccountable changes actions; be indecisive
of mood or behaviour Usage: I vacillated between teaching and journalism.
Usage: A capricious and often brutal administration
G
862). Mitigate
855). Laudable Meaning: reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten,
Meaning: estimable, of note, worthy, admirable, damp, dull, appease, soothe, still, quell, quiet,
commendable, deserving, reputable Definition: make (something bad) less severe, serious,
N
Usage: A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet Meaning: wise, clever, intelligent, knoledegeable,
sensible
866). Ostentation Definition: having or showing keen mental
Meaning: showiness, show, showing off, discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd
Definition: the pretentious or showy display of wealth Usage: They were sagacious enough to avoid any
and luxury, designed to impress outright confrontation
Usage: The office was spacious, but without any trace
of ostentation 874). Sabbatical
Meaning: furlough, leave of absence, recess, ime off,
867). Philanthropist break, holiday, liberty, vacation
Meaning: benefactor, donor, backer, helper, patron Definition: a period of paid leave granted to a
E
Definition: a person who seeks to promote the welfare university teacher for study or travel, traditionally one
of others, especially by the generous donation of money year for every seven years worked
to good causes Usage: She's away on sabbatical
N
Usage: The trust was founded by an American
philanthropist. 875). Seemly
Meaning: decorous, proper, becoming, fitting, suitable,
868). Enervate apt
ZO
Meaning: exhaust, tire, weary, drain, sap, weaken, Definition: conforming to accepted notions of
enfeeble, indisposed propriety or good taste; decorous
Definition: make (someone) feel drained of energy or Usage: I felt it was not seemly to observe too closely.
vitality
Usage: Enervating heat. 876). Shrew
Meaning: virago, dragon, vixen, cat, fishwife, witch,
869). Eulogy hellcat, she-devil
G
Meaning: Accolade, panegyric, paean, tribute Definition: a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive
Definition: a speech or piece of writing that praises woman.
someone or something highly, especially a tribute to Usage: The girls became shrews and harridans
someone who has just died
N
Meaning: talkative, voluble, long-winded, chatty, Definition: leadership or dominance, especially by one
expansive state or social group over others.
Definition: excessively talkative, especially on trivial Usage: Germany was united under Prussian hegemony
matters after 1871.
Usage: A garrulous cab driver.
N
878). Sadistic
871). Extirpate Meaning: callous, barbarous, bestial, vicious, brutal,
Meaning: Weed out, eradicate, stamp out, root out, cruel, savage, cold-blooded, inhuman, ruthless,
BA
Meaning: swindler, charlatan, rogue, villain, fraud, Usage: Children living in deplorable conditions.
trickster
Definition: a person who dishonestly claims to have 888). Contingent
special knowledge and skill in some field, typically Meaning: Chance, accidental, fortuitous, possible,
medicine. unforeseen
Usage: A quack doctor. Definition: subject to chance..
Usage: The contingent nature of the job.
881). Reckoning
Meaning: calculation, estimation, computation, 889). Barricade
working out, summation Meaning: Blockade, obstruct, closeup, bar, block off,
Definition: the action or process of calculating or fortify
E
estimating something. Definition: block or defend with a barricade.
Usage: The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, Usage: They barricaded the building and occupied it all
Earl of Mar. night.
N
882). Preacher 890). Reiterate
Meaning: Minister (of religion), parson, clergyman, Meaning: repeat, say again, retell, iterate, harp on,
clergywoman, apostle, missionary, gospeller dwell on
ZO
Definition: a person who preaches, especially a Definition: say something again or a number of times,
minister of religion. typically for emphasis or clarity.
Usage: To preach the Truth to the face of Falsehood! Usage: She reiterated that the government would
remain steadfast in its support.
883). acquisition
Meaning: purchase, accession, addition, asset, 891). Authentic
Definition: an asset or object bought or obtained, Meaning: Genuine, original, real, actual, pukka, bona
G
typically by a library or museum. fide, ture, veritable
Usage: The legacy will be used for new acquisitions Definition: of undisputed origin and not a copy;
genuine.
884). Anxiety Usage: The letter is now accepted as an authentic
N
about something with an uncertain outcome Meaning: Liking, fondness, preference, partially, taste,
Usage: He felt a surge of anxiety. penchant, weakness, leaning, bias, love
Definition: a preference or special liking for
885). Jeopardize something; a bias in favour of something.
Meaning: threaten, endanger, imperil, menace, risk Usage: Your predilection for pretty girls.
N
E
Usage: The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of Definition: deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
rules. Usage: They were filled with remorse and shame
N
897). Endeavour 905). Antsy
Meaning: try, attempt, venture, undertake, aspire, aim Meaning: Agitated, impatient, restless
Definition: try hard to do or achieve something. Definition: the state of being restless or anxious
Usage: He is endeavouring to help the Third World. Usage: Being a complete introvert, Henry is shy and
ZO
gets antsy when he has to speak to a girl.
898). Blunt
Meaning: Not sharp, unsharpened, dull, worn, edgeless
Definition: (of a cutting implement) not having a sharp 906). Audacity
edge or point. Meaning: daring, boldness, fearlessness, intrepidity,
Usage: A blunt knife. courage, heroism, pluck
Definition: a willingness to take bold risks.
G
899). Prerogative Usage: He whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan.
Meaning: entitlement, right, privilege, advantage, due,
birthright 907). Unceremonious
Definition: a right or privilege exclusive to a particular Meaning: abrupt, sudden, hasty, summary, rude,
N
Definition: existing or occurring at or on the surface. Meaning: Non-transparent, cloudy, filmy, blurred,
Usage: The building suffered only superficial damage. misty, dirty, dingy
Definition: not able to be seen through; not transparent
911). Anomaly Usage: Bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid
Meaning: Oddity, peculiarity, irregularity,
inconsistency, incongruity, quirk 919). Bolster
Definition: something that deviates from what is Meaning: Pillow, cushion, pad, support, rest
standard, normal, or expected Definition: a long, thick pillow that is placed under
Usage: There are a number of anomalies in the present other pillows for support
system Usage: The fall in interest rates is starting to bolster
confidence
E
912). Equivocal
Meaning: hazy, foggy, vague, indefinite, inexplicit, 920). Deride
nebulous, borderline Meaning: ridicule, mock, jeer at, scoff at, make fun of,
N
Definition: (of a person) using ambiguous or evasive pillory
language Definition: express contempt for; ridicule
Usage: The equivocal nature of her remarks Usage: The decision was derided by environmentalists
ZO
913). Lucid 921). Recede
Meaning: cogent, coherent, communicative, articulate, Meaning: retreat, go back, move back, move away
eloquent Definition: go or move back or further away from a
Definition: expressed clearly; easy to understand previous position
Usage: A lucid account Usage: The floodwaters had receded.
E
Definition: (of a person) developing into a specified
type or role. 935). Substantial
Usage: We seemed more like friends than incipient Meaning: Considerable, real, material, weighty, solid,
N
lovers. sizeable, meaningful, Major, marked, useful
Definition: of considerable importance, size, or worth.
928). Malevolent Usage: A substantial amount of cash.
Meaning: malicious, spiteful, hostile, evil-minded,
ZO
baleful, bitter 936). Exacerbate
Definition: having or showing a wish to do evil to Meaning: Aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame,
others. compound
Usage: The glint of dark, malevolent eyes. Definition: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative
feeling) worse.
929). Proposition Usage: Rising inflation was exacerbated by the
Meaning: theory, hypothesis, thesis, argument, collapse of oil prices.
G
premise, postulation, theorem, concept, idea, statement
Definition: a statement or assertion that expresses a 937). Empirical
judgement or opinion. Meaning: Observed, seen, factual, actual, real, first-
Usage: The proposition that high taxation is hand
N
Meaning: fly up, wing, wing its way Usage: They provided considerable empirical evidence
Definition: fly or rise high in the air. to support their argument.
Usage: The bird spread its wings and soared into the
air. 938). Rigour
Meaning: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, diligence,
N
Definition: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; Definition: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem)
uninspired or uninspiring. less severe.
Usage: No excuses were made for the team's lackluster Usage: He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it.
performance.
948). Tangible
941). Leniency Meaning: touchable, palpable, tactile, material,
Meaning: mercifulness, mercy, clemency, lenity, physical, real, substantial
forgiveness Definition: perceptible by touch.
Definition: The fact or quality of being more merciful Usage: the atmosphere of neglect and abandonment
or tolerant than expected; clemency. was almost tangible.
Usage: The court could show leniency.
E
949). Demonstrate
942). Reluctant Meaning: reveal, bespeak, indicate, signify, signal,
Meaning: Unwilling, disinclined, grudging, resisting, denote, show, display
N
opposed Definition: clearly show the existence or truth of
Definition: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. (something) by giving proof or evidence.
Usage: She seemed reluctant to answer. Usage: Their shameful silence demonstrates their
ineptitude.
ZO
943). Curb
Meaning: Restraint, restriction, check, brake, rein, 950). Narrate
control, limit Meaning: tell, relate, report, relay, retail, detail, unfold
Definition: a check or restraint on something. Definition: give a spoken or written account of.
Usage: Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider Usage: The story is narrated by the heroine.
dealing.
951). Recede
G
944). Frustrate Meaning: retreat, go back, move back, move away
Meaning: defeat, foil, block, stop, counter, spoil, Definition: go or move back or further away from a
check, dash, crush previous position
Definition: prevent (a plan or attempted action) from Usage: The floodwaters had receded.
N
Meaning: do without, go without, give up, surrender, Definition: bad-tempered, argumentative, and
eschew uncooperative.
Definition: go without (something desirable). Usage: He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times.
Usage: She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while
they could. 963). Obstacle
Meaning: Barrier, hurdle, stumbling block, bar, block,
956). Gauge problem, deterrent, handicap
Meaning: measure, calculate, compute, work out, Definition: a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or
determine, ascertain hinders progress.
Definition: estimate or determine the amount, level, or Usage: The major obstacle to achieving that goal is
volume of. money.
E
Usage: Astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic
brightness. 964). Trite
Meaning: hackneyed, banal, cliched, vapid, ordinary
N
957). Incipient Definition: (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or
Meaning: developing, impending, growing, emerging, freshness; dull on account of overuse.
emergent, dawning Usage: This point may now seem obvious and trite.
Definition: (of a person) developing into a specified
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type or role. 965). Derision
Usage: We seemed more like friends than incipient Meaning: Mockery, ridicule, jeering, sneers, scoffing
lovers. Definition: contemptuous ridicule or mockery.
Usage: My stories were greeted with derision and
958). Malevolent disbelief.
Meaning: malicious, spiteful, hostile, evil-minded,
baleful, bitter 966). Meandering
G
Definition: having or showing a wish to do evil to Meaning: winding, windy, zigzag, turning, curving,
others. twisting, snaky
Usage: The glint of dark, malevolent eyes. Definition: following a winding course.
Usage: Meandering rivers flow at vastly different rates.
N
959). Proposition
Meaning: theory, hypothesis, thesis, argument, 967). Fervent
premise, postulation, theorem, concept, idea, statement Meaning: impassioned, intense, ardent, sincere,
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Usage: The bird spread its wings and soared into the
air. 969). Unanimity
Meaning: agreement, accord, concord, unity, union,
961). Brutalize solidarity
Meaning: attack, abuse, assault, beat, thump, pummel, Definition: agreement by all people involved;
pound consensus.
Definition: treat (someone) in a savage and violent way Usage: There is almost complete unanimity on this
Usage: They brutalize and torture persons in their issue.
custody.
970). Vice
962). Cantankerous Meaning: immorality, wrong, badness, wickedness,
Meaning: irritable, cross, fraction, testy, touchy evil, impurity
Definition: immoral or wicked behaviour.
Usage: An open sewer of vice and crime. Definition: a person who helps another commit a
crime.
971). Disputable Usage: An accomplice in the murder.
Meaning: debatable, open to debate, Open to
discussion, open to question, doubtful 979). Meticulous
Definition: not established as a fact, and so open to Meaning: careful, exacting, demanding, accurate,
question or debate. correct
Usage: whether it can be described as art criticism may Definition: showing great attention to detail; very
be disputable. careful and precise.
Usage: The designs are hand-glazed with meticulous
972). Reveal care.
E
Meaning: Open up, tell, bring out, disclose, release,
leak 980). Accord
Definition: make (previously unknown or secret Meaning: Give, grant, tender, award, present, hand,
N
information) known to others. yield
Usage: Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie's Definition: give or grant someone (power, status, or
whereabouts. recognition).
Usage: The powers accorded to the head of state.
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973). Deliberate
Meaning: Intentional, calculated, meant, prearranged, 981). Ascent
studied, done on purpose Meaning: climb, scaling, scramble, clamber
Definition: done consciously and intentionally. Definition: a climb or walk to the summit of a
Usage: A deliberate attempt to provoke conflict. mountain or hill.
Usage: The first ascent of the Matterhorn.
974). Stimulate
G
Meaning: Tonic, restorative, bracing, refreshing 982). Eulogy
Definition: raise levels of physiological or nervous Meaning: Accolade, paean, tribute, compliment,
activity in (the body or any biological system). commendation
Usage: The women are given fertility drugs to Definition: a speech or piece of writing that praises
N
E
Usage: He had impeccable manners.
995). Outrage
988). Zenith Meaning: indignation, fury, anger
N
Meaning: Highest point, crowning point, height, top, Definition: An extremely strong reaction of anger,
peak, climax, maximum, flower shock, or indignation
Definition: the time at which something is most Usage: Her voice trembled with outrage
powerful or successful.
ZO
Usage: In 1977, punk was at its zenith. 996). Groom
Meaning: curry, brush, comb
989). Orderly Definition: Brush and clean the coat of (a horse, dog,
Meaning: neat, trim, well kept, straight, tidy or other animal)
Definition: neatly and methodically arranged. Usage: The horses were groomed and taken to shows
Usage: An orderly arrangement of objects.
997). Litigation
G
990). Endorse Meaning: case, legal proceeding, legal dispute
Meaning: autograph, initial, superscribe, inscribe, Definition: The process of taking legal action
countersign Usage: The company wishes to avoid litigation
Definition: declare one's public approval or support of.
N
Meaning: illness, disease, sickness an object moving under the action of given forces
Definition: an illness, typically a minor one. Usage: The missile’s trajectory was preset
Usage: We spend more on almost any article of bodily
aliment than on our mental aliment. 999). Agitation
Meaning: anxiety, perturbation, disquiet, distress
N