1.abate

Subside or moderate - 2.aberrant

Abnormal or deviant - 3.abeyance

Suspended action - 4.abscond

Depart secretly and hide - 5.abstemious

Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate - 6.admonish

warn; reprove - 7.adulterate Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances -

8.aesthetic artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful

- 9.aggregate

gather; accumulate - 10.alacrity

Cheerful promptness; eagerness - 11.alleviate

Relieve - 12.amalgamate

combine; unite in one body - 13.ambiguous

Unclear or doubtful in meaning - 14.ambivalence the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional

attitudes - 15.ameliorate

Improve - anachronism

Something or someone misplaced in time - , , 16.analogous

comparable - 17.anarchy

Absence of governing body; state of disorder - 18.anomalous

abnormal; irregular - 19.antipathy

aversion; dislike - 20.apathy

lack of caring; indifference - 21.appease

pacify or soothe; relieve - apprise

Inform - approbation

Approval - appropriate

v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use - arduous

hard; strenuous - artless

Without guile; open and honest - ascetic

Practicing self-denial; austere - assiduous

Diligent - assuage v. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) -

attenuate

Make thinner - Mnemonic: ATTENtion when you ATE will make you thin/slim

audacious

daring; bold - austere Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented -

autonomous

self-governing; independent - aver Assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally

as a fact - banal hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality -

belie

contradict; give a false impression - beneficent

kindly; doing good - bolster

support; reinforce - bombastic

pompous; using inflated language - boorish

rude; insensitive - burgeon

Grow forth; send out buds - burnish

Make shiny by rubbing; polish - buttress

v. support; prop up - capricious

unpredictable; fickle - castigation

punishment; severe criticism - catalyst

Agent that increases the pace of a chemical action -

caustic

burning; sarcastically biting - Mnemonic: caustic soda is very common and its "harmful" for health such as Burns chicanery

trickery; deception - coagulate

thicken; congeal; clot - coda Concluding section of a musical or literary composition;

summarizes or concludes - cogent

convincing - commensurate adj. corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate -

compendium

brief, comprehensive summary - complaisant

trying to please; overly polite; obliging - compliant

yielding; conforming to requirements - conciliatory

reconciling; soothing - condone

overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse - confound

confuse; puzzle - connoisseur Person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art -

contention

claim; thesis -

contentious

quarrelsome - contrite penitent- Her contrite tears did not influence the judge

when he imposed sentence - conundrum

riddle; difficult problem - converge

approach; tend to meet; come together - convoluted

Coiled around; involved; intricate - craven

Cowardly - daunt

Intimidate ;frighten - decorum

propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners - default

Failure to act - deference

Courteous regard for another's wishes - delineate

portray; depict; sketch - denigrate

Blacken - deride

ridicule; make fun of - derivative

unoriginal; obtained from another source - desiccate

dry up - desultory

aimless; haphazard; digressing at random -

deterrent

Something that discourages; hindrance - diatribe

n. bitter scolding; invective - dichotomy split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory

ones) - diffidence

shyness - Mnemonic: it is like opposite of confidence means you are shy not confident diffuse

adj. wordy, rambling, spread out (like a gas) - digression

Wandering away from the subject - dirge

Lament with music - disabuse

correct a false impression; undeceive - discerning

Mentally quick and observant; having insight - discordant

Not harmonious; conflicting - discredit

defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve - discrepancy

lack of consistency; difference - discrete adj. separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts -

disingenuous

Lacking genuine candor; insincere - disinterested

Unprejudiced -

disjointed

Lacking coherence; separated at the joints - dismiss

Eliminate from consideration; reject - disparage

Belittle - disparate

adj. basically different; unrelated - dissemble

v. disguise; pretend - disseminate

distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) - Mnemonic: DIStribute by a SEMINAr dissolution

disintegration; looseness in morals - dissonance

discord; opposite of harmony - distend

expand; swell out - distill

purify; refine; concentrate - diverge

vary; go in different directions from the same point - divest

strip; deprive - document

provide written evidence - dogmatic

opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal - dormant

sleeping; lethargic; latent - dupe

Someone easily fooled -

ebullient

Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm - eclectic selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate

sources - efficacy

power to produce desired effect - effrontery impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve;

presumptuousness - elegy

poem or song expressing lamentation - elicit

draw out by discussion - embellish

adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story - ===em(BELL)ish Merry Christmas (in advance)! It is time to decorate the christmas tree with Bells and lights. empirical

based on experience - emulate

imitate; rival - endemic Prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific

area or country - enervate

Weaken - engender

cause; produce - enhance

increase; improve -

ephemeral

short-lived; fleeting - Mnemonic: sounds like e-funeral (). Electric funeral should be short. equanimity

Calmness of temperament; composure - Mnemonic: equal+enemy (ity). Remember to stay calm seeing an enemy. equivocate

lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth - , Mnemonic: Attitude like Advocates. They try to hide the truth or mislead the case. erudite

learned; scholarly - Mnemonic: Consider the part Rude. Talented people are always Rude. esoteric hard to understand; known only to the chosen few -

Mnemonic: Read Historic. History is really hard to understand and remind cleanly. eulogy Expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's

death - Mnemonic: Read it You+Logy (). If there could be a Logy only for you then it must be about your praise. euphemism

mild expression in place of an unpleasant one - Mnemonic: Read it Feminism (). You know, Women are soft/mild.

exacerbate

worsen; embitter - exculpate

Clear from blame - Mnemonic: Ex-Cuprit. He who is no more culprit by clearing his blame. exigency Urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of

requiring immediate attention - extrapolation

projection; conjecture - facetious

joking (often inappropriately); humorous - facilitate

help bring about; make less difficult - fallacious

false; misleading - Mnemonic: Read it Falsious. False-ious. fatuous

brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug - fawning trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or

cringing - Mnemonic: Read it Fao ( ). Trying to impress by which seems Fao-ning. felicitous

apt; suitably expressed; well chosen - fervor

Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling - Mnemonic: Read it fever. You got excited about exam and fever comes. flag

droop; grow feeble - Mnemonic: Normally Flags dont fly strongly. It needs strong wind.

fledgling

inexperienced - Mnemonic: Mind it Sledging. Your cricketers (bowlers) sledge the talented one if he can't out him. Huh, lack of experience. flout

reject; mock; show contempt for - Mnemonic: Read it Flirt. Flirt Girls means make fun of them and reject them. foment

stir up; instigate - ; forestall

prevent by taking action in advance - Mnemonic: fore = front/before. Stall = Stop. Stop before anything bad happened. frugality

thrift; economy - Mnemonic: Read it as free+girl. If a girl comes for free, it saves waste of money. gainsay

Deny - Mnemonic: Girls GAIN weight but does not SAY it which means, she is denying the fact. futile

useless; hopeless; ineffectual - Mnemonic: futile is not fertile, hence not fruitful. garrulous

loquacious; talkative; wordy - Mnemonic: Read it Girl-ous (Girlish). Girls talk so much & its an attitude of them. goad

urge on - Mnemonic: GO + And + Do it. Inspires.

gouge

Overcharge - grandiloquent pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language -

Mnemonic: Grand (Huge/Large audience)+ Eloquent () gregarious

Sociable - Mnemonic: remember AGGREGATION means gathering something together. similarily Aggregation -> gregation ->gregarious guileless

without deceit - Mnemonic: Guilty+Less gullible

easily deceived - Mnemonic: Gulli ( ) goes straight. Just for reminding () harangue

long, passionate, and vehement speech - Mnemonic: Her + Anger. What she does while anger? Nothing but but some vehement speech. homogeneous

of the same kind - hyperbole

exaggeration; overstatement - Mnemonic: hyper(beyond the limit)+bole(means speak)..so someone who gives the statement beyond his limit..overstating basically. iconoclastic

Attacking cherished traditions - Mnemonic: Icon (Idol) + Clash (). Destroy Idols. idolatry

Worship of idols; excessive admiration -

immutable

Unchangeable - impair

injure; hurt - impassive

without feeling; imperturbable; stoical - impede

hinder; block - Mnemonic: impede from impedance meaning resistance impermeable impervious; not permitting passage through its substance -

Mnemonic: No way to get permission. imperturbable

calm; placid - impervious impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed -

implacable

incapable of being pacified - Mnemonic: Sounds like impleaseable some one who cannot be pleased or appeased. implicit

understood but not stated - implode

burst inward - inadvertently

unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly - inchoate

adj.recently begun; rudimentary; elementary - Mnemonic: In+Chocolate+Age incongruity

lack of harmony; absurdity - Mnemonic: IN+CONGRess+no UnITY

inconsequential

insignificant; unimportant - incorporate introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite -

indeterminate

uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite - indigence

poverty - Mnemonic: Indian gents are very poor as compared to other countrymen. indolent

lazy - inert

inactive; lacking power to move - Mnemonic: An inert gas is a gas which does not undergo chemical reactions. Inactive. ingenuous

naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated - inherent

firmly established by nature or habit - innocuous

harmless - Mnemonic: innocent, Innocence insensible

unconscious; unresponsive - insinuate

hint; imply; creep in - - Mnemonic: A girl has lost her memory. The boy telling her, This is the INStitute IN which U ATE. He is trying to HINT, IMPLY to her. insipid

Lacking in flavor; dull -

insularity

narrow-mindedness; isolation - , ; Mnemonic: we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we

are Isolating () the wires from the environment. intractable

unruly; stubborn; unyielding - intransigence

n. refusal of any compromise; stubbornness - inundate

overwhelm; flood; submerge - inured

adj. accustomed; hardened - Mnemonic: someone Injured again and again will become tough. invective

n. abuse - irascible

irritable; easily angered - irresolute

uncertain how to act; weak - itinerary

plan of a trip - laconic

brief and to the point - lassitude

languor; weariness - Mnemonic: Try to remember- Lazy Attitude latent

potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden - Mnemonic: Regroup the words and spell it as talent. Many people have POTENTIAL (talent) but undeveloped..where as some people HIDE their talent.

Laud v. praise - Mnemonic: Read it like Lord and you will remember to praise

lethargic

drowsy; dull - levee

stone embankment to prevent flooding - levity (n.) a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy,

lightness in weight - Mnemonic: lev(leave)+it. You casually leave things without any seriousness. log record oaf voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities -

loquacious

talkative - Mnemonic: Take Lok () & people (crowd) talks. lucid

easily understood; clear; intelligible - Mnemonic: I remember it as Lucid Linux Operating System which is easy to understand & use. luminous

shining; issuing light - magnanimity

generosity - malingerer

one who feigns illness to escape duty - Mnemonic: Ma (Mom) + Linger ( ) malleable capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable -

maverick

rebel; nonconformist - mendacious

lying; habitually dishonest - metamorphosis -change of form -

meticulous

Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous - Mnemonic: Math + Calculas? Be careful. misanthrope

one who hates mankind - mitigate

appease; moderate - mollify

Soothe - morose

ill-humored; sullen; melancholy - mundane

Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday - negate

Cancel out; nullify; deny - neophyte

Recent convert; beginner - obdurate

adj. stubborn - obsequious

Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic - obviate

Make unnecessary; get rid of - occlude

shut; close - officious meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services -

Mnemonic: Sounds similar to office. Imagine a government office where people poke their nose in other's affairs onerous

burdensome -

opprobrium

infamy; vilification - Mnemonic: If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame oscillate

vibrate; waver - ostentatious

showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention - Mnemonic: Read it STUNTtious. You perform stunts to attract attention paragon

model of perfection - partisan

one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party - pathological

Pertaining to disease - paucity

Scarcity - pedantic

Showing off learning; bookish - Mnemonic: PANDITs are usually very strict about the bookish stuff penchant

Strong inclination; liking - Mnemonic: Remember Chatting which is kind of addiction now a days. penury

Severe poverty; stinginess - perennial

Something long-lasting - perfidious

treacherous; disloyal - Mnemonic: per+FID+ious.. FID stands for fidelity.. i.e. loyalty.. hence perfidious is its opposite

perfunctory superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or

enthusiasm - Mnemonic: per-FUNCTORY. Non - Function. No need to learn the deep functionality. permeable penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through -

pervasive

Spread throughout - phlegmatic

calm; not easily disturbed - Mnemonic: plleg (flag) when we hoist a FLAG we have the AUTOMATIC reaction be calm and unexcited. piety

devoutness; reverence for God - Mnemonic: Pie+tea if we get a pie and a tea when we are hungry we thank god and devout to him placate

pacify; conciliate - Mnemonic: PL + ac + ATE = a PLATE full of tasty food to SATISFY someone plasticity

Ability to be molded - platitude

n. trite remark; commonplace statement - Mnemonic: flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. plethora

excess; overabundance - Mnemonic: Extract and read it in Hindi. Mom says "Pe Le + Thoda Aur Juice Le" to their boys. plummet

Fall sharply - porous

full of pores; like a sieve -

pragmatic Practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the

practical worth or impact of something - preamble

Introductory statement - precarious

uncertain; risky - Mnemonic: Read it Pre+Catious. Pre + Caution. There are some pre-cautions in a risky machine, product or factor. precipitate

adj. rash, premature, hasty, sudden - Mnemonic: Pre + anticipate. That means you dont think/anticipate before you do something. You do it in RASH precursor

Forerunner - presumptuous

arrogant; taking liberties - prevaricate

Lie - Mnemonic: Pre (Before) + Vari (Verification) Cate (Ket) ( ). Hide/Lie before verification. pristine

Characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled - Mnemonic: Read it PRIS(Pre)+tine(Time). Before time which is something of earlier time. probity

uprightness; incorruptibility - Mnemonic: Sounds (Poverty). Poverty will come if you remain uncorrupted. problematic

doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing -

prodigal

wasteful; reckless with money - Mnemonic: If you are a PRO (prod) with GIRLs (digal) then you must waste money a huge profound

deep; not superficial; complete - prohibitive Tending to prevent the purchase or use of something;

inclined to prevent or forbid - proliferate

Grow rapidly; spread; multiply - Mnemonic: Pro (professional)+Life+Rate which means a huge life increment rate. propensity

Natural inclination - Mnemonic: Now a days people are Inclined (, ) to CITY. It is a propenCITY. propitiate

Appease - propriety

fitness; correct conduct - proscribe

ostracize; banish; outlaw - Mnemonic: We hate and outlaw the PROS (Prostitute). Also Subscribe means add to a group & Proscribe is opposite of it. pungent

stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic - Mnemonic: Smell of Pun () is caustic qualified

limited; restricted -

quibble

Minor objection or complaint - quiescent

at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive - Mnemonic: Something towards Quiet rarefied

made less dense (of a gas) - Mnemonic: Rare means least. fied means doing that. recalcitrant Obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly

- recant Disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly

confess error - recluse

hermit; loner - Mnemonic: Rember R & Clu. RobinSon Cruso was a hermit in an island recondite

abstruse; profound; secret - Mnemonic: Think it as (Reconditioned). Reconditioned Cars are very hard to identify whether it is used and how long. refractory

stubborn; unmanageable - refute

Disprove - relegate

banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign - reproach

Express disapproval or disappointment - reprobate Person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency -

Repudiate --disown; disavow -

Rescind-------Cancel - Mnemonic: Rescind reminds us of "Resign", where resign is to cancel your appointment resolution

determination - resolve

determination; firmness of purpose - reticent

reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence - Mnemonic: 50Cent -> talks too much.. on the contrary.. reticent-> talk less reverent

respectful; worshipful - sage

Person celebrated for wisdom - salubrious

healthful - sanction

approve; ratify - satiate

Satisfy fully - saturate

Soak thoroughly - savor

enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality - secrete hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into

an organism - shard

fragment, generally of pottery - skeptic ---doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view -

Mnemonic: Skeptic-just remove 'K' -Septic-When a person

is Wonded/Injured he always have doubt whether it is going to get septic or not. So he is doubtful. solicitous

worried; concerned - soporific

sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness - specious Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often

intentionally) - spectrum Colored band produced when a beam of light passes

through a prism - sporadic

Occurring irregularly - Mnemonic: Assume it as Opposite of Periodic, we know periodic things occur regularly. stigma

token of disgrace; brand - stint

v. be thrifty; set limits - stipulate

Make express conditions; specify - stolid

dull; impassive - Mnemonic: Try to remember stone from STO. Stones are solid and something like impassive striated

Marked with parallel bands; grooved - Mnemonic: STRIp of diferent color strut

Pompous walk - strut

Supporting bar - Subpoena----Writ summoning a witness to appear -

subside

Settle down; descend; grow quiet - substantiate

Establish by evidence; verify; support - supersede

cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete - Mnemonic: when a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE supposition

hypothesis; surmise - Mnemonic: Suppose to Supposition. Suppose means assume something. tacit

understood; not put into words - Mnemonic: tacit ~ take it; imagine you are giving permission to someone to take something from your room. tangential

peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing - tenuous

thin; rare; slim - Mnemonic: Remember like Tennis & and all female tennis players are Slim like Maria Sharapova :) tirade

Extended scolding; denunciation; harangue - Mnemonic: Seems Tired. You feel tired after giving a long speech. torpor

lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy - tortuous ----winding; full of curves - Mnemonic: a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and turning making path complicated tractable

docile; easily managed - transgression

Violation of a law; sin - truculence

aggressiveness; ferocity - Mnemonic: Dracula? vacillate

waver; fluctuate - Mnemonic: sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another position venerate

Revere - Mnemonic: ven(..when)U RATE someone higher.. you TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT veracious

Truthful - verbose

Wordy - viable

Practical or workable - viscous

sticky, gluey - vituperative

adj. abusive; scolding - volatile

changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly - warranted

justified; authorized - wary

Very cautious - Welter ---turmoil; bewildering jumble - whimsical

capricious; fanciful zealot -----fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal -

1.abate2.aberrant3.abeyance4.abscond5.abstemious6.admonish7.adulterate8.aesthetic9.aggregate10.alacrity11.alleviate12.amalgamate13.ambiguous14.ambivalence15.ameliorateanachronism16.analogous17.anarchy18.anomalous19.antipathy20.apathy21.appeaseappriseapprobationappropriatearduousartlessasceticassiduousassuageattenuateaudaciousaustereautonomousaverbanalbeliebeneficentbolsterbombasticboorishburgeonburnishbuttresscapriciouscastigationcatalystcausticchicanerycoagulatecodacogentcommensuratecompendiumcomplaisantcompliantconciliatorycondoneconfoundconnoisseurcontentioncontentiouscontriteconundrumconvergeconvolutedcravendauntdecorumdefaultdeferencedelineatedenigratederidederivativedesiccatedesultorydeterrentdiatribedichotomydiffidencediffusedigressiondirgedisabusediscerningdiscordantdiscreditdiscrepancydiscretedisingenuousdisinteresteddisjointeddismissdisparagedisparatedissembledisseminatedissolutiondissonancedistenddistilldivergedivestdocumentdogmaticdormantdupeebullienteclecticefficacyeffronteryelegyelicitembellishempiricalemulateendemicenervateengenderenhanceephemeralequanimityequivocateeruditeesotericeulogyeuphemismexacerbateexculpateexigencyextrapolationfacetiousfacilitatefallaciousfatuousfawningfelicitousfervorflagfledglingfloutfomentforestallfrugalitygainsayfutilegarrulousgoadgougegrandiloquentgregariousguilelessgullibleharanguehomogeneoushyperboleiconoclasticidolatryimmutableimpairimpassiveimpedeimpermeableimperturbableimperviousimplacableimplicitimplodeinadvertentlyinchoateincongruityinconsequentialincorporateindeterminateindigenceindolentinertingenuousinherentinnocuousinsensibleinsinuateinsipidinsularityintractableintransigenceinundateinuredinvectiveirascibleirresoluteitinerarylaconiclassitudelatentLaud v. praise - Mnemonic: Read it like Lord and you will remember to praiselethargicleveelevitylogloquaciouslucidluminousmagnanimitymalingerermalleablemaverickmendaciousmetamorphosis -change of form - meticulousmisanthropemitigatemollifymorosemundanenegateneophyteobdurateobsequiousobviateoccludeofficiousonerousopprobriuminfamy; vilification - Mnemonic: If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shameoscillateostentatiousparagonpartisanpathologicalpaucitypedanticpenchantpenuryperennialperfidiousperfunctorysuperficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm - Mnemonic: per-FUNCTORY. Non - Function. No need to learn the deep functionality.permeablepervasivephlegmaticpietyplacateplasticityplatitudeplethoraplummetporouspragmaticpreambleprecariousprecipitateprecursorpresumptuousprevaricatepristineprobityproblematicprodigalwasteful; reckless with money - Mnemonic: If you are a PRO (prod) with GIRLs (digal) then you must waste money a hugeprofoundprohibitiveproliferatepropensitypropitiateproprietyproscribepungentqualifiedquibblequiescentrarefiedrecalcitrantrecantreclusereconditerefractoryrefuterelegatereproachreprobateRepudiate --disown; disavow - Rescind-------Cancel - Mnemonic: Rescind reminds us of "Resign", where resign is to cancel your appointmentresolutionresolvereticentreverentsagesanctionsatiatesaturatesavorsecreteshardskeptic ---doubter; person who suspends judgment until having examined evidence supporting a point of view - Mnemonic: Skeptic-just remove 'K' -Septic-When a person is Wonded/Injured he always have doubt whether it is going to get sep...solicitoussoporificspeciousspectrumsporadicstigmastintstipulatestolidstriatedstrutstrutSubpoena----Writ summoning a witness to appear - subsidesubstantiatesupersedesuppositiontacittangentialtenuoustiradetorportortuous ----winding; full of curves - Mnemonic: a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and turning making path complicatedtractabletransgressiontruculencevacillatevenerateveraciousverboseviableviscousvituperativevolatilewarrantedwaryWelter ---turmoil; bewildering jumble - whimsical