Frequently Used Words by Tarun Grover

1. Amass (V.
) -इकट्ठा करना, to collect or gather - to get a large amount of

something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long
period.
Example-
1) She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels
2) She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis.
Syno- assemble, accumulate
Hint- amass ~ add masses and hence to collect things.
2. Acrimonious (Adj.) – कटु , full of anger, arguments and bad feeling -

angry and bitter – acid
Example-
1) An acrimonious dispute about wages.
2) Their marriage ended 8 years ago in an acrimonious divorce.
Syno - acrid, bitter, embittered, hard, rancorous, resentful, sore
Hint - a+cri+monious...take cri as cry.....stinging bitter words hurt and

make people cry
3. Anomaly (N.) – अननयनमतता, something that deviates from what is

standard, usual and expected.
Example-
1) There are a number of anomalies in the present system.
2) The government does computer checks of tax returns to find
anomalies that might indicate fraud.
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Syno- abnormality, irregularity, inconsistency, incongruity, deviation
Hint- anomaly- abnormality
4. Aptitude (N.) - सहज योग्यता, a natural ability, or skill
Example-
1) My son has no aptitude for sport.
2) We will take your personal aptitudes and abilities into account.
Syno- talent, fitness, gift, skill, ability
Hint - remember this word from various “aptitude tests” ;which check
talent or IQ etc
5. Alimony (N.) - पररत्यक्ता पत्नी के निये वृ नि या जीनवका, payment to divorced

wife
Example-
1) He is said to have paid 3 lakh alimony to his first wife.
Syno- maintenance, support, provision
Hint- Ali+mony= all I need is money, not my husband.
6. Atone (V.) - प्रायनिि करना, to do something that shows that you are
sorry for something bad you did or make amends for
Example-
1) You must atone for the injustice you have done to innocent people.
2) The director of the company has expressed a wish to atone for her
past sins.
Syno- compensate, apologize, confess, deodorize, excuse, explain

away, extenuate
Hint - at+own(one) - he realized his mistake ;at his own ; and wanted to
make amends for it..
7. Ambiguous (Adj.) – अस्पष्ट, expressing more than one possible meaning

sometimes intentionally
Example-
1) His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
2) The wording of the agreement is ambiguous.
Syno- equivocal, ambivalent
Hint - ambi means two/both..guous sounds like guess..both are wild

guess so its doubtful
8. Abjure (V.) – त्यागना, publicly renounce or give up - a belief, cause, and
claim.
Example-
1) You must abjure the pursuit of sinful acts.
2) He abjured his religion/his life of dissipation.
Syno - give up, desert, abandon, avoid, disclaim, eschew
Hint- abjure, think it like "injure". When you are injure you give up.
9. Adjure (V.) - शपथ िे कर कहना, ask for or request - command solemnly
Example-
1) I adjure you to tell me the truth.
2) The judge adjured him to answer the question truthfully.
Syno - beg, beseech, entreat, implore, importune
Hint- ad+ jure= jury always commands
10. Allege (V.) – आरोप, claim or assert that someone has done something
illegal or wrong, without giving proof.
Example-
1) She alleged that she has been assaulted.
2) She is alleged to have been at the center of an international drug
ring.
Syno- replant, reseat, allege, book, transplant, attribute
Hint - all ege(is)not fine when there is a statement without proof..
11. Acme (N.) – नशखर, the highest level attainable
Example-
1) To act on this world famous stage is surely the acme of any actor's
career.
2) Chaplin‟s "City Lights" marked the acme of his filmmaking career.
Syno- top, apex, pinnacle
Hint- Like acne- highest point on skin (pimple) Acme- highest point in
one's work.
12. Analogy (N.) – समानता, drawing a comparison in order to show

some similarity in some respect. Typically for the purpose of explanation
and clarification.
Example-
1) He drew an analogy between the brain and a vast computer.
2) A formal analogy is thereby built between them.
Syno - equality, similarity, parity, parallelism, affinity
13. Appraise (V.) - मूल्ाां कन करना, to assess or judge the quality or value of
something
Example-
1) At the end of each teaching practice, trainee teachers are asked to
appraise their own performance.
-मभल्य निर्धाऩरत करिध set a price on, value, price
Example-
1) They appraised the painting at Rs. 1 lakh
Syno- assess, estimate, evaluate, judge, rate, review.
14. Adage (N.) – कहावत, a wise saying, proverb
Example-
1) He remembered the old adage "truth shall prevails".
2) However, the old adage that a book can never be judged by its cover
rings true here.
Syno – saying, proverb, maxim, posy, gnome
Hint- ad+age = generally old people tell us the proverb
15. Adversity (N.) – कनिनाई, a difficult or unpleasant situation
Example-
1) She was always cheerful in adversity.
2) Adversity brings out the best qualities in a person.
Syno- misfortune, difficulty, hardship, distress, affliction, poverty.
Hint- after the university when you are jobless, you are in adversity -
misfortune, a great hardship.
16. Absolve (V.) - मुक्त्ि करना, declare someone free from guilt, punishment
and obligation/ responsibility
Example-
1) The report absolved her from/of all the blame of accident.
2) I absolve you from this responsibility.
Syno- exonerate, vindicate, acquit, exculpate, discharge.
Hint- releasing the person from jail, policeman says 'you can go I have
SOLVED the crime, turns out you are innocent after all.
17. Abscond (V.) - फ़रार होना, hide, run away secretly - to go away suddenly
and secretly in order to escape from someone, somewhere.
Example-
1) The prisoners absconded last night.
2) She absconded from boarding school with her boyfriend.
Syno- escape, flee
Hint- ab + scond = absent in a second. When you are absent in a
second, you run away or hide.
18. Affray (N.) – दां गा, a group fight in a public place
Example-
1) Shaka was charged with causing an affray.
2) He'd got into a drunken brawl in a bar.
Syno- brawl- a noisy fight and altercation.
Hint- affray - afra tafri mach gayi, matlab ladai ho gayi.
19. Annihilate (V.) - सत्यानाश करना, to destroy something completely so that

nothing is left
Example-
1) A nuclear bomb can annihilate the all humanity.
2) So far there is nothing that can annihilate cancer.
Syno- kill destroy, obliterate.
Hint- annihilate- eliminate- you destroy completely.
-Obliterate- िधमो निशधि नमटध दे िध - destroy utterly, wipe out.
Example-
1) The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
2) All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.
Syno - abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean
Hint- obliterate- ol+b+literate = destroy illiteracy completely.
20. Affable (Adj.) – नमिनसार, friendly, good natured, easy to talk
Example-
1) An affable and agreeable companion.
2) He struck me as an affable sort of a man.
Syno- amiable, friendly, genial, congenial, pleasing, cordial.
Hint- affable= sociable- lovable- laughable
21. Amalgamate (V.) - एक होना, to combine or unite to form one structure

and organization
Example-
1) He amalgamated his company with another.
2) The electricians' union is planning to amalgamate with the
technicians union.
Syno- combine, merge, unite, integrate, fuse, consolidate, mingle
Hint- a+male+game+mate= game in which male partners will be united
22. Apprise (V.) - सूनित करना, inform or to tell someone
Example-
1) The minister was apprised of the dangerous situation.
2) The press reporters were apprised of The Cabinet Ministers
decisions.
Syno- inform, notify, tell, make aware.
Hint- one who will inform will get prize.
23. Arduous (Adj.) – कनिन, difficult and tiring and needed a lot of effort and
energy
Example-
1) An arduous journey
2) An arduous climb
Syno- laborious, strenuous, vigorous, back-breaking, stiff, herculean,

onerous, hard heavy, gruelling (task)
Hint- arduous= hard to do for us
24. Apprehend (V.) - पकड़ना , arrest someone for a crime
Example-
1) The police have finally apprehended the killer.
2) The police apprehended a thief.
Syno- arrest, catch, capture, seize
-समझिध, to understand something or perceive
Example-
1) She immediately apprehended the problem.
Syno- comprehend= apprehend, realize, perceive, realize, grasp
Hint- up your hands said the FBI
25. Ameliorate (V.) - सुधरना, improve or make better - to make a bad or
unpleasant situation better
Example-
1) Unless we ameliorate the condition of the working class, we cannot
expect the prosperity of the country.
2) Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought.
Syno - amend, better, enhance, enrich, help, improve
Hint- Ameli= imli, imli improves the taste of the food
26. Amnesty (N.) - अपराध-क्षमा, a situation in which a government agrees

not to punish, or to no longer punish, people who have committed a
particular crime
Example-
1) The government has announced an immediate amnesty for rebel
fighters
Syno- reprieve, absolution, forgiveness, pardon, remission, remittal
Hint- because of his Honesty he got amnesty And I+am+nasty = i am

nasty but my parents generally pardon my mistakes.
27. Ancillary (Adj.) – सहायक, providing support or help- to the primary

activities or operation of an organization
Example-
1) Ancillary staff
2) Ancillary workers
Syno- auxiliary = ancillary, supplementary, accessory

28. Agrarian (Adj.) - relating to cultivation of land, agriculture
Example-
1)This is a prime agrarian land.
2) Inspite of agrarian reforms, Indian agriculture has not shown
remarkable progress.
-an agrarian place or country makes its money from farming rather
than industry
Example-
1) This part of country is mainly agrarian.
Hint- agrarian= agri= agriculture or related to rural
29. Abrasive – किोर, rude or unfriendly or offensive
Example-
1) Nobody likes her for her abrasive and haughty behavior.
2) An unpleasant abrasive personality.
- पफसिे यध रगड़िे कफ वस्तब A substance used for polishing, cleaning a

hard surface by rubbing or grinding
Example-
1) An abrasive cleaner
2) An abrasive powder
Syno - aggravating, annoying, bothersome, carking, chafing, disturbing
Hint- abrasive- aggressive- harsh offensive= abrasive
30. Amulet (N.) – तावीज़, an ornament or small piece of jewelry thought to
give protection against evil, danger or disease
Example-
1) Sahil always wear an amulet around his neck.
Syno- lucky charm, charm against evil, talisman, mascot
Hint- Amulet- locket- bracelet
31. Blatant (Adj.) – खुिा / खु ल्लम-खुल्ला, of bad behavior, done openly and
unashamedly
Example-
1) A blatant lie.
2) Blatant disregard of law.
Syno- Flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, evident,

blazing
-conspicuously and offensively loud
Example-
1) Blatant DJ
2) Blatant Mob
Syno- clamant, clamorous, vociferous.
Hint- Blatant- BLOW an enemy TANK will rise uproar among the
soldiers.
32. Bantering (N.) - हां सी-नदल्लगी करना / मज़ाक, good humored and teasing
conversation Or conversation that is funny and not serious
Example-
1) Even his bantering was considered offensive.
2) All this was said in a bantering tone.
Hint- bantering- ban tearing and to ban tears we crack jokes and do
joyful talks.
33. Broach (V.) - बात उिाना, to bring up a difficult subject or debate for
discussion
Example-
1) He broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening
2) At some point we have got to discuss money but i don't know how to
broach the subject with him.
Syno- raise, introduce, bring up, mention
Hint- when a boy appROACH the girl for the first time, he needs to
broach something.
34. Bereft (Adj.) – वां नित, deprived of or lacking of something
Example-
1) Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope.
2) Her room was dark and bereft of color.
- महरूम, of a person sad or lonely, especially through someone's

death and departure
Example-
1) His husband death in 1990 left her bereft.
Syno - bereaved, bankrupt, bare, barren, destitute, devoid, void
Hint- Be+ reft= sounds like left, imagine a man who is left alone after
his girlfriend left him or deprived of someone lovable.
35. Bleak (Adj.) – बेरांग, dismal or gloomy, cold or unpleasant
Example-
1) A bleak midwinter's day.
- कोई उम्मफद िध होिध, Offering little or no hope
Example-
1) The economic outlook is bleak.
Syno - dull, cheerless, desolate, wild, exposed, blank, disheartening,

melancholy
Hint - Bleak sounds like leak, when someone leak urine in his pants he
feels cold and cheerless
36. Bonanza (N.) – समृध्हह, a situation which creates a sudden increase in
wealth, good fortunes or profit
Example-
1) April was a bonanza month for car sales.
2) The legacy left by his uncle proved bonanza for him and his family
Syno- windfall, jackpot, godsend, sudden gain, boom, boon, gold rush,
blessing
Hint- bonanza comes from bonus that is something carrying good luck
for you.
37. Bellicose (Adj.) – िड़ाकू, warlike aggressive and ready to fight)

( demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight )
Example-
1) Pakistan is a bellicose nation.
2) Bellicose young officers.
Syno- belligerent, aggressive, hostile, militant, warlike,
Hint- Belli+cose= belly cause= belli we can remember as sumo's with

huge bellis will fight each other so bellicose means warlike
38. Bereavement (N.) – नवयोग, death of a close relation and friend
Example-
1) She has recently suffered a bereavement.
Syno- loss, deprivation
Hint- be + leave + ment = this is state when someone leave us forever.

39. Berate (V.) - गािी दे ना, to scold or criticize someone angrily
Example-
1) She berate herself for being fickle.
2) The father berated his son for being negligent in his study.
Syno- rebuke, reprimand, censure, reproach, reprove, admonish,

chastise, upbraid, castigate, lambaste
Hint- berate= B+rate if you will watch b rated movie you will be soclded
or criticize.
40. Beneficiary (N.) – नहतानधकारी, person entitled to benefits
Example-
1) Those living below poverty line are the beneficiary of this scheme.
2) He was the chief beneficiary of his father's will.
Syno - assignee, devisee, grantee, heir, heir at law, inheritor, legatee
Hint - BENE(root for GOOD) and FICIARY sounds like fishry...so if the
fisherman does GOOD FISHRY, he will RECIEVE ITS BENEFI
41. Betroth (V.) - सगाई करना, formally engage someone to be married
Example-
1) She was betroth to her fiancé last month.
2) Her parents betrothed her to the boy of the neighboring village.
Syno - affiance, commit, engage, pledge, promise, propose, espouse,

marry.
Hint- don't plan to get married otherwise I BET ki tu ROTHA hua

aayega.
42. Bestow (V.) - प्रदान करना, to give something as honor or present or right
/ confer
Example-
1) Nature has bestowed many gifts on man.
2) Bestowed high praise on the winners.
Prepo- bestow-on
Syno - afford, confer, donate, give
Hint- best people are bestowed with awards and trophies
43. Bid (N.) (V.) – बोिी, an offer of a price, especially an auction
Example-
1) I made a bid of $150 dollar for the paintings.
Syno- offer, tender, proposal
- प्रयधस an attempt or effort to achieve something
Example-
1) He made a bid for power in 1984.
Syno- attempt, effort, endeavor, try
44. Baneful (Adj.) – नवनाशकारी, extremely harmful / poisonous, ruinous
Example-
1) Drugs have baneful effect on the mind of the youth.
2) The baneful effects of corruption.
Syno – deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious
Hint- baneful- painful, extremely harmful
45. Bravado (N.) – वाहवाही, a show of courage and boldness intended to

impress or intimidate/ a swaggering show of Courage
Example-
1) He is full of bravado. But really he's a coward.
2) Retired soldiers often assume the airs of bravado.
Syno - boastfulness, bombast, braggadocio, strut, swagger,
triumphalism
Hint- brave+do= act like brave but not brave, pretended bravery
46. Besmirch (V.) - कीिड़ उछािना, damage someone's reputation
Example-
1) He had besmirched the good name of his family.
2) The opposition always tries to besmirch the reputation of the ruling
party.
Syno - befoul, begrime, bemire, blacken, daub, dirty, distain, foul
Hint- bes+mirch = kisi ki achi reputation pe mirchi laga k bigadna
47. Berserk (Adj.) - बहुत उतेनजत या हृोनधत, out of control with anger or
excitement, wild or frenzied
Example-
1) My mother will go berserk (be extremely angry) when she finds out I
haven‟t filled water in cooler.
2) A berserk worker who started smashing all the windows.
Syno- mad, crazy, insane, manic
Hint- be+ serk= sarak= sarak gaya hai ye to gusse se
48. Breach (N.) - उल्लां घन करना, an act of breaking a law, promise,
agreement and relationship/ violation of law duty and promise
Example-
1) He was sued for breach of contract.
- दरधर, an opening or gap btw things

Example-
1) A breach in the mountain wall.
Syno- contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass
Hint- breach- to break
Prepo- breach of
49. Bizarre (Adj.) – नवनित्र, very strange or unusual
Example-
1) A bizarre situation.
2) Bizarre behavior.
Syno- strange, peculiar, odd, offbeat, unconventional
Hint - sounds like bazaar; In India, BIZARRE(bazaar) looks STRANGE

and ODD to foreigners
50. Bode (V.) – भनवष्यव्दाणी, indicate by signs, of something that will happen
in the future, usually something very good or bad/ to be an omen of
Example-
1) The recent published figures bode well for the company's future.
2) These signs bode bad news.
Syno- foretell, or predict
Hint- forebode- bode, board= board exams decide your future.
51. Blasphemous (Adj.) – नतरस्कारी, words and actions that considered

offensive to god and religion
Example-
1) A blasphemous remark.
2) Critics attacked the film as blasphemous.
Syno – sacrilegious, profane, impious
Hint - B+LAST+FAMOUS...be famous for the last time because i will

bring you down by blasphem
52. Collusion (N.) – नमिीभगत, illegal or secret conspiracy or cooperation in

order to deceive others
Example-
1) The local M.P was found in collusion with the smugglers operating in
the town.
2) They worked in collusion with the terrorist network.
Syno- conspiracy, connivance, complicity
Hint- collu- ullu banaya, vo fraud nikla
53. Contingency (N.) – आकध्िकता, a possibility that must be prepared for,

a future emergency
Example-
1) Have you made any contingency plans?
2) My father always maintain contingency fund to meet with unforeseen
expenses.
Syno- eventuality, possibility, incident, happening, occurrence, accident
Hint- contingency= emergency
54. Condone (V.) -माफ करना, to accept or allow behavior that is considered
morally wrong or offensive
Example-
1) His fault is too serious to be condoned.
2) The college cannot condone any behavior that involves illicit drugs.
Syno- Overlook, forgive, disregard
Hint - if u use condom u will be forgiven by health and family welfare

department
55. Corroborate (V.) - पररपुष्ट करना, confirm or give support to - a statement,
theory or finding/ strengthen as with new evidence and facts/ make
more certain
Example-
1) Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.
2) The witness corroborated the accused's statement.
Syno- confirm, verify, endorse, authenticate, validate, certify
Hint- just focus on the borate part of this word, borate test is
confirmatory test in chemistry.
56. Conclave (N.) - गुप्त सभा, a private meeting
Example-
1) A conclave of political leaders.
Syno- gathering, conference, convention, convocation, council,
Hint- con+cave= conversation in cave= secret/confidential meeting
57. Construe (V.) -अथथ करना, to interpret - a word or action - in a particular

way.
Example-
1) Any changes to plan would be construed as indecision.
2) You can construe this idea in different ways.
Syno- understand, read, see, analyses, decode
Hint- you need to CONcentrate to decode TRUE message.
58. Cryptic (Adj.) – गुप्त, mysterious, hidden or difficult to understand
Example-
1) I got a cryptic text message from Chuchu.
2) Cryptic writing.
Syno- enigmatic, confusing, perplexing, puzzling, obscure, abstruse,

deep, mystifying
Hint- cypt sounds secret
59. Commensurate (Adj.) – अनुरूप, equal in proportion/ of the same size,

extent, duration as another
Example-
1) Your salary will be commensurate with skills, age and experience.
2) The income of Indian farmer is hardly commensurate with the labour
he has to do.
Syno- suitable, acceptable, equivalent, corresponding, comparable,

proportionate
Hint- SPLIT AS COMMON - ENSURED -RATE. WHICH MEANS, OUR

RATE WILL BE EQUAL TO THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT!
60. Commodious (Adj.) – नवशाि, roomy, spacious, comfortable
Example-
1) A commodious apartment
2) They moved to a more commodious dwelling.
Syno- capacious, ample, sizeable, large, big, broad, wide
Hint- something which can accommodate more commodity
61. Compunction (N.) – पछतावा, feeling of regret, remorse/ a slightly guilty

feeling about something you have done or might do
Example-
1) He stole the money without compunction.
2) Even the hard core criminals felt compunction at the injustice they
had done to the family of their rivals.
Syno - demur, qualm, scruple
Hint- Kampan - shivers, when you have done something wrong, you
shiver with guilt.
62. Callow (N.) – अनुभवहीन, of a young person, inexperienced or immature
Example-
1) Though he is a callow now, he will gain experience by and by.
2) We were just callow youths, but he made a huge effort to invite us to
his parties.
Syno - adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile,
raw
Hint- cal+low= low caliber, someone who has low caliber is

inexperienced
63. Chagrin (N.) – क्ले श, disappointment or annoyance, especially when

caused by failure and mistake
Example-
1) The defeat of our team filled us with chagrin.
Syno- annoyance, irritation, vexation, displeasure, anger,

embarrassment, embarrass
Hint- chai gir gayi on my pants making it very embarrassing for me.
64. Calibre (N.) - ability, capacity, talent and one's character as well
Example-
1) A musician of high calibre.
2) I was impressed by the high calibre of the candidates.
3) An executive of low calibre.
4) A man of high calibre (personal character)
65. Cede (V.) - हनथयार डाि दे ना, to surrender possession of / give up- power
of territory - Especially by treat, and unwillingly.
Example-
1) Indian should never cede an inch of land to any foreign country.
2) In 1857, the islands were ceded to Britain.
Syno- surrender, concede, relinquish, yield
66. Covert (Adj.) – गुप्त, hidden or implied - not openly acknowledged or

displayed
Example-
1) Covert military operations.
2) Covert jealousy.
Syno- secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak and

dagger, hole and corner
Hint- covert sounds like covered
67. Catastrophe (N.) - a sudden event that causes a great deal of damage
and destruction
Example-
1) The world is heading towards an environmental catastrophe. 2) A
catastrophe in the form of cyclone has struck the coastal cities of India
Syno- disaster, calamity, cataclysm, crisis, holocaust
68. Connivance (N.) - मौन सहमनत, willingness to allow or be involved in
illegal or immoral act - pretence of ignorance, overlook
Example-
1) This infringement of the law had been taken place with the
connivance of the officials.
2) Because of the teacher's connivance, the classroom bully was able
to harass many of his fellow students.
Syno- collusion, complicity, collaboration, involvement, assistance,

secret approval, tacit consent
69. Connive (V.) - अनदे खी करना, to cooperate secretly in an illegal or

wrongful action, collude
Example-
1) She connived with the senior official.
2) The two parties connived to get rid of the president. The two parties
connived to get rid of the president.
Syno - wink, collude, compass, conspire, contrive, intrigue, machinate
Hint- connive- cons- pire- conspire to do something
70. Countermand (V.) - रद्द करना, to cancel/ reverse/ revoke - a previously
issued command or order
Example-
1) An orders to arrest the strike leaders has been countermanded.
2) The election commission has countermanded the election of the
M.L.A for over spending in elections.
Syno- revoke, reverse, undo
Hint- counter+ command= so counter the previous command
71. Conflagration (N.) – अनिकाण्ड, a large fire that causes a lot of damage
Example-
1) All the stock was destroyed in a warehouse conflagration.
2) The conflagration spread rapidly through the wooden buildings.
-a large and violent event, such as a war, involving a lot of people
Example-
1) The govt. has turned a minor local problem into a full blown regional
conflagration.
Syno- fire, blaze, inferno, holocaust, firestorm
Hint- if you check the word flag in above word, watching our flag high
fills our hearts with extra josh and ignites a fire within us when we salute
it.
72. Compliant (Adj.) – अनुवती, willing to comply with, or obey the rules, in a
submissive way
Example-
1) A compliant labor force.
2) A person with a complaint nature.
Hint- one who never complains and obeys everything is compliant.
Syno- acquiescent, biddable, complaisant, cooperative, adaptable,

docile and flexible
73. Condign (Adj.) – अनुरूपतः , fitting, deserved, adequate - appropriate to

the crime or wrongdoing - of punishment or retribution
Example-
1) Condign punishment is rare when the criminal is a man of high social
standing.
2) No punishment, whatsoever is condign for rapist.
Syno - deserved, merited, meet, just, adequate
Hint- Condign.con+deserve,means to deserves."condign censure"
74. Chary (Adj.) – सावधान, cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do

something
Example-
1) I was chary of the risk involved.
2) Be chary of lending money to someone you don't know very well.
Syno- wary, cautious, circumspect, heedful, careful, mindful, watchful
Hint- chary sounds like wary- cautious
75. Coerce (V.) - जबरदस्ती करना, to persuade someone forcefully to do

something that they are unwilling to do
Example-
1) She was coerced by her husband into bringing money from her
parents.
2) To coerce someone into signing a document.
Syno- pressure, pressurize, repress, force, push
Hint- coerce sounds like force, when somebody is coercing you when
somebody is coercing you, they are forcing you to do something.
76. Confound (V.) - उिझन में डािना, to confuse and very much surprise
someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation
Example-
1) The inflation figure confounded economic analysts.
2) An elderly man from India, has confounded doctors by recovering
after he was officially declared dead
Syno- amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun,

stupefy, daze, non plus, befuddle,
Hint- confusion found- confound
77. Cavil (V.) – बाि की खाि ननकािना, complain
Example-
1) They caviled at the cost.
2) Please don't cavil about insignificant matters.
Syno- complain, carp, grumble, moan, find fault
78. Charisma (N.) - compelling attractiveness, spiritual grace - aura, charm
Example-
1) Narendra Modi has tremendous charisma and stage presence.
2) On screen Deepika has this great charisma so that you can't take
your eyes off her.
79. Castigate (V.) - criticize or punish
Example-
1) The thief was castigated by the police.
80. Carping (Adj.) – नछद्रान्वेषी, critical or complaining- tending to make petty

complaints, difficult to please
Example-
1) She has silenced the carping critics with a successful debut movie.
2) Carping critics were responsible for the miserable life of the English
poet, john.
Syno - faultfinding, nagging, caviling, sarcastic, severe, critical
Hint- car+parking= many people find fault in car parking style

81. Deleterious (Adj.) – ख़तरा, harmful
Example-
1) These drugs have proven deleterious effect on the nervous system.
2) The smoke has deleterious effect on public health.
Syno- detrimental, injurious, damaging, adverse,

unfavorable, undesirable
Hint - relate it to DELETE...so you DELETE all the spam mails because
they may BE HARMFUL to your PC.
82. Defile (V.) - हानन पहुां िाना, spoil the purity of something
Example-
1) The land was defiled was previous owner.
2) Defile a river with sewage.
Syno- pollute, to make filthy, dirty, spoil, sully, mar, debase, degrade
Hint - If you (de)FILE a case against him you will tarnish his image.
83. Dilapidation (N.) – जीणाथ वस्था, a state of deterioration due to old age or
long use
Example-
1) The mill was in state of dilapidation.
2) Ancients monuments in our town are in the state of dilapidation.
Syno - beat-up, bombed-out, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels
84. Disdain (N.) (V.) -अवहे िना करना, to consider to be unworthy of one's
consideration to regard or treat with contempt
Example-
1) He always disdains what he considers dishonest.
2) Critics who disdained the writers as a hack.
Syno - contempt, contemptuousness, despisement, despite,

despitefulness
Hint - try to relate it with WISDEN...Wisden is the official site that

honours cricketers...so DISDAIN is the opposite of that.
85. Dire (Adj.) - extremely serious or urgent – disastrous
Example-
1) Misuse of drugs can have dire consequences.
2) These people are in dire need of help.- urgent
3) He gave a dire warning that an earthquake was imminent.
86. Dissipate (V.) - दू र करना, with reference to feelings and emotions –

disappear
Example-
1) The concern she had felt for him had wholly dissipated.
2) His anger dissipated as the situation became clear.
Syno- disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve
- अपव्यय करिध, waste or fritter away - money, energy, or resources
Example-
1) He inherited but then dissipated his father's fortune.
2) The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere.
Syno- squander, misspend, waste.
Hint- di+SIP+ATE+ = a life of drinking and eating, thus spending a lot

and pursuing the pleasure.
87. Devout (Adj.) - religious, pious
Example-
1) My mother is devout and god fearing.
88. Dint (N.) – प्रयत्न, force or effort, power
Example-
1) He succeeded by dint of hard work.
2) She got what she wanted by dint of pleading and threatening.
Syno - cavity, concavity, dent, depression, hole, hollow, indentation,

indenture
Hint - In C programming if you write “ d int “; instead of “int d “ ; which is

a small error, But you ll have 2 make much EFFORTs 2 find the error.
89. Dormant (Adj.) – सुप्त, torpid, hidden, latent - not active
Example-
1) Adversity brings out dormant qualities in a person to overcome the
problems.
2) They have a huge reserve of latent talents.
Syno - asleep, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering, dead,

fallow
Hint - see the word DORMant, DORM is a dormitory a place to

sleep..so if you are sleeping you are inactive or lethargic..
90. Divulge (V.) - भेद खोिना, reveal, unravel, make known - private or
sensitive info
Example-
1) He tried to gain my favour by divulging the secrets of my friends.
2) Journalists do not divulge their sources.
Syno- disclose, tell, impart,
Hint- divulge- to indulge
91. Defunct (Adj.) - no longer existing, or functioning
Example-
1) Member of a now defunct communist organization.
2) A defunct political organization.
92. Delusion (N.) - a false belief or opinion - belief in something that is not
true
Example-
1) He is under the delusion that he will be promoted this year. 2) The
delusion of being watched.
3) We should never be under delusion about our capability.
Syno- misconception, misunderstanding, misbelief
-the action of deluding - deception, misleading
Example-
1) What a capacity television has for delusion.
93. Deplete (V.) - खािी करना, use up, supply - money and energy / reduced
or exhaust
Example-
1) Supplies are depleting fast. (Reduced)
2) India has recklessly depleted her forest resources after
independence.
Syno- exhaust, consume, expend, spend, drain, empty,
Hint- if you de(remove)+ from plate.. You will reduce its contents.
94. Debauch (V.) (N.) - हानन पहुां िाना, destroy or debase the moral purity of;
corrupt
Example-
1) Lenin said that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to
debauch the currency.
2) Debauch the young people with wine and women.
- अय्यधशफ, Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol and drugs.

Example-
1) A life of debauchery.
Syno - corrupt, debase, deprave, pervert, vitiate
95. Dovetail (V.) (N.) - सही तरह से करना, fit together - fit or cause to fit
together easily and conveniently
Example-
1) We tried to dovetails our plans with theirs.
2) You can be benefitted only if you dovetail these two schemes to cut
down the cost of the material.
Syno- coincide, match, fit, equate, harmonize, correspond
96. Decoy (N.) (V.) – प्रिोभन, lure or bait
Example-
1) They used a girl as the decoy to get him stop.
2) A goat is often used as a decoy by the hunters to catch a lion.
(v.) - प्रलोभि दे िध, Lure or entice, typically into a trap.
Example-
1) They would try to decoy the enemy towards the hidden groups.
Syno- lure, entice, induce
Hint- decoy sounds like DACOIT, what does a dacoit do? Lures victim
into danger. decoy traps animals and persons.
97. Daunt (V.) - भयभीत करना, To make someone feel slightly frightened or
worried about their ability to achieve something
Example-
1) She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.
2) Some people are daunted by the technology.
Syno- intimidate, dash, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off
Hint- daunt- haunt = if you are frightened you will be discouraged to go

into the haunted house.
-Intimidate (V.) - to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order

to persuade them to do something that you want them to do
Example-
1) The police intimidated the suspect into signing a false statement.
2) Her boss intimidates him.
98. Deride (V.) -मज़ाक उड़ाना, To laugh at someone or something in a way
that shows you think they are stupid or of no value.
Example-
1) He derided my singing as pathetic.
2) He is in the habit of deriding the achievements of his friends.
Syno- ridicule, mock
Hint- ride- ridicule
99. Debacle (N.) – सवथ नाश, a sudden or complete failure - because of bad
planning and organization – fiasco
Example-
1) The debacle of our team.
2) The collapse of the company was described as the greatest financial
debacle in US history.
Syno- fiasco, failure, catastrophe, disaster
Hint- DE- BUCKLE(belt)= as in belt's buckle got removed on the stage-

which is a complete disaster, or failure.
100. Deployment (N.) – पररननयोजन, spreading out troops - where they can be
used or needed
Example-
1) The chief of police ordered the deployment of 300 troops to try to
stop the rioting.
2) Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy.
Syno - distribution, classification, disposal, arrangement
101. Diffident (Adj.) – सांकोिी, shy or not confident of one's abilities
Example-
1) He was too diffident to express his opinion.
2) A successful teacher is not expected to be diffident.
Syno- shy, timid, modest, bashful, unconfident, unassertive
Hint- diffident- difficult to be confident.
102. Desecrate (V.) - अनादर करना, to violate the sacredness of something

holy or respected, profane/ Treat - a sacred thing or place - with violent
disrespect.
Example-
1) It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.
2) The rioters desecrated the religious places.
Syno- blasphemy, defilement, impiety, irreverence, profanation
Hint- de+scared= spoiling the sacredness of something
103. Dulcet (Adj.) – आनांदमय, sweet and soothing - sound/taste
Example-
1) As a singer jagjit singh is known for his dulcet voice.
2) Her beautiful, dulcet voice.
Syno- sweet- sounding, euphonious, soothing, mellow, pleasant
Hint- Dil se song sounds sweet to the ear.
104. Deranged (Adj.) – पागि, mad, insane
Example-
1) A deranged criminal.
2) A deranges mind.
Syno - balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse
Hint- de+range= to be off the mental range= insane
105. Demur (V.)- आपनि करना, raise objections or show reluctance - or refuse
Example-
1) The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge
demurred.
2) Normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred.
Syno- object, protest, refuse
(n.) - आपनि , the action of objecting or hesitating over something
Example-
1) They accepted this ruling without demur.
2) She agreed to his request without demur.
Syno- objection, protest, complaint, opposition, resistance
Hint- sounds like damn! You are wrong! OBJECT

106. Demure (Adj.) – शान्त, reserved, modest or shy= especially woman
Example-
1) A demure outfit.
2) She is both demure and introvert.
Syno- modest, unassuming, meek, mild, quiet, shy, reticent, timid
Hint- demur is the one who objects, and demure is who does not object,
who is reserved and shy.
107. Dilatory (Adj.) – नविांबकारी, inclined to delay or waste time
Example-
1) Dilatory behavior.
2) A dilatory strategy.
- कधया करिे में सबस्तफ slow to act
Example-
1) Dilatory in his work habits.
Syno- slow, unhurried, unpunctual, slack, sluggish, lazy, idle, indolent,

slothful
Hint- dilatory= daily late=he is daily late to office so his work is delayed
and not completed.
108. Engross (V.) - fully absorbed, giving all your attention to something.
Example-
1) They seemed to be engrossed in conversation.
2) She was so engrossed in the book that she forgot the cookies in the
oven.
3) she did not talk to me because she was engrossed in writing a letter.
Syno- preoccupy, absorb, engage, engulf
109. Enormity (N.) - the great or extreme scale seriousness, great

wickedness
Example-
1) The enormity of the task was overwhelming.
2) The enormity of the crime.
3) He is a hardened criminal and is insensitive to the enormity of his
crimes.
110. Extant (N.) – नवद्यमान, still in existence, surviving, not destroyed, lost or
extinct.
Example-
1) We have some extant records form the 16th century.
2) Extant manuscripts.
Syno - alive, around, existent, existing, living, current, immediate,

instant
Hint- opposite of extinct
111. Ecstasy (N.) - a state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling
pleasure
Example-
1) Sexual ecstasy.
2) There was a look of ecstasy on his face.
Syno- rapture, bliss, euphoria
112. Effigy (N.) – dummy
Example-
1) The effigy of American president was burnt by the crowd.
Syno- statue, statuette, carving, sculpture, model, dummy, figure
113. Exorbitant (N.) - बहुत ज़्यादा, of a price or amount charged -

unreasonably high
Example-
1) Exorbitant rent.
2) The bill for dinner was exorbitant.
Syno- extremely high, excessively high, excessive, extortionate, Sky-

high, immoderate, enormous, huge, inflated
Hint- ex(out)+orbit= this is out of orbit.
114. Embezzlement (N.) - छिहरण theft or misappropriation of funds placed
in one's trust, or belonging to one's employer
Example-
1) Most of the politicians involved in embezzlement of public money are
still at large.
- (V.) To secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to

an organization or business you work for.
Example-
1) She embezzled thousands of dollars from the charity
Syno- misappropriation, theft, robbery
Hint- when the thieves were trying to enter and rob the bank, the alarm
suddenly starts buzzing.
115. Enamoured (Adj.) (V.) - in love with, fascinated, captivated, charmed
Example-
1) When I was young I was totally enamoured of him.
2) Everyone was enamoured of the scenic beauty of the landscape.
3) If you are enamoured of something, you like it or admire it a lot.
4) I became totally enamoured of the wildflowers there.
5) She was truly enamoured of new Delhi
6) If you are enamoured of a person, you are in love with him. 7) It's not
difficult to see why she is enamoured of him.
Syno- in love with, infatuated with, love-struck by, captivated by,

charmed by, enchanted by, fascinated by.
116. Exonerate (V.) - दोषमुक्त करना, absolve, acquit, to free from blame
Example-
1) After long legal battle, he was exonerated of murder charges.
2) If he never knew she violated his trust, that wouldn't exonerate her.
Syno - absolved, acquitted, cleared, vindicated, blameless
Hint- ex(gone)+ honor(pride)= to bring back your gone or fallen honor

by getting the blame off you.
117. Expunge (V.) - remove completely
Example-
1) His name has been expunged from the list of the members. 2) He
had tried to expunge the experience from his memory.
Syno- erase, remove, delete, strike out
Hint- expunge rhymes with sponge, which is used to remove dirt.
118. Extol (V.) - प्रशांसा करना, praise something or someone very much
Example-
1) She is forever extolling the virtues of her children.
2) extol one's spouse's cooking.
Syno- laud, glorify, praise
Hint- extol= ex+tol= my ex girlfriend always praised the "tall guys highly
in front of me"
119. Emulate (V.) - अनुकरण करना, match or surpass - a person or

achievement typically by imitation.
Example-
1) An older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.
2) Most rulers wished to emulate Alexander the great.
Syno- imitate, copy, reproduce, follow
Hint- emulate- imitate
120. Estranged (Adj.) - separate and living apart from one's spouse, no
longer friendly or alienated
Example-
1) The estranged husband and wife are living separately.
2) Art that is estranged from its historical culture.
3) A reunion with his estranged wife.
Syno- alienate, antagonize, make hostile or unfriendly
Hint- eStrange- looks like stranger. We are always alienated towards

stranger.
121. Expediency (N.) – योग्यता, advantageous, convenience, Inclination
towards methods that are advantageous rather than fair.
Example-
1) I think this government operates on the basis of expediency (laabh),
not of principal.
2) Those who hanker after material gains are often guided by
expediency and not by moral sense.
Syno- convenience, advantage, usefulness, benefit, utility, profit, gain.
122. Extraneous (Adj.) – ऊपरी, irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being

dealt with / Not constituting an essential or vital part
Example-
1) These questions are extraneous to the issue being discussed.
2) Just give me the basic facts, with no extraneous details.
Syno- impertinent, unrelated, unconnected, inappropriate, pointless
Hint - Think of news channels....EXTRA+NEWS...In order to get TRP,

news channels show irrelevant or unrelated things hence the news are
most of the times EXTRANEOUS
123. Extort (V.) - obtain something or money by force, threats, or other

unfair means
Example-
1) He attempted to extort money from the company.
2) He had been extorting money from the old lady for years.
124. Evasive (Adj.) - टािने वािा, tending to avoid self-revelation, especially by
responding only indirectly/ intentionally vague or ambiguous, equivocal.
Example-
1) She was evasive about her phone number.
2) The police could not make out anything of her evasive replies.
-avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger
Example-
1) Pilots are taught to take evasive action.
2) By the time the pilot realized how close the plane was to the building,
it was too late to take evasive action.
Syno- elusive, ambiguous, equivocal, indefinite, vague, imprecise
Hint- evade- avoid.
125. Ennui (N.) – ग्लानन, mental boredom, A feeling of being bored and
mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do.
Example-
1) He suffered from ennui whenever he was alone.
2) A brief surge of pure joy was quickly supplanted by his more usual
ennui.
Syno- Boredom, tedium, lethargy
Hint - ennui...when pronounced sounds quite similar to

ANNOYed....now think of a person who is always annoyed with
everything......such a person could be very BORING and irritating for
you
126. Exquisite (Adj.) – शानदार, extremely beautiful and delicate
Example-
1) Look at this exquisite painting.
2) Exquisite work of art.
Syno- beautiful, lovely, elegant, graceful.
- तफव्र, intense or sharp , Used to describe feelings such as pleasure

or pain that are extremely strong, or qualities that are extremely
good or great.
Example-
1) Suffered exquisite pain.
2) Felt exquisite pleasure.
Syno- intense, acute, keen, sharp, severe
Hint- please don't squeeze it. It's extremely beautiful.
127. Encomium (N.) – प्रशध्स्त, praise a speech or piece of writing that

praises someone or something highly
Example-
1) Every member of the family showered encomium on his grand
success.
2) And Paul was sorely puzzled, whether the encomium applied to the
defunct or himself.
Syno- eulogy, accolade, citation, commendation, dithyramb, eulogium
Hint- INCOME- people of high income are formally praised for their
large donations.
128. Erudite (Adj.) – नवद्विापूणथ, having or showing great knowledge or
learning
Example-
1) I found him a charming and erudite companion.
2) An erudite professor.
Syno- learned, scholarly, well educated, knowledgeable, well read, wll

informed, intellectual
Hint- taken from- rude+ite.. In olden days people who were highly
educated were basically very rude.. As they were having profound
knowledge of a subject they use to behave very rudely with less
educated or illiterate people.
129. Erode (V.) - to slowly reduce or destroy something
Example-
1) Her confidence eroded.
2) The desire for material success has eroded our concern for the poor.
3) Jealousy eroded the relationship.
-to rub or be rubbed away gradually
Example-
1) To wear something away by erosion.
2) The cliffs on this coast have been eroded by the sea.
3) Wind and rain have eroded the statues into shapeless lumps of
stone.
Errode- corrode
130. Eschew (V.) - दू र रहना, to avoid something intentionally or to give
something up
Example-
1) We won't have discussions with this group unless they eschew
violence.
2) He eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
Syno- forgo, forswear, shun, renounce, relinquish, refrain from
Hint- es+chew= chewing a chewing gum is a bad habit while working in

an office, so you must avoid this habit.
131. Epoch (N.) – युग, period of time or era, especially one considered
remarkable or noteworthy.
Example-
1) The Victorian epoch.
2) The exact duration of Indus valley civilization epoch has not been
determined so far.
Syno- era, age, period, time, aeon, span
Hint- epics are based on epoch's
132. Endemic (Adj.) – स्थाननक, Prevalent in or limited to a particular locality,

region or people
Example-
1) Endemic disease.
2) Endemic unemployment.
Syno - common, numerous, prevailing, familiar, prevalent, predominant
Note- Endemic is found something in a certain place and is ongoing,

and epidemic describes a disease that's widespread.
133. Expiate (V.) - प्रायनित करना, make amends or reparation for - guilt or
wrongdoing/ atone for-
to show that you are sorry for bad behavior by doing something or
accepting punishment.
Example-
1) To expiate a crime/sin.
2) Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice.
Syno - amends, atonement, reparation, absolution, condonation,

forgiveness
Hint - Rhymes as Ex Pirate. An ex-pirate always tries to expiate his

guilt. Ex pirate becomes pious.
134. Embellish (V.) - to make beautiful by ornamentation, decorate
Example-
1) To make a statement or story more interesting by adding extra details
that are often untrue.
2) The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves.
3) The writer generally embellish their style by the use of unnecessary
imagery.
4) Followers often embellish stories about their heroes.
Hint- emBEllish … we add bell to the christmas trees to adorn it.
135. Exodus (N.) – ननगथमन, a departure of a large number of people
Example-
1) There has been mass exodus of workers from the villages to the
towns.
2) The reason for their exodus remained open to speculation.
Syno - mass departure, withdrawal, evacuation, leaving, exit. Migration,

emigration
Hint- exodus.. Sounds like ek sau(100 in hindi)+ dus(bus)+= means 100

buses carrying hundreds of pilgrims are just leaving from the bus
depot.
136. Errant (Adj.) – गुमराह, erring or straying from the accepted course or
standards / behaving wrongly in some way
Examples-
1) An errant husband.
2) Errant children/ youngsters.
Syno - bad, contrary, froward, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty,

ambulant
Hint- Same as aberrant
137. Errand (N.) – सांदेश, Short visit or fetch something
Example-
1) I'll meet you at six, I have got some errands to do/run first.
2) My servant has gone on errand to fetch rations.
Syno- task, job, chore, assignment.
138. Erroneous (Adj.) - wrong, incorrect, false
Example-
1) Employers sometime make erroneous assumptions.
2) An erroneous belief.
3) An erroneous conclusions.
Syno- wrong, incorrect, mistaken, inaccurate, false
Hint- error in us - something that is full of errors and mistakes
139. Envisage (V.) - to imagine or expect something in the future, especially

something good
Example-
1) To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future
possibility.
2) Train fare increases of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year.
3) I can't envisage being married to someone like him.
Syno- foresee, predict, forecast, foretell, anticipate, expect, envision
Hint- en'vis'age= vis= visualize something which is not present.
140. Emancipate (V.) – आजादी, to free from bondage, repression, liberate
Example-
1) Female emancipation.
2) Emancipated the slaves.
Syno- liberated, independent, unconstrained, unrepressed, free
Hint- cip=ship, a man is set free to travel in ship to his own country
141. Fray (N.) - a noisy fight or brawl
Example-
1) To join the fight or argument
2) A heated dispute or intensely competitive situation.
3) With a third country about to enter the fray, the fighting looks set to
continue.
4) Members of the royal family rarely enter the political fray
Hint- affray, disturbance, ruffle
142. Facile (Adj.) – आसान, done or achieved with little effort or difficulty,
easy.
Example-
1) A facile victory.
2) A facile performance.
-ignoring the true complexities of an issue, superficial
Example-
1) We don't need another facile solution to a complex problem.
2) A facile answer to a hard question.
-expressing yourself clearly, smoothly, easily, fluently

Example-
1) A facile writer
2) A facile writing style.
Syno - simple, obvious, effortless, apparent, skilled, practiced, simplistic
143. Fallible (Adj.) - capable of making mistakes or being wrong
Example-
1) Humans are only fallible.
2) We place our trust in doctors, but they are fallible like everyone else.
3) Experts can be fallible. #man is fallible.
144. Fervent (Adj.) - having or showing great emotion or zeal, ardent
Example-
1) Fervent protests, a fervent admirer
2) A fervent desire to change society
3) A fervent supporter of the revolution.
Syno- impassioned, passionate, intense, vehement, ardent, sincere,

profound
145. Fete (N.) - a festival or feast, an outdoor entertainment, carnival
Example-
1) A summer fete.
2) A charity fete was held in our college yesterday.
Syno- gala, garden party, fair
146. Foolhardy (Adj.) – दु ः साहसी, unwisely bold or venturesome recklessly

bold, rash
Example-
1) Many believe that trying for impossible things is foolhardy attempt.
2) Foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker.
Syno- reckless, rash, incautious, careless, heedless, unheeding,

thoughtless
Hint – Foolishly hard
147. Fiat (N.) – आदे श, an order given by a person in authority
Example-
1) Government fiat.
2) The court issued a fiat to both the parties to maintain status quo.
Syno - bull, decree, diktat, directive, edict, rescript, ruling
Hint- Fiat is such a good car that is has a "command" on the other cars.
148. Fitful (Adj.) – व्याकुि, irregular - often stopping and starting and not
happening in a regular or continuous way
Example-
1) Fitful breathing.
2) A fitful sleep.
Syno- intermittent, sporadic, spasmodic, broken, disturbed, irregular,

abruptly
Hint- fits and start.
149. Fraught (Adj.) – व्याकुि, filled with something undesirable, and

unpleasant things such as problems and dangers
Example-
1) Marketing any new product is fraught with danger.
2) The negotiations have been fraught with difficulties right from the
start.
Syno- full of, filled with, loaded with, charged with
-causing extreme worry or anxiety

Example-
1) The atmosphere in the office is rather fraught.
2) She looks rather fraught, a fraught situation.
Syno- anxious, worried, upset, distraught, distressed
150. Fortitude (N.) – धै यथ, courage in pain or adversity
Example-
1) She endured her illness with great fortitude.
2) One must face the problems of life with fortitude.
Syno- courage, bravery, strength
Hint - fortitude..the soldier killed forty dudes in battle, so he was very

brave
151. Ferment - उिेनजत करना, a state of confusion, change and lack of order
or fighting
Example-
1) An immense ferment took place.
2) The resignation of the president has left the country in ferment.
Syno- tumult, bustle, flurry, hubbub, stir, fuss, clamor.
Hint- ferment- firm+end= firm means stable, ferment brings end to

firmness.
152. Franchise (N.) - नवशेष नवहृय अनधकार, a right to sell a company's

products in a particular area using the company's name
Example-
1) A fast food franchise.
2) A franchise holder.
- मतधनर्कधर, the right to vote in an election, especially in order to
elect a parliament or similar law-making organization
Example-
1) American women worked for decades to win the franchise.
Hint- Any company can open its branches(franchise)
153. Foible (N.) – कमज़ोरी, a minor weakness or failing of character not

important and not harming anyone
Example-
1) We all have our little foibles.
2) They have to tolerate each other's little foibles.
Syno- weakness, failing, flaw, imperfection, defect, fault
Hint - Fail to be able. So you have a weakness or slight fault at

something
154. Flout (V.) - अवहे िना करना, reject, openly disregard- a rule, law –
disobey
Example-
1) Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.
2) Some companies flout the rules and employ children as young as
seven.
Syno- defy, refuse to obey, go against, rebel against
Hint- Flout= foul+out= when a player is sent out by foul, the player
shows his contempt for the refree.
155. Foment (V.) - instigate or stir up( an undesirable or violent sentiment or

course of action
Example-
1) They accused him of fomenting political unrest.
2) The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racial
tension.
Syno- instigate, incite, provoke, agitate, excite, arouse, encourage,

generate, cause, prompt
Hint- ferment- foment
156. Furtive (Adj.) – रहस्यमय, secretive, surreptitious, stealthy, sneaky

behaving secretly and often dishonestly
Example-
1) She entered the room with furtive steps to avoid the attention of the
teacher.
2) The records showed furtive criminal activity.
Syno – clandestine, covert, secret, stealthy, surreptitious
Hint- one who is Fartive has to expel farts stealthily.
157. Frantic (Adj.) - highly excited with strong emotion such as worry or
frustration
Example-
1) She was frantic with worry.
2) Frantic with anger and frustration.
-Conducted in a hurried, excited and disorganized way

Example-
1) Made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.
2) Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all night effort to reach the
survivors before their supply of air ran out.
158. Frigid (Adj.) - extremely cold
Example-
1) Frigid water
Syno- bitter, freezing, frozen, frosty, chilly
-unfriendly or very formal

Example-
1) A frigid refusal to a request.
2) One must not be frigid in one's attitude towards his near and dear
ones.
Syno- stiff formal, stony, indifferent, unresponsive
-unable to be sexually aroused

Example-
1) I have never been good at rejecting people, so I told him I was frigid.
Syno- unresponsive, cold-blooded, cold-hearted
159. Flair (N.) – प्रवृ नत, natural ability to do something well
Example-
1) Our Pm has flair for glib talk.
2) She had a flair for interior decorating.
Syno- aptitude, talent, gift, instinct, ability, capability, capacity. Skill
- नवनशष्ट योग्यतध - stylishness and originality

Example-
1) She dressed with flair.
2) To dress with flair.
Syno- style, elegance
Hint - Flair = remember the pen company flair , talented ; students write
with flair pens
160. Faux pas (N.) - सामानजक गिती, a social blunder, an embarrassing or

tactless act or remark in a social situation.
Example-
1) I made some remark about his wife's family, and then I realized
2) I'd made a serious faux pas.
Syno- blunder, mistake, a socially awkward act, gaucherie
Hint- faux can be thought of as focus, and when focus loses(pas) then
we commit a social blunder.
161. Flux (n.) - continuous change
Example-
1) Our plans are in a state of flux at the moment.
2) His opinions are in flux
3) No foreign minister would like to invest in a country where the state of
economy is in a flux.
-A flow or flowing of a liquid
Hint- flux means flow, something that flows, undergoes through change.
162. Fracas (N.) - दां गा फसाद, a noisy disturbance or quarrel
Example-
1) He was injured in a Saturday-night fracas outside a disco.
2) The mob gathered in the street when there was fracas between the
two neighbors.
Syno- affray, altercation
Hint- fracas= imagine a freak ass having a noisy quarrel with people.
163. Freak (Adj.) – अजीब, very unusual and unexpected event or situation
Example-
1) The teacher says the accident was a total freak.
2) The village was destroyed by a freak storm.
- असधमधन्य व्यपि, A person, animal, or plant with an unusual
physical abnormality
Example-
1) I was born with black hair all over my back, like some sort of freak.
-(V)- अत्यनर्क प्रनतनियध behave or cause to behave in a wild and

irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion.
Example-
1) He freaked out and smashed the place up.
2) My mom freaked out when she found out that I didn‟t fill water in
cooler.
Syno- go crazy, go mad, go out of one's mind
164. Fawning (Adj.) – िापिूस, displaying exaggerated flattery of affection,

obsequious.
Example-
1) Praising someone too much and giving them a lot of attention that is
not sincere in order to get a positive reaction.
2) One must be wary of fawning admirers because they have always as
axe to grind.
Syno - kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate
Hint- relate it with FAN..imagine of a crazy FAN who ALWAYS TRY TO

exhibit his affaction....AND COURT A favour to be with you whole day
by flattering with you..
165. Fecundity (N.) – उत्पादकता, the quality or power of producing
abundantly, (fruitfulness or fertility)
Example-
1) The fecundity of a poet's imagination makes a poem an exquisite
work of art.
2) Viability, by which are meant fecundity, longevity and vigor, was low
in average.
Syno- productivity, richness, rich, infertility, fertility, fruitfulness
166. Foray (N.) - आहृमण करना, a sudden attack into enemy territory,
especially to obtain something; a raid
Example-
1) The foray against the enemy outpost met with an unexpected
success.
- प्रारां नभक प्रयत्न - A venture or an initial attempt - especially outside your

usual areas of competence
Example-
1) An actor's foray into politics.
Syno- raid, attack, assault, incursion, swoop, strike
Hint- foray- vo rahe maro maro, foray-raid.
167. Guileless (Adj.) – ननष्कपट, honest, innocent and without deception
Example-
1) She is so guileless that she will believe anyone.
2) His face, once so open and guileless.
Syno- artless, ingenuous, open, honest, sincere, genuine, naïve,

childlike, innocent, unsophisticated, trustful
Hint- guile means to deceive, guile+less means no deception, only

honesty
168. Glib (adj.) – निकनी िुपड़ी बातें करने वािा, fluent - speaking in a confident
way, but without careful thought / Marked by lack of intellectual depth
Example-
1) No one was convinced by his glib answers/explanations.
2) She was very glib with the sheep and the geese, but the grindstone
made her head ache, and she gave it up
Syno - fluent, facile, stuttering, uncommunicative, suave
Hint - glib sounds like Ghalib..his shayeri was slick and fluent.
169. Gimmick (N.) – नौटां की, a trick or device intended to attract attention,
publicity, or trade.
Example-
1) A publicity gimmick
2) They give away free gifts with children's meals as a sales/marketing
gimmick.
Syno- scheme, trick, dodge
170. Glossary (N.) - brief explanation
Example-
1) An alphabetical list, with meanings, of the words or phrases in a text
that are difficult to understand.
2) A glossary of technical terms.
Syno - vocabulary, lexicon, gloss, wordbook, dictionary, bibliography,

abbreviations, acronyms
171. Gainsay (V.) - ईन्कार करना, to deny, to refuse to accept something as

the truth
Example-
1) Nobody can gainsay the truth of my statement.
2) There was no-one to gainsay this assertion.
- चबिौतफ दे िध, speak against or oppose someone

Example-
1) no-one could gainsay her.
Syno- deny, dispute, disagree with, contradict, challenge, oppose
Hint- she has Gain (ed) weight but is not say(ing) it. Which means she
is denying the fact.
172. Garish (Adj.) – भड़कीिा, overly bright or ornamented/ unpleasant bright
Example-
1) She wears garish clothes which don't suit her.
2) Garish colors.
Syno- gaudy, lurid, over-bright, glaring, flashy, showy, cheap
173. Gait (N.) – िाि, A person's manner of walking
Example-
1) The easy gait of an athlete.
2) He walked with a slow stiff gait.
Syno- walk, step, stride
Hint- gait rhymes with weight. Person with excess weight has a different
manner of walking or running.
174. Ghastly (Adj.) - भयावह causing great horror or fear
Example-
1) One of the most ghastly crimes ever committed.
2) Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.
- ख़रधब , extremely bad
Example-
1) What ghastly weather!
2) I thought her outfit was ghastly.
Syno- terrible, frightful, horrible, grim
Hint- ghastly – ghostly
175. Gruesome (Adj.) - भयांकर, कुरूप, डरावना causing horror, repulsion -

frightful or shocking
Example-
1) A gruesome murder.
2) The newspaper article included a gruesome description of the
murder.
Syno- grisly, ghastly, frightful, horrid, hideous, horrible, horrendous,

grim
Hint - Gruesome - Sounds like cruelsome, which is self-explainable
176. Goad (V.) - प्रेररत करना provoke or annoy someone so as to stimulate an

action or reaction
Example-
1) He was trying to goad her into a fight.
2) He refused to be goaded by their insults.
Syno- provoke, spur, incite, stir, move, stimulate, excite, urge, prompt,
induce, urge
Hint- goad tells you to "Go and do" (it)
177. Grimace (V.) - मुांह बनाना to make an expression of pain, strong dislike,
etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way
Example-
1) She gave a grimace of pain.
2) When hit on the head, he cried with grimace on his face.
Syno – scowl, frown, sneer, pout, wince, glower, make a face
Hint- grim + ace= face
178. Granary (N.) - धान्यागार storehouse for grain
Example-
1) A country can succeed in war only if its granaries as well as arsenals
are well stocked.
2) Punjab, the granary of India.
Syno - silo, store, storeroom, storage place, depository, warehouse
Hint – Granary sounds like grain-ary that is where grains are kept.
179. Gratis (Adj.) – ननः शुल्क, free - without payment or charge
Example-
1) I'll give it to you, gratis!
2) Gratis books.
Syno- free of charge, free, without charge, for nothing, at no cost,

without paying
Hint - gratis= grant + is, grant from govt. is free
180. Grueling (Adj.) - दु ष्कर extremely tiring and demanding
Example-
1) Junior doctors often have to work a grueling 100- hour week.
2) A grueling schedule.
Syno- exhausting, tiring, wearying, enervating
Hint- a cruel person is making your work without giving you the required
way- grueling
181. Hapless (Adj.) – दयनीय unfortunate
Example-
1) The hapless victims of the disaster.
2) The hapless victims of tragedy.
Syno- unlucky, luckless, ill-fated, cursed, miserable, misfortunate,

pathetic, pitiful
Hint- relate it to helpless
182. Hamper (V.) - बाधा ड़ािना to prevent the action or progress
Example-
1) Heavy rain hampered the flow of the traffic.
2) The growth of population has hampered economic progress in India.
- निब्बध a basket or box containing food for a special occasion

Example-
1) A picnic hamper
Syno - obstruct, impede, clogs, cramps, embarrasses, encumbers,

fetters, handcuffs, handicaps, hinders
183. Hegemony (N.) – आनधपत्य, the predominance of one state or social

group over others.
Example-
1) Both Russia and China are trying for hegemony in Asia.
2) The three nations competed for regional hegemony.
Syno- leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, control, power
Hint- hegemony-he's got money, so he's domineering in the society and

he control others
184. Hustings (N.) - the political activities and speeches that happen before
an election and are intended to win votes
Example-
1) Three weeks before the election the candidates are all out on/at the
hustings.
2) I was out on the hustings, talking to people.
Syno – political campaign, electioneering, campaigning, ballot rigging
Hint- host- political leaders play a role of host when they give
(speeches) hustings
185. Heretic (N.) - धमथ नवरोधी someone who has an opinion that is opposite to
or against the official or popular opinion
Example-
1) He said "I am a believer in the true faith and you are a heretic."
2) When he began to enunciate his views, Friedman was largely
considered a heretic.
Syno- dissident, dissenter, nonconformist, apostate, freethinker,

iconoclast
186. Hoodwink (V.) - िािाकी करना to deceive or trick someone
Example-
1) He hoodwinked us into agreeing.
2) Hypocrites cannot hoodwink people for long.
Syno- deceive, trick, dupe, delude, cheat, bluff
Hint- you wink under the hood of your jacket, to deceive what you are
doing.
187. Hypothecate (V.) - दृनष्टबां धक to give money by law for a particular
purpose
Example-
1) You can get loan from this bank by hypothecating house.
2) Hypothecated educational grants
Syno – pledge, mortgage, pawn, hock, transactions, speculate
188. Mortgage – नगरवी, loan - an agreement that allows you to borrow

money from the bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a
house
Example-
1) They took out one lakh Mortgage (they borrowed one lakh) to buy the
house.
2) A monthly mortgage payment.
-Verb- नगरवफ रखिध- convey or deposit - a property - to a creditor as

security on a loan
Example-
1) Their home was mortgaged up to the hilt. The full value of their home
had been borrowed.
Syno - lease, amortize, deed, encumbrance, title, contract
189. Halcyon (Adj.) - शान्त a very successful and peaceful period in past
Example-
1) She recalled the halcyon days of her youth.
2) Halcyon years.
Syno- serene, calm, pleasant
Hint- halcyon can be considered as opposite of cyclone
190. Holocaust (N.) – नवध्वांस- great destruction by fire
Example-
1) A nuclear holocaust would leave few survivors.
2) A nuclear holocaust seemed a very real possibility in the '50s.
Syno- cataclysm, disaster, catastrophe, destruction, annihilation
Hint - holocaust- “Cause” a “hole” by “intense fire” in a metal shield and

destroy it completely.
191. Hackneyed (Adj.) - नघसा नपटा, of a phrase or idea - having been

overused
Example-
1) Hackneyed old sayings.
2) That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it‟s true.
Syno- commonplace, trite, overdone, platitudinous
Hint- concentrate on hack! Once a hacker is always a hacker. He

overuses his techniques.
192. Hazy (Adj.) - धुांधिा , धुांध से भरा covered by haze, misty
Example-
1) Hazy air or weather is not clear, especially because of heat.
2) It was a beautiful day but quite hazy.
Syno- misty, foggy, cloudy, smoggy
- अस्पष्ट , अनिनित vague, unclear, confused or uncertain

Example-
1) Hazy memories of childhood.
2) I have only a hazy notion of what she wants.
Syno- vague, indistinct, unclear, faint, dim, blurred
Hint- hazy when you are lazy things are unclear to you.
193. Hoax (N.) (V.) - मजाक के तौर पर झााँ सा दे ना an act intended to deceive or
trick
Example-
1) A plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb
somewhere when there is not one, or a trick.
2) The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
Syno - practical joke, prank, trick, jest
Hint- hoax rhymes with Jokes- a practical joke or simply a trick.
194. Haggard (Adj.) - थका हारा, क्लाां त looking exhausted or unwell, especially
from fatigue, worry, or suffering
Example-
1) She was pale and haggard.
2) A haggard and pale looking old man begged for some money.
Syno- careworn, tired, drained
Hint- hagrid, a character from the Harry potter is very huge healthy and
gigantic, haggard is the opposite of it. Gaunt, very thin.
195. Heinous (Adj.) - जघन्य, घृनणत very bad, wicked or shocking
Example-
1) A heinous crime.
2) What they did here was a very heinous act,' she said.
Syno- odious, wicked, evil, atrocious, monstrous, disgraceful,

abominable, horrible, terrible
Hint - heinous sounds like hyena (a wild animal which are mostly found
in Asian & African continents) these animals are very cunning & wicked
196. Humane (Adj.) – दयािु, सहृदय kind or compassionate
Example-
1) Every religion preaches us to be humane and considerate.
2) Their aim is for a more just and humane society.
Syno- kindly, kind-hearted, considerate, understanding, sympathetic,

tolerant.
Hint - HUMANe : humans are born considerate n kind...
197. Haphazard (Adj.) – अव्यवध्स्थत, िापरवाह Unsystematic, disorderly,

disorganized, casual, careless
Example-
1) The investigation does seem haphazard.(disorganized, careless)
2) He tackled the problem in a typically haphazard manner.(careless)
Syno- random, unplanned, unsystematic, unmethodical, disorganized,

irregular, arbitrary, careless.
Hint- hap + hazard where hazard means epidemic spread due to great
carelessness
198. Hazardous (Adj.) - खतरनाक dangerous or risky
Example-
1) A hazardous journey.
2) A hazardous occupation.
Syno- dangerous, grave, grievous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous,

perilous, risky
199. Hearsay (N.) – सुनी सुनाई, अफ़वाह rumor, information that you have
heard but do not know to be true
Example-
1) An information that you have received or heard but do not know to be
true.
2) The evidence against him is all hearsay.
Syno- rumor, gossip, tittle-tattle
Hint - HEARSAY=HEAR+SAY...so just hear and pass it on by saying to

another. So the information will NOT be DEPENDABLE
200. Homily (N.) - धमथ उपदे श, moral discourse/ a piece of spoken or written
advice about how someone should behave.
Example-
1) She delivered her homily about the need for patience.
2) A person should not deliver homily unless he himself follows.
Syno- sermon, lecture, discourse, address, lesson, talk, speech
Hint- HOME+SILLY....when we do SILLY things at HOME ,our parents

get angry and give preaches
201. Harbinger (N.) – सन्दे शवाहक, a person or thing that shows that
something is going to happen soon, especially something bad.
Example-
1) A harbinger of doom.
2) Autumn is the harbinger of spring.
Syno- herald, sign, indicator, indication, signal, prelude, announcer
Hint- Sounds like HER+FINGER= she shows me what is about to

happen by gesturing with her finger.
202. Harangue (N.) - प्रभावशािी भाषण, A lengthy and aggressive speech
Example-
1) A political harangue.
2) A harangue from the headmaster on good behavior.
Syno- lecture, homily, diatribe
Hint - HARANGUE can be split as har + ang + u + e....so when YOU

are ANGry with HAR (her), she is subjected to a long or intensive verbal
attack.
203. Imbue (V.) - भर दे ना, to fill someone or something with a particular

feeling, quality, or idea
Example-
1) His poetry is imbued with deep, religious feeling.
2) It is pity that our political leaders are not imbued with the spirit of
nationalism.
Syno- permeate, pervade, suffuse, saturate
Hint - very close to imbibe. Imbibe means to drink. Imbue means drink
so thoroughly that you soak everything.
204. Intrinsic (Adj.) – आां तररक, belonging naturally, essential
Example-
1) Math is an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.
2) Works of little intrinsic value/interest.
Syno- inherent, innate, inborn, natural
205. Itinerary (N.) - यात्रानववरण a detailed planned or route of a journey
Example-
1) The next place on the itinerary was Delhi.
2) The tour operator will arrange transport and plan your itinerary.
Syno - travel plan, program, plan, travel plans, route, travel guidebook
206. Impeccable (Adj.) - पूणथ रूप से सही, faultless, flawless/ having no flaws,
perfect
Example-
1) There is no person in the world who can claim to have impeccable
character.
2) An impeccable record.
Syno- spotless, stainless, perfect, ideal
Hint- Im+pecca= pakka house is always faultless, as compared to

kutchaa house.
207. Impede (v.) - रोक िगाना prevent someone by obstructing them, hinder
Example-
1) Progress on the building of the road was impeded by a fall of rock.
2) Economic crisis in the country will impede the industrial progress.
Syno- hinder, hamper, obstruct, delay, disrupt, restrain
Hint - impede from impedance meaning resistance
208. Inept (Adj.) – अनुपयु क्त, अकुशि not skilled or effective
Example-
1) An inept actor.
2) The government's inept response turned this into a crisis.
Syno- incompetent, unskillful, unskilled, inexpert, crude, amateurish
Hint- in(not)+ ept(like apt),, which means suitable== not suitable.
209. Inertia (N.) – ननध्ियता lack of activity or interest
Example-
1) He had to overcome his inertia and get back to work.
2) The bureaucratic inertia of the various tiers of government.
Syno- inactivity, inaction, lethargy
210. Indigenous (Adj.) – स्वदे शी, native/ Originating or occurring naturally in a
particular place
Example-
1) The indigenous people of Siberia.
2) So who are the indigenous people of this land?
Syno- native, aboriginal, local
Hint - indian+geniuses.....native or local talent or genius....
211. Insular (Adj.) – सांकीणथहृदय, narrow – minded/ interested only in your

own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas.
Example-
1) A stubbornly insular group of people.
2) Insular attitude
Syno- narrow - minded, limited, conventional, provincial
Hint- in(not)+ secular= a country which is not secular is insular.
212. Indict (V.) -अनभयोग िगाना, formally accuse of a crime or charged with a
crime
Example-
1) His former manager was indicted for fraud.
2) Five people were indicted for making and selling counterfeit currency.
Syno – accuse, charge, criminate, defame, impeach, incriminate
Hint - Rhymes with VERDICT
213. Intrude (V.) – बिपूवथक घुस जाना to go into a place or situation in which
you are not wanted or not expected to be
Example-
1) He had no right to intrude into their lives.
2) I didn't realize your husband was here, Dr. Batra- I hope I'm not
intruding.
Syno - break in, chime in, chip in, cut in, interpose, interrupt, butt in,
interfere
Hint- INT (rhymes with enter) +RUDE= so a person who enters rudely
Intrude.
214. Inkling (N.) – आभास, a slight hint or indication
Example-
1) I didn‟t have the slightest inkling that she was unhappy.
2) They gave us no inkling of what was going to happen.
Syno- idea, notion, clue, vague idea
Hint- a wink can give us a hint
215. Impervious (Adj.) – अप्रभानवत unaffected/ not influenced or affected by

something.
Example-
1) He worked, apparently impervious to the heat.
2) He never listens to his parents and is always impervious to their
advice.
Syno- unaffected by, untouched by
- अभेद्य not allowing fluid to pass through
Example-
1) A material impervious to water.
Syno- impermeable, impenetrable, impregnable, waterproof, water-

resistant
Hint- IM(not)+parvesh(enter)- so impenetrable
216. Ingenuous (Adj.) – सरि, lacking in cunning and guile/ innocent
Example-
1) Children are ingenuous by nature.
2) I'm not so ingenuous as to believe everything he says.
Syno- naïve, childlike, trusting, trustful, unsuspicious, unworldly
Hint- IN+genuine= In genuine relationship people are naïve and trusting

to each other.
217. Inapt (Adj.) - अनुपयुक्त/अयोग्य, inappropriate or not suitable for the

situation
Example-
1) An inapt remark.
2) His comments were perhaps inapt.
Syno - amiss, graceless, improper, inapposite, inappropriate,
incongruous
218. Inscrutable (Adj.) - रहस्यमय difficult to understand or interpret
Example-
1) An inscrutable face.
2) An inscrutable expression.
Syno- incomprehensible, enigmatic, unreadable, impenetrable,

mysterious, cryptic
Hint- that cannot be scrutinized
219. Instance (N.) - उदाहरण an example or single occurrence of something
Example-
1) A serious instance of corruption.
2) There have been several instances of violence at the school.
Syno- case, example, illustration, sample, and specimen.
220. Ingrained (Adj.) – अांतननथनहत, firmly established as by long conditioning,

deep-seated
Example-
1) Such ingrained prejudices cannot be corrected easily.
2) The ingrained habits of a lifetime.
Syno- entrenched, established, fixed, deep-rooted, firm
Hint - in+grain+ed....we see that middle part...grain....which is the seed
of a food plant, and we know that food plant is always deeply rooted in
the soil before it matures and develops seeds.
221. Innocuous (Adj.) - नुकसान न पहुां िानेवािा, not harmful or offensive
Example-
1) An innocuous home remedy.
2) It is not proved that soft drinks are not innocuous.
Syno- harmless, safe, non-dangerous, non-toxic
Hint- IN(not)+nocuous(noxious).. Means not noxious= harmless
222. Inordinate (Adj.) – ज़बरदस्त, बहुत ज़्यादा much more than usual or
expected – excessive
Example-
1) The case had taken up an inordinate amount of time.
2) To drink an inordinate amount of alcohol.
Syno- excessive, unreasonable, disproportionate, unnecessary,

exorbitant
Hint- you are in ordinate (y-axis) and y axis goes upwards without limit
223. Irksome (Adj.) - थकाने वािा, irritating or annoying
Example-
1) An irksome journey.
2) I don't like to do irksome job, however profitable it may be.
Syno- abrasive, aggravating, annoying, bothersome, boring, tedious,

disturbing, exasperating.
Hint- irksome=trksome=teri kasam.. So a person who in every

sentence says yar teri kasam in an annoying person.
224. Imbibe (V.) - शराब पीना to absorb to take in, especially by drinking –
alcohol
Example-
1) Have you been imbibing again?
2) They were imbibing far too many pitcher of beer.
Syno- drink, consume, sip
- आत्मसधत करिध to receive or accept information - or absorb in the mind

Example-
1) If one does not imbibe the culture one cannot succeed.
2) Every Indian must imbibe the spirit of nationalism.
Syno- assimilate, absorb, digest, acquire, grasp, familiarize oneself with
Hint- Im+bibe= sounds like pipe and you need a pipe to drink
something.
225. Impertinent (Adj.) – अनभमानी, rude - not showing proper respect
Example-
1) An impertinent remark/ question.
2) She was rebuked for her impertinent behavior.
- Formal use- irrelevant

Example-
1) An impertinent detail.
2) Since we already knew this, to tell us again seemed impertinent.
Syno- rude, insolent, impolite, ill-mannered, uncivil, discourteous,

disrespectful
Hint- impoper tenant (tinent) are rude and insolent.
226. Intermittent (Adj.) - रुक-रुक कर, not continuous or steady – Irregular
Example-
1) Intermittent rain
2) Intermittent pain.
Syno- sporadic, irregular, fitful, spasmodic, continual, on-and-off,

periodic, periodical, recurrent, recurring
Hint- here the words starts with inter so remember as intervals.
227. Immaculate (Adj.) - त्रुनटहीन, साफ़ सुथरा perfectly clean, neat, tidy
Example-
1) An immaculate white suit
2) An immaculate garden.
Syno- clean, spotless, unstained
Hint – im‟mac‟ulate = having no „mark‟ or stain
228. Integrity (N.) – ईमानदारी, the quality of being honest and having strong
moral principles
Example-
1) A gentleman of complete integrity.
2) A leader of great integrity.
Syno- honesty, uprightness, honor, ethics, nobility, virtue
- अखंितध the state of being whole or undivided, unity

Example-
1) The integrity of the nervous system is required for normal
development.
2) The building's integrity remained intact following the mild earthquake.
Syno- unity, unification, togetherness, totality, wholeness
229. Indigent (Adj.) – ज़रूरतमांद, very poor or needy
Example-
1) She distributed food to indigent families.
2) He could not continue his study because his parents were indigent.
Syno- poor, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken,
230. Inundate (V.) -प्लानवत करना, overwhelm with things/to give someone so
much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all.
Example-
1) We have been inundated with complaints from listeners.
2) The theatre was inundated with requests for tickets.
Syno- overwhelm, overburden, overload, swamp, bombard
- बधढ लधिध, flood, overflow

Example
1) The whole village was inundated with flood water.
2) If the dam breaks. It will inundate large parts of the town.
Syno- flood, deluge, overflow, swamp, immerse
Hint - I+NUN +DATE....I asked the NUNs for a DATE and i was
FLOODED with letters from Christian societies for violating the social
norms.
231. Inveterate (Adj.) – अभ्यस्त, पक्का habitual/someone who does something
very often and cannot stop doing it.
Example-
1) He is an inveterate liar.
2) An inveterate gambler.
Syno- ingrained, deep-seated, congenital
Hint - In this word we have a root i.e. veter--that have lasted a long time
and seem likely to continue. This gives an idea of the meaning.
232. Inimical (Adj.) – ख़तरा, हाननकारक harmful
Example-
1) Habits inimical to good health.
2) Conditions inimical to health.
Syno- injurious, detrimental, deleterious, destructive, ruinous
- नवरोर्फ, अनहतकधरफ unfriendly or hostile

Example-
1) I feel my friends have turned inimical and are working against my
interests.
Syno- antagonistic, malevolent, malign
Hint- Inimi= enemy, and enemies cause damage. So inimical means

something damaging.
233. Impute (V.) - दोष िगाना to relate something usually something bad to a
particular cause or source
Example-
1) I impute your success to nepotism.
2) You can impute his failure in life to his fickle mindedness.
Syno - assign, attribute, blame, ascribe, credit, brand, implicate,

accuse, allege, charge
Hint- im (put)e.. Put the blame to somebody.
234. Infinitesimal (Adj.) - बहुत छोटा extremely small
Example-
1) An infinitesimal pause.
2) They found infinitesimal traces of poison in drink.
Syno - microscopic, tiny, minute, small, little
Hint - read it as infinitely small.
235. Impending (Adj.) - जो शीघ्र घनटत होगी be about to happen
Example-
1) Some persons have intuition about impending calamity.
2) The player announced his impending retirement from international
football.
Syno- imminent, near, coming, upcoming, forthcoming
Hint- im+pending. Nothing can be left pending when the deadline is

near.
236. Insipid (Adj.) – बे स्वाद, tasteless or lacking flavor
Example-
1) Insipid soup.
2) Mugs of insipid coffee.
Syno- tasteless, unflavored
- रुनचहफि lacking vigor or interest, excite- dull

Example-
1) An insipid personality.
2) Why anyone buys music with such insipid lyrics is a mystery.
Syno- uninteresting, boring, vapid, dull
Hint - in+ sipid (spell it as spit..) ,we spit when the FOOD LACKS
FLAVOR : or it is TASTELESS.
237. Jumble (N.) – अव्यवस्था, an untidy and confused mixture of things,

feelings, or ideas
Example-
1) A jumble of thought/ideas.
2) The books were in chaotic jumble.
- Verb- नबिध िम के नमलधिध to mix things together untidily.

Example-
1) A drawer full of letters jumbled together.
2) Her clothes were all jumbled up/together in suitcase.
Syno- clutter, muddle mess, chaos, confusion, disarrangement,

disarray, dishevelment, disorder
238. Junk (N.) - बेकार वस्तु, things that are considered to be of no use or
value or of low quality
Example-
1) We should clear out this cupboard- it's full of junk.
2) He is junk dealer.
- फेक दे िध to get rid of something because it is of no use or value

Example-
1) Why don‟t we junk this old TV and get a new one?
2) I junked all the old newspapers.
Syno - garbage, waste, stuff, refuse, throw away, scrap, dump, trash
239. Judicious (Adj.) – बुध्िमान, having or showing reason and good

judgment in making decisions
Example-
1) The judicious use of public investment.
2) Judicious use of one's money.
Syno- wise, sensible, prudent, shrewd, well thought out, thoughtful
Hint- judi=cious- having judgment qualities
240. Jubilant (Adj.) - हनषथ त, प्रफुध्ल्लत- feeling great happiness, especially
because of a success.
Example-
1) The fan was jubilant at/about/over their team's victory.
2) Jubilant crowds welcomed the victorious team home.
Syno- overjoyed, exultant, triumphant, joyful, rejoicing
Hint- silver jubli wale din mummy papa joyful the
241. Jolt (V.) -अिानक झटका दे ना, push or shake - someone or something -
abruptly, roughly
Example-
1) A surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards.
2) The bus stopped unexpectedly and we were jolted forwards.
- सदमध, मधिनसक आघधत to give someone a sudden shock

Example-
1) The audience was jolted by the play.
2) The was jolted by the betrayal of her trusted friend.
- नवचनलत Strong feeling of surprise of disappointment

Example-
1) His resignation was a jolt to the whole staff.
Syno- bump, punch, reversal, setback, shock, blow, bombshell, bounce
242. Jiffy (N.) - पि; क्षण a very short time
Example-
1) We will be back in a jiffy.
2) I will be with you in a jiffy
Syno - minute, trice, wink, flash, instant, second, crack, hurry, twinkle
243. Jeer (V.) - हाँ सी उड़ाना make rude or mocking remarks, typically in a loud
voice
Example-
1) Some of the younger men jeered at him.
- उपहधस (N) - a rude or mocking remark

Example-
1) The taunts and jeers of my classmates.
Syno- taunt, sneer, insult, boo
Hint - In a party instead of saying cheers, he told JEERS. And the

whole crowd MOCKED at him.
244. Jaunt (N.) - छोटी यात्रा; सैर, भ्रमण a short excursion or journey made for
pleasure
Example-
1) Her regular jaunts to Europe.
2) A Sunday jaunt into the hills.
- Verb - घभमिध निरिध go on a short journey.
Example-
1) They went jaunting through Canada.
Syno - trip, expedition, pleasure trip, excursion, safari, tour, pleasure

trip
Hint- journey to you aunt's place= J-Aunt
245. Jejune (Adj.) - रसहीन boring or not interesting, dull
Example-
1) A jejune lecture by one of our professors.
2) A jejune novel.
- बहुत सफर्ध Very simple, childish, naïve, silly, pointless

Example-
1) Jejune behavior.
2) Jejune responses to our problems.
Syno – banal, vapid, arid, barren, dull, bland, flat, immature
Hint- think of June. Students feel dull as their summer holidays are
about to end.
246. Jingoism (N.) - कट्टर राष्टरवाद the extreme belief that your own country is
always best, often shown in enthusiastic support for a war against
another country
Example-
1) Patriotism can turn into jingoism and intolerance very quickly.
2) The jingoism of the Germans resulted in the Second World War.
Syno- over-patriotism, ultra-nationalism, chauvinism, super-patriotism,

flag-waving, xenophobia, hawkishness
Hint- jin(that alladin one) had extreme and uncontrolled loyalty towards
his master.
247. Juncture (N.) - समय/पररध्स्थनत, मोड़ a particular point in time
Example-
1) Negotiations are at a critical juncture.
2) At this juncture, it is impossible to say whether she will make a full
recovery.
Syno- point, time, moment, contingency, crisis, emergency, exigency
248. Jeopardy (N.) - ख़तरा danger of loss, harm, or failure
Example-
1) His health was in jeopardy.
2) To put one's life in jeopardy.
Syno- anger, distress, endangerment, harm's way, imperilment, peril,

risk, trouble
Hint- jeopardy sound like leopard. Leopard is really a danger for
human.
249. Jocund (Adj.) – नज़दानदिी, प्रमुनदत, cheerful and merry, light-hearted
Example-
1) A jocund wedding party.
2) The jocund song put everyone in a happy frame of mind.
Syno - merry, blithe, blithesome, mirthful, cheerful, elated, jolly,

lighthearted, jovial
Hint- JOCUND- joc... (Joke).And you crack jokes when you are cheerful
or to show high spirited merriment
250. Jubilation (N.) – उल्लास, feeling of great happiness, especially because

of success
Example-
1) Unbelievable scenes of jubilation.
2) There was jubilation in the crowd as the winning goal was scored.
Syno - Triumph, joy, rejoicing, rapture
Hint - At the golden JUBILEE of the organization the workers were very
jubilant
251. Knack (N.) – कौशि, an acquired or natural skill at doing something
Example-
1) He has a knack for communicating.
2) She has the knack of making people feel comfortable.
Syno- gift, talent, flair, ability
Hint- knack- knock out- you should have a special talent to knock out
your contender.
252. Knave (N.) - धोखे बाज़, बेईमान - a dishonest and unprincipled person
Example-
1) Don't believe him because he is a knave and scoundrel.
2) They turned knaves into knights in order to achieve their objectives.
Syno – deceiver, villain, blackguard, scamp, fraud, cheat
Hint- K+NAVE= naïve (means trustworthy, innocent). Knave is just the

opposite of naïve.
253. Knotty (Adj.) - जनटि a problem or difficulty - complicated or difficult to

solve
Example-
1) It was a very knotty problem.
2) Only by moving in this direction will we be able to resolve these
knotty problems effectively.
Syno- complex, involved, intricate, convoluted, tangled
Hint - knotty- with lots of knots -difficult to disentangle, difficult to
manage.
254. Kindle (V.) - जिाना set something on fire - light up
Example-
1) He kindled a fire on dry grass.
2) The sunset kindled the sky.
- जधग्रत करिध Arouse or inspire - an emotion or feeling

Example-
1) The project kindled his interest.
2) Her imagination was kindled by the exciting stories her grandmother
told her.
Syno- rouse, arouse, wake, waken, awaken
Hint - kindle sounds like CANDLE; we had a Valentine‟s Day dinner by

candlelight, not to kindle romance but to save electricity.
255. Kiosk – स्टि, a small building where things such as chocolate, drinks, or
newspapers are sold through an open window
Example-
1 I usually buy my paper from the kiosk at the station.
2) He is running his business in a kiosk because he can't afford a shop
right now.
Syno- booth, stand, stall, counter, bookstall, telephone kiosk,

refreshments kiosk
256. Kernel (N.) - नगरी/दाना- inner or edible part of fruit
Example-
1) The kernel of the fruit is always tasty.
2) Edible part of an almond is its kernel.
- मभल, मध्यभधग the central and most important part of something
Example-
1) This is the kernel of the chapter.
2) The kernel of his message.
Syno- essence, core, heart, gist
Hint - kernel sounds similar to colonel. In an army the colonel has an

importance of being the central authority
257. Keepsake (N.) - ननशानी/ िृनतनिह्न a small present, usually not expensive,
that is given to you by someone so that you will remember that person
Example-
1) She was wearing the medal he gave her as a keepsake.
2) She gave him a ring as a keepsake.
Syno- souvenir, remembrance, token, memorial, memento
258. Kudos (N.) – प्रशांसा, सम्मान praise or honor received for an achievement
Example-
1) She was looking for kudos rather than profit.
2) Dhoni won kudos when he brought home the world cup in 2007.
Syno- prestige, glory, cachet, honor, status, fame, reputation

Hint – KUDO (to jump in Hindi). One JUMPS with joy on receiving an
HONOUR.
259. Levity (N.) - नछछोरापन lack of seriousness
Example-
1) The treatment of a serious matter with humor or lack of due respect.
2) His staffs always treats his orders with levity.
Syno- light-heartedness, carefreeness
Hint- lev(leave)+it+yr(yar). You casually leave things without any

seriousness.
260. Languor (N.) - थकान physical or mental laziness - lack of energy
Example-
1) Her whole being was pervaded by a dreamy languor.
2) On summer afternoons, we generally feel languor.
Syno- lassitude, lethargy, tiredness, fatigue, weariness
Hint- sounds like "lack of anger" it means lack of energy and spirit.
261. Lascivious (Adj.) – िरकी - expressing a strong desire for sexual activity
Example-
1) The market is flooded with lascivious books and films.
2) Their lewd and lascivious talk.
Syno- lecherous, lewd, lustful, licentious, libidinous, lubricious, filthy
262. Menial (Adj.) - छोटा काम, Menial work is boring, makes you feel tired,
and is given a low social value
Example-
1) Menial factory jobs.
2) A menial job.
Syno-unskilled, lowly, humble, low-grade, low-status, boring, dull
263. Mundane (Adj.) - साधारण, मामूिी very ordinary and lacking interest and
excitement
Example-
1) Mundane matters such as playing bills and shopping for food do not
interest me.
Syno- humdrum, dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, tiresome
- सधंसधऩरक of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one

Example-
1) Worldly people are often concerned with mundane matters.
2) Spiritual immortals who had transcended the mundane world.
Syno- earthly, worldly, material, secular
Hint - Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting weekend,
Monday is just another mundane day.
264. Melee (N.) - भगदड़ a confused fight or struggle at close quarters
Example-
1) Several people were hurt in the melee.
- संभ्रनमत भफड़ a confused crowd of people

Example-
1) We lost sight of each other in the melee.
2) There was such a melee at the booking office.
Syno- a noisy fight, tumult, disturbance, commotion, disorder, brawl,

rumpus, affray, scuffle
Hint- there are many fight in the mela - carnival
265. Myopic (Adj.) - ननकट दृनष्टक not able to see clearly things that are far
away
Example-
1) Not able to see things clearly that are far away.
2) Most myopic children can be fitted with glasses to correct their vision.
- अदभ रदशी unable to understand a situation or the way actions will affect
it in the future
Example-
1) The govt. still has a myopic attitude to the public spending.
2) Orthodox men and women are victims of myopic views about life.
Syno- unimaginative, uncreative, narrow-minded
266. Mollify (V.) - शाां त करना appease the anger or anxiety of – someone
Example-
1) I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers.
2) After exchange of hot words the shop-keeper tried to mollify the
customer.
Syno- placate, pacify, soothe, calm
Hint - mollify sounds like nullify...so just think of nullifying

something...nullifying your temper
267. Mincing (Adj.) – नाज़ुक A mincing walk uses small, delicate steps in a
way that does not look natural
Example-
1) She took short, mincing steps.
2) She was walking with mincing steps and appeared ridiculous.
- िख़रे बधज़, used to describe a way of speaking that is too delicate
and not direct enough
Example-
1) She found herself irritated by the interviewer's mincing way of asking
questions.
2) I don't have to go through the rest of my life with that mincing voice of
yours.
Hint- mincing can be broken into Men+seeing.. Means when girls get
aware that men are watching them, they show artificial behaviour in talk
or speech affectedly nice or elegant in speech, walk and behavior
268. Mettle (N.) - साहस a person's ability to cope well with difficulties
Example-
1) The team showed their true mettle in the second half.
2) During the fight he showed mettle in the teeth of strong opposition.
Syno- fortitude, spirit, tenacity, determination, strength of character
Hint- sounds like metals. And metals are obviously strong.
269. Malinger (V.) - बीमारी का बहाना करना, pretend to be ill in order to escape
duty or work
Example-
1) And is he really ill or just malingering?
2) Whenever he is asked to work, he always malingers and shirks work.
Syno- to feign illness, avoid responsibilities and duties
270. Macabre (Adj.) - भयावह used to describe something that is very strange
and unpleasant because it is connected with death or violence
Example-
1) A macabre series of murder.
2) Even the police were horrified at the macabre nature of the killings.
Syno- Gruesome, grisly, gory, ghastly, grotesque, hideous, horrific,

horrible, frightful, shocking, repulsive
Hint- sounds like massacre. Which means "excessive killing of many

people" and which also represents death and horror
271. Meticulous (Adj.) - अनतसावधान very careful and precise/ Showing great
attention to detail.
Example-
1) He was so meticulous about everything.
2) Meticulous research.
Syno- careful, scrupulous, punctilious, rigorous, precise, painstaking
Hint - it sounds like matriculation (admission to a college).To get

matriculation we should be as a meticulous (careful) aspirant to clear
the exam.
272. Migratory (Adj.) – पररभ्रमी relating to the migration (= travel in large
numbers to a different place) of animals, birds, or people
Example-
1) Migratory birds cover thousands of miles to reach warmer countries.
2) The satellite tag will track the turtle's migratory route for the first time.
Syno - seasonal, nomadic, transient, impermanent, emigrating,

immigrating
273. Mishap (N.) - दु घथटना bad luck, or an unlucky event or accident
Example-
1) A series of mishaps led to the nuclear power plant blowing up.
2) The parade was very well organized and passed without mishap.
Syno- accident, trouble, problem, difficulty, misfortune, mischance
Hint- mishap= mis + happening
274. Manifold (Adj.) – अनेक, नवनवध many and of several different types
Example-
1) Despite her manifold faults, she was a strong leader.
2) There are manifold advantages of discipline in schools and colleges.
Syno- many, numerous, multiple, various, several, varied
275. Meddlesome (Adj.) – हस्तक्षेप करने में िीन रहनेवािा interfering/ Often
getting involved in situations where you are not wanted, especially by
criticizing in a damaging or annoying way.
Example-
1) A meddlesome member of the party.
2) Many marriages are ruined because of meddlesome mothers-in-law.
Syno- intrusive, obtrusive, interfering, meddling, interposing,

interrupting
Hint- meddle (middle) +some= so when two people are talking we

should never interfere in middle of their talks.
276. Modicum (N.) - a small amount of something, especially something

desirable or valuable
Example-
1) His statements had a modicum of truth.
2) Anyone with a modicum of common sense could have seen that the
plan wouldn't work.
Syno- little bit, pinch, taste, ounce,
Hint- modicum = moderate + income
277. Manifest (verb) - व्यक्त करना to show something clearly, through signs
or actions
Example-
1) The workers chose to manifest their dissatisfaction in a series of
strikes.
2) Lack of confidence in the company manifested itself in a fall in the
share price.
Syno- obvious, clear, plain, apparent, evident, distinct, blatant, overt,

explicit
- स्पष्ट easily noticed or obvious

Example-
1) Manifest relief
2) Manifest lack of interest
Syno- display, show, demonstrate, exhibit, present, express
Hint - In a FEST it was visible that people had Money [MANI], so Money
was visible; evident and was obvious.
278. Myriad (Adj.) - असांख्य very large in number, or having great variety
Example-
1) They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.
2) There are myriad ways in which global warming can imperil the
environment.
Syno- innumerable, countless, infinite, numberless, numerous, several,

many, various
- (Noun) - अिनगित संख्यध/दस सहस्त्र a very large number of
something
Example-
1) A myriad of choices
2) And now myriads of bars and hotels are opening up along the coast.
Syno - multitude, a large or great number of
Hint- like pyramid. Huge number of years since it was built The
PYRAMID consist of a huge pile of rocks = a MYRIAD of rocks
.
279. Nascent (Adj.) – उदीयमान, शुरूआती स्तर पर only recently formed or
started, but likely to grow larger quickly
Example-
1) A nascent political party.
2) Everyone in the nascent business is still struggling with basic issues.
Syno - aborning, budding, inceptive, inchoate, incipient
Hint- new soul sent to earth
280. Nexus (N.) – बांधन, an important connection between the parts of a
system or a group of things
Example-
1) The nexus between industry and political power.
2) Times Square is the nexus of the New York subway.
Syno - connection, link, tie, knot, yoke, network, bond, union
Hint - remember Naxalites. They have groups and connections with

each other.
281. Nonentity (N.) - तुच्छ व्यध्क्त, a person without strong character, ideas, or
influence
Example-
1) A few years back he was a nonentity in politics, today he is a
national leader.
2) She was once a political nonentity, but has since won a formidable
reputation as a determined campaigner.
Syno - nullity, upstart, no-account, nobody, sycophant, cipher, non-

existence, nonexistence
Hint- nonentity sounds like no entry. Worthless people have no entry in

to the college.
282. Neophyte (N.) – नवनशष्य, someone who has recently become involved
in an activity and is still learning about it
Example-
1) A neophyte at politics.
2) Four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts.
Syno- beginner, learner, novice, newcomer, tyro
Hint- neo + phyte ~ new + fight; a new member or beginner always has
to fight to establish his own identity.
283. Nebulous (Adj.) – अस्पष्ट, (especially of ideas) not clear and having no
form
Example-
1) A giant nebulous glow.
2) She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in
the future, but nothing definite.
Syno- vague, unclear, uncertain, indefinite, confused, ambiguous,

imprecise
Hint- nebula the milky way in galaxy which is cloudy and unclear.
284. Nauseous (Adj.) - उल्टी जैसा, घृणाजनक, making you feel as if you might
vomit
Example-
1) Roller coaster makes me feel nauseous.
2) The floor was deep with bat dung giving off a nauseous smell.
Syno- disgusting, loathsome, repulsive, detestable
285. Officious (Adj.) - अवाां नछत सिाह दे ने और हुकुम ििाने वािा, अफ़सराना - too
eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your
own importance
Example-
1) We are not being too officious, and not imposing too detailed
controls.
2) He's an officious little man and widely disliked in the company.
Syno- interfering, self-important, bumptious, bossy, meddlesome
Hint - OFFICIOUS, the first part of the word sounds similar to office.
Imagine a government office where people poke their nose in others‟
affairs, they are INTERFERING.
286. Opportune (Adj.) - सटीक, उपयुक्त - happening at a time that is likely to

produce success or is convenient
Example-
1) This seems to be an opportune moment for reviving our
development plan.
2) Would it be opportune to discuss the contract now?
Syno- auspicious, favorable, suitable, fitting, helpful, advantageous,
appropriate
287. Obliterate (V.) -नामो ननशान नमटा दे ना, to destroy every trace of, wipe out
completely
Example-
1) The whole village was obliterated by fire.
2) Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories.
Syno- destroy, annihilate, exterminate, demolish, eradicate
Hint- lets „all-be-literate‟ and destroy illiteracy completely
288. Odious (Adj.) – अनप्रय, घृनणत, extremely unpleasant and causing or

deserving hate
Example-
1) An odious crime.
2) an odious person/task
Syno – abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful,

dreadful, evil
Hint- hate people with bad odour(odious) and high audio(odious)
289. Overture (N.) – प्रस्ताव, a piece of music that is an introduction to a
longer piece, especially an opera
Example-
1) the overture to "The Magic Flute"
- गधिध प्रधरम्भ करिे कध गफत a communication made to someone in

order to offer something
Example-
1) Overtures of friendship.
2) Neither side in the conflict seems willing to make peace overtures.
Syno- curtain-raiser, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prologue, warm-up
290. Ostracize (V.) - ननष्कानसत करना, exclude from a society or a group
Example-
1) She was declared witch and ostracized by the villagers.
2) He was ostracized by the elders of the village for marrying the girl of
the other community.
Syno- blacklist, excommunicate, anathematize, censure, condemn,

damn, decry, denounce
Hint- ostRACISM. Racism leads to groupism and excluding a group

from the public is to OSTRACIZE.
291. Oblivion (N.) - गुमनामी, अप्रनसध्ि - the state of being completely
destroyed
Example-
1) They drank themselves into oblivion.
2) These toys will be around for a year or two, then fade/slide/sink into
oblivion.
- नवस्ममनत - the state of being completely forgotten

Example –
1) He was another minor poet who was consigned to oblivion.
2) Most of these performers will fail and sink into oblivion.
Syno – forgetfulness, amnesia, existence, nothingness, emptiness
Hint- oblivion=OB+BLI+VION= "absolute blind vision" of forgetting

important matter or thing
292. Obviate (V.) – छु टकारा पाना, ननराकरण करना- to anticipate and prevent
(something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
Example-
1) The peaceful solution would obviate the need to send a UN military
force.
2) The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.
Syno- preclude, prevent, remove, eliminate, block, intervene
Hint - obviate - viate sounds like deviate, deviate yourself from studying
(happen something).
293. Onerous (Adj.) - किोर, श्रमसाध्य - difficult to do or needing a lot of effort
Example-
1) He found his duties increasingly onerous.
2) The work allotted to him was so onerous that he needed an assistant.
Syno- burdensome, heavy, troublesome, inconvenient, oppressive.
Hint- when something is ON US we feel burdensome.
294. Pedantic (Adj.) - ननयमोां और नववरणोां पर अत्यनधक ध्यान रखने वािा - giving
too much attention to formal rules or small details
Example-
1) Professor Harris had a narrow, pedantic approach to history that put
us to sleep.
2) His lecture was pedantic and uninteresting.
Syno- academic, scholastic, bookish, pedantical, pedagogic, pernickety
Hint- Pandit-(scholar in english)= pandits are ususally very strict about

the bookish stuff
295. Perjury (N.) - झूिी गवाही, the crime of telling lies in court when you have
promised to tell the truth
Example-
1) She was sentenced to two years in jail for committing perjury.
2) The witness is now facing charges of perjury.
Syno - distortion, exaggeration, half-truth, fable, fabrication, falsehood,

falsity
Hint- Perjury sounds like forgery which is a criminal offense.
296. Perusal (N.) – अध्ययन, careful study/ to read or examine with great care.
Example-
1) I continued my perusal of the instructions
2) I am sending a copy of the agreement for you perusal.
Syno- examination, inspection, attention, observance, surveillance,

watch, contemplation.
Hint - Perusal sounds somewhat like parcel, you read a parcel carefully
when it reaches you.
297. Prodigal (Adj.) - खिीिा, अपव्ययी - spending or using large amounts of

money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise
Example-
1) The prodigal landlord spends the money as fast as he receives it.
2) His prodigal habits.
- प्रचबर, very great in amount or degree

Example-
1) Growing up, he benefited from the prodigal arts funding in France.
2) He laid on another demonstration of his prodigal talents with an
amazing goal.
Syno- lavish, abundant, profuse, extravagant, squandering, wasteful,

excessive
Hacli
Hint - prod (rodies) +gals (girls) =extravagance.
If you are with girls of rodies then you have to be extravagant.
298. Prolific (Adj.) – बहुसजथनात्मक, उवथ रता, producing a great number or

amount of something
Example-
1) He was probably the most prolific songwriter of his generation.
2) Rabbits and other rodents are prolific (= have a lot of babies).
Syno- plentiful, abundant, bountiful, profuse,
Hint- production lifted- they produced large amounts of product.
299. Pamper (V.) - बहुत िाड प्यार करना, to give someone special treatment,
making that person as comfortable as possible and giving them
whatever they want
Example-
1) She pampers her dog with the finest steak and salmon.
2) Why not pamper yourself after a hard day with a hot bath scented
with oils?
Syno- pet, overindulge, coddle, cherish, cuddle, feed luxuriously
300. Promulgate (V.) - प्रनसि करना, प्रिार करना, to spread beliefs or ideas
among a lot of people
Example-
1) Such behavior promulgates a negative image of the Indians.
2) These objectives have to be promulgated within the organization.
Syno- publicize, spread, circulate, announce, proclaim
- लधगभ करिध, to announce something publicly, especially a new law

Example-
1) The new law was finally promulgated in the autumn of last year The
legislation was drafted and promulgated at the end of 1991.
2) Certain new bye-laws and rules were promulgated and many existing
ones were modified.
Syno- enact, put into effect, implement, enforce, pass
Hint - Prom (promote)+ul+gate. So promoting something out of the

gate, i.e. to make known by opening the gate (or opening declaration) to
everyone out there.
301. Purview (N.) – दायरा - the limit of someone's responsibility, interest, or

activity
Example-
1) This case falls outside the purview of this particular court.
2) Some of the bank's lending operations come under/within the purview
of the deputy manager.
Syno- horizon, view, scope, reach, range, field, limit, province, sphere,
orbit
302. Precocious (Adj.) – असामनयक, (especially of children) showing mental
development or achievement much earlier than usual:
Example-
1) A precocious child, she went to university at the age of 15.
2) She recorded her first CD at the precocious age of twelve.
Syno- advanced, gifted, talented, intelligent, bright, smart
Hint- It can be pre + conscious= i.e. Thing or person who/which is very

conscious in advance.
303. Placid (Adj.) – शाां त, having a calm appearance or characteristics
Example-
1) She was a placid child who hardly ever cried.
2) The placid pace of village life.
Syno- calm, even-tempered, peaceful, gentle, quiet, cool, undisturbed
Hint- a student well PLACED in his college will sit calmly and
peacefully...as compared to those who did not get placed.
304. Posterity (N.) - भावी पीढी, the people who will exist in the future
Example-
1) If you have a video camera, record the show for posterity.
2) We should look after our environment for the sake of posterity.
Syno- offspring, children, family, progeny, successors, heirs
Hint- posterity = post + inherity
305. Provident (Adj.) – दू रदशी, making arrangements for future needs,
especially by saving money
Example-
1) My financier told me that I needed to be more provident when it came
to my spending.
2) A provident father plans for his children's education.
Syno- prudent, far-sighted, judicious, shrewd, wise, sensible
Hint- to remember this, think about 'LIC PROVIDENT FUND POLICY'

which is kept for future use.
306. Perquisite (N.) – अनधक िाभ, नवशेष अनधकार या सुनवधा - an advantage or

something extra, such as money or goods that you are given because
of your job or something special like a privilege to which a person has a
special right because of his social position
Example-
1) The wife of the president has all the perquisites of stardom.
2) A company car and a mobile phone are some of the perks that come
with the job.
Syno - gain, perk, profit, tip, appanage, due, fee, gratuity, privilege
307. Prone (Adj.) – उद्यत, प्रवृ ि - likely to show a particular characteristic,

usually a negative one, or to be affected by something bad, such as
damage or an illness
Example-
1) He was prone to depression even as a teenager.
2) This stretch of road is prone to foggy patches.
Syno - exposed, liable, open, sensitive, subject, susceptible
- (Verb) - झबकध हुआ, to put someone into a position in which they

are lying face down, especially in order to improve their breathing
and oxygen levels
Example-
1) How many people do you need to prone a patient?
2) In some cases, proning a patient can remove the need for intubation.
Syno - flat, recumbent, reclining, reposing, horizontal, prostrate
308. Pandemonium (N.) - बड़ा उपद्रव, कोिाहि, a situation in which there is a

lot of noise and confusion because people are excited, angry, or
frightened
Example-
1) There was pandemonium in the classroom before the teacher
arrived.
2) There was pandemonium in parliament over the offensive remarks
made by a member of the opposition party.
Syno- uproar, confusion, chaos, turmoil, commotion, clamor, tumult
Hint- Sounds like harmonium (musical instrument)...a harmonium gone

out of array creates noisy disorder...commotion
309. Parasite (N.) – परजीवी, an animal or plant that lives on or in another

animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it
Example-
1) The older drugs didn't deal effectively with the malaria parasite.
- चधटब कधर, a person who is lazy and lives by other people working,
giving them money, etc.
Example-
1) Financial speculators are parasites on the national economy.
Syno - dependent, freeloader, saprophyte, bacteria, sponge, fungus
310. Perennial (Adj.) – सदाबहार, निरस्थायी - lasting a very long time, or

happening repeatedly or all the time
Example-
1) We face the perennial problem of not having money.
2) An author's perennial popularity among children.
Syno- everlasting, perpetual, eternal, never-ending, endless, enduring
Hint - if you remember we have learnt about perennial rivers in social

studies which means LONG LASTING Rivers.
311. Poignant (Adj.) - हृदयस्पशी - causing very sharp feeling of sadness
Example-
1) The photograph awakens poignant memories of happier days.
2) A poignant story.
Syno- touching, sharp, moving, sad, sorrowful, mournful, painful
Hint - sounds like pregnant- think what the situation of a woman would
be who is pregnant.
312. Pernicious (Adj.) – हाननकारक - having a harmful effects and influence
Example-
1) The pernicious influences of mass media.
2) A pernicious lie.
Syno- harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious, detrimental
Hint- per + nicious= nicious sounds like noxious= harmful
313. Prerogative (N.) - नवशेष अनधकार - something that certain people are
able or allowed to do or have, but is not possible or allowed for
everyone
Example-
1) In some countries, higher education is predominantly the
prerogative of the rich.
2) Alex makes all the big decisions - that's his prerogative as company
director.
Syno- entitlement, right, privilege, advantage, birthright
Hint- prerogative= pre= privilege
314. Parochial (Adj.) – सीनमत , showing interest only in a narrow range of
matters, especially those that directly affect yourself, your town, or your
country
Example-
1) Parochial attitude.
2) Parochial view/ opinion.
Syno- provincial, narrow-minded, insular, conservative
Hint- link this with paro.... (Of devdas)...whose parents were narrow in
their outlook for devdas family, so they married her to someone else
315. Precedent (N.) – नमसाि, उदाहरण - an action, situation, or decision that

has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar
action or decision should be performed or made
Example-
1) This court decision set an important legal precedent for other
countries.
2) There are several precedents for promoting people who don't have
formal qualifications.
Syno- model, example, pattern, instance, standard
Hint - precedent == pre (before) + cedent (incedent), an incident

happened before which will decide the following incedent.
316. Piquant (Adj.) – नदििस्प, मसािेदार, interesting and exciting, especially
because of being mysterious
Example-
1) A piquant sauce.
2) More piquant details of their private life were revealed.
Syno- interesting, intriguing, stimulating, fascinating, exciting, colorful,

lively, spirited
Hint- PICK+U+AUNTy....when aunty picks you and takes you to her

home...it‟s appetizing (in another sense)
317. Preposterous (Adj.) - बेहूदा, ऊटपटाां ग, very silly or stupid/utterly absurd

or ridiculous
Example-
1) The very idea is preposterous.
2) A preposterous suggestion.
Syno- absurd, foolish, stupid, ludicrous, laughable, senseless, illogical
Hint- PRE means before POST means after but together in a single
word pre+post+erous seems ABSURD.
318. Precarious (Adj.) – खतरनाक , in a dangerous state because of not being

safe or not being held in place firmly
Example-
1) Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial
position.
2) I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view.
Syno- uncertain, insecure, unreliable, risky, dangerous, unsafe,
unpredictable, unstable, shaky
Hint- PRE+CARE+IOUS -> we have to take CARE while doing

something risky so that it does not go wrong. ..
319. Predilection (N.) - झुकाव, पहिे से पसांद - a special liking for something - a
preference.
Example-
1) Ever since she was a child, she has had a predilection for spicy food.
2) His predilection for books.
Syno- liking, fondness, preference, partiality, taste, penchant,

inclination, bias, affinity, love
Hint- pre(before)+dialect(local language); you generally become partial

when you are taking an interview and you meet someone who speaks
your language ( :) assume the interview is in the US)
320. Proclivity (N.) - प्रवृ नि, झुकाव - the fact that someone likes something or
likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong
Example-
1) A proclivity for exaggeration.
2) His proclivities and tendencies are all in favor of the landlord.
Syno- liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity,

predisposition, preference, taste, fondness
Hint - Acclivity- an upward slope; Declivity --a downward slope;

Proclivity -- a natural inclination
321. Pariah (N.) – पररत्यक्त, अछूत - a person who is not accepted by a social
group, especially because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted
Example-
1) They were treated as social pariahs.
2) Because of its poor human rights record, the country was treated as
a pariah by other nations.
Syno- outcast, one in disgrace, undesirable, leper, untouchable, sub-

humans, scapegoat, castaway
Hint - consider it as paraya, which in Hindi means stranger. Hence it

could be an outcast.
322. Perverse (Adj.) - जान-बूझकर ग़ित व्यवहार करने वािा - deliberately

deviating from what is regarded as normal, good or proper.
Example-
1) Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we
said.
2) She took a perverse pleasure in hearing that her sister was getting
divorced.
Syno- stubborn, awkward, unhelpful, annoying, contrary
Hint- if we remove letter "p" and if we only concentrate on the rverse-

this sounds similar to reverse- which is nothing but leading to opposite
path which is not acceptable in society.
323. Plebeian (N.) – साधारण, मामूिी - belonging to a low social class
Example-
1) He used to make fun of what he called her "plebeian origins".
2) He retained a plebeian taste in food and drink.
Syno- common, working-class, lower-class, proletarian, ignoble,

lowborn
Hint- sounds like pebble which are found everywhere and are very
common.
324. Pensive (Adj.) – निांताग्रस्त - engaged in deep and serious thought
Example-
1) She was in pensive mood and looked intently at the placid water of
the lake.
2) She became, withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.
Syno- thoughtful, thinking, reflective, contemplative, introspective
Hint- when a pen is in your mouth, you are always indulged in some
kind of thought.
325. Puerile (Adj.) – बिकाना - behaving in a silly way, not like an adult
Example-
1) I find his sense of humor rather puerile.
2) Though she has grown up, her puerile behavior always irritates her
friends.
Syno- childishness, goofiness, cheer, cheerfulness, festivity, gaiety,

glee
Hint - PURE things are always childish and immature.
326. Quasi (N.) - िग-भग - used to show that something is almost, but not
completely, the thing described
Example-
1) The school uniform is quasi-military in style.
2) Laborers sometimes served as quasi-soldiers.
Syno- supposedly, apparently, apishly, to a certain extent, seemingly,

almost
327. Quandary (N.) - असमांजस , दु नवधा - a state of not being able to decide
what to do about a situation in which you are involved
Example-
1) Most of the students are in quandary about their future plans.
2) I have had two job offers, and I'm in a real quandary about/over
which one to accept.
Syno- dilemma, puzzle, predicament, crisis, fix, jam, perplexity, difficulty
Hint- quandary relates to quantum physics, which is so complex that it

leaves you in DILEMMA about the UNCERTAINITY of photon
328. Quell (V.) – शाां त, दबाना - to stop something, especially by using force
Example-
1) Extra police were called to quell the disturbance.
2) Police quelled the riot.
Syno- crush, overpower, overcome, defeat, conquer, quench, calm,

pacify
Hint - quell sounds similar to yell and we yell to suppress someone or

make him/her quite
329. Quintessence (N.) - सवोत्कृष्ट उदाहरण - the most perfect or typical

example
Example-
1) The quintessence of evil.
2) Everybody admires her because she is the quintessence of
benevolence.
Syno- epitome, paragon, ideal, personification, embodiment, exemplar
330. Quarantine (N.) – सांगरोध - a specific period of time in which a person or

animal that has a disease, or may have one, must stay or be kept away
from others in order to prevent the spread of the disease
Example-
1) She was sent home and put in quarantine.
2) The doctor said I could go home as long as I agreed to stay in
quarantine for at least seven days.
Syno- isolate, separate, segregate, seclude, put in isolation, put under

quarantine
Hint- quarantine is pretty familiar in case of antivirus software you can
quarantine the virus affected files which means to ISOLATE them
331. Quash (V.) - अमान्य घोनषत करना - to say officially that something,
especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted
Example-
1) His conviction was quashed in March 1986 after his counsel argued
that the police evidence was all lies.
- समधप्त करिध - to forcefully stop something that you do not want to

happen
Example-
1) The revolt was swiftly quashed by government troops.
2) The company moved quickly to quash rumors that it is losing money.
Syno - cancel, quell, repeal, revoke, extinguish, squash, repress, nullify,

suppress
Hint- squash also means the same - compress/suppress.
332. Quench (V.) - प्यास बूझाना - to satisfy a need to drink by drinking liquid,
or to stop fire from burning
Example-
1) We quenched our thirst at a mountain spring.
2) His thirst for knowledge will never be quenched.
Syno- smother, satisfy, slake, extinguish, drink, hit-the-spot, relieve
333. Qualms (N.) – नहिक - an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you
are doing the right thing
Example-
1) She had no qualms about lying to the police.
2) Unfortunately, he said, there are people who have no qualms about
bringing in replacement workers for strikers.
Syno- worry, anxiety, concern, second thought, hesitation, doubt
334. Quietude (N.) – शाध्न्त - a state of being calm and peaceful
Example-
1) In many of his poems the poet reflects on the quietude of the
countryside.
2) It highlights her quietude and wise passivity.
Syno – peace, calm, calmness, serenity, peacefulness, tranquility
Hint - quiet +tude look at the word quiet means calm...silent...so

quietude means calmness. Tranquil
335. Quirk (N.) - नवनित्र व्यवहार - an unusual habit or part of someone's

personality, or something that is strange and unexpected
Example-
1) They accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks.
2) You have to get used to other people's quirks and foibles.
Syno- curiosity, eccentricity, erraticism, idiosyncrasy, individualism,

kink, mannerism
Hint - Sounds like "quick" (sharp turn).

336. Quixotic (Adj.) - अवास्तनवक , ख्यािी - having or showing ideas that are
different and unusual but not practical or likely to succeed
Example-
1) This is a vast, exciting and some say quixotic project.
2) He has not been successful in life because of his quixotic ideas.
Syno- romantic, utopian, visionary, perfectionist, unrealistic
Hint- quick + exotic, if you desire something exotic to happen quickly in

your life, it is just a daydream.
337. Quizzical (Adj.) – प्रश्नात्मक - seeming to ask a question without saying

anything
Example-
1) She gave me a quizzical look/glance/smile.
2) Needless to say, this got a lot of quizzical replies.
Syno- puzzled, perplexed, baffled, enquiring, curious, skeptical
Hint- quizzical =quiz + comical =quiz (curious) in a comical (teasing,

mocking) way
338. Querulous (Adj.) - झगड़ािू , सवथ दा नशकायत करनेवािा - often complaining,

especially in a weak high voice
Example-
1) He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.
2) She became querulous and demanding.
Syno - complaining, crabbed, disagreeable, discontented, irritable
Hint- One who keeps questioning (querying) everything.
339. Refurbish (V.) - नवीकरण करना - to make a building look new again by
doing work such as painting, repairing, and cleaning
Example-
1) The developers refurbished the house inside and out.
2) We have spent money on refurbishing the office.
Syno- renovate, redecorate, revamp, renew, rebuild, reconstruct,

remodel
Hint- by changing one character b to n we get REFURNISH. I.e.

refurnishing something - renovate or make bright by furnishing again.
340. Rudimentary (Adj.) – प्राथनमक basic, elementary
Example-
1) His knowledge is still only rudimentary.
2) I have only a rudimentary knowledge of English.
Syno- basic, elementary, introductory, early, primary, initial, first,

fundamental
- अल्पनवकनसत - methods, equipment, systems, or body parts are

simple and not very well developed
Example-
1) A rudimentary stage of evolution.
2) Some unusual fish have rudimentary legs.
Syno- primitive, crude, simple, unsophisticated, rough
Hint- sedimentary=rudimentary.....sedimentary rock are used in the
base or foundation of a building...hence rudimentary means basic or
fundamental !!
341. Remonstrate (V.) - नवरोध करना - to complain to someone or about

something
Example-
1) I went to the boss to remonstrate against the new rules.
3) The players remonstrated with the umpire about the run-out decision.
Syno- protest, complain, object, criticize, censure, scold
Hint - sounds like demonstrate...so remember it like when you are

demonstrative you can protest for something.
342. Repudiate (V.) - त्याग करना - to refuse to accept something or someone

as true, good, or reasonable
Example-
1) She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
2) I utterly repudiate those remarks.
Syno- reject, renounce, abandon, discard, disown
Hint - He ate the PUDDING AGAIN. When his mother asked him if he
ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE (deny eating it)
343. Rapprochement (N.) – पुनमेि - an agreement reached by opposing
groups or people
Example-
1) There are signs of a rapprochement between the warring factions.
2) Both countries have agreed to seek a rapprochement.
Syno – connection, harmony, interrelationship, sympathy, unity,

empathy
Hint - read it as Re + approachment. "Re" means again. Fighting

people approach again to reconcile-
344. Raze (V.) - पूरी तरह नश्ट कर दे ना - to completely destroy a city, town or
building
Example-
1) Villages were razed to the ground in the bombing raid - not a building
was left standing.
2) Developers razed the old buildings on the site to make way for new
construction.
Syno- destroy, demolish, bulldoze, desolate, devastate, knock down
Hint- The word raze sounds similar to erase, which means to remove or
clean completely.
345. Recrimination (N.) – इिज़ाम - argument between people who are
blaming each other /mutual accusations, a counter charge
Example-
1) The peace talks broke down and ended in bitter mutual
recrimination(s).
Syno- accusation, counter-accusation, counter-charge, counter-attack
Hint- re (again) + crimination (crime), accuse one another again and

again of crimes- counter-charge
346. Repercussion (N.) - दु ष्प्रभाव, दु ष्पररणाम - the effect that an action,

event, or decision has on something, especially a bad effect
Example-
1) Any decrease in tourism could have serious repercussions for the
local economy.
2) The repercussions of the war are still keenly felt.
Syno- consequences, result, effect, outcome, impact, influence, mark
347. Retrograde (V.) - पतन होना - returning to older and worse conditions,
methods, ideas, etc.
Example-
1) The proposal is miserably retrograde.
2) The apparent retrograde motion of the planets arises from the Earth‟s
motion.
Syno- unprogressive, for the worse, deteriorating, backward, declining
Hint- Prefix Retro: Behind, Backward...retro + grade is like degrade.

348. Retaliate (V.) - बदिा िेना - to hurt someone or do something harmful to
someone because they have done or said something harmful to you
Example-
1) The terrorists retaliated against the government with a bomb attack.
2) If someone insults you, don't retaliate as it only makes the situation
worse.
Syno- strike back, fight back, respond, hit back, react, reciprocate
349. Retinue (N.) - पररजन - a group of people who travel with an important
person to help them like advisers and assistants.
Example-
1) The president travels with a large retinue of aides and bodyguards.
2) The prime minister arrived in the town with a retinue of officials.
Syno- company, cortege, escort, entourage, staff, bodyguard
Hint- Derived from “RETAIN” For any politician, it‟s his FOLLOWERS
that help to retain his post.
350. Ramification (N.) – जनटिता - a complex or unwelcome consequence of

an action or event
Example-
1) Have you considered all the ramifications of your suggestion?
2) These issues have powerful and personal and political ramifications.
Syno- consequence, result, aftermath, outcome, effect
Hint - opposite of unification
351. Relegate (V.) -स् तर या पद घटाना - to put someone or something into a
lower or less important rank or position
Example-
1) She resigned when she was relegated to a desk job.
2) Other newspapers relegated the item to the middle pages.
Syno- deport, displace, exile, expatriate, transport, assort
Hint – Relegate split it like rele (relatives + gate) your relatives are
crying at THE GATE because you are not allowing them to enter your
house, you have put them in a worse place i.e. the GATE WHICH IS
ALMOST LIKE A FOOTPATH.
352. Recant (V.) - अस्वीकार करना - to announce in public that your past
beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with
them
Example-
1) He recanted his former opinions in public.
2) After a year spent in solitary confinement, he publicly recanted (his
views).
Syno- abjure, retract, renounce, forswear, deny, repudiate
Hint- RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you this AGAIN and
AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED."
353. Restive (Adj.) - ननयांत्रण से बाहर/काबू से बाहर - unwilling to be controlled or
be patient
Example-
1) The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the
performance to begin.
2) This is a restive horse.
Syno- restless, +uneasy, nervous, agitated, anxious, impatient
Hint- Restive sounds like festive. In festivals we will be impatiently

restless to wear new dress and enjoy with family and friends.
354. Rampage (V.) - उपद्रव करते हुए ननकिना - to go through an area making a
lot of noise and causing damage
Example-
1) The demonstrators rampaged through the town, smashing windows
and setting fire to cars.
2) Several villages were destroyed by rampaging soldiers.
- (N) - नहंसधत्मक व्यवहधर violent and usually wild behavior

Example-
1) Rioters went on a/the rampage through the city.
2) A bull went on a rampage.
Syno - agitation, deliriousness, delirium, distraction, flap, frenzy
355. Rapt (Adj.) – भावनवभोर, िीन - giving complete attention, or showing
complete involvement, or extremely happy or excited
Example-
1) A rapt teenage audience.
2) She sat with rapt expression reading her book.
Syno- fascinated, enthralled, captivated, enchanted, charmed
Hint- when we listen Rap songs we feel delighted from inside and
rapturous.
356. Renegade (N.) - a person who has changed their feelings of support
and duty from one political, religious, national, etc. group to a new one
Examples-
1) A band of renegades had captured the prince and were holding him
to ransom.
- (Adj.)- used to describe someone who has changed their feelings

of support and duty from one political, religious, national, etc.
group to a new one
Example-
1) A renegade soldier/priest
2) The renegade spy has posted photographs taken during an
undercover operation.
Syno - disloyal, passive, apostate, treacherous, traitor
Hint- renegade sounds like grenade. A person who throws a grenade in

his own country is a Traitor.
357. Retard (V.) -प्रगनत रोकना - delay in terms of progress and development
Example-
1) Lack of proper sunlight, water and air retards the growth of a plant.
2) Population problem has retarded economic progress in every field.
Syno- delay, slow-down, hold back, set back, postpone
Hint - A retarded person mind is DELAY IN DEVELOPMENT AND

PROGRESS, IT‟S SLOW.
358. Reprisal (V.) – प्रनतशोध - (an example of) activity against another
person, especially as a punishment by military forces or a political group
Example-
1) economic/military reprisals
2) The attack was in reprisal for the kidnapping of their leaders.
Syno- counterattack, counter-stroke, revenge, compensation, damages
359. Rancor (N.) - अनत घृ णा - a feeling of hate and continuing anger about
something in the past
Example-
1) They cheated me, but I feel no rancor towards/against them.
2) Though they had planned to marry, now there is feeling of rancor
between them.
Syno- bitterness, site, hate, hatred, resentment, malice, animosity
Hint- sounds like RANCHOR(rancho) from 3 idiots...ranchor is an

extraordinary person. Hence CHATUR who is a rival of rancho feels
bitter
360. Ravage (V.) - बरबाद कर दे ना - to cause great damage to something
Example-
1) A tornado ravaged the town.
2) The area has been ravaged by drought/floods/war.
Syno- devastate, ruin, destroy, raze, demolish, wreck, damage
Hint- In order to take revenge against your enemy you have to ravage
his army.
361. Render (V.) – व्यक्ती या वस्तू को नकसी ध्स्थती में डाि दे ना - to cause someone
or something to be in a particular state
Example-
1) His rudeness rendered me speechless.
2) New technology has rendered my old computer obsolete.
Syno- give, provide, supply, make available
- सहधयतध करिध to provide or give something such as help or a

service to people
Example-
1) Render aid/assistance/help
Hint- Rhymes vendor who delivers your goods
362. Recipient (N.) - पाने वािा, a person who receives something
Example-
1) He was a recipient of civilian service award.
2) Former Nobel Peace Prize recipients include Jimmy Carter and
Barack Obama.
Syno - beneficiary, donee, giftee, heir
363. Repartee (N.) - हानजर जवाबी , quick and usually witty or funny answers
and remarks in conversation
Example-
1) He has a quick mind and splendid gift of repartee.
2) Shakespeare's plays are full of repartee.
Syno- banter, bantering, badinage, witty conversation, persiflage
Hint - rePARTEE, rhymes with party, so think of the party men, i.e. the
politicians who are known for giving a CLEVER REPLY when
interviewed.
364. Reiterate (V.) – दोहराना, to say something again or number of times,

typically for emphasis or clarity
Example-
1) The government has reiterated its refusal to compromise with
terrorists.
2) She kept reiterating her request.
Syno- repeat, say again, restate, retell, recapitulate
365. Replete (Adj.) - भरा हुआ; पररपूणथ, filled with something, full supply of
something
Example-
1) This car has an engine replete with the latest technology.
2) a heart replete with (= full of)affection
Syno - well-stocked, well-supplied, loaded, stuffed, abounding
Hint- Replete (like comPLETE).SO ANYTHING which is COMPLETE is

always FULLY FILLED.
366. Rowdy (Adj.) – गुण्ड़ा, उग्र, noisy and possibly violent
Example-
1) A rowdy party.
2) rowdy behavior
Syno- unruly, disorderly, badly behaved, uncontrollable
Hint – Sounds like rude.
367. Redundant (Adj.)- अनावश्यक, (especially of a word, phrase, etc.)

unnecessary because it is more than is needed
Example-
1) In the sentence "She is a single unmarried woman", the word
"unmarried" is redundant.
2) He wrote a beautiful paragraph without a redundant word.
- निकधलध गयध - having lost your job because your employer no
longer needs you
Example-
1) The use of computers in the government offices has made thousands
of workers redundant.
Syno- unnecessary, inessential, needless, unwanted, useless
Hint - redundant rhymes Abundant and that‟s the meaning.
368. Rift (N.) – दरार - a large crack in the ground or in rock
Example-
1) The stream had cut a deep rift in the rock.
2) He saw the sun through a rift in the clouds.
Syno- crack, flaw, split, break, gap, breach, space
- अिबि - a serious disagreement that separates two people who

have been friends and stops their friendship continuing
Example-
1) The marriage caused a rift between the brothers and they didn't
speak to each other for ten years.
2) They hope to heal the rift with their father.
Syno- breach, division, split, argument, altercation
369. Ruse (N.) - छि/िाि/धोखा - a trick intended to deceive someone
Example-
1) It was just a ruse to distract her while his partner took the money.
2) This was a ruse to divide them.
Syno- tactic, move, trick, dodge, stratagem, cunning plan.
Hint- ruse = re + use, in a shop the shopkeeper reused the old goods,
which is deceptive.
370. Rampant (Adj.) - अननयांनत्रत - used to describe something bad that gets
worse very quickly and in an uncontrolled way
Example
1) Disease is rampant in the overcrowded city.
2) Corruption and fraud are rampant in the war-stricken area.
Syno- uncontrolled, impetuous, raging, turbulent, extravagant,

exuberant, pandemic
Hint- rampant can be divided as “ramp + ant” where ants are generally
more in number.
371. Rife (Adj.) – प्रिनित, व्याप्त - If something unpleasant is rife, it is very

common or happens a lot
Example-.
1) Dysentery and malaria are rife in the refugee camps.
2) Speculation is rife in the market for a rise in share prices.
- पऩरपभ र्ा - if a place is rife with something unpleasant, it is full of it
Example-.
1) Cognitive science is rife with ideas that offend our intuitions.
2) The office is rife with rumors that many of us will be fired.
Syno- widespread, general, common, universal, omnipresent,

ubiquitous, everywhere, epidemic
Hint - rife- rifle which has abundant bullets.
372. Redress (N.) - अन्याय का प्रनतकार - remedy or compensation for a wrong

or grievance
Example-
1) To seek redress of grievances.
2) The victim of the police injustice sought legal redress.
Syno- compensation, reparation, restitution, repayment
– (v.) - सबर्धरिध, बेहतर बिधिध - remedy or set right (an undesirable or

unfair situation)
Example-
1) He should be redressed for the loss.
Syno- rectify, correct, right, set right, amend, remedy, repair, fix, heal
Hint- redress is "relief from distress".
373. Redoubtable (Adj.) - दहिा दे ने वािा - very strong, especially in
character, producing respect and a little fear in others
Example-
1) Tonight he faces the most redoubtable opponent of his boxing
career.
2) He is redoubtable fighter/ debater.
Syno- formidable, awe-inspiring, fearsome, daunting, alarming
Hint - redoubtable can be re+doubt(able).So if you have REpeated

DOUBTs in any subject just before the exam, it might CAUSE FEAR
374. Sangfroid (N.) - आत्मसांयम/धैयथ - the ability to stay calm in a difficult or

dangerous situation
Example-
1) I congratulate her on the elegance and sangfroid with which she
stood on her head.
2) Mohan remained sangfroid when his brother met an accident.
Syno- composure, presence-of-mind, equanimity, calmness, cool-

headedness, poise
375. Scourge (N.) – आफ़त - something or someone that causes great
suffering or a lot of trouble
Example-
1) the scourge of war/poverty/drugs
2) Pop-up ads have been described as the scourge of the Internet.
- (V) - उजधड़ दे िध - to cause great suffering or a lot of trouble

Example-
1) The country has been scourged by (= has suffered very much
because of) famine in recent years.
Syno- afflict, plague, torment, torture, oppress, punish
Hint - SCOld with COURaGE:: We first scold a person and then give
him punishment(which needs courage)
376. Salvage (V.) - बिाना - to save goods from damage or destruction,

especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged or a building that
has been damaged by fire or a flood
Example-
1) Gold coins salvaged from a shipwreck.
2) After the fire, there wasn't much furniture left salvaging.
Syno- rescue, save, recover, retrieve, get back.
- (N.)- बचधयध हुआ मधल - to try to make a bad situation better

Example-
1) It was a desperate attempt to salvage the situation.
2) After the fraud scandal he had to make great efforts to salvage his
reputation.
Syno- rescue, saving, recovery, salvation
Hint- salvage or savage= savage- destroy, or salvage- save
377. Sultry (Adj.) – उष्ण - (of weather) uncomfortably warm and with air that
is slightly wet
Example-
1) It was a sultry night, and I was walking home.
2) The sultry sands of desert.
Syno- damp, humid, muggy, sticky, ardent, boiling, broiling, burning
Hint – sul + try = sun + tre you rest under a tree when it is sunny.
378. Surmise (V.) - अांदाज़ा िगाना - to guess something, without having much
or any proof
Example-
1) The police surmise that the robbers have fled the country.
2) He surmised that something must be wrong.
- (N.) - अिबमधि a guess

Example-
1) My surmise turned out to be right.
2) The article is pure surmise and innuendo.
Syno- guess, conjecture, suspect, deduce, infer, conclude
Hint - Mice can guess where the cheese is kept even though they do
not know where exactly it is kept.
379. Spurious (Adj.) – झूिा,अवै ध - false and not what it appears to be, or
based on something that has not been correctly understood and
therefore false
Example-
1) Some of the arguments in favor of shutting the factory are
questionable and others downright spurious.
2) They made spurious claims of personal injury.
Syno- bogus, fake, not genuine, counterfeit
Hint- s-PURE+ious...pure means true...spurious means the opposite of

it which is FALSE, CONTERFEIT
380. Supersede (V.) - जगह िेना, दू सरे का अनधकार िे िेना - to replace

something, especially something older or more old-fashioned
Example-
1) Most of the old road has been superseded by the great interstate
highways.
2) Wireless broadband could supersede satellite radio one day.
Syno - cut out, displace, relieve, replace, substitute, supplant
Hint- When a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the
old thing because it is OBSOLETE.
381. Saga (N.) - आख्यान - a long story about past events over a long period
of time
Example-
1) The saga of Indian soldiers on the war front is beyond description.
2) It was just another episode in the ongoing saga of their marriage
problems.
Syno- epic, chronicle, legend, folk tale, narrative
Hint - sa re ga ma....so saga... songs are always long legend myth

types.
382. Salutary (Adj.) - नहतकारी - a salutary experience or warning is one that

has a good effect although it is unpleasant
Example-
1) The effects of such a decision would not be salutary.
2) a salutary reminder of the dangers of mountain climbing
Syno - healthy, health-giving, healthful, salubrious, beneficial
Hint - SALUTARY and SANITARY having a similar sound and meaning,

refer to something that is used for the complete health or well-being of
the people.
383. Sumptuous (Adj.) – नकमती /बहुमूल् - impressive in a way that seems

expensive
Example-
1) The celebrity guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns.
2) I had never seen such a sumptuous apartment.
Syno - lavish, luxurious, deluxe, opulent, magnificent, splendid,
extravagant, lush, rich
Hint - just focus on SUM (means whole amount) + ptuous. Well you
have decided to spend whole amount of yours (around a crore) on your
wedding. So you are trying to be sumptuous.
384. Substantiate (V.) - सही सानबत करना - to show something to be true, or to

support a claim with facts
Example-
1) We have evidence to substantiate the allegations against him.
2) Reports that children had been hurt have not been substantiated.
Syno- prove, support, uphold, justify, verify, confirm, affirm, endorse,

establish, validate
Hint- provide substantial evidence
385. Sedition (N.) – राजद्रोह, नवद्रोहात्मक आिरण - language or behavior that is

intended to persuade other people to oppose their government
Example-
1) Government officials charged him with sedition.
2) He himself was tried for sedition and sentenced to ten years in jail.
Syno- rebellion, provocation, misprision, treachery, treason,

insurgence, insurrection
Hint- sedition- opposition
386. Stint (N.) - काम करने का समय a fixed or limited period of time spent
doing a particular job or activity
Example-
1) He has just finished a stint of compulsory military service.
- (v) - कंजभसफ करिध to provide, take, or use only a small amount of

something
Example-
1) Don't stint yourself - take another slice of cake.
Syno - hitch, tenure, term, tour, circumscription, confinement, limitation,

rein
Hint - STUNT means to LIMIT growth. STINT means to LIMIT supply.
387. Supercilious (Adj.) – उपे क्षापूणथ - behaving as if you are better than
other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important
Example-
1) His manner is supercilious and arrogant.
2) He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.
Syno- arrogant, haughty, disdainful, pompous, superior, snobbish
Hint- Split it like SUPER+CILI (sounds like SILLY) + o + US......now

think of our SUPER SENIORs in our college who were very
ARROGANT IN NATURE and were very keen to exhibit their superiority
over us hence treated us in a very silly way.
388. Sporadic (Adj.) - नछट पुट, इक्का दु क्का - happening sometimes; not
regular or continuous
Example-
1) She makes sporadic trips to Europe.
2) The storm caused sporadic flooding throughout the region.
Syno- occasional, infrequent, irregular, periodical, periodic, random
Hint - sporadic== opposite of periodic, we know periodic things occur

regularly.
389. Status quo (N.) - यथापूवथ ध्स्थनत - the present situation or condition
Example-
1) Certain people always want to maintain the status quo.
2) Maintain the status quo till the dispute is settled by the court.
Syno - existing condition, current situation, state-of-affairs, no change
390. Superannuated (Adj.) - बहुत ही पुराना, सेवा ननवृ ि - old, and almost no
longer suitable for work or use
Example-
1) Surely they should receive the benefit of being superannuated on the
higher scale.
2) Superannuated computers.
Syno- antiquated, obsolete, outdated, old-fashioned, aged, out-of-date,

overage
Hint- super = greater annual = pertaining to year, superannuated =

great many years i.e., too aged.
391. Scion (N.) – राजवां शज - a young member of a rich and famous family
Example-
1) He was the scion of a wealthy family.
2) Scion of the ruling dynasty.
Syno- offshoot, heir, successor, offspring
Hint- scion can be remembered as son.
392. Salient (Adj.) - प्रमुख - qualities of something that are the most important
things about them
Example-
1) She began to summarize the salient features/ points of the proposal.
The salient fact about the case is that it involves an American.
Syno - important, chief, notable, prominent, crucial, vital, essential,

prime
393. Sagacious (Adj.) - दू रदशी, नववे कशीि - having or showing understanding

and the ability to make good judgments
Example-
1) A sagacious person/comment/choice
2) He is a sagacious businessman.
Syno- wise, clever, intelligent, knowledgeable, sensible
Hint- sagacious look like suggest us.....and we always ASK WISE
PEOPLE to suggest us, whenever we are in trouble.
394. Schism (N.) - फूट/नवच्छे द - a division into two groups caused by a

disagreement about ideas, especially in a religious organization
Example-
1) Most of what I know comes from what I've relearned after the
Schism, Juley answered.
2) Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy.
Syno - conflict, disaccord, discord, discordance, discordancy,

disharmony
Hint- sounds like prism which splits light into colors.
395. Savor (V.) - आनांद उिाना to enjoy food or an experience slowly, in order
to enjoy it as much as possible
Example-
1) It was first chocolate he'd tasted for over a year, so he savored every
mouthful.
2) He savored the delicious soup.
Syno- flavor, taste, delectability, deliciousness, lusciousness,

palatability
Hint- SAVOR and FLAVOR are rhyming words. You savor (feel the
taste) the flavor (taste) of the food you eat.
396. Sartorial (Adj.) - नसिाई सांबांधी - relating to the making of clothes, usually
men's clothes, or to a way of dressing
Example-
1) Sartorial elegance.
2) The girls give their reactions to their fellow guests' sartorial style.
Syno - elegant, flashy, impeccable, sharp, stylish
Hint - sounds like sari tore and you need a tailor to fix it, thus sartorial
pertains to tailoring
397. Succor (N.) – सहायता - help given to someone, especially someone who
is suffering or in need
Example-
1) Her organization gave succor and strength to those who had been
emotionally damaged
2) The government has provided ample succor to the farmer affected by
flood.
Syno- aid, help, support, relief, assistance
Hint- Succor in Hindi sounds like sukkar(IYA) = thanks. We say thanks

to someone who HELPS or ASSISTS us in OUR DIFFICULT TIME.
398. Stringent (Adj.) - having a very severe effect, or being extremely
limiting
Example-
1) Stringent safety regulations were introduced after the accident.
2) We need to introduce more stringent security measures such as
identity cards.
- (FINANCE & ECONOMICS) - involving not enough money being

available for borrowing as a result of firm controls on the amount
of money in an economy
Example-
1) Already low living standards have been worsened by stringent
economic reforms.
Syno- strict, firm, rigid, rigorous, severe, harsh, tough, stiff
Hint- Stringent sounds like strict
399. Scruple (V.) - आशां का होना - a feeling that prevents you from doing
something that you think is morally wrong or makes you uncertain about
doing it
Example-
1) He is a man without scruple- he has no conscience.
2) Robin Hood had no scruples about robbing the rich to give to the
poor.
- (N.) - संकोच to not care that something you do is morally wrong or

likely to have bad results
Example-
1) He wouldn't scruple to cheat his own mother if there was money in it
for him.
Syno - aces, bits, crumbs, dabs, drams, driblets, glimmers, hints
Hint – SCRU (screwed) CoUPLEs(lovers) are willing to escape but
have a feeling of hesitation to do it.
400. Shambles (N.) - गड़बड़ घोटािा - a state of confusion, bad organization,

or untidiness, or something that is in this state
Example-
1) After the party, the house was a total/complete shambles.
2) Our economy is in a shambles.
Syno- chaos, mess, muddle, confusion, disorder
Hint - gamble shambles your life (ruins your life)
401. Sacrosanct (Adj.) - अनतपनवत्र - thought to be too important or too special

to be changed
Example-
1) The individual's right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct.
2) I'm willing to help on any weekday, but my weekdays are sacrosanct.
Syno- hallowed, holy, inviolable, sacred, unassailable, untouchable
Hint- sacrosanct- sacred
402. Spiteful (Adj.) – ईष्याथ िु - wanting to annoy, upset, or hurt another
person, especially in a small way, because you feel angry towards them
Example-
1) That was a spiteful thing to say!
2) a spiteful child
Syno- malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, hurtful, malevolent
403. Stigma (Adj.) - किां क - a strong feeling of disapproval that most people
in a society have about something, especially when this is unfair
Example-
1) There is no longer any stigma to being divorced.
2) There‟s a stigma associated with low-income food programs.
Syno- shame, disgrace, dishonor, stain, blemish, blot
Hint - Stigma (STICK + MAA) Imagine someone hitting his MAA with a
STICK. How disgraceful it will be!!!
404. Sluggish (Adj.) - आिसी - moving or operating more slowly than usual
and with less energy or power
Example-
1) A heavy lunch makes me sluggish in the afternoon.
2) Something is wrong with the car - the engine feels sluggish.
Syno- inactive, quiet, slow, lethargic, dull
Hint- sluggish= slow + ish
405. Sedentary (Adj.) – ननध्िय - involving little exercise or physical activity
Example-
1) a sedentary job/occupation
2) My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too
sedentary.
Syno- sitting, desk-bound, stationary
Hint - Dentary- dentist u require a lot of sitting to make your teeth

healthy.
406. Tepid (Adj.) – गुनगुना / उत्साहहीन (of liquid) not very warm, or (of feelings
or actions) not very strong
Example-
1) Use tepid water for bathing.
2) I got a tepid response to my suggestion.
Syno- halfhearted, lukewarm, uneager, unenthusiastic, heated, toasty,

uninterested
Hint - tepid sounds like torpid which is sluggish i.e. inactive
407. Tortuous (Adj.) - टे ढा मेढा / जनटि - with many turns and changes of
direction; not direct or simple
Example-
1) He took a tortuous route through back streets.
2) The path to peace seems at last to be clear, although it may be a
long and tortuous one.
Syno - convoluted, roundabout, circuitous, indirect, confusing
Hint - a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and
turning making path complicated.
408. Tryst (N.) - गुप्त भेंट - a meeting between two people who are having a
romantic relationship, especially a secret one
Example-
1) The villagers got wind of the tryst between lovers and hacked them to
death.
2) A moonlight tryst.
Syno - date, visit, dalliance, escapade, engagement, meeting
Hint - TRY TO MEET SECRETLY the girl told her boyfriend. TRYST =
try to meet secretly.
409. Tentative (Adj.) - अनननित - (of a plan or idea) not certain or agreed, or
(of a suggestion or action) said or done in a careful but uncertain way
because you do not know if you are right
Example-
1) He made a tentative statement in the assembly.
2) I have tentative plans to take a trip to Seattle in July.
Syno - hesitant, uncertain, cautious, unconfident, timid, unsteady,

shaky
Hint - Living in a tent temporarily. If you are living in a tent, you are
unsettled.
410. Terminus (N.) - the last stop or the station at the end of a bus or train
route
Example-
1) The bus is reaching the terminus.
2) Mumbai is the terminus of the western railways.
Syno – conclusion, limit, end, cease, cessation, closure
Hint - Terminus=terminal + bus. So, terminus is Bus Terminal where

bus stops and loads & unloads passengers.
411. Thwart (V.) - to stop something from happening or someone from doing
something
Example-
1) Our holiday plans were thwarted by the bus drivers' strike.
2) The city council thwarted his reform efforts.
Syno - baffled, balked, beat, checkmated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated
Hint - This word sounds like THROAT. So if someone squeezes your

throat your air passages will get blocked. Thus desires will be
prevented. You also feel frustrated and baffled.
412. Trauma (N.) - severe and lasting emotional shock and pain caused by
an extremely upsetting experience, or a case of such shock happening
Example-
1) Central pain syndrome can result from trauma to the brain or spinal
cord.
2) He had psychotherapy to help him deal with his childhood traumas.
Syno- injury, damage, hurt, wound, bruise
413. Travesty (N) - घनटया प्रनतरूप - something that fails to represent the
values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is
shocking or offensive
Example-
1) The police chief called the judge‟s ruling a travesty of justice.
2) The trial of patriots like Bhagat singh was a sheer travesty of justice.
Syno- misrepresentation, distortion, mockery, parody, caricature, poor

imitation
414. Throttle (V.) - गिा घोांटना - to press someone's throat very tightly so that
they cannot breathe
Example-
1) He tried to throttle her with wire
- (N.)- िलफ वधल्व a valve which allows more or less fuel to go into an
engine and so changes the power with which the engine operates
Example-
1) The engines were at full throttle.
Syno - choke, strangle, strangulate, smother, suffocate
Hint- throttle rhymes with THROAT KILL, it means to KILL BY

SQUEEZING THE THROAT.
415. Trite (Adj.) - नघसा नपटा - expressed too often to be interesting or seem
sincere
Example-
1) His lyrics about love and peace are too trite for me to take them
seriously.
2) I know it will sound trite, but I've loved being part of this club.
Syno- hackneyed, banal, cliché, platitude, vapid
Hint - trite = tri + it ( so sounds like try + it) She made the same dish all
the time and give it to her friends saying, 'try it' ... as it is repeated so
many times, it becomes over familiar.
416. Tenet (N.) – नसिाां त - one of the principles on which a belief or theory is
based
Example-
1) Non-violence is the central tenet of their faith.
2) The tenets of Buddhism emphasize the need of simple life.
Syno - principal, belief, doctrine, percept, creed, dogma, rule
Hint - TENET rhymes with TENANT...so the tenants were given a set of
DOCTRINE by the owner before they could occupy the house.
417. Tribulation (N.) – पीड़ा - a state of great trouble or suffering
Example-
1) His time of tribulation was just beginning.
2) She went through tribulation in life with fortitude.
Syno- trouble, worry, anxiety, burden, affliction, adversity, hardship,

difficulty, problem
Hint- Tribulation ~ Tribal; while the group was trekking they were caught
by jungle tribal (junglee log In Hindi) and harassed. It was a period of
tribulation for them.
418. Tenuous (Adj.) – पतिा - very weak, fragile and delicate
Example-
1) The police have only found a tenuous connection between the two
robberies.
2) It is a tenuous creeper and it needs a support.
Syno- slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, fine, thin, delicate
Hint- this word sound very close to TENNIS and most of the female
TENNIS PLAYERS ARE VERY SLIM AND THIN.
419. Terse (Adj.) - सांनक्षप्त, रूखा - using few words, sometimes in a way that
seems rude or unfriendly
Example-
1) "Are you feeling any better?" "No!" was the terse reply.
2) He was shouting terse orders for vehicles to pull over.
Syno - concise, brief, short, blunt, abrupt, crisp, laconic

Hint - Terse...sounds like TERESA. Here all her achievements, efforts
everything has been consolidated and put into a single word
"MOTHER". So TERSE means brief, concise.
420. Travail (N.) - किोर पररश्रम - an unpleasant experience or situation,

especially one that involves a lot of hard work or effort
Example-
1) He did whatever he could to ease their travail.
2) the recent travails of the airline industry
Syno- toil, suffering, pain, stress, hard work
Hint- travail= travel + rail= when you travel a long distance in a rail full
of people - you suffer from travail
421. Threshold (N.) - दे हिीज - the floor of an entrance to a building or room
Example-
1) He stood on the threshold of her bedroom.
2) They stood on the threshold of the church.
Syno- doorstep, doorway, entrance, entry, gate, gateway
- प्रधरम्भ the level or point at which you start to experience something, or

at which something starts to happen
Example-
1) I have a low/high boredom threshold (= I do/don't feel bored easily).
2) His secretary earns £268 a month, well below the threshold for
paying tax.
Syno- start, starting point, beginning, verge, edge, opening

422. Tainted (Adj.) – दू नषत, भ्रष्ट - spoiled; damaged in quality, taste, or value
Example-
1) The air was tainted by fumes from the cars.
2) tainted seafood
Syno- contaminate, pollute, adulterate, infect, spoil, ruin, corrupt
423. Transcend (V.) - ऊांिा उिना - to go further, rise above, or be more

important or better than something, especially a limit
Example-
1) This was an issue transcending party politics.
2) The best films are those which transcend national or cultural barriers.
Syno - go beyond, outshine, best, rise above, surpass, outstrip, climb,

exceed, raise
Hint - T (top) Ran (running race) ascend (exceed), that is topping in

running race, overtaking other runners.
424. Usurpation (N.) - अननधकार ग्रहण - the act of taking control of something
without having the right to, especially of a position of power
Example-
1) his unlawful usurpation of power
2) The military leader was charged with the usurpation of the throne.
Syno - annexation, confiscation, abduction, apprehension, arrest,

arrogation
425. Umbrage (N.) - अपमान, रोष - to feel upset or annoyed, usually because
you feel that someone has been rude or shown no respect to you
Example-
1) Will she take umbrage if she is not invited to the wedding?
2) He took umbrage at their rudeness.
Syno- be offended, be upset, be annoyed, be angry, be insulted
Hint- notice the last 4 letters...RAGE. And then umbrella =shade,

rage=anger and resentment.
426. Unearth (V.) - धरती में से ननकािना - to discover something in the ground
Example-
1) No evidence has yet been unearthed.
2) Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant.
- पतध लगधिध - to discover proof or some other information,

especially after careful searching
Example-
1) No evidence has yet been unearthed.
Syno - excavate, discover, mine, unbury, dig, divulge, expose
Hint - un (not) +earth the minerals which are not present in surface of
earth is find BY DIGGING.
427. Unkempt (Adj.) – गन्दा, नबखरा हुआ - untidy; not cared for
Example-
1) Unkempt hair.
2) I don‟t like his unkempt appearance.
Syno- untidy, messy, scruffy, ungroomed, shabby, shaggy
Hint- Drop the 'm' from unkempt. It becomes 'UNKEPT'...UN+KEPT,

something not kept properly or maintained like hair. or someone who is
dowdy, untamed.
428. Unilateral (Adj.) - done by only one of the groups, organizations, or

countries involved in an activity or process
Example-
1) Opposition have criticized the president's unilateral approach.
2) A unilateral decision.
Syno - exclusive, individual, one-man, one-sided, one-way, single,

Sole, solitary
429. Unsavory (Adj.) – अरुनिकर, घृनणत - unpleasant, or morally offensive
Example-
1) An unsavory character.
2) He has a history of unsavory business dealings.
Syno- disreputable, nasty, disgusting, objectionable, offensive,

repulsive, immoral
Hint - savor means taste, hence unsavory means distasteful.
430. Unruly (Adj.) - अननयांनत्रत - Unruly people are difficult to control and often
do not obey rules
Example-
1) Her unruly behavior caused chaos in class.
2) Unruly teenagers are a nuisance.
Syno- disorderly, uncontrollable, disobedient, disruptive, undisciplined,

chaotic
Hint - UN(no)RULY(rules).....someone who follows NO RULES....
431. Vie (V.) - प्रनतस्पधाथ करना - to compete with other people to achieve or get
something
Example-
1) The two groups of scientists are vying to get funding for their
research projects.
2) Six candidates are currently vying for the democratic presidential
nomination.
Syno- compete, contend, contest, struggle, fight, battle
Hint - Pronounce it as 'Why' and observe the gesture i.e.; right thumb
up asking someone the question ' Why' and indeed you show your
thumb up whenever you CHALLENGE some person.
432. Venerable (Adj.) - सम्मानीय,आदरणीय - deserving respect because of
age, high position, or religious or historical importance
Example-
1) A venerable family.
2) The venerable American jeweler, Tiffany & Company, appointed a
new president.
Syno- respected, venerated, revered, reverenced, honored, esteemed
Hint – venerable == honorable
433. Vent (V.) - उिेजक भावोां को ननकािना to express a negative emotion in a

forceful and often unfair way
Example-
1) I didn't mean to upset anyone, I just needed to vent.
2) Please don't shout- there is no need to vent your frustration/anger on
me.
- द्वार a small opening that allows air, smoke, or gas to enter or leave a
closed space
Example-
1) If you have a gas fire in a room, you should have some kind of
outside vent.
Syno - loose, release, take out, unleash, air, expound, express, give
Hint - He WENT out through the VENT.
434. Veer (V.) - to suddenly change direction
Example-
1) The officer saw the car veer off the side of the road.
2) Our talk soon veered onto the subject of money.
Syno- diverge, swerve, depart, bend, turn, digress, deviate
Hint - Veer and steer are rhyming words. Veer means to change
direction and steer means to direct the course of, guide.
435. Vehement (Adj.) – उग्र, प्रिण्ड - expressing strong feelings, or shown by

strong feelings or great energy or force
Example-
1) Both men were vehement in their denial of the charges against them.
2) Despite vehement opposition from his family, he quit school and
became an actor.
Syno- passionate, forceful, ardent, heated, fervent, strong, powerful,

intense, violent
Hint- Vehement resembles cement i.e. strong, forceful (cement

expands inwards with immense pressure and force) vehement ==
cement.
436. Vagary (N.) - उतार-िढाव, मौज - an unpredictable or erratic action,
occurrence, course, or instance, or unexpected change in a situation or
in someone's behavior.
Example-
1) The vagaries of the weather.
2) I can't explain the vagaries of his behavior.
Syno- quirk, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, foible, unpredictability
Hint - Sounds like beggary. If you invest too much money in the stock
market, it may lead to beggary because of the vagary (unpredictable)
nature of the stock market.
437. Vantage (N.) - िाभप्रद ध्स्थनत - a position giving a strategic advantage,

commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
Example-
1) From my vantage point, we can see the city spread below us.
2) The militants occupied the position of vantage and started firing
across the valley.
Syno- point of view, viewpoint, standpoint, outlook, perspective
Hint- In the movie "Vantage Point" the hero has an ad-vantage over the
villain!
438. Venal (Adj.) - ररश्वत से प्रभानवत, नबकाऊ - A venal person is willing to behave
in a way that is not honest or moral in exchange for money
Example-
1) He is a venal politician.
2) Local customs officers are notoriously venal.
Syno- corrupt, bribable, buyable, crooked, corruptible, greedy,

dishonorable
Hint - venal & penal are rhyming words. As penal is something related
to crime in that way we can remember venal as a crime (corruption)
439. Vitiate (V.) - भ्रष्ट करना, ख़राब करना - spoil or damage the quality or
efficiency of something
Example-
1) Development programs have been vitiated by the rise in population.
2) His admirable character is vitiated by his pride.
Syno- damage, impair, corrupt, debase
Hint - The "fish he ate" was spoiled and made him sick.
440. Vendetta (N.) - प्रनतशोध - a long and violent argument between people or
families, in which one group tries to harm the other in order to punish
them for things that happened in the past
Example-
1) He saw himself as the victim of a personal vendetta being waged by
his political enemies.
2) They accused the special prosecutor of carrying on a vendetta
against the White House.
Syno- argument, altercation, dispute, clash, fight, war, rivalry, conflict
Hint- Ven (when) - d (the) - etta (attack)....when they attack each other
they are in vendetta.
441. Vilify (V.) - नतरस्कार करना, बदनाम करना - to attack the reputation of a
person or thing with strong or abusive criticism
Example-
1) He was vilified by the press as a monster.
2) Election is a period when politicians try to vilify the reputation of
others.
Syno- disparage, denigrate, defame, revile, berate, belittle, abuse
Hint- Vilify (to speak ill of) is to make someone out to be a villain.
442. Vintage (N.) (Adj.) - पुराना - used to describe clothing, jewelry, etc. that
is not new, especially when it is a good example of a style from the past
Example-
1) a vintage plane
2) She loves buying vintage clothing.
- श्रेष्ठ - of high quality and lasting value, or showing the best and
most typical characteristics of a particular type of thing
Example-
1) This film is vintage Disney.
2) It has not been a vintage year for the club (= it has not been very
successful).
Syno - retro, antiquated, old-fashioned, old-time, outmoded, rare, aged
443. Vindictive (Adj.) - बदिा िेनेवािा - having or showing a wish to harm

someone because you think that they harmed you; unwilling to forgive
Example-
1) She was immature, spiteful, and even vindictive at times.
2) A vindictive man desperate for revenge.
Syno- revengeful, spiteful, helpful, cruel, forgiving, kind
Hint- vindictive=win + addictive obsessed about winning. so always

having ill will against others
444. Vandalism (N.) - बबथ रता, गुांडानगरी - Intentional destruction of public

property - or property of others
Example-
1) An act of mindless vandalism.
2) The unruly crowd was dispersed by the police when it indulged in
vandalism.
Syno- destruction, malicious mischief, burglary, demolition, piracy
445. Vituperative (Adj.) - कटु आिोिनापूणथ - A vituperative spoken or written
attack is full of angry criticism
Example-
1) One of journalism's most vituperative critics.
2) Miss Snowden yesterday launched a vituperative attack on her ex-
boss and former lover.
Syno - abuse, billingsgate, fulmination, invective, obloquy, scurrility,

vitriol
446. Warrant (V.) - अनधकार पत्र - an official document, signed by a judge or

other person in authority, that gives the police permission to search
someone's home, arrest a person, or take some other action
Example-
1) a search warrant
2) Judge La Riva had issued an arrest warrant/a warrant for his arrest.
- आश्वधसि दे िध - to make a particular activity necessary

Example-
1) Obviously what she did was wrong, but I don't think it warranted such
a severe punishment.
Syno - credential, summons, authorization, certificate, passport,

credentials, permit
447. Wayward (Adj.) – नज़द्दी ,मनमौजी - doing only what you want and often
changing your behavior in a way that is difficult to control
Example-
1) He was a wayward kid.
2) He is fickle minded and is accused of way-ward disposition by her
friends.
Syno- obedient, stubborn, unruly, unmanageable, undependable,

controllable
448. Wane (V.) – पतन - to become weaker in strength or influence
Example-
1) By the late 70's the band's popularity was beginning to wane.
2) The popularity of the congress party is certainly on the wane.
Syno- disappear, decrease, diminish, dwindle, shrink, subside, decline
Hint- wane opposite of gain
449. Willful (Adj.) - जान बूझ कर नकया हुआ - intentional, deliberate (of
something bad) done intentionally, or (of a person) determined to do
exactly as you want, even if you know it is wrong
Example-
1) I think he showed a willful disregard for safety.
2) A dignified being cannot be unwise, unjust, willful, or cowardly.
Syno- intended, purposeful, knowing, calculated, knowing
Hint - wil+ful... full of will to do something. Something intentional (done

purposely).
450. Wan (Adj.) – फीका पड़ जाना - (of a person's face) more pale than usual
and tired-looking
Example-
1) She looked wan and weak after long illness
2) The wan dawn light.
Syno- pale, dim, faint, weak, feeble
Hint - wan rhymes with Maruti van... she liked to travel in a Scorpio but
she is traveling in a van. So she is pale.
451. Waylay (V.) – घात िगाना - to wait for and then stop someone, especially
either to attack or talk to that person
Example-
1) He waylaid me on the stairs.
2) The ladies were waylaid when they were returning from picnic.
Syno- ambush, attack, rob, assail, wait in hiding to attack
Hint - On the WAY robbers LAY wooden logs to stop you.
452. Wilt (V.) - मुझाथ ना - to become weak and begin to bend towards the
ground - of a plant
Example-
1) The hot weather wilted the plants.
2) The spectators were wilting in the sun.
Syno- droop, flag, hang, loll, sag, swag, decay, emaciate
Hint- Wilt and tilt sound the same and they both mean, to droop.
453. Wield (V.) - हनथयार इस्तेमाि करने के निए तैयार रहना to hold a weapon or
tool and look as if you are going to use it
Example-
1) She was confronted by a man wielding a knife.
- अनर्कधर प्रयोग करिध - to have a lot of influence, authority or power

over other people
Example-
1) He still wields enormous influence in politics.
Syno – apply, brandish, handle, maintain, manipulate, operate, possess
Hint- wield sounds like shield- which is generally used for protection,
there for one need to handle it efficiently
454. Wreak (V.) - गुस्सा उतरना, प्रनतशोध िेना - to cause something to happen in
a violent and often uncontrolled way
Example-
1) The recent storms have wreaked havoc on crops.
2) She was determined to wreak revenge/vengeance on both him and
his family.
Syno- force, inflict, revenge, unleash, pay back, pay off, redress
Hint- wreak sounds like break. So if you break somebody‟s head you
will definitely get some punishment.
455. Wrest (V.) - छीन िेना - to violently pull or take something away from
someone
Example-
1) He wrested the letter from my grasp.
2) The thief wrested the luggage from the passenger.
- मबपिल से प्रधप्त करिध - to obtain something with difficulty, effort, or

violence
Example-
1) Shareholders will try to wrest control of the company from the current
management.
2) Wrested power from the monarchy.
Syno - force, seize, squeeze, move, distort, exact, extort, extract
Hint - Wrest originates from the root word, wrestling and we know the
meaning of wrestling.
456. Wangle (V.) - काम ननकािना, प्राप्त कर िेना - to succeed in getting or doing
something by persuading someone or by being clever in some way
Example-
1) I'll be so jealous if you manage to wangle an invitation to his house.
2) She wangled an expense-account trip to New York.
Syno- contrive, manipulate, obtain, contrive, extricate, fake, falsify
Hint- wrangler (wangle) jeans- two girls are fighting to get a pair of last
piece of jeans.
457. Xenophobia (N.) - नवदे शी द्वे ष - extreme dislike or fear of people from
other countries and their customs and religions etc
Example-
1) Racism and xenophobia are steadily growing in Europe.
2) Some German patriots suffer from xenophobia.
Syno- nativism, chauvinism, nationalism, super patriotism, prejudice,

racism
Hint - Break it like X +ENO +Phobia. ENO stands for English national
opera. Phobia means one who hates ENO (foreign culture). Hence
dislike or fear of foreigners

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1. Amass (V.

) -इकट्ठा करना, to collect or gather - to get a large amount of

Syno- assemble, accumulate

Hint- amass ~ add masses and hence to collect things.

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

Syno - acrid, bitter, embittered, hard, rancorous, resentful, sore

Hint - a+cri+monious...take cri as cry.....stinging bitter words hurt and

3. Anomaly (N.) – अननयनमतता, something that deviates from what is

Hint- anomaly- abnormality

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

Syno- talent, fitness, gift, skill, ability

5. Alimony (N.) - पररत्यक्ता पत्नी के निये वृ नि या जीनवका, payment to divorced

Syno- maintenance, support, provision

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

Syno- compensate, apologize, confess, deodorize, excuse, explain

7. Ambiguous (Adj.) – अस्पष्ट, expressing more than one possible meaning

Syno- equivocal, ambivalent

Hint - ambi means two/both..guous sounds like guess..both are wild

Syno - give up, desert, abandon, avoid, disclaim, eschew

9. Adjure (V.) - शपथ िे कर कहना, ask for or request - command solemnly

Syno - beg, beseech, entreat, implore, importune

Hint- ad+ jure= jury always commands

Syno- replant, reseat, allege, book, transplant, attribute

11. Acme (N.) – नशखर, the highest level attainable

Syno- top, apex, pinnacle

12. Analogy (N.) – समानता, drawing a comparison in order to show

Syno - equality, similarity, parity, parallelism, affinity

-मभल्य निर्धाऩरत करिध set a price on, value, price

Syno- assess, estimate, evaluate, judge, rate, review.

14. Adage (N.) – कहावत, a wise saying, proverb

Syno – saying, proverb, maxim, posy, gnome

Hint- ad+age = generally old people tell us the proverb

Syno- misfortune, difficulty, hardship, distress, affliction, poverty.

Syno- exonerate, vindicate, acquit, exculpate, discharge.

Syno- escape, flee

18. Affray (N.) – दां गा, a group fight in a public place

Syno- brawl- a noisy fight and altercation.

Hint- affray - afra tafri mach gayi, matlab ladai ho gayi.

19. Annihilate (V.) - सत्यानाश करना, to destroy something completely so that

Syno- kill destroy, obliterate.

Hint- annihilate- eliminate- you destroy completely.

-Obliterate- िधमो निशधि नमटध दे िध - destroy utterly, wipe out.

Syno - abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean

20. Affable (Adj.) – नमिनसार, friendly, good natured, easy to talk

Syno- amiable, friendly, genial, congenial, pleasing, cordial.

Hint- affable= sociable- lovable- laughable

21. Amalgamate (V.) - एक होना, to combine or unite to form one structure

Syno- combine, merge, unite, integrate, fuse, consolidate, mingle

Hint- a+male+game+mate= game in which male partners will be united

22. Apprise (V.) - सूनित करना, inform or to tell someone

Hint- one who will inform will get prize.

Syno- laborious, strenuous, vigorous, back-breaking, stiff, herculean,

Hint- arduous= hard to do for us

24. Apprehend (V.) - पकड़ना , arrest someone for a crime

Syno- arrest, catch, capture, seize

-समझिध, to understand something or perceive

Syno- comprehend= apprehend, realize, perceive, realize, grasp

Hint- up your hands said the FBI

Syno - amend, better, enhance, enrich, help, improve

Hint- Ameli= imli, imli improves the taste of the food

26. Amnesty (N.) - अपराध-क्षमा, a situation in which a government agrees

Syno- reprieve, absolution, forgiveness, pardon, remission, remittal

Hint- because of his Honesty he got amnesty And I+am+nasty = i am

27. Ancillary (Adj.) – सहायक, providing support or help- to the primary