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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC
1. Cliché klēˈSHā n. Phrase dulled in
meaning by repetition
Football player CLICHY
2. Buttress bətris n. Support, source of
help

3. Censorious senˈsôrēəs Adj. harshly critical overly serIOUS abt CENSORing---harshly critical
or disapproving
4. Censure senSHər v. Blame, crititcize Think censor board
5. Languish laNGgwiSH n. Lose strength lang(LAckiNG)a uish(wish)..think of a person
who is lacking a wish to do something, and such
kind of a person automatically loses his strength
6. Certitude n. certainity certain in attitude
7. Candor kandər -ˌdôr n. frankness Candor (Can + Do + r) During an interview you
reflect your "Can Do" attitude to the interviewer
8. Charlatan SHärlətən n. a flamboyant
deceiver
you hit CHAR LATEIN (in Hindi language) (4
kicks) to the person who misguides you as he
himself doesn't know anything
9. Conjecture kənˈjekCHər n. guess sounds like 'lecture' ..assume you guess an
answer for a question asked during a lecture
10. Aloof Adj. remote in manner Aloof (ALOne in the rOOF), when some is alone
in the roof, he is at distance from other members
of house.
11. Cajole kəˈjōl v. influence or urge by
gentle urging
Remember, our bollywood actress, KAJOL, she is
one of the most talkative, candid and energetic
actresses we have in the industry...why is she
portraying that image??? Probably she is doing
this to bag a film or two from KARAN JOHAR
12. Tenacity te·nac·i·ty n. persistent
determination
teen's consistant activity ie determination to
continue what he/she 's doing.
13. Corrugated kôrəˌgāt Adj. wrinkled Corrugated = Co + Rugged .. Rugged = not
smooth or wrinkled... (eg. Rugged look)
14. Conviction n. strongly held belief he is the 'convict', i dont have any doubt about
it!
15. Confound v. confuse con found: cannot be found => puzzle
16. Flagrant Adj. conspicuously
wicked
flag + rent --renting the national flag!(No offense
meant) It is shocking & scandalous.
17. Degradation n. humiliation de(means less)+grad...so when you get less
GRADS in your exam..you see humiliation from
all sides.
18. Dehydrate v. remove water from
19. Illusory Adj. deceptive
20. Invert v. turn upside down or
inside out

21. Intrepid Adj. fearless IN TRAP... you are fearless and confident that
you will come out of it.
22. Impecunious Adj. without money It is IMPossible to C U IN US "Without Money"

23. Impede v. hindrance or obstacle impede from impedance meaning resistance
24. Elated v. high spirits sounds like elevated...if you are promoted you
will definitely be in high spirits
25. Elegy eləjē n. a mournful poem E(a)-LEGY(legendry).....so if a legendry person
dies......people sing a mournful poem or people
lament or regret for his death
26. Elicit v. draw out by
discussion
implicit-which is understood .. explicit - means
specifically told or written.. ELICIT means which
is not specifically told or understood but WE
HAVE TO DRIVE BY REASONING
27. Gratuitous grəˈt(y)ooitəs Adj. given freely if we have gratitude towards someone, then we
do anything for them free or without great
reason
28. Gravity n. seriousness GRAVITY film --- serious film
29. Gregarious n. sociable for gre we attend classes in groups
30. Enhance v. improve
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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC
31. Enigma n. puzzle e(nigma) Consider the word in brackets. Nigma
sounds Nagma.nagma's affair is always a mystry
and puzzle
32. Diminution diməˈn(y)ooSHən n. Reduction in size Minute (i.e smaller in size)
33. Detrimental Adj. harmful, damaging look at the part MENTAL...a MENTAL person can
cause serious harm or injury when violent.
34. Diligence n. steadiness in effort,
determination
DIL + GENTS Gents ka Dil sirfsirf 1 cheez mein
lagta hai i.e. girls and they do a lot of hardwork
to impress a girl
35. Diffuse v. move outward,
scattering
diffusion of air means scattering of air in a place
36. Digression n. wandering away from
the main subject
dig+reason: if u go deep inside the reason, then
what will happen that u will moved from the main
subject
37. Devious Adj. misleading deviate
38. Devise v. plan, invent Only WISE people can invent things.
39. Desiccate v. dry up desi cake is always dried up
40. Sycophant n. a person who tries to
please someone in order
to gain a personal
advantage
syco+pant..its not so easy to get a syco's pant..u
need to please him like hel to make him to give
his pant to you
41. Unkempt Adj. not neatly combed Drop the 'm' from unkempt. It becomes
'UNKEPT'...UN+KEPT, something not kept
properly or maintained like hair
42. Tentative (adj) under terms not
final
Living in a tent temporarily. If you are living in a
tent, you are unsettled.
43. Replete (verb) fill to satisfaction replete(like comPLETE)..SO ANYTHING which is
COMPLETE is always FULLY FILLED
44. Spurious Adj. false s-PURE+ious...pure means true...spurious means
the opposite of it..which is FALSE
45. Spurn v. reject
46. Scrupulous Adj. arising from a
sense of right and
wrong
it makes u think of sculpture and while building
sculpture the worker has to be very careful
47. Scrutinize v. examine closely and
critically

48. Satirical səˈti(ə)rikəl Adj Mocking, ridicule Satihi (Naqal krna Sabih)
49. Saturate v. soak, fill completely saturate, think of it as saturated fat. Once we
take saturated fat in, it will soak in our body, and
become fat
50. Submissive (adj) inclined or willing
to submit to orders
one who easily "submits" himself in front of some
difficulty is submissive
51. Subordinate Adj Occupying a lower
rank

52. Stagnant motionless It pronounce like Pregnant which can not easily
move..stall...
53. Sluggish Adj. slow slugginsh = slow + ish :)
54. Rhetorical rəˈtôrikəl Adj. Effective
communication
right oral skills
55. Soporific Adj. Sleep producer 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific.
56. Subtlety sətltē Adj. Cunning, Guile SUB(all) did not LET(allow) him enter.bcoz he
was CUNNING,GUILE
57. Taciturn tasiˌtərn Adj. Habitually Silent Taxi_turn Taxi Driver will be uncommunicative
while "Driving".
58. Resolution n. Determination resolution reminds me of revolution, so during
American Revolution, America determined to win.
59. Resolve n. Determination
60. Rigor n. Severity .U R WASHING CLOTHES RAGAR RAGAR
KARKE...RIGOR(SEVERITY OF WORK)
61. Sage n. person celebrated for
wisdom
S + AGE... a wise aged man
62. Reserve n. self-control
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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC
63. Retraction n. withdrawal Retract your troops
64. Reverent n. respectful reverent-divide as river end i.e we bath in the
rivr end as a part of worship
65. Sanction v. approve I- SAY-ACTION, slang for I give you permission
66. Seclusion n. isolation Seclusion - derived from seclude. Opp to include.
67. Strident Adj. loud and harsh Very close to 'Student', just ri=u. Anyway
primary students are always loud and harsh.
68. Robust Adj. strong like a robot >>sturdy & strong POWERFUL
69. Temper v. restrain , blend temper means 2 reduce so "divide this tem--per
head"where tem can b taken as anything which
can b divided
70. Sedentary ˈsednˌterē Adj. Requiring Sitting dentary- dentist u require a lot of sitting to make
ur teeth healthy
71. Servile Adj. like a slave servent like......easy
72. Terse Adj. Concise TERSE rhymes with VERSE.jus a verse is always
CONCISE
73. Uniformity n. sameness
74. Solidity (noun) the consistency
of a solid

75. Truncate v. cut the top off
76. Zealot zelət n. passion, enthusiasm zealot -- zeal + lot one who shows a lot of zeal.
77. Placate ˈplākāt n. satisfy someone PL + ac + ATE = a PLATE full of tasty food to
SATISFY someone.
78. Abate v. subside or moderate ab ate mat karo abate your weight
79. Adulation n. flattery adult boy flattering with his girlfriend.
80. Meander (noun) a bend or curve,
as in a stream or river
Pronounce it like 'wander'; they are synonymous.
81. Antagonistic anˌtagəˈnistik Adj. hostile anta=anti=hostile
Sounds like antarctic. Antarctica is a hostile
continent.
82. Anomaly n. irregularity
83. Antediluvian antēdəˈloovēən Adj. ancient Antediluvian = Aunty+de+luv..; Usually, Loving
and Caring Aunties are OLD... very Old.. and
hence the meaning..
84. Calculated (adj) carefully thought
out in advance

85. Bolster Support, strengthen RELATE TO BOLT>> USED TO SUPPORT OR
REINFORCE
86. Augment v. increase breast augmentation...do i need to explain
further
87. Laconic ləˈkänik Adj. brief to the point LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech,
specify that she used very few words to portray
her ideas
88. Cacophony kəˈkäfənē (noun) a loud harsh or
strident noise
Sounds like "Cough" (a HARSH sound)
89. Induce v. persuade
90. Optimist n. person who looks to
the bright side

91. Obstinate Adj. Stubborn, hard to
control
obs+tin(ate), obsessive teens,they are
stubborn,hard to control
92. Miserly ˈmīzərlē Adj. mean, stingy MY SIR gave me only a flower of liLY,nothing else
that shows his stingyness
93. Conflagration n. great fire if you check the word flag in the above word,
watching our flag fly high fills our hearts with
extra josh and ignites a fire within us when we
salute it
94. Confluence n. flow together Confluence=Con(Together) + Fluence(Flow)
=Flow Together
95. Complementary Adj. serving to complete
something
Husband and Wife are complementary ie. they
both try to make life complement
96. Compliance n. Readiness to yield Compliance sounds like complete alliance,
therefore completely into agreement and ready
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to yield
97. Concede v. admit con+cede---surrender(cede) surrender and
accept sth to be true reluctantly
98. Compile v. assemble

99. Complacent Adj. self- satisfied placement ... hogaya ab i am fully satisfied with
myself
100. Corroborate v. confirm just focus on borate part of this word -- Borate
test is a confirmatory test in chemistry.
101. Corrode v. destroy by chemical
action

102. Comprehensive Adj. thorough
103. Carping v. finding fault If you will ping with your car horn, people will
shout at you...they will complain
104. Consensus n. general agreement
105. Guile n. duplicity SOME GUYS guile GIRLS
106. Concise Adj. brief and compact
107. Innate Adj. Inborn he always ATE in an INN(restaurant),it was his
INBORN habit
108. Innocuous Adj. harmless in(not)+nocuous(noxious)........ means not
noxious......something which is not noxious is
harmless...
109. Innovation Adj. introduction of
something new

110. Concur v. agree concur ..sounds like conquer...wen u want 2
conquer girls heart she must agree
111. Capricious Adj. Incalculable ca(CAR) + PRIC(PRICE)...PRICE OF cars
nowadays is becoming unpredictable
112. Integrity n. purity
113. Contend v. compete U have less content to support ur point means u
r highly unlikely to CONTEND(COMPETE)
114. Contract v. compress or shrink
115. Rescind v. cancel chodd na RESEND kon karega cancel kar de
116. Objective n. goal, aim
117. Accolade akəˌlād n. award of merit A+Cool+Aide is a praise for the effort by a
Distinction Student
118. Excerpt n. selected passage ex+cer+pt= extract certain part (or passage)
119. Coalesce v. combine
120. Bleak Adj. cold, cheerless Bleak sounds like leak, when someone leak urine
in his pants he feels cold and cheerless
121. Blighted Adj. destroyed trees bina light gets blighted
122. Avarice n. greediness for wealth avarice- a + very + rich > a strong greed to be
'a very rich' person.
123. Hypocritical Adj. pretending to be
virtuous
hyper means excessive,hypo means less. critics
openly tell harsh comments. hypo+critical (less
openly say harsh comments)pretending.
124. Hypothetical Adj. based on
assumptions and
hypothesis

125. Autonomous Adj. self- governing
126. Inception n. start, beginning sounds like reception.. beginning of marriage
127. Meager Adj. inadequate meager = m + eager concentrate on "eager". A
person is eager only when he/she is in a
desperate need of something inadequate.
128. Constraint n. compulsion,
repression of feelings
while travelling through TRAINs, you have forced
to control the feelings when you see someone
spitting pan here and there
129. Nefarious Adj. very wicked this sounds like ne(nephew)+farious(furious)..so
your nephew is very furious or cruel or violent
130. Negate v. cancel out


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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC
131. Obscure v. unknown, unclear OBSCURE= OBSession + CURE == Many
psychiatrists believe that Obsession's cure is still
UNKNOWN / UNCLEAR
132. Lament v. express sorrow We express sorrow if a great movie has a
lame(lam) end(ent) ..
133. Marred Adj. damaged mar+red in hindi maar = getting hurt .. bcoz of
hurt it becomes red.hence damaged
134. Edify v. to correct edify sounds close to "rectify" which means to
correct..
135. Aversion n. firm dislike u hate a+version of vista..firm dislike
136. Avert v. turn away sounds like DIVERT
137. Aviary n. enclosure for birds It can be related to aviation, aviation is related to
flying and BIRDS fly.
138. Materialism n. preoccupation with
physical comforts and
things
ammi
139. Linger v. continue or persist Linger--- Ginger... the taste of ginger is still
present in my tongue although its slowly leaving
140. Distend v. expand try to relate it with dis means distance and
extend means to expand.
141. Asceticism n. doctrine of self-denial
142. Atrophy n. wasting away A + trophy; Even after many years of practice,
he didn't win a trophy, so that was just wastage
of his energy.
143. Adversary n. opponent concentrate on ADVERSE : one who gives us
adverse effects i.e. opponents
144. Anarchist n. person who rebels
against
Remember who is AN ARCHIST(archer) he aims
at them and tries to destroy them(overturn)
145. Attribute n. essential quality
146. Beguile v. cheat BE+GUILE....guile means cunning...be guile
means to cheat or deceive.
147. Condone v. overlook, forgive The teacher CONDOLED her student's situation
and CONDONED(was lenient for his situation)
him for not doing his homework..!!
148. Abridge v. shorten a+bridge : bridges can shorten the
transportation time..
149. Brevity v.short, conciseness brief + tea session,tea time is short.
150. Braggart v. boaster braggart sounds like brad hogg who always
'boasts' about himself
151. Malicious Adj. Dictated by hatred
or spite
mal(bad)+us...we always hate someone who
thinks bad for us
152. Labyrinth lab(ə)ˌrinTH n. maze lab+yrin(wiring)—its is complicated network of
paths kind of MAZE
153. Trite Adj. hackneyed, over
familiar
trite sounds like tried...when smthng is tried
again n again it bcomes hackneyed(over familiar)
154. Tranquility n. calmness, peace If a train has passengers who are equal in status
then there "won't be any disturbance" and
everybody would be "CALM"
155. Verbose Adj. wordy verbal overdose:i.e. too many words giving
overdose
156. Savory Adj Tasty, pleasing,
attractive
Save + Poori is pleasant to taste.
157. Sporadic spəˈradik Adj. occurring
Irregularly
sporadic== opposite of periodic, we know
periodic things occur regularly.
158. Ruthless Adj. without mercy or
pity
RuthLESS is a synonym of relentLESS
159. Viable Adj. Capable of
maintaining life
SURVIVABLE ! got it?
160. Trifling Adj. unimportant divide it like TRI(TRY)+FLING.(means to throw sb
or something)..SO..you always TRY to throw
SOMETHING UNIMPORTANT.

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161. Subside Adj. settle down imagine there is a violent mob.the police comes
to make them settle down.there first dialogue to
the mob will be SUB SIDE ho..
162. Scanty Adj. insufficient CAN'T be Sufficient
163. Thrive v. prosper thrive after strive
164. Transient Adj. quickly passing
away
remember transient light and transient current....
that we studied in physics.....which produce an
effect for a very short time
165. Relegate v. banish(expel) relegate is the opposite of delegate(usually of
higher position ex:foreign delegate)
166. Recant v. withdraw previous
statement, reject
RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = "I have told you
this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it
has been REJECTED
167. Refute v. disprove refute rhymes with refuse
168. Relevant Adj. pertinent, related
169. Rebuttal riˈbətl n. refutation, response
with contrary evidence
rebuttal~refutal--> refu(refuse) + tal(at all) ....
one who refuese to listen at all and gives proof to
falsify it!
170. Repel V. drive away
171. Remedial Adj. curative
172. Rectify Adj. correct
173. Recount v. narrate or tell
174. Raucous Adj. harsh and shrill rauc(sounds like rock) + us rock music is usually
loud and harsh.
175. Ratify v. approve formally ratify =satisfy you are satisfied only when you
approve to .
176. Succinct Adj. brief when you suck juice out of a carton it becomes
less, so brief terse or compact
177. Static Adj. unchanging
178. Rancor n. bitterness RANCOR : RANKER ! Most of the students always
hate the top RANKER of the class, as they always
defeat them in the exams
179. Unprecedented Adj. novel, unparrelleled UN(not)..PRECEDE(event occured in past)...so
unprecedented means something which has
never occured in past or it is novel
180. Redundant Adj. excessively wordy redundant rhymes Abundant and thts the
meaning
181. Rant v. talk excitedly, scold Rent maangate waqt makaan maalik hamesha
RANT mein hi rehta hai .
182. Predator n. creature that seizes
and devours another
animal

183. Predecessor n. former occupant at a
post
PRE(before)+decessor( sounds like
SUCCESOR)=smoeone before SUCCESSOR =
FORMER OCCUPANT OF POST
184. Profligate Adj. wasteful Profligate= spend Profusely like bill Gates
185. Profound Adj. deep, complete whatever professional or researchers found(read
find) has to be deep.
186. Profusion n. lavish expenditure Nuclear fusion release abundant amount of
energy...so profusion is something extremely
abundant
187. Respite n. delay Tarik pe Tarik (Sunny Deol) Respite pe Respite
188. Resplendent Adj. brilliant resplendent looks and sounds like splendid. Word
gives out the definition itself.
189. Pragmatic Adj. practical Sounds like problematic. In such a situation you
should be concerned with what is practically
reasonable and logical
190. Reprove (verb) take to task there are two opposites of approve:1.disapprove
a2.Reprove.
191. Repudiate riˈpyoodēˌāt v. disown he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother
asked him if he ate the pudding, he tried to
REPUDIATE (deny eating it)... :)
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192. Pitfall n. hidden danger
193. Pithy Adj. concise pi-thy: the math symbol pi is concise and has
great meaning
194. Proliferation n. rapid growth life rate=its always increasing
195. Prolific Adj. abundantly fruitful Production Lifted"--> They produced large
amounts of the product = Their production was
lifted up in amount = They were PROLIFIC.
196. Preclude V. make impossible PRECLUDE is to EXCLUDE or keep out,
197. Precocious Adj. Advanced in
development
it can be pre+conscious(conscious). i.e. thing or
person who/which is very conscious in advance.
198. Philanthropist n. lover of mankind phil(fill)+and+thro(throw)+pist(paisa)--filling n
throwing paisa--i.e generous and charitable
199. Skeptic n. Doubter Skeptic-just remove 'K' -Septic-When a person is
Wonded/Injured he always have doubt whether it
is going to get septic or not. So he is doubtful
200. Somber Adj. gloomy SOMBER SOUNDS LIKE BOMBER...SO WHEN A
BOMBER EXPLODES A BOMB, DARKNESS FALLS
AND EVERYONE IS IN A STATE OF GLOOM.
201. Meticulous Adj. Excessively Careful Meticulous:Met(Meet)+ICU(hospitals intensive
care unit),so whenever u met any person in ICU
u need to be very/extremely careful about his
health
202. Steadfast Adj. Loyal steadfast~stood + first ; One who has always
STOOD with you and is the FIRST one to help
you is a LOYAL friend
203. Nonchalance N. lack of interest as i remained calm and pretend not to
care....there was NO CHALAN by traffic police
even when i was not wearing helmet
204. Ostentatious Adj. Showy oSTENTATIOUS....read it as
Stuntatious....Stunts...you perform stunts to
attract attention, showy.
205. Lethargic Adj. drowsy, dull Sounds like alergic. When you have lack of
interest in doing something i.e. alergy
206. Lurid Adj. wild, sensational lurid..concentrate on de last 4 letters-ur+id.so if
someone hacks UR mail ID,he has gotta be a
SENSATIONAL hacker and in response to this u
would become WILD
207. Notorious Adj. outstandingly bad The sherif took NOTE that he TORE the door off.
208. Novelty N. something new
209. Ominous Adj. threatening ominous..oh+minus(-)..oh god everything
negative..something bad is going to occur..its
threatening
210. Obliterate v. destroy completely lets ' all-be-literate ' and destroy illiteracy
completely
211. Oblivion n. forgetfullness Oblivion= OB+ BLI + VION ="absolute blind
vision" of forgetting important things/matters
212. Laud v. praise when you get an (app)laud you are *praised* for
your work
213. Lavish Adj. very generous,
liberal
lavish( read it as love ) in love boy spends money
generously s0 generous in spending money
214. Misanthrope n. one who hates
mankind
Ms.Anthrope hates all humans
215. Mollify v. soothe mollify sounds like nullify...so just think of
nullifying something...nullifying your temper
216. Qualified Adj. limited
217. Prudent Adj. cautious we all know ICICI Prudential insurance.. so we
can think of thoughtful decision taken by having
a insurance policy
218. Pessimism n. belief that life is
basically bad,
gloominess

opposite of OPTIMISM
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219. Profane v. violate PROPANE - propane being unextinguishable is not
allowed in mosques/temples etc.
220. Presumptuous Adj. arrogant,
excessively forward
Focus on "Presum" (Presume)--> To overstep
your boundaries by boldly PRESUMing/assuming
something.
221. Pretentious Overambitious, artificial Pretentious is someone who is Pretending
222. Mundane found in the ordinary
course of events
Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting
weekend, Monday is just another mundane day.
223. Munificent Adj. very generous money+sufficient-when a person has sufficient
money he is generous
224. Prevalent Adj. widespread talent is not prevalent (comman) among people.
225. Pariah pəˈrīə n. social outcast consider it as paraya.. which in Hindi means
stranger.. hence it could be an outcast..
226. Prodigal prädigəl Adj. wasteful prodigal = prodi (proud )+ gal (girl)= the girls
who is having excessive proud is always wasteful
227. Squander v. waste SQUANDER rhymes with WANDER....so if you
keep wandering, you are ultimately wasting time
in life
228. Ornate Adj. excessively
decorated
sounds like ORNAmenTe ..when many ornaments
are used, the thing is ornated.
229. Morose Adj. ill humour MOROSE..ITS LIKE DIS..nOROSE..SO NO ROSE
FOR UR GIRLFRIEND SHE LL BE SAD
230. Ponderous Adj. weighty Its simple guys, POUND is a unit of weight
231. Quiescent kwēˈesnt Adj. at rest quiescent => quies ~ quiet = motionless
232. Mock Adj. Imitate, ridicule
233. Opulence Adj. wealth OPUL REMENBER OPEL AND LANCE MEANS
LANCER CAR PEOPLE THOSE WHI HAS OPEL AND
LANCER LIVE IN OPULANCE
234. Piety n. devoutness Pie+tea if we get a pie and a tea when we are
hungry we thank God and devout to Him.
235. Luxuriant Adj. fertile, abundant LUX soaps are abundant in the market
236. Partisan Adj. one sided,
prejudiced
parti(think of a political party)+san(son)...so a
father who is favouring his son's political party,
instead of a good party.
237. Peripheral pəˈrifərəl Adj. outer Villages on the Periphery of any country are of
less importance...i.e peripheral
238. Stupefy v. stun, amaze
239. Provoke v. stir to anger, cause
retalliation

240. Orator n. public speaker orator sounds like obama senator , so a senator
is a public speaker
241. Pervasive Adj. spread throughout
242. Perpetuate v. make something last sounds like 'Habituate'
243. Remorse n. guilt, self- approach rem+(w)orse ....remembering(read recalling)the
worse thing that u did ...u feel the guilt.
244. Mercenary Adj. interested in money
or gain
MERCENARY -> MERCHANT is related with money
making person and mercenary is the person who
do only for money
245. Precarious Adj. uncertain, risky PRE+CARE+IOUS -> We have to take CARE while
doing something risky so that it does not go
wrong.
246. Mitigate v. reduce think of MITIGATE as COLGATE(toothpaste).Use
of COLGATE lessen or try to lessen the extent of
germs in our teeth.
247. Pacifist n. one opposed to force One who wants Peace(paci)+first(fist)
248. Misnomer n. wrong name mis+name= misnomer
249. Paucity n. scarcity take it as somebody saying about a city as pau;in
hindi PAU(pao-a small weght)i.e "ek pau ki to
city hai"
250. Proximity n. nearness
251. Parody N. humorous imitation

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252. Querulous Adj. complaining One who keeps questioning (querying)
everything.
253. Prattle (noun) idle or foolish
and irrelevant talk
Remember stone cold steve austin who is also
called "Rattle snake".. who comes, always drinks
beer and talks
254. Parsimony (noun) extreme care in
spending money
parsimoney means "purse mein money" one who
will not take money from his purse - a greedy
person
255. Ambiguous Adj. unclear
256. Ambivalence n. the state of having
contradiction
matches with "ambulance" . In case of severe
emergency, inside an ambulance, you have
mixed emotions.. bachega ya nahi
257. Articulate Adj. effective, distinct ariculate sounds like 'article + ate'. An article in a
magazine or newspaper must be 'clear and fluent
in what they say'
258. Artifacts n. product of primitive
cultures
Arti (hindi)
259. Debunk v. expose as false DE+BUNK..so when you bunked your college,
and got caught by your teacher... your teacher
exaggerated this fact and ridiculed you in front of
the class.
260. Recluse n. hermit, alone recLUSE : read luse as lose ; if u lose in any
game u like to live alone
261. Abstemious Adj. spearing in eating
and drinking
focus on 'abs' part of this word. Abs...To build a
six-pack abs, eat n drink carefully
262. Arrogance n. pride
263. Iconoclastic Adj. attacking cherished
traditions
icon = idol clash = fragments. So, one who
destroys idols into pieces is iconoclast.
264. Intervene N. come between
265. Ignominy n. deep disgrace IGNO(IGNORE)+miny(enemy)...so YOU ignore
your enemy because you have a DEEP DISGRACE
FOR him.
266. Illicit Adj. illegal ill+cit(y) = If you want to do any ill to a city,
thats ILLEGAL
267. Hardy Adj. sturdy, robust Remember Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy..They
seem 2 b robust,audacious guys
268. Whimsical Adj. fanciful Whimsical = WHISTLE.. when u c a gal u
whistle.. dats behave with impulse rather den
reasoning
269. Idiosyncrasy n. peculiarity,
characterstic
Idiot in sync with the crazy ppl are idiosyncratic.
270. Hackneyed Adj. commonplace when a software is hacked, it becomes common
because then all people are able to use that
program without paying for
271. Insularity n. isolation we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we
are ISOLATING the wires from the environment
272. Insuperable Adj. invincible the root SUPER reminds us of superman, who is
unbeatable
273. Insipid Adj. tasteless in+sip+id(it) in-'not, -ve prefix', so when you do
not sip it, i.e a juice ,then it means the juice
lacks flavor
274. Insolvent Adj. bankrupt in + solvent = one who cant solve his debts.
275. Impudence v. disrespectful Im Pu Dence == if you say I M POOR (Pu) to
some one and he DANCEs he is very rude --
Rude, impertenant
276. Instigate v. urge, start instigate means bring about or initiate.....hence
INSTIGATE=INITIATE.....
277. Intimidate v. frighten
278. Intractable (adj) not tractable;
difficult to manage
Intractable: things which can not be brought in
the right track... opposite of tractable.
279. Inherent Adj. firmly established
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280. exuberance n. inner, excitement ubhar kar aana...when u remove 'ex'
281. venerate (verb) regard with
feelings of respect and
reverence
ven(..when)U RATE someone higher.. you TREAT
THEM WITH RESPECT
282. raze v. destroy completely raze sounds like RAZOR...which u use to
shave...to destroy ur beard
283. inane Adj. senseless Remember the word insane. Insane person
doesnt have a mind to think and understand and
hence he is void.
284. Debilitate v. weaken de + ablity = without ability, the person who
doesnot have the ablity to do something is called
weak.
285. Obdurate Adj. stubborn OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD
DURABILITY)..SO anything which has
durability..has the resisting power, and
something which can resist, is stubborn.
286. Archaic Adj. antiquated Archealogy - study of old things.. Archaic - The
old things on which we study..
287. Exalt v. raise in rank, praise ex(tra) + alt(itude) = rise high = praise
288. Divergent Adj. deviating
289. Aesthetic Adj. artisitic, beautiful aes + thetic opposite of "pathetic"..means beauty
290. affable (adj) warmth and
friendliness
affection+able=affection to others
291. culpable Adj. deserving blame culp( culprit)...so a culprit is always DESERVING
OF BLAME FROM EVERYONE
292. circumlocution n. indirect expression circumlocution -> circle + locution (loqui means
to speak), speaking vaguely so as to avoid the
topic.
293. derision n. ridicule deri se ane wale ki mocking hoti hai
294. derivative Adj. unoriginal Deriv - Drive / ative - Relative Mng:obtaining
from the other source
295. alleviate v. relieve alleviate ~ elevator: It sounds like elevator and
elevator helps us reduce leg pain while walking
or climbing stairs.
296. anecdote n. short account of an
assuming or interesting
event
anek date.. anek dates main wo ek date kuch
khas tha.. ye usi din ki kahani hai
297. apocryphal Adj. not genuine Derived from root "crypt" which means "secret".
So, Apocryphal means "of doubtful authenticity"
298. apprehensive Adj. fearful Apprehend + sive (Thieve) Thieves always have
a fear of getting apprehended
299. doctrinaire Adj. unable to
compromise about
points of doctorine
Some Doctors are arrogant on their opinions
when a junior suggest them
300. document Adj. provide written
evidence

301. arable Adj. fit for plowing agra (agriculture) + able;
302. arid Adj. dry, barren air-id..only air no water...dry,..
303. depose v. dethrone, remove
from office

304. decorum n. propriety(decency) "decor um"; decor them to make them more
proper and correct
305. advocate v. urge, plead for
306. assuage v. ease ass means donkey... donkey's usage give huge
relief from carrying loads
307. arbitrary Adj. fixed or definite
308. acknowledge v. recognize
309. appease v. pacify, soothe appease…app(appeal)+pease(peace) appeal for
peace..…when war was going on in kasmir…our
prime minister appealed people to maintain
peace in the region
310. assiduous Adj. diligent Ass is donkey and donkey is hardworking.
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311. authoritarian n. favoring or exercising
total control

312. aspiration n. noble ambition
313. ebullient Adj. showing excitement If u can think this word in a good sense, "bulli" is
always showing exitement or overflows with
enthu ,wen a hot gal passes
314. eccentric Adj. odd ec(x)-centric(normal): going away from the
center that is departing from the norms
315. ephemeral Adj. short-lived sounds like e-funeral. Electric funeral is SHORT
316. fitful occurring in spells and
often abruptly
Think about someone getting fits.. he does that
intermittent action. it comes all of a sudden
317. depravity n. corruption,
wickedness
people are deprived of their basic amenities
because of the extreme corruption existing
among the goverment employees
318. Deprecate v. disapprove regretfully You can think of it as the opposite of appreciate
(as in devalue against value). So lack of
appreciation;ie,humiliation or belittling.
319. apathy n. lack of caring consider pathy==sympathy, there are two
words. 1. antipathy = dislike 2. apathy =
disinterested Since "anti" is stronger than "a"..
disliking is 1 step above disinterested.
320. artisan n. manually skilled
worker
artisan sounds like artist..who is a manually
skilled worker..
321. incontrovertible Adj. indisputeable in-controvertible; here relate controvertible with
controversy thus something which cannot have
any controversy is in-controvertible and thus is
indisputable
322. lofty Adj. high he played a lofted shot in the air
323. frivolity n. lack of seriousness acting like Freeing always so no serious
324. hedonism The pursuit of pleasure head-en-jizm..
325. heedless Adj. disregarding relate it to headless ...a headless person can't
notice anything
326. listless Adj. lacking in spirit or
energy
I lost my list of universities to apply, Now I am
lacking spirit because I am LISTLESS
327. acrid Adj. strong and sharp sounds like ACID....all acids are bitterly pungent
and corrosive
328. accessible Adj. easy approach
329. austere Adj. strict, stem remember austin? I mean STONE COLD steve
austin. he was harsh , severe and stern
330. acquiesce v. agree passively acquiesce = A(Agree) + quie(Quietly)
331. amorphous Adj. shapeless
332. audacious Adj. daring, bold when you go for some audition you need to be
bold and daring.
333. bequeath (verb) leave or give by
will after one's death
'be + qu + eath' before quick death, 'leave ur
property to someone by a will'
334. benevolent Adj. generous volent(voluntarily)..
335. analogous Adj. comparable remember analogous from analogy
336. abstract Adj. theoretical, not
concrete
Ab..A(NOT)+stract(EXTRACT)..(here it means..to
gain an information from something)....so if you
are a given passage on philosophy,will you be
able to understand something,as it very much
theoretical and based on general ideas.
337. abstruse Difficult to understand;
obscure.
abstruse rhyme with CONFUSE,there is confusion
when things are not clear
338. affirmation (noun) a statement
asserting the existence
or the truth of
something
If u usually play any games like Counter strike or
so wen u order ur sub ordinates they often say
affirmative.. so.
339. Aggregate Adj. sum, total
340. Adversity n. poverty, misfortune After UNIversity when you are jobless, you are in
ADversity (misfortune, great hardship).
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341. ascendancy n. controlling influence Ascend means to rise... as u rise, u always gain
power...
342. acclaim n. applaud look at the last 3 letters AIM -> when you had
reached ur aim u will be praised
343. belie v. contradict lie means something false.
344. eloquence n. expressiveness Eloquence ..think the word "quen" similar to
"queen" when queen arrives she gives us a
"speech"
345. elucidate v. explain, make clear think of lucid, which means clear.
346. elusive Adj. evasive, (adj)
difficult to describe
elusive is like exclusive,,, and exclusive content
is hard to get!
347. emaciated Adj. thin and wasted EMMA WATSON :::THIN GIRL
348. coercion n. use of force U must hav read COERCIVE forces in physics
349. curtail v. shorten Can be read as cur + TAIL or cutting the tail of
an animal, ie reducing it.
350. cynical Adj. distrustful of
human motives
Sainik(cynic) .. never BELIEVE indian sainiks.
they ll hit u from back.
351. Disputatious Adj. argumentative If you cut the word into two halves, the first part
will be disput, which sounds like dispute and
means, a fight. A fight generally starts with an
argument.
352. embellish (verb) add details to,
adorn
emBELLish- BELLY of a girl makes her more
beautiful!
353. discerning Adj. mentally quick and
observant
READ IT AS di-screening. A DUAL SCREENING
PERSON, WHO KEEPS ON SCREENING
EVERYTHING AROUND TWICE( VERY
OBSERVANT, ALERT)
354. opaque Adj. dark OP(opposite) and AQUE(aqua)-- opposite of
water -- means not transparent.
355. levity n. lightness lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things
without any seriousness
356. volatile Adj. evaporating rapidly volatile memory is a computer memory which
gets erased when power is turned off, i.e.,
changed suddenly like RAM, so VOLATILE means
Lliable tochange
357. provincial Ad. Pertaining to a
province

358. voluble Adj.fluent Remember "volume" in TV controls. It's related
to sound. This voluble is also related to speaking.
359. perfunctory (adj) hasty and without
attention to detail; not
thorough
PARAI(other's)+FACTORY - if you are told to take
care of somebody else's factory, you would
casually care about it
360. tirade n. extended scolding sounds like tired.. your mom gets tired after a
TIRADE..i.e. LONG ANGRY DENUNCIATORY
SPEECH.
361. resigned (verb) leave (a job,
post, or position)
voluntarily

362. penury n. extreme poverty pen+ru(pee).........no rupee to buy a pen
363. virtuoso n. highly skilled artist virtuoso = picasso who is a SKILLED artist
364. virulent Adj. extremely
poisonous
it is a virus, which causes disease and harm. So,
something virulent is viral and poisonous.
365. vilify (verb) spread negative
information about
Vilify (to speak ill of) is to make someone out to
be a villain
366. vindicate v. clear of charges vidicate....split it like vin(WIN) + di(the) +
cate(case)....so when you win a case IN a
COURT...it means you are freed FROM
ACCUSATION AND CHARGES...you are freed from
blame.
367. trepidation Adj. fear TRAP - soldier on being trapped had the feeling
of trepidation/fear.
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368. susceptible Adj. easily influenced
369. superficial (adj) concerned only
what is apparent or
obvious (trivial); not
deep or penetrating
emotionally or
intellectually
seeming like "upper face" so no deep interst or
knowledge & knowing only wt is apparent(hawa
me udana)
370. superfluous Adj. excessive,
overabundant
divide it as super+flow.. when there is
large(super) flow of water, it becomes
EXCESSIVE / OVERABUNDANCE of water.
371. surpass v. exceed
372. surreptitious Adj. secret Surreptitious sounds like suspicious.....you
suspect someone if they are hiding secrets
373. undermine v. weaken
374. renounce v. abandon, discontinue re-announce something.abandon the previous
announcement.Start afresh
375. restraint n. controlling force if some one controls u when u r in strain
376. reprehensible Adj. deserving blame raping a hen is disgraceful n blameworthy act
377. turbulence n. state of violent
agitation
Ambulance
378. tantamount Adj. equal ta-n-ta; an equal amount of 'ta' on both sides of
'n'.
379. lithe Adj. flexible Sounds like "light" and something which is light
in weight can easily be moved and bended
380. conciliatory Adj. soothing Heyy thz sounds like CONSOLING...which means
soothing.
381. esoteric Adj. known only to the
chosen few
HISTORIC things are known to few people
382. frugality (noun) prudence in
avoiding waste, thrift
FEW+GIRL friend...if you have few girl friends,it's
ECONOMICAL...when you have many,it's
costly.....and frugal means the quality of being
economical with money or food
383. fastidious Adj. difficult to please fas(ana) is tidious ..means kisi ko fasana bhut
tidious hai. (jangal mein kisi shikar ko FASaney
ke liye use "please" (by bait) karna padta hai.
FASana+TEDIOUS=difficult to
please=FASTIDIOUS)
384. fallacious Adj. misleading fallacious.split it like fallac+ious...if you just
concentrate on fallac..it look like FALSE,......so
THINK that SOMETHING is based on a FALSE OR
incorrect notion.
385. exonerate v. acquit, exculpate Ex - honourate get back your honour by getting
yourself free from the charges.
386. composure n. mental calmness composure is like calm posture..so mental
calmness
387. credulity n. belief on sight
evidence
credibility means belief on proved evidences and
credulity means believing too easily
388. exploit v. Make use of,
sometimes unjustly

389. evanescent Adj. fleeting, vanishing Remember it as "I want scent. Scent evaporates
like vapour.
390. gratify v. please it would be really GREAT IF I bring a score above
1400 in GRE and I'll be able to please the top
notch universities
391. gullible Adj. easily deceived Gullible = Gull + ible = girl/galli + able A girl who
is able to be tricked or deceived easily.
392. immutable Adj. unchangeable
393. impair v. worsen Opposite of Repair.Repair is to mend, Impair is to
Injure.
394. incorrigible Adj. uncorrectable (in)corr(gible)==in eligible to be corrected or
cant be corrected
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395. endorse v. approve
396. exacerbate v. worsen "Ex Her b Ate".. her ex came and ate with her
family. which worsen the relation even more
397. extricate v. free concentrate on ex+tric...mr.EX(X) PLAYED A
TRIC(k) in order to FREE himself from the prison
398. fell Cruel, deadly fell has 2 meanings..fell is like i fell down and the
other can be remembered like i fell because i was
pushed by dat "cruel" guy and it was deadly.it
could ve costed me my life
399. emend v. correct emend = amend means...make improvements
400. efface v. rub out Closely related to "erase" we wash our face to
remove the dust from the surface of the
skin(ef+face)
401. incisive Adj. cutting incisive can be correlated with our incisor teeth.
which is very sharp both in human and animal,
and they use it to cut food thus incisive=
incisor= cutting
402. incite v. arouse to action rhymes with excite which also means arouse to
action.
403. Facilitate v. make less difficult when you provide FACILITIES(facilit+ ate).. it
makes things less difficult.
404. Inclusive Adj. tending to include
all
Everything is IN the CLOSET.
405. indolence n. laziness once u reach adolescence u become lazy
406. ingenious Adj. clever think of a genius
407. jocular Adj. said or done in jest Shugal krna
408. glutton n. someone who eats
too much
glu(glue)to mutton ! so eats too much of mutton
409. fervor Glowing ardor(passion) Fervor - relate it to exam fever. U become so
much ardent and enthusiastic to study for that
one night to get good marks.. U have an intense
feeling to study
410. florid Adj. flowery
411. indefatigable Adj. tireless in means not..and fatigue means tiredness.. so
indefatigable wud be tireless.
412. explicit Adj. definite, open
413. enmity n. ill will very close to the word enemy...and enemies
always have an ILLWILL AND HATRED FOR YOU.
414. foolhardy Adj. rash remember from (hardy boys) in wwe sport they
are always rash
415. haughtiness n. pride; arrogance read as HOTTIE - a girl who is considered a hottie
will be arrogant.
416. incongruous Adj. not fitting, absurd in + congruence(compatibility)...wen 2 things are
in congruence they are in harmony so
in+congruence means lack of harmony
417. inconsequential (adj) lacking worth or
importance
Not essential
418. garrulous Adj. wordy "Girls, rule us!" They rule us in their ability to
talk non-stop about nonsensical matter...
419. fathom v. comprehend,
investigate
fathom= fat+home if you have a fat home, tax
people will come to investigate.
420. Homogeneous Adj. of the same kind
421. Incidental Adj. not essential
422. furtive Adj. stealthy, sneaky Furtive sounds like 'FLIRT'ive.. So a flirtly look is
always SNEAKY...!!! ;)
423. deference n. courteous regard for
another’s wish
if there is no DIFFERENCE between you and him,
then you will respect his wishes.
424. deplore v. regret In election polotical parties diplomatically deplore
the opposition parties
425. denounce v. condemn, criticize announce is good speech and denounce is bad
speech.... like accelerate and decelerate
426. converge v. come togeteher
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427. Duplicity n. double dealing,
hypocrisy
duplicity== making two faces(duplicate).. one
who makes two faces is a fraud..
428. inertia (noun) a disposition to
remain inactive

429. dogmatic Adj. positive, arbitrary split as Dog(Bad) + Male >>> Dog like males
have bad attitude,they are arrogant and think
they are always right.
430. delineate n. potray Delineate = (Diligently and neatly) portrayed
painting.
431. Cryptic Adj. mysterious, secret Cryptography
432. Disperse v. scatter
433. Disclose v. reveal
434. Discrimination n. ability to see
differences

435. Usurp v. seize, power us(e)+ur+p(ower)
436. Phenomena Adj. observable facts
437. Cordial Adj. gracious, heartfelt cord---think of it as a telephone cord. and dial---
dial ur friend's number. you call someone to be
cordial
438. discordant Adj. inharmonious,
conflicting
dis+chord as in not a chord, so it is conflicting or
harsh in sound
439. discount v. disregard
440. dismiss V. put away from
consideration

441. disparage (verb) express a
negative opinion of,
belittle
dispa-rage can be read as display a rage. When
you display your RAGE on your juniors you
BELITTLE them in front of the others.
442. heresy n. opinion contrary to
popular belief
divide this word into her (her)+esy(sounds like
essay)... most of the essays written by her are
against popular beliefs.
+6
443. disparity n. difference parity means eqal...so disparity meanus unequal
..different!...
444. extraneous Adj. not essential 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
445. disdain v. treat with contempt dis+dain(zidane) footballer zidane of spain
showed DISRESPECT to the refree.hence he was
shown the red card.
446. emulate v. rival we use emulator as to imitate our cell phone
software in computer.
447. hamper v. obstruct PAMPERS DIAPER for babies .restrict the free
movement
448. detached Adj. emotionally
removed
DE (removed or cut off) + ATTACHED
(emotionally involved)...if you cut yourself off an
emotional involvement, you detach yourself from
the relationship.
449. despondent Adj. depressed the word despondant looks like pepsodent. So
wen u don't brush in the morning... Ur day will
be gloomy and depressing.
450. disseminate v. scatter dis + seminate seminate could be taken as
seminar, so for a seminar people gather at a
place. Hence disseminar could be understood as
the scattering of people.
451. dissent v. disagree

ASSENT, ACCORD etc mean, to agree and
DISSENT, DISCORD etc mean to disagree.
452. irresolute Adj. uncertain how to
act
(IR)not knowing... how to make resolutions.
453. deterrent Adj. something that
discourages
DETER + RENT. A high rent IS ALWAYS A
discouraging factor FOR TENANTS.
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454. colloquial Pertaining to common
speech
colloquial - can be read as Coll - local so we use
local language(informal) language in our college..
455. disinclination n. unwillingness dis= no inclination= desire
456. eclectic Adj. selective eclectic or elect means, chosing the best from
many sources which is the meaning of the word
eclectic
457. implausible Adj. unlikeley implausible rhymes with impossible....something
that is impossible is unlikely
458. implement v. supply what is
needed

459. opportunist self-seeker
460. extol v. praise Extol = Ex + Tol. My EX-Girlfriend always praised
the 'Tall' guys highly in front of me. And so our
relationship ended!
461. Fallow Adj. plowed but not
sowed
after plowing farmer fallow(fall-low) of money so,
he left it without seeding(uncultivated)
462. Falter v. hesitate a faulty person[falter] always hesitates to avoid
further faults
463. fanaticism n. excessive zeal it sounds like fantastic . u say fantastic with lot of
zeal
464. methodical Adj. systematic
465. execute v. put it into effect
466. exemplary Adj. serving as a model
467. exemplify v. show by example
468. indiscriminate Adj. choosing at random
469. erroneous Adj. mistaken
470. erudite Adj. learned, scholarly taken from rude+ite...in olden days people who
were higly educated were basically very
rude(BAAP)
471. eulogy n. praise eulogy = eu-'good' + log 'root: logue [dialogue,
talk, speech]' => Good speech
472. euphemism n. mild expression in
place of the pleasant
one
you+feminisn(sounds like) girls try to avoid
certain words and circumlocate... so if u practise
euphemism, you act like a female
473. nurture v. bring up
474. indict v. charge
475. indifferent Adj. unmoved,
unconcerned
he showed "no difference" in his face...it means
he is unmoved or unconcerned...!!!
476. Indigenous Adj. native indian+geniuses.....native or local talent or
genius
477. expedient Adj. suitable expedient : expert + obedient ,,, they are the
most "suitable" person
478. expedite V. hasten, (verb)
process fast and
efficiently
EX(exceed)+PED(read it as
speed)+ITE......hence to speed up means to
expedite !!!!!
479. lamppon v. ridicule Langoor
480. contentious Adj. quarrelsome Contentious- (Contender+Serious) One who
takes competition too serious always fights and
quarrels)
481. deleterious Adj. harmful relate it to DELETE...so you DELETE all the spam
mails because they may BE HARMFUL to your PC.
482. vacillate (verb) move or sway in
a rising and falling or
wavelike pattern
(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or
wavelike pattern
483. irreproachable Adj. blameless politician
484. duration n. length of time
something lasts

485. exhaustive v. thorough ,
comprehensive
Exhasustive tb hi hota hae jb bahaut parhai krta
hae banda
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487. equivocal Adj. ambiguous,
intentionally misleading
If everyone spoke in an "equal-voice" you
wouldn't be able to decipher who was calling.
488. Criterion N. standard used in
judging

489. Dupe n. someone easily fooled DUPE sounds like dope means so "to impure
something", means to cheat someone
490. unwarranted Adj. unjustified i got a mobile without a warranty and that was
unjustified.
491. exhilarating Refreshing, cheering Exhale a sigh of relief.
492. feasible Adj. practical
493. glacial Adj. like a glacier
494. threadbare Adj. worn through till
the threads show,
shabby and poor
threadbare = thread + bare;we know jeans are
made of thread,imagine and old jeans, so we can
say that thread can be seen in bare eyes. (phate
hoey kaprey phen na)
495. torpor n. sluggishness
496. vaporize Turn into vapor
497. reticence Reserve,
uncommunicative
Reti bhar bi sense nhn hae
498. sustain Experience, support
499. vigor Active strength
500. ramble Wander aimlessly Ram + amble -- Ram(rambo) ambled (wandered)
aimlessly in the jungle.
501. Antidote Medicine to counteract a
poison or disease

502. Antiquated Old fashioned, obsolete
503. Acquire obtain