Words Meanings Sentences

Manipulate to control/change something or someone
to your advantage, often unfairly
Exhilarate To give someone strong feelings of
happiness
Gimmick Something that is not serious or
of real value that is used
to attract people's attention or interest tempo
rarily, especially to make
them buy something
The government always manipulates the media.
People always manipulate others to get away from
their wrongs.
Parents gift toys to their children to exhilarate them.
Good bands in IELTS exhilarated me.
People use gimmicks in business as publicity.
Attention seekers always use gimmicks to attract
others.

Intrinsic Being an extremely important and The intrinsic thing about computer course is
a basic characteristic of a person or thing programming.
The intrinsic thing about the bowl that I bought
yesterday was its build quality.
Invincible Impossible to defeat or prevent from doing Hard work of team A has made it invincible for
what is intended other teams to defeat them
The way Pakistan is playing their cricket, their
defeat is invincible.
Repercussio The effect that an action, event, Corona Virus has a negative repercussion on
n or decision has on country’s economy.
something, especially a bad effect Sometimes bad character of elder people has a
negative repercussion on children.
Humane Having/ showing kindness, care, Giving tips to waiters is a best example of being
and sympathy towards others humane.
Our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) always showed
humane towards poor.
Lament To express sadness and feeling sorry about The whole class lamented after failing in
something mathematics.
It is a good habit to do assignments on time rather
to lament afterwards.
Lofty High or impressive The tree in the garden was very lofty.
Rich people often have a lofty behavior.
Lucrative producing much money or making People always like lucrative jobs.
a large profit The good publicity of company made their profit
lucrative.
Deficit Loss I have to borrow some money from bank in order to
Shortage, Shortfall cover my business deficit.
I have decided to work extra time to cope up with
my financial deficit.
Brag Showoff, boast, to shout one’s mouth off He was bragging about his wealth as if he’s the
richest person in this world.
Don’t brag about your good deeds to others.
Crave To have a strong desire for, to long for She has been living her life in such a misery that
now she doesn’t crave for anything good.
I haven’t my son for so long that now I am craving
to have a glimpse of him.
Conservativ Moderate, cautious, contented We must try to be conservative and rely on our own
e resources.
Those who live conservatively don’t brag about
their achievements.
Contented Satisfaction, accepting the circumstances, We must be contented to God for what He has
mentally relax blessed us with.
I always pray to God to grant me contentment so
that no matter how hard the circumstances are, I
could live in peace.
Defy To reject or refuse something openly, My proposal to get the job was defied by the boss
straightaway.

Reside To live, to belong to someone or something I reside in Mirpur, it’s my home city.
Power to make legislation in a country resides with
the parliament.
Detrimental Bad impacts, causing harm Global warming may have detrimental effect on our
future generations.
Though technology has countless positive impacts
on our lives, but still there are numerous detriments
also.
Confess To accept to the reality, or truth especially After being detained for a week by the police, he
an inconvenient one finally confessed his crime.
He made a confession of liking her.
Depict To represent something, symbol of The meticulous paintings in the art gallery truly
presentation depict our vibrant culture.
Green color in the flag of Pakistan is the depiction
of Muslim population.
Confront To come up with someone face to face. If you want to succeed in life you will need to
confront the hardships.
The two forces confronted each other on the
frontier.
Liable Responsible, or to have liability He is liable of all the troubles she endured through.
After marriage, it’s your liability to take good care
of your wife.
Pragmatic Practical, concerned with actual stats and Since both the parties to the dispute are at fault, it is
figures hard to look for any pragmatic solution.
He works all the ways out; I can assure he’s a
pragmatic person.
Aggravate To increase (typically something bad) His grievances aggravated when he saw the
To deepen the wounds criminal of her son’s murder.
His bad habits only aggravate my troubles.
Top-Notch Having highest and best quality This car has the top-notch engine.
This is the top-notch technology in Artificial
Intelligent products.
Fictitious Made up, imaginary, fiction The characters in the story are fictitious, just to
visualize you the actual incidents.
He told so many fictitious stories in his rhetoric
speech.
Correlation Mutual relation of two thing, If you correlate his actions to his words, you would
know how much hypocrite he is.
He correlated the living standards to energy
 consumption to show the reasons of energy
shortfall in the country.
Conviction A strong belief, a formal judgement by jury He was found convicted for manslaughter.
I read in a newspaper that 10% of the prisoners in
American jails are wrongly convicted for the
crimes based on a decade’s data.

Acquittal To charge free from court He has been acquitted from murder charges by
High court.
The jury quickly agreed on a verdict of not guilty,
and the acquittal was greeted by people with shouts
of triumph.
Chaos Disorder After declaration of war by Germany, there was
chaos throughout the country.
His biased and prejudiced speech had chaotic
impacts on populace.
Myth Some fiction, a popular belief without There is a myth that ghost roam the streets at late
proof night.
Some believe that it is only a myth that Hitler killed
himself, he actually ran away.
Heyday Best times, prosperous times of life In her heyday, she had been the most beautiful lady
in the town.
With such a hard work, I literally prospect heyday.
Intricate Complex, difficult, complicated With so many possible alternatives; it is an intricate
decision to choose one.
The intricate piece of art in the art gallery.
Paradox Contradiction, ambiguity He has all the wealth of the world yet he lives in
simplicity. His life is a paradox.
Obscure Unclear, not discovered properly, to conceal The depths of Mariana Trench are still obscure.
There is still obscurity about the far side of the
Moon.
Prevail To sustain, endure, to stand through, to The harder we strive, the longer we prevail.
become strong His prevailing circumstances are miserable.
Tendency Inclination towards a certain behavior, drift, Though it has been broken, it still has the tendency
lenience, having capability to work properly.
He always has tendency to listen to others, most
people lack this quality.
Constraint Obstacles, hurdles, stops If you are confident, you can surmount any
constraints on your way.

Decree Command, order, rule To worship him five times a day is Thy Lord’s
decree.

Viable Doable, feasible, workable Let’s discuss the viable solutions to the problem.
There is no viability of this alternate.
Cozy Warm and comfortable, It real cold out there, take this blazer to keep to a bit
cozy.
We really don’t want to leave coziness.
Wicked Immoral, evil, sinful His wicked actions finally paid him off with
charges.

Ecstasy great happiness, or sometime overwhelmed
by drugs, over joyed
Mesmerize To have someone’s attention completely so
d that they cannot think of anything else.
Plethora A very large amount of something /
something in excess more than it need.
Recapitulat To repeat or rephrase main points of an
e explanation or description.
Dilemma A difficult situation to choose something
between two or more alternatives.
Secular State of being unrelated or neutral in
regards to religion and irreligion.
Voyage A long journey involving by sea or in space.
Annotate To add short explanation
Awful Exceptionally bad or displeasing/ causing
fear and dread/ Also used as an intensifier.
Gross Something unacceptable or unpleasant/
Rude/ Vulgar/ Unattractive/ Total amount
of something especially monetary terms.
Impetus A force that moves something along
Kids look pretty while doing little wicked things.
You should have seen her ecstasy when she saw
him.
You should have seen how ecstatic she was when
she saw her.
I was mesmerized by listening first song of Coke
studio season 14.
Everyone in class was mesmerized during the
lecture.
This year farmers of Asian countries produced
plethora of wheat.
By spending plethora time in research work, Ali
can get sick and tired.
At the end of the class teacher recapitulated the
lecture.
Who can recapitulate the story?
I feel that it is dilemma for kids to choose between
mom and dad in the case of separation.
The girl was in dilemma to jump into river or to
stay there when she saw a lion coming towards her.
Mr. ABC is a secular person.
Try not to be a secular person.
I and my friends are planning a voyage this
vacation.
Majority of tourists love voyage rather than hiking.
You are free to annotate the textbook with notes.
You will be able to annotate the lecture only when
you take class attentively.
It was an awful experience regarding people of
Murree during recent heavy snowfall.
The recent Anarkali bomb blast has refreshed the
awful memories of dreadful chaos Pakistan faced
from 2005-2015.
I am awful sorry. (Intensifier).
Our company’s gross sales increases by $ 3 million
each year.
For recent Murree catastrophe that took 26 lives,
the public management departments are found
guilty for gross negligence.
Avoid excessive use of chocolates, sweets and
other bakery products because they will make you
gross.
The impetus for military operation Zarb e Azb
came after terrorist attack on Mehran Air Base.
We need to maintain the impetus for IELTS
preparation, if we want to move to Canada.
Sometimes, a tragedy provides the impetus for

Behest Something done on someone’s order or
request
Recoil Retract, retreat or move back quickly due to
fear or offence/ opposite movement or
reaction/ Hesitation/ Shudder
Dormant Inactive state/ Sleepy/ Something that is
inactive at the moment but may become
active later on
Ransom
a sum of money demanded or paid for the
release of a captive
change and reforms in our systems.
At Sir Waqas behest, we have already started
sharing vocabulary in IELTS Group.
At the behest of Indian Prime Minister, the Indian
army launched operation blue star.
I relocated to a new city where all facilities are
available at my wife’s behest.
Desert Eagle is a beautiful pistol manufactured by
Magnum that uses the largest cartridge ever used in
a pistol but it has one disadvantage, it has massive
recoil when fired.
People in Pakistan usually recoil from the idea of
getting loan from banks.
While giving speech, Shebaz Sharif’s body
shudders in recoil from the volume of shouting.
Hepatitis C is a very dangerous virus which can
remain dormant for almost 20 year in liver and is
very difficult to diagnose during its dormancy.
In lawless countries, police remain dormant until
unless a big tragedy happens.
In deserts, during famines, frog has the ability to
remain dormant for ages until it rains.
His life is totally dependent on the ransom.
Ransom used to be very common hundred of years
ago.

Plausible An explanation or statement that seems to The more plausible explanation of Murree incident
be true/ seemingly/ is that the extreme weather, negligence of local
people and administration departments led to the
loss of precious lives.
The jury thought that the only witness of the crime
was so plausible given the concordance between
his statement and physical evidence.
Given many social and political issues in the
country, all politicians are plausible liars.
Lethargic Lazy/ Slothful/ languid/ Indolent His lethargic attitude towards exams has lead him
to fail.
Many modern technologies have made us a bit
lethargic.
To kill lethargy and remain healthy, daily workout
is imperative.
Antagonize Provoke/ Counteract/ Act in opposition to Party A and party B public spokespersons won’t
miss a chance antagonizing the each other’s
leaders.
Arthur Morgan is the prime antagonist in the all
famous/ most popular video game “The Red Dead
Redemption II”.
The undertaker (Mark William Calaway) lost the
WrestleMania 30 from Brock Lesner. He has never
previously lost to his antagonist and made an
 extremely impressive record of 23 wins and 1 loss.
Amenities Facilities for people’s convenience, A large proportion of world’s population has no
enjoyment and pleasure access to very basic amenities like electricity, clean
water, schools and hospitals etc.
The new student hostel featured all the amenities
such as clean water, electricity, gas, internet,
medical facility and gym.
Many tourist destinations in our country offer a
subtle blend of traditional charm with modern
amenities.
Miniature Very small or tiny/ Detailed painting Great White Shark is in miniature to the Megladon
which once reign the depths of the oceans.
If we look around from the top of Burj ul Arab, all
the surrounding buildings look miniature to it.
The big vast earth is actually in miniature to most
of its neighboring planets of the solar system.
Presumably Very likely/ by reasonable assumption Presumably, he missed the bus as he left for the
station too late.
Keeping in view the plentiful evidence and witness
statement, the accused will presumably be
convicted for murder.
It has been raining for 10 days, therefore, the
streams and rivers may presumably be flooded as
soon as tomorrow.
Anecdotal Informal/ Based on individual accounts The Minister for Energy made anecdotal remarks
rather than on research or statistics/ not regarding availability of natural gas which has
necessarily true. outraged the public.
Many of the world’s famous prosecution cases
won on the basis of anecdotal evidence.
White collar criminals usually destroy hard
evidences and sometimes the anecdotal evidence is
so fragile that law and order agencies can’t even
start an investigation.
Suburb Outskirts/ Semi-Urban/ Exurbia/ Town Actually, the capital of Sri-Lanka is not Colombo
outside city center but part of it. but it’s a suburban town near Colombo known as
Sri-Jayawardanapura Kote.
I live in a suburb, on the outskirts of
Muzaffarabad, the capital of AJ&K.
There are some distinctive suburbs around the
country which featured both countryside and urban
characteristics.
Abundance More than adequate quantity or supply/ Though earth has water in abundance, yet, very
Larger quantity/ small proportion of it is drinkable.
Pakistan has a variety of resources in abundance,
but, they need to be exploited in a sustainable way
to reap the full benefit out of them.
In developing countries with poor economy, there
is abundant supply of cheap labor due to lack of
employment opportunities.
Exaggerate Indicating something is worse or more In internet broadband ads, the internet speed is
 important than it really is/ Appear greater more often exaggerated as compared to the actual
speed the consumer gets.
For consolation of the public, the government
reports present exaggerated economic figures.
While describing his new car, he exaggerated a lot.
Scrutiny Analysis/ Inspection/ Examination During scrutiny of the PC-I, I observed a lot of
discrepancies in the estimation of civil works.
Public scrutiny had brought civil servants out from
the backroom into the spotlight.
Private lives of celebrities frequently came under
media scrutiny.
Astonishing Very surprising/ Astounding/ Shocking/ In gym, Bilal presented an astonishing display of
Amazing physical fitness.
Princess Diana was an astonishingly beautiful
woman.
Her rude reaction to his proposal was astonishing.
Retrieved Salvaged/ Rescued/ Recovered/ Regained/ It was nearly impossible for him to retrieve his
Saved fame after harassment scandal.
By using the recovery software, I retrieved almost
all the deleted data from the hard disk.
After introducing reforms, the company gradually
retrieved all the losses within 6 months.
Explicit Very openly/ Clearly As per documentary “JFK Revisited through the
Looking Glass”, President Kennedy was explicit
about his intensions to decapitate the top
leadership of CIA.
The documentary “JFK Revisited through the
Looking Glass” explicitly established that how
CIA, FBI, other investigation agencies and the
Warren Commission under Chief Justice Warren
Buffet manipulated and corrupted the facts and
evidence of JFK Murder.
All websites showing explicit material are now
banned by PTA.
Competent Able/ Efficient/ Effective/ Experienced/ The government has competently managed a
Skilled number of crisis.
He is not competent enough to run the whole
business of our company.
Tackling with cybercrime and fifth generation
warfare is out of the competency of Police
Department.
Altitude Height/ Elevation/ Loftiness The aircraft had reached its cruising altitude of
30000 ft.
Couple of years ago, our group hiked all the way to
the top of Musa-Musallah, a peak near Balakot city
with the altitude of 14000 ft.
K2 is the world’s second highest peak with an
altitude of 8611 meters.
Treasure Wealth/ Money/ Paragon Parents in their old age are like treasure for their
children as well as for parents, children are most
 precious treasure.
The new museum opened in Islamabad is full of
cultural and traditional treasure.
Many of the islands located along old trade routes
are famous for buried pirate treasures.
Cordial Genial/ Pleasant/ Warm/ Kind/ Jovial I cordially invited by best friend for dinner.
We had never known him to be so chatty and
cordial.
The project team greeted us very cordially and
briefed us about the project.
Bizarre Strange/ Curious/ Inexplicable/ Weird He has very bizarre dressing habits.
I have such a bizarre experience in jungle where I
heard unidentified strange voices.
Fantasies cannot harm you, no matter how bizarre
they are.
Legitimate Genuine/ Legal/ Real/ Authentic The legitimacy of his automobile papers was
questioned by the police.
We must do a legitimate business by paying all the
taxes and following government guidelines.
The opposition parties do not recognize the
legitimacy of Imran Khan’s government.
Elicit Stimulate/ Prompt/ Provoke/ Cause/ His campaign is more likely to elicit a change in
Produce/ Bring about people habits regarding waste management.
He is hopeful that his request would elicit a
positive response.
My letters to the electricity department have
elicited no response yet.
Assess Judge/ Measure/ Evaluate/ Weigh/ After extensive geological investigation, the team
Calculate/ Consider assessed that the study area has massive mineral
reservoirs.
The test is designed to assess the aptitude rather
than academic achievements.
Ask the manager for the formula to assess the
value of belongings.
Deem Think/ Believe/ Consider/ Suppose/ I will not hesitate to deploy military if it deems
Estimate necessary.
Having good command on English is now deemed
essential for immigration purposes.
It deems he would not come due to heavy snowfall.
Summon Call upon The old event will summon up memories.
She manages to summon upon the smile.
Furious Extremely angry Ahmed was furious with me for forgetting to pick
him up.
I was late and he was furious with me.
Split Division into two or more parts The prize was split between Ahmed and Adeel.
The bag split, and sugar was spilled everywhere.
Bother To make the effort/trouble to do I do not bother his insane behavior towards me.
something, worry, disturb He didn't bother to answer the question.
Anticipate To imagine or expect that something People don't anticipate any risks going in markets
will happen without masks.

Fluster To make someone confused
Adapt To change your ideas or behaviour to
make them suitable for a new situation
Eager Wanting very much to do
Comprehend Understand, figure out
Army should anticipate any bad move from the
enemy based on the recent ongoing conflict between
Pakistan and India.
She was a very calm person, nothing could fluster
her.
She was put in a fluster by the unexpected guests.
The good thing about children is that they adapt
very easily to new environments.
It took me a while to adapt to the new job.
She was eager to help the poor.
The children were eager to go to the zoo.
During class Mr. ABC comprehended the passage
very well.
I failed to comprehend their attitude.

Convenient Suitable It is not very convenient for me to travel 3 hours on

bus to reach at my work place.
Is it not convenient for you to come this afternoon?
Uphold Support, endorse Through this job I uphold my siblings.
We need to uphold our juniors.
Impediment, hindrance, cut of Try to obstruct negativity from your life.
Obstruct Please do not obstruct footway with your car.
Mitigate Alleviate, lessen, reduce You need to mitigate your luggage before boarding.

Blemish Stain , mark During paint works, the lhe workers left so many
blemishes on the floor which were hard to remove
later on.
Diligent Attentive, persistent Our listening performance in English exam is
significantly based on how diligent we are.
Parley Conference There is no positive result of Kashmir parley
between India and Pakistan.
Bigoted Prejudiced, partial, one-sided. He is bigoted so it is impossible to argue with him.

Embittered Resentful -poison -anger Suleman is notorious for his embittered nature.

Summon Call upon The old event will summon up memories.

She manages to summon upon the smile.
Eloquence fluency Ahmed need to speak with eloquence to get better
results in IELTS.
She spoke with immense eloquence.

Educe To draw out The cabinet educed that the Mr. ABC who is
currently working as an MLA is not doing his duties
efficiently and with justice.
Embark To make a beginning in some scheme Some preparation is necessary before you embark
this project.
The troops are waiting to embark.

Emblem A symbol A flag and language are major emblem to represent

a country.
The national emblem of Saudi Arabia is a sword.

Altruistic Noble Kids have more altruistic behavior than adults.

Mr. ABC is most altruistic man as he gives huge
amount for charity every month.

Intermittent Irregular The baby is crying intermittently and asking for

parents.
After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was
abandoned.
Sceptic Questioner, doubter He was a philosopher as well, and apparently a
pessimist sceptic.
Brink edge or border Pakistan’s economy is down on the brink of
collapse.
He got so frustrated at work that he was on
the brink of quitting his job.
Concur agree It is difficult to concur ourselves for studies due to
swear cold.
Local community’s feeling does not
necessarily concur with the press.

Cunning Clever in negative sense She gave a cunning smile as she was tensed.
She had a cunning strategy to get highest marks in
exam.
Enchanting Stunning She was looking enchanting throughout the event.
She is enchanting, but so rude as well.
Gossiped whispered He writes gossip columns for a newspaper.
Don’t believe all the gossip you hear.

Grabbed Grasp or snatch She grabbed many dresses before starting of winter
season.
Do you want to grab something to eat?
Convenient Suitable It is not very convenient for me to travel 3 hours on
bus to reach at my work place.
Is it not convenient for you to come this afternoon?
Reticent Introvert Excessive use of technology is playing a moderate
role in making people reticent.