Vocabulary

& Phrasal verbs

By Tarun Grover
In this course, we’ll study :-

 Phrasal verbs (200)

 Frequently used words (200)
 Trending words (150)
 Previous year words (150)
Word :-

 Part of speech
 Meaning
 Sentence
 Synonyms
Timing :-

 Monday to Friday

 6:30 pm
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Phrasal verbs
Account for
1. Account for - to give a reason or explanation for
(something)
• How do you account for your success?

to be the cause of (something)

• These new features account for the computer's higher
price.

to make up or form (a part of something)

• Women account for only 25 percent of our employees.
Ask for
2. Ask for (something) - to try to obtain by requesting:

• He asked for help.

• They asked their boss for more money, but he refused.
Ask for
3. Ask for (someone) - to request to see or talk to
(someone)

• Unhappy with the service, he asked for the store

manager.
• There's someone on the phone asking for you.
Back out
4. Back out - withdraw from a commitment.

• You agreed to come. You can't back out now!

• We’re hoping that no one will back out of the deal.
Back up
5. Back up - to give support to someone

• If I ask for more money will you back me up?

• The Secretary General says the declaration must now be
backed up by concrete and effective actions.

If traffic backs up, the vehicles have to wait in a long line

because there are too many of them:
• The traffic began to back up.
Frequently used words
Amass
1. Amass (V.) - to collect or gather - to get a large amount
of something, especially money or information, by
collecting it over a long period.

Syno- assemble, accumulate

Example-
•she has amassed a huge fortune from her novels
•she is amassing a lot of data for her thesis.
Acrimonious

2. Acrimonious (Adj.) - full of anger, arguments and bad

feeling - angry and bitter – acid

Example-
•An acrimonious dispute about wages.
•Their marriage ended 8 years ago in an acrimonious
divorce.
Anomaly
3. Anomaly (N.) - irregularity - something that deviates from
what is standard, usual and expected.

Syno- abnormality, irregularity, inconsistency, incongruity,

deviation

Example-
•There are a number of anomalies in the present system.

Hint- anomaly- abnormality

Aptitude

4. Aptitude (N.) - a natural ability, or skill

Syno- talent, fitness, gift, skill, ability

Example-
•My son has no aptitude for sport.
Alimony
5. Alimony (N.) - payment to divorced wife

Syno- maintenance, support, provision

Example-
•He is said to have paid 3 lakh alimony to his first
wife.

Hint- Ali+mony= all I need is money, not my husband.

Atone
6. Atone (V.) - to do something that shows that you are sorry
for something bad you did or make amends for -

Syno- compensate

Example-
•You must atone for the injustice you have done to innocent
people.
Ambiguous
7. Ambiguous (Adj.) - expressing more than one
possible meaning sometimes intentionally

Syno- equivocal, ambivalent

Example-
•His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
•The wording of the agreement is ambiguous.
Abjure
8. Abjure (V.) - publicly renounce or give up - a belief,
cause, claim.

Example-
You must abjure the pursuit of sinful acts.

Hint- abjure, think it like "injure". When you are

injure you give up.
Adjure
9. Adjure (V.) - ask for or request - command
solemnly

Example-
•I adjure you to tell me the truth.
•The judge adjured him to answer the question
truthfully.

Hint- ad+ jure= jury always commands

Allege
10. Allege (V.) - claim or assert that someone has done
something illegal or wrong, without giving proof.

Syno- state or proclaim

Example-
•She alleged that she has been assualted.
Acme
11. Acme (N.) - the highest level attainable

Syno- top, apex, pinnacle

Example-
•To act on this world famous stage is surely the acme of
any actor's carrer.

Hint- Like acne- highest point on skin (pimple)

Acme- highest point in one's work.
Analogy
12. Analogy (N.) - drawing a comparison in order to
show some similarity in some respect., typically for
the purpose of explanation and clarification.

Example-
•he drew an analogy btw the brain and a vast
computer.
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