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1000 Important English Vocabulary Words Based on The Hindu News Paper
1). Ambivalent (Adjective) Synonyms: chance, happy chance, accident, happy
Meaning: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas accident, fluke
about something or someone. Usage: Technical innovation may be the result of pure
Synonyms: equivocal, uncertain, unsure, doubtful, serendipity.
indecisive, inconclusive, irresolute
Usage: Some loved her, some hated her, few were 9). Quaint (Adjective)
ambivalent about her. Meaning: attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
Synonyms: picturesque, charming, sweet, attractive,
2). Forsake (Verb) pleasantly old-fashioned
Meaning: abandon or leave. Usage: Narrow streets lead to a quaint bridge over the
Synonyms: abandon, desert, leave, quit, depart from, river.
leave behind
Usage: She forsook her child, giving him up for 10). Truculent (Adjective)
adoption. Meaning: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively
defiant.
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,
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
on. 12). Delineate (Verb)
Meaning: describe or portray (something) precisely.
5). Novice (Verb) Synonyms: describe, set forth, set out, present, outline,
Meaning: a person new to and inexperienced in a job depict, portray.
or situation. Usage: The law should delineate and prohibit
Synonyms: beginner, learner, inexperienced person behaviour which is socially abhorrent.
Usage: He was a complete novice in foreign affairs.
13). Ascetic (adjective)
6). Salient (Adjective) Meaning: characterized by severe self-discipline and
Meaning: most noticeable or important. abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for
Synonyms: important, main, principal, major, chief, religious reasons.
primary, notable Synonyms: austere, self-denying, abstinent,
Usage: The salient points stuck out clearly in her mind. abstemious.
Usage: An ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual
7). Umbrage (Noun) labour.
Meaning: offence or annoyance.
Synonyms: take offence, be offended, take exception, 14). Daunt (verb)
bridle, take something personally Meaning: make (someone) feel intimidated or
Usage: She took umbrage at his remarks. apprehensive.
Synonyms: intimidate, abash, take aback, shake, ruffle,
8). Serendipity (Noun) throw.
Meaning: the occurrence and development of events Usage: Some people are daunted by technology.
by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
15). Idyllic (adjective)
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Meaning: like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or 23). Sodden (adjective)
picturesque. Meaning: saturated with liquid, especially water;
Synonyms: perfect, ideal, idealized, wonderful, soaked through.
blissful. Synonyms: soaking, soaking wet, soaked, soaked
Usage: An attractive hotel in an idyllic setting. through, wet through
Usage: His clothes were sodden.
16). Burgeon (verb)
Meaning: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish. 24). Perfidious (adjective)
Synonyms: grow rapidly, increase Meaning: deceitful and untrustworthy
rapidly/exponentially, expand. Synonyms: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful,
Usage: Tourism has burgeoned over the last ten years. disloyal, faithless
Usage: It is highly risk to hire a perfidious labour.
17). Anomalous (adjective)
Meaning: deviating from what is standard, normal, or 25). Conundrum (noun)
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
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
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.
Usage: The diverse and protean nature of mental 27). Stolid (adjective)
disorders. Meaning: calm, dependable, and showing little
emotion or animation
20). Recondite (adjective) Synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic, unemotional, calm
Meaning: (of a subject or knowledge) little known; Usage: A stolid, slow-speaking man.
abstruse.
Synonyms: obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, little 28). Dissemble (verb)
known. Meaning: conceal or disguise one's true feelings or
Usage: The book is full of recondite information. beliefs
Synonyms: dissimulate, pretend, deceive, feign, act
21). Boisterous (adjective) Usage: An honest, sincere person with no need to
Meaning: noisy, energetic, and cheerful dissemble.
Synonyms: lively, active, animated, exuberant,
spirited, bouncy, frisky 29). Dilatory (adjective)
Usage: A group of boisterous lads. Meaning: slow to act
Synonyms: slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax,
22). Inveigle (verb) slack
Meaning: persuade (someone) to do something by Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers
means of deception or flattery with information.
Synonyms: cajole, wheedle, coax, persuade, convince,
talk 30). Garner (Verb)
Usage: He was attempting to inveigle them into doing Meaning: gather or collect (something, especially
his will. information or approval)
Synonyms: accumulate, amass, assemble; store
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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
Meaning: a deep-seated feeling of aversion. Usage: Ministers and preachers fulminated against the
Synonyms: hostility, antagonism, animosity, aversion, new curriculum.
animus
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,
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
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)
she believed. Meaning: having or showing great knowledge or
learning.
35). Apropos (adjective) Synonyms: learned, scholarly, well educated,
Meaning: very appropriate to a particular situation knowledgeable
Synonyms: appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apposite, Usage: He was so erudite that only men who were his
apt equals in scholarship could understand him.
Usage: The song feels apropos to a midnight jaunt.
43). Saturnine (adjective)
36). Raffish (adjective) Meaning: (of a person or their manner) gloomy.
Meaning: unconventional and slightly disreputable, Synonyms: sombre, melancholy, melancholic, moody,
especially in an attractive way miserable
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.
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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.