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1. Sumptuous (adj.) - शानदार, आलीशान - impressive, expensive, and of high
quality

Example-
1) A sumptuous feast/banquet/dinner
2) The celebrity guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns.

Synonyms - Babylonian, deluxe, lavish, luxuriant, luxurious, luxury

Hint - divide it like sumptu + ous; just focus on the SUMPT+U, SOUNDS
LIKE SAMPAT(I) (IN HINDI..DHAN SAMPATI) SO SAMPATI MEANS
MONEY, well if you have a lot of sampati or money, you will spend it
LAVISHLY, you will be able to buy all luxury.

2. Acquiescence (noun) – सहमति - the act of accepting or agreeing to

something, often unwillingly.

Example-
1) I was surprised by her acquiescence to/in the plan.
2) She nodded her acquiescence.

Synonyms -Consent, agreement, approval, acceptance.

Hint - acquiesce = A(Agree) + quie(Quietly) = Comply passively

3. Exorbitant (noun) - बहुि ज़्यादा, of a price or amount charged -

unreasonably high

Example-
1) Exorbitant rent.
2) The bill for dinner was exorbitant.

Synonyms- extremely high, excessively high, excessive, extortionate, Sky-

high, immoderate, enormous, huge, inflated

Hint- ex(out)+orbit= this is out of orbit.

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4. Rudimentary (adj.) - basic, and not detailed or developed

Example-
1) Her knowledge is still only rudimentary.
2) He had got a rudimentary formal education.

Synonyms- crude, low, primitive, rude

Hint – kids in elementary schools have rudimentary knowledge

5. Neophyte (noun) – नवतिष्य, 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.

Synonyms- beginner, learner, novice, newcomer, tyro

Hint- neo + phyte ~ new + fight; a new member or beginner always has to
fight to establish his own identity.

6. Plank (noun) – a. an important aspect of something, on which it is based

Example-
1) Spending cuts remain the main plank of the party’s defence policy.

b. - the main/central plank of someone’s policy/argument/programme

Example –
1) Educational reform was one of the main planks of their election
campaign.

Synonyms - flop, flump, plop, plump, plunk

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7. Unfettered (adj.) – बं धनमुक्त - not limited by rules or any
other controlling influence.

Example-
1) Poets are unfettered by the normal rules of sentence structure.
2) Unfettered free trade.

Synonyms – unrestricted, unchecked, free, uncontrolled.

Hint – un-fettered (feathered): if a bird is feathered it is FREE or

LIBERATED to fly

8. Surplus (noun/adj.)- a. (Noun)- अधिकता - a quantity or amount left over in

excess of what is required

Example-
1) The country suffers from a surplus of lawyers.
2) The world is now producing large food surpluses.

Synonyms- excess, surfeit, superabundance, superfly.

b. (Adj.)- आवश्यकता से अधिक - more than what is needed or used; excess.

Example-
1) Make the most of your surplus cash.
2) I sell my surplus birds to a local pet shop.
Synonyms- extra, spare, excess, remaining, in excess, superfluous,
unused.

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9. Quixotic (adj.) -अवास्ततवक , ख्याली - 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.

Synonyms- romantic, utopian, visionary, perfectionist, unrealistic

Hint- quick + exotic, if you desire something exotic to happen quickly in your
life, it is just a daydream.

10. Throttle (noun/verb)- a. (verb)- गला घ ट

ं ना - to press someone's throat very
tightly so that they cannot breathe

Example-
1) He tried to throttle her with wire

b. - (noun)- नली वाल्व 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.

Synonyms - choke, strangle, strangulate, smother, suffocate

Hint- throttle rhymes with THROAT KILL, it means to KILL BY SQUEEZING

THE THROAT.

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