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Abuse
1. Misuse
2. Unaware
3. Ill- mannered
4. Absurd
Answer (1)
Q. Which of the following word means "a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or
humiliating one"?
1. Boon
2. Fiasco
3. Triumph
4. Smash
Answer (2)
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Sr No. Word Meaning Usage

1. ABATE Make less intense or Thankfully the storm
widespread; has abated.
Reduce or remove.
2. ABRIDGE Shorten a book, film, The abridged version of the
speech, etc. without book is also very nice.
losing the sense
3. ABRUPT Sudden or unexpected
Her resignation was
very abrupt.
4. ACCOMODATIVE Provide lodging or The country is not at
enough space; all accommodative of
fit in with the wishes or refugees.
needs of.
5. ACCREDITATION The action or process of The meeting was called for
officially recognizing the accreditation of
someone as having a professional.
status or being qualified
to perform an activity
6. ACCRETION A thing formed or added There was a
by gradual growth or considerable accretion of
increase residential populations after
1930.
7. ACCRUE Accumulate or receive He was able to accrue a large
payments or benefits amount of money and that is
over time why he need not want a
regular job.
8. ACKNOWLEDGE Recognize the The corporate world has
importance or quality of begun to acknowledge his
genius and excellence.
9. ACQUIT Free someone from a The convict was acquitted by
criminal charge by a the court as not guilty.
verdict of not guilty
10. ACQUITTAL A judgement or verdict The family was shattered after
that a person is not the murderer’s acquittal.
guilty of the crime
11. ACRIMONIOUS Angry and bitter speech The workers had
or discussion an acrimonious quarrel with
the management regarding
the increase in wages.
12. ADEQUATE Acceptable in quality or The cafeteria space is
quantity. perfectly adequate for our
meetings.
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13. ADHERE Believe in and follow the
practices of
14. AFFIDAVIT A written statement
confirmed by oath for
use as evidence in court
15. AFTERMATH The consequences/after-
effects of a significant
unpleasant event.
16. ALLEGATION A claim or assertion that
someone has done
something illegal or
wrong
17. ALLIANCE A union or association
formed for mutual
benefit, especially
between countries or
organizations.
18. ALTERNATIVE Available as another
possibility or choice
19. ANTICIPATORY Taking the form of an
announcement or
indication that a contract
will not be honoured.
20. APPORTION Assign
21. ARBITRARY Based on random choice
or personal whim rather
than any reason.
22. ASSESS Evaluate, estimate the
nature or ability or
quality of something
23. ASSURANCE A positive declaration
intended to give
confidence;
A promise, confidence or
certainty in one’s own
abilities.
24. ATTRIBUTED Regard something as
caused by someone.
25. AUDIT An official inspection of
an organization’s
accounts by an
independent body.
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He strictly adhered to the
norms.
He had to submit
an affidavit to the employer.
The prices of food prices rose
considerably in
the aftermath of the floods.
He made serious allegations of
corruption against my father.
His party is in alliance with the
Greens.
An alliance between medicine
and morality.
We were given
no alternatives to choose
from.
The lawyer got
an anticipatory bail for his
client.
The manager apportioned the
entire blame on the team.
His decisions were arbitrary.
The management
should assess the relevance of
the topic.
He gave an assurance that
work would begin on Monday.
She drove with assurance.
He attributed the firm’s
success to the efforts of the
managing director.
The Cas were given the
responsibility of the audit.
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26. AUGURY A sign of what will Our army winning the war is a
happen in the future; good augury.

An omen
27. AUTHORITARIAN Favouring or enforcing The authoritarian regime of
strict obedience to the king was overthrown by
authority; the military.

Showing a lack of
concern for the wishes
or opinions of others;
dictatorial
28. AVERT Prevent or ward off an His precautions averted the
undesirable occurrence rail strike.
29. BIANNUAL Occurring twice a year The examination for the post
of engineer is biannual.
30. BIFURCATION The division of The island is formed by
something into two the bifurcation of the river
branches or parts. Cauvery.
31. BILATERAL Having or relating to two India signed
sides; affecting both two bilateral agreements with
sides the USA.
32. BIZARRE Very strange or unusual The behaviour was bizarre.
33. BLATANT Bad behaviour done He spoke blatant lies.
openly and unashamedly
34. BLEAK Not hopeful or The bleak picture of the
encouraging; unlikely to company can be clearly seen.
have a favourable
outcome
35. BLOCKADE Means of sealing off a The Police blockaded the
place to prevent goods roads in and out of parliament.
or people from entering
or leaving
36. BOLSTER Support or strengthen My confidence
was bolstered by his kind
words.
37. BREACH An act of breaking or Breach of agreement will be
failing to observe a law, considered a serious offence.
agreement, or code of
conduct
38. CAPITALIZE ON Take the chance to gain It is an attempt by the
advantage from; opposition to capitalize on the
Provide with capital. government’s embarrassment.
A highly capitalized economy
39. CARTEL An association of The French cartel was made to
manufacturers or retreat.
suppliers with the
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purpose of maintaining
prices at a high level and
restricting competition
40. CEDE Give up power or The small nation ceded to
territory British empire.
41. CHAOTIC In a state of complete The chaotic state of affairs in
confusion and disorder the organization was very
dismal to watch.
42. COALITION A temporary alliance for The congress had no choice
combined action, other than
especially of political forming coalition with the
parties forming a regional parties in order to
government. form the government.
43. COLLOQUIAL Used in ordinary or Colloquial language is not
familiar conversation; considered appropriate in
official mails.
Not formal or literary
44. COMMUNIQUE An official The actors issued
announcement a communique to the media.
especially one made to
the media
45. COMPLACENCY Showing uncritical You cannot afford to
satisfaction with oneself be complacent at this stage of
or one’s achievements the project.
46. COMPLIANCE The action or fact of The school maintains order
complying with a wish or and compliance.
command
47. COMPLICITY Condition of being The family was accused
involved with others in of complicity in the terrorist
an activity that is attack.
unlawful
48. CONCEDE Admit or agree that He conceded to idea of not
something is true. attending the party.
49. CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST A situation in which the The conflict-of-interest was
concerns of two different clearly visible between the
parties are incompatible party and corporate.
50. CONSENSUS A general agreement All the team members are
in consensus with the idea of
not playing.
51. CONSEQUENCE A result or effect Recent landslides were
typically one that is the consequences of heavy
unwelcome or rainfall that happened
unpleasant yesterday.
52. CONSERVATIVE Averse to change or The family was
innovation and holding very conservative in its
traditional values outlook.
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53. CONSOLIDATION The action or process of The parliament passed the bill
making something for the consolidation of State
stronger or more solid; Bank of India.

The action or process of

combining several things
into a single more
effective
54. CONSULAR Relating to the consul or The consular official must
consulate in a foreign interview all the applicants.
city
55. CONTEND Assert something as a She contends that the
position in an argument judgement was wrong and
unjust.
56. CONTENDER A person or group Kamal Nath is
competing with others to the contender for the position
achieve something. of chief minister.
57. CONTEST An event in which people The MLA informed that he
compete for supremacy doesn’t want to contest in the
in a sport or other elections again.
activity
58. CONTRARY Opposite in nature, I ignored the contrary advice
direction, or meaning. and agreed on the deal.
59. CONVENTIONS A way in which He was strictly against
something is usually the conventions followed by
done; the family.
An agreement between The Convention signed by the
states north east states.
60. CORROBORATION Evidence which confirms There is no
or supports a statement independent corroboration for
the incident.
61. CREDIBILITY The quality of being The company lost
trusted and believed in its credibility.
62. CRITICISM The expression of The present government
disapproval of someone received a lot of criticism by
or something based on the intellectuals.
perceived faults or
mistakes
63. CUMULATIVE Increasing or increased The price rise was
in quantity or degree or the cumulative effect of two
force by successive years of drought.
additions
64. DAMPEN Make slightly wet; The rain dampened the pitch.
Make less strong Nothing could dampen her
spirit.
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65. DANGLE Hang or swing loosely; The portfolio offered to him

Offer an enticing was like a carrot dangling
incentive to someone before him.
66. DECENTRALIZE Transfer (authority) from The members of parliament
central to local argued for decentralization of
government powers.
67. DECRYPT Make a coded or unclear The computer was used to
message intelligible; encrypt
and decrypt transmissions that
A text that has been came from the spies.
decoded
68. DEFER Postpone, put off (an The court deferred the
action or event) to a decision till February.
later time
69. DEFIANCE Open resistance against His act of defiance upset his
a person or issue parents.
70. DEFICIT An excess of expenditure The government’s only
or liabilities over income objective was to decrease the
or assets in a period revenue deficit.
71. DEFLATIONARY Tending to cause The economic policy
deflation was deflationary.
72. DETENTION The action of detaining The Indian national was kept
someone in detention for six years by
the Pakistani authorities.
73. DETER Discourage from doing Stringent punishment should
something by instilling be given to deter locals from
doubt or fear of the committing crimes.
consequences
74. DETRACTOR A person who disparages Your brother is a detractor of
someone or something. the government.
75. DEVIATION The action of departing His actions were
from an established clear deviation from the
course or accepted accepted norm.
standard
76. DIAGNOSE Identify the nature of an His father was diagnosed with
illness by examination of cancer the last week.
the symptoms;

77. DICKENSIAN Reminiscent of the The Dickensian characters

novels of Charles were very interesting.
Dickens, especially in
suggesting the poor
social conditions or
comically repulsive
characters that they
portray
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78. DIKTAT An order or decree
imposed by someone in
power without popular
consent
79. DILEMMA A situation in which a
difficult choice must be
made between two or
more alternatives,
especially ones that are
equally undesirable.
80. DISAFFECTION A state or feeling of
being dissatisfied with
people in authority or a
system of control
81. DISLOYALTY Unfaithfulness;
the quality of not being
loyal to a person,
country, or organization
82. DISMAL Causing a mood of gloom
or depression.
83. DISPROPORTIONATE Too large or too small in
comparison with
something else
84. DISQUIET A feeling of worry or
unease.
85. DISUNITY Disagreement or conflict
within a group.
86. DIVERSIFY Make or become more
diverse or varied.
87. DUTIFULLY In a conscientious or
obedient manner
88. DYNAMISM The quality of being
characterized by
vigorous activity and
progress.
89. EMBARGO Impose an official ban on
trade or a country or
commodity
90. EMBOLDEN Give (someone) the
courage or confidence to
do something.
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The locals received
several diktats from the East-
India company.
The difficult dilemma of the
adolescence.
People have developed
great disaffection for the
corporate people.
The prince was accused
of disloyalty towards his
kingdom.
The dismal weather added to
my misery.
People with lower income
nowadays need to
spend disproportionate amou
nt of their salaries on fuel
these days.
There was a
strange disquiet among the
participants.
The disunity among party
members was clearly seen.
China is diversifying its energy
resources these days.
The man in the white car was
the one who dutifully reported
the incident that took place
last night.
The dynamism and strength of
the nation was clearly seen.
Iran has been embargoed by
the US.
My confidence
was emboldened by his
assurance.
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91. ENTICE Attract or tempt by Today’s performance

offering pleasure or should entice new audiences
advantage to the theatre.
92. ENVISAGE Conceive of as a The rebels envisaged a picture
possibility or a desirable of free nation in their heads.
future event
93. ERA A long and distinct The death of the emperor is
period of history considered beginning of
new era.
94. ESPIONAGE The practice of spying The man was charged
especially by with espionage by the foreign
governments to obtain government.
political and military
information
95. ESTIMATE Roughly calculate or The sales estimates came out
judge the value, number, be fallacious.
quantity, or extent of
96. EUPHEMISM A mild or indirect word His soul departed to the
or expression substituted heavens is the euphemism the
for one considered to be word death.
too harsh or blunt
97. EVOKE Bring or recall a feeling, The sight of the
memory, or image to the school evoked some pleasant
conscious mind; memories of that time.
98. EXONERATION The action of officially The exoneration of the
absolving someone from scamster was very
blame disappointing.
99. EXPEDITE Make an action or The officials were asked
process happen sooner to expedite the procedure of
issuing passports.
100. EXTRAJUDICIAL Not legally authorized The government carried
out extrajudicial executions
last year.
101. FACILITATE Make (an action or The hostel was in the same
process) easy or easier. building to facilitate the
sharing of resources.
102. FAR-REACHING Having important and His actions had far-reaching
widely applicable effects consequences on the party
image.
103. FATAL Causing Death They met with a fatal accident.
104. FEEBLE Lacking physical He has become too feeble to
strength, especially as a travel long distances.
result of age or illness.
105. FILLIP Something which acts as Reducing the stamp duty will
a stimulus or boost to an surely provide fillip to house
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106. FISCAL Relating to government
revenue, especially taxes
107. FLEXIBLE Capable of bending
easily without breaking,
able to be easily
modified to respond to
altered circumstances.
108. FOMENT Instigate or stir up an
undesirable or violent
sentiment or course of
action
109. FORMIDABLE Inspiring fear or respect
through being
impressively large,
powerful, intense
110. FRAUGHT Causing or affected by
anxiety or stress
111. FUNGIBLE Replaceable by another
identical item;
Mutually
interchangeable
112. FURORE An outbreak of public
anger or excitement
113. GAUGE An instrument that
measures and gives a
visual display of the
amount, level, or
contents of something;
A means of estimating
something.
114. GENOCIDE The deliberate killing of a
large group of people
115. GLARE Stare in an angry or
fierce way
116. GLARING Giving out or reflecting a
strong or dazzling light;
Staring fiercely or
fixedly;
Highly obvious or
conspicuous
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Fiscal deficit needs to be
reduced.
It has flexible seals.
Our workplace
has flexible working hours.
The extremist group tried
to foment religious sentiments
of the opposite group but was
not successful.
The opposition was
quite formidable.
The room was filled
with fraught silence.
The ingredient used in the dish
is fungible.
The role of the MLA in the
scam that happened recently
created a furore in the
legislative assembly.
Astronomers can gauge the
brightness of any planet or
star.
The present government
carried out genocide in the
capital region.
His glare scares me to the
core.
The glaring omission in data is
hidden from nobody.
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117. GRAPPLE Struggle to deal with or The family has been

overcome a difficulty or long grappling with financial
challenge problems.
118. GRIP Take and keep a firm The political party has a
hold of; grasp tightly. tight grip on the electorate.
119. HEDGE A way of protecting The investors invested in more
oneself against financial than one security in order
loss or other adverse to hedge the financial risks.
circumstances;
a fence or boundary
formed
120. HIGH-HANDEDNESS Having or showing no Her high-
regard for the rights, handedness disappointed
concerns, or feelings of everyone.
others
121. HOSTAGE A person held as security More than hundred people
for the fulfilment of a were held hostage by the
condition terrorist groups.
122. HOSTILE Showing or feeling The audience was very hostile.
opposition or dislike;
unfriendly
123. HOUND A dog of a breed used for This man has a reputation of a
hunting; publicity hound.
a person eagerly seeking
something
124. HUMANE Having or showing The driver’s humane approach
compassion or was much appreciated by the
benevolence locals.
125. HUMANITARIAN Concerned with or The humanitarian agenda of
seeking to promote the NGO was awarded by the
human welfare Government
126. IMBROGLIO A confused, complicated He skilfully avoided
or embarrassing entanglement in the Jackson-
situation Calhoun imbroglio.
127. IMMATERIAL Irrelevant; unimportant The criminal record of the
under the circumstances convict was immaterial.
128. IMPENDING Be about to happen The implementation of the
decisions taken during polls
are still impending.
129. IMPERATIVE Of vital importance; The filing of tax returns
is imperative.
crucial
130. IMPLICIT Suggested though not His criticism of the party
directly expressed was implicit in his Facebook
posts.
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131. IMPOSE Force (an unwelcome The decision was imposed on

decision or ruling) on me.
someone.
132. IMPULSIVE Acting or done without I am very impulsive in taking
forethought my decisions.
133. IMPUNITY Exemption from The Border forces
punishment enjoyed impunity even after
Or freedom from the killing tens of civilians.
injurious consequences
of an action
134. INADEQUATE Insufficient for a purpose His efforts for clearing the
exam seem inadequate.
135. INADVERTENTLY Without intention; The name of the student
accidentally. was inadvertently deleted
from the records.
136. INCARCERATION Imprisonment; The justice would not be
The state of being served just by
confined in prison his incarceration.
137. INCONSISTENT Not staying the same The team’s performance
throughout. was inconsistent throughout
the event.
138. INCUMBENCY The holding of an office The politician is seeking to
or the period during keep his incumbency by luring
which one is held. the party members.
139. INCUMBENT Necessary for someone The incumbent chief minister
as a duty or lost the recent elections.
responsibility;

Of an official currently
holding office
140. INDICTMENT A formal charge or The consulate was charged
accusation of a serious with indictment for espionage.
crime
141. INDUCE Bring about or give rise None of the incentives
to could induce a change in the
behaviour of employees.
142. INFLATION A general increase in The main agenda of the
prices and fall in the monetary policy was to
purchasing value of control inflation.
money;

The condition of being

inflated
143. INFLUENTIAL Having great influence The businessman was
on someone very influential.
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144. INFUSE Fill or pervade The government is

considering infusing capital
into the public sector banks.
145. INHIBIT Hinder, restrain, or Extreme cold inhibited the
prevent growth of plants.
146. INSIST Demand something They insisted on carrying
forcefully, not accepting badge.
refusal.
147. INSTIGATE Incite someone to do He was the one
something, especially who instigated he mob.
something bad.
148. INSUFFICIENT Not enough; My efforts
inadequate were insufficient for getting a
place in office.
149. INSURRECTION A violent uprising against The insurrection was put
an authority or down by the Chinese
government. authorities.
150. INTEGRITY The quality of being Ram was a man of
honest and having strong complete integrity.
moral principles.
151. INTERCEPT Obstruct someone or The NIA intercepted hundreds
something to prevent of phone calls.
them from continuing to
a destination
152. INTERMEDIARY A person who acts as a The intermediary was very
link between people in kind and helpful.
order to try and bring
about an agreement
153. INTIMIDATE Frighten someone The government issued several
especially in order to diktats in order
make them do what one to intimidate the civilians.
wants.
154. INTRICATE Very complicated or The engineers were unable to
detailed understand
the intricate designs.
155. INVOKE Appeal to someone or The Gardener invokes him as
something as an his protector.
authority for an action or
in support of an
argument
156. LAPSE A brief or temporary Her lapse of concentration in
failure of concentration, the first half of the match cost
memory, or judgement her the match.
157. LAWLESSNESS A state of disorder due There was a state
to a disregard of the law of lawlessness in the city after
the rumours of bomb in local
trains.
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158. LEGITIMATE Conforming to the law or His claims were legitimate.

to rules
159. LIABILITY A person or thing whose Deposits are liability to the
presence or behaviour is bank as they must pay interest
likely to put one at a on it.
disadvantage
160. LOBBYING Seek to influence a The businessman
legislator on an issue uses lobbying for the license
of the factory.
161. LOGISTIC The detailed The logistics firms were
organization and inadequate in their efforts to
implementation of a deliver at time.
complex operation;
the commercial activity
of transporting goods to
customers
162. LYNCH A group of people) kill Lynch mobs have become
someone for an alleged uncontrollable these days in
offence without a legal many parts of the country.
trial
163. MAILGN Evil in nature or effect The group maligned the
reputation of the colony.
164. MANDATE An official order or The government issued
commission to do a mandate to seek the release
something; of the political prisoners.

Require something to be
done; make mandatory
165. MANOEUVRE A carefully planned or Magician performed
cunning scheme or daring manoeuvres in the
action show.
166. MARGINALIZE treat a person, group, or The demands of farmers
concept as insignificant are marginalized.
167. MARRED Impair the quality or Violations marred the spirit of
appearance of; celebrations of the festival.

Spoil
168. MEDIATE Bring about an His efforts to mediate a
agreement or solution by resolution of the matter came
intervening in a dispute. out to be of great help.

169. MILESTONE A significant stage or The invention of the steam

event in the engine was a milestone in the
development of history of transportation.
something
170. MOB A large crowd of people, The police had to control the
especially one that is violent mob after the protest.
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disorderly and intent on

causing trouble or
violence.
171. MOCKERY Teasing and ridiculing It was a mockery of the law.
behaviour directed at a
person or thing.
172. MULTILATERAL Agreed upon or The three countries
participated in by three had multilateral negotiations.
or more parties,
especially the
governments of different
countries
173. MYSTIFY Make obscure or The lawyers were accused
mysterious of mystifying the legal system
for the common man.
174. NEGLIGENT Failing to take proper He behaved
care over something very negligent during the
entire drive.
175. NIGGLE Cause slight but He was very niggling in his
persistent annoyance, approach.
discomfort, or anxiety
176. NUANCE A subtle difference in or They were very familiar with
shade of meaning, the nuances of the local
expression, or sound dialect.
177. OBLIGATION An act or course of She did not fulfil
action to which a person her obligations.
is morally or legally
bound
178. OBSTINATE Refusing to change one’s She was very obstinate in her
opinion or chosen course demands.
of action, despite
attempts to persuade
one to do so
179. OFFEND To displease or cause The small gang of
hurt to someone; criminals offend again and
again.
Commit an illegal act
180. OMNIBUS A volume containing He recently bought
several books previously the omnibus of the trilogy.
published separately
181. ONUS Something that is one's The onus of sending
duty or responsibility. everybody home safely was on
me.
182. OPTICS The scientific study of Optics is a very interesting
sight and the behaviour topic to study.
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The properties of
transmission and
deflection of other forms
of radiation.
183. ORDEAL A very unpleasant and
prolonged experience
184. OUTRAGEOUS Shockingly bad or
excessive
185. OVERRULE Reject or disallow by
exercising one’s superior
authority
186. OVERSHOT Go past an intended
stopping or turning point
inadvertently;
Exceed a financial target
or limit
187. OVERTONE A subtle or subsidiary
quality, implication, or
connotation
188. PAEDOPHILIA Sexual feelings directed
towards children
189. PALPABLE Feeling or atmosphere so
intense as to seem
almost tangible
190. PARADIGM A typical example or
pattern of something
191. PARAPHRASE Express the meaning of
(something written or
spoken) using different
words, especially to
achieve greater clarity.
192. PARTISAN A strong supporter of a
party, cause, or person
193. PLUNGE Fall suddenly and
uncontrollably;
Suffer a rapid decrease
in value
194. POST-PARTUM Following childbirth or
the birth of young.
195. PRECAUTION A measure taken in
advance to prevent
something dangerous
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I don’t intend to recollect your
ordeal in prison.
Everybody was shocked by
her outrageous behaviour in
the party.
The high court overruled the
sessions court judgement.
They overshot the original
destination.
The decision will have
political overtones.
The man was accused
of paedophilia.
His father’s death brought
a palpable sense of loss to the
family.
The change adopted by the
party was a paradigm shift
from the convention.
You can paraphrase the text
instead of copying.
The partisans initiated the
feud.
The prices of the
vegetables plunged to great
extent.
The custom of post-
partum was absent in their
household.
Precautions should be taken
while driving in a hilly area.
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196. PRIORITY The fact or condition of The safety of the occupants

being regarded or should be the priority.
treated as more
important than others.
197. PRIVILEGE A special right, Being a star child, she had
advantage or immunity many privileges.
granted to a person or
group
198. PRO BONO Denoting work The lawyer was representing
undertaken without the family pro bono.
charge especially legal
work for a client on low
income
199. PROHIBITION Formally forbid Cigarette smoking was
something by law, rule, strictly prohibited inside the
or other authority premises.
200. PROROGUE Discontinue a session of Shiv prorogued the
(a parliament or other parliamentary session.
legislative assembly)
without dissolving it
201. PROSECUTE Conduct legal They will be prosecuted for
proceedings against a breaking the laws.
person or organization
202. PROTOCOL The accepted or The princess went against
established code of the protocol in front of the
procedure or behaviour king.
in any group,
organization, or situation
203. PROTRACTED Lasting for a long time or The bitter and protracted land
longer than expected or dispute troubled the villagers.
usual.
204. PRUDENT Acting with or showing She was prudent enough to
care and thought for the not take such immature
future financial decisions.
205. QUANTUM A required or allowed The court will decide on
amount, especially an the quantum of compensation
amount of money legally that is to be paid to the family.
payable in damages
206. QUASH Reject as invalid The conviction
especially by legal was quashed by a PIL.
procedure
207. QUO WARRANTO A writ or legal action Ravi had to go through
requiring a person to rigorous quo
show by what warrant warranto proceedings.
an office or franchise is
held, claimed, or
exercised
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208. RATIONALISE Attempt to explain or She always tried to rationalise

justify behaviour or an her bizarre ideas.
attitude with logical
reasons
209. READINESS The state of being fully The
prepared for something country’s readiness towards
the hazard saved many lives.
210. REASSURE Say or do something to I reassured her of her
remove the doubts and capabilities.
fears of someone
211. REASSURING Say or do something to Mother tried to reassure her
remove the doubts and daughter after the assault.
fears of someone
212. RECAPTURE Recover something The American
taken or lost military recaptured the lost
territory.
213. RECONCILE Restore friendly relations The enemy countries tried
to reconcile.
214. RECONCILIATON The restoration of The neighbouring nations had
friendly relations. a quick reconciliation after the
conflict.
215. REFERENDUM A general vote by the The country conducted
electorate on a single a referendum on the decision
political question which of moving out of the European
has been referred to council.
them for a direct
decision.
216. REGULARIZE Make something regular. The efforts to regularize the
heartbeat went in vain.
217. REIGNITE Ignite or cause to ignite Burners got reignited when
again. blown slightly.
218. REINSTATE Restore (someone or His actions reinstated my faith
something) to their in humanity.
former position or state
219. REMISS Lacking care or attention It would be very remiss of me
to duty; if I do not follow the traffic
rules.
Negligent
220. REMUNERATIVE Financially rewarding; The labourers found the
mining job
Lucrative reasonably remunerative.
221. REORIENT Change the focus or The nations
direction of started reorienting their
policies after the slowdown.
222. REPATRIATION The return of someone The soldier was repatriated to
to their own country his country after twenty-two
years in prison.
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223. REPEAL Repeal or revoke The ordinance passed by the

previous chief minister
was repealed by the newly
elected chief minister.
224. REPERCUSSION An unintended He warned the team of
consequence of an event the repercussions of the
or action decision.
225. REPRESSIVE Inhibiting or restraining The regime of the Chinese
personal freedom government is
quite repressive.
226. REQUISITE A thing that is necessary Requisite changes need to be
for the achievement of a made in the plans.
specified end
227. REQUISITIONING Demand the use or The official ordered
supply of something by the requisitioning of the
official order; building for personal usage.

An official order laying

claim to the use of
property or materials
228. RESENTMENT Bitter indignation at When she didn’t win the first
having been treated prize, resentment surrounded
unfairly her.
229. RESOLUTION A firm decision to do or He was keen on his new
not to do something year resolution.
230. RESTRICTIVE Imposing restrictions on The company was restrictive
someone’s activities or of its employees to use excess
freedom data in office.
231. RETALIATION The action of returning a Indian army retaliated against
military attack; the terrorist groups.
Counter-attack
232. REVIVE Restore to life or The men revived after they
consciousness. were given proper treatment.
233. REVOKE Officially cancel His sentence was revoked by
the authorities.
234. SALUTARY Beneficial; We have failed to
draw salutary lessons from our
Especially with reference earlier failures.
to something
unwelcome or
unpleasant producing
good effects
235. SCATHE Harm or injure. He was not scathed by the
fires.
236. SECTARIAN Denoting or concerning a The new law will create
sect or sects a sectarian divide.
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237. SEDITION Conduct a speech
inciting people to rebel
against the authority
238. SEIZURE The action of capturing
someone or something
using force.
239. SELF-DEFEATING Preventing rather than
achieving a desired
result;
Futile
240. SEMBLANCE The outward appearance
or apparent form of
something, especially
when the reality is
different.
241. SHORTCOMING A fault or failure to meet
a certain standard
242. SIGNIFICANTLY A sufficiently great or
important way as to be
worthy of attention
243. SKEPTICISM Doubt as to the truth of
something
244. SKEW An oblique angle;
A bias towards one
group or subject
245. SLUMP Sit, lean, or fall heavily
and limply;
Undergo a sudden
severe or prolonged fall
in price, value, or
amount
246. SNOOP Investigate or look
around to find out
something especially
information about
someone's private affairs
247. SPECTRUM A band of colours, as
seen in a rainbow;
Used to classify
something in terms of its
position on a scale
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with sedition.
The builders conducted an
illegal seizure of the factory.
The self-defeating efforts
brought quite a lot of disquiet
in the group.
The ceasefire brought about
a semblance of peace in the
country.
The shortcomings in the plan
cost the company millions.
The bills
increased significantly this
month.
It is good to maintain a
healthy skepticism about fad
diets recommended by
dietitians.
The skewed sex-ratio was a
clear indication of the
situation.
The prices of the
land slumped after the
government interference.
You should stop snooping into
our private matters.
He was on the right of the
political spectrum.
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between two extreme

points
248. SPIKE A thin, pointed piece of The government was worried
metal, wood, or another after the sudden spikes in the
rigid material; prices of oil barrel.

A sharp increase in the

magnitude or
concentration of
something
249. SPORADIC occurring at irregular Sporadic riots took place in the
intervals; city.
scattered or isolated
250. STAKEHOLDER A person with an interest All the stakeholders’ interests
or concern in something, should be taken into
especially a business consideration.
251. STATUTORY Permitted or enacted by SEBI is a statutory body.
statute.
252. STEADFAST Resolutely or dutifully Joy was a man
firm and unwavering of steadfast loyalty.
253. STEWARDSHIP The job of supervising or The funding
taking care of something, and stewardship of building
such as an organization business.
or property.
254. STRATEGIC Relating to the The organization
identification of long- needed strategic planning for
term interests and the its growth.
means of achieving
them.
255. STRINGENT Strict The girl’s hostel had put forth
some very stringent rules.
256. STRINGENT Strict, precise, and The stringent regulations
exacting evoked resentment in the
members of the party.
257. SUBSEQUENT Coming after something Earthquake
in time; following was subsequently followed y
heavy rains.
258. SUBSTANTIAL Of considerable Breakfast is of substantial
importance, size, or importance.
worth.
259. SURGE A sudden powerful The company predicted a
forward or upward 20% surge in the prices of the
movement; shares.

A sudden large increase,

typically a temporary
one
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260. SURVEILLANCE Close observation, The surveillance conducted

especially of a suspected last month proved to be futile.
spy or criminal
261. SUSPECT Believe or feel that The trespassers
someone is guilty of an were suspected of the crime.
illegal act without certain
proof.
262. SUSPICION A feeling or thought that I had a suspicion that they
something is possible or were secretly dating.
true
263. TEETERING Move or balance She had to teeter after him in
unsteadily; sway back her sandals.
and forth.
264. TEMPER A person’s state of mind He was infamous because of
seen in terms of their his bad temper.
being angry or calm
265. TEMPTATION The desire to do The temptation to eat
something, especially chocolates can be very harmful
something wrong or for a diabetic person.
unwise
266. TOPPLE Cause to overbalance The government toppled when
and fall. MLAs took away their support.
267. TRAJECTORY Course, route, path, trac The missile’s trajectory could
k, not be predicted anymore.

268. TRANSFUSED Transfer blood or its The blood transfusion was not
components from one done with precautions and
person or animal to safety.
another
269. TRANSMISSIBLE Capable of being This is the list
transmitted from one of transmissible diseases.
person to another
270. TRESPASS Enter someone’s land or Strangers should not trespass
property without the premises.
permission
271. TRIUMPHALISM It is the attitude or belief It is foolish to use the language
that a doctrine, religion, of triumphalism in this era.
culture, or social system
is superior to and should
triumph over all others
272. UNANIMOUSLY Without opposition; with The party
the agreement of all members unanimously agreed
people involved to make Rajiv Prajapati the
chief minister.
273. UNAPPROVED Not officially accepted or The builder started working on
sanctioned the unapproved plans.
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274. UNCEREMONIOUSLY With a lack of courtesy The employee

was unceremoniously dumped
by the company.
275. UNDERWHELMING Fail to impress or make a The underwhelming performa
positive impact on nce of the group disappointed
someone; the judges.

disappoint.
276. UNDERWRITE Accept a liability or risk The insurance company
under the terms of an has underwritten just half of
insurance policy; the risk.
guaranteeing payment in
case loss or damage
occurs
277. UNPREDICTABILITY Inability to be predicted The unpredictability of
meteorological department
about the storm caused
widespread destruction.
278. UNSCRUPULOUS Having or showing no The unscrupulous landlord
moral principles; extracted extra money from
the poor tenants.
Not honest or fair
279. UNTOWARD Unexpected and They behaved as if
inappropriate or nothing untoward had
inconvenient. happened.
280. UPGRADE Raise something to a The version of android
higher standard operating system
was upgraded.
281. UPHEAVAL A violent or sudden The IL&FS crisis
change or disruption to caused upheavals in the
something financial markets.
282. UPTREND An upward tendency, The uptrend in sales was seen
especially a rise in after she joined the team.
economic value
283. VANDALIZE Deliberately destroy or The buses and shops
damage public or private were vandalized by the angry
property mob.
284. VENGEFUL Seeking to harm His actions towards the
someone in return employee were vengeful.
285. VIGILANTE A member of a self- The vigilante groups visited
appointed group of every park on valentine’s day.
citizens who undertake
law enforcement in their
community without legal
authority
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286. VINDICTIVE Having or showing a The criticism was vindictive.

strong or desire for
revenge
287. VIOLATE Break or fail to comply I was the only one
with a rule or formal who violated the rules of the
agreement company.
288. WAIVER Refrain from insisting on Her tuition fees would be
or using a right or claim waived.
289. WHEREABOUTS Where or approximately Are you aware of
where her whereabouts?
290. WIELD Have and be able to use The regional parties wielded
power or influence; enormous powers in the
hold and use a weapon region.
or tool
291. WIELDING Have and be able to use The minister wielded his
power or influence powers to seek revenge.
292. ZEALOUS Having or showing zeal Bureaucrats were
very zealous in implementing
the new regulations.

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