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This document provides a list of 97 words along with their pronunciation, meaning, and mnemonic devices to help remember them. The words cover a wide range of topics from individual words like cliché and buttress to broader concepts like temperance, servility, and rigor. Mnemonic devices use techniques like rhyming, relating words to people or objects, breaking words into parts, and creating short stories to help remember the words' meanings. The document is the first 3 pages of a longer list of words and mnemonics.
This document provides a list of 97 words along with their pronunciation, meaning, and mnemonic devices to help remember them. The words cover a wide range of topics from individual words like cliché and buttress to broader concepts like temperance, servility, and rigor. Mnemonic devices use techniques like rhyming, relating words to people or objects, breaking words into parts, and creating short stories to help remember the words' meanings. The document is the first 3 pages of a longer list of words and mnemonics.
This document provides a list of 97 words along with their pronunciation, meaning, and mnemonic devices to help remember them. The words cover a wide range of topics from individual words like cliché and buttress to broader concepts like temperance, servility, and rigor. Mnemonic devices use techniques like rhyming, relating words to people or objects, breaking words into parts, and creating short stories to help remember the words' meanings. The document is the first 3 pages of a longer list of words and mnemonics.
1. Clich klSH n. Phrase dulled in meaning by repetition Football player CLICHY 2. Buttress btris n. Support, source of help
3. Censorious sensrs Adj. harshly critical overly serIOUS abt CENSORing---harshly critical or disapproving 4. Censure senSHr 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 kandr -dr n. frankness Candor (Can + Do + r) During an interview you reflect your "Can Do" attitude to the interviewer 8. Charlatan SHrltn 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 knjekCHr 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 kjl 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 tenacity n. persistent determination teen's consistant activity ie determination to continue what he/she 's doing. 13. Corrugated krgt 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 elj 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 grt(y)ooits 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 Page 2 of 17
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 dimn(y)ooSHn 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 sti()rikl 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 rtrikl Adj. Effective communication right oral skills 55. Soporific Adj. Sleep producer 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific. 56. Subtlety stlt Adj. Cunning, Guile SUB(all) did not LET(allow) him enter.bcoz he was CUNNING,GUILE 57. Taciturn tasitrn 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 Page 3 of 17
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 sednter 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 zelt n. passion, enthusiasm zealot -- zeal + lot one who shows a lot of zeal. 77. Placate plkt 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 antagnistik Adj. hostile anta=anti=hostile Sounds like antarctic. Antarctica is a hostile continent. 82. Anomaly n. irregularity 83. Antediluvian antdloovn 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 lknik 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 kkfn (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 mzrl 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 Page 4 of 17
WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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 akld 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()rinTH 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 spradik 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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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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 ribtl 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 ripyoodt v. disown he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked him if he ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE (deny eating it)... :) Page 7 of 17
WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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
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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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 pr n. social outcast consider it as paraya.. which in Hindi means stranger.. hence it could be an outcast.. 226. Prodigal prdigl 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 kwesnt 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 prifrl 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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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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 by nature or habit
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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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 appeaseapp(appeal)+pease(peace) appeal for peace..when war was going on in kasmirour prime minister appealed people to maintain peace in the region 310. assiduous Adj. diligent Ass is donkey and donkey is hardworking. Page 11 of 17
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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). Page 12 of 17
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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. Page 13 of 17
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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 Page 14 of 17
WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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 anothers 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 Page 15 of 17
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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. Page 16 of 17
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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 486. discrepancy n. lack of consistency sounds like dis consistency
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WORD PRONOUNCIATION MEANING MNEMONIC 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