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VOCABULARY 

Vocabulary 1:
    1. Divulge - come to a point but go away from
2. Envisioned - Anticipate
3. Antidote - A substance which counter poison
4. Devouring - Swallowing
5. Alienation - Separated
6. Uncouth - Rude and noisy behavior
7. Plagued -Greatly effective
8. Confront - To face
9. Reinforce - Strengthen 
10. Perception – Idea

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Vocabulary 2:
    1.  De facto - In Fact
2. Opulence - Wealth (Opulent - Wealthy)
3. Garb - Distinctive kind of clothing
4. Petrify - Astonishment, Fear
5. Pacing - To keep walking up and down a area
6. Polemical - Controversial 
7. Mould - Influence at an early state of development
8. Brutish - Brutal or uncivilized 
9. Belittle - Underestimate 
10. Decipher - To find out
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Vocabulary 3 :
1. Avid - Eager, Greedy
2. Patron - A person who gives financial support to another person
3. Foremost - The most advanced in a position, in front
4. Resilience - Recovering from shock, grief
5. Irrelevant - Not important
6. Vigorous - Strong and active
7. Persist - Continue firmly despite obstacles
8. Parlance - A particular way of speaking
9. Stagnant - Showing no activity, Dull, Sluggish
10. Reverence - A feeling of great respect for someone.
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Vocabulary 4 :
1. Impart - Communicate, Give a share of thing
2. Ominous - Threatening 
3. Doom - A grim fate or destiny
4. Exacerbate - Make worse, Irritate
5. Erroneous - Incorrect
6. Continuum - Anything seen as having a continuous structure
7. Partake - Take a share or part
8. Plethora - Oversupply, excess
9. Buoy - Sustain the spirit, Encouragement
10. Moot - Raise a question for discussion
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Vocabulary 5 :
1, Travesty - Bad representation 
2. Flak - Severe criticism
3. Relevant - Important
4. Consent - To give permission
5. Preside over - In charge
6. Ludicrous - Foolish, Unsuitable
7. Indictment - A formal accusation 
8. Nugatory - Useless, Inoperative
9. Beset - Harass continuously 
10. Sedition - Encourage people to fight against the Govt.
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Vocabulary 6 :
1.    Confabulations - A casual conversation
2. Banter - Tease, Joking
3. Gimmicks - A clever strategy
4. Subdue - To overcome
5. Amicable - Friendly nature
 6. Juxtapose - To place side by side
7. Ramification - Consequences and effects
8. Impetuous - Making arbitrary decision
9. Gruesome - Extremely unpleasant and shocking 
10. Cessation - To stop
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Vocabulary 7 :
1.       Unprecedented – Very great in quality, amount or scale
Ex – The scheme has been hailed as an unprecedented success.

2.       Epitomize – To be a perfect example
Ex – Modi’s developmental work epitomizes in the village.

3.       Proviso – A condition in an agreement
Ex – There are certain proviso for investment in the venture.

4.       Confiscate – To take away something from someone (Usually as a punishment)
Ex – The govt. confiscates the passports of the migrants.

5.       Prop up – To support or help something to survive
Ex – Investments in the money market propped up the rupee.

6.       Culpable – Someone who deserves blame
Ex –There decision to do nothing makes them culpable.

7.       Appalling – Something bad and unpleasant that it shocks
Ex – They’ve been living under the most appalling conditions for 2 months.

8.       Extrapolate – Infer more widely from a limited range of known facts
Ex –It is unhelpful to extrapolate general trends from one case.

9.       Squalor – Very dirty and unpleasant condition
Ex – He is living in squalor.

10.   Expedite – To accomplish quickly
Ex – We tried to help him expedite his plans.

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Vocabulary 8 :

1.       Cortege – A procession esp for a funeral
Ex – The President was taken on a cortege to the Royal Palace.

2.       Laudatory – Praise or to admire for someone
Ex – Ram spoke of Shyam in laudatory terms.

3.       Frenetic – Fast and energetic action
Ex –India did some frenetic attempts in the final but that went in vain.

4.       Torment – Tease or worry excessively, Offend
Ex – My elder brother used to torment me.

5.       Backdrop – General situation
Ex – The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.

6.       Onslaught – Violent, Forceful attack
Ex –The rebels responded to a military onslaught against them.

7.       Ostracize – Exclude a person from a society
Ex – She is being ostracized by some members of her local community.

8.       Instill – Introduce into a person’s mind
Ex – They hope that their work will instill a sense of responsibility in children.

9.       Rapprochement – Increase in friendliness between 2 countries, people or groups after a period of unfriendliness
Ex – There have been growing signs of rapprochement with Vietnam.

10.   Perennial – Lasting a longtime or forever (Used in case of problem or difficulties)
Ex – Lack of water supply is a perennial problem in the village.

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Vocabulary 9 :

1.       Spare – Extra time
Ex – He reached here with 90 seconds to spare.

2.       Alleviate – To lessen
Ex – Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.

3.       Forego – Something you like but can’t do
Ex – Skiers are happy to forego a summer holiday to go skiing.

4.       Shed – To fall immediately
Ex – The stock market shedded 660 points.

5.       Fume – Annoyance and anger expression
Ex – He was still fuming over the remark.
6.       Stall – To stop
Ex – Negotiations remained stalled yesterday.

7.       Buoyant –Cheerful mood
Ex – Investors are buoyant after the rise in the share value.

8.       Inexhaustible – So much of something
Ex – She has an inexhaustible supply of enthusiasm.

9.       Retort – To reply angrily to someone
Ex – Kohli retorted to the press persons.

10.   Spur – To encourage
Ex – The market environment spurred the investors
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Vocabulary 10 :

1.       Intimidate – Deliberately  make someone frightened
Ex – Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party didn’t work.

2.       Goon – A person who is paid to hurt or threaten people
Ex – He and other goon began to beat me up.

3.       Impasse – A difficult situation in which it is impossible to make any progress
Ex – The company has reached an impasse in negotiations with the union.

4.       Entrench – Establish firmly
Ex – The dictators have entrenched themselves politically.

5.       Flaw – Mistake in something
Ex – Almost all these studies have serious flaws.

6.       Fraternity – Friendship and support between people
Ex – I need the fraternity of others to move ahead.

7.       Conscience – Moral sense of right or wrong
Ex – I could go away again with a clear conscience.

8.       Engulf – To cover  or hide a thing in a sudden & unexpected way
Ex – The flat is engulfed in flames.

9.       Profound – Something great or intense
Ex – This has profoundly affected my life.

10.   Overhaul – Cleaned, checked thoroughly, repaired if necessary
Ex – There must be a complete overhaul of traffic control system.


5 extra words

1.       Vindicate – Justify by evidence or argument
2.       Humane –Kind and sympathetic people
3.       Flurry – Sudden burst of activity
4.       Outlay – Expense
5.       Flak – Severe criticism

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Vocabulary 11 :

1.       Contentious – A issue which causes a lot of disagreement or argument
Ex – Odisha is a state where land prices are contentious.

2.       Detracts – Less good, Unimpressive
Ex – The publicity could detract from our election campaign.

3.       Bonhomie – Happy, Good natured friendliness
Ex – The talks between US and India will grow bonhomie between them.

4.       Burgeon – Grow or develop rapidly
Ex – My confidence began to burgeon later in life.

5.       Entourage – An important persons assistants, servants travelling with them
Ex – Mr Modi went US with nearly about 100 entourages with him.

6.       Robust – A strongly expressed view
Ex –Mr Modi gave robust counter terrorism co-operation speech at the UN.

7.       Gruel – An activity which is extremely difficult, tiring effort
Ex – Mr Modi met with several leaders at a grueling pace.
8.       Doldrums – Very quiet situation, Nothing new happening
Ex – The Indian economy was in the doldrums last year.

9.       Resurgence – Reappearance of an attitude or an activity
Ex – The drug traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.

10.   Logjams – To deal with a situation which has existed for a long time
Ex –The nuclear logjam between US and India continues.


Synonym :


1. Cognitive - Basic, core value
2. Evanescent - Disappear
3. Didactic - Moral purpose
4. Insomnia - Sleepless nights
5. Here-say - A common saying (Proverb)

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Vocabulary 12 :

1.    Taint – A corrupt condition or infection
Ex – The appointment to this office must not be tainted in any way.

2.    Proximity – Nearness, Closeness to a person or place
Ex – Families are no longer in close proximity to each other.

3.    Envisage – Something which we imagine true, real, Likely to happen
Ex – Personally, I envisage them staying together.

4.    Sinecure – A job which doesn’t involve much work or responsibility
Ex – She found him sinecure as a Fellow of the Congress.

5.    Countervailing – A force, power or opinion which is equal of strength to another one but is its opposite.
Ex –There is no countervailing power to BJP.

6.    Personage –famous or important person
Ex – Mr Modi is a personage for India.

7.    Enumerate – Count/list one by one
Ex – I enumerate the work that will have to be done.

8.    Untenable – An argument which can’t be defended successfully
Ex – This argument is untenable from an intellectual point of view.

9.    Haze –which can’t be seen clearly
Ex – I smiled at him through a haze of smoke.

10.  Rung – A level
Ex – I worked with him in 1993 when we were both on the lowest rung of our careers.


Synonyms :


1. Bountiful - Ample
2. Bothersome - Troublesome
3. Bovine - Stupid
4. Abundant - Profuse
5. Abandon – Ditch
  
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Vocabulary  13 :
1.      Profound – Something great or intense
Ex – This has profoundly affected my life.

2.      Overhaul – Cleaned, checked thoroughly and repaired if necessary
Ex – There must be a complete overhaul of traffic control system.

3.      Largesse – Generous act of kindness
Ex –It is his most recent act of largesse.

4.      Tacit –Agreeing or approving something without saying
Ex –He tacitly admitted that the govt had breached the law.

5.      Discord – Disagreement, Argument
Ex –Modi told that rivers shouldn’t become a source of discord.

6.      Tapestry – Something which is made up of many variety type of things (embroidery work)
Ex – Mr Modi presented Ms Hasina a tapestry from Hyderabad.

7.      Wreath – A circle leaves or flowers (That put on a statue or grave)
Ex –Mr Modi placed wreath on freedom fighters.

8.      Ambush – Surprise attack by someone
Ex – Manipur saluted the Army Jawans who were killed in ambush.

9.      Slay – Kill someone violently
Ex –The CM paid tributes to the slain Army personnel.

10.  Punctuate – Interrupt at intervals
Ex –The silence of the night was punctuated by the rumble of traffic.

11.  Rumble – Low continuous noise


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Vocabulary 14 :

1.      Profuse -  Plentiful (Used along with vomiting, sweating, bleeding)
Ex – He was bleeding profusely.
Syno – Abundant, Lavish, Extravagant

2.      Ascertain – Find out the definite fact
Ex – Take time to ascertain what services the bank is providing.

3.      Upheaval – A great change which causes a lot of trouble
Ex – Having a baby will mean greatest upheaval in your life.
Syno – Confusion, Worry

4.      Clamber up – Climb with difficulty
Ex –  A vast number of people in the lower section of society clambering up the social ladder.

5.      Confined to – Exist only to a particular group
Ex – The problem is not confined to Germany.

6.      Lull - To fall quiet
Ex – There is a complete lull in the agricultural lands in Amaravati.

7.      Devoid – Lack or free from
Ex – I’ve never looked on a face that was so devoid of feeling.

8.      Swath- Long strip of land
Ex – Year by year great swathes of this small nation’s countryside disappear.

9.      Desolate –  (i)A place empty of people and lack in comfort
Ex – The farm land now wears a desolate looks.
(ii) Aloneness, Sad, Hopelessness
Ex – He was desolate without her.

10.  Hitherto – Until this time, Up to now
Ex – The villagers, hitherto known for their rich agriculture.

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Vocabulary 15 :

1.      Lament – Expressing sadness
Ex – He began to lament the death of his only son.

2.      Remnant – Small remaining quantity
Ex – Megamind was seen picking up the last remnants of things from his house.

3.      Distrust – Not reliable, safe, dishonest
Ex – I have no particular reason to distrust them.

4.      Mainstay –Chief support
Ex – Andhra’s mainstay is mining and poultry.

5.      Reconcile – Make friendly again after an disagreement
Ex – I never believed SRK and Salman would be reconciled.

6.      Contentious – Disagreement, argument
Ex – LAB is expected to be among the most contentious issues.

7.      Elusive – Difficult to find or catch
Ex – In Delhi late night taxis are elusive.

8.      Dire – Terrible situation
Ex – A govt split would have dire consequences for domestic peace.

9.      Grapple – To solve a problem
Ex – He was grappling with an bouncer in a lagoon.

10.  Rattle – Nervous
Ex – She refused to be rattled by a lawyer.

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Vocabulary 16 :

1.      Crass – Stupid behavior
Ex – The govt has behaved with crass insensitivity.

2.      Detractor – A person who criticize another person
Ex – The performance of ELSA will silence many of his detractors.

3.      Distraught – Distracted with worry, fear
Ex – His distraught parents were being comforted by relatives.

4.      Assimilate – To adopt or learn new ideas, techniques
Ex – I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the thing.

5.      Fanatic – A person filled with excessive misguided enthusiasm
Ex – As a boy Vijay Raaj was fanatical patriot.

6.      Detest – Dislike
Ex – My mother detested her.

7.      Benign –Kind, gentle, harmless
Ex – They are normally a more benign audience.

8.      Callous – Cruel
Ex – Mr Somnath is accused of callously ill treating his wife.

9.      Condense – To make short (speech or writing)
Ex – We have learnt how to condense serious messages into short sentences.

10.  Engrave – Something which can’t be forgotten easily
Ex – Her image is engraved upon my heart.


Synonyms :
1.      Parochial –Selfish people
2.      Timorous – Frightened and nervous situations.
3.      Lush – Luxurious
4.      Escalate – Increase or develop by stages.
5.      Extol – To praise enthusiastically
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Vocabulary 17 :

1.      Dilate – Wider and bigger
Ex – Exercise dilates vessels on the surface of the brain

2.      Flee – Escape from something
Ex – He fled to Dubai to avoid military service.

3.      Furore – Angry and excited reaction
Ex – The disclosure has already caused a furore among MPs.

4.      Bogus – Not genuine
Ex – These figures were bogus and inaccurate.

5.      Limbo – Caught between two stages
Ex – The negotiations have been in limbo.

6.      Anxiety – Nervousness, worry
Ex – Sahiba’s voice was full of anxiety.

7.      Irate – Very angry about something
Ex – The owner was so irate that he almost threw me out of the place.

8.      Doctor (Verb) – To change in order to deceive people
Ex – Vijay Raaj has doctored the marksheet.

9.      Veracity – Quality of being true/ Habit of telling truth
Ex – We have total confidence in the veracity of our research.

10.  Chauvinistic – Excessive loyalty for something
Ex – My ex girlfriend Priya was very chauvinistic.

11.  Communiqué – Official statement or announcement
Ex – The communiqué said military targets had been hit.

12.  Mystify – Impossible to explain or understand
Ex - There was something strange in her attitude which mystified me.

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Vocabulary 18 :

1.      Dissect – To discuss about something in detail
Ex – People want to dissect his work and question his motives.

2.      Cryptic – A remark/message which contains hidden meaning or difficult to understand
Ex – My father’s notes are more cryptic here.

3.      Exert – Physical or mental effort to do something
Ex – Don’t exert yourself unnecessarily.

4.      Ignoramus – An ignorant person (Someone who don’t have the knowledge they ought to have)
Ex – His mother was ignoramus.

5.      Baffle – Something which can’t be understandable and explainable
Ex – Police is baffled by the murderer.

6.      Intrusive – Unwanted interruption
Ex – The cameras were an intrusive thing for some people in the reception.

7.      Reminisce – The act of remembering the past things.
Ex –I don’t like reminiscing because it makes me feel old.

8.      Acclimatize – To become used to something (A new situation, place or climates)
Ex – The players are acclimatizing to the climate by staying in Auckland.

9.      Cocoon – Protected and safe environment and sometimes isolated from everyday life
Ex – You can’t live in a cocoon and overlook these facts.

10.  Burgeon –Speedy growth and development
Ex – My confidence began to burgeon later in life.
Antonym – Fade

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Vocabulary 19 :

1.      Brisk –An activity which is done quickly and in an energetic way
Ex – Sabatina walked briskly down the corridor to the room.
Antonym – Sluggish, Slowly

2.      Akin – Similar to
Ex –Listening to his life story is akin to reading a novel.

3.      Picket – A group of people protesting about something to prevent people
Ex – The miners went on strike and picketed the power station.

4.      Comprehend – Not understandable
Ex – I just can’t comprehend your attitude.

5.      Slit – To make a narrow cut in something
Ex – They say somebody slit her throat.

6.      Sew –To repair by joining pieces of clothes (using a needle)
Ex – She sewed the dresses on the sewing machine.

7.      Stem – Arise , caused originally by that thing
Ex – The instability stems from the economic effects of the war.

8.      Prolong – To make something last longer
Ex – Mr Doval said foreign military aid was prolonging the war.

9.      Bereft – Deprive of (Always followed by of)
Ex – The place seemed to be bereft of human life.

10.  Paramount – More important than anything else
Ex – The child’s welfare must be seen as paramount.

11.  Trivial – Not important or serious
Ex – The evident is not so trivial for the case.
Antonym – Paramount

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Vocabulary 20 :

1.      Reek – i) Smell strongly and unpleasantly (Followed by of)
Ex – He smelt the reek of whisky.
ii) Have unpleasant or suspicious associations
Ex – The whole thing reeks of hypocrisy.

2.      Stirring – Something which makes people excited and enthusiastic
Ex – The PM made a stirring speech.

3.      Wary – Cautious, suspicious
Ex – People should teach their children to be wary of strangers.

4.      Nefarious – Wicked, Immoral
Ex – Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose.

5.      Prone – Habituated to do something bad (More than usually likely to suffer)
Ex – He is prone to bite his nails.

6.      Hue and Cry (Phrasal) – To protest about something
Ex – Just as the show ended, he heard a huge hue and cry outside.

7.      Tenet – Main principle on which it is based
Ex – Non violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith.

8.      Sectarian –Narrow minded (Difference between different religions)
Ex – He was the 5th person to be killed in sectarian violence.

9.      Harmony – Peace, pleasant agreement
Ex – We must try to live in peace and harmony with ourselves and those around us. (BAians :P)

10.  Disseminate – To distribute (Information. Knowledge)
Ex – They disseminated anti - French propaganda.

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Vocabulary 21 :

1.      Demonstrative – To show affection freely and openly
Ex – We came from the English tradition of not being demonstrative.

2.      Aspire – Desire for
Ex – They aspired to be gentleman.

3.      Aftermath – Consequences after effects
Ex – In the aftermath of the coup, the troops opened fire on the demonstrators.

4.      Insurgent – People who are fighting against the govt. or army of their own country
Ex – The insurgents had taken control of the country’s military base.

5.      Fetter – Something which prevents from behaving or moving in a free and natural way
Ex – The black mind fettered her movement.

6.      Pernicious – Injurious
Ex – Smoking is pernicious to health.

7.      Waterloo – A decisive defeat
Ex – Bihar polls will prove to be the waterloo for the BJP and Modi.

8.      Gulp – To eat or drink very quickly by swallowing large quantities
Ex – Lalu Yadav gulped drop of poison to support Nitish Kumar.

9.      Assert – State clearly
Ex – Mr Jaitley plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.

10.  Destitute – Someone who has no money or possession
Ex – He dedicated the award to destitute children all over the world.

11.  Amicable – Showing or doing in friendly spirit
Ex – The meeting ended on reasonably amicable terms.

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Vocabulary 22 :

1.     Abet – Encourage someone to do something criminal or wrong
Ex – Pakistan is abetting militancy in Bangladesh.

2.     Sobriety – Serious and thoughtful behavior
Ex – There should be sobriety and maturity in a conversation.

3.     Surmise – To infer from incomplete evidence
Ex – They surmised that Alex was the culprit.

4.     Cudgel – A club that is used as a weapon
Ex – AAP took cudgel on behalf of ordinary men.

5.     Clamour – To make loud noises
Ex – Elsa clamoured for justice.

6.     Exhort – To encourage
Ex – Sabatina exhorted ordinary people to file cases against corrupt bank officers.

7.     Baggy – Hanging in loose folds
Ex – Megamind sat there wearing a baggy t-shirt.

8.     Override – Something which is more important than anything else
Ex – The welfare of a child should always override the wishes of its parents.

9.     Prance – Walk or behave in an elated or arrogant manner (Usually Followed by about, around)
Ex – He pranced around the apartment.

10.  Pertinent – To the point/ Relevant to a particular subject
Ex – She had asked some pertinent questions.

11.  Haute Couture – Designing and making high quality fashion clothes (High Fashion)
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Vocabulary 23 :

1.       Spiel – Well prepared speech in order to persuade to buy something.
Ex – Madhuri Dixit spieled about the Maggi ad.

2.       Spout – Utter or speak in a declamatory manner
Ex – He used his column to spout ill informed criticism of the Scots Rugby team. ((Declamatory – Dramatic or confident )

3.       Shove – To push quickly and carelessly
Ex – She gave Taylor a shove towards the house.

4.       Push comes to shove –What you think will happen if a situation becomes very bad or difficult.
Ex – If push comes to shove, if you should lose your case in the court, what will you do ?

5.       Culpable – Someone who is responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened
Ex – Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.

6.       Fussy – Full of unnecessary detail or decoration
Ex – She is not fussy about her food.
Synonym - Fastidious

7.       Fierce – Intense or enthusiastic actions or feelings
Ex – Competition has been to win a stake in Mercedes.

8.       Gloat – Showing pleasure at own success or at other people’s failure in an arrogant and unpleasant way.
Ex – There is nothing to gloat about.

9.       Plum – A job, contract or role which is very good one that a lot of people would like
Ex – Laura landed a plum job with a smart art gallery.

10.   Iffy – Something that is not very good in some way
Ex – His political future has looked iffy for most of this year.

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Vocabulary 24 :

1.      Balk at – Something you don’t want to happen or to let it happen
Ex – Even Biology UGs may balk at animal experiments.

2.      Fugitive – Someone who is running away or hiding (In order to avoid being caught)
Ex – The minister committed a crime by helping a fugitive.

3.      Accede –Agree to someone’s proposal (Followed by ‘To’)
Ex – Britain wouldn’t accede to France’s request.

4.      Revoke – To cancel (a license, law or agreement)
Ex – The Govt revoked Lalit Modi’s license.

5.      Tsar/Czar –A person with great authority
Ex – Lalit Modi was the tsar of IPL.

6.      Deport – To send someone out of country (By forcible manner)
Ex – The Govt announced on a notice to deport all illegal immigrants.

7.      Antagonism – Dislike or hatered between people
Ex – There is antagonism between trade unions and oil companies.
Antonym – Protagonist

8.      Vie – To complete
Ex – Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.

9.      Perpetrate – Commit a crime, blunder (anything outrageous)
Ex – A crime has been perpetrated against India.
Synonym – Commit, carry out, perform, inflict, accomplish

10.  Stigma – something to be ashamed of/marks of disgrace that sets a person apart

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Vocabulary 25 :

1.      Acquaintance – A person whom you know slightly
Ex – The proprietor was an old acquaintance of his.

2.      Chunk –Thick solid pieces of something (A cake)
Ex – Cut the melon into chunks.
ii) Large amount or large part of it
Ex – The company owns a chunk of farmland near Airport.

3.      Spurious – Something which is seems to be genuine but is false
Ex – He was arrested in 2011 on spurious corruption charges.

4.      Allure – Pleasing or exciting quality
Ex – It’s a game that has really lost his allure.

5.      Patriarchy – A system in which men have all or most of the power and importance
Ex – The main cause of women’s oppression is patriarchy.

6.      Inferior – Not good as something else (Less importance)
Ex – The food is of inferior quality.

7.      Consent – To give permission
Ex – He gave my cycle to friend without my consent.

8.      Abhor – To hate
Ex – Gandhi was a man who abhorred violence.

9.      Pounce – To take hold of something (make a sudden attack) [ Followed by on, upon]
Ex – He pounced on the photographer.

10.  Frenzy – Great excitement or wild behavior (From losing control of your feelings)
Ex – The country was gripped by a frenzy of nationalism.

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BY - SANJAY UTTAM

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