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Aberration Unusual and unacceptable, oddness, deviation from standard, irregularity.

For example, He was not normal at that time. His act was aberrational.

Abstruse Hidden, difficult to understand, deep Accumulation Gather, collect Acrimonious Angry and bitter feelings / words Affection Love Affront To insult Aggravate To make worse Alleviate To make sth less severe. Synonym: Ease Ameliorate Improve Amenable Agreeable Anomaly Irregularity. For example, A man ordered 5kg rice, but the shopkeeper sent 4kg. So, there is anomaly in supply. Apart Away, separate, distant Archipelago A group of islands. Few islands make archipelago.

Argumentative A person who argues, Not willing to obey sth Arrogant Behaving in a proudy way, that is unpleasant for others, Considering oneself superior than others Auspicious Favourable, Likely to be successful, Promising Baleful Harmful and damaging Beget To make sth happen, cause to exist Bevy Large group Brook Tolerate Cacophony A mixture of unpleasant sounds, noice Cajole Deceive. Synonym: Coax Candid Honest, saying as it is. (2) A candid photo is one that is taken without knowledge of the person Capricious Shaky, uncertain Carnivorous Any animal that eats meat Cautious Careful in what you say or do

Chary Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Wary Chide To criticize or blame sb because they have done sth wrong Coax Deceive. Synonym: Cajole Congnizant Aware Compliant (1) Willing or ready to obey. Synonym: Submissive. (2) Agreement Concealed Hidden, difficult to understand, deep Confront To face Conjoin Join together Consensus Agreement Console to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed Consul A government official who is the representative of his/her country in a foreign city Contraction becoming smaller Council Ruling body, committee Counsel (1). advice (2). Lawer on behalf of somebody

Crestfallen Sad and disappointed Curtail To limit something OR to shorten something Deleterious harmful and damaging Demise Death Deteriorate To become worse. Antonym: Improve Detraction Making something less good/enjoyable/important Disavow Deny Distraction Disturbance Doctrine Established belief Doting Liking/Loving sth very much Eclected Drawn from many sources, wisely chosen Elated Very happy and excited Eminent Famous Enamoured Liking something a lot

Enigma A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Mystery, Riddle Entail To involve something that cannot be avoided Erudite Deeply learned, Scholarly learned Euphony Pleasant sounds Evanescent Disapperaing quickly, short lived, fleeting Evasive Wordy, Not up to the point, using too much words than necessary Exigent Urgent Fallow Not used Feckless Careless Feeble Weak, Inefficient Fleeting Disappearing quickly, short lived Foe Enemy Fond Liking/Loving sb/sth Frightened Afraid, feeling of fear

Gloomy Sad and without hope, No hope of success or happiness in future Herbivorous Any animal that eats only plants Hone (1) To sharp, sharpen. (2) To develop and improve sth Imminent About to happen Impartial Neutral Impecunious Poor, penny less Indifferent not interested OR no concern Integrity (1) Honesty (2) Whole, Not devided Intrinsic Inherent, belonging to sb/sth Later At a time in future. Antonym: Earlier Levy Government taxes Melancholy A deep feeling of sadness, very sad Mercy A kind and forgiving attitude Minatory Threatening

Morose Extremely sad, depressed. Synonym: Gloomy Mulish Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion Mystery A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Enigma, Riddle Naive (1) Inexperienced, Lacking knowledge. (2) Innocent and simple Narrate Tell Neophyte Beginner Nepotism Favoritism Obstinate Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Stubborn Offensive rude and annoying Pragmatic Practical Precede Before, happen before of sth Probity Honesty Ratify to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or singning it Ravenous Starving, extremely hungry

Skeptical Unbelievable Static Not moving Strut Walk proudly Stubborn Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion Stuffed Full Sunninct Concise Partisan Showing support to a person/group/idea, not nuetral, biased Pillory To criticize sb strongly in public Touchstone Criteria Tractable Easy to deal/control, Easily handled Tranquil Quite and peaceful Transient Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting Trepidation Fear Urbane Wise

Vacuous Stupid Vindictive Trying to harm sb Volatile Changing easily/suddenly Vouch To say that somebody will behave well, and you are responsible for his actions Vow a formal and serious promise Wary Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Chary

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