1.

Congregation – assembling together, group of people (for worshipping together)

2. Implosion – a violent collapse inward due to internal activity..That state’s implosion is obvious
3. Dab hand – skilled in a particular activity; he is a dab hand at gardening
4. Pervert- something not good, corrupt; an analysis that perverts the meaning of poem
5. Antiquated – too old to be fashionable
6. Deluge – a flood; a deluge of fan mail
7. Disparaging – insulting, belittle – disparaging remarks against the country

Soldiers are licensed assassins

8. Travails: arduous work; he made through the political travails of last month
9. Snob: A person who ignores people considered socially inferior; self satisfied superiority
complex; He is such a snob
10. Whenever the final word or decision on an issue is still pending, it is said that the jury is out: the
jury is still out on the issue
11. They upheld the contractual obligations.
12. It has meandered its way to a big player now
13. A good environment is needed to foster growth
14. For the core part of technology infrastructure, companies are looking at open source software
15. Conjure: bring to mind; California conjures up an image of development.
16. Dismay – lose enthusiasm, lose courage..he was dismayed to learn that his friend cheated him
17. Seedy – soiled, disreputable..seedy character, seedy hotel
18. Pernicious – deadly, causing serious injury – pernicious rumors, pernicious virus
19. Titular – nominal in title only; He was a titular head
20. Armchair – not active; remote..he was an armchair scientist only
21. Phlegmatic- unemotional, calm..need to show phlegmatic temperament
22. Venerable - Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position..venerable
member of the party;
23. Fortuitous = happening by a fortunate accident;
lucky….a series of fortuitous events that advanced her career.
24. Succinct = terse, brevity ..If I may say succinctly…..(saksint)
25. Underscore = emphasise,
stress…The recent tragedy underscores thedanger of disregarding safety rules.
26. Apocryphal = Of doubtful authenticity, false (apaukrifal)
27. Appalled = dismayed..break the spirits, horrified by seeing something unexpectedly poor
28. Indolent = which is less painful, not showing inclination for exertion..he is quite an indolent
person
29. Stoke = poke, inciting..Are you stoking the public for a revolution?
30. Fortitude = mental and emotional strength in facing adversity … Never once did her fortitude
waver during that long illness.
31. You can’t kill the golden goose.
32. Nebulous = hazy, vague…nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
 33. Quintessential = most typical, carrying the essence of..he is quitessentially romantic, he is the
quintessential mallu
34. He was exalted to the position of president…complementary colors exalt each other.
35. Why don’t u disabuse yourself about false sense of supremacy..free a person from a misguided
sense of belief and error
36. Their role cannot be denigrated or denied
37. Siluat = silhouette ..a two d picture, outline..khaaka
38. Ostentatious = pret entious in nature..this charity is quite ostentatious in nature
39. Valiant = brave, bold, courageous
40. Amorous = inclined to love, sexual love..amorous poetry, amorous letter
41. Non chalant = indifferent, cool, unpert urbed.. non shalaant
42. Windfall= sudden good fortune which brought a lot of money
43. Exhort=> to urge earnestly, advice
44. Telling => telling analysis,telling blow… forceful, effective etc
45. Docile => easily managed, tractable..docile workers
46. Subvert => to undermine the authority or tradition..you just can’t subvert the state at this
place

Atleast my phone would not become paper weight overnight.

47. Implacable => which can’t be appeased, bended..that is an implacable enemy

48. Spawn = give birth to..his sudden disappearance spawned many rumours
49. Lunatic=> mad, eccentric
50. Expurgate => remove of words and passages which can be objectionable, …most students read
expurgated version of this book
51. Rampart=> surrounding embankment of a fort, plat form..he is going to spaeak from the
rampart of red fort
52. Eerie => something that inspires superstition, weird, fear….an eerie silence, an eerie midnight
howl
53. Tinderbox =>
a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive,inflammable, etc.; a potential sou
rce of widespread violence:Ber lin was the tinderbox of Europe
54. Egregious =>
extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: anegregious mistake; an egregious
55. Stupefy => to put into a state of little or no sensibility; to get stun,
benumb thefaculties of; put into a stupor...I was stupefied by FBI’s actions
56. They went over backwards to get them into the committee
57. Deference => respectful submission or yielding to the judgement, opinion… in deference to your
wishes
58. Obfuscate=> make confused or opaque such that it is difficult to be perceived or understood
59. Beeline=> To move swiftly in a direct, straight course..he m ade a beeline to the army chief
India is a nation where substandard is the accepted norm.. Things go wrong, but things get done, don't
they?
 60. Generations of Indians have been raised on substandard public facilities and services, and have come to
believe that's the only standard -- the Indian standard. Let's stick to it. Let's keep things the way they are and
always have been. That way the system will run smoothly and we'll all be happy
61. Underpinning=> asystem of supports beneath a wall or the like, China is actually underpinning
the worldwide consumer spending and growth
62. He lives in a Spartan house =>
suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined andrigorously simple, frugal,
austere
63. while discussing the situation in Karnataka threadbare
64. he is a creepy guy..obnoxious
65. Squander => waste extravagantly…. The government has squandered the opportunity
66. Parroting=> To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.
67. Detest => dislike intensely, abhor …He used to detest Taliban
68. Expound => To explain in detail; elucidate: The speaker expounded the approach of positive thinking
69. Promiscuous => random, casual. extremely negative connotation….promiscuous individual
70. Academic curiosity
71. Dr. Jeffery long..sees to deep
72. Girl looked so sincere..emulating jewish
73. a m orass of details => something that engulfs, soggy ground
74. edifice=> network of organizations and processes
75. the ov erall progress of the project has left m uch to desire
76. The buzz has become a roar now
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