1. Fortunate: lucky
2. Comfort: relief
3. To come across: meet
4. Expose: reveal, uncover
5. Ivory: tusk of elephant
6. Consist: include
7. Plunder: rob, take by force
8. Rejoice: make merry
9. Considerable: large, huge, substantial
10. Grieve: be sad, suffer
11. Demonstrate: display, show
12. Pursue: to follow, chase, (The police pursued the thief. She decided to pursue her study in management.)
13. Callousness: hard-heartedness
14. Tyrant: dictator, cruel
15. Potential: capacity for growth or development, possible
16. Virulent: bitterly hostile, extremely harmful or infectious
17. Detractor: critic, attacker, enemy
18. Raving: wild or irrational speaking
19. Tirade: angry speech, outburst
20. Sledge: a vehicle run by animals on snow
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Vocabulary - 14
1. Migration: changing place of living
2. Hospitable: giving friendly and generous reception
3. Divert: deflect, redirect
4. Progressive: advancing
5. Contaminate: pollute
6. Stagger: move unsteadily
7. Crumble: fall down
8. Exertion: fatigue
9. Dispute: quarrel
10. Persecute: to treat unkindly
11. Uneventful: insignificant
12. Indeed: really
13. Captive: prisoner
14. Exhausting: tiring
15. Impulsively: without any thinking
16. Fascinating: attractive
17. Awful: terrifying
18. Gratify: satisfy
19. Ravine: narrow valley
20. Err: make mistake
2. Hospitable: giving friendly and generous reception
3. Divert: deflect, redirect
4. Progressive: advancing
5. Contaminate: pollute
6. Stagger: move unsteadily
7. Crumble: fall down
8. Exertion: fatigue
9. Dispute: quarrel
10. Persecute: to treat unkindly
11. Uneventful: insignificant
12. Indeed: really
13. Captive: prisoner
14. Exhausting: tiring
15. Impulsively: without any thinking
16. Fascinating: attractive
17. Awful: terrifying
18. Gratify: satisfy
19. Ravine: narrow valley
20. Err: make mistake
Vocabulary - 13
1. Interim: meanwhile
2. Obvious: easily understood, clear
3. Overwhelming: overpower, vast, uncontrolable
4. Sanitary: relating to health
5. Epidemic: wide-spread disease
6. Campaign: movement, drive
7. Esteem: respect
8. Ensure: to make sure
9. Rubbish: dirt
10. Optimum: maximum
11. Ruffians: loafers
12. Uproot: to remove by root
13. Aggressive: full of action, full of force, insistent
14. Unhygienic: unclean, unhealthy
15. Engagement: commitmet, appointment, meeting
16. Precious: valuable
17. Marvellous: wonderful, excellent
18. Dampness: wetness
19. Demolition: destruction
20. Initiative: first step
2. Obvious: easily understood, clear
3. Overwhelming: overpower, vast, uncontrolable
4. Sanitary: relating to health
5. Epidemic: wide-spread disease
6. Campaign: movement, drive
7. Esteem: respect
8. Ensure: to make sure
9. Rubbish: dirt
10. Optimum: maximum
11. Ruffians: loafers
12. Uproot: to remove by root
13. Aggressive: full of action, full of force, insistent
14. Unhygienic: unclean, unhealthy
15. Engagement: commitmet, appointment, meeting
16. Precious: valuable
17. Marvellous: wonderful, excellent
18. Dampness: wetness
19. Demolition: destruction
20. Initiative: first step
Vocabulary - 12
1. Zest: zeal
2. Demonstrate: show
3. Obstruction: hindrance
4. Slanting: bending
5. Extinct: dead
6. Tremendous: very much, huge
7. Aspirations: intense desires
8. Evade: avoid, escape
9. Overhear: listen in
10. Pretend: make believe
11. Repeal: cancel, revoke
12. Owe: be indebted, be in debt
13. Slay: to kill violently
14. Lay: give
15. Deteriorate: get worse, go down
16. Intellectual: thinker, scholar
17. Redress: put right (from wrong), compensate for
18. Censure: codemn, criticise, blame
19. Vertex: the highest point, apex, the top
20. Deserve: to be worthy of
2. Demonstrate: show
3. Obstruction: hindrance
4. Slanting: bending
5. Extinct: dead
6. Tremendous: very much, huge
7. Aspirations: intense desires
8. Evade: avoid, escape
9. Overhear: listen in
10. Pretend: make believe
11. Repeal: cancel, revoke
12. Owe: be indebted, be in debt
13. Slay: to kill violently
14. Lay: give
15. Deteriorate: get worse, go down
16. Intellectual: thinker, scholar
17. Redress: put right (from wrong), compensate for
18. Censure: codemn, criticise, blame
19. Vertex: the highest point, apex, the top
20. Deserve: to be worthy of
Vocabulary - 11
1. Argument: quarrel, disagreemet
2. Pretence: excuse
3. Provocate: incite
4. Monster: giant, huge, horrible
5. Confess: admit mistake
6. Affirm: say firmly
7. Gratify: please, satisfy
8. Vanish: disappear
9. Vague: not clear
10. Coincidence: taking place by chance
11. Trimming: cutting a little
12. Scoundrel: crook, villain
13. Perspiration: sweat
14. Get over: overcome
15. Supersticious: having blind faith
16. Humming: buzzing
17. Indulge in: take part in
18. Dumbfounded: speechless
19. Ridiculous: funny, silly
20. Despise: hate
2. Pretence: excuse
3. Provocate: incite
4. Monster: giant, huge, horrible
5. Confess: admit mistake
6. Affirm: say firmly
7. Gratify: please, satisfy
8. Vanish: disappear
9. Vague: not clear
10. Coincidence: taking place by chance
11. Trimming: cutting a little
12. Scoundrel: crook, villain
13. Perspiration: sweat
14. Get over: overcome
15. Supersticious: having blind faith
16. Humming: buzzing
17. Indulge in: take part in
18. Dumbfounded: speechless
19. Ridiculous: funny, silly
20. Despise: hate
Vocabulary - 10
1. Steadily: little by little
2. See through trick: to under- stand the cleverness of
3. Premium: prize, additional amount, installment amount of insurance
4. Hoarding: road sign, stored for future
5. Considerate: thoughtful, caring
6. In the same coin: in the same manner
7. Vindictive: revengeful
8. Designation: post, a title
9. Visualize: to make a mental image of
10. Depreciate: to fall in value
11. Set free: make free
12. Accommodate: provide some place to stay, adjust
13. Requirements: needs
14. Hazard: danger, risk
15. Distract: divert
16. Vulnerable: that can be attacked,defenceless
17. Astonishingly: surprisingly
18. Fraud: deception
19. Conduct: manners
20. Excessive: too much
2. See through trick: to under- stand the cleverness of
3. Premium: prize, additional amount, installment amount of insurance
4. Hoarding: road sign, stored for future
5. Considerate: thoughtful, caring
6. In the same coin: in the same manner
7. Vindictive: revengeful
8. Designation: post, a title
9. Visualize: to make a mental image of
10. Depreciate: to fall in value
11. Set free: make free
12. Accommodate: provide some place to stay, adjust
13. Requirements: needs
14. Hazard: danger, risk
15. Distract: divert
16. Vulnerable: that can be attacked,defenceless
17. Astonishingly: surprisingly
18. Fraud: deception
19. Conduct: manners
20. Excessive: too much
Vocabulary - 9
1. Transformation: change
2. Cordially: heartily
3. De-addiction: getting rid of the habit of taking drugs or liquor
4. Reckless: out of control, irresponsible, without thinking or caring about the consequences
5. Vendor: one that sells by peddling
6. Hawker: one that peddles goods by calling out
7. Feasible: possible
8. Depletion: weakening, emptiness
9. Opportune time: suitable time or occasion
10. Eruption: bursting forth
11. Confine: to restrict, imprison, keep within bounds
12. Scuffle: fight closely, come to blows
13. Saunter about: stroll here and there
14. Grace the occasion: charm the event or time
15. Dispatched: sent
16. Amenities: facilities
17. Get on nerves: to cause trouble
18. Engraved: imprinted
19. Declamation contest: debate competition
20. Dive: to plunge into water
2. Cordially: heartily
3. De-addiction: getting rid of the habit of taking drugs or liquor
4. Reckless: out of control, irresponsible, without thinking or caring about the consequences
5. Vendor: one that sells by peddling
6. Hawker: one that peddles goods by calling out
7. Feasible: possible
8. Depletion: weakening, emptiness
9. Opportune time: suitable time or occasion
10. Eruption: bursting forth
11. Confine: to restrict, imprison, keep within bounds
12. Scuffle: fight closely, come to blows
13. Saunter about: stroll here and there
14. Grace the occasion: charm the event or time
15. Dispatched: sent
16. Amenities: facilities
17. Get on nerves: to cause trouble
18. Engraved: imprinted
19. Declamation contest: debate competition
20. Dive: to plunge into water
Vocabulary - 8
1. Contentment: satisfaction
2. Deplorable: that should be condemned, terrible, shocking A deplorable speech or action.
3. Swindler: the person who cheats or deceives
4. Inevitable: that is sure to happen
5. Heart-rending: that moves the heart, arousing deep sympathy
6. Unaware: uninformed, ignorant
7. Hop: jump, skip, leap
8. Deserted: empty, abandoned, forsaken
9. Pant: become breathless
10. Prominent: famous, well-known, important
11. Torment: great physical or mental suffering/pain
12. Trap: catch, entrapk
13. Substantial: significant, large, important
14. Addiction: habit, dependence
15. Propagate: spread
16. Utilisation: use
17. Persistence: firm and continuous trying, act of persisting
18. Participant: one who takes part
19. Look down on: hate, despise
20. Picket: protest, strike
2. Deplorable: that should be condemned, terrible, shocking A deplorable speech or action.
3. Swindler: the person who cheats or deceives
4. Inevitable: that is sure to happen
5. Heart-rending: that moves the heart, arousing deep sympathy
6. Unaware: uninformed, ignorant
7. Hop: jump, skip, leap
8. Deserted: empty, abandoned, forsaken
9. Pant: become breathless
10. Prominent: famous, well-known, important
11. Torment: great physical or mental suffering/pain
12. Trap: catch, entrapk
13. Substantial: significant, large, important
14. Addiction: habit, dependence
15. Propagate: spread
16. Utilisation: use
17. Persistence: firm and continuous trying, act of persisting
18. Participant: one who takes part
19. Look down on: hate, despise
20. Picket: protest, strike
Vocabulary - 7
1. Petty-matter: small, matter without importance
2. Long-standing: very old
3. Come up with: to produce or discover. He came up with a new idea.
4. Irreparable: beyond repair, severe
5. Impair: to weaken in strength, value or quality
6. Impairment: damage
7. Oblivious: forgetful, unaware Oblivious to what was happening, oblivious to danger
8. Contradiction: conflict
9. Castigate: criticise severely
10. Persuasive: able to persuade
11. Unleash: set something free from control
12. Vanish: disappear
13. Perish: get destroyed
14. Consignment: goods delivered
15. Concentrate: give attention
16. Nightmare: horrible dream or experience
17. Implement: enforce (rule, law etc.)
18. Offend: to cause anger and displeasure, hurt somebody's feelings, break rule or law
19. Calamity: big tragedy or crisis
20. Prevalent: widely occurred or practised
2. Long-standing: very old
3. Come up with: to produce or discover. He came up with a new idea.
4. Irreparable: beyond repair, severe
5. Impair: to weaken in strength, value or quality
6. Impairment: damage
7. Oblivious: forgetful, unaware Oblivious to what was happening, oblivious to danger
8. Contradiction: conflict
9. Castigate: criticise severely
10. Persuasive: able to persuade
11. Unleash: set something free from control
12. Vanish: disappear
13. Perish: get destroyed
14. Consignment: goods delivered
15. Concentrate: give attention
16. Nightmare: horrible dream or experience
17. Implement: enforce (rule, law etc.)
18. Offend: to cause anger and displeasure, hurt somebody's feelings, break rule or law
19. Calamity: big tragedy or crisis
20. Prevalent: widely occurred or practised
Vocabulary - 6
1. Toddler: one who toddles
2. Procedures: methods
3. Scribble: write hastily
4. Mendatory: compulsory
5. Nurture: nourish, feed, train, care
6. Amicably: friendly
7. Perform: to give a public performance, do
8. Grieve: to cause sorrows,to feel grief
9. Ammunition: explosives that can be fired from guns or cannons etc.
10. Constituency: area of voters or from where one contests the election
11. Numerous: amounting to a large number, many
12. Transaction: exchange
13. Scarcity: shortage
14. Consequence: result
15. Controversy: clash, difference of opinion
16. Degrade: disgrace
17. Diminish: decrease
18. Deprive: to remove from the posession of (Don't deprive them of
life/employment)
19. Revenue: income
20. Cradle: a low bed for an infant
2. Procedures: methods
3. Scribble: write hastily
4. Mendatory: compulsory
5. Nurture: nourish, feed, train, care
6. Amicably: friendly
7. Perform: to give a public performance, do
8. Grieve: to cause sorrows,to feel grief
9. Ammunition: explosives that can be fired from guns or cannons etc.
10. Constituency: area of voters or from where one contests the election
11. Numerous: amounting to a large number, many
12. Transaction: exchange
13. Scarcity: shortage
14. Consequence: result
15. Controversy: clash, difference of opinion
16. Degrade: disgrace
17. Diminish: decrease
18. Deprive: to remove from the posession of (Don't deprive them of
life/employment)
19. Revenue: income
20. Cradle: a low bed for an infant
Vocabulary - 5
1. Spellbound: charmed
2. Convenience: comfort
3. Launch: start
4. Hazardous: dangerous
5. Ignorance: lack of knowledge
6. Primitive: backward
7. Imitate: copy
8. Impact: influence
9. Praiseworthy: admirable
10. Awful: terrible, very bad
11. Concrete: solid
12. Objective: aim
13. Gratifying: satisfying
14. Dispute: quarrel, conflict
15. Assess: to evaluate especially for taxation, examine
16. Tedious: difficult
17. Tyranny: cruelty
18. Expenditure: expenses
19. Ritual: custom
20. Deplete: reduce, use up, lessen
2. Convenience: comfort
3. Launch: start
4. Hazardous: dangerous
5. Ignorance: lack of knowledge
6. Primitive: backward
7. Imitate: copy
8. Impact: influence
9. Praiseworthy: admirable
10. Awful: terrible, very bad
11. Concrete: solid
12. Objective: aim
13. Gratifying: satisfying
14. Dispute: quarrel, conflict
15. Assess: to evaluate especially for taxation, examine
16. Tedious: difficult
17. Tyranny: cruelty
18. Expenditure: expenses
19. Ritual: custom
20. Deplete: reduce, use up, lessen
Vocabulary - 4
1. Visual: relating to the sense sight, visible
2. Vulgar: bad mannered, indecent
3. Motivate: Inspire
4. Dismantle: make separate
5. Keenly: eagerly
6. Demonstrate: show
7. Pursue: to follow or try for something
8. Volcano: an opening in earth ejecting lava and gases
9. Revolution: a sudden change in social or political situation
10. Hide out: place of hiding
11. Priority: urgency
12. Nectar: tasty drink, drink of the Gods
13. Gravitate: attract, pull
14. Timid: fearful
15. Tyrant: a cruel ruler
16. Zealous: enthusiastic
17. Drench: soak
18. Vanity: pride
19. Diligently: industriously
20. Spurious: false
2. Vulgar: bad mannered, indecent
3. Motivate: Inspire
4. Dismantle: make separate
5. Keenly: eagerly
6. Demonstrate: show
7. Pursue: to follow or try for something
8. Volcano: an opening in earth ejecting lava and gases
9. Revolution: a sudden change in social or political situation
10. Hide out: place of hiding
11. Priority: urgency
12. Nectar: tasty drink, drink of the Gods
13. Gravitate: attract, pull
14. Timid: fearful
15. Tyrant: a cruel ruler
16. Zealous: enthusiastic
17. Drench: soak
18. Vanity: pride
19. Diligently: industriously
20. Spurious: false
Vocabulary - 3
1. Reluctant: unwilling
2. Overpower: to overcome by superior force
3. Assemble: to bring or put together
4. Stringent: severe
5. Plunder: to rob goods by force
6. Pare: to remove the outer skin of, cutt off outer parts, trim ( pare apple/nails/expenses
7. Predict: to tell about future, fortell
8. Expose: to make known, reveal, uncover
9. Rejoice: to feel joyful
10. Ivory: tusk of elephant
11. Consist: include
12. Unstable: not firm
13. Valid: legal
14. Utterly: completely
15. Unbearable: intolerable
16. Coach: a tutor
17. Cheap: low in price
18. Wheresoever: wherever, in whatever place
19. Wag: to move briskly from side to side or up and down, a humorous person
20. Waistcoat: a short sleeveless close fitted garment
2. Overpower: to overcome by superior force
3. Assemble: to bring or put together
4. Stringent: severe
5. Plunder: to rob goods by force
6. Pare: to remove the outer skin of, cutt off outer parts, trim ( pare apple/nails/expenses
7. Predict: to tell about future, fortell
8. Expose: to make known, reveal, uncover
9. Rejoice: to feel joyful
10. Ivory: tusk of elephant
11. Consist: include
12. Unstable: not firm
13. Valid: legal
14. Utterly: completely
15. Unbearable: intolerable
16. Coach: a tutor
17. Cheap: low in price
18. Wheresoever: wherever, in whatever place
19. Wag: to move briskly from side to side or up and down, a humorous person
20. Waistcoat: a short sleeveless close fitted garment
Vocabulary - 2
1. Ransom: the price paid for liberty
2. Regret: to be sorry
3. Revolt: rebellion
4. Riddle: a puzzle
5. Rigid: strict
6. Rigorous: severe
7. Idle: lazy
8. Loaf: a shaped bread, a portion of bread or cake
9. Beseech: request, plead, beg
10. Beget: produce, lead to, make happen
11. Fortunate: lucky
12. Comfort: relief
13. To come across: meet
14. Snatch: take by force, grab
15. Panic: terror
16. Hit upon a plan: get an idea
17. Fall out: to quarrel
18. Fall upon/on: to attack suddenly
19. Turn down: reject
20.Turn in: arrive, appear
2. Regret: to be sorry
3. Revolt: rebellion
4. Riddle: a puzzle
5. Rigid: strict
6. Rigorous: severe
7. Idle: lazy
8. Loaf: a shaped bread, a portion of bread or cake
9. Beseech: request, plead, beg
10. Beget: produce, lead to, make happen
11. Fortunate: lucky
12. Comfort: relief
13. To come across: meet
14. Snatch: take by force, grab
15. Panic: terror
16. Hit upon a plan: get an idea
17. Fall out: to quarrel
18. Fall upon/on: to attack suddenly
19. Turn down: reject
20.Turn in: arrive, appear
Vocabulary - 1
1. Available: ready for use or service
2. Community: a group of people (social, religious or occupational)
3. Self-dependent: Dependent on one's self
4. Carry Out: put in effect, fulfill (He carried out the orders/task)
5. Achieve: to gain with effort, attain
6. Object: thing, aim, protest
7. Pat: hit lightly
8. Rush at: jump or leap at
9. Tender: gentle, soft, immature, offer, proposal
10. Frightful: fearful
11. Hoof: the horny covering of foot of an animal (as of horse)
12. Tendency: inclination
13. Round up: to assemble, to bring together
14. Make rounds: to go from one place to another
15. Ravine: a deep narrow valley
16. Orphan: a child who has lost his parents
17. Vow: to pledge, personal commitment
18. Cultivate: prepare for crops, produce, develop, form
19. Notorious: infamous
20. Ransack: to plunder
2. Community: a group of people (social, religious or occupational)
3. Self-dependent: Dependent on one's self
4. Carry Out: put in effect, fulfill (He carried out the orders/task)
5. Achieve: to gain with effort, attain
6. Object: thing, aim, protest
7. Pat: hit lightly
8. Rush at: jump or leap at
9. Tender: gentle, soft, immature, offer, proposal
10. Frightful: fearful
11. Hoof: the horny covering of foot of an animal (as of horse)
12. Tendency: inclination
13. Round up: to assemble, to bring together
14. Make rounds: to go from one place to another
15. Ravine: a deep narrow valley
16. Orphan: a child who has lost his parents
17. Vow: to pledge, personal commitment
18. Cultivate: prepare for crops, produce, develop, form
19. Notorious: infamous
20. Ransack: to plunder
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