Word List: Chapter-1

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As promised, we bring you a list of 100 words. The advice remains the same - as you go through the words, keeping writing them down in your journal.

Happy practicing!

Word List: Chapter-1

(1) inured:

1. accustomed to accepting something, especially something undesirable

(2) irascible:

1. someone who is easily angered

(3) mundane:

1. typical of or concerned with the ordinary

2. not interesting or exciting

(4) laud:

1. to praise highly

(5) martial:

1. associated or connected with war

(6) lucid:

1. clear and easily understood

2. not confused

(7) magnanimous:

1. kind and generous, esp. in forgiving someone

(8) waver:

1. to move to and fro in a way that is not steady

2. to be uncertain, esp. when making a decision

(9) nascent:

1. in early developmental stages

2. beginning to develop

(10) voracious: 

1. having an insatiable appetite for something

2. wanting or eating large amounts of food

3. wanting a lot of new information or knowledge

(11) nebulous:

1. vague; not clear or exact

(12) virulent:

1. harmful or poisonous

2. someone who is full of anger

(13) neologism:

1. a new word, phrase or expression

(14) veracity:

1. truthfulness, honesty

(15) noxious:

1. toxic or harmful

(16) truculent:

1. fierce and cruel

2. eager or quick to fight

(17) obtuse:

1. lacking sharpness of thought or intellect

2. slow to understand

(18) tortuous:

1. twisting

2. excessively complicated

(19) obviate:

1. to remove a difficulty, problem

2. to remove the need for something

(20) torque:

1. force that causes rotation

(21) onerous:

1. burdensome

(22) synthesis:

1. act of combining say, for example, ideas, beliefs, styles, etc.

(23) paean:

1. a song of praise

(24) stymie:

1. to prevent someone from doing something 

2. to prevent something from happening

(25) parody:

1. a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is imitated for comic effect

(26) stupefy:

1. stun or amaze

(27) sordid:

1. unpleasant; foul

(28) squander:

1. to waste time, money, etc.

(29) perennial:

1. something that happens often or lasts for a long time

2. happening through the year 

(30) sporadic:

1. occurring occasionally, in instances

(31) perfidy:

1. treachery; breach of faith

(32) solicitous:

1. showing a lot of concern for someone

2. eager

(33) perfunctory:

1. done without care or interest

2. cursory

(34) reticent:

1. quiet and reserved

2. someone who is reluctant to share their thoughts and feelings

(35) perspicacious:

1. having an acute understanding of things

(36) prattle:

1. to talk at length without any meaning

2. to babble in a foolish or inconsequential way

(37) recant:

1. to retract something esp. a belief or opinion

(38) relegate:

1. to put somebody/something in a lower position

(39) qualms:

1. reservations; causes for hesitance

(40) refute:

1. to deny or disprove

(41) prescience:

1. precognition or becoming aware of things that are going to happen in future

(42) predilection:

1. preference or inclination towards something

(43) precipitate:

1. to make something happen suddenly or sooner than it should

2. to suddenly force somebody/something into a particular condition

3. in chemistry, process of transforming a dissolved substance into an insoluble solid from a super-saturated solution

(44) prevaricate:

1. to mislead

(45) amalgamate:

1. to mix or combine

2. unite societies

(46) efficacy:

1. the capacity or power to produce a desired effect or result

(47) descry:

1. to catch sight of something, esp. distant or obscure objects

(48) prodigious:

1. enormous

2. wonderful

(49) blueprint:

1. a plan or scheme of something

2. a photographic print

(50) extralegal:

1. outside the law

(51) forestall:

1. to prevent something happening by taking an action in advance

(52) bend:

1. to cause something to be out of a straight line

(53) consternation:

1. a feeling of surprise and fear

(54) plummet:

1. to fall or plunge down

(55) sawdust:

1. tiny bits of wood

(56) abode:

1. home; residence

(57) plethora:

1. an abundance of something

(58) strands:

1. something twisted together into a rope

2. line of development

(59) alienate:

1. to make someone feel that he/she is not a part of something or does not belong somewhere

2. to estrange

(60) census:

1. official counting of the population

(61) dissolution:

1. the ending or breaking up of a partnership; disintegration

(62) rail:

1. to find fault in something

2. to complain loudly and bitterly about something

(63) chisel:

1. a steel tool used for shaping materials

(64) fallacious:

1. misleading; based on error

(65) turgid:

1. swollen or bloated

(66) viable:

1. having life or capable of maintaining life

(67) commend:

1. to praise

(68) censure:

1. to rebuke someone harshly

2. to express blame or disapproval, rather strongly

(69) timorous:

1. fearful and timid

(70) equable:

1. steady and regular

(71) bilge:

1. (of a ship) the almost flat bottom part, inside or outside

2. bulge

(72) drone:

1. a person who is not self-employed

2. male bee

(73) cordial:              

1. warm and friendly

(74) garrulity:

1. talkativeness

(75) machination:

1. an evil plot or scheme

(76) precepts:

1. rules establishing how to behave or how to think

(77) indomitable:

1. someone who is not easily subdued

(78) brash: 

1. hasty, rush

(79) exigency:

1. an emergency

(80) idiosyncrasy:

1. peculiarity of someone's behaviour; personal mannerisms

(81) fulsome:

1. disgusting or offensive esp. due to excessiveness

(82) flout:

1. violate or break 

2. refuse to obey or accept something

(83) quaff:

1. to drink deeply

(84) unencumbered:

1. not having any burden or obligations

(85) avow:

1. to admit your opinion publicly

(86) implicit:

1. something which is implied but not plainly expressed

(87) conjure:

1. to do tricks by sleight of hand that appear like magic

(88) jibe:

1. to make fun of something/someone

(89) foppish:

1. someone who pays too much attention to his/her clothes

(90) gossamer:

1. a delicate material or substance

(91) veneration:

1. deep respect

(92) coy:

1. shy or coquettish

(93) chic:

1. stylish; fashionable and elegant

(94) crux:

1. the pivotal/main point of something

(95) dire:

1. terrible; dreadful

(96) chide:

1. to scold

(97) crass:

1. showing that you do not understand anything; stupid

(98) carp:

1. to find fault unreasonably

(99) aura:

1. a distinctive atmosphere or quality that comes from somebody or something

(100) bask:

1. to luxuriate in pleasant warmth

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