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to be the most useful for all kind of competitive exam.

VOCABULARY
Every student at some time or the other faces the question ''How
do I increase my vocabulary? '' This is because, people who might
otherwise be very fluent in spoken English do not really take care
to use new words, since, for the purpose of communication, the
current register of words is deemed enough. An unfortunate fallout
of this nonchalant complacency is that when these people actually
face questions examining their vocabulary and its extent, they are
all at sea. An easy example will bear this out. Everyone knows that
when we are asked to name the tip of a mountain or the highest
point of something, we use the word peak. But not everyone
would know that words like zenith, apogee, crest and summit may
be replacements for the same word. So the same meaning used in
the form of another word might leave the student totally flummoxed.
Therefore, it is important to start working on ones vocabulary as
soon as possible for success in any competitive exam.
Given below are a few tips on the accepted methods and practices
used to improve ones vocabulary:
(a) The practice of reading - This is, sadly, lacking in most
aspirants. With the advent of Television, reading has almost
become passe. Reading is important not just because it
increases general knowledge. That it definitely does; in
addition what it does is help a student get into the habit of
reading. It is also important to read a variety of subjects,
because each subject has its own register of language and
words are used with differing connotations in each register.
So, for success in competitive exams, perusal of a few different
sources of reading material is mandatory. The sources are:
1) A general magazine e.g. India Today, Frontline, Outlook,
Readers Digest, Time, etc.
2) A business magazine e.g. Business Today, Business
India, Business World, etc.
3) The daily newspaper e.g. The Times of India, The Hindu,
The Indian Express, etc.
(b) Using a dictionary-the almost-extinct habit - Even though
the idea of using a dictionary does nothing to enthuse the
common student, every one owns a dictionary but treats it
like a sacred cow, not to be touched and defiled; of course,
not that they are to be blamed too much for it; it is almost a
habit now; but should be considered a necessary evil. A
dictionary should be kept with the student while reading

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

anything, so that an incomprehensible word can be looked

up immediately. Procrastination invariably leads to the words
remaining incomprehensible due to forgetfulness in looking
up the word in the dictionary.
Self-help books - Quite a few self-help books claiming to
improve Verbal Ability are to be found in the open market,
and one or two are actually helpful in this regard. Students
are welcome to consult these books but are advised to do so
after consulting discriminating people who have experience
in this regard e.g. experienced English teachers or the English
faculty, since they have better idea of the relative efficacy of
these books.
Thesaurus-the viable alternative - If using a dictionary seems
to be too boring to be considered for any length of time,
using a thesaurus may be a more interesting alternative. In
theory, it is the reverse of a dictionary, and basically gives
the various synonyms and the types of usage of a word e.g.
as a verb, adjective, noun etc.. So it gives a lot of information
about each word. If the student can remember even some of
it, it will be a great advantage. The most commonly available
thesaurus in the market is the Rogets Thesaurus, usually
now used as a generic name by most publishers.
The Word List - The Word List is a comprehensive
compendium of the words most commonly asked or used in
the Management Examination question papers. Studying the
Word List will also give the student a lot of information about
the origin of various words, their roots etc. This is a
particularly useful method of studying because knowledge
of etymology helps the student gauge the meaning and usage
of other words having the same roots, regardless of whether
the student has come across the word earlier or not.
Flip-Cards - We strongly advocate this technique which is
another tool to memorize words from the list. These are blank
cards approximately double the size of your standard visiting
card. After isolation of the exceptionally difficult words from
the Word List, the student should write approximately five
words on one side of the card and the corresponding
meanings on the other. The advantages of using this type of
tool are that (1) Cards are portable and the student can carry
a card around with him/her any where and glance at it anytime.

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(2) The embarrassment factor which carrying a Word List
around entails is absent here, and (3) At the time of the final
run-up to the examination, the student, instead of revising
the whole Word List, can just go through the set of Flip
Cards that he or she has collected. The only problem is getting
started and, to mix metaphors, once that initial hurdle is
overcome the rest is smooth sailing!
(g) Gauging meanings - This logically follows from the earlier
method. It is advisable for the student to try and gauge the
meaning of a word from the context of the sentence. This is
an extremely effective method and very frequently, it is

possible to find out the meaning of a newly seen word just

by reading the whole sentence and getting the meaning of
the sentence as a whole. e.g. in the sentence All of us tried
our best to persuade him but he remained adamant. Even if
a student does not know the meaning of the word adamant
per se, it is still possible to gauge the meaning from the
context of the sentence i.e. unmoved, firm, intractable, etc.
It should be kept in mind by the students that none of the
above methods are absolute in themselves. It is a combination
of all these, or at least some of these, which will give one the
best results.

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that persons skill
Those who live in trees
- Renounce a throne or high office
(or cease-fire or truce) An agreement to stop
- Do away with
fighting
- Move faster
Ascetic
- One who avoids physical pleasures and
- One associated with another especially in
comforts
wrong-doing
Astrology
- The art of understanding the influence of
- Science of the production, transmission,
heavenly bodies on human affairs.
reception and effects of sound
Astronomy
- Scientific study of heavenly bodies
- One who performs gymnastic feats
Aviary
- A place for keeping birds
- The period of life from puberty to maturity
Backlog
- It means an accumulation of arrears.
- One who calculates insurance and annuity
Example: I must clear my heavy backlog of
premium etc
work.
- Make impure by the addition of inferior
Backwater
- A part of a river out of the main stream,
substance
where the water does not move
- Unprovoked attack of one country or person
Barbarian
An uncivilised person
by another
Barbecue
A metal flame on which meat etc. is cooked
- General pardon
over an open fire
- A building where animals are killed for meat
Barometer
An instrument for measuring the air pressure
(or slaughterhouse)
Beverage
A liquid for drinking
- arranged or happening when necessary and
Bibliography
A list of writings on a subject
not planned in advance
- Happening once every two years
- The science of the operation and flight of Biennial
Bigamy
- System of two marriages
aircraft
- (or Resume or Curriculum Vitae) A short
- A person with a highly developed sense of Biodata
written account of ones education and past
beauty aesthetics
employment
- One who believes that nothing can be
Black Hole
- An area in outer space into which
known about God
- Fear of open spaces public places
everything near it, including light, is pulled
- It is Latin for elsewhere. It is actually a plea Bleach
- Make white or pale by means of chemicals
of having been elsewhere at the time of
or sunlight
commission of an act. But it is now used in Blue Blood
- The quality of being a noble person by birth
the sense of an excuse. Example: He offered Blueprint
- The word originated in the engineering
no alibi for his absence from duty.
industry where it means the final stage of
- Compensatory allowance given to wife after
paper design. So it may mean the final plan
divorce
or layout. Example: The blueprint of the
- Allergy means, a heightened sensitivity to
Five-Year Plan is ready.
a substance as food, medicine etc. Allergic Bonsai
- The art of growing a plant in a pot that is
means having an aversion to. Example : He
prevented from reaching its natural size
is allergic to hard work.
Bon Vivant
- One who likes good wine and food and
- One who is habitually kind to others
cheerful companions
- A former student of a school or college
Bookworm
- (or nerd) One who is too fond of reading
- The word means simultaneous attraction
and study
towards and repulsion from an object, Botany
- The scientific study of plants
person or action. Example : The attitude of Bottleneck
- It is a narrow passage, a place, stage or
educated Indians to love-marriages is
condition that checks progress. Example:
ambivalent
We must remove all bottlenecks in the swift
- That which appears to be old fashioned and
implementation of policies.
does not belong to the present time
Boulevard
- A broad street having trees on each side
- Lawlessness and disorder caused by
Bourgeois
- Belonging to the middle class
absence of control
Bric-a-brac
- Small objects kept for decoration
- A short interesting or amusing story
Bullion
- Bars of gold or silver
- A collection of poems or writings
Bust
- A piece of sculpture showing a persons
- (or maxim) A wise saying in a few words
head, shoulders, and upper chest
- A medicine drug causing sexual excitement
Cabal
A small group of people who make secret
- A place where bees are kept
plans for political action
- A person who works under someone to learn
Calligraphy
- The art of beautiful writing by hand
Canine
- Of a dog
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ONE WORD - A SMALL COLLECTION

Abdicate
Abolish
Accelerate
Accomplice
Acoustics
Acrobat
Adolescence
Actuary
Adulterate
Aggression
Amnesty
Abattoir
Ad hoc
Aeronautics
Aesthete
Agnostic
Agoraphobia
Alibi

Alimony
Allergic

Altruist
Alumnus
Ambivalent

Anachronism
Anarchy
Anecdote
Anthology
Aphorism
Aphrodisiac
Apiary
Apprentice

Arboreal
Armistice

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Cannibal
Cardiac
Catch-22

One who eats human flesh

Connected with the heart
A situation from which one is prevented
from escaping by something that is part of
the situation itself
Celestial
- Of the sky or heaven
Cerebral
- Connected with the brain
Chalet
- A wooden house with a steeply sloping roof
Charlatan
- One who deceives others by falsely
claiming to have a skill
Celibacy
- One who does not indulge in carnal
pleasure
Clean sweep
- A complete victory
Cloak-and-Dagger - Stories that deal with adventure and exciting
mystery
Clot
- A half-solid mass or lump formed from a
liquid, especially blood
Clubfoot
- A badly-shaped foot twisted out of position
from birth
Coagulate
- Change from a liquid into a solid by chemical
action
Cold war
- Severe political struggle between countries,
without actual fighting
Colloquial
- Suitable for ordinary, informal, or familiar
conversation
Colonnade
- A row of pillars supporting a roof or arches
Coma
- A state of long unnatural deep or
unconsciousness
Combustible
- (or Inflammable) That can catch fire and
burn easily
Comrade
- A close companion who shares difficult
work
Congenital
- Existing at or from ones birth
Connotation
- The feeling or ideas that are suggested by
a word
Consortium
- A combination of several companies, banks,
etc. for a common purpose
Consul
- A person appointed by a government to
protect and help its citizens and its interests
in trade in a foreign city
Contemporary - A person living at the same time as another
Contretemps
- An unlucky and unexpected event, socially
uncomfortable position with someone
Corinthian
- Typical of the most richly decorated style
of ancient Greek buildings
Corrigendum
- Something (to be) made correct in a printed
book
Counterfeit
- Made exactly like something real in order to
deceive
Countervailing - Acting with equal force but opposite effect
Couture
- The business of making and selling
fashionable womens clothes
Cradle
- A small bed for a baby
Creativity
- The ability to produce new and original
ideas
Criminology
- The scientific study of crime and criminals
Crossroads
- A point at which an important decision must
be taken
Cruise
- A sea voyage for pleasure

Cuisine
Daredevil
D-day

Debacle
Decanter

Defeatism

Deficit

Dja vu

Depression

Designate

Disarmament
Dissection

Dividend

Dome
Dormitory
Down-and-out

Dragnet

Dregs

Drudgery
Dutch
Eagle-eyed

Eaves

Eddy
Elastic

Electrocute

Embargo

Empirical

Enigmatic

Entomology
Epic
Epicurean
Ergonomics

Estuary
Evaporate
Evolution
Excise

Expletive

A style of cooking
One who is prepared to take dangerous risks
A day on which an important operation is
to begin
A sudden complete failure
A container for holding alcoholic drinks,
especially wine
The practice of thinking in a way that shows
an expectation of being unsuccessful
The amount by which something is less
than what is needed
The feeling of remembering something that
in fact one is experiencing for the first time
A lon g per iod of seriously reduced
business activity and high unemployment
Chosen for an office but not yet officially
placed in it
Reduction of weapons by a government
Cutting up the body of a plant or animal for
studying
The money which is divided among
shareholders
A rounded roof on a building
A large room containing a number of beds
One who is suffering from lack of money,
work, etc, and is unable to change the
situation
A system of connected actions and
methods for catching criminals
Sediment in a liquid that sinks to the bottom
and is thrown away
Hard uninteresting work
Of the Netherlands (Holland)
Looking with very keen attention and
noticing small details
The edges of a roof which come out beyond
the walls
A circular movement of water, wind, dust, etc.
Able to spring back into shape after being
stretched
To kill by passing electricity through the
body
An official order forbidding trade with
another country
Based on practical experience of the world
we see and feel
That which is mysterious and very hard to
understand
The scientific study of insects
A long narrative poem
Lover of physical/material
The study of the conditions in which
people work most effectively with machines
The wide lower part or mouth of a river
To change into steam and disappear
Gradual development from simpler forms
Tax on goods produced and used inside a
country
An often meaningless word used for
swearing

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Expressionism

Extrovert
Facet
Faeces

Fallacy
Farce

Farrier
Febrile
Felony

Fiance

Filament
Flogging
Flora

Fluvial
Foible

Foolscap

Foray
Foreman

Fortnight
Fourth Estate

Freckle
Freight
Frill
Frontispiece

Fumigate

Furrow
Galaxy
Gastronomy

Gelatine
Geocentric
Gigolo
Glacier

Glut
Goatee

Go-Getter

Good Samaritan Gorge

Graffiti
Grange
Green Belt

A style of painting which expresses feelings

rather than describing objects and
experiences
One who likes to spend time with others
Any of the many flat sides of a cut jewel
The solid waste material passed from the
bowels
A false idea or belief
A light humorous play full of silly things
happening
One who makes and fits shoes for horses
Of or caused by fever
A serious crime such as murder or armed
robbery
(feminine fiance) The person one is going
to marry
A thin thread
Severe beating with a whip or stick
All the plants of a particular place, country,
or period
Of, found in, or produced by rivers
A small rather strange and stupid personal
habit
A large size of paper, especially writing
paper
A sudden rush into enemy country
A skilled and experienced worker in charge
of other workers
Two weeks
Newspapers and their writers, considered
with regard to their political influence
A small flat brown spot on the skin
Goods carried by ship, train. plane, etc.
A decorative edge to a piece of material
A picture or photograph at the beginning
of a book
To clear of disease, bacteria etc. by means
of chemical smoke
A long narrow track cut by a plough
A large group of stars
The art and science of cooking and eating
good food
A clear substance used for making jellies
Having the Earth as the central point
A man who is paid to be a womans lover
A mass of ice moving very slowly down a
mountain valley
A larger supply than is necessary
A little pointed beard on the bottom of the
chin
One who is forceful, determined, and likely
to succeed in getting what one wants
One who helps others in trouble, without
thinking of oneself
A deep narrow valley with steep sides
Drawings or writing on a wall
A large country house with Farm buildings
A stretch of land, around a town or city,
where building is not allowed, so that fields,
woods, etc. remain

Grunt
Gubernatorial
Guinea pig

Halitosis
Handbook

Hangar

Harpoon

Haven
Headgear
Headstrong

Heat-stroke

Heirloom
Herbivore
Hide

Hinterland
Histrionics

Holocaust
Holster
Hooligan
Hothead

Hub
Hump
Ideology

Idolatry
Illegible
Immortal
Implacable

Improvident
Incarnate

Incorporeal
Inedible
Inflate
Ingest
Innate
Inseminate
Intelligentsia

Intestate
Invective

Invoice

Irreproachable
Journal

Junta

Short deep rough sound of a pig

Of a governor
A person who is subject of some kind of
test
A condition in which one has bad breath
A short book giving all the most important
information about a subject
A big building where aircraft are kept
between flights
A spear with a long rope, used for hunting
large sea animals
A place of calm and safety
A covering for the head
Determined to do what one wants in spite
of all advice
Fever and weakness caused by too much
heat
A valuable object passed on for generations
A plant-eating animal
An animals skin, when removed, to be used,
for leather
The inner part of a country
Behaviour resembling a theatrical
performance
Great destruction and the loss of many lives
A leather holder for a pistol
A noisy rough person who causes trouble
One who does things too quickly, without
thinking
The central part of a wheel
A lump on the back of a camel
A set of ideas on which a political or
economic system is based
The worship of idols
Difficult or impossible to read
That which will never die
Impossible to satisfy, change, or make less
angry
One who does not save for the future
In physical form rather than in the form of a
spirit or idea
Without a body or form
Not suitable for eating
To fill with air or gas until swelled
To take into the stomach
That which one is born with
To put male seed into a female
Those who are highly educated and often
concern themselves with ideas and new
developments
Not having made a will
A forceful attacking speech used for
blaming someone
A list of goods supplied, stating quantity
and price
So good that no blame at all could be given
A serious magazine produced by a specialist
society
A council or assembly that deliberates in
secret upon the affairs of government.

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Juxtapose
Kennel
Kimono
Knuckle
Lackey

Lead Time

Lecher

Leonine
Levee

Levy

Libertarian

Lien

Limerick
Linchpin/
Lynchpin
Literati
Livery
Locale

Logger
Loom

Lore

Lowbrow

Lullaby

Machete
Magnum Opus
Malady
Malaise

Malcontent

Male Chauvinist Malign

Mane
Manual

Market Forces Mascot

Massacre

Materialism

Mechanics

Megalomania

To place side by side or close together

A small hut for a dog
A long loose garment made of silk
The joint between the finger and the hand
One who behaves like a servant by always
obeying
The time taken in planning and producing a
new product
One who continually looks for sexual
pleasure
Of or like a lion
An embankment beside a river or stream or
an arm of the sea, to prevent floods.
An official demand and collection,
especially of a tax
One who believes that people should have
freedom of expression
A legal claim or hold on employment or
property, as security for a debt or charge.
A humorous short poem with five lines
An important member which keeps the
whole group together
People with great knowledge of literature
Uniform of a special type for servants
A place where something particular
happens
One whose job is to cut down trees
A machine on which thread is woven into
cloth
Old beliefs, not written down, about a
particular subject
One who has no interest in literature, art,
etc.
A pleasant song used for causing children
to sleep
A knife with a broad heavy blade
A great work of art, theatre, film, etc.
That which is wrong with a system
A feeling of pain without any particular pain
or appearance of disease
One who is dissatisfied with the existing
state of affairs.
A man who believes that men are better than
women
To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely
and severely.
The long hair on the back of a horses neck
A book giving information about how to do
something
The free operation of business and trade
without govt. controls
Chosen as a symbol or thought to bring
good luck
The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing
of human beings.
Too great interest in money & material, etc,
rather than spiritual matters
The science of the action of forces on
objects
The belief that one is more important or

Mercantile
Meteorology
Midriff

Militia

Miniature
Mirage

Misnomer
Moccasin
Modus Operandi Mogul

Monarchy
Monomaniac

Moralistic

Morbid

Motto
Multinational

Mundane
Mycology

Namesake

Nautical
Necromancy

Nemesis
Newfangled

Nihilism

Nodding
Acquaintance
Nosegay

Notary

No-win Situation Nursery

Oar
Obstetrics

Obtrude

Obtrusive

Obviate

Odoriferous

powerful than one really is

Of trade and business
The scientific study of weather conditions
The part of the human body between the
chest and the waist
Those trained as soldiers but not belonging
to a regular army
A very small painting
The appearing of objects which are not
really there
A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
A simple shoe made of leather
A method of doing something typical of
someone
A person of very great power. wealth, and
importance
Rule by a king or queen
One who keeps thinking of one particular
idea only
Having unchanging narrow ideas about
right and wrong
Having or expressing a strong interest in
sad or unpleasant things
A few words taken as the guiding principle
A company having operations in many
different countries
Dull / Ordinary
The scientific study of fungi (plural of
fungus)
A person with the same name as yours is
your namesake
Of sailors, ships, or sailing
The practice which claims to learn about
the future by talking with the dead
Just and unavoidable punishment
New (idea. machine etc) but neither
necessary nor better
The belief that nothing has meaning or
value
A very slight familiarity
A small bunch of flowers, to be carried or
worn on a dress
A public official who makes written
statements official
That which will end badly whichever choice
one makes
A place where small children are taken care
of or where young plants are grown for sale
A long pole used for rowing a boat
The branch of medicine concerned with
childbirth
To be pushed or to push oneself into
undue prominence.
Tending to be pushed or to push oneself
into undue prominence.
To clear away or provide for, as an objection
or difficulty.
Having a smell

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Off-White
Oligarchy

One-Upmanship Ontology

Operational
Research
Opprobrium

Orderly
Ornithology
Ostentation

Ostracism
Outcast

Overhaul

Pacemaker
Palaeography
Panacea

Panache

Panegyric

Pariah
Parricide

Parting Shot
Passive Smoking Patent
Paunch
Peanuts
Peeping Tom

Penance

Perdition
Perjury
Persona on Grata Petrology
Phonetics
Phylum
Pigment
Pillion
Pithead
Placate

Plaintiff

Platitude

Platonic

White with some grey or yellow

A collective government formed by a few
persons
The art of getting an advantage over others
without actually cheating
The branch of philosophy concerned with
the nature of existence
The study of how bussinesses are
organised in order to make them more efficient
The state of being scornfully reproached
or censured
A soldier who attends an officer
The scientific study of birds
A display dictated by vanity and intended
to invite applause or flattery.
The state of not being included in a group
One who is forced from ones home or
without friends
Thorough examination and repair if
necessary
A small machine that regularises heartbeats
The study of ancient writing systems
A remedy or medicine proposed for or
professing to cure all diseases.
Being able to do things in a confident and
elegant way.
A speeds or a piece of writing praising
somebody or something
One who is not accepted by society
Act of murdering ones father, mother or
other close relative
A last remark made at the moment of leaving
The breathing in of smoke from the
cigarettes that others are smoking
The right to make or sell a new invention
A mans fat stomach
Too small a sum of money
One who secretly looks at others when they
are undressing
Making oneself willingly suffer for ones
wrongs
Everlasting punishment after death
A lie told on purpose in court
One who is not acceptable or welcome
The scientific study of rocks
The study and science of speech sounds
A main division of animals or plants
The natural colouring matter of plants and
animals
A seat for a second person on a motorcycle
The entrance to a coalmine
To bring from a state of angry or hostile
feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
One who brings a charge against someone
in a court
A written or spoken statement that has
been made often befor e and is not
interesting
A friendly, not sexual, relationship between

Plebeian
Poetaster
Poker Face

Porcine
Pork
Portend

Post-Haste
Pot-Boiler

Powder Keg
Prcis
Prescient

Prevaricate

Prey

Prima Donna

Prodigal

Profile
Projection
Propellant
Protagonist

Proscribe

Prosody

Postscript (or P.S.) Pulmonary

Punctilious
Punter
Pus

Putsch

Palmistry

Quartet

Quixotic

Raconteur

Raillery
Ranger
Real Estate
Realpolitik

Rebuff

Recant

a man and a woman

Of the lower social classes
A writer of inferior quality poems
A face that shows nothing of what one is
thinking or feeling
Of or like a pig
Meat from pigs
To indicate as being about to happen,
especially by previous signs.
In a great hurry
A book of low quality produced quickly to
make money
Something dangerous that might explode
A shortened form of a piece of writing
Able to imagine or guess what will probably
happen
To use ambiguous or evasive language for
the purpose of deceiving or diverting
attention.
An animal that is hunted and eaten by
another
The main woman singer in an opera
company
One who is wasteful or extravagant,
especially in the use of money or property.
A side view of someones head /face
Something that sticks out from a surface
An explosive for firing a bullet or a rocket
First actor in a play. It means one who takes
the leading part in a drama, novel or any
other sphere.
To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with
condemnation or denunciation.
The rules by which the patterns of sounds
and rhythms are arranged in poetry
A note added at the end of a letter
Of or having an effect on the lungs
Strictly observant of the rules or forms
prescribed by law or custom.
One who makes a bet on horserace results
A thick yellowish liquid produced in an
infected wound
A sudden secretly planned attempt to
remove a government by force
The art of telling ones character or future
by examining ones hands and palms
Four singers or musicians performing
together
Trying to do the impossible, often so as to
help others, while getting oneself into
danger
One who is good at telling stories in an
interesting way
Friendly joking at someones weakness
The keeper of a forest
Property in the form of land and houses
Politics based on practical facts rather than
on moral or ideological aims
A peremptory or unexpected rejection of
advances or approaches.
To withdraw formally ones belief (in

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Recumbent
Red-Handed
Redundant

Reflation

Relic
Renaissance

Renal
Requisition
Rescind

Resonance

Retribution
Revisionism

Rhyme

Right-hand Man Ringleader

Riviera

Rodent

Rolling Stone

Rosary
Roving eye

Rubber Stamp

Ruling
Rung

Saboteur
Salve

Sapient
Scaffolding

Scalp
Sceptical
Scraps

Scuba

Seam

Sedentary
Seer
Seismic
Sellers Market

something previously believed or

maintained).
Lying down on the back or side
In the act of doing something wrong
Means exceeding what is natural, usual or
necessary.
A govt. policy of increasing the amount of
money used to increase the demand for
goods or services
Something old that reminds us of the past
A renewal of interest in some particular kind
of art, literature, etc, a period of revival
during 15th and 16th centuries in Europe
Of the kidneys
An official demand or request
To make void, as an act, by the enacting
authority or by a superior authority.
Sound produced in one object by sound
waves from another
A severe which was punishment
The questioning of the main beliefs of an
already existing political system
To end with the same sound, including a
vowel
Ones most useful and valuable helper
One who leads others to do wrong or make
trouble
A warm stretch of coast on the
Mediterraneon sea popular with holiday
makers
A small herbivore with strong sharp long
front teeth
One who.travels around a lot and has no
fixed address or responsibilities
A string of beads used for counting prayers
Sexual interests that pass quickly from one
person to another
One who acts only to make official the
decisions already made by another
An official decision of a court
Any of the cross-bars that form the steps
of a ladder
One who practices sabotage
(or Ointment) An oily substance for putting
on a cut, wound, etc.
Wise and full of deep knowledge
A structure built from poles and boards for
workmen to stand on
The skin on the top of the human head
Unwilling to believe a claim or promise
Pieces of food not eaten at a meal and
thrown away
An instrument used for breathing while
swimming underwater
A line of stitches joining two pieces of cloth,
leather, etc.
Anything done while sitting down
One who can see into the future
Of or caused by earthquakes
Where there are not many goods for sale

Sensationalism Septic
Sexagenarian
Sexism

Shaman

Shibboleth

Shoot
Short-change

Siamese twins

Side Effect

Signatory
Sill
Singsong

Skyscraper
Sleeping PartnerSlip-up
Small Fry
Smokestack
Snippet

Socialite

Sociology

Solidarity

Somnambulism
SOS
Souvenir
Spatial
Spectacle
Spindle

Splinter

Sportsmanship
Sprig
Stallion
Standard-bearer

Statesman

Stellar
Sticking Point
Stock Broker

Stoic
Stooge

Stratagem
Strategist

The intentional producing of excitement or

shock
Infected with disease bacteria
One who is between 60 and 69 years old
The belief that one sex is not as good as the
other
A priest believed to have magical powers
and able to cure people
A once-important custom which no longer
has much meaning
A new growth from a plant
To give back less than what actually should
be given back
Those joined together from birth at some
part of their bodies
An unwanted effect happening in addition
to the intended one
Any of those who sign an agreement
The flat piece at the base of a window
A repeated rising and falling of the voice in
speaking
A very tall modern city building
A partner in a business who takes no active
part
A slight unintentional mistake.
A young or unimportant person
The tall chimney of a factory or a ship
A short piece from something spoken or
written
A person well known for going to
fashionable parties
The scientific study of societies and human
behaviour in groups
Loyal agreement of interests, aims, or
principles among a group
The habit of walking about while asleep
An urgent message from someone in trouble
An object kept as a reminder of something
Connected with space
A grand public show or scene
A machine part round which something
turns
A small sharp-pointed piece of wood broken
off something
A spirit of honest fair play
A small end of a stem or branch with leaves
A fully-grown male horse kept for breeding
An important leader in a moral argument or
movement
A political leader who is respected as being
wise, honourable, and fair-minded
Of the stars
Something that prevents an agreement
One whose job is buying and selling shares
and debentures for others
One who is indifferent to joys/sorrows
One who habitually does what another
person wants
A trick to deceive an enemy
A person skilled in planning, especially of

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Stride
Strobe Light
Subcutaneous
Sub Judice
Subsidy

Superannuated Surety
Surreal
Swarm
Sweet Tooth
Sword of
Damocles
Tactile
Take-home Pay

Tannery

Tarot
Tautology

Taxonomy

Technocrat

Teller

Tenure

Territorial waters Testamentary

Thatch
Thermal
Thorax

Thrombosis
Topiary

Touchstone
Tract

Traitor
Transient

Transmogrify
Transpire

Treatise

Tribunal

Troglodyte
Trousseau

Tunnel Vision

military movements.
A long step in walking.
A light which goes on and off very quickly
Beneath the skin
A legal case being considered in court
Money paid by the government to reduce
prices
Too old for work
One who takes responsibility for the
behaviour of someone
Having a strange dreamlike unreal quality
A large group of insects moving in a mass
A liking for sweet and sugary things
Something bad that may happen at any time
Of the sense of touch
Wages left after all taxes, deductions, etc,
have been made
A Place where animal skin is made into
leather
A set of 22 cards used for telling the future
is redundancy, which consists of needless
repetition of meaning in other words.
Example: audible to the ear, return back, One
after another in succession, etc.
The system of putting plants and animals
into various classes
A highly skilled specialist in charge of an
organisation
One who is employed to receive and pay
out money in a bank
The act, right, or period of holding land or a
job
The sea near a countrys coast over which
it has legal control
Of or done according to a will
Roof covering of straw, reeds, etc.
Of heat
The part between the neck and the
abdomen
Having a clot in a blood vessel or the heart
The art of cutting trees and bushes into
decorative shapes of animals and birds
Something used as a test or standard
A short piece dealing with a religious or
moral subject
One who is disloyal to ones country
One who or that which is only of
temporary existence.
To change completely as if by magic
To happen or occur or become known.
Example: It transpired at the meeting that
he was going to be our next President.
A serious book or article that examines a
particular subject.
A court of people officially appointed to
deal with special matters.
One who lives in a cave.
The personal possessions that a woman
brings with her when she marries.
A condition in which one can see only
straight ahead

Turf

Tutelage

Tyrant

Tyro

Underling
Undermanned
Unguent

Unisex
Upholstery
Valise
Vase

Vendor

Vertebrate
Vicissitude

Vinous
Voluntary
Wade
Walkout

Wardrobe

Wasteland
Waterloo

Weakling

Wean

Weather-beaten Wheeler-dealer Whirlpool

Wholesale

Wit
Wizard
Word Blindness Workaholic
Working
knowledge
Wreckage
Wretch
Xenophobia

Yeoman service Yuppie

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A surface made up of earth and a thick

covering of grass
The act of training or the state of being
under instruction.
A ruler with complete power, who rules
cruelly and unjustly
One slightly skilled in or acquainted with
any trade or profession.
A person of low rank in relation to another
Not having enough workers
A thick oily substance used on the skin to
heal it
Of one type used by both male and female
A comfortable covering and filling for a seat
A small bag used while travelling
A decorative container used to put flowers
in
A seller of small articles that can be carried
about
A living creature which has a backbone
A change, especially a complete change,
of condition or circumstances, as of
fortune.
Of or pertaining to wine
Done willingly, without being forced
To walk through water
Leaving a meeting as an expression of
disapproval
A large cupboard in which one hangs up
clothes
Empty, unproductive, usually barren land
A severe defeat after a time of unusual
success
One who lacks physical strength or
strength of character
To transfer (the young) from dependence
on mother s milk to another form of
nourishment.
Marked or damaged by the force of wind.
sun, rain. etc.
One who is skilled at making profitable or
successful deals
A place with circular currents of water, which
can pull objects down into it
The business of selling goods to
shopkeepers
The ability to say clever and amusing things
One who has magic powers
(or dyslexia) Difficulty in seeing the
difference between letter shapes
One who likes to work too hard
Enough practical knowledge to do
something
The broken parts of a destroyed thing
An unfortunate or unhappy person
Fear of strange or foreign people, customs,
etc.
Great and loyal service, help, or support
A young person in a professional job with
a high-income

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WORD LIST
Given below is a list of words placed in alphabetical order. Each
word is followed by a few of its synonyms. Note these words
whenever you come across them. You should be familiar with
most of the words for which synonyms are given if you have done
all the exercises till this point thoroughly. So, this list will be
giving you synonyms for the words which you know. Thus
learning will be easier.

Abase
Abhor
Abridge
Absolute
Absurd
Abundant
Accessory
Adept
Adherent
Adhesive
Admire
Adore
Adversity
Affliction
Alien
Alive
Alleviate
Alms
Amend
Amicable
Anxiety
Apathy
Appalling
Apposite
Appraise
Apprehend
Arbitrary
Assent
Astonish
Audacious
Aversion

Degrade, disgrace, humiliate

Hate, loathe, detest
Shorten, abbreviate
Unalterable, unrestricted, unconditional
Ridiculous, silly, foolish
Ample, plentiful
Additional, auxiliary, subsidiary
Proficient, skilled, expert
Follower, stickler
Sticky, glue, gum
Praise, adore, esteem
Respect, idolise, worship, admire
Misery, misfortune
Distress, sorrow, sadness
Foreign, stranger, unknown
Lively, vivacious, living
Relieve, lighten, ease
Gratuity, donation, grant
Improve, change, emend
Suitable, friendly, lovable, amiable
Eagerness, misgiving, worry
Indifference, neutrality
Terrific, terrifying, dreadful, horrible
Apt, suitable, well chosen
Evaluate, estimate
Seize, fear, arrest
Despotic, wayward
Agree, consent, acquiesce
Astound, surprise, amaze, bewilder
Bold, courageous, daring
Dislike, detestation, hostility, hatred

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Mean, low, ignoble

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Behaviour
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Brittle
Brutal
Burglar
Bystander

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Implore, ask, beseech, solicit

Conduct, deportment, way, demeanour
Courageous, intrepid, bold, daring,
valiant
Active, fast, quick, busy, alert
Frail, fragile
Animal, savage, beastly, cruel
Thief, bandit, brigand, stealer
Spectator, onlooker, beholder

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Callous
Calm
Cancel
Candid

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Leave, desert, forsake

Estimate, count, reckon, compute

Hard, indifferent, cold-blooded
Cool, confident, quiet, serene, tranquil
Annual, withdraw, revoke, delete
Sincere, straightforward. frank

Captive
Cause

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Censure
Character

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Conceal
Confess
Confuse or
confound
Consequent
Conspiracy
Convict
Cowardly
Coy
Crafty

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Credence
Crisis

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Criticism
Cruel
Cynical

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Hazard, risk, peril

Dash
Dastardly
Dawn
Deadly
Dearth
Debase

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Decease
Deceit
Decipher
Decorum
Decree

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Defection
Defer
Deference
Deformity

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Run, rush, fly

Cowardly, invaliant, afraid, fearful
Daybreak, appear, (sunrise), begin
Fatal, lethal, destructive
Scarcity, lack, want
Degrade, defame, disparage,
humiliate
Decompose, rot, decline in power,
wealth, waste, wither, fade
Death, demise, end
Fraud, cheating, forgery
Translate, interpret, solve, explain
Decency, etiquette, propriety, gravity
Law, edict, ordinance, mandate,
judgement
Calumny, disparagement, debasement
Abandonment, desertion
Postpone, delay
Respect, reverence, honour
Disfigurement,
malformation, ugliness
Depressed, distressed, downhearted,

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Prisoner, confined, jailed, bonded

Make, originate, induce, generate,
create
Cut off, prohibit, ban
Blame, condemn, reprove, reprimand
Letter, emblem, type, OR nature,
disposition, quality
Philanthropy, benevolence
Pure, immaculate, virgin, refined
Babble, ramble, talk, discourse
Defraud, gull, outwit, dupe
Quote, mention, name, adduce
Apparel, attire, dress, garb
Huge, gigantic, enormous, big
Begin, start
Equivalent, suitable, applicable,
proportionate
Hide, cover, shelter, disguise
Admit, acknowledge, reveal, agree
Mix, perplex, astonish, Amaze, bewilder
Following, resultant, outcome
Plot, intrigue, treason
Felon, culprit, criminal, guilty
Craven, dastardly, fearful, poltroon
Modest, shy, reserved
Artful, adroit, dexetrous, cunning,
deceitful
Mad, insane, silly
Belief, faith, trust, confidence
Turning point, emergency, decisive
moment
Test, touchstone, standard, yardstick
Analysis, review, stricture
Brutal, unmerciful, beastly, savage
Captious, incredulous, sarcastic,
morose

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Delectable

Delegate

Deliberate

Delicacy

Delusion
Demeanour
Demise
Demolish
Demure
Denomination
Denounce

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Deride
Descant
Desire
Desolate
Despise
Despondency

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Destitute
Destruction
Detain
Detest
Dethrone
Devastate
Devoid
Devout
Dexterity
Diabolical
Diatribe
Dictatorial
Diffident
Digression
Diligence
Dire
Disapprove
Disavow
Disciple
Disclose
Disconsolate
Discredit
Disgust
Dismay

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Disown
Disparage
Dispose
Dispute
Disregard

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downcast
Charming, delightful,
pleasant
Commission, depute,
authorise
Knowingly done,
intentional, forcible
Softness, nicety,
slenderness, refinement, purity
Illusion, fancy, error, false belief
Behaviour, conduct, bearing
Death, decease
Break, destroy, annihilate
Modest, coy, humane
Name, appellation, designation
Accuse, malign, criticise, defame,
condemn
Contradict, refuse, disavow, withhold
Ridicule, mock, taunt
Discourse, expatiate, enlarge
Wish, long for, crave, covet
Lonely, deserted, solitary, devastated
Condemn, dislike
Despair, dejection,
hopelessness
Arbitrary, tyrannical, illegal
Needy, poor, miserable, indigent
Ruin, demolition, ravage
Lock in, arrest, hold, custody
Despise, abhor, dislike
Depose, remove (from office)
Ruin, demolition, ravage
Lacking, empty, vacant
Religious, reverent
Adroitness, cleverness, skill
Fiendish, devilish, wicked
Tirade, denunciation
Tyrannical, arbitrary, despotic
Hesitating, doubtful, distrusting
Excursion, deviation, misguidance
Care, industry, effort
Terrible, awful, horrible; miserable
Condemn, reject, disallow
Deny, refuse
Follower, learner, student
Reveal, tell, uncover, divulge
Sad, cheerless, miserable
Disbelieve, doubt, disgrace
Abhorrence, dislike, detestation
Disappointment,
discouragement
Disease, illness, OR untidiness,
uncleanliness
Disclaim, deny, renounce
Debase, decry, defame
Adjust, arrange, incline
Argument, controversy, altercation
Neglect, overlook,
disrespect
Corrupt, mean, lax, licentious

Distaste
Distorted

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Divert
Divine
Divulge
Docile
Doctrine
Dogmatic
Dolt
Domicile
Dotage
Downright
Dread
Drench
Drowsy
Dubious
Ductile
Dupe
Dwindle

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Abhorrence, dislike, detestation

Blurred, maligned, changed, disguised,
deformed, misrepresented
Affliction, depression, misery
Turn aside, deflect, deviate
Heavenly, metaphysical, godlike
Reveal, uncover, disclose
Amenable, tractable, submissive
Precept, principle, teaching
Categorical, authoritative, firm, preachy
Blockhead, stupid, fool, idiot, dullard
Dwelling, home, residence
Senility, imebcility
Simple, unquestionable, blunt, frank
Apprehend, fear
Soak, wet
Sleepy, comatose, lazy, lethargic
Suspicious, doubtful, unreliable
Pliant, yielding, flexible
Cheat, befool, steal
Shrink, diminish, decrease

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Eager, ardent, intent,anxious, sincere

Eccentric
Economise
Ecstasy
Efface
Effeminate
Efficacy
Egotistic
Egregious

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Elevated
Eliminate
Eloquence

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Emancipate
Embarrass
Embezzle
Embody
Emolument
Emulate
Enchant
Encompass
Encounter
Encroach
Endeavour
Endorse
Endurance
Enfranchise
Enlighten
Enmity
Enormous
Enrage
Ensue
Entangle
Enterprise

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Irregular, anomalous, abnormal, odd

Save, retrench
Trance, enchantment, rapture
Blot out, obliterate, destroy
Womanly, weak, unmanly
Energy, virtue, potence
Self-centered, egoist, self-conceited
Conspicuously bad, sinful, monstrous,
shocking
Explain, discuss, elucidate
Elated, promoted, upgraded, risen
Remove, replace, dismiss, discard
Oratory, rhetoric, finery (of speech)
fluency of expression
Originate, proceed, spring, issue
Free, deliver, liberate
Vex, confuse, entangle
Steal, peculate, cheat
Incorporate, include, comprise
Salary, wage, remuneration
Compete, rival, vie against, copy
Charm, bewitch, hypnotise
Surround, encircle
Come across, combat, fight
Trespass, intrude, invade
Attempt, effort, aspiration
Back, approve, ratify
Patience, continuance, fortitude
Liberate, free, (also: give right to vote)
Illuminate, edify, elaborate
Hostility, hatred, animosity
Big, huge, colossal, gigantic
Infuriate, madden, incense, irritate
Succeed, follow, result
Ravel, involve, perplex
Undertaking, venture, endeavour

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Enthusiasm
Entice
Entreat
Entwine
Enumerate
Enunciate
Envoy
Epoch
Equivocal
Eradicate
Erroneous
Erudite
Esteem
Eulogy
Evidence
Evince
Exact
Exaggerate
Excerpt
Exile
Exonerate
Exorbitant
Extinguish
Extravagant
Exuberant
Exult

Zeal, ardour, interest

Allure, tempt, seduce, attract
Beseech, implore, beg
Encircle, surround, encompass
Count, number one by one
Declare, publish, propound, reveal
Legate, messenger, ambassador
Era, time, age
Doubtful, Ambiguous, uncertain
Root out, extirpate, annihilate
Wrong, false
Learned, scholarly, lettered
Admire, appreciate, adore, respect
Laudation, praise, extolling, felicitation
Testimony, proof, witness
Show, manifest, demonstrate
Extort, oppress, loot
Amplify, overstate
Extract, quotations
Expulsion, banishment, expatriation
Acquit, absolve, release
Excessive, too much, very high
Quench, terminate, destroy, put out
Excessive, lavish, stylish
Abundant, plentiful
Triumph, rejoice, delight

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Story, legend, myth, fiction

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Fallacy
Falter
Famine
Fanatical
Fancy
Farcical
Fascinate
Fastidious
Fatal
Fatigue
Feeble
Felicitate
Felicity
Felon
Ferment
Ferocity
Fervent
Fervour
Festivity
Fetter
Feud
Fickle
Fiendish
Figurative

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Construct, forge, invent

Fictitious, mythical, exaggerated
Fluent, ready, glib (of writing), pliable,

aiety
: Hilarity, jollity, festivity
docile, tractable
Clique, cabal, discord, section

Gainsay
: Contradict, dispute, controvert, deny
Deception, illusion, mistake

Gallantry
: Courage, bravery, heroism
Waver, hesitate, delay, flounder

Garbage
: Filth, waste, useless, throwaway, trash
Hunger, starvation, scarcity of food

Garner
: Accumulate, collect, gather
Bigoted, enthusiastic

Garrulous
: Prattling, chattering
Liking, conception, craving, whim

Gawky
: Awkward, clumsy
Droll, comic, extravagant

Gay
: Happy, merry, joyous
Charm, bewitch, attract

Generous
: Noble, magnanimous, kind, liberal
Particular, over-nice, squeamish

Genteel
: Well-bred, well-cultured, polite, refined
Deadly, lethal, mortal

Genuine
: True, authentic, real

Ghastly
: Horrible, horrifying, horrific
Weakness, exhaustion, tiredness

Ghost
: Phantom, spirit, spectre
Weak, frail, dim

Glimmer
: Shine, flash, gleam
Congratulate, compliment

Glimpse
: Glance, (quick) look, (brief) view
Joy, happiness, good luck

Glisten
: Shine, beam, glow
Criminal, sinner, guilty, bandit

Gloom
: Depression, melancholy, loneliness
Excite, agitate

Glutinous
: Sticky, viscous
Fierceness, vehemence, fanaticism

Gluttonous
: Greedy, gorging, voracious
Glowing, heated, impassioned

Grandeur
: Splendour, magnificence, glory
Warmth, glow, vehemence

Grapple
: Grasp, clutch, seize
Gaiety, merry-making

Gratification : Satisfaction, enjoyment

Shackle, bind, imprison

Gravity
: Seriousness, importance, calmness
Dispute, broil, strife

Greed
: Avarice, ravenous, envious, covetous
Changeable, vacillating, varying

Grievance
: Hardship, complaint, trouble
Devilish, diabolical, malignant
Grotesque
: Horrifying, contorted, bizzare, whimsical
Typical, imaginative, emblematic,

Grudge
: Grievance, begrudge, resent
metaphorical

Gullible
: Simple, easy, pliable, credulous
Dirty, foul, nasty
Crevice, rift, narrow opening
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allucination : Delusion, illusion, nightmare

Flaccid
Flatter
Fleece
Flexible
Flimsy
Flounder
Fluctuate
Flutter
Folly

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Fondle
Foray
Forbearance
Forbid
Forebode
Forlorn

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Formidable
Fragile
Fragrant
Frailty

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Frantic
Fraudulent
Fray
Frisk
Frivolous
Frugal
Futile

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Soft, loose, weak

Adore, please, praise
Rob, despoil, cheat
Variable, pliable, changeable
Transparent, thin, trivial, tenuous
Stumble, falter, wallow, struggle
Undulate, waver, vacillate
Flip, quiver, ruffle, agitate
Absurdity, silliness, imprudence,
foolishness
Caress, touch, rub
Incursion, inroad, venture
Abstaining, refraining
Prohibit, disallow, debar
Betoken, indicate, augur
Disconsolate, cheerless, distressed,
abandoned, lonely
Dreadful, difficult, hard to overcome
Weak, feeble, slender, delicate
Odorous, balmy, soothing
Weakness, delicacy,
fragileness
Frenzied, mad, distracted
Dishonest, cheating, deceitful
Battlefield, combat, brawl
Skip, dance, caper, frolic
Vain, foolish, trivial
Economical, thrifty
Useless, hopeless, in vain

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Hapless
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Harangue
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Hardship
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Haughty
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Hearty
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Heave
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Hedge
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Heed
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Heinous
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Hem
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Heterogeneous

Hideous
Hilarious

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Hindrance

Histrionic
Hoax or
Humbug
Homage
Horizon
Hostile
Hover

Humane
Humiliate
Humorous
Hypocrisy

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Dupe, cheat, befool

Deference, salute, worshipping
Verge, limit, skyline
Adverse, opposing, inimical
remain in one place in the air, remain
suspended, linger
Compassionate, caring, bvenevolent
Abase, insult, mock, defy
Amusing, laughable, comical
Pretence, imposture, deceit

dolise

Adore, worship, admire

Illegal or Illicit
Illogical
Imitate
Immaculate
Immature
Imminent
Immodest
Immortal
Impassioned
Impeachment
Implicit
Impostor
Impracticable
Impressive
Impunity
Inane
Inarticulate
Incense
Incessant
Incognito
Inculcate
Inculpate
Incumbent
Incursion
Indefatigable
Indict
Indiscriminate

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Unlawful, prohibited
Inconsequent, irrational
Copy, follow, mimic, emulate
Spotless, stainless, perfect
Crude, childish, unseasoned
Impending, near, due, threatening
Indecent, indelicate, unchaste
Everlasting, undying, endless
Fervent, frenzied, fanatical
Imputation, accusation
Implied, assumed, inferred
Cheat, conman, charlatan
Impossible, (merely) theoretical
Striking, affecting, extraordinary
Exemption (from punishment)
Empty, silly, idiotic
Voiceless, indistinct, inexpressive
Infuriate, enrage, anger
Unceasing, continual
(Identity) Concealed, secretly, stealthily
Instil, enforce, pass on, generate
Blame, incriminate
Compulsory, obligatory, binding
Inroad, foray, venture
Tireless, assiduous
Accuse, charge
Mixed, undistinguished, confused,

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Impede, block, fetter, bind

Unfortunate, unlucky
a lengthy speech, oration
Trouble, adversity, difficulty
Arrogant, overbearing, imperious
Devastation, destruction, ruin
Sincere, warm, ardent
Raise, lift
Fence, hem
Advise, note, consider, mind
Atrocious, odious, wicked
Border, edge, fringe, outskirt
Colossal, laborious, excessive
: Dissimilar, unlike, different, diverse,
varied
Terrific, horrible, filthy
Exceedingly, funny, boisterously merry,
amusing, joyous
Impediment, hampering, obstruction,
obstacle
Theatrical, dramatic

wanton
Apathy,
inactivity,
laziness,
sluggishness, lethargy
Busy, active, tireless
Unavoidable, certain, sure
Relentless, indefatigable
Unfailing, unerring, certain
Catching, contaminating, corrupting,
transmittable
Gather, conclude, deduce
Authority, effect, power
Break, violate, transgress, encroach
Constituent, component, element
Inborn, innate, built-in
Restraint, check
Unjust, wrong, unfair
Start, begin, inchoate
Harmless, mild, innocent
Madness, lunacy, mania
Deceitful, treacherous
Immediate, Sudden, quick
Arouse, misguide, provoke
Untouched, unscathed, whole,
unbroken, undamaged, unimpaired,
entire
Oneness, entirety, completeness,
honesty, wholeness, soundness
Intelligent, rational, learned
Deliberate, intended,
Intimacy, association, communication
Suspension, stoppage, pause,
cessation, interval
Interpose, mediate
Close, tender, friendly or informal,
advertise, inform
Unendurable, unbearable
Uncompromising, inflexible
Brave, fearless
Complex, difficult, complicated
Insight, premonition, instinct
Habitual, deep-rooted
Compulsory, unwilled, reflex
Annoying, disagreeable, tedious
Wavering, confused, vacillating
Travelling (on a circuit), wandering,
nomadic

Indolence

Industrious
Inevitable
Inexorable
Infallible
Infectious

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Influence
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Inherent
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Inhibition
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Innocuous
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Instigate
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Integrity

Intellectual
Intentional
Intercourse
Intermission

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Intimate

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Intolerable
Intransigent
Intrepid
Intricate
Intuition
Inveterate
Involuntary
Irksome
Irresolute
Itinerant

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Tired, weary

Jargon
Jocose
Jocular
Jovial
Judicious
Juxtaposition

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cant, technical language, gibberish

Jocular, humorous
Inclined to joke.
Merry.
Prudent.
Closeness, nearness

Stand (open on one side), booth

iosk

Knead
: Work up (into dough), press, squeeze
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Tear (tissue toughly), mangle

Lachrymose
Lackadaisical
Laconic
Languid
Languish

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Lascivious
Lassitude
Latent
Laudable
Legacy
Legitimate
Levity
Libel
Licentious
Lithe
Loquacious
Lustrous

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Given to shedding tears.

Listless.
(Briskly) Short, concise, pithy
Listless, spiritless
Die (with hunger or desire), weaken,
droop
Lustful.
Weariness, tiredness
Hidden, concealed
Praiseworthy.
A bequest.
Genuine, lawful
Frivolity.
Defamation.
Wanton.
Supple.
Talkative.
Shining.

alaise

A condition of uneasiness or ill-being.

Malevolence
Malleable
Mawkish
Mellifluous
Mendacious
Mendicant
Mesmerize
Meticulous
Mettle
Mien

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Moderation
Modicum
Mollify
Mordant
Moribund
Morose
Multifarious
Mundane

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Munificent
Myriad

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Ill will.
Pliant.
Sickening or insipid.
Sweetly or smoothly flowing.
Untrue.
A beggar.
To hypnotize.
Over-cautious.
Courage.
The external appearance or manner of a
person.
Temperance.
A small or token amount.
To soothe.
Biting.
On the point of dying.
Gloomy.
Having great diversity or variety.
Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or
celestial.
Extraordinarily generous.
A vast indefinite number.

The lowest point.

Nefarious
Negligent
Neophyte
Noxious
Nugatory

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Wicked in the extreme.

Apt to omit what ought to be done.
Having the character of a beginner.
Hurtful.
Having no power or force.

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Impassive to feelings of humanity or

pity.

Obfuscate
Oblique
Obstreperous
Odious
Odium

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Ominous
Onerous
Onus

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To darken; to obscure.
Slanting; said of lines.
Boisterous.
Hateful.
A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of
dislike and disgust.
Portentous.
Burdensome or oppressive.
A burden or responsibility.

alate

The roof of the mouth.

Palatial
Palliate
Palpable
Panoply
Paragon
Pariah

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Paroxysm

Paucity
Pellucid
Penchant
Penurious

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Penury
Peremptory
Perfidy
Perfunctory
Peripatetic
Perjury
Permeate
Pernicious
Persiflage
Perspicacity
Perturbation
Petulant
Phlegmatic
Pique
Plea

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Plethora
Poignant
Polyglot
Ponderous
Portent

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Precarious
Preclude
Precocious

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Predilection
Predominate

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Preposterous :
Prerogative :
Presage
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Magnificent.
To cause to appear less guilty.
Perceptible by feeling or touch.
A full set of armor.
A model of excellence.
A member of a degraded class; a social
outcast.
A sudden outburst (of any kind of
activity).
Fewness.
Translucent.
A bias in favor of something.
Excessively sparing in the use of
money.
Indigence.
Precluding question or appeal.
Treachery.
Half-hearted.
Walking about.
A solemn assertion of a falsity.
To pervade.
Tending to kill or hurt.
Banter.
Acuteness or discernment.
Mental excitement or confusion.
Displaying impatience.
Not easily roused to feeling or action.
To excite a slight degree of anger in.
An argument (to obtain some desired
action).
Entire.
Excess; superabundance.
Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
Speaking several tongues.
Unusually weighty or forcible.
Anything that indicates what is to
happen.
Practical(values), empirical
Critical, dangerous
To prevent.
Advan ced
(in
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overforward, premature
Preference, partiality, inclination
To be chief in importance, quantity, or
degree.
(Very) Absurd, ridiculous
(Special) Right, privilege
To foretell.

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Prescience

Preternatural :
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Prodigious
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Prolix
Promiscuous
Propinquity
Propitious
Prosaic
Protagonist
Providential
Prudence
Puerile
Pugnacious
Puissant
Punctilious

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Pungency

Pusillanimous :
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Knowledge of events before they take

place.
Extraordinary.
Stiffly proper.
Primitive.
Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
A natural inclination.
: Delay.
Large, immense
Immoral, wanton, reckless, dissolute,
licentious
Produced or displayed in overabundance.
Verbose.
Indiscriminate, impure, casual
Nearness, proximity
Kindly disposed.
Unimaginative.
Leading character), hero(ine)
Fortunate, lucky
Caution.
Childish.
Quarrelsome.
Powerful, influential, mighty
Exact (in formalities), ceremonious,
conscientious
The quality of affecting the sense of
smell.
Without spirit or bravery.
Decay, rot, decompose
A heap of combustibles arranged for
burning a dead body.

Redundant

Refractory
Regale
Regicide
Reiterate
Relapse

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Repast
Repine

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Reprisal
Reprobate
Repudiate
Resilience

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Resonance

Respite
Restive
Revere
Reverent
Rotund
Ruffian
Ruminate

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Salacious
Salubrious
Salutary

agacious :

Wise, shrewd, astute

Obscene, foul, indecent, lecherous

Healthful;
promoting health.
ualm
: A fit of nausea.
(Morally) Healthy, salubrious,
Quandary
: Doubt, dilemma, plight
beneficial
Quibble
: An utterly trivial distinction or
Sanguine
: Ardent, confident, optimistic
objection.

Sardonic
: Ironical, scornful, derisive
Quiescence : Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive

Satiate
: Gratify (fully), surfeit, saturate
Quirk
: Twist, quibble, deviation

Satyr
: A very lascivious person.
Quixotic
: (Foolishly) Chivalrous, unrealistic,
Savor
: To perceive by taste or smell.
whimsical

Schism
: Disjunction, split

Scribble
: Hasty, careless writing.
abble
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Sedition
: Plotting (against government),
incitement, insurgence
proletariat

Sedulous
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Persevering in effort or endeavor.
Rabid
: Furious, mad, fanatical

Severance
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Separation.
Raconteur
: A person skilled in telling stories.

Sinecure
: Any position (having emoluments with
Raillery
: Jesting (language), banter, ridicule
few or no duties).
Ramify
: To divide or subdivide into branches

Sinuous
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Curving in and out.
or subdivisions.

Sluggard
: A person habitually lazy or idle.
Rampant
: Rife, widespread

Solace
: Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
Ramshackle : Dilapidated, tumbledown, rickety

Solvent
: Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
Rapacious
: Sieze by force, avaricious

Somniferous
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Tending to produce sleep.
Raucous
: Harsh.

Somnolent
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Sleepy.
Recalcitrant : Stubborn, refractory
Soporific
: Causing sleep; also, something that
Recluse
: One who lives in r etirement or
causes sleep.
seclusion.

Sordid
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Filthy, morally degraded
Recondite
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Specious
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Plausible.
understanding.

Spurious
: Not genuine.
Recuperate : To recover.

Squalid
: Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken
Redoubtable : Formidable.
appearance.

Stanch
: To stop the flowing of; to check.
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Wordy, repetitious, super fluous,

needless
Not amenable to control.
To give unusual pleasure.
The killing of a king or sovereign.
To say or do again and again.
To suffer a return of a disease after
partial recovery.
Assign a lower position, banish, demote
A meal; figuratively, any refreshment.
To indulge in fretfulness and
faultfinding.
(Injury in) Return, retaliation, revenge
One abandoned to depravity and sin.
Disavow, disclaim
The power of springing back to a former
position
Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic
vibrations.
Interval of rest.
Resisting control.
To regard with worshipful veneration.
Humble.
Round from fullness or plumpness.
A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
To chew over again, as food previously
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Stolid

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Subterfuge
Succinct
Sumptuous
Supercilious

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Superfluous :
Supernumerary
Supersede
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Disinclined to conversation.

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Temerity

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Terse
Timorous
Torpid
Torrid
Tortuous
Tractable
Transgress
Transitory
Travail
Travesty
Trenchant
Trepidation
Trite

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Truculence
Truculent

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Turbid
Turgid
Turpitude

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Stretched tight.
Foolhardy disregard of danger;
recklessness.
Pithy.
Lacking courage.
Dull; sluggish; inactive.
Excessively hot.
Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
Easily led or controlled.
To break a law.
Existing for a short time only.
Hard or agonizing labor.
A grotesque imitation.
Cutting deeply and quickly.
Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
Made commonplace by frequent
repetition.
Ferocity.
Having the character or the spirit of a
savage.
In a state of turmoil; muddled
Swollen.
Depravity.

aciturn

Cheap, unwilling to spend money.

Expressing no power of feeling or
perceiving.
To place or plunge under water.
Evasion.
Concise.
Rich and costly.
Exhibiting haughty and careless
contempt.
Being more than is needed.
: Superfluous.
To displace.
Lying on the back.
To beg.
To prevent from being disclosed or
punished.
An additional amount charged.
To feed to fullness or to satiety.
A specific capability of feeling or
emotion.

Umbrage
Unctuous
Undulate
Untoward
Upbraid

A sense of injury.
Oily.
To move like a wave or in waves.
Causing annoyance or hindrance.
To reproach as deserving blame.

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A sudden desire or action

Vainglory

Valorous
Vapid

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Vehement
Venal
Veneer
Venial

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Veracious
Veracity
Verbiage
Verbose
Verdant
Veritable
Vestige

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Virtu
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Vitiate
Vituperate
Vivify
Vociferous
Volatile
Voluble

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Excessive,
pretentious,
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demonstrative vanity.
Courageous.
Having lost sparkling quality and
flavor.
Having marks or patches of different
colors; also, varied.
Very eager or urgent.
Mercenary, corrupt.
Outside show or elegance.
That may be pardoned or forgiven, a
forgivable sin.
Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
Truthfulness.
Use of many words without necessity.
Wordy.
Green with vegetation.
Real; true; genuine.
(A visible) trace, mark, or impression
(of something absent, lost, or gone).
Loud talkative women, strong statured
women
Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
The face, countenance, or look of a
person.
To contaminate.
To overwhelm with wordy abuse.
To endue with life.
Making a loud outcry.
Changeable.
Having great fluency in speaking.

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Winsome

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Being present everywhere.

Capricious.
Attractive.

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