1. Abrasive Rough;causing irritation;harsh 2. Abreast Being up to particular standard or level
especially in being up to date in knowledge ex:\"kept abreast of the latest developments\"
3. Activism The practice of pursuing political or other
goals
4. Adumbrate Describe roughly or briefly or give the main
points or summary of
ex:\"I adumbrated that I did not like his wife\"
5. Aerie The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a
hawk or eagle)
6. Affected Fake acting;have effect
7. Affluenza An extreme form of materialism resulting
from the excessive desire for material goods ex:\" Neologism for american\'s desire for electronic goods is Affluenza\"
8. Albeit Although
ex:The village head is illiterate albeit very intelligent
9. Alienate Causing hostility; 10.Amortize Gradually paying off debt
Ex:\"Amortize your mortgage over a loan period based on your input\"
11.Amulet Talisman
12.Anachronism something wrong happened in the past
Ex:Did you catch the anachronisms set in the latest blockbuster set in the Ancient Greece?
13.Analgesia Pain relief
ex:Natural birth advocates reject Analgesia in child birth
14.Anoint Treat as divine;apply oil or ointment 15.Antagonize Hostility;unfriendly
16.Antedate Be earlier in time; go back further
Ex:\"Stone tools antedate bronze tools\"
17.Antithetical Directly opposed
Ex:Partying hard is antithetical to one\'s performance in exams
18.Apocryphal Of questionable authenticity
19.Apostate Person who deserts Party or religion or cause
Ex: Some people consider freedom fighters as Apostate
20.Apostle Pioneer of a reform moment
Ex:Rubens is the Apostle of Mediterrian diet
21.Approbation Formal praise or approval
Ex:She won approbation from er peers
22.Appropriate Take for one\'s own use
ex: Principal appropriated Flood relief fund for personal use
23.Arbiter Judge
ex;Professional mediator arbitrate disputes
24.Arcane secret;hidden
25.Ascetic Person who leads austere life 26.Asperity harshness;rough
Ex:Asperity of cheap sweater/asperity of principal for not attending college
27.Assail Attack
Ex:Assail the enemy
28.Assiduous Persevering;diligent;sedulous;consistent efforts
Ex:\"her assiduous attempts to learn French\";
29.attuned Adjusted;
Ex:Attuned to the new environment
30.Augury Foreboding;presage;divination;omen;prophecy;
Ex:\"I hoped the augury was a true one, but there were times when I doubted.\"
31.August Majestic;grand;venerable;revered
Ex:\"august holy men\"
32.Autism Syndrome to consider others as people
33.Avid Enthusiastic;Desirous of power
34.Axiom Self evident truth
Ex; Its axiomatic that brain is dependent upon body
35.Balk Refuse to proceed
36.Balk Refuse to proceed or to do something
37.Balloon Swell
Ex: Junk shares ballooned during dotcom boom
38.Bane Something cursing
Ex:Mosquitoes are baneful to my life
39.Baying Howling like wolf
Ex:The lonely dog bayed all night
40.Benediction Opp:Malediction
41.Beneficent Philanthropic;doing good;benevolent
Ex: Salmankhan is a beneficent guy
42.Benign Innocuous;harmless;kindly;not cancerous 43.Besiege Attack;surrounded
Ex:The regiment was besieged by the enemies
44.Bevy Group of birds;large group of people
EX:The bar owner cringed after watching bevy of women
46.Blight Destroy;ruin;killing plants
EX:Violence had blighted our town Blight killing their farms
47.Bonhomie Friendliness
Ex:Everest base trip had developed bonhomie with so many people
48.Brandish Shake;wave
Ex:After drinking Brandi, drunken guy had brandished sword in ladies tent
49.Brook Suffer
Ex:Brook shields had to brook a lot of wicked remarks from MI guy
50.Burlesque Travesty;lampoon;humorous comedy 51.Burnish Polish;smooth
Ex;I have replaced all rustic door knobs with burnished knobs
52.Bygone Former or past 53.Cadaver Corpse;clay;dead body
54.Calumny canard;slander;aspersion;malign;false
rumor
Ex:I hate your wicked(morally bad) calumnious accusations
55.canoe small light boat 56.Caravan A procession going with
mules;elephants;sheep etc Ex:Caravan of animals
57.Catholic Universal;broadminded 58.Cellulite Excessive fat in thighs 59.Chicanery wile;deception;bilk;trick
Ex:I have had enough of your chicanery young man :)
60.Chronological Arranging in time order
61.Circumscribe To be constructed around so as to touch all
points
Ex:A square circumscribed inside a circle by touching all points
2)To limit;restrict;skittish(limited)
62.Circumspect cautious;wile
x:my brother was circumspect about my future hubby
63.Clamber climb awkwardly
Ex:with excitement to reach the top of summit she clambered even the steepest points
64.clandestine Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or
methods
Ex:\"clandestine intelligence operations\"
65.Cliquish Snobbish;social exclusiveness
66.Cloying Distasteful
Ex;Cloying sweets
67.Coda Epilogue;end
Ex:The coda of the day was amazing
68.Coffer Place of storing financial
documents;treasury
Ex:\"He was arrested for dipping into coffer\"
\"I use my drawer as coffer for storing priceless old coins
69.Collude Connivance;secret agreement;collusion
Ex:Two companies colluded for increasing the prices
70.Compendium Brief summary
Ex:Movie review is a compendium of entire movie
71.compendium A publishing containing different works 72.Complaisant Complying cheerfully;Oblige;pleasing
Ex:Complaisant workers in the new country
73.Concede Give in;admit;accept
74.Concur Approve;agree;avow;concede;affirm; 75.Confection The act of creating by mixing few things
Ex:confection of sweets
76.confection The act of creating something (a medicine
or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
77.Confound Frustrate
Ex: I was confounded with the questions Baffle;conundrum;puzzle;riddle
78.connotation Suggestion;implied;literal meaning
Ex:Titanic means \"Large\", but it was sunk, so it had negative connotation
79.Constrict Squeeze;restrict the freedom of 80.Construe Interpret;translate
81.Contextualize place in context
82.Converge Unite;move towards a point 83.Conversely Opposite
84.convoke Call together
Ex:The dean has convoked this meeting for discussion about new rules
85.Coroner medical examiner 86.Cosset Pamper;
Ex\"The cosseted toddler
87.Couch formulate particular style or language
Ex:Couch pillows twice a day
89. Counterpoint Antithetical;opposite 90. Covert Esoteric;veiled;hidden 91. Credulous Gullible;dupe;easily believing
92. Crescendo Reaching climax;steadily increasing force 93. Cringed Draw back with fear or pain;recoiled
Ex:Girl cringed after finding her mother when she was with her BF
94. Culmination Highest point 95. Cupidity Greed;Avarice
Ex:Doctor had lost his licence due to his cupidity
96. Dalliance Flirting
97. Daunt Dishearten;discourage 98. Debase degrade;lower
Ex:Don't debase yourself by accepting bribery
99. Declaim Speak in pompous manner;Formal speech
x:After drinks Gabby declaim about her policy whole night
100.Declivity Downward slope
101.Deem Judge;consider
102.Deface Mar the appearance;vandalize;wanton 103.Default Failure to act
104.Deference Reverence;submission;yielding to authority 105.Deflect turn aside
106.deleterious Harmful 107.Delimit Fix;limit
Ex:The role of an executive coach was delimited by our behavior
108.Delineate limn(draw);describe;draw a outline 109.Demagouge Leader who claims power by spreading false
information
110.Demure Diffident;Shy;coy;Diffident
Ex:Demure fellow
111.Desultory Going off track;going off topic
Ex:You are preparing for GRE in a most desultory way
112.Detached Disinterested;unbiased
113.Diaphanous Transparent;translucent;pellucid
Ex:Diaphanous silk
114.Dictum Proverb;Formal order
Ex:The old dictum was \"A stitch in time saves nine\"
115.Didactic Instructive;teaching
116.Dilate make wider;
ex;Doctor given eye drops for dilating my pupil Talk at length;elaborate
Ex:Poet dilated for an hour about his new poem
117.Dilatory Come late
ex:He\'s a dilatory fellow
118.Dilettante person who learns art for fun
Ex:He is a Dilettante fellow
119.Din Loud and confusing noise
120.Dirge Elegy;Eulogy\'Encomium;coda;compendium;Paean;Panegyric
Ex:His Dirge for Linocoln was so boring
121.Discomfit Frustrating;confusion(baffle)
Ex:Your acts are discomfiting
122.Discordant Dissonant;inharmonious;disharmonious
Ex:Discordant speech
123.Discriminate Discern;showing good judgement
124.Disjointed disconnected;jerky;having joints separated 125.Disparage belittle;shame
Ex:your acts bring disparage to us
126.Disparate Discrete;distinct;different
Ex:Use quotations to disparate from others
127.Dispassionate detached;disinterested;Calm;not passionate 128.Disquieting Disturbing
129.Dissemble Pretend
Ex:Dissembling as an inexperienced guy
130.Distaff relatives from maternal side;woman staff
Ex:Doctor had asked whether any distaff has cancer?
131.Distend Swell;balloon
Ex:Distended tummy
132.Distill Purify;extract the important elements 133.Dither Act indecisively;
Ex:Stop dithering, select one shirt first. Trembling or state of fear
Ex;Children came out of dither state
134.Diurnal Occurring every day; Happens in the morning
Ex:Taking lunch is a diurnal affair
135.Doctrinaire Rigid;impractical
Ex:Don\'t be doctrinaire and consider other feelings also
136.Doff Take off shirts:remove hats as state of gesture
Ex:Doff your shirt and kiss me
137.Dogma Gospel;sermon;gospel;doctrine;tenet;code of beliefs 138.Domicile Abode;dwelling place;habitat;Shack
Ex:You should have a domicile near to a place where you work
139.Dovetail join or fit together
Ex:Their careers dovetailed nicely
141.Droll Goof;Funny in an odd way
Ex:It was a droll production, funny in a odd way
142.Dupe Person who became fool
Ex:I was a dupe;many people duped me before also
143.Duplicity Deceitful
Ex:We came to know his duplicity after few days
144.Dyspeptic Irritating;suffering from indigestion
Ex:Dyspeptic professor
145.Ebullient enthusiastic
Ex:Ebullient kid
146.Ebullient Unrestrained joyous 147.Echelon Higher ran executives;a level
Ex:You can't meet echelons directly;I can't thrust echelon further
148.Edify Enlighten spiritually
Ex:read book which can edify you
149.Effrontery Audacious;presumptuous
Ex:I hate my daughter's BF effrontery proposal
150.Egalitarian belief in the equality of all people
(economic;social;political)
151.Egress emerge out of
Ex:You should not block a primary or secondary egress doors
152.Elicit Call forth;bring out;evoke 153.Emaciate Became thin
Ex:Family surprised to see emaciated guy who was in Sea
154.Embellish Ornate;decorate;adorn 155.Emulate copy
156.Engender Produce;procreate;multiply
Ex: Demagouge was responsible for engendering hatred and divisiveness
157.Enigma Puzzle;confound;conundrum; 158.Enumerate Specify individually
159.Enumerate specify one-by-one;count 160.Enumerate Specify individually;count
161.Epicure Gastronomist;person who has good taste in
food and drinks
Ex:He is a great epicure(Dad)
162.Equanimity Composure
Ex:Doctor's Equanimity was unparalleled
163.Equitable Fair;equal;just 164.Ersatz Inferior;substitute
Ex:Ersatz quality
165.Ethos Characteristic or attribute of person,
group (culture) or time period ex:Ethos of hard work and athletic competition
166.Euphemism Use inoffensive words in case of
offensive
Ex:Instead of saying he "Died of cancer", using euphemism as :"Finally is troubles are over"
167.Euphony Sweet sound
Ex;You miss poet's euphony if you translate
168.Euphoria reveler;Merrymaker;very
happy;blithe;elated
169.Exhume disinter;place body outside 170.Exigent Emergency
Ex:due to Exigent matters i didnt come for lunch
171.Exonerate Exculpated;clear from blame
Ex:he was exonerated from crime
172.Expedience Opportunism 173.Expedient Proper;formal
Ex:It is expedient to send gift
174.Expurgate Censor;
Ex;Expurgated Novel due to lewd content
175.extemporaneous Done without rehearsal
Ex: It was extemporaneous to act in front of MY Mom when she cam suddenly
176.Exuberant Joyfully unrestrained;excessive 177.Facsimile Fax;duplicate copy
178.Faction Small group
EX: Small factions's caucus had terminated abnormally with argots and cants
179.Fashioned Forged
Ex:Fashioned house in the forest
180.Fathom Come to understand;measure the depth of
Ex: Its hard to fathom the mind of my neighbors
181.Fathomless fathom;sound;Come to understand 182.Fecund fertile
Ex:Fecund land
183.Felicitous Marked by happiness;appropriate
Ex:Felicitous ocassion
184.Fervid Fervent;Torrid;perfervid;ardent
Ex:Fervid fan of football
185.Fiat Order
187.Finesse Extreme delicacy
188.Fledgling Bird which got new feathers
Ex:Nice to see fledglings to come out of aeries for the first time
189.Fleeting Passing quickly;temporarily(transitory) 190.Foment Instigate;stir up;provoke
191.Forage Search for a food
Ex: Raccoon's forage in your garden,if you leave food
192.Foray Sudden attack 193.Forbearance Patience
194.Ford A place water is small enough to cross or ride
195.Foreshadow Presage
196.Forfeit Surrender or loose as a part of error;cancel 197.Fortify strengthen
198.Fortuitous Happen by chance 199.Frenetic Frantic;Wildly excited
Ex:He was such a frenetic,he used to sex while brushing his teeth :)
200.Fringe Periphery;on the margin
201.Frisky Playful like a lively kitten(young domestic cat)
Ex:Frisky child
202.Fulminate Rail;Explode;attack against
Ex: My father fulminate against gun powder
203.Furtive Secret;hiding
Ex:Quite furtive about junk food
204.Gabby Trivial conversation 205.Garner collect;amass
Ex:He garnered so many copies of classic novels for GRE
206.Gauche Tactless;lacking social grace;awkward;crude 207.Gawky Physically awkward
208.Gestation Pregnancy period
Ex:Elephant's gestation period is 22 months
209.Glacial Cold;unsympathetic
EX:Judge's glacial looks had scared me
210.Glower Frown;sullen;Looking angry or sullen and
wrinkle one's forehead as a symbol of disapproval
Ex:GF glowered at me as I had missed her birthday
211.Gory Slaughterous;sanguinary;butchery
Ex:I hate gory movies where people eyes are gouged out
212.Goth Barbarian
213.Gothic Medieval;(literature)grotesque(ludicrous)
214.Gouge Digging tool like chisel 215.Gradation Progression
216.Graft embezzlement;inserting one plant into
another where it continues to grow EX:I hate his graft and like him when he grafts one plant into an another plant
217.Graft Inserting plant into another plant 218.Grandstand Perform showily to impress others 219.Grating Irritating;harsh or discordant 220.Grievous causing grief;
221.Grovel creep or crawl by keeping one's face on the
ground
222.Guile Clever deceit;cunning;mulct(impose a fine) 223.Gussy Adorn;clothe;decorate
224.Hackneyed common place;banal 225.
Hand-wringing
Grasping or squeezing due to nervousness
226.Hapless Unlucky;unfortunate 227.Harangue Vehement speech;
Ex:Coach's harangue for failure
228.Hardy Hard;Brave
229.Harrow Farming tool that breaks soil;Painfully disturb
or distress
230.Hearken Pay attention;listen
231.Hedge Fraud;putting bets on both sides; 232.Hedonism pursuit of pleasure as highest(ethic) 233.Hedonist Person devoted to pleasure
234.Hegemony Domination;authority
235.Hew Strike;chop or hawk
236.Hoary Very old or gray 237.Homage Honor or respect 238.Hoodwink Deceive
239.Hostile Inimical;Enmity or ill-will;unfriendly 240.Hotly Fiery and intense
241.Idyllic Pastoral;bucolic;rustic;mean;base 242.Ignoble Not noble
243.Illiberality Bigotry;narrow mindedness; 244.Imbue Saturate or dye;soak cloth throughly 245.Imminent Impending;ready to happen 246.Impair damage
248.Impecunious penury;wretched; 249.Impede Obstruct 250.Imperious Commanding
251.Impious not religious;Lacking reverence 252.Implode Burst inward
253.Imponderous can't think 254.Imprecation curse
255.Impugn Attack the truth 256.Impute Ascribe;credit
257.Inasmuch Considering;In like manner 258.Incarnadine Blood red or flesh-colored 259.Inchoate incipient;beginning state 260.Incipient Inchoate
261.Inconstancy Fickleness;Unreliability 262.Inculcate Teach persistently;plant in brain 263.Indefatigable Untiring 264.Indeterminate Vague 265.Ineffable sacred;sacrosanct;inviolable Ex:Ineffable beauty;sacrosanct 266.Inept efficient 267.Inert impassive
268.Infallible Incapable of error;certain 269.Ingrained deep routed
270.Ingrate Ungrateful person;person showing no
gratitude
271.Ingratiate Make an effort to gain favor 272.inimical hostile
273.Inordinate Excessive 274.Inquest Judicial inquiry 275.Insinuate Adumbrate
276.Insinuate Adumbrate;give to understand;insert in a
subtle manner
277.Insularity Detached;standing alone 278.Insurrection Rebel against a government 279.Inter Bury a dead body in a place
280.Interplay Interaction or reciprocal relationship 281.Intrepid Brave;fearless
282.Juncture critical point of time 283.Kindle Ignite;burning
284.Knell The sound made by bell before funeral
285.Lachrymose Mournful 286.Languid sluggish;slow 287.Larceny Theft
288.Largess Magnanimous;generosity 289.Lassitude Tiredness;weariness 290.Latent Potential but hidden
291.Lax Slack
292.Leap Pass from one state to another
293.Leery Suspicious or circumspect 294.Legerdemain Trickery or magic with hands
295.Lest For fear that, in order to prevent
Ex:\"she tiptoed lest her mother should hear her\"
296.licentious Sexually
unrestrained;lewd;prurient;wanton;sordid; lascivious;salacious;
297.limpid lucid;vivid;clear; 298.lionize treat like celebrity
299.lissome flexible;supple;plasticity;lithe;svelte 300.listless spiritless;
301.livid angry
302.Lofty Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated
in nature or style
ex:\"a noble and lofty concept\"
303.Lofty High moral or intellectual value 304.Ludicrous Preposterous;incongruous 305.lugubrious lachrymose;mournful;
306.Lull Make or cause to fall asleep
307.Lumber walk heavily;ponderous 308.luminous shining 309.lurid gruesome 310.Machiavellian Follower 311.machination scheme 312.maelstrom whirlpool 313.Magnanimous Largess;benefact 314.Magnate wealthy person
315.Magnate Powerful businessman:mogul
Ex:Business magnate
316.maim injure;wound
317.Makeshift Fleeting;temporary; 318.Malediction Imprecation
319.Malinger Pretended to be sick
320.Manifest Excessively sentiment;crying for some
purpose
321.Manifest clear picture;image; 322.Mannered Having particular manner 323.Martinet Fastidious
324.Maxim general principle expressed in proverb 325.Memoir An account of the author\'s personal
experiences
326.Mendacious dishonest
327.Mendicant Beggar;impecunious;impoverished 328.Meretricious Gaudy;tawdry;showy;cheap
329.Metaphorical Expressing one thing and representing
another
330.Metaphysical Study of nature
331.Milieu environment;atmosphere 332.Militate act upon;work against 333.Mired Struck;entangled
334.Mirth merriment;happiness;jollity 335.Missive Letters
336.Modicum Less quantity 337.Modish Stylish;contemporary
338.Molt Shedding skin
339.Monastic Abstinence;reclusive;seclude;hermit; 340.Moreover Besides
341.Mores Conventions that embody the particular
group
342.Morgue Mortuary
343.Morose compunction;saturnine;gloomy;remorse;deep
regret
344.Munificent Lavish;over generous 345.Mutilate Mar;blemish;destroy severely 346.Myopic Short sighted
Ex:Increasing price is myopic
347.Nadir Lowest point
348.Nascent Inchoate;incipient;given birth;juvenile; 349.Neologism New word
350.Neologism Newly invented phrase 351.Neophyte Novice
352.Nettle Irritate;sting;discomfort 353.Nocturnal Active in night time
354.Noisome Disgusting;offensive;harmful 355.Nontrivial Important or huge
356.Normative Implying or establishing a norm;tell what to
do
357.Notoriety Ill-fame;criminal ways 358.Obdurate Stubborn;obstinance;abstruse 359.Objective Unbiased;factual;
360.oblique slanting or slope 361.Obviate Forestall;prevent
362.Occlude Impede;Obstruct;block;jam 363.occlude block
364.Occult Arcane;hide;occlude;preternatural
Ex:Moon occults the Sun
365.Offhand Casual;brusque(rude) 366.Officious Meddlesome 367.Offset Counteract
368.Ogre Fiend;demon;devil
369.Ominous baleful;indicating tragic events 370.Omnivorous Eat both plants and animals
Ex:Man is omnivorous
371.opine express opinion 372.opprobrium disgrace
373.Opulent Rich and superior in quality 374.orotund rich;full;
ex:orotund voice
375.ossify become bone;become hard;become inflexible
in attitude
376.Ostensible Outward appearance 377.Ostentatious Pompous
378.Outstrip Surpass
379.Oven An enclosed in which heat is produced
380.Overshadow Dominate
381.Overwrought Overly nervous;agitated 382.Palatial palace;magnificent
383.Palliate Mitigate;sooth;assuage;alleviate 384.Pallor Pallidness;lividness;luridness 385.Panache Style;Flair;swagger
386.Panegyric flattery;servile;
387.Panoply Splendid;wide ranging of array 388.Paradox Contradiction
389.Paragon Model of excellence 390.Paraphernalia Appurtenance 391.Parching very hot
392.Pare To cut down;to trim
393.Parish Local church community 394.Parley Meeting;
395.Parry skillfully avoid;Equivocate
396.Pastiche Potpourri;medley;mix of incongruous parts 397.Patent Obvious
398.Pathogenic Disease causing
399.Pathological Relating to caused by disease 400.Patronizing Deign;condescend;feel superior than
others;Sanctimonious
401.Pedant Knowledgeable in books
402.Peddle 1)selling illegally;selling by wandering;
2)disseminate or spread
403.Pejorative disparaging;belittle; 404.Penitent Regretful;remorse;
405.Penumbra Shaded region of Eclipse;outer
part;periphery;
406.Penury Extreme poverty 407.Per se Intrinsically;by itself; 408.Peregrinate Wander
409.Perennial Perseverance;
410.Perfunctory Mundane;banal;quotidian 411.Peripatetic Wandering by foot 412.Permeate Disseminate;spread 413.Pernicious Dangerous;
414.Perspicacious Sagacious;sage;wise
415.Perspicacious Having good discernment;keen insight 416.perspicacity astuteness;perspicacious;intelligent
Ex:His perspicacity is amazing
417.Phalanx Formation of soldiers in groups 418.Philistine person in deficient or hostile to culture 419.Phlegmatic Sluggish
420.Phony Glib;mulct;deceive;cozen;delude;
421.Pith Cardinal;core;essence
422.Placebo An innocuous(harmless) or inert
medication
423.Plagiarism Copied from someone else
424.Platitude banal;commonplace;cliche;shallow or overused
statement
425.Plausibility apparent validity 426.Plausible Believable; 427.Plebian of common people 428.Plethora Excess
429.Plucky Brave;spirited 430.Plutocracy Society ruled by rich
431.Polarized Divided into sharply opposing groups;conflicting
situation
432.Polarized conflicting or contrasting situation 433.Polemic Controversial argument;attack specific idea 434.Politic diplomatic;practical;
435.Polyglot Speaking several languages 436.Ponder Contemplate;think deeply 437.Ponderous Walk heavily;lumbering; 438.Posit Suggest;put forward 439.Potentate Dictator;ruler 440.Prattle Chat idly;babble 441.Precarious Unstable
442.Precipitate Hasten;fling;plunge;fell down 443.precis Concise;summary
444.Predilection Favorability
445.Predisposed Biased;tendentious;proclivity 446.Prefatory Preamble;introduction;preface 447.Preposterous Absurd
448.Prescient Foreseeing the future;foresight 449.Presumptive Based on assumption
450.Presumptuous Arrogant
451.Presumptuous Assumption;bold;arrogant 452.Preternatural Supernatural
453.Prevaricate Parry;equivocate
454.Primacy The state of being foremost importance 455.Probity Honesty or integrity
456.Proclivity Inclination;natural tendency
457.Prodigious Colossal;stupendous;So great in size, force or extent as
to elicit awe
Ex:Prodigious enemy
459.Profligate Wasteful;completely and shamelessly
immoral(wanton;sordid)
460.Profound Deep insight;intense;pervasive 461.Prolix Prolonged conversation
462.Prolix Tautological;excessively prolonged;verbose 463.Pronounced Distinct;strong 464.Propagate Spread;disseminate 465.Propensity Like 466.Prophetic Ominous;presage; 467.Propitiate Appease;sooth 468.Propitious Favorable;auspicious
469.Proselytize Convert to another faith or religion
Ex:\"Christian efforts to proselytize Jews began to be made on nationalistic lines\"
470.Protruding jutting;Extending out
471.Providential Lucky;charm;or relating to divine care 472.Prudent Wise;savage;judicious
473.Psoriasis skin disease 474.Puddle Mix of water 475.Puerile Juvenile;childish 476.Pugilism Boxing 477.Pugnacious Bellicose;belligerent;truculent;jingoist;war like 478.Puissance Power;might 479.Pulchritude Beauty;comely;piquant 480.Pungent Sharp taste or
smell;bitter;stimulating;biting
481.Pusillanimous Cowardice;timid 482.Putative Acknowledged;purported 483.Querulous Complaining;
484.Quiescent Calm
485.Quixotic Ideally optimistic
486.Quotidian Ordinary;found in every day course of
events
487.Quotidian Every day;mundane;cliche
488.Raccoon Ex:Omnivorous, nocturnal mammal 489.Raconteur Narrator
490.Ramp Any inclined surface
491.Ranks people;among groups of people 492.Rarefied Lofty;very high up or elevated;exclusive
Ex:rarefied ranks of attendees
493.Reactant something that reacts
494.Reap harvest
495.Recalcitrant Not obedient;rebel 496.Recant Publicly retract 497.Recapitulate Summarize 498.Recondite Abstruse
499.Recrudescent Revival;reappear again
500.Redound To have good or bad effect as a result of
person's efforts or actions
Ex:Studying vocabulary little every day will redound to success
501.Redress Provide relief 502.Refractory Stubborn 503.Refulgent Shine
504.Rejoinder riposte;Witty response or reply;
505.Rend Tear one's clothe
506.Render translate;declare formally;submit or
surrender
507.Repast meals
508.Repertorial Number of theatrical performances 509.Replete Abundant;profuse
510.Repose Tranquility
511.Reprobate Unscrupulous person;morally not restricted 512.Requite Reciprocate;repay;revengeful
513.Resurgent Recrudescent;revival 514.Revamp Renovate;redo;revise
515.Revile Rail;vituperate;spread negative information 516.Revile rail;vilify;Vituperate;spread negative
information about
517.Rhetoric Voluble;fluent
518.Rhetoric 1)Pleasant language;Using language
effectively to please or persuade 2)confused language
519.Ribald Obscene 520.Ridden Burden
521.Rife replete;abundant
522.Rift A gap;fissure(rock);fight
523.Rococo Ostentatious decoration
524.Rue Regret;remorse
526.Rummage Thorough search
Ex:Please do rummage for rum
527.Sacrosanct Inviolable;Reverent 528.Sardonic cynically derisive
529.Savage Pugnacious;bellicose;belligerent;truculent;war
like;jingoist
530.Savant Scholar;learned person 531.Savor Appreciate;enjoy 532.Scant scarcity
533.scant Limit in quantity
534.Scathing Vituperative;harsh criticism;coruscating 535.scathing injurious;bitterly harsh(remark) 536.Scintilla Tiny part
537.Scram Leave immediately 538.scurrilous expressing reproach 539.Scurvy Mean;Contemptible
540.Searchingly In a searching or protruding manner 541.Secrete Produce a substance from cell
542.Semantic Relating to different meanings of words or
other symbols
543.Sentient Conscious 544.Seraphic Angel
545.Shard sharp fragment of Pottery
546.Sift Check and sort carefully
547.Sinecure Paying for less or no work
548.Skittish Restive;nervousness;shy;fickle;uncertain 549.Slack Negligent;lazy;loose
550.Slake Quench(Satisfy);slack(lazy);not active
551.Slew A large number of quantity;turn sharply
552.Sobriquet A nick name
553.Solecism Nonstandard use of grammar or words;esp in
etiquette
554.Solicitous request;conscious or anxious;taking care 555.Solidarity Fellowship in interests or responsibilities 556.Somatic Related to body
557.Sound Fathom;fathomless;wise;measure the depth of 558.Spartan Austere;frugal
559.Spate deluge;inundate;sudden rush of 560.Spearhead vanguard;leader
561.Squabble Quibble;spat;bickering;To argue over petty
things
Ex:Don't squabble over a silly girl
562.Squalid Wretch;filthy;sordid conditions;bad 563.Squelch Crush(quench);suppress;walk in mud land 564.standing rank;exist infinitely
565.stark complete;plain 566.Stasis Equilibrium 567.Status quo Existing condition
568.Steeped Engulfed;engrossed;immersed 569.Stentorian Loud and powerful voice 570.Stigma Social disgrace or mark on face 571.sting pain
572.Stingy Mean;
573.Stint Period of time;less amount of work;less
amount of food
574.Stipulate Specify
575.Stolid Stoic;unemotional
576.Stomp Stamp;to bring down forcibly;to walk heavily
Ex:He was stomped out of class
577.Stratagem Machination;intrigue;Army maneuver to
deceive or surprise;scheme contrived to deceive
578.Stratum Layer(strata) 579.Strut Supporting structure 580.Stymie;stymy Block;hinder
581.Subjective Exist only in mind or relating to one's own
thoughts;not in reality
582.Sublime Awe
583.Subliminal Imperceptible 584.Subpoena Court order
585.Succinct brevity;gist;Adumbrate; 586.Sully make dirty
587.Supplant Supersede;Replace especially with sneaky
tactics 588.Supposition Assumption;hypothesis 589.Surfeit Excessive 590.Surly Rude;ugly;hostile;churlish;peevish; 591.Surmise Extrapolate;infer;hypothesis;conjecture 592.Surrogate Substitute 593.Swindle deceive
594.Sybarite Excessively involved in pleasures 595.Symbiosis Inter dependent relationship between two
groups or people
596.Synoptic Synopsis 597.Syntax Grammar rules 598.Tacit Implied 599.Taciturn reticent;reserved 600.Tawdry Gaudy;cheap 601.Temerity Courageous
602.Tendentious Biased;strong feelings 603.Tenuous Long and thin 604.Terrestrial Earth
605.Terse Sententious;pithy(often in rude manner) 606.Timorous Craven;coward;fearful
607.Tiptoed walk on toes
608.Titan Colossus;heavy weight;giant;behemoth;a
person of great importance
609.Toady Fawning;servile;inveigle 610.Toddler young child
611.Token Symbol;representing entire group;only few
people
612.Tome Scholar book
613.Topping A flavor addition 614.Torpor Torpid;lethargic 615.Torrid Passionate;very hot;
616.Tortuous Twisting;winding;not straight forward 617.Transgression Violating law
618.Travesty Lampoon;Burlesque
619.Treacherous Deceptive;betray;Quisling;mercenary 620.Trenchant Caustic;sharp;essential
621.Truculent Bellicose;belligerent;Savage;fierce;war
like;cruel;jingoist
622.Tumultuous Riotous;violently agitate;noisy;chaotic 623.Turbid Mucky
624.Turgid Pompous 625.Turgid Pompous;
626.Turpitude Opprobrium;disgrace;a corrupt or disgrace
activity;
627.Tyro Beginner;Novice;Juvenile;fledgling
628.Umbrage Annoy;irritate
629.Unconscionable with out conscience;Morally unjustifiable 630.Unseemly Improper
631.Unsparing Generous;lavish;ruthless(unsparing
criticism)
632.Untempered Not slowed down
633.Upbraid Irritate;reproach;captious;find faults 634.Usury lending money at high rates of interest 635.Vacillate waver in one's mind
636.Vandalize Destroy wantonly;
637.Vanguard Leaders in any activity;soldiers in front
side
638.Variegated Motley;different colors 639.Verdant Green;Juvenile; 640.Verisimilar Truth;probably 641.Vernal Spring
642.Vestige Sign of something that existed
643.Vex Annoy;bother
644.Vicissitude Change of fortunes
645.Vim Enthusiastic
646.Virulent Poisonous;extremely infectious 647.Viscid or Viscous Gluey;Sticky 648.Vitriol Vituperative;invective 649.Vociferous Vehement outcry;strident;clamorous;Strident;
650.Voluble Fluent in speech
651.Wan Pale;dull
652.Wanton Destroy without any
reason;Promiscous;sordid(unrestrained in sexual behavior)
653.Welter Pile;wallow(roll);
654.Whet Stimulate;Make keen or more accurate
Ex:Whet my appetite
655.Whitewash Deception;covering up
Ex:Govt whitewashed all details of scam
656.Wimpy Weak and ineffectual 657.Winnow To analyze carefully 658.Winsome Charming
659.Wizened Withered;shriveled;shrink due to illness 660.Xenophobia Fear of foreign places or things
662. Yoke A burden or something that oppresses;A frame for attaching animals 663. Zeitgeist Based on particular time
