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Sushmita Sharma

VOCABULARY
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20) 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30) 31) 32) 33) 34) 35) 36) 37) Abase: Abstruse: Acclimatize: Acturial: Adroit: Aegis: Affected: Affluence: Affront: Alacrity: Allay: Altercation: Altruistic: Ambivalence: Ameliorate: Apposite: Arduous: Arrack: Asinine: Assiduous: Astute: Attrition: Augment: Apprise: Assay: Appease: Avarice: Abrogate: Abstinence: Acclaim: Accord: Acme: Acrimonious: Anchorite: Alchemy: Amnesia: Abate: to lower in position; to degrade (v) difficult to understand (adj) adjust with climate or with any condition (v) calculating (adj) skilful (adj) protection; support (n) artificial; pretended (adj) wealth; abundance (n) insult; offense (n) cheerful; promptness; eagerness (n) to lessen; to calm (v) noisy quarrel; heated dispute (n) unselfishly; generous; kind (adj) state of not able to decide bz of emotional attitude (adj) to improve; to make something better (v) appropriate; fitting (adj) tough (n) strong alcoholic drink (v) stupid (adj) working hard (adj) wise; skilled (adj) a gradual reduction (n) to increase (v) to inform (v) evaluation; analysis (n) to pacify; to relieve (v) greed (adj) to cancel; to abolish (v) resisting form eating and drinking (n) prove something energetically and enthusiastically (n) agreement (n) peak (n) angry and bitter (adj) a saint (n) medieval chemistry (n) loss of memory (n) to reduce; to lessen (of pain,noise,wind) (n)

Sushmita Sharma 38) 39) 40) 41) 42) 43) 44) 45) 46) 47) 48) 49) 50) 51) 52) 53) 54) 55) 56) 57) 58) 59) 60) 61) 62) 63) 64) 65) 66) 67) 68) 69) 70) 71) 72) 73) 74) 75) 76) Accede: Anathema: Appal: Baleful: Bedizen: Belabour: Belittle: Bellicose: Blandishment: Banal: Bedlam: Behmoth: Brazen: Bulwark: Bamboozle: Bandy: Baroque: Beatitude: Bizzare: Beguile: Benison: Bismirch: Bibulous: Blight: Bluster: Bohemian: Bovine: Browbeat: Bumptious: Bolster: Burgeon: Bleagured: Bout: Cabal: Cadense: Cajole: Callow: Canny: Canvass: to agree (v) a curse (n) shocked (v) threatening; deadly (adj) adorn with showy manner (v) to explain excessively (v) to disparage (v) quarrelsome; warlike (adj) pleasant talks; action to flatter somebody (n) dull; uninteresting (adj) any place or situation of confusion (n) a huge animal (n) shameless; bold (adj) a defence; protection (n) to deceive; to cheat (v) discuss lightly (n) elaborate and ornamental style in architecture (adj) perfect happiness (n) very different; unusual (adj) mislead by cheating or tricking (v) blessing or good wishes (n) to damage; to spoil (v) a drunkard person (n) to spoil or ruin something (v) to speak in a noisy manner (n) unconventional and in a artistic way (adj) slow and stupid (adj) to intimidate (v) showing one is very important; arrogant (adj) support (v) to grow very rapidly (v) surrounded by an enemy (adj) a short period of intense activity (n) a group of people involved in a plot (n) cat dance (n) to flatter (v) immature; inexperienced (adj) careful & good judgement (in business or money) (adj) asking for vote (v)

Sushmita Sharma 77) 78) 79) 80) 81) 82) 83) 84) 85) 86) 87) 88) 89) 90) 91) 92) 93) 94) 95) 96) 97) 98) 99) 100) 101) 102) 103) 104) 105) 106) 107) 108) 109) 110) 111) 112) 113) 114) 115)

Capacious: roomy (adj) Capricious: showing sudden changes (adj) Cardinal: principal; chief; most important (adj) Careen: sway from side to side (v) Carnage: killing many people (n) Cataclysm: any sudden; violent; change esp. flood; earthquake (adj) Celerity: speedily (n) Censure: to disapprove; to condemn as wrong (v) Certitude: a feeling of sureness (n) Chagrin: feeling disappointment due to mistake (n) Chequered: period of good and bad time (adj) Chimerical: fantastic; highly imaginative (adj) Cipher: secret code (n) Circuitous: roundabout (adj) Circumspect: cautious (adj) Clairvoyance: keen ability to grasp things (n) Clich: phrase repetitively used (n) Cogent: convincing (adj) Coerce: to compel; to force (v) Compendium: brief summary (n) Conflagration: a wild fire (n) Copious: plenty; too much (adj) Covert: secret; hidden (adj) Credulous: believable (adj) Culinary: related to kitchen cooking (adj) Cull: to reject (v) Culpable: blame worthy; deserves blame (adj) Cynosure: centre of attention or interest (n) Calumny: false statement to defame somebody (n) Candid: honest (adj) Captious: quick to find fault (adj) Carp: plain continually abt unimportant matters & finding fauls (v) Cartographer: map-maker (n) Cathartic: purgative; process of releasing strong feeling(anger, hate) (adj) Caveat: wheat (in storeroom) (n) Charlatan: a person who claims more knowledge skill than he has (n) Cherubic: with a round innocent face (adj) Cogitate: meditate; to think deeply (v) Commiserate: to sympathise; show pity for (v)

Sushmita Sharma 116) 117) 118) 119) 120) 121) 122) 123) 124) 125) 126) 127) 128) 129) 130) 131) 132) 133) 134) 135) 136) 137) 138) 139) 140) 141) 142) 143) 144) 145) 146) 147) 148) 149) 150) 151) 152) 153) 154) Conjecture: Contagious: Corroborate: Cupidity: Curry: Chary: Colander: Cower: Cursory: Condescend: Cache: Canon: Cantankerous: Chaff: Choleric: Concomitant: Conjugal: Culmination: Crabbed: Cryptic: Cul-de-sac: Carmine: Cognomen: Digress: Diligence: Dipsomaniac: Disavowal: Disconcert: Discord: Discursive: Disinterested: Diurnal: Dicey: Deadpan: Dirge: Distrain: Dotage: Dyspepsia: Deranged:

a guess (n) spreads through touching (adj) to give support to a statement; belief; theory (adj) strong desire for wealth (n) seek favour (v) cautious (adj) a special utensil (n) shrink as from fear (v) hastily done (adj) to comedown voluntarily (v) secret place (n) a basic law or principle (n) bad tempered (adj) worthless (n) easily made angry (adj) happening at the same time (adj) of relation between husband & wife (adj) attainment of highest point (n) peevish; irritating (adj) secret (adj) trap (n) red purplish colour (adj) last name; surname (n) to leave the main subject or work (v) careful; hardworking (n) one who has a great desire for liquor (n) denial; to say that something is not true (n) to confuse; to upset (v) quarrel; disagreement (n) changing from one topic to another (adj) unbiased; ot influenced by personal feeling or interest (adj) day time (adj) risky; uncertain (adj) wooden; uninteresting (adj) a song; poem of grief (n) the act of seizing goods for debt (n) childish state due to old age (n) pain due to indigestion (n) insane; stupid (adj)

Sushmita Sharma 155) 156) 157) 158) 159) 160) 161) 162) 163) 164) 165) 166) 167) 168) 169) 170) 171) 172) 173) 174) 175) 176) 177) 178) 179) 180) 181) 182) 183) 184) 185) 186) 187) 188) 189) 190) 191) 192) 193) Deride: Descant: Diaphanous: Dilletante: Disport: Dregs: Dubious: Dulcet: Defalcate: Deleterious: Derelict: Despondency: Detente: Detrimental: Diabolical: Diffidence: Dissemble: Dormant: Draconian: Dolorous: Decadence: Decimate: Devolve: Diatribe: Didactic: Exculpate: Eccentric: Eclectic: Elixir: Encumber: Enigma: Eschew: Eulogy: Exigency: Extol: Effulgent: Emollient: Enormity: Espouse:

to ridicule (v) discuss in detail (v) transparent (adj) one who is not an expert (adj) to smile (v) worthless things (n) doubtful (adj) sweet sounding (adj) to mislead money (v) harmful (adj) a person without home (adj) hopeless; sad (n) lessening of tension between two countries especially(n) harmful (adj) devilishly; very bad (adj) lack of confidence; shyness (n) to pretend; to hide (v) not active; lazy (adj) cruel (adj) sad (adj) a fall in moral behaviour (n) to destroy; wipe out or kill a large part of (v) to pass on to another (v) a bitter; criticism in speech writing (n) for the purpose of teaching (adj) prove guiltless (v) crazy; odd (adj) selective (adj) cure all (n) to become burden (v) puzzling (n) to avoid; to keep away from something deliberately (v) to praise very much (n) a situation calling for immediate attention (n) to praise highly (v) shining brilliantly (adj) soften or soothing agent (adj) a series crime; of great size (n) support (v)

Sushmita Sharma 194) 195) 196) 197) 198) 199) 200) 201) 202) 203) 204) 205) 206) 207) 208) 209) 210) 211) 212) 213) 214) 215) 216) 217) 218) 219) 220) 221) 222) 223) 224) 225) 226) 227) 228) 229) 230) 231) 232) Extricate: Ebullient: Enervate: Enjoin: Enunciate: Ephemeral: Epitaph: Equitable: Excision: Extirpate: Extraneous: Engender: Earthy: Embellish: Ennui: Flippant: Fulminate: Febrile: Fealty: Felicity: Fatuous: Firebrand: Facile: Fortitude: Fulsome: Fallacy: Fatalism: Fecund: Figurine: Faux pass: Functionary: Fiasco: Gerrymander: Garrulous: Germane: Glean: Glut: Gourmand: Gruelling:

to disentangle; to cut (v) energetic; enthusiastic (v) to lose energy; to make somebody loose strength(v) to suggest; to advise (v) speak clearly (v) short lived (adj) inscription in the memory of dead person (n) fair; reasonable (adj) the action of cutting removing something (n) to remove which is undesirable (v) coming from outside; unrelated (adj) produce; cause (v) unrefined; coarse (adj) to decorate (v) a feeling of boredom (n) flips( leafs or pages of a dairy planner); ant (adj) protest strongly & loudly (v) nervous and little excited (adj) loyalty (n) great happiness; quality of well designea;well planned (n) stupid & silly; foolish (adj) trouble maker (n) effortless; not hard to do (adj) courage; boldness to face difficulties (n) (esp of speech or writing) in excessive or of great degree (adj) a false belief; a false argument (n) the belief that all events are determined by god & fate (adj) productive; fertile (adj) a small ornamental statue (n) a social mistake (n) a person with official duties; officer (n) a complete feuture (n) to change voting district lines to favour a political party(v) talking much esp about special things (adj) relevant (adj) to collect (fact etc) (v) overabundance; too much (adj) a person who like to eat much (n) difficult; tiring & involving great effort (adj)

Sushmita Sharma 233) 234) 235) 236) 237) 238) 239) 240) 241) 242) 243) 244) 245) 246) 247) 248) 249) 250) 251) 252) 253) 254) 255) 256) 257) 258) 259) 260) 261) 262) 263) 264) 265) 266) 267) 268) 269) 270) 271) Gambit: Genuflect: Gadfly: Gossamer: Graduated: Gullible: Gyrate: Gregarious: Harangue: Halcyon: Hiatus: Hirsute: Histrionic: Homily: Horrendous: Hortatory: Highfaultin: Horology: Idyllic: Imminent: Impeccable: Impinge: Inclement: Idiosyncrasy: Imbroglio: Impolitic: Impugn: Incipient: Incursion: Indefatigable: Indemnity: Inebrity: Innocuous: Insouciant: Invective: Incontinent: Insipid: Insurmountable: Irate:

a risky action (n) to blend the knees in worship; to touch the feet (v) a person who disturbs others (n) a very thin; filmy cloth (n) step by step; move in steps (adj) easily deceived (n) to move in a circular way (v) fond of company of others/outsiders (adj) to criticize loudly & angrily (v) happy (adj) a gap (n) hairy (adj) insincere & in humorous way (adj) long sermon/ religious talk (n) horrible (adj) advising (adj) foolishly trying to appear too grand (adj) the science of measuring time or making pieces (n) peaceful; beautiful (adj) likely to happen anything wrong (adj) faultless; without any mistake (adj) to collide (v) severe (adj) persons way of thinking & behaving different from others (n) a complicated situation/ problem (n) not wise (adj) challenged as false (v) early time (adj) temporary invasion (n) tireless (adj) make sure against loss (adj) intoxication (n) harmless (adj) without worry (adj) abusive language (adj) unable to control the bowels (adj) tasteless; dull (adj) intolerable (adj) very angry (v)

Sushmita Sharma 272) 273) 274) 275) 276) 277) 278) 279) 280) 281) 282) 283) 284) 285) 286) 287) 288) 289) 290) 291) 292) 293) 294) 295) 296) 297) 298) 299) 300) 301) 302) 303) 304) 305) 306) 307) 308) 309) 310) Juxtapose: Jaunty: Jocund: Jettison: Jeremiad: Jeer: Jersey: Jib: Jape: Japonica: Jalopy: Jangle: Jagged: Jodhpurs: Juror: Kleptomania: Killjoy: Knacker: Lassitude: List: Lampoon: Latitude: Leeway: Limbo: Loopy: Labyrinth: Laconic: Lapidary: Ludicrous: Macabre: Moribund: Motility: Machination: Malinger: Manger: Mercenary: Mercurial: Mete: Meticulous:

to place people and things very close to each other (v) feeling self-confidence (v) pleasant; cheerful (adj) to throw unnecessary things from a ship, aircraft, etc. (v) a tale or incident of woe (n) to laugh rudely (v) a light brown cow which produces high quality milk (n) to refuse; to be unwilling to accept (v) a joke played on somebody (n) an ornamental bush with red flowers & green fruits (n) an old used car (n) to irritate somebody (v) with rough pointed often sharp edges (adj) trouser worn when riding a horse (n) a member of a Jury (n) an abnormal desire to steal (n) person who destroys other peoples enjoyment (n) to make somebody very tired (v) laziness; lack of energy (n) lean over (v) to criticize somebody publicly (v) freedom to behave or take decisions without restriction (n) amount of freedom to move or change (n) in an unfinished & uncertain state (n) crazy (adj) confusion; maze (n) brief (adj) worker in precious stone factory(adj) laughable (adj) horrible (adj) death; come to an end completely (adj) movement (n) a secret and complicated plan (n) to pretend to be ill in order to avoid work (v) a long open box from which horses & cattle can feed (n) selfish; mainly concerned with making money (n) inconstant; quick to change (adj) distribute (v) careful (adj)

Sushmita Sharma 311) 312) 313) 314) 315) 316) 317) 318) 319) 320) 321) 322) 323) 324) 325) 326) 327) 328) 329) 330) 331) 332) 333) 334) 335) 336) 337) 338) 339) 340) 341) 342) 343) 344) 345) 346) 347) 348) 349) Militate: Misgiving: Misnomer: Mountebank: Mundane: Munificent: Myopia: Mortified: Machievellian: Martinet: Maudlin: Minutiae: Moratorium: Nebulous: Nettle: Nexus: Necromancy: Noisome: Nostrum: Nefarious: Nonchalance: Nepotism: Overt: Opulence: Ostensible: Ostracize: Odyssey: Opportune: Ostentatious: Oniomania: Obfuscate: Occident: Ordain: Pandemonium: Parsimonium: Perfidious: Petrify: Polemic: Preposterous: work against (v) worried, anxiety about the consequences, result (n) wrong use of name or word or description (n) pretender (n) uninteresting; dull (adj) generous, large in amount (adj) inability to plan for future (n) to humiliate (v) clever deceitful tricks (adj) strict disciplinarian (adj) foolishly crying & sentimental (adj) small details (n) legal suspension or delay; a temporary stay (n) not clear; cloudy (adj) to make somebody slightly angry; to irritate (v) connection (n) black magic; magic of communication with dead bodies (n) unpleasant (adj) questioning on a medicine; something questionable (n) very wicked (adj) not showing anxiety; appearing calm & relaxed (n) favouritism; practicing of favouring their reletives (n) open to view, not secret (adj) wealth (n) on surface; clear (adj) to exclude from; to remove (v) a long adventurous journey (n) timely (adj) showy (adj) intense desire to buy the things (n) to confuse (v) west (n) to order; to command (v) chaos; disorder (n) stingy; money minded (adj) false; deceitful (adj) to make somebody frightened completely (v) full of controversy (n) absurd; ridiculous (adj)

Sushmita Sharma 350) 351) 352) 353) 354) 355) 356) 357) 358) 359) 360) 361) 362) 363) 364) 365) 366) 367) 368) 369) 370) 371) 372) 373) 374) 375) 376) 377) 378) 379) 380) 381) 382) 383) 384) 385) 386) 387) 388) Puerile: Ratify: Ravenous: Recalcitrant: Redolent: Refrain: Repertoire: Rider: Rife: Ruminate: Rankle: Rectitude: Reticent: Reverie: Risqu: Rabid: Rapacious: Ratiocination: Recondite: Redress: Remonstrate: Reprehensible: Restive: Rhapsodize: Rancor: Recant: Refractory: Relegate: Repartee: Replenish: Resurgent: Retrench: Ribald: Rotundity: Rubicund: Randy: Ricochet: Rookie: Salacious: childish (adj) verify (v) extremely hungry (adj) stubborn (n) smelling strongly of something (adj) resist; to stop oneself doing something (v) skills that a person has (n) change; amendment (n) full or widespread (adj) to think deeply; to meditate (v) to irritate; to cause angry feeling (v) morally correct behaviour (adj) reserved; not showing his thoughts readily (adj) day dream; lost in pleasant thoughts (n) (of a story) rude and shocking (adj) violent & extreme (of feeling) (adj) greedy (adj) the process of logical reasoning (n) difficult to understand (n) to correct something which is wrong (v) protest (v) deserving blame (adj) difficult to control; uncomfortable (adj) to speak or write in an exaggerated manner (v) bitter and angry feeling (n) to reject (v) unmanageable (adj) dismiss; to give somebody a lower rank (v) quick & clever commen/reply (n) to fill some thing again (v) reviving; getting a new life (adj) cut down (v) rude & humorous remark (adj) roundness (adj) high coloured (of a persons face or complexion) (adj) sexually excited (adj) to bounce back as a bullet off a wall (v) an inexperienced person (n) lustful; having sexual interest (adj)

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Sushmita Sharma 389) 390) 391) 392) 393) 394) 395) 396) 397) 398) 399) 400) Sinuous: Sojourn: Sedulous: Slander: Spectral: Subjugate: Supplant: Tenacious: Torpor: Tyro: Tremulous: Thwart: winding; roundabout (adj) sleep; journey (n) hardworking; diligent (adj) defamation (n) ghostly (adj) to conquer; to win (v) replace (v) stubborn (adj) habitual idleness (n) beginner (n) timid (adj) to oppose a plan/ an attempt (v)

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