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Vocabulary Notes For CSS & PMS Exam PDF
VOCABULARY WORDS
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CSS & PMS EXAM
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have compiled these Vocabulary Words (from different sources) asked in various examinations held by
FPSC. Readers, must read each word a minimum of three (3) times, and understood synonyms, antonyms
and sample sentences carefully. Also, writing your personal version on each word will aid in the indelible
impression that each word can make. Albeit, there is certainly no more productive means of concrete
vocabulary acquisition than the actual use of the terms in your daily verbal or written communiqués!
Remember that: ‗If you do not use it, you will use it‘. I hope these notes will stand up to your expectations.
Wishing you all the very best and a bright future ahead.
MERETRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): gaudy, flashy BLANDISHMENT (NOUN): flattery
Synonyms: garish, loud Synonyms: adulation, cajolery
Antonyms: genuine, real Antonyms: criticism, condemnation
Sentence: He believes in living a meretricious life. Sentence: At first he used his arts of blandishment and
honeyed words in order to lure his boss.
BELLICOSE (ADJECTIVE): belligerent
Synonyms: combative, hostile IMPERTURBABILITY (NOUN): balance
Antonyms: agreeable, calm Synonyms: aplomb, coolness
Sentence: She comes across bellicose to men who Antonyms: agitation, anxiety
approach her. Sentence: His imperturbability always had the effect of a
goad upon his father‘s temper.
SNIPER (NOUN): bandit
Synonyms: criminal, crook AUGURY (NOUN): omen
Antonyms: law, police Synonyms: auspice, harbinger
Sentence: He is a notorious sniper. Antonyms: short-sighted, assurance
Sentence: This incident of his infancy was accepted as an
FOIBLE (NOUN): shortcoming augury of his maturity, and he did not believe it.
Synonyms: eccentricity, frailty
Antonyms: advantage, normality GLIB (ADJECTIVE): slick, smooth-talking
Sentence: I can‘t let this whole project work go wrong Synonyms: artful, facile
just because of some foible. Antonyms: stuttering, inarticulate
Sentence: She advises women with similar issues not to
GLOAT (VERB): exclaim triumph settle for glib explanations.
Synonyms: rejoice, relish
Antonyms: be sad, commiserate OSTRACISM (NOUN): banishment
Sentence: The winning team was polite enough to not Synonyms: avoidance, boycott
gloat over its huge win. Antonyms: acceptance, allowance
Sentence: Only cruel teachers can follow ostracism and
IMBUE (VERB): inculcate ill-treat their children.
Synonyms: ingrain, instil
Antonyms: drain, take out REPINE (VERB): complain
Sentence: When cinnamon is added to the sweet Synonyms: grumble, lament
potato batter, it will imbue the pie with a hint of spice. Antonyms: appreciate, praise
Sentence: She likes to repine about her colleagues.
HAGGLE (VERB): bicker
Synonyms: barter, quibble FEINT (NOUN): pretense
Antonyms: agree, concur Synonyms: ruse, bluff
Sentence: I‘ll pay the sticker price because I do not Antonyms: honesty, truth
want to haggle with the trader. Sentence: She pretended to be making great efforts to
cope up with the course but it was merely a feint.
FRITTER (VERB): Waste away
Synonyms: misspend, dally INURE (VERB): accustom
Antonyms: conserve, preserve Synonyms: familiarize, habituate
Sentence: It is advised to not to fritter your money. Antonyms: neglect, soften
Sentence: A continuation of the wrongful exclusion of
GRASP (NOUN): understanding these Pakistanis from their lands should not inure to the
Synonyms: awareness, knowledge benefit of the wrongdoers.
Antonyms: ignorance, avoidance
Sentence: I like his grasp over the subject. RECONDITE (ADJECTIVE): mysterious, obscure
Synonyms: arcane, cabalistic
FLINCH (VERB): Avoid Antonyms: simple, straightforward
Synonyms: dodge, duck Sentence: How else to explain the popularity of a novel
Antonyms: face, confront so free of plot, so obsessed with existential rumination
Sentence: Do not try to flinch your duties. and recondite philosophy?
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
ABSTRUSE (ADJECTIVE): difficult to understand MOUTHY (ADJECTIVE): Talkative
Synonyms: esoteric, perplexing Synonyms: chatty, gabby
Antonyms: lucid, clear Antonyms: reticent, silent
Sentence: He is an extremely mouthy boy.
Sentence: Don‘t get into abstruse task and don‘t bite
off more than you can chew. DEBONAIR (ADJECTIVE): charming
Synonyms: affable, elegant
ACCOST (VERB): approach for conversation Antonyms: awkward, inelegant
Synonyms: address, confront Sentence: Arsalan has a debonair personality.
Antonyms: dodge, shun
Sentence: She waited him to accost and then played it PESTILENT (ADJECTIVE): Baneful
Synonyms: contagious, deleterious
by ear.
Antonyms: harmless, innocuous
Sentence: To many, homeless beggars are nothing more
BARRAGE (NOUN): assault than pestilent irritants.
Synonyms: blast, attack
Antonyms: defence, shield PERPETRATE (VERB): Be responsible for
Sentence: When she was experiencing the barrage the Synonyms: carry out, commit
royal Prince came like a knight in shining armour. Antonyms: halt, stop
Sentence: Who would perpetrate for this crime?
BENIGN (ADJECTIVE): curable RAKISH (ADJECTIVE): Charming and immoral
Synonyms: not cancerous, remediable Synonyms: dashing, jaunty
Antonyms: cancerous, injurious Antonyms: moral, upright
Sentence: His ailment was benign but at that last Sentence: She gave Ahmed a rakish smile.
moment doctors turned a blind eye.
ENGROSS (VERB): Bewitch
Synonyms: captivate, enrapture
ABDICATION (NOUN): relinquishment Antonyms: disenchant, disgust
Synonyms: abandonment, disavowal Sentence: I was totally engrossed by her beauty.
Antonyms: sanction, allowance
Sentence: The family was fed up with the abdication MIDDLING (ADJECTIVE): adequate
from the society. Synonyms: mediocre, passable
Antonyms: extreme, exceptional
Sentence: The patient needs middling amount of water
BABBLE (VERB): mumble
every half an hour.
Synonyms: mutter, murmur
Antonyms: be quiet, be silent DECOY (NOUN): trap
Sentence: She would not babble is like a fat chance. Synonyms: attraction, inducement
Antonyms: honesty, frankness
BAIT (VERB): entice Sentence: We caught a rat, using a decoy to trick it into
Synonyms: tempt, seduce the cage.
Antonyms: repel, repulse
CANTANKEROUS (ADJECTIVE): Ill-tempered
Sentence: She knows the ropes how to bait him. Synonyms: quarrelsome, critical
Antonyms: pleasant, peaceful
ABET (VERB): instigate Sentence: You are a cantankerous man.
Synonyms: provoke, incite
Antonyms: resist, prevent DANK (ADJECTIVE): moist
Sentence: He abets his neighbour all the time, don‘t you Synonyms: clammy, muggy
Antonyms: parched, dry
know he is mad as a hatter. Sentence: The middle section of the house is fully dank.
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
BARREN (ADJECTIVE): unprofitable SIMPLETON (NOUN): fool
Synonyms: profitless, stale Synonyms: buffoon, jerk
Antonyms: productive, fertile Antonyms: brain, genius
Sentence: His plan is utterly barren, he has his head in Sentence: He is a simpleton boy and tries to make
the clouds now a days. everybody around him laugh.
STAGGER (VERB): walk falteringly DWINDLE (VERB): to become gradually less or smaller
Synonyms: careen, falter Synonyms: decrease, diminish
Antonyms: continue, stay Antonyms: rise, grow
Sentence: If my father doesn‘t stagger on his decision, Sentence: The members of this department have
I won‘t be able to attend the sleepover. dwindled from 50 to 20.
REFRAIN (VERB): stop oneself from doing sth. NETTLE (VERB): provoke
Synonyms: withhold, abstain Synonyms: annoy, disgust
Antonyms: allow, continue Antonyms: appease, comfort
Sentence: You must refrain from all interference. Sentence: My brother often nettles me by reading my
diary.
OSTRACIZE (VERB): exile
Synonyms: blackball, exclude REFRACTORY (ADJECTIVE): stubborn
Antonyms: accept, admit Synonyms: disobedient, mulish
Sentence: Sadly, the rich children ostracize the other girl Antonyms: manageable, obedient
because she comes from a poor family. Sentence: The Convention took measures against the
emigres and the refractory priests.
RIFE (ADJECTIVE): overflowing
Synonyms: abundant, alive PETRIFY (VERB): make hard
Antonyms: limited, uncommon Synonyms: calcify, fossilize
Sentence: The beach is rife with young people during the Antonyms: soften, comfort
summer months. Sentence: The terrorist group tries to petrify the public
by showing gruesome videos.
OPPORTUNE (ADJECTIVE): advantageous
Synonyms: apt, auspicious RECANT (VERB): take back something said
Antonyms: inappropriate, unfortunate Synonyms: annul, renounce
Antonyms: accept, agree
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
Sentence: The judge ordered the magazine to recant the PREPAREDNESS (NOUN): a state of readiness,
false statements it made about the actress. especially for war.
Synonyms: readiness, preparedness, alacrity, ready
PUERILE (ADJECTIVE): childish Example: People now accept that a minimum level of
Synonyms: callow, infantile preparedness is crucial to tackle a military contingency.
Antonyms: mature, adult
Sentence: The fireman was scolded for playing puerile CONSOLATION (NOUN): comfort received by a
pranks on his coworkers. person after a loss or disappointment.
Synonyms: comfort, solace, sympathy, compassion, pity,
RHAPSODIZE (VERB): rave commiseration, empathy, relief.
Synonyms: babble, declaim Example: She always had a word of consolation and
Antonyms: be quiet, be happy comfort to all who had the pleasure of knowing her.
Sentence: You'd rhapsodize with him to his heart's
content. PREY (NOUN): a person harmed, injured, or killed as a
result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
NEFARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): bad Synonyms: target, object, subject, focus, recipient
Synonyms: horrible, odious Example: A lot of youth are illiterate and unemployed
Antonyms: delightful, gentle and easy prey.
Sentence: One man employed his nefarious scheme to
hack into people's computers and steal bank account‘s CONSTRAIN (Meaning: compel, force, drive, oblige)
information. Definition: compel or force (someone) to follow a
particular course of action.
Usage: Children are constrained to work in the way the
JITTERY (ADJECTIVE): nervous book dictates.
Synonyms: restless, anxious
Antonyms: calm, composed RECEPTIVE
Sentence: She felt jittery before her stage performance. Meaning: Open-mined, responsive, flexible
Definition: willing to consider or accept new suggestions
OBFUSCATE (VERB): confuse and ideas. Usage: A receptive audience.
Synonyms: baffle, becloud
LETHARGY
Antonyms: clarify, enlighten Meaning: sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, inaction,
Sentence: Because I am a sympathetic teacher, I avoid Definition: a lack of energy and enthusiasm.
using language which will obfuscate my students. Usage: There was an air of lethargy about him.
JUBILATION LITIGATION
Meaning: Exultation, Joy, elation, glee, triumph Meaning: case, legal proceeding, legal dispute
Definition: a feeling of great happiness and triumph. Definition: The process of taking legal action
Usage: Unbelievable scenes of jubilation. Usage: The company wishes to avoid litigation.
PLUMMET SYCOPHANT
Meaning: Plunge, fall headlong, hurtle, dive, drop Meaning: toady, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer,
Definition: fall or drop straight down at high speed. flunkey, truckler, groveller, minion,
Usage: A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet Definition: a person who acts obsequiously towards
down an icy gully. someone important in order to gain advantage.
Usage: My sister is a shallow sycophant who will
MALEVOLENT flatter anyone for a free designer handbag.
Meaning: malicious, spiteful, hostile, evil-minded
Definition: having or showing a wish to do evil to others. GARNER
Usage: The glint of dark, malevolent eyes Meaning: gather, collect, assemble
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
Definition: gather or collect (something, especially Sentence: If you dye your hair purple, you will be very
information or approval). conspicuous among the other teachers.
Usage: The police struggled to garner sufficient
evidence. CAPRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): volatile
Synonyms: fickle, changeable
Antonyms: constant, stable
REPRIMAND Sentence: You need to settle down and stop being so
Meaning: rebuke, reproof, admonition, reproach, capricious!
Definition: a formal expression of disapproval.
Usage: The golfer received a reprimand for a breach ERRABLE (ADJECTIVE): liable to err
of rules. Synonyms: faulty, frail
Antonyms: perfect, infallible
Sentence: My younger brother is inclined towards
OSTENTATION errable tasks.
Meaning: showiness, show, showing off,
Definition: the pretentious or showy display of wealth DEVOUT (ADJECTIVE): enthusiastic
and luxury, designed to impress Synonyms: zealous, ardent
Usage: The office was spacious, but without any trace Antonyms: apathetic, dull
of ostentation Sentence: It takes more than one devout employee to
make a successful business.
IMPETUOUS FICTITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): imaginary
Meaning: impulsive, rash, hasty, reckless, heedless, Synonyms: mythical, fictional
foolhardy, injudicious, unthinking Antonyms: genuine, authentic
Definition: acting or done quickly and without thought Sentence: Scott created a fictitious non-profit
or care organization, funneling his money through it tax free.
Usage: She might live to rue this impetuous decision.
IMPETUOUS (ADJECTIVE): rash
Synonyms: risky, irresponsible
CRUCIFY Antonyms: careful, alert
Meaning: condemn, attack, tear apart, arraign, Sentence: It is easy to be impetuous when you want
denounce, pillory, malign, revile, vilify something really badly!
Definition: criticize (someone) severely and
unrelentingly. DENOUEMENT (NOUN): conclusion
Synonyms: climax, finale
Usage: Our fans would crucify us if we lost.
Antonyms: initiation, debut
Sentence: The play‘s denouement saw the main
SLOVENLY character die tragically just before the curtain fell.
Meaning: scruffy, untidy, messy, unkempt, slatternly,
dishavelled, blowsy, down at heel FITFUL (ADJECTIVE): spasmodic
Definition: (especially of a person or their appearance) Synonyms: intermittent, fluctuating
untidy and dirty Usage: A fat, slovenly ex-rock star Antonyms: continuous, continual
Sentence: Jim was tired when he woke up after a fitful
night of sleep.
DISENCHANT
Meaning: disillusioned, disappointed, let down
FEASIBLE (ADJECTIVE): practicable
Definition: cause (someone) to be disappointed
Synonyms: possible, doable
Usage: He may have been disenchanted by the loss of
Antonyms: impossible, implausible
his huge following.
Sentence: With school, kids and a busy job, it just isn't
feasible to waste time.
CONSPICUOUS (ADJECTIVE): openly wicked
Synonyms: noticeable, clear
REPUDIATE (VERB): show contempt for
Antonyms: invisible, hidden
Synonyms: defy, disregard
Antonyms: honour, praise
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
Sentence: During his next speech, the president will OPUS (NOUN): Creation
repudiate blame for the economic situation. Synonyms: Product, Production
Antonyms: Destruction, Ruin
CONSPICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): Manifest Sentence: The part of this work is called opus.
Synonyms: noticeable, salient
Antonyms: inconspicuous, unremarkable PLOWED (ADJECTIVE): cultivated
Sentence: During the summer season, the flies are very Antonyms: recovered, instilled
conspicuous all around. Sentence: Salman plowed into him, nearly knocking him
down.
ECSTASY (NOUN): joy
Synonyms: felicity, enchantment SLAPPED (ADJECTIVE): hard hit/imposed
Antonyms: misery, woet Synonyms: beaten, pat
Sentence: He was famous for his ecstasy of the passion. Antonyms: avoided, saved
Sentence: He was slapped by the disaster.
REGRESS (VERB): Fall back
Synonyms: back slide, retreat EVAPORATE (VERB): dry, dissolve
Antonyms: develop, forge Synonyms: absorb, vaporize
Sentence: Many students start regressing into the Antonyms: appear, moist
practice of not studying once they get a position in the Sentence: The water was evaporated from the pan.
class.
FINERY (NOUN): best clothing
DYSPATHY (NOUN): Animosity Synonyms: apparel, suit
Synonyms: Aversion, animus Antonyms: rags, tatters
Antonyms: love, rapport Sentence: He was in the world‘s best finery.
Sentence: My dyspathy for John is so great that I can
not stand to be around him. ALUMNUS (NOUN): educated/ ex-student
Synonyms: old grad, alumna
AMORPHOUS (ADJECTIVE): Vague Antonyms: undergraduate, uneducated
Synonyms: Nebulous, Baggy Sentence: He is an intelligent alumnus.
Antonyms: Definite, Distinct
Sentence: I could not make an idea because the UNCOUTH (ADJECTIVE): clumsy, uncultivated
painting was amorphous. Synonyms: awkward, barbaric
Antonyms: agile, couth
REPLICATE (VERB): Clone Sentence: Ahmed behaved in an uncouth manner.
Synonyms: Reflect, Repeat
Antonyms: Ignore, Reject TRITE (ADJECTIVE): hackneyed
Sentence: DNA replicates itself in the cell nucleus. Synonyms: dull, cliche
Antonyms: fresh, new
EXULTANTLY (ADVERB): Cheerfully Sentence: I don‘t want to involve in the trite
Synonyms: Freely, Gladly conversation they were having.
Antonyms: Unsuccessfully, Unhappily
Sentence: The crowd let out an exultant cheer. PALLIATE (VERB): abate
Synonyms: allay, assuage
EVACUATE (VERB): Abandon Antonyms: increase, intensify
Synonyms: Desert, Discharge Sentence: Perhaps a nap will palliate my headache.
Antonyms: Continue, Hold
Sentence: Residents have been ordered to evacuate. MELANGE (NOUN): mixture
Synonyms: medley, mishmash
CONDUCE (VERB): Advance Antonyms: constituent, element
Synonyms: Assist, Forward Sentence: Ria‘s set list included a mélange of her
Antonyms: Block, Decrease old and new hits.
Sentence: I would conduce for the further research.
INSTIL (VERB): inject
Synonyms: infuse, implant
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
Antonyms: eradicate, extract HYPOCRITE (NOUN): person who pretends, is
Sentence: The instructor tried to instil fear in the deceitful
students. Synonyms: charlatan, trickster
Antonyms: true, genuine
ENCROACH (VERB): violate Sentence: His friend wrongly said that he was a
Synonyms: trespass, infringe hypocrite.
Antonyms: shun, abide
Sentence: As the forests continue to be destroyed for HEARSAY (NOUN): unsubstantiated information
development, bears have no choice but to encroach Synonyms: rumors, grapevine
into residential areas. Antonyms: reality, truth
Sentence: One should not believe in hearsay.
EVASION (NOUN): avoidance
Synonyms: evasiveness, obliqueness VARNISH (VERB): add a layer to; embellish
Antonyms: directness, frankness Synonyms: lacquer, cover
Sentence: She is in the habit of making evasion from Antonyms: uncover, reveal
every situation. Sentence: The painter varnished the doors.
Sentence: We must criticize weird censorship. MAIM (VERB): cripple, put out of action
SUBSTANTIAL (ADJECTIVE): important Synonyms: disable, disfigure
Synonyms: significant, considerable Antonyms: care, aid
Antonyms: inconsiderable, insignificant Sentence: If you do not want your vicious dog to maim
Sentence: He made substantial changes in the system. or fatally injure people, then you should put him down.
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
MANGLE (VERB): mutilate, deform Sentence: Edward succumbed to drink and a profligate
Synonyms: bruise, contort lifestyle.
Antonyms: beautify, repair
Sentence: How should I fret to mangle every line? PRY (VERB): poke
Synonyms: gaze, gape
NADIR (NOUN): lowest point Antonyms: ignore, evade
Synonyms: base, bottom Sentence: Not wanting to pry, I didn‘t ask why my
Antonyms: top, highest point neighbor was moving so suddenly.
Sentence: The sun does not spring at once from the nadir
to the zenith. RANT (NOUN): yelling
Synonyms: raving, diatribe
ODIUM (NOUN): shame, dishonor Antonyms: serene, tranquil
Synonyms: abhorrence, antipathy Sentence: Even though she made a fool out of herself
Antonyms: affection, approval during her rant, it still had a positive outcome.
Sentence: Because of my odium for the politician‘s views,
I have no plans to vote for him. MYRAID (ADJECTIVE): innumerable
Synonyms: countless, endless
SWERVE (VERB): deflect Antonyms: countable, bounded
Synonyms: skid, stray Sentence: Because Jacob is recovering from a stroke, he
Antonyms: abide, persist has myriad prescriptions to take.
Sentence: A lorry swerved across her path.
FURROWED (ADJECTIVE): wrinkled
RACY (ADJECTIVE): zestful Synonyms: rutted, corrugated
Synonyms: saucy, energetic Antonyms: unfurrowed, unwrinkled
Antonyms: sluggish, lackadaisical Sentence: She laid the furrowed the bed sheet.
Sentence: The novel was considered rather racy at the
time. SMACKED (VERB): bang
Synonyms: pat, whack
PLOD (VERB): lumber Antonyms: tap, bide
Synonyms: slog, tramp Sentence: She smacked the door in my face.
Antonyms: creeping, sneaking
Sentence: We plodded back up the hill. EVANESCE (VERB): disappear
Synonyms: disperse, dissipate
PREPONDERANCE (NOUN): predominance Antonyms: collect, gather
Synonyms: prevalence, dominance Sentence: Her cozy feeling was evanesced immediately.
Antonyms: disadvantage, inferiority
Sentence: The preponderance of women among older GROSS (ADJECTIVE): awful
people is increasing. Synonyms: vulgar, foul
Antonyms: elegant, beautiful
PIETY (NOUN): devotion Sentence: He is such a gross man.
Synonyms: fervor, reverence
Antonyms: agnosticism, disloyalty OUTPACE (VERB): outdo
Sentence: He believes in the acts of piety and charity. Synonyms: outstrip, outrun
Antonyms: associate, connect
PITH (NOUN): center Sentence: He outpaced all six defenders.
Synonyms: crux, gist
Antonyms: exteriority, insignificance GALLIMAUFRY (NOUN): miscellany
Sentence: He made us understand the pith and core of Synonyms: assortment, mishmash
socialism. Antonyms: organization, regulation
Sentence: There was a gallimaufry of tender vegetables
PROFLIGATE (ADJECTIVE): immoral and herbs.
Synonyms: promiscuous, libertine
Antonyms: ethical, righteous EVANESCENT (ADJECTIVE): temporary
Synonyms: fading, disappearing
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
Antonyms: unlimited, permanent SUPERSEDE (VERB): annul
Sentence: She gave her an evanescent look. Synonyms: overrule, repudiate
Antonyms: keep, retain
BROWBEAT (VERB): castigate Sentence: The federal court decision will supersede the
Synonyms: bully, coerce decision of the lower court.
Antonyms: aid, assist
Sentence: The commander had browbeaten her. IMBUED (VERB): inculcate
Synonyms: infuse, instill
DRENCH (VERB): wet thoroughly Antonyms: drain, take out
Synonyms: deluge, douse Sentence: By giving out loans, the bank hoped to imbue
Antonyms: parch, dry new homeowners with a sense of hope in the future.
Sentence: He was totally drench due to rain.
LEEWAY (NOUN): room to move
BARBARIC (ADJECTIVE): crude Synonyms: extent, headway
Synonyms: inhuman, uncivilized Antonyms: constraint, restriction
Antonyms: cultured, civilized Sentence: The judge has a lot of leeway in deciding
Sentence: It was a barbaric murder. matters in court.
SCRUPULOUS INIMICAL
Meaning: (of a person or process) diligent, Meaning: tending to obstruct or harm.
thorough, and extremely attentive to details. Synonyms: harmful, injurious, detrimental,
Synonyms: careful, meticulous, painstaking, Antonyms: helpful, advantageous
Antonyms: careless, slapdash Sentence: The policy was inimical to Britain's real
Sentence: The research has been carried out with interests.
scrupulous attention to detail.
HERALD
Meaning: a person or thing viewed as a sign that
something is about to happen.
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
Synonyms: harbinger, sign, indicator loved Vera sufficiently and of being so ready to get
Sentence: They considered the first primroses as her off their hands.
the herald of spring.
STANDALONE (ADJECTIVE)
QUELL Meaning: (of computer hardware or software) able
Meaning: put an end to (a rebellion or other to operate independently of other hardware or
disorder), typically by the use of force. software
Synonyms: put an end to, stamp out, put a stop to, Synonym – stands in, stand down
end, finish Sentence: Nothing but a standalone phone booth.
Antonyms: succumb to
Sentence: Extra police were called to quell the ALBEIT (CONJUNCTION)
disturbance. Meaning: though
Synonym – admitting, even if
GESTATION (NOUN) Sentence: Your credit card statement captures an
Meaning: the process or period of developing inside accurate, albeit extremely abbreviated, record of
the womb between conception and birth your comings and goings.
Synonyms: evolution, fecundation
Antonyms: decrease DISCONCERTING (ADJECTIVE)
Sentence: The period of gestation in the mare is Meaning: causing one to feel unsettled
about eleven months. Synonyms: agitate, bafflestar
Antonyms; aid, assist
EVALUATED (VERB) Sentence: He found it both amusing and a bit
Meaning: form an idea of the amount, number, or disconcerting that both Sidwell women‘s initial
value of, assess reaction was to castrate him.
Synonyms: appraise, assess
Antonyms: neglect INTROSPECTION (NOUN)
Sentence: Wynn was a brilliant surgeon, the only Meaning: the examination or observation of one‘s
person Gabriel knew to bring in and evaluate own mental and emotional processes
Deidre‘s claim that she was healed. Synonyms: contemplation, meditation
Sentence: Perhaps if you indulged in a little
COVETED (VERB) introspection, you would stop repeating the same
Meaning: yearn to possess (something, especially bad habits.
something belonging to another)
Synonyms: crave, envy SAVVY (NOUN)
Antonyms: dislike, hate Meaning: shrewdness and practical knowledge,
Sentence: The tone combined with the much especially in politics or business
coveted endearment of ‗Dad‘ caught him totally off Synonyms: acute, calculating
guard. Antonyms: blunt, coarse
Sentence: He‘s book smart and business savvy, but
INTRIGUING (ADJECTIVE) he‘s still a boy in some ways.
Meaning: arousing one‘s curiosity or interest,
fascinating GRAVELY (ADVERB): very much; desperately
Synonyms: absorbing, alluring Synonyms: deeply, seriously
Antonyms: boring, unexciting Antonyms: lightly, calmly
Sentence: That‘s the intriguing part and what I Sentence: She listened to her father gravely.
hope Vinnie Baratto will tell us.
QUACKERY (NOUN): charlatanism
CONSTRAINTS (NOUN) Synonyms: trickery, deception
Meaning: a limitation or restriction Antonyms: reality, frankness
Synonyms: pressure, restraint Sentence: The meanest and most contemptible
Antonyms: deterrent, discouragement kind of cheating is quackery.
Sentence: In the family‘s feeling toward this
wedding a certain awkwardness and constraint
was evident, as if they were ashamed of not having
Vocabulary Notes (Prepared by Aamir Mahar)
OUST (VERB): expel, get rid of Sentence: Mrs. Elena was thoroughly amused by
Synonyms: depose, evict her students‘ waggish behavior, but concealed it
Antonyms: offer, retain really well to maintain her stern reputation.
Sentence: The leader of the party has been ousted
by his own party at their annual convention. YONDER (NOUN): to a far place
Synonyms: faraway, farther
SLUMMY (ADJECTIVE): (of housing or Antonym: close, nearby
residential areas) indicative of poverty Sentence: John denied to drive yonder as he had
Synonyms: damaged, faded spent the day behind the wheel and was
Antonyms: stable, repaired completely drained.
Sentence: Don't you believe she has been led away
into any slummy place, for the sake of politics. TAWDRY (ADJECTIVE): cheap and poor in
QUAGGY (ADJECTIVE): soft appearance or quality
Synonyms: cushiony, spongy Synonyms: tacky, sleazy
Antonyms: hard, rough Antonyms: expensive, tasteful
Sentence: Among other things, he noticed the Sentence: Jordan got the interiors done by a
quaggy nature of the meat he purchased for dinner. professional to make his tawdry apartment look
nicer.
DECREPIT (ADJECTIVE): problems caused as a
result of age FARCE (NOUN): a ridiculous situation or event
Synonyms: dilapidated, crippled Synonyms: parody, absurdity
Antonyms: healthy, stable Antonym: tragedy, sobriety
Sentence: The owners have plans to renovate their Sentence: Mr. Williams is refused to enact the farce
decrepit hotel. as his acting skills were above such humor.
PILLAGE (VERB): loot PIVOTAL (ADJECTIVE): of crucial significance
Synonyms: desecrate, plunder Synonyms: vital, important Antonyms: inessential,
Antonyms: receive, build trivial
Sentence: Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging Sentence: We left the theatre as the movie turned
stores and shooting. boring after the pivotal character died.
ELATION (NOUN): extreme happiness
Synonyms: bliss, ecstasy ABNEGATION (NOUN): the act of rejecting or
Antonyms: sorrow, woe refusing something
Sentence: His elation increased at the sight of the Synonyms: forbearance, abstinence
little girl he had saved. Antonyms: allowance, approval
Sentence: Jemma had no problem with abnegation
EERILY (ADVERB): strangely of worldly possessions as she wanted to be a nun.
Synonyms: weirdly, creepily
Antonyms: naturally, pleasantly CHURLISH (ADJECTIVE): rude
Sentence: His eyes glowed eerily in the dark kitchen. Synonyms: impolite, boorish Antonyms: polished,
sophisticated
CONCILIATE (VERB): make calm and content Sentence: James woke up churlish in the morning
Synonyms: placate, pacify but his mood improved considerably after the
Antonyms: incite, irritate heavenly cup of coffee.
Sentence: Harold‘s attempts to conciliate the angry
protesters failed when they started throwing ABAFT (ADJECTIVE): towards the back
stones at the building. Synonyms: astern, rearward
Antonyms: forward, forth
WAGGISH (ADJECTIVE): acting in a playful Sentence: Rihanna has sea sickness so she was told
manner to sit abaft as the rear of the ship is less wavy.
Synonyms: amusing, humorous Antonyms: tragic,
unpleasant