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Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Deceit | practice of misleading | Fraud, duplicity | fairness, honesty | Love and deceit, troubles and rewards are as ageless as the heavens. |
Deference | A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard | obedience, compliance, yielding | dishonour, disregard, noncompliance | His deference to her wishes was very flattering |
Detrimental | Tending to cause harm | Harmful , Hurtful | Harmless, Beneficial | Recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people |
Dialectic | Logical, rational | analytic, controversial, persuasive | illogical, irrational | He not only wrote on dialectics and logic, but also on physics in its various departments. |
Dilapidate | Demolish, Deface | deform, distort, destroy | Build , construct, adorn | On the east of the town at the foot of a hill stands a dilapidated fort. |
Dilatory | Slow or wasting time | procrastinating, lax, dallying | diligent, eager, zealous | No dilatory motion, or dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane shall be in order. |
Diligent | persevering, Hardworking | Active, Assiduous | Careless, inactive | "A diligent worker"; "with diligent industry she revived the failing business". |
Discerning | Discriminating | Astute, knowing | idiotic, ignorant | The keen visions of these birds are not slow in discerning through the gloomy recesses the presence of danger. |
Dispensation | allocation of supply | favour, indulgence, kindness | denial, veto | This is your generation, this is your dispensation, this is your wisdom. |
Dissident | Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | heterodox, discordant, nonconformist | agreeing, confirming | Union dissidents have challenged the leadership of the current president. |
Check out Subject Verb Agreement here.
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Edifice | Structure | monument, building | It looks as if the whole political edifice of the country is about to collapse. | |
Efficacy | Productiveness | adequacy, capability, capacity | inability, failure | Exactly the situation he would have prayed for had he believed in the efficacy of prayer. |
Egregious | outstandingly bad; shocking, remarkably good. | atrocious, deplorable | concealed, good | "egregious abuses of copyright" |
Elfish | Usually good-naturedly mischievous | elfin, naughty | behave, good | They perpetrated a practical joke with elfish delight. |
Emblematic | Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract | typical, emblematical, figurative | literal ,Real ,straightforward | The free discussion that is emblematic of democracy |
Encomium | Compliment | Accolade, Eulogy | Blame, Criticism | The encomium holding good of herself, she refrained from lecturing him on the subject of the vilified Denham. |
Engulf | Absorb | Bury, Consume | Dry, Uncover | The bright light engulfed him completely |
Enormity | Horribleness | depravity, evil | delight, esteem | Nobody fully understands the enormity and complexity of the task of reviving the country's economy |
Entente | Agreement | Accord, deal, pact | disagreement | It also contributed towards the conclusion of an entente between Turkey and Rumania in the summer of 1910. |
Enunciation | The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience | articulation, elocution, phonation | - | The broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English |
Epiphany | A moment of sudden understanding or revelation | Flash, oracle | Confusion, Secret | In the first grade, I experienced an epiphany that girls were always treated dif- ferently than boys. |
Errant | wrong , behaving wrongly in some way, especially by leaving home | erratic, stray | normal | Teachers dislike errant spellings and misused words |
Erudite | Well-Educated | knowledgeable, literate, scholarly | uneducated, common, ignorant | This erudite priest, born in 1067, was the founder of historical writing in Iceland |
Espouse | support | adopt, maintain, defend | attack, reject | He was an optimist or he never wouldhave espoused the American cause. |
Exasperate | Provoke | Agitate, disturb | appease, calm | Indeed, the effect would probably only be to exasperate and worsen industrial relations. |
Exigent | urgent | Insistent, needful | easy, ordinary, usual | Charles immediately revealed the full and exigent nature of his demands. |
Expats | A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | expellee, exile, expatriate | citizen, national, native | A network of expats in London keeps her from missing the family she left be- hind. |
Exuberance | Energy, Enthusiasm | Sprit, Zest | Apathy, Coolness | They were meant to suggest reproductive vigour, exuberance, and abundance. |
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Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Fabrication | A deliberately false or improbable account; The act of making something (a product) from raw materials | hogwash, forgery, fable | truth, entertainment, reality | The synthesis and fabrication of single crystals |
Farcical | absurd | comical, funny, laughable | grave, reasonable, sad | Amber has been known to behave in a farcical manner when she is under the influence of marijuana |
fauxpas | A socially awkward or tactless act | slip. solecism, abuse | praise, certainty | His trust was warranted, until Landor detected the fauxpas |
Fidgety | Nervous and unable to relax | apprehensive, jittery, twitchy | restful, unmoving, composed | Until he did so, Mr Frampton was too fidgety to be approachable on any other subject. |
Fissure | A long, narrow opening | hole, cleavage, crack | closure, solid | A fissure between philosophy and reality. |
Want to know about Phrasal Verbs? Learn here.
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Gesticulate | Show, express or direct through movement | indicate, pantomime | speak | He gesticulated his desire to leave |
Gloom | depression | despair, misery, sadness | confidence, joy, delight | She could not see a thing; but she waited in the gloom for the steward to come and light the lamps. |
Gory | bloody | horrible, imbrued | mild, pleasing, pleasant | The broken and gory body was kicked through the railing for the last time. |
Grandeur | The quality of being magnificent, splendid or grand | brilliance, expansiveness, magnificence | dullness, simplicity, insignificance | An imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colourful art |
Grim | hopeless | gloomy, cruel | bright, cheerful | Anthony will be in the VIP lounge where he doesn't have to mix with the hoi polloi |
Gruff | Bad tempered | Blunt, Nasty | Cheerful, Happy | I want to say good-bye," he said in the gruff voice of embarrassment. |
Gullible | Trusting | Naïve, credulous, innocent | Wary, skeptical | Finding them, to all seeming, gullible and loquacious, she had even ventured on the Bishop. |
To get details on Common Rules for Spellings, candidates can visit the linked article.
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Heckle | jeer | ridicule, taunt, tease | please, praise, aid | People in the crowd were booing and heckling as she tried to speak. |
Hoi Polloi | The common people generally | masses, rabble, herd | elite, aristocracy, cream | Separate the warriors from the hoi polloi |
Hoodwink | deceive or trick | dupe, outwit | debunk, expose, reveal | "staff was hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun" |
Hurled | throw forcefully | fire, toss, launch | hold, keep, receive | My friend now began to hurl stones at it, but it easily dodged them. |
Hustings | The activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) | catafalque, emplacement, chancery | - | The front door was in continual motion with guests coming and going, amid laughter and boisterous conversation |
Learn about Types of Conjunction Explained with Examples Here.
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Ignominious (Adj) | embarrassing because of being a complete failure. | humiliating, undignified, embarrassing | glorious, admirable | an ignominious defeat/failure/retreat |
Imbibe | absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge). | assimilate, absorb, soak up, take in, digest | abstain, fast | "if one does not imbibe the culture one cannot succeed" |
Implacable | merciless | cruel. unforgiving | kind, remorseful | Clinton accused congressional Republicans of "implacable hostility”. |
Impounded | kept | captured, confiscated | give, offer | The police impounded cars and other personal property belonging to the drug dealers. |
Inception | An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | outset, provenance, kick-off | conclusion, outgrowth, ending | The strife was thus in its inception political; but it soon became religious as well. |
Incessant | Never ending | ceaseless, nonstop | bounded, finished | Night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city. |
Inchoate | Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed | amorphous, immature, nascent | developed, grown, mature | In the man, substance is inchoate, inadequate to the desired form; it is a drag on everything. |
Inclement | Used of persons or behaviour; showing no clemency or mercy | brutal, tempestuous, intemperate | merciful, sympathetic, mild | The climate is inclement in winter and oppressively hot in midsummer. |
Inclement | Bitter | brutal, hard, foul | clear, merciful, nice | One of the most inclement winters in the Gulf of Mexico had passed in the comfortless manner described in the last chapter. |
Indefatigable | Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality | assiduous, diligent, dogged | indifferent, lethargic, wavering | He is an indefatigable advocate of equal rights |
Inebriated | make (someone) drunk; intoxicate. | bombed, plastered, boozy | sober, straight | He arrived late in the banqueting hall, and there were indications that he was inebriated. |
Inflict | Make (someone) do something unpleasant | levy, apply | hold, take, withhold | "The principal inflicted his rage on the students" |
Insinuate | Hint, Suggest, to suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true | allude, ascribe, imply | Conceal, hide, withhold | Are you insinuating (that) I'm losing my nerve? |
Intrepid | Invulnerable to fear or intimidation | brave, nervy, courageous | afraid, cowardly, timid | The savages were overawed by the coolness and courage of this intrepid officer. |
Irritants | annoyance | burden,bother,trouble | aid, happiness, help | The report is bound to add a new irritant to international relations |
Implacable | merciless | cruel. unforgiving | kind, remorseful | Clinton accused congressional Republicans of "implacable hostility”. |
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Jab | Poke violently | Poke, Thrust, Punch | Pull, tear | She jabbed a pen at him to wake him up. |
Jargon | Technical terminology | Slang, vocab, ardot | standard | A technical paper is filled with jargons |
Jaunt | Short trip | Outing, trip, journey | Stay, bolt, abide | She planned a jaunt to the field |
Jeopardize | Put at risk | Peril, risk, stake, gamble | Save, guard, protect | By lying, she was jeopardizing her father’s trust. |
Jumble | Mix something up to cause confusion | Mix up, confuse, fuddle | Arange, order | The receptionist jumbled their names and assigned them wrong rooms |
Here’s all you need to know about Gerund, Infinitive and Participle
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Kingpin | a person or thing that is essential to the success of an organization or operation. | bigwig | inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity, | "the kingpins of the television industry |
Knack | ability | aptitude, skill, bent | lack, inability | It was horrid of you but you always had a knack of rubbing one up the wrong way. |
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Labyrinthine | complex | : twisting, maze like | direct, straight | it's hard to find my classes at the labyrinthine building at my school |
Laconic | (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words. | brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, | verbose, long-winded, loquacious | "his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic" |
Legion | numerous | myriad, countless, many | few, numbered | The Roman legions brought peace and prosperity, at least most of the time. |
Lenity | Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | altruism, compassion | cruelty, harshness | It is for the jury to find a just medium between harshness and lenity |
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Maraud | go about in search of things to steal or people to attack. Raid and plunder (a place). | plunder, go looting | Guard, protect | "bands of robbers crossed the river to maraud |
Martinet | Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | disciplinarian, authoritarian, tyrant | - | He was a good deal of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate. |
Menage | Family | Ancestors, folk, kindred | Three verses quoted by Menage are all we possess. | |
Meticulous | very careful and precise | Careful, Accurate | Careless, Lazy | Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book |
Myriad | A large indefinite number, a countless or extremely great number of people or things | gobs, multitudinous, heaping | bounded, measurable | There’s a myriad of insects on the island. |
For details on the Types and Rules of Tenses, refer to the linked article.
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Nigardly | Close | Tight, mean, narrow | Generous, Far, open | William had many excellent qualities, but his long life of exile and hardship had made him niggardly and narrow. |
Nigh | near | nearly,adjacent,close | far, distant | She also found the last level nigh impossible. |
Nonplussed | Filled with bewilderment | astonish, baffle, disconcert | explicate, enlighten, educate | These questions nonplus even the experts |
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Obnoxious | Causing disapproval or protest | offensive, repulsive, abominable | agreeable, lovable, wonderful | He is a vulgar and obnoxious person |
Occult | Secret | Concealed, Hidden | Bare, clear | Vortices may be called an occult quality, because their existence was never proved. |
Ossify | to become rigid | Congeal, Freeze | Liquefy, Soften | There is a general growth to be observed, and the bones are beginning to ossify. |
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Panache | Distinctive and stylish elegance | brio, flamboyance, swagger | spiritless | He wooed her with the confident panache of a cavalry officer |
Panoramic | (of a view or picture) with a wide view surrounding the observer; sweeping. | sweeping, wide, extensive, bird's-eye, scenic | restricted, narrow, limited | "on a clear day there are panoramic views" |
Paradox | puzzle | enigma, oddity | normality, regularity | The paradox of being calm and serene at the rock concert made her smile. |
Paradox | Contradiction | Absurdity, enigma | Normality, regularity | I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" |
Paraphernalia | miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity. | equipment, stuff, things, apparatus, | immovables, | "drills, saws, and other paraphernalia necessary for homeParap improvements" |
Parched | Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | arid, withered | moist, damp | It was the height of summer and the land was parched and brown. |
Parley | negotiation | conference, consult, debate | Quite, silence | After some serious parleying, both sides agreed to settle their differences. |
Pecuniary | relating or involving money | monetary, banking | nonfinancial | that makes good pecuniary sense |
Peddling | sell door to door | canvas, market, promote | pull, buy | Conventional politicians should expose the fantasies that the far left and far right are peddling to a vulnerable section of society. |
Peg | attach, a reason for discussing something further | fix, fasten, join | loose, detach | They decided to use the anniversary as the peg for/a peg on which to hang a TV documentary. |
Perceive | Notice, see | Discern, realize | disbelieve, overlook | She finally perceived the futility of her protest |
Percussion | musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles. | crash, bang, smash, clash, bump | - | "percussion instruments" |
Peril | Risk,Danger | Hazard, Insecurity, Jeopardy | Certainly, Safety, Protection | Just be a little careful, and you are perfectly out of peril |
Pernicious | hurtful | malicious, fatal, evil | assisting, good, | He thought "such a system would be wrong and pernicious in the extreme. |
Perpetual | Continual, lasting | Ceaseless, infinite | Bounded, Ceasing | The perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy |
Perturbed | Trouble | Bothered, Upset | benefit , calm | The more he loses, the more perturbed he gets |
Picket | a worker or group of workers who protest outside a building to prevent other workers from going inside, especially because they have a disagreement with their employers | palisade, stanchion. upright | - | There were pickets outside the factory gates |
Piffle | nonsense | Foolishness, balone | sense, truth | "I don't know anything about that sort of piffle," said his guest, severely. |
Pilfer | steal (things of little value). | snatch, embezzle | - | "she produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer" |
Piqued | Offend | Annoy, Arouse | Aid, Compose | The scientists were piqued because science and hard work made their colleague wealthy. |
Pitting | oppose | counter, set against, vie | agree, go along | We determine which is the faster horse by pitting one against the other in a race |
Pliability | Adaptability of mind or character | flexible, ductile, elastic | not flexible, hard | "he was valued for his reliability and pliability" |
Plight | a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation | predicament, quandary, dilemma | blessing, delve, boon | The idea had sustained him ever since he had learned of the plight of his tribesmen. |
Polemic | Argumentative | belligerent, contentious | benevolent, cordial. | Some will find the harsh polemic repetitive and disturbing. |
Precinct | A district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | tract, ward, subdivision | whole | The commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations |
Pretence | falsehood | Claim, display | reality, honesty | From the first there had been no pretence of friendship between thesetwo. |
Primordial | earliest | primeval. pristine | modern, new, last | Her immense wooden sculptures refer to a primitive form of life in primordial worlds. |
Pristine | clean, pure | immaculate, untouched, intact | affected, dirty | The car seemed to be in pristine condition. |
Proliferate | Grow rapidly | breed, engender, mushroom | decrease, destroy, lessen | Pizza parlours proliferate in this area |
Protagonist | person who takes the lead | hero, idle, advocate | antagonist | She was herself a vehement protagonist of sexual equality. |
Prudent | Wise , Sensible | Careful. cautious | Careless, Expensive | That sacrifice may also be a prudentaction," observed Madeleine. |
Purport | to pretend to be or to do something, especially in a way that is not easy to be- lieve. | acceptation, tenor, upshot | exterior, insignificance, outside | They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school. |
To get details on Idioms and Phrases, candidates can visit the linked article.
Word | Meaning | Synonym | Antonym | Sentence |
Quiver | Shaking | Flash, glimmer | Dullness, quiet | The city quivered with music and excitement. |
Quixotic | idealistic | dreamy, foolish, impractical | cautious, realistic, wise | That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage. |
For details on the Para Jumbles, refer to the linked article.