Carcass - The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food; the body of a human.

Abrasion - The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.

Prey - An animal hunted or caught for food; ििििि; ििििि िििि
Excavate - To remove by digging or scooping out
Outrageous - Having no regard for morality; Violent or unrestrained in temperament or behaviour
Expedition - Speed in performance; promptness
Contemporary - Belonging to the same period of time
Interpret - To explain the meaning of
Lure - Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; entice; allure
Triumph - To be victorious or successful; win
Slick - A smooth or slippery surface or area; Smooth, glossy, and slippery
Entrepreneur - A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture
Articulate - To pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate; to speak clearly and distinctly
Plausible - Seemingly or apparently valid, likely
Indifferent - Having no particular interest or concern
Rhetorical - Used for persuasive effect
Rhetoric - The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively
Demography - The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density,
distribution, and vital statistics
Incarcerate - To put into jail
Daunt – Discourage
Comet - िििििि िििि
Surrogate - One that takes the place of another; a substitute; a person or animal that functions as a
substitute for another, as in a social or family role; a surrogate mother
Strive - To exert much effort or energy; endeavour; to struggle or fight forcefully; contend
Conglomerate – To form or gather into a mass or whole
Quest - The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search
Brazen - Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity; िनलरज; shameless; bold
Ponder – सोचना; िवचार करना
Preponderance - superiority in power or influence
Bogus - spurious or counterfeit; not genuine; fake
Clan - A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor
Advent - an arrival or coming, esp one which is awaited
Tenet - a belief, opinion, or dogma
Rebuttal – खणडन
Onset – आकमण; attack
Colloquialism - बोलचाल की भाषा; चलती भाषा
Monastery - the residence of a religious community
Dissipate - To drive away; disperse; move away from each other
Forage - Food for domestic animals; fodder; the act of looking or searching for food or provisions
Curb - A concrete border or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along the edge of a street
Circumvent – ठगना; धोखा देना; गितरोध पैदा करना; surround so as to force to give up
Salmon - एक पकार की मछली
Upsurge – लहर
Lucrative – Profitable
Intrusive - हसतकेप करने वाले; दखल देने वाला
Patron - a regular customer; someone who supports or champions something; गाहक; दशरक
Adolescent - तेरह से उनीस वषर की आयु का; युवक; young
Divest - disinvest, strip, undress, deprive; वंिचत कर देना; छीनना
Succinct - Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse
Confiscate - जबत कर लेना; to seize (private property) for the public treasury.
Inconclusive - Not conclusive, not decisive; not finally settled
Exterminate - िमटा देना; नष कर देना; eradicate
Sanctuary - पिवत जगह; a shelter from danger or hardship
Litigate - मुकदमा करना; मुकदमा लडना
Copernicus - Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the
center (1473-1543)
Scrutinize – जाचना; तलाश करना; audit, inspect; to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail;
examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
Cynic - a person who believes the worst about everyone; िचड़िचड़ा वयिकत
Speculate - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; अंदाज लगाना; सोचना; िवचार करना
Posit – मानना
Contention - An assertion put forward in argument; a point asserted in argument
Antiquity - Ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages
Vigilant – alert; watchful
Proctor – of official of a university to maintain discipline among students
Carve - To decorate by cutting and shaping carefully
Ease - Freedom from difficulty
Simulate - reproduce someone's behaviour or looks; create a representation or model of
Protagonist – supporter
Uninterested -- Not interested
Disinterested -- Impartial, unbiased; neutral
Cynical - suspicious
Mosaics - A picture or decorative design made by setting small coloured pieces, as of stone or tile, into a
surface
Depict - To represent in a picture or sculpture
Repertory – खजाना; भणडार; repertoire; a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
Motif – नमूना; motive, theme
Lineage - Direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
Susceptible - Easily influenced or affected; आसानी से पभािवत होने वाला
Grave – समािध; क़ब
Deliberate - ठीक से सोचना
Lament - शोक करना; िवलाप करना
Hindrance – अटकाव; रोक टोक
Bias - influence in an unfair way; झुकाव; दबाब डालना
Overwhelming –
Prevalent - most frequent or common; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced
Revitalize - नए पाण भर देना; restore strength; give new life or vigour to
Sedentary - Accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise
Incarceration – कैद; जेल मे बनद करना
Encourage - बढावा देना; उकसाना
Courage – साहस; िहममत
Discourage - िनराश करना; िहममत तोड़ना
Foliage – पितया; leaf; leafage
Deciduous - Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season
Foreshadow - To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand, presage; [to show, indicate, or
suggest in advance]
Endure – भोगना; to continue in existence; to bear with tolerance
Notion – opinion
Peel - to take off the skin or outer covering of (a fruit or vegetable); get undressed
Efficacy - capacity or power to produce a desired effect; कमता
Jeopardy – संकट; खतरा; जोिखम
Jeopardize – risk; put in danger; endanger
Grievous - very severe or painful
Grieve - feel grief; दुःिखत होना
Disguise – िछपाना; भेष बदलना
Innate – congenital; inborn
Gratification – reward; the act or an instance of satisfying
Cognition – knowledge
Sewage - नाली से बहनेवाला पानी
Derision - ridicule
Outrage - An act of extreme violence or viciousness
Prone - lying face downward
Vex - disturb, especially by minor irritations
Portrayal - A representation or description; representation by drawing or painting etc
Flagrant – offensive
Subjugate - To bring under control; conquer; defeat
Cede - To surrender possession of, especially by treaty
Breed - To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch
Nod - To lower and raise the head quickly, as in agreement or acknowledgment; an indication of approval
or assent
Disciple - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Soar - To rise, fly, or glide high and with little apparent effort
Man-grove - Any of various similar shrubs or trees, especially of the genus Avicennia
Susceptible – likely to be affected
Thrive - grow vigorously; पनपना; फलना; बढ़ना; फूलना फलना
Quarry - A hunted animal; prey; an open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging,
cutting, or blasting
Lethal – causing death
Recreation - Refreshment of one's mind or body after work through activity that amuses or stimulates
Sham - Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation; one who
assumes a false character
Impartiality - Not partial; unbiased; unprejudiced; fair
Prejudice – injustice; unfairness; partiality; biased
Inhibit – prohibit
Exhibit – reveal; show
Gratify - To please or satisfy; to give what is desired to; [His achievement gratified his father]
Pitfall - an unsuspected difficulty or danger
Retrospective - Looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past
Rodent - Any of various mammals of the order Rodentia, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver,
characterized by large incisors adapted for gnawing or nibbling
Intrigue - A secret or underhand scheme; a plot
Caramelize - To convert or be converted into caramel
Proclaim - To announce officially and publicly; declare
Solidarity - A union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group
Conspiracy - a secret plan or agreement to carry out an illegal or harmful act, esp with political
motivation; plot; a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
Conspire –
Astonish - To fill with sudden wonder or amazement; surprise
Admonish –
Ardent - उतसाही
Noteworthy - धयान देने योगय; remarkable, notable
Sterile - Not producing or incapable of producing offspring; [Hygienic]; unproductive
Captivate - attract
Sluggish – slow; inactive
Jargon - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Laden - filled with a great quantity; loaded; overloaded
Critic - One who forms and expresses judgments of the merits, faults, value, or truth of a matter
Critique – critical review; a serious examination and judgment of something; an essay or article that
gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
Debunk - To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of
Paradigm – concept; hypothesis; idea
Sarcasm -
Devise – plan; develop; create
Segregation – separation; isolation
Emancipation – set free
Futile – useless; fruitless; vain; unsuccessful
Ingest – consume; eat
Concede – grant; admit; allow
Replenish – fill; refill; reload; to fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
Profound -
Scalper - someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost
Moratorium - suspension of an ongoing activity; an agreed suspension of activity; a legally authorized
postponement of the fulfilment of an obligation
Rhino - गैडा
Confiscate - जबत कर लेना
Auction - नीलाम करना
Poach - गरम पानी मे पकाना; hunt illegally; cook in a simmering liquid
Simmer – boil; cook
Impose – ठगना; धोखा देना
Compel –
Monumental – बड़ा; भारी; महतवपूणर
Inscription - a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone
or something; letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
Detrimental – harmful; damaging
Cripple - deprive of strength or efficiency; someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury
or disability to the legs or back
Contingent - अिनिशत; possible but not certain to occur; a temporary military unit
Slave – गुलाम; a person who is owned by someone; work very hard, like a slave
Preposterous - Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; unbelievable
Prosperous - Having success; flourishing; successful; wealthy; rich
Discrimination - bias
Impugn - To attack as false or questionable; point the finger at; challenge in argument; attack as false or
wrong
Paraphrase -
Prephrase -
Proceed -
Precede - Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
Abstinence – self denial
Pledge – promise; assurance
Temperance – abstaining from excess; control; [antonym: excess]
Mortgage – advance; credit; a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
Sparse – scattered; not dense
Coral -
Abandon -
Sparing – careful; बचाने वाला; avoiding waste
Solicitous – caring; attentive
Panting – out of breath; breathless; grasping
Nonpartisan – unbiased
Partisan - a strong and enthusiastic supporter of a person, political party, idea or philosophy etc
Reminiscence - The act or process of recollecting past experiences or events; a narration of past
experiences
Regardless – in spite of [ex: he carried on regardless of the difficulties] (usually followed by `of');
Grave – serious; severe; important; death or extinction
Exemplify - illustrate
Commensurate – appropriate; adequate; matching; proportionate
Portage - the cost of carrying or transporting
Conqueror – िवजेता; someone who is victorious by force of arms
Conquer - To defeat or subdue by force, especially by force of arms; to be victorious; win
Bid – offer; proposal
Obsess -
Stun – astonish; daze; shock
Emancipation – release; setting free
Deed - something that is done or performed
Deterrence - a negative motivational influence; a communication that makes you afraid to try something;
the expression of opposition and disapproval; the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; the act of
discouraging
Abdicate – renounce; give up;
Hoary - old
Annoy – irritate; infuriate; upset
Allude - To make an indirect reference
Vocal -
Tract – zone; area;
Voracity – hunger; Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food
Reinforce - To strengthen by adding extra support or material
Unprecedented - Having no previous example
Shamble - To walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
Espouse - To take in marriage; marry; To give (a woman) in marriage; to adopt or give support to (a
cause, ideal, etc.)
Expedition -
Espionage - The act or practice of spying or of using spies to obtain secret information, as about another
government or a business competitor; जासूसी
Stipulate - give a guarantee or promise of; specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or
agreement
Relegate - To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition; to send to a place of exile; banish
Catastrophe – disaster; ruin
Stereotype - a conventional or formulaic conception or image
Explicable – understandable
Eclectic - Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles; made
up of or combining elements from a variety of sources
Ruthless – cruel
Ruth - Compassion or pity for another; Sorrow or misery about one's own misdeeds or flaws
Tenacity - The state or quality of being tenacious
Tenacious - Holding together firmly; Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point
of view
Extricate – extract; remove; free
Introspection -
Introspective -
Hasten – hurry; speed
Cooperation –
Stifle - To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example); o keep in or hold back; to kill by preventing
respiration
Dissent - disagree
Conquest – take-over; invasion; capture; defeat
Enigma – mystery; puzzle
Nimble - moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
Frigid – cold
Surmise - To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence; an idea or opinion based on
insufficiently conclusive evidence
Unprecedented – Having no previous example; first time; unique
Precedent - an example or instance used to justify later similar occurrences
Antiquity – olden days; ancient times
Intact – undamaged; whole
Leery – suspicious; distrustful
Interpretation – understanding; explanation
Expedite – speed up; accelerate
Oblivion - The condition or quality of being completely forgotten
Salvage - The rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck; to save from loss or
destruction
Shipwreck - The destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; a complete failure or ruin
Peril - Imminent danger
Imperil – put in danger; endanger
Antique - Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period; old; पाचीन; पुराना; पुरानी चीजे
Loot – rob
Impeccable – faultless; flawless; perfect
Deforest - To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from; [n: Deforestation]
Impede - To retard or obstruct the progress of
Excerpt - A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject; a person who has
achieved this grade
Tantalize – तरसाना; To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.; to
tease or make frustrated, as by tormenting with the sight of something greatly desired but inaccessible
Solicit - पाथरना करना; फँसाना; मागना
Lobbyist -
Vole –
Spore –
Sheath – case; cover
Ballad - A narrative poem; the music for such a poem; a popular song especially of a romantic or
sentimental nature
Peddler – फेरी वाला
Idiosyncratic – A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
Recuperate – recover; get well
Morphine - A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe
injury or metastatic cancer
Opium - अफीम
Boredom – tediousness; dullness
Protagonist - मुखय वयिकत; leading role
Capitalist – industrialist; consumerist; सेठ
Repressive – cruel; brutal
Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state, usually under the control of a
single political person, faction, or class, recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every
aspect of public and private life wherever feasible
Totalitarian – सवरसतावादी
Totalistic – सवािधकारवादी; of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state
regulates every realm of life; "totalitarian theory and practice"; "operating in a totalistic fashion"
Anticapitalist - someone opposed to or against capitalism
Capitalism - An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or
corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits
gained in a free market
Provoke – उकसाना; िचढ़ाना; ललकारना; छेड़ना
Counter – oppose
Encounter – A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief
Bump – knock; strike
Conscious – aware; awake; alert
Unconscious -
Upheaval - a strong, sudden, or violent disturbance, as in politics, social conditions, etc
Catastrophe - आपित
Protract - lengthen in time; खीचना; बढ़ाना; िवलंब करना
Bleak – gloomy; sad; offering little or no hope
Hasty – speedy; fast
Bemoan – पछताना; िवलाप करना; regret strongly
Anecdotal - Based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific
analysis
Inimical – opposed; contrary;
Mediocrity – poorness; the state or quality of being mediocre
Mediocre - Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; ex: they improved the quality from mediocre to
above average
Anticipate - realize beforehand; make a prediction about; tell in advance
Pragmatism - the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and
literal truth
Fury – anger
Apathy – laziness; lack of interest
Sarcastic – expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds; वयंगयातमक
Ironic -
Mocking –
Sardonic –
Cynical –
Acerbic –
Mordent –
Acerbic -

Disdain - a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient;

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Nostalgic - A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past; the
condition of being homesick; homesickness
Wrathful - fiercely angry; raging or furious
Mournful – sad; sorrowful
Bewildered - To confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations,
objects, or statements; puzzle
Wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
Wane - To decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline
Concert - Agreement in purpose, feeling, or action
Demographic - a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human
populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.)
Resurgence – rebirth; recovery; a continuing after interruption; a renewal.
Lucrative - producing wealth; profitable
Scout - To search for talented people
Gymnast - A person who is trained and skilled in gymnastics, especially one who
engages in competition
Decipher - To convert from a code or cipher to plain text; decode
Impervious - Incapable of being penetrated; Incapable of being affected;
Laypeople – laymen; laywomen
Layman - A man who is a nonprofessional; a person who does not have specialized or
professional knowledge of a subject

Main Idea - What is the passage about?

Attitude - How does the author feel?
Purpose - why did the author write this passage?
People who have doctorates in the liberal arts are interested in improving their intellects. Companies,
however, rarely hire people who are not concerned with the financial gain that can be obtained by hard
work in the business world. As a result, companies rarely hire people who have doctorates in the liberal
arts.

The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

B. Some people who are interested in the liberal arts do not care about money.
E. Only people not concerned with making money in the business world are interested in improving their
intellects.

Premise 1: Ph D in LA -> imp intel

Premise 2: Not con with money -> rarely hired
Conclusion: Ph D in LA -> rarely hired

Assumption: imp intel -> Not con with money

E: Only “Not con with money’ are “imp intel”

Implies that
All “imp intel” are (->) “not con with money.’