Your Daily CAT Words (Day-1)

catalyst = something that causes change without

being changed
use = a catalyst for change
continence = self-control, self-restraint
use = she vowed to lead a life of continence
statutory = created by statue or legislative action
use = the judicial courts review and try statutory
crimes
arsenal = ammunition store house
use = The army planned to attack enemy arsenals
indiscreet = Lacking wise judgment
use = In an indiscreet moment
antithesis = direct opposite
use = She is slim and shy - the very antithesis of
her sister
giddy = dizzy
use = feeling giddy
malediction = curse
use = the witch uttered malediction against her
captors

dubious = Doubtful
use = dubious means
inviolate = sacred
use = For centuries the tomb lay inviolate
vertiginous = giddy, causing dizziness
use = *
macabre = gruesome
use = macabre nature of the killing
mesmerize = To hypnotize
use = I was completely mesmerized by the
performance
reproach = blame
use = You have nothing to reproach yourself for
negation = denial
use = negation of evidence
recuperation = recovery
use = he fell from the horse and the recuperation
took three months
elegant = refined, exquisite
use = a very elegant suit
compensate = make up for, to repay or reimburse
use = Victims of the crash will be compensated for
their injuries

bivouac = encampment
use = The children made a bivouac at the bottom
of the garden
zephyr = gentle breeze, west wind
use = when these zephyrs blow, we enjoy sailing
augment = increase, expand, extend
use = He would have to find work to augment his
income
pending = not decided
use = The pending decision
physique = frame, musculature
use = a very powerful, muscular physique
thespian = actor
use = *
agitate = stir up
use = they continued to agitate for social rights
cogitate = ponder
use = cogitate on this problem and the solution will
come
abrogate = cancel, to abolish by authority
use = The treaty was finally abrogated
accretion = grow in size or increase in amount
use = the accretion of wealth

adventitious = accidental
use = an adventitious event
illicit = Unlawful, illegal
use = illicit liquor

"You can't cross a sea by

merely
staring into the water."
- Rabindranath Tagore