ENGLISH VOCABULARY

(LATEST )
BY: PROF. HAMID ALI SHARIF
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21 Collided 1) To come Banged, bashed, bumped,
with together with crashed, hit, impact,
solid our direct impinged , knocked, rammed
impact. , slammed, smashed, strike,
2) Clash swipe, thud, thump, struck,
3) To strike or pounded, beat, box, bat,
dash with stroke,smite, cracked,
sharp collision. smacked, punched.
22 Crudely 1) Uncultivated unrefined, unpurified,
2) Existing in unprocessed, untreated,
natural state un-milled, unworked,
and unaltered unpolished, coarse,
3) Rough or unprepared, raw, natural,
inexpert dirty, filthy, foul, gross,
4) Immaturely gutter, impure, indecent,
nasty, vulgar, wanton,
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23 Confront 1) To face Encounter, challenge,

especially in square up to, oppose, resist,
challenge. defy, dare, outbrave brazen,
2) Bring face to outface, tackle, attack,
face. assault, approach, face up
3) To hinder or to, meet, come face to face
prevent the with, stand up to, brave,
passage of. detain, accost, stop, halt,
obstruct.
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24 Compelled 1) To drive or force, coerce into, pressurize
urge into, pressure, impel, drive,
forcefully. press, push, urge, prevail on,
2) To cause to do dragoon into, browbeat into,
or occur by bully into, bludgeon into,
overwhelming intimidate into, terrorize
pressure. into, oblige, require, put
3) To dive under an obligation,
together. bulldoze, railroad,
steamroller, twist someone's
arm, strong-arm, lean on,
put the screws on, constrain
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25 Coaxed 1) To influence Fondled, pet, coaxed,
or gently urge persuaded, wheedled,
by caressing cajoled, beguile, flatter,
or flattering. seduce, lure, entice, tempt,
2) To manipulate inveigle, maneuver, sweet-
3) To persuade talk, soft-soap, butter up,
with flattery. blandished, wangle,
4) To deceive
with soothing
words.
5) To acquire by
ingenuity or
flattery.
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26 Comprehen 1) The act or understanding, ability to
sion action of understand, grasp, grip,
grasping with conception, apprehension,
the intellect. cognition, cognizance, ken,
2) The capacity knowledge, awareness,
for under- perception, discernment
standing fully. interpretation,grasping,
comprehensiveness,
27 Curious 1) Marked by inquisitive, intrigued,
desire to interested, eager to know,
investigate dying to know, burning with
and learn. curiosity, agog, quizzical,
2) Marked by inquiring,searching, probing,
inquisitive eagerness, querying, keen,
interest in questioning, interrogative,
other’s perplexed, puzzled, baffled,
concerns. mystified, anxious, athirst,
avid.
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28 Casually 1) Subject to, Heedless,indifferent,
resulting apathetic, uncaring,
from, or uninterested, unconcerned,
occurring by nonchalant,
chance. disinterestedness,
2) Occurring casualness, lukewarm,
with halfhearted, tepid,
irregularity. insouciant, offhand, hit-or-
3) Feeling or miss, easy-going, free and
showing little easy, airy, breezy,
interest. blithe,blithesome, buoyant,
carefree, flippant, lax, slack,
irresponsible, devil-
may-care, aperiodic,
discontinuous, intermittent,
irregularly, spasmodically,
occasionally, unsteady.
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29 Confining 1) Something ( enclose, incarcerate, imprison,
such as borders intern, impound, hold captive,
or walls) that trap, shut in, shut up, keep, pen
encloses. in, pen up, cage, lock in, lock up,
2) Something that coop, coop up, box in, box up,
restrains. immure, mew up, fence in,
3) To keep within hedge in, hurdle, rail in, wall in,
limits. wall up encircle,enclose,
surround, ring, encompass, hem
in, close in, corral, compass
30 Crammed 1) To pack stuff, pack, jam, fill, crowd,
tight:Jam throng, overfill, fill up, fill to
Cram a suitcase overflowing, stuff to the
with clothes. gills, fill to the brim, overcrowd,
2) To fill with food overload, bolt, devour, glut,
greedily or to gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp,
satiety:Stuff ingurgitate.
The child crams
her food.
3) To prepare
hastily for exams.
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31 Confirm 1) To give Ratify, corroborate, bear out,
approval to: verify, show the truth of,
(Ratify) prove, validate,strengthen,
2) To make firm authenticate, give assurance,
substantiate, give substance
to, justify, vouch for,accredit,
vindicate, give credence to,
support, uphold, back up,
approbate, approve,
authorize, sanction, warrant.
32 Cautioned 1) Careful about Warned, admonished, care,
avoiding danger carefulness, awareness,
or risk. heedfulness, heed, attention,
cautiousness,attentiveness,
alertness, watchfulness,
vigilance, circumspection,
discretion, prudence,
guardedness, chariness,
forethought, mindfulness,
wariness gingerliness,
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33 Captivated 1) Having one’s enthralling, charm, enchant,
interest or bewitch, fascinate, beguile,
attention held or entrance, enrapture,
captured by delight, attract, allure, lure,
something or win, ensnare, dazzle, absorb,
someone engross, rivet, grip, woo,
charming, magnetize, hypnotize,
beautiful, ravish, mesmerize, spellbind,
entertaining etc. infatuate, enamour, seduce.
34 Condescen 1) To assume an Lord (over), patronize, talk
ded air of down to, look down one's
superiority. nose at, look down on, put
(The writer down, be snobbish to,
treats his reader unbend, feel arrogant, feel
as equals and haughty, feel superior.
never
condescends to
them.)
2) To descend to
less dignified
level: unbend
35 Criteria 1) A standard on Standard, basis, point of
which A reference,norm, yardstick,
judgment or benchmark, touchstone,
decision may test, formula, measure, gauge,
be based. scale, barometer, indicator,
Ex. litmus test, specification,
The university’s guide, guideline, guiding
criteria principle, principle, rule, law,
for admission. canon, convention, attribute,
2) A characteristic, diagnostic,
characterizing differentia, feature,
mark or trait. fingerprint, hallmark,
particularity, specific, stamp,
trait.mark, marker, note.
36 Daintily 1) Tasting good: Tasty, delectable, delicate,
2) Attractively neat, refined, tasteful, fine,
prepared and elegant, exquisite, graceful,
served: petite, slight,
3) Marked by slim, trim, pretty, dinky,
delicate appetizing, delicious, delish,
beauty, form, flavourful, flavoursome,
or degree. luscious, mouthwatering,
4) Showing palatable.
avoidance of
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37 Dispensing 1) To divide and Administer, allocate,
share out distribute, pass round, pass
according to a out, hand out, deal out, dole
plan. out, share out, divide
Dispense food out, parcel out, allocate,
among the needy. allot, apportion, assign,
2) Administer bestow, confer, supply,
dispense justice. disburse, dish out, portion,
parcel out,
38 Dispute 1) To engage in debate, discussion,argle-
argument. bargle, brawl, quarrel,
discourse, disputation,
argument, verbal
controversy, contention,
disagreement, altercation,
falling-out, quarrelling,
variance, dissension, conflict,
friction, strife, discord,
antagonism, contestation
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39 Distract 1) To turn aside. Derail, divert, divagate,
2) To divert deflect, sidetrack, turn aside,
3) To stir up or turn away, draw away,
confuse with disturb,put off, aberrate,
conflicting agitate, bother, disturb,
emotions or discomfort, discompose,
motives. disquiet, distemper, distress,
perturb, upset.
40 Drummed 1) To make a Vibration, throb, throbbing,
successions of pulsation, bicker, clacked,
strokes or beat, rhythm, patter, chatter,
vibrations that pounding, thump, thumping,
produce sounds thud, thudding, rattle,
like drumbeats. rattling, pitter-patter, tap,
pat.
PRACTICE
21) Collided with:
a) Forced

b) Impinged

c) Marked

d) Severed

22) Crudely:
a) Processed

b) Raw

c) Worked

d) Refined
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23) Confront:
a) Yield

b) Consent

c) Challenge

d) Submissive

24) Compelled:
a) Cooperate

b) Coerce

c) Come together

d) Magnetize
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25) Coaxed:
a) Pet

b) Unflattered

c) Uninfluenced

d) Flattened

26) Comprehension:
a) Ungripped

b) Obscure

c) Ununderstanding

d) Discernment
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27) Curious:
a) Comprehensible

b) Agog

c) Cognizance

d) Indifferent

28) Casually:
a) Caring

b) Concerned

c) Insouciant

d) Conscious
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29) Confining:
a) Unlocked
b) Non-limiting
c) Ringless
d) Mewing up
30) Crammed:
a) Unfilled
b) Crowdless
c) Jammed
d) Hollow
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31) Confirm:
a) Firm

b) Unsubstantiated

c) Corroborated

d) Concerned

32) Cautioned:
a) Unmindful

b) Guardedness

c) Carelessness

d) Imprudent
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33) Captivated:
a) Repelling

b) Heinous

c) Hypnotize

d) Magnify

34) Condescended:
a) Meek

b) Descended

c) Prideless

d) Haughty
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35) Criteria:
a) Baseless

b) Guidelessness

c) Road map

d) Directionless

36) Daintily:
a) Ungracefully

b) Exquisitely

c) Hardly

d) Impolitely
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37) Dispensing:
a) Storing

b) Reserve

c) Disbursing

d) Treating

28) Dispute:
a) Mediation

b) Compromise

c) Dissension

d) Resolution
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39) Distract:
a) Attract

b) Deflect

c) Reflect

d) Substract

40) Drummed:
a) Pulsation

b) Dumb

c) Mute

d) Soundless