Set 1 Flashcards by Abir Sharma

Abate

To make less worsen

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Aberrant

Deviation from the standard behaviour

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Abjure

(Objection, my lord) - To reject or renounce

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Abscond

To run away silently in order to avoid law

Vijay Malya absconded India

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Abstain

To intentionally refrain from doing something

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Acumen

Keen judgement and Perception

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Admonish

To scold or advice severely

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Adulterate

To contaminate something

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Advocate

To support

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Aesthetic

Concerned with the nature of beauty and art

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Affectation

Fake or artificial behaviour

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Aggrandize

Sudden increase in something esp. power, wealth and reputation

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Alacrity

Eagerness and profoundness

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Alleviate

To release from a problem

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Amalgamte

To mix two things

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Ambiguous

Not clear; having more than one meaning

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Ambivalent

Having mixed or contradictory feelings about something

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Ameliorate

(Opp. of deteriorate)

To improve a situation

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Amenable

Easily convinced or persuasive

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Anachronism

Old fashioned; not belonging to the current time period

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Analogous

Comparable

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Annoint

Similar to Appoint

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Anomaly

Strange, unusual behaviour

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Antipathy

State of total dislike or hatred

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Antithetical

Contrary to the very nature

Apathy

State of total disinterest or un-enthusiasm | Your apathy is like a wounded soul

Appease

To satisfy hunger

Arbitrary

Randomly chosen

Arcane

Secret; not known by many

Archaic

Belonging to old times

Arduous

Very difficult, requiring constant effort

Articulate

Well spoken; having considerable communication skills | Articulate speech

Artless

Untouched, untrained, natural

Ascetic

Austere or self-denying

Assuage

To relief from a bad feeling

Astonishment

Sudden surprise or shock

Audacious

Bold and presumptuous

Austere

Severe, unadorned

Avarice

Greed

Aver

To assert or allege

Banal

Too boring or cliche

Belie

to have a false impression on someone

Benign

gentle and harmless

Biased

to be partial towards something

Bolster

to support

Bombastic

dramatic, overblown

Brazen

bold enough to be shameless

Bucolic

Pastoral, rustic

Burgeon

expanding very quickly

Cacophony

loud and unpleasant noise

Calumny

(kaali zubaan) the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation ;slander

Candid

open or free

Capricious

mercurial, unpredictable | Saras is capricious

Castigate

= admonish | to scold severely

Catalyst

something which increases the rate

Caustic

corrosive, bitte

Censure

to object severely

Chauvinist

one who thinks that his group is the most superior

Chicanery

trickery

Coalesce

to bring together things from apart

Cogent

(agent, spy, sleeps for info) | clearly laid out and persuasive

Commensurate

in accordance with, proportional

Compelling

captivating

Comprehensive

complete and thorough

Condone

to approve or allow

Confound

= astonish | surprised

Connoisseur

someone who has very good cooking or artistic skills

Consequential

as a result of

Construe

to interpret

Consumption

to consume

Contend

assert or claim

Contentious

controversial

Contrite

remorseful | a contrite tone

Convoluted

not straight, difficult to comprehend

Craft

cunning; | a type of skill

Craven

coward to the point of being shameful

Credence

trust; belief

Credulous

gullible, naive

Decorum

state of good manners and well being

Deference

respect or polite sumbission

Deflect

to change course/path

Deftness

skill, acumen

Delineate

to describe a boundary in a very descriptive way

Demur

to object or raise concerns

Denigrate

to say bad things in a defamatory way

Deride

ridicule, joke

Derivative

to copy something in a way that is unoriginal and uninspiring

Desiccate

to dry out

Desultory

half-heartened, inconsistent

Detachement

aloofness

Determinant

to have a major contribution to an outcome

Diatribe

a rant or angry speech

Didactic

intended to teach | didactic novel

Diffident

shy or timid due to lack of self confidence

Discrepancy

inconsistency

Disinterested

not interested in the outcome

Disparage

= to belittle | represent as being of little worth

Disparate

(desparate boy liking girl) | dissimilar to such an extent that comparison is not possible

Disregard

to ignore, not pay attention

Dissemble

to mislead or conceal the truth to respect one's motive

Disseminate

to spread widely

Dissonance

(resonance => balls) | clash between elements that have the same nature

Diverge

to split apart

Dogma

beliefs of one social group

Dupe

to deceive or fool

Ebullient

enthusiastic

Eccentric

stange

Efficacy

efficient