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Flashcards by sumanjan.r, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by sumanjan.r
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| Question | Answer |
| abolish | do away with |
| abridge | reduce in scope while retain essential elements |
| abstemious | sparing in consumption of food |
| accent | a particular emphasis |
| accolade | praise |
| acquiesce | compliance |
| affirmation | a statement declared to be true |
| amass | to collect into a mass or pile |
| ambivalence | uncertainty or fluctuation |
| ambulatory | adapted for walking |
| ameliorate | improve |
| amity | friendship; peaceful harmony |
| anchor | secure or fix firmly in position |
| antediluvian | old fashion; very old |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence |
| atrophy | degeneration; decline or decrease |
| bane | ruin, destruction, death |
| baneful | destructive |
| bizarre | markedly unusual in appearance |
| blunder | a gross stupid or careless mistake |
| bungle | to do clumsily and awkwardly |
| burgeon | to grow or develop quickly |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally |
| capricious | odd notion or unpredictable change, obsolete |
| clemency | act or deed showing mercy |
| coalesce | to grow together, unite |
| coalescence | unite to form one mass |
| cohere | to stick together |
| coherent | logically connected |
| compression | to press together |
| compress | force into one shape |
| confide | to impart secrets trustfully; have full trust |
| confidential | indicating confidence |
| confound | to throw into confusion or disorder |
| congeal | to make or become fixed |
| contaminant | something that contaminate |
| converge | to tend to meet in a point or line |
| convivial | friendly or agreeable |
| copious | large in quantity |
| corroborate | confirm, make certain |
| corrugated | to wrinkle |
| corrupt | guilt of dishonest |
| cursory | going rapidly over something, hasty |
| daunt | to overcome with fear |
| dauntless | not to be daunted |
| debilitate | to make weak or feeble |
| deplete | to decrease seriously |
| discrepancy | instance of difference |
| disentangle | untangle |
| amiable | friendly |
| macabre | suggesting the horror of death |
| screed | an abusive rant |
| affable | likable, easy to talk |
| serendipity | instance in which accidental fortunate discovery is made |
| indigenous | originating in a certain area |
| slapdash | carelessly and hastily put together |
| dupe | to trick |
| variance | the quality of being different |
| retiring | to be shy |
| voracious | very hungry |
| err | make an error |
| bleak | having a depressing outlook |
| remiss | to be negligent in one's duty |
| embroiled | involved in argument or contention |
| affluent | wealthy |
| mesmerize | to spellbind or enthrall |
| insolvent | bankrupt |
| inundate | to flood or overwhelm |
| spendthrift | one who spend money extravagent |
| dog | to pursue relentlessly |
| candid | straightforward |
| hound | pursue relentlessly |
| telltale | revealing |
| pinnacle | highest point |
| staunch | firm and dependable |
| panache | distinctive and showy elegance |
| tenacious | stubbornly bold |
| languid | slow and relaxed; not inclined towards physical exertion |
| ameliorate | improve, bad to better |
| travesty | an absurd presentation of something |
| insidious | working in a subtle but destructive way |
| guileless | free from deceit |
| juxtapose | place side by side |
| precocious | characteristic of exceptional maturity |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| elucidate | make clearer and easier to understand |
| mollify | make someone less angry |
| delineate | describe in detail |
| magnanimous | noble and generous in spirit |
| derive | come from |
| eclectic | comprised of a variety of styles |
| quotidian | found in the ordinary course of events |
| melancholy | sadness |
| paragon | best of its kind |
| embellish | add details to |
| tarnish | disgrace |
| apex | summit |
| anachronism | belonging to another time |
| extrapolate | estimate or conclude |
| qualify | restrict a statement |
| mundane | routine |
| malleable | moldable |
| lucid | easy to understand |
| empathetic | relating to feelings of others |
| oblique | indirect |
| telling | significant |
| avert | prevent |
| enthrall | captivate |
| check | hold back from doing |
| futile | pointless |
| chivalrous | courteous |
| autocratic | tyrannical |
| transitory | short lasting |
| crestfallen | disappointed |
| exemplar | model |
| discreet | careful |
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