Indian Express Flashcards
Forges
Making or shaping
Perpetrators
Person who carries harmful or immoral act
Brazeness
Something done shamelessly
Transgressing
Misbehave
Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness & regret
Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive writing or speaking
Subtle
Making use of clever & indirect methods
Percolate
Filler gradually through a porous surface
Permeate
Spread through
Cogent
Convincing
Fissure
- State of incompatiblity
2. Opening
Legitmacy
Ability to defence with logic or justification
Orchestration
Planning to elements to produce desired effects
Caveat
Warning
Conduit
Channel (Pass Through)
Deterrence
The action of discouraging an action due to fear of consequences
Mortified
Embarrased
Decimation
Killing a large no. Of population
Surmise
Suppose something is true w/o evidence
Machnismo
Strong aggressive masculine
Equestrian
Relating to horse riding
Stupor
Insensibility
Absolve
Declared free from guilt
Swamped
Flooded
Teleology
Doctrine of design & Purpose in matter world
Radical
Thorough
Unputdownable
(Of a book) so engrossed that one cannot stop reading
Eschewed
Deliberately avoid using
Frevour
Intense & Passionate Feeling
Rigour
Mericulousness (the quality of being extremely thorough)
Decried
Denounce publically
Hue
Shade
Tinker
Attempt to repair something in a casual manner
Contentious
Controversial
Precarious
Uncertain
Ad valorem tax
Tax based on the value
Teething problems
Short term problems that arise in early stage
Illustrious
Well known, respected and admired for past achievements
Enthralled
Capture the fascinated attention Of
Demure
Reserve, modest and shy
Flitting
Move swiftly and lightly
Montage
Technique of selecting, editing, piecing together separate selections of film to form a continuous whole
Pioneer
First person to research and develop a new area of knowledge or activity
Trailblazing
Discovering new outdoor trails
Synonymous
Closely associated
Disseminating
Spread widely
Receptive
Willing to consider and accept new suggestions
Smitten
Be strongly attracted to someone or something
Guzzle
Eat or drink (Greedily)
Besotted (Infatuated)
Inspired with an intense but short lived passion
Ode
A classical poem
Bequeathed
Leave property for a person by will
Deternt
Intended to discourage someone
Curated
Select, Organise and look after the items
Cosmic
Related to the universe
Conflation
The merging of two or more set of information
Misogyny
Dislike of content of or ingrained prejudice against women
Ogling
Stare at in a lecherous manner
Helming
Steering or directing
Tormentor
A person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering
Abuser
A person who uses something for bad purpose
Barb
Projection made from ship hook
Exorcise
Completely remove from one’s memory
Hue and cry
Commotion ( loud clamour)
Ostensibly
Apparently
Menace
A person or thing that id likely to cause harm
Procreate
To produce off spring
Primatologist
People who study primates
Perils
Serious and immediate danger
Marred
Impair the quality or appearance of
Ubiquitous
Present, appearing or found everywhere
Sagacity
Wisdom or intelligence
Goose
A foolish person
Impending
About to happen
Oust
Drive out or expel from a position
Meddling
Interfere in something that is not one’s concern
Relentless
Persistent
Coerced
Persuade to do something by using force or threats
Nuke
Attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
Monochromatic
Containing only one colour
Dint
A dent or hollow on the surface
Podgy
Fat and chubby
Frugal
Simple and plain and costing little
Convalescing
Recover one’s health and strength
Facade
A deceptive outward appearance
Stilly
Quiet with little movement
Puritanical
Moralistic
Brevity
Shortness of time
Doughty
Persistent and brave
Un flamboyant
Not tending to attract attention because of their exuberance And confidence
Saddle
Burden(someone) with an onerous responsibility or task
Buttress
A source of defence or support
Modest
Unassuming in the estimation of one’s ability
Treason
The action of betraying someone or thing
Assailed
Criticised strongly
Bandwagon
An activity or cause that has suddenly become popular or fashionable
Insurmountable
Too great to be overcome
Etiologies
The manner of causation of disease or condition
Resilience
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties
Unipolar
Characterised by either depressive or maniac episodes but not both
Digression
A temperory departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Tarnish
Make less valuable or respected
Catastrophe
Disaster
Honorific
Showing respect
Devour
Eat hungrily or quickly
To be totally absorbed by something powerful
Castigate
Reprimand someone severly
Civility
Formal politeness & Courtesy in behaviour of speech
Blimp
Airship or Barrage balloon
Impunity
Exemption from punishment from the consequences of an action
Stoke
Encourage or incite
Embolden
Give the courage &confidence to do something
Bigot
A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.
Guise
Likeness
Saboteur
Person engaged in sabotage
Subterfuge
Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal
Oblique
Indirectly
Proliferation
Rapidly increase in the no. Of something
Tripartite
Shared by or involving three parties
Meritocratic
An elite group of people whose progress is based on talent rather than class privilege or wealth
Reinvigorate
Give new energy or strength to
Slender
Barely sufficient in amount
Conducive
Beneficial
Amply
Enough or more than enough
Vitiate
Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of
Incarceration
The state of being confined in the prison
Resilience
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties
Labyrinthine
Irregular & twisting
Wrought
Beaten out or shaped by hammer
Eminence
An important or distinguished person
Indoctrinating
The process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
Caliphate
Chief Muslim civil & religious ruler
Userper
A person who takes a position of power or importance illegally/force
Fallacious
False
Crèche
A nursery where babies/ young children are cared during the working day
Writ
A piece or body of writing
Marooned
Leave trapped & alone man accessible place
Calamitous
Disastrous
Defunct
No longer existing or functional
Inundation
Flood
Unrelenting
Implacable (not yielding in strength, severity or determinating)
Cavernous
Vast
Trod or tread
Walk in a specific way
Warily
Carefully
Transpired
Be revealed
Perilous
Full of danger of risk
Enlivened
Make more entertaining/interesting
Kibosh
Put an end to
Parochialism
Narrow mindedness
Perilously
Dangerously
Plagued
Cause continuous trouble or distress to
Cursory
Hasty & therefore not thorough or detailed
Scepting
Not easily convinced
Garnered
Gather or collect
Blaspheme
Speak irrelevantly about God or sacred things
Toppled
Overbalance or cause to overbalance &fall
Rudderless
Lacking a clear sense of one’s aim or principles