Frequently used vocabulary in GAT General

1. Aberration
Unusual and unacceptable, oddness, deviation from standard, irregularity. For example,
He was not normal at that time. His act was aberrational.
2. Abstruse
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep
3. Accumulation
Gather, collect
4. Acrimonious
Angry and bitter feelings / words
5. Affection
Love
6. Affront
To insult
7. Aggravate
To make worse
8. Alleviate
To make less severe. Synonym: Ease
9. Ameliorate
Improve
10. Amenable
Agreeable
11. Anomaly
Irregularity. For example, A man ordered 5kg rice, but the shopkeeper sent 4kg. So, there
is anomaly in supply.
12. Apart
Away, separate, distant

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13. Archipelago
A group of islands. Few islands make archipelago.
14. Argumentative
A person who argues, Not willing to obey
15. Arrogant
Behaving in a proudy way, that is unpleasant for others, Considering oneself superior
than others
16. Auspicious
Favorable, Likely to be successful, Promising
17. Baleful
Harmful and damaging
18. Beget
To make happen, cause to exist
19. Bevy
Large group
20. Brook
Tolerate
21. Cacophony
A mixture of unpleasant sounds, noise
22. Cajole
Deceive. Synonym: Coax 29
23. Candid
Honest, saying as it is. (2) A candid photo is one that is taken without knowledge of the
person
24. Capricious
Shaky, uncertain

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25. Carnivorous
Any animal that eats meat
26. Cautious
Careful in what you say or do. 27, 116
27. Chary
Not taking risks, cautious 26. Synonym: Wary 116
28. Chide
To criticize or blame because they have done wrong
29. Coax
Deceive. Synonym: Cajole 22
30. Cognizant
Aware
31. Compliant
(1) Willing or ready to obey. Synonym: Submissive. (2) Agreement
32. Concealed
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep
33. Confront
To face
34. Conjoin
Join together
35. Consensus
Agreement
36. Console
to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed
37. Consul
A government official who is the representative of his/her country in a foreign city

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38. Contraction
becoming smaller
39. Council
Ruling body, committee
40. Counsel
(1). advice (2). Lawer on behalf of somebody
41. Crestfallen
Sad and disappointed
42. Curtail
To limit something OR to shorten something
43. Deleterious
harmful and damaging
44. Demise
Death
45. Deteriorate
To become worse. Antonym: Improve
46. Detraction
Making something less good/enjoyable/important
47. Disavow
Deny
48. Distraction
Disturbance
49. Doctrine
Established belief
50. Doting
Liking/Loving very much

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51. Eclected*/elected
Drawn from many sources, wisely chosen
52. Elated
Very happy and excited
53. Eminent
Famous
54. Enamored
Liking something a lot
55. Enigma
A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Mystery 85,
Riddle
56. Entail
To involve something that cannot be avoided
57. Erudite
Deeply learned, Scholarly learned
58. Euphony
Pleasant sounds
59. Evanescent
Disapperaing quickly, short lived, fleeting. 65, transient 108
60. Evasive
Wordy, Not up to the point, using too much words than necessary
61. Exigent
Urgent
62. Fallow
Not used
63. Feckless
Careless

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64. Feeble
Weak, Inefficient
65. Fleeting
Disappearing quickly, short lived. 59.
66. Foe
Enemy
67. Fond
Liking/Loving
68. Frightened
Afraid, feeling of fear
69. Gloomy
Sad and without hope, No hope of success or happiness in future 83, Morouse
70. Herbivorous
Any animal that eats only plants
71. Hone
(1) To sharp, sharpen. (2) To develop and improve
72. Imminent
About to happen
73. Impartial
Neutral
74. Impecunious
Poor, penny less
75. Indifferent
not interested OR no concern
76. Integrity
(1) Honesty (2) Whole, Not divided

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77. Intrinsic
Inherent, belonging to
78. Later
At a time in future. Antonym: Earlier
79. Levy
Government taxes
80. Melancholy
A deep feeling of sadness, very sad
81. Mercy
A kind and forgiving attitude
82. Minatory
Threatening
83. Morose
Extremely sad, depressed. Synonym: Gloomy
84. Mulish
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Obstinate 90, Stubborn 100.
85. Mystery
A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Enigma 55,
Riddle
86. Naive
(1) Inexperienced, Lacking knowledge. (2) Innocent and simple
87. Narrate
Tell
88. Neophyte
Beginner
89. Nepotism
Favoritism

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90. Obstinate
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Stubborn 100, Mulish 84.
91. Offensive
rude and annoying
92. Pragmatic
Practical
93. Precede
Before, happen before of
94. Probity
Honesty
95. Ratify
to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or signing it
96. Ravenous
Starving, extremely hungry
97. Skeptical
Unbelievable
98. Static
Not moving
99. Strut
Walk proudly
100.
Stubborn
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, 84,90.
101.
Full

Stuffed

102.
Succinct
Concise

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103.
Partisan
Showing support to a person/group/idea, not neutral, biased
104.
Pillory
To criticize strongly in public
105.
Touchstone
Criteria
106.
Tractable
Easy to deal/control, Easily handled
107.
Tranquil
Quite and peaceful
108.
Transient
Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting, 59,65.
109.
Fear

Trepidation

110.
Urbane
Wise
111.
Vacuous
Stupid
112.
Vindictive
Trying to harm
113.
Volatile
Changing easily/suddenly
114.
Vouch
To say that somebody will behave well, and you are responsible for his actions
115.
Vow
a formal and serious promise

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116.
Wary
Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Chary. 26,27.

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