Prepare for the GRE Verbal section with these vocabulary flashcard questions and answers. This covers high-frequency GRE words, definitions, and usage examples.
Q: abase
Answer: (v.) to humiliate, cause to feel shame; (v.) to hurt the pride of
Q: abash
Answer: (v.) to embarrass; to cause to be embarrassed
Q: abate
Answer: (v.) to make less active or intense; (v.) to become less in intensity
Q: abdicate
Answer: (v.) to give up power
Q: aberration
Answer: (n.) an aberrant state or condition; (n.) a disorder in a person’s mental state; an optical phenomenon which results from the failure of a mirror or lens to produce a good image
Q: abet
Answer: (v.) to assist or encourage, , often in the case of wrongdoing; (v.) to support, uphold, or maintain; (v.) to contribute to the commission of an offense
Q: abeyance
Answer: (n.) a temporary suspension or cessation; (n.) a temporary suppression
Q: abhor
Answer: (v.) to find repugnant, or to shrink back with dislike or horror
Q: abjure
Answer: (v.) to reject something; (v.) to retract an oath; (v.) to recant
Q: aboriginal
Answer: (n.) an original inhabitant of any land; (n.) an animal or plant native to the region
Q: abortive
Answer: (adj.) failing to accomplish an original intent or goal; (adj.) imperfectly formed or developed; (n.) something that is born prematurely; (adj.) made from the skin of a still-born animal
Q: abscond
Answer: (v.) to run away, often taking someone or something along; (v.) to hide, withdraw or be concealed
Q: absolve
Answer: (v.) to release from moral wrongdoing; (v.) to grant remission of a sin
Q: abstain
Answer: (v.) to refrain from engaging in a certain act; (v.) to voluntarily refrain from, especially when having to do with an act involving the appetite or senses
Q: abstemious
Answer: (adj.) sparing in consumption of, especially in relation to food and drink; (adj.) marked by moderation in indulgence
Q: abyss
Answer: (n.) a gulf or pit that is either bottomless or which possesses an unfathomable and inconceivable depth; (n.) infinite time
Q: abysmal
Answer: (adj.) boundless and vast; (adj.) unfathomable
Q: accede
Answer: (v.) to give into or yield to someone else’s wishes or desires; (v.) to be in accordance with; to agree
Q: acclivity
Answer: (n.) an upward grade or slope, on the earth
Q: accolade
Answer: (n.) to praise; (n.) a symbol that signifies distinction or approval; (n.) a ceremony that was formerly used to bestow knighthood
Q: accoutre
Answer: (v.) to provide with military equipment
Q: accretion
Answer: (n.) an increase brought about by natural growth; (n.) an increase in a beneficiary’s awarded portion of an estate
Q: acetic
Answer: (adj.) containing or relating to acetic acid; vinegary smell or taste, particularly in relation to wine
Q: acidulous
Answer: (adj.) tasting sour like
Q: acme
Answer: (n.) the highest degree or level attainable, the highest point of something; mature age; (n.) the crisis or height of a disease
Q: acquiescence
Answer: (n.) acceptance without resistance or protest; assent or submission; (n.) in criminal law: submission to an injury by the injured party
Q: acquiescent
Answer: (adj.) willing to carry out someone else’s orders or wishes without any protest or dissent; (adj.) submissive
Q: actuate
Answer: (v.) to trigger a reaction or to move and incite to action; (v.) to carry out or perform
Q: adapt
Answer: (v.) to modify or change to suit a new purpose or conditions; (v.) to conform one’s own self to new conditions or a new environment
Q: addiction
Answer: (n.) a situation in which someone is dependent on something that is physiologically and/or psychologically habit forming, particularly in relation to alcohol or drugs
Q: adhere
Answer: (v.) to be in accordance with or compatible with; to carry out a plan without deviation; (v.) to come into close contact with; to be a devoted supporter or follower, in a religious sense
Q: adipose
Answer: (adj.) composed of animal fat
Q: admonish
Answer: (v.) to counsel in relation to one’s negative behavior; (v.) to warn against strongly; (v.) to take to task
Q: adulterate
Answer: (adj.) mixed with impurities; (v.) to corrupt or debase by adding a foreign substance
Q: adumbration
Answer: (n.) a rough summary of the main aspects of an argument or theory; providing vague indications of something in advance
Q: adversity
Answer: (n.) a state of affliction or misfortune; extreme challenge or hardship; (n.) a stroke of excessively bad fortune
Q: advert
Answer: (v.) to give heed to; (v.) to make a subversive or overt reference toadvocate: (n.) a person who stands for and/or pleads for a cause, idea or person; (n.) a lawyer who pleads a case in a court of law; (v.) to push for or recommend something; (v.) to argue in favor of
Q: aerie
Answer: (n.) a lofty nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle or hawk; (n.) a habitation of high altitude
Q: aesthetic
Answer: (adj.) relating to beauty or good taste; (n.) a specialty in philosophy that relates to what is beautiful and how humans respond to art and beauty in the world
Q: affable
Answer: (adj.) exemplifying warmth and friendliness; (adj.) gracious and mild
Q: affected
Answer: (adj.) acted on or influenced; (adj.) experiencing an emotional impact
Q: aggrandize
Answer: (v.) to add details to; to increase in power; (v.) to make something appear exceedingly great or exalted
Q: affiliation
Answer: (n.) association in or with a professional or societal group; (n.) connection in terms of descent (from birth)
Q: affinity
Answer: (n.) the force which attracts atoms and binds them together in the formation of a molecule; (n.) a close connection marked by shared interests or similarities; an intrinsic resemblance between persons and/or things; a natural attraction to or feeling of kinship for; (adj.) kinship by marriage or adoption
Q: affray
Answer: (n.) a noisy fight or quarrel; the act of disturbing someone; fear or fright
Q: agape
Answer: (adj.) with the mouth wide open due to wonder or awe; (n.) a religious meal shared as a sign of fellowship, love, and respect
Q: aggregate
Answer: (n.) gathered or having a tendency to gather in a mass or whole; (n.) the whole amount; (v.) to gather in a mass or whole
Q: aghast
Answer: (adj.) struck with fear, disgust, dismay and/or horror
Q: agnostic
Answer: (adj.) uncertain of all claims relating to knowledge; (n.) a person who doubts the truth of religion and/or does not hold a particular view or perspective on the existence or nonexistence of God
Q: alacrity
Answer: (n.) cheerful readiness, promptness, eagerness
Q: agrarian
Answer: (adj.) agricultural or relating to farms and agriculture, fields or lands; (n.) a person in favor of an equal division of property
Q: alchemy
Answer: (n.) a forerunner of chemistry, originating from the medieval era; (n.) the manner in which two individuals relate to each other
Q: alias
Answer: (n.) a temporarily assumed name, other than one’s real name
Q: allay
Answer: (v.) to lessen the intensity of; (v.) to calm; to quench, particularly in terms of thirstallege: (v.) to report or accuse
Q: alleviate
Answer: (v.) to provide physical relief, particularly from pain; (v.) to make easier
Q: allocate
Answer: (v.) to distribute according to a particular plan; (v.) to set aside
Q: aloof
Answer: (adj.) to be somewhat at a distance or apart from a crowd; detached or reserved in mannerisms
Q: altercation
Answer: (n.) a quarrel or argument
Q: amalgamation
Answer: (n.) the mixing or blending together of various elements, including races or societies; (n.) the result of such blending; (n.) the combination of two or more commercial companies
Q: ambiguous
Answer: (adj.) unclear; (adj.) uncertain in nature; open to more than one interpretation
Q: ameliorate
Answer: (v.) to make something or someone better
Q: amenable
Answer: (adj.) willing to comply; (adj.) responsible to a higher authority
Q: amnesia
Answer: (n.) a partial or total loss of memory
Q: amnesty
Answer: (n.) a period during which criminals are exempt from punishment; (n.) a warrant that grants release from a previously meted out punishment; (v.) the official act of liberating someone, in a legal sense; to grant a pardon
Q: amortize
Answer: (v.) to gradually liquidate; to clear off or extinguish, particularly in relation to a debt
Q: amuck
Answer: (adj.) in a murderous tumult; wildly or without self-control
Q: amulet
Answer: (n.) a piece of jewelry thought to protect an individual against evil
Q: anachronism
Answer: (n.) something located during a time when it could not have actually existed or occurred; (n.) an artifact that belongs to a different time period; (n.) a person displaced in time
Q: analgesia
Answer: (n.) the absence of the sense of pain, but with consciousness still in tact
Q: analogy
Answer: (n.) an insinuation that if things agree in one respect, they agree in others; (n.) a comparison drawn to show similarities
Q: anarchy
Answer: (n.) a state of disorder and lawlessness, resulting from a lack of or failure in government
Q: anesthetic
Answer: (adj.) characterized by a lack of sensibility; (n.) a drug that temporarily causes loss of bodily sensations
Q: animus
Answer: (n.) a feeling of ill-will that arouses hostility or animosity relieve
Q: annul
Answer: (v.) to declare void or invalid, particularly in the case of a marriage, law or contract; (v.) to eliminate the existence of
Q: antagonism
Answer: (n.) hostility that results in conflict, resistance or opposition; (n.) the condition of being an opposing force or factor in a situation or system
Q: antipathy
Answer: (n.) a strong feeling of hostility or dislike
Q: apex
Answer: (n.) the highest point of something, particularly in the case of a triangle, cone or pyramid
Q: aplomb
Answer: (n.) poise (n.) self-confidence
Q: apocalyptic
Answer: (adj.) relating to the apocalypse; involving or implying doom and ultimate devastation; (adj.) of a prophetic nature दैवी साहित्य
Q: apostate
Answer: (n.) a person who has abandoned his or her political party, religion, or cause
Q: appease
Answer: (v.) to bring pacification or peace to someone who is upset or contentious; (v.) to satisfy or relieveappellation: (n.) a formal name or title; (n.) the act of naming (officially)
Q: apprehend
Answer: (v.) to arrest or take an individual into custody; (v.) to mentally grasp a concept or principle
Q: apprehensive
Answer: (adj.) anxious or fearful about the future; (adj.) capable of understanding concepts quickly
Q: aptitude
Answer: (n.) an aptitude for learning; a talent; (n.) quickness in understanding, intelligence
Q: archives
Answer: (n.) a collection of records, particularly related to the history of records of an institution
Q: ardor
Answer: (n.) a feeling of strong eagerness or enthusiasm; an intense feeling of love; (n.) feelings of warmth and affection
Q: arraign
Answer: (v.) to command a prisoner or free person accused of a crime to appear in court to answer a charge
Q: arrant
Answer: (adj.) downright or utter, particularly unqualified आरोप के लिए बुलाना
Q: artifact
Answer: (n.) man-made object
Q: artifice
Answer: (n.) a clever trick; (n.) skill or cunningness
Q: asceticism
Answer: (n.) the principles and practices of an ascetic, particularly in relation to extreme self-denial; (n.) self-restraint practiced in relation to a religious or spiritual doctrine or practice that claims the renunciation of worldly pleasures allows one to achieve a higher spiritual state of being संन्यास
Q: ascribe
Answer: (v.) to attribute to; (v.) to assign a quality or characteristic
Q: askance
Answer: (v.) to view with an oblique glance; (v.) to regard with suspicion एक परोक्ष नज़र के साथ देखने
Q: askew
Answer: (adj.) turned or twisted toward one side
Q: aspiration
Answer: (n.) a desire or will to succeed; a cherished desire; (n.) an expulsion of breath during the active process of speech; the act of inhaling or drawing in air
Q: assail
Answer: (v.) to violently attack; to criticize; (v.) to cause trouble to
Q: assimilate
Answer: (v.) to learn, understand and incorporate information; (v.) to adjust or become adjusted to a different environment; to absorb (food)
Q: assuage
Answer: (v.) to make something less intense or severe; (v.) to satisfy or appease, to pacify or calm
Q: astringent
Answer: (adj.) causing the contraction of body tissue; severe or harsh; (n.) an drug or lotion that draws pores together and/or causes their contraction
Q: astute
Answer: (adj.) rapid to apprehend or understand
Q: atrocity
Answer: (n.) a behavior, event or incident that is characterized by cruelty and wickedness; (n.) an act of extreme cruelty क्रूरता
Q: attrition
Answer: (n.) a constant wearing down caused by friction; (n.) a gradual decrease in strength, due to consistent stressful conditions; a gradual reduction in membership or personnel; (n.) repentance for a sin, motivated by the fear of God and punishment
Q: augment
Answer: (v.) to make something larger in size or quantity
Q: augury
Answer: (n.) the art of foretelling the future by means of various sings; (n.) an omen from which the future if foretoldauspicious: (adj.) related to positive and favorable circumstances; (adj.) marked by success and prosperity
Q: austere
Answer: (adj.) stern, in terms of character or disposition; (adj.) strict or severe in discipline; lacking adornment or decorationautonomous: (adj.) not controlled by other individuals or organizations; (adj.) independent in mind and judgment
Q: avatar
Answer: (n.) the animal or human incarnation of a Hindu deity, particularly Vishnu; (n.) an embodiment of a quality or concept; a temporary manifestation of an ongoing entity
Q: aver
Answer: (v.) to officially assert as a fact; (v.) to justify, qualify or prove
Q: avouch
Answer: (v.) to attest to or declare the validity of; (v.) to confirm; to accept responsibility for an action; to confess
Q: avow
Answer: (v.) to openly acknowledge; (v.) to positive and undoubtedly profess
Q: axiom
Answer: (n.) a universally recognized truth; (n.) a seemingly self-evident principle
Q: baffle
Answer: (v.) to frustrate someone, by perplexing or confusing them; (v.) to impede the force or movement of
Q: baleful
Answer: (adj.) harmful, threatening or deadly
Q: baneful
Answer: (adj.) causing distress, death or ruin
Q: barrage
Answer: (n.) a prolonged attack of words or blows; a curtain of (military) artillery fire to prevent enemy forces from moving or to make way for one’s own forces; (n.) a man-made barrier in a stream or river
Q: batten
Answer: (n.) a sawed strip of wood or flooring; (trans. verb) to fasten canvas over the hatches, especially in preparation for a storm; (v.) to grow fat
Q: bauble
Answer: (n.) a decorative or showy but worthless object
Q: beguile
Answer: (v.) to mislead by trickery or deception
Q: beholden
Answer: (adj.) obliged to feel grateful for or owing thanks
Q: beleaguer
Answer: (v.) to besiege by encircling; to harass or beset with difficulties
Q: belittle
Answer: (v.) to make someone feel little or less important, to slight someone
Q: benevolent
Answer: (adj.) doing or intending to do good
Q: benison
Answer: (n.) a benediction
Q: berate
Answer: (v.) to severely rebuke or scold; (v.) to criticize, slate
Q: bestial
Answer: (adj.) beast-like in behavior, brutish
Q: biennial
Answer: (adj.) occurring every two years; (adj.) lasting or living for two years
Q: billingsgate
Answer: (n.) abuse, foul or vulgar language
Q: bivouac
Answer: (n.) a temporary encampment (usually of military soldiers) exposed out in the open with only tents or little shelter
Q: blandish
Answer: (v.) to flatter, coax or persuadeblasphemous: (adj.) irreverent or profane`, particularly in relation to a religious subject
Q: bleak
Answer: (adj.) unsheltered and exposed to wind and cold; (adj.) cold, cutting and harsh; gloomy; (adj.) not hopeful
Q: bode
Answer: (v.) to predict or announce in advance
Q: bogus
Answer: (adj.) not veritable or genuine
Q: boorish
Answer: (adj.) rude; awkward, ill-mannered
Q: bootless
Answer: (adj.) useless, without benefit
Q: brackish
Answer: (adj.) somewhat salty, as might be the waters near a sea; having an displeasing taste; nauseous
Q: breach
Answer: (n.) a failure to follow through on or complete the agreement and terms of a contract or law; (n.) an opening created by a breakthrough (in a wall); (n.) a break in amicable relations
Q: bristle
Answer: (n.) any short, stiff or prickly hair of an animal or plant; (intrans. verb) to become stiff and erect; (n.) to show anger, irritation or outrage; (n.) to be thickly covered with
Q: brusque
Answer: (adj.) abrupt and rough use of language or manner of speech
Q: bumptious
Answer: (adj.) arrogant, excessively conceited, forward
Q: burlesque
Answer: (n.) any comic or satirical imitation (for example) in the form of writing, theater or a parody, intending to mock; (adj.) bawdy
Q: burnish
Answer: (v.) to polish or to make shiny
Q: cabal
Answer: (n.) a group of plotters or intriguers with conspiratorial intentions; (n.) a secret scheme or plot
Q: cache
Answer: (n.) a hiding place, especially in the ground for ammunition, food or treasures; (n.) anything so hidden; (v.) to put in a cache
Q: caliber
Answer: (n.) degree of capacity or competence
Q: calumniate
Answer: (v.) to make false and malicious statements about
Q: candor
Answer: (n.) the state or quality of being open, honest, straightforward, open and sincere in communication; (n.) freedom from bias
Q: canter
Answer: (n.) an easy-going gallop; (v.) to move or ride at a canter
Q: capitulate
Answer: (v.) to surrender often after negotiation of terms
Q: captious
Answer: (adj.) characterized by a disposition to find out and point trivial faults; (adj.) intended to entrap or confuse
Q: carnage
Answer: (n.) the slaughter of numerous people; (n.) those slain in battle
Q: carping
Answer: (adj.) characterized by trivial fault-finding
Q: caste
Answer: (n.) any of the social or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, such as the Brahman or Sudra castes; a social class distinct from others and characterized by hereditary rank, profession or wealth; (n.) a social position conferred on someone based on a system of castes
Q: cataclysm
Answer: (n.) any violent upheaval, particularly of a political or social nature; (n.) an extensive flood
Q: catalyst
Answer: (n.) (in chemistry), a substance that causes a chemical reaction without itself being affected; (n.) a person or thing that brings about or precipitates change; (n.) a person or event that precipitates a process or change
Q: cathartic
Answer: (adj.) physically or emotionally purging in nature; (adj.) therapeutic
Q: Catholic
Answer: (adj.) of or pertaining to the Catholic church; a member of the Catholic church; (adj.) of a broad, liberal or comprehensive scope
Q: cavil
Answer: (v.) to raise trivial objections; (n.) a trivial or annoying objection
Q: celibate
Answer: (n.) one who abstains from sexual relations with others; (n.) an individual who remains unmarried
Q: centrifugal
Answer: (adj.) moving or directed outward from the center; (n.) a rotating, perforated drum that holds materials to be separated in a machine
Q: centripetal
Answer: (adj.) moving or directed toward an axis or center; (adj.) tending or directed toward centralization
Q: cessation
Answer: (n.) a temporary discontinuance
Q: chameleon
Answer: (n.) any of the Old World lizards which can change color; (n.) a changeable or inconstant person
Q: charlatan
Answer: (n.) a person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he or she actually possesses; (n.) a cont artist or fake
Q: chary
Answer: (adj.) cautious or careful; (adj.) fastidious; sparing
Q: chastise
Answer: (v.) to criticize severely; (v.) to discipline through corporal punishment
Q: chide
Answer: (v.) to express disapproval of, to harass or reproach
Q: chimerical
Answer: (adj.) fantasy, unreal or imaginary; (adj.) highly unrealistic
Q: chronic
Answer: (adj.) constant and habitual; (adj.) lasting a long time, especially pertaining to a disease
Q: circuitous
Answer: (adj.) indirect or roundabout
Q: circumlocution
Answer: (n.) an indirect or roundabout way of speaking
Q: citadel
Answer: (n.) a fortress in a commanding position in or near a city; a fortified place
Q: claustrophobia
Answer: (n.) a excessive fear of being in closed or confined spaces
Q: clemency
Answer: (n.) a willingness to lessen the severity of a given punishment; (n.) an official act of mercy or forgiveness
Q: cliché
Answer: (n.) an overused expression or idea; (n.) a person whose behavior is predictable
Q: coalesce
Answer: (v.) to fuse, grow or mix together
Q: cogent
Answer: (adj.) believable, convincing or persuasive by clear and forcible presentation; (adj.) to the point
Q: cognomen
Answer: (n.) a family or surname
Q: cohere
Answer: (v.) to hold together in a mass that resists separation; (v.) to cause to form a united, aesthetically uniform whole
Q: collaborate
Answer: (v.) to work together or cooperate; (v.) join forces
Q: colloquial
Answer: (adj.) characteristic of ordinary conversation, rather than formal speech or writing
Q: comatose
Answer: (adj.) of, related to or in a coma; (adj.) characterized by lethargy
Q: commensurate
Answer: (adj.) of the same extent or duration; corresponding in size or degree, proportionate; (adj.) measurable by a common standard
Q: compatible
Answer: (adj.) capable of existing harmoniously; (adj.) capable of integration with other elements in a system without any additional required modifications
Q: compendium
Answer: (n.) a complete, short summary; (n.) a list or collection of various items
Q: complement
Answer: (n.) something that completes or makes something else whole; (n.) a quantity that completes anything; (n.) either of two parts, needed to complete the whole
Q: compliment
Answer: (n.) an expression of praise (v.) to give someone praise or accolades
Q: compliant
Answer: (adj.) disposed or willing to comply
Q: conciliate
Answer: (v.) to overcome the mistrust of; (v.) to regain or attempt to regain friendship; (v.) to attempt to reconcile
Q: concomitant
Answer: (adj.) existing or occurring with something else
Q: congeal
Answer: (v.) to solidify or jell by freezing; coagulate
Q: conjecture
Answer: (n.) the expression of or formulation of a theory without sufficient evidence or proof; (v.) to guess or formulate a theory without sufficient evidence or proof
Q: connotation
Answer: (n.) an idea or meaning suggested or associated with a word or thing; (n.) the set of associations implied by a word, in addition to its implicit meaning
Q: contentious
Answer: (adj.) tending to cause argument or strife; (adj.) characterized by argument or controversy
Q: controvert
Answer: (v.) to be resistant to, to raise arguments against, to oppose
Q: contumacious
Answer: (adj.) willfully obstinate or stubbornly disobedient; (adj.) insubordinate
Q: conveyance
Answer: (n.) the act of conveying or transmission
Q: copious
Answer: (adj.) large in quantity or number; (adj.) having or yielding a plentiful supply; (adj.) exhibiting abundance
Q: corporeal
Answer: (adj.) of or relating to the body; (adj.) of a material nature
Q: corpulent
Answer: (adj.) large or bulky in body
Q: countermand
Answer: (v.) to cancel or reverse an order or transmission previously issued; (n.) cancellation of an order or command
Q: cower
Answer: (v.) to cringe, crouch or curl up in fear, to show fear
Q: coy
Answer: (adj.) tending to avoid people or social situations; (adj.) shy or modest in a flirtatious manner; stubbornly unwilling to make a comment
Q: craven
Answer: (adj.) cowardly, spineless; (n.) a coward
Q: credence
Answer: (n.) acceptance as truth or valid; trustworthiness; (n.) recommendation, credentials
Q: crone
Answer: (n.) an ugly and withered woman, a hag
Q: crotchety
Answer: (adj.) grouchy in nature or characterized by whimsical and odd notions
Q: cryptic
Answer: (adj.) mysterious in meaning, puzzling; (adj.) secret, occult
Q: cull
Answer: (v.) to pick out from others, select; (v.) to remove rejected members or parts from
Q: culmination
Answer: (n.) the highest point or degree of completion
Q: curmudgeon
Answer: (n.) an ill-tempered person
Q: curtail
Answer: (v.) to cut short; (v.) reduce, diminish
Q: cynic
Answer: (n.) a person with a pessimistic outlook and who believes that most people are solely motivated by selfishness
Q: dank
Answer: (adj.) unpleasantly moist or humid; (adj.) damp, chilly
Q: dastard
Answer: (n.) a mean-spirited, conniving coward
Q: dearth
Answer: (n.) a lack, scarcity or inadequate supply
Q: debacle
Answer: (n.) a breakup or dispersion; (n.) downfall; (n.) a complete collapse or failure; (n.) a violent rush of waters or ice
Q: debonair
Answer: (adj.) having a sophisticated charm; (adj.) courteous and gracious; carefree
Q: decimate
Answer: (v.) to destroy a great number or proportion of; (v.) to select and kill every tenth person of a group
Q: decrepit
Answer: (adj.) weakened or destabilized by old age; (adj.) worn out by extensive use
Q: defile
Answer: (v.) to make foul, dirty or unclean; (v.) to violate the chastity of; (v.) to make impure or defile
Q: deign
Answer: (intr. v.) to deem something inappropriate to one’s dignity (tr. verb) condescend; (v.) give or grant
Q: demean
Answer: (v.) to degrade, particularly in terms of social status or dignity
Q: demotic
Answer: (adj.) of or relating to the common people of a given area or region
Q: denizen
Answer: (n.) an inhabitant or resident; (n.) someone who frequents a given place
Q: denotation
Answer: (n.) the act of denoting, that which gives an indication of or points to something, like a. symbol or sign; (n.) the most specific meaning of a given word
Q: deplete
Answer: (v.) to reduce or eliminate in supply
Q: deprecatory
Answer: (adj.) expressing criticism or disapproval of; (adj.) uncomplimentary
Q: depreciate
Answer: (v.) to reduce the value or price of
Q: deride
Answer: (v.) to laugh at in a contemptuous or scornful manner
Q: descry
Answer: (v.) to see something by looking carefully at it, to discover or perceive
Q: desecrate
Answer: (v.) to violate the sacredness of a given object or place
Q: desultory
Answer: (adj.) not having any set plan; (adj.) moving or jumping about from one subject to the next
Q: dexterous
Answer: (adj.) skillful with the use of one’s hands; (adj.) having mental skill
Q: diatribe
Answer: (n.) a bitter, sharp or abusive attack or criticism
Q: dichotomy
Answer: (n.) division into two part or regions
Q: digress
Answer: (v.) to stray away from the main subject, particularly in writing or speech
Q: dilettante
Answer: (n.) a dabbler in an art or particular field of knowledge, for the sole sake of amusement
Q: dire
Answer: (adj.) causing or involving fright and suffering; (adj.) urgent and desperate
Q: disabuse
Answer: (v.) to free from a falsehood or misconception
Q: disheveled
Answer: (adj.) in disorder; (adj.) unkempt; (adj.) disarranged
Q: disparage
Answer: (v.) to speak of in a disrespectful or condescending way; (v.) to reduce in respect or rank
Q: dispirited
Answer: (adj.) in low spirits; (adj.) lacking enthusiasm
Q: dissipate
Answer: (v.) to drive away or disperse; (v.) to bring about the loss of energy
Q: dissolute
Answer: (adj.) lacking in moral restraint
Q: diurnal
Answer: (adj.) relating to a 24-hour period, daily; (adj.) occurring or active during the daytime
Q: doddering
Answer: (adj.) shaking or trembling from old age; (adj.) trembling
Q: dolorous
Answer: (adj.) exhibiting grief, pain and sorry
Q: dolt
Answer: (n.) a person who lacks bright mental capacity
Q: dotage
Answer: (n.) a decline of mental faculties; (n.) foolish affection
Q: doughty
Answer: (adj.) marked by courage and braveness
Q: dross
Answer: (n.) waste; (adj.) worthless or trivial matter
Q: drudgery
Answer: (n.) menial and distasteful work
Q: duplicity
Answer: (n.) deceitfulness in speech or conduct, speaking or acting in two different ways
Q: durance
Answer: (n.) incarceration or imprisonment
Q: ebullient
Answer: (adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm or excited; (adj.) bubbling up like a boiling liquid
Q: ecstasy
Answer: (n.) intense joy or delight; (n.) a trace or state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond self-control
Q: edify
Answer: (v.) to instruct or benefit, (v.) particularly in relation to intellectual or spiritual matters; to uplift
Q: effeminate
Answer: (adj.) having feminine qualities or characteristics; (adj.) characterized by excessive refinement or weakness
Q: effigy
Answer: (n.) a crude person or figure which represents a hated person or group; (n.) a likeness or image, particularly of a person
Q: efflorescent
Answer: (adj.) bursting into flower; (adj.) flowering
Q: effusion
Answer: (n.) a unrestrained expression of emotion; (n.) flow under pressure, such as the escape of bodily fluid from vessels into the tissues or a cavity
Q: egress
Answer: (n.) the act of coming or going out; (n.) the right to leave or go out; (n.) a path or opening for the purposes of going out (v.) to go out
Q: elucidate
Answer: (v.) to make lucid or clear, to throw light upon; (v.) to explain or provide clarificationelusive: (adj.) tending to elude capture, comprehension or perception; (adj.) difficult to define or describe
Q: emancipate
Answer: (v.) to free from oppression or restraint; (v.) (as a legal term) to release a child from the control of parents or a. guardian
Q: embellish
Answer: (v.) to make beautiful by ornamentation; (v.) to decorate; (v.) to add false and fictitious detail to
Q: emend
Answer: (v.) to edit or change a text; (v.) to correct, or free from faults or errors
Q: eminent
Answer: (adj.) of high rank in station or quality; (adj.) outstanding in character or performance; (adj.) towering or standing above others
Q: emollient
Answer: (adj.) softening and soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh or abrasive
Q: enamored
Answer: (adj.) inspired by love; captivated; (adj.) marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
Q: encroach
Answer: (v.) to advance beyond proper, established or usual limits; (v.) to trespass upon the domain, property or rights of another individual or organization
Q: endue
Answer: (v.) to gift or provide with a quality or trait; (v.) to put on (a piece of clothing)
Q: engross
Answer: (v.) to exclusively occupy; (v.) absorb; (v.) to acquire most or all of a commodity or market
Q: enhance
Answer: (v.) to make greater in beauty, effectiveness or value; (v.) to provide with improved or enhanced features
Q: ennui
Answer: (n.) listlessness and dissatisfaction; (n.) boredom
Q: enthrall
Answer: (v.) to captivate or interest; (v.) to enslave
Q: entity
Answer: (n.) something that exists as a particular unit; (n.) the fact of existence, being; (n.) the existence of something considered separate from its propertiesephemeral: (adj.) lasting a very short time; transitory; (adj.) lasting only one day
Q: epilogue
Answer: (n.) a short poem or speech directed to the audience, given at the end of a play; (n.) the performer who delivers such a poem or speech; a short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work
Q: epitaph
Answer: (n.) an inscription on a monument or tombstone in memory of the person buried there within; (n.) a commemoration for someone who has died
Q: equable
Answer: (adj.) free from many changes or variations; (adj.) uniform
Q: equanimity
Answer: (n.) the quality of being calm, composed, even-tempered and stable
Q: errant
Answer: (adj.) roving; (adj.) straying from the appropriate course of action or standards
Q: eschew
Answer: (v.) to abstain or keep away from; (v.) to shun or avoid
Q: estranged
Answer: (adj.) displaying a feeling or the characteristic of alienation; (adj.) kept in or at a distance
Q: ethereal
Answer: (adj.) characterized by insubstantiality, intangible; (adj.) of the celestial spheres
Q: eugenic
Answer: (adj.) of or related to bringing about improvements in offspring; (adj.) having quality, inherited characteristics
Q: evanescent
Answer: (adj.) vanishing, fading; (adj.) fleeting; (adj.) tending to become imperceptible
Q: evasive
Answer: (adj.) tending or seeking to avoid; (adj.) elusive
Q: ewer
Answer: (n.) a pitcher with a wide spout
Q: exacerbate
Answer: (v.) to make worse or increase the severity of; (v.) to irritate or exasperate a person
Q: excision
Answer: (n.) the surgical act of removal
Q: excoriate
Answer: (v.) to severely berate or denounce (verbally); (v.) to physically strip off or remove the skin from
Q: exegesis
Answer: (n.) a critical analysis or explanation of a text
Q: exemplary
Answer: (adj.) commendable
Q: exiguous
Answer: (adj.) scanty or meagerexodus: (n.) a departure that usually involves a large number of people
Q: expedite
Answer: (v.) to hasten or speed up the progress of; (v.) to quickly accomplish; (v.) to issue or dispatch a document or letter
Q: expiate
Answer: (v.) to atone or make amends for, particularly in relation to a given individual’s crimes
Q: expunge
Answer: (v.) to erase or obliterate; (v.) to destroy
Q: extol
Answer: (v.) to lift up; (v.) to praise highly
Q: extricate
Answer: (v.) to disentangle; (v.) to disengage from a difficult situation
Q: extrinsic
Answer: (adj.) not essential or inherent qualities; (adj.) outward or external
Q: exude
Answer: (v.) to discharge or emit; (v.) to exhibit
Q: fabricate
Answer: (v.) to make up or create; (v.) to concoct in an effort to deceive someone
Q: facile
Answer: (adj.) easily accomplished or attained; (adj.) expressing yourself readily or clearly
Q: fain
Answer: (adv.) gladly, willingly; (adj.) content, willing; (v.) to wish or desirefastidious: (adj.) displaying careful attention to detail; (adj.) difficult to please; (adj.) excessively meticulous
Q: faux pas
Answer: (n.) a mistake, blunder or indiscretion
Q: fawn
Answer: (v.) to flatter or grovel, (v.) to seek notice or favor
Q: fecundity
Answer: (n.) fruitfulness or fertility, the capacity of plentiful production
Q: feign
Answer: (v.) to invent or represent fictitiously; (v.) to imitate deceptively
Q: fete
Answer: (n.) a day of celebration or holiday; (n.) a festival
Q: fiasco
Answer: (n.) a complete and utter failure
Q: fiat
Answer: (n.) a capricious order or decree, an authoritative sanction
Q: fiduciary
Answer: (n.) a person to whom property and/or property is entrusted
Q: figment
Answer: (n.) something that is fabricated or made up
Q: finesse
Answer: (n.) delicacy and/or refinement in performance; skillful and tactful diplomacy
Q: finicky
Answer: (adj.) choosy, difficult to please
Q: flaccid
Answer: (adj.) soft and limp; weak
Q: flamboyant
Answer: (adj.) strikingly bold or showy, flashy; (adj.) ornate
Q: fledgling
Answer: (n.) a newborn bird that recently acquired its feathers; (n.) an inexperienced person
Q: fluctuation
Answer: (n.) continual change from one point to another, particularly related to a pitch or tone in one’s voice
Q: fluency
Answer: (n.) spoken or written with ease, particularly as related to a language; (adj.) easy and graceful; flowing
Q: foible
Answer: (n.) a defect, flaw or weakness in a character
Q: foist
Answer: (v.) to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit
Q: forbearance
Answer: (n.) tolerance in the face of challenge; (n.) patience
Q: forte
Answer: (n.) a strong point or skill in which one excels; (n.) the stronger part of a sword blade
Q: fortitude
Answer: (n.) mental and emotional strength in the face of challenge and adversityfractious: (adj.) uncontrollable and/or unruly; (adj.) easily angered, irritable, quarrelsome
Q: fraught
Answer: (adj.) filled with specific elements; (adj.) marked by or causing emotional distress
Q: fritter
Answer: (v.) to squander away; (v.) to tear, break or cut into shreds
Q: frolicsome
Answer: (adj.) full of fun; (adj.) in good spirits, playful
Q: fructify
Answer: (v.) to make fruitful or productive; (v.) to bear fruit
Q: frugality
Answer: (n.) economical in spending, frugal, requiring few resources
Q: fulgent
Answer: (adj.) brightly shining; (adj.) dazzling
Q: furor
Answer: (n.) an outburst of excitement or controversy; (n.) a prevailing fad or popular craze; (n.) rage, madness
Q: furtive
Answer: (adj.) characterized by stealth; (adj.) expressive of concealed motives, purposes or intentions
Q: gaff
Answer: (n.) harsh treatment or criticism
Q: gambol
Answer: (n.) a playful skip or frolicking about
Q: garbled
Answer: (v.) to confuse or distort to the point of that the result is misleading or incomprehensible
Q: garrulous
Answer: (adj.) chatty and talkative
Q: gazette
Answer: (adj.) a newspaper or official journal
Q: geniality
Answer: (n.) having a friendly and pleasant disposition or manner
Q: genre
Answer: (n.) a type or classification
Q: genuflect
Answer: (v.) to tend one knee or touch one knee to the ground, in a sign or form of worship; (v.) to express a servile attitude
Q: germane
Answer: (adj.) connected and relevant
Q: gestate
Answer: (v.) to carry life from the point of conception to birth; (v.) to conceive and/or develop in the mind
Q: gesticulation
Answer: (n.) a vigorous motion or gesture
Q: glib
Answer: (adj.) lacking intellectual depth or capacity; (adj.) possessing only superficial plausibility; (adj.) persuasive in speech
Q: gloaming
Answer: (n.) the time of day that immediately follows the sunset
Q: glut
Answer: (v.) to fill (usually with food) beyond capacity; (v.) to flood (a market) with a plethora of goods to cause supply to exceed demand
Q: glutinous
Answer: (adj.) having sticky and adhesive properties
Q: goad
Answer: (n.) a long stick with a pointed end, used for prodding animals; (n.) a stimulus or means of urging
Q: gorge
Answer: (n.) a deep ravine (usually with a river passing through it); to overeat
Q: gourmand
Answer: (n.) a lover of foodgratuity: (n.) money paid which exceeds the amount due, such as in to a waitress or bellhop
Q: hazardous
Answer: (adj.) risky; (adj.) dependent on chance
Q: heinous
Answer: (adj.) atrocious, utterly reprehensible
Q: heresy
Answer: (n.) an opinion or doctrine that is at odds with what is considered orthodox for a given situation or Institution, particularly in relation to religion
Q: hierarchy
Answer: (n.) a system that involves ranking persons or groups of people above one another; (n.) an organized, governing body
Q: hirsute
Answer: (adj.) covered with hair; (adj.) furry
Q: hoodwink
Answer: (v.) to deceive or trick
Q: holster
Answer: (n.) a leather or fabric case that is used for the purposes of holding a firearm in place; (n.) a case for carrying a small item
Q: hortatory
Answer: (n.) urging toward a certain choice of behavior or action
Q: hubbub
Answer: (n.) loud noise; (n.) confusion
Q: humane
Answer: (n.) characterized by sympathy and caring for people; (adj.) relating to human studies
Q: hummock
Answer: (n.) a hill or mound
Q: hyperbole
Answer: (n.) an intentional exaggeration and/or embellishment regarding facts or circumstances; (n.) an overstatement
Q: hypothecate
Answer: (v.) to pledge to a given creditor without offering any form of security, as in a mortgage
Q: hypothetical
Answer: (adj.) speculative and theoretical in nature; unconfirmed
Q: idiosyncrasy
Answer: (n.) a peculiarity or quirk in one’s given disposition or behavior
Q: ignominious
Answer: (adj.) humiliating and/or embarrassing in nature; (adj.) reprehensible and disgraceful
Q: illimitable
Answer: (adj.) characterized by an unlimited, unending nature
Q: imbibe
Answer: (v.) to drink, swallow or absorb
Q: imminent
Answer: (adj.) in the nature future, about to happen or occur
Q: immutable
Answer: (adj.) not subject to change
Q: impeach
Answer: (v.) to accuse or bring to court, particularly a public official; (v.) to question or call into account
Q: impenitent
Answer: (adj.) without regret and unashamed
Q: impervious
Answer: (adj.) not permitting of passage, impenetrable; (adj.) incapable of injury; (adj.) unmoved by persuasion
Q: impious
Answer: (adj.) lacking reverence or respect; (adj.) irreverent
Q: implacable
Answer: (adj.) unable to be pleased or mollified; (adj.) hard-hearted; (adj.) obdurate
Q: imply
Answer: (v.) to suggest or refer to something without explicitly stating it as such; (v.) to include as a necessary circumstance
Q: importune
Answer: (v.) to demand by means of solicitation; (v.) to make unwanted advances or suggestions toward someone; (v.) to annoy
Q: impotent
Answer: (adj.) lacking power or ability; (adj.) incapable; (adj.) lacking in physical strength
Q: impromptu
Answer: (n.) a circumstance — particularly a speech — given without advanced preparation; (adj.) improvised
Q: impropriety
Answer: (adj.) the quality of being improper or unsuitable; (adj.) an unseemly expression; (adj.) an incorrect use of a word or phrase; (adj.) rudeness; (adj.) misconduct
Q: impunity
Answer: (n.) release from punishment or harm; (n.) mercy
Q: imputation
Answer: (n.) a charge or accusation; (n.) an insinuation
Q: inane
Answer: (adj.) lacking sense or sincere significance absurd; (adj.) immature
Q: incessant
Answer: (adj.) continuing without interruption(s); (adj.) ; constant, ceaseless
Q: incontinent
Answer: (adj.) uncontrolled and/or unrestrained, particularly in bodily function
Q: incontrovertible
Answer: (adj.) not open for dispute or question; (adj.) irrefutable
Q: incredulous
Answer: (adj.) skeptical and disbelieving; (adj.) dubious
Q: inculcate
Answer: (v.) to instill by means of earnest and persistent repetition
Q: indict
Answer: (v.) to officially charge or accuse, particularly in a court of law
Q: inept
Answer: (adj.) unskilled and incompetent
Q: inertia
Answer: (n.) inactivity- specifically in regards to motion
Q: inference
Answer: (n.) a deduction or supposition about someone or something not arrived at through purely logical means
Q: infraction
Answer: (n.) a violation or breech of a rule or contract
Q: iniquitous
Answer: (adj.) characterized by wickedness and/or injustice; (adj.) sinful, immoral
Q: innuendo
Answer: (n.) a subtle suggestion or implication
Q: inordinate
Answer: (adj.) excessive and unwarranted; (adj.) overwhelming
Q: insidious
Answer: (adj.) sinister and dangerous
Q: intrepid
Answer: (adj.) courageous, fearless and brave
Q: intrinsic
Answer: (adj.) essential to the nature of someone or something
Q: inundate
Answer: (v.) to flood or overwhelm in an excessive manner
Q: irreparable
Answer: (adj.) permanent (damage) beyond repair
Q: iterate
Answer: (v.) to utter repeatedly, or in repetition
Q: jaundiced
Answer: (adj.) affected with or colored by jaundice; (adj.) cynical, jaded; (adj.) full of prejudice
Q: jejune
Answer: (adj.) unsophisticated and sophomoric; (adj.) elementary
Q: jeopardy
Answer: (n.) risk of death, loss, harm or injury; (n.) danger
Q: jettison
Answer: (v.) to cast objects overboard in an effort to improve the stability of a moving object; (v.) to throw off something burdensome
Q: jocose
Answer: (adj.) given to joking and humor
Q: judicious
Answer: (adj.) using practical and proper judgment; demonstrating wisdom and/or good judgment
Q: juncture
Answer: (n.) a critical point in time; (n.) a critical or urgent state of affairs, crisis
Q: junta
Answer: (n.) a military-led government
Q: ken
Answer: (n.) knowledge and understanding
Q: kith
Answer: (n.) acquaintances or friends within the same vicinity
Q: kleptomaniac
Answer: (n.) someone consumed by the impulsive need to steal, without economic motivation
Q: lacerate
Answer: (v.) to slash or tear
Q: laconic
Answer: (adj.) terse, brief, to the point, using few words
Q: laggard
Answer: (n.) a straggler or one who lingers
Q: languor
Answer: (n.) lack of energy; sluggishness; (n.) emotional sensitivity
Q: lassitude
Answer: (n.) weariness, lack of energy, exhaustion
Q: latent
Answer: (adj.) present but dormant and concealed
Q: laudatory
Answer: (adj.) admiring; (adj.) expressing of praise
Q: lewd
Answer: (adj.) inclined to lechery and/or vulgar behavior, obscene
Q: liquidate
Answer: (v.) to break up; (v.) to pay a debt; (v.) to close a business; (v.) to exterminate or murder
Q: lissome
Answer: (adj.) physiologically flexible; (adj.) agile
Q: livid
Answer: (adj.) discolored; (adj.) very angry; (adj.) overcome with overwhelming emotion
Q: lope
Answer: (v.) to sprint or scamper
Q: lucent
Answer: (adj.) clear; semi-transparent; (adj.) transparent
Q: lucid
Answer: (adj.) clear and cogent; (adj.) articulate and well-spoken; (adj.) rational, cool-headed
Q: lugubrious
Answer: (adj.) characterized by sadness; (adj.) mournful, dismalluminous: (adj.) radiating or reflecting light, shining; (adj.) brilliant
Q: luster
Answer: (adj.) the state or quality of reflecting light, shine; (adj.) radiance of beauty
Q: machinate
Answer: (v.) to contrive or plot; (v.) to conspire
Q: malediction
Answer: (n.) a curse; (n.) the uttering of a curse
Q: malefactor
Answer: (n.) a person who violates the law; (n.) reprobate
Q: malignant
Answer: (adj.) evil and spiteful, showing ill-will and/or hatred towards others
Q: malingerer
Answer: (v.) to feign illness, particularly in an effort to avoid duty or work
Q: masticate
Answer: (v.) to chew; (v.) to reduce to a pulp by squashing or compressing
Q: mediocre
Answer: (adj.) of moderate or ordinary quality
Q: mellifluous
Answer: (adj.) smoothly flowing; (adj.) sweetened with honey
Q: menial
Answer: (adj.) lowly and degrading, particularly in relation to work; (adj.) servile and submissive
Q: mettle
Answer: (adj.) courage, fortitude
Q: minion
Answer: (n.) a subordinate or underling
Q: misgivings
Answer: (n.) doubts, uncertainties, reservations
Q: mishap
Answer: (n.) an accident, calamity or disaster of an accidental nature
Q: modish
Answer: (adj.) stylish, trendy
Q: morbid
Answer: (adj.) implying an unhealthy state, attitude or interest in death; (adj.) gruesome, grisly
Q: mordant
Answer: (adj.) caustic or sarcastic; (adj.) corrosive
Q: morose
Answer: (adj.) melancholy, gloomy
Q: mulct
Answer: (v.) to defraud or deprive someone of something
Q: munificent
Answer: (adj.) characterized by generosity
Q: mutable
Answer: (adj.) able to be adapted or changed; (adj.) capricious
Q: myriad
Answer: (n.) an indefinite or unlimited number of person or things; (n.) ten thousand
Q: nadir
Answer: (n.) a low point or “rock bottom, in terms of adversity or despair
Q: nauseate
Answer: (v.) to sicken or disgust
Q: nebulous
Answer: (adj.) vague and indefinable
Q: necrology
Answer: (n.) a list of people who have died during a specified time period; (n.) an obituary
Q: nemesis
Answer: (n.) a task a person is unable to conquer; (n.) an archenemy, opponent or rival; (n.) vengeance
Q: neophyte
Answer: (n.) a novice or trainee; (n.) a person newly inducted into or converted into a faith or belief of a religious and/or spiritual nature
Q: nicety
Answer: (n.) a delicate or fine point; (n.) a detail
Q: noisome
Answer: (adj.) offensive or disgusting; (adj.) harmful
Q: novice
Answer: (n.) a beginner or apprentice
Q: noxious
Answer: (adj.) harmful or poisonous in nature; (adj.) characterized by unpleasantness or offensiveness
Q: numismatist
Answer: (adj.) a person who collects money, coin or metals
Q: nurture
Answer: (v.) to feed and protect; (v.) to bring up, educate; (v.) to develop
Q: obsequious
Answer: (adj.) characterized by a servile nature; (adj.)flattering, submissive.
Q: obsession
Answer: (n.) a fixation or passion (Mnemonics: : Ob-session.. In session our mind is completely filled with thoughts and doubts of one particular subject on which session is going on. स्थिर विचार )
Q: obstreperous
Answer: (adj.) hostile and bad-temperedobtrude: (v.) to thrust forward upon a person; (v.) to project or stick out ,(Mnemonic Obtrude = Obt + Rude. It is ‘Rude’ to to impose something such as opinions on other people.), ( Mnemonic Your child is ‘often street per’; so he is spoiled and thus obstreperous)
Q: occult
Answer: (adj.) of or pertaining to magic or astrology and involving secretive supernatural powers; (adj.) mysterious; hidden; (n.) supernatural affairs
Q: odorous
Answer: (adj.) having a distinct odor; (adj.) scented
Q: offal
Answer: (n.) the parts of a butchered animal considered inedible for human beings; (n.) rubbish, garbageolfactory: (adj.) relating to the sense of smell
Q: omniscient
Answer: (adj.) having complete and unlimited knowledge, awareness and understanding
Q: omnivorous
Answer: (adj.) eating both animal and plant based foods
Q: onus
Answer: (n.) a burdensome responsibility; burden of proof
Q: opportunist
Answer: (n.) one who seized prospective opportunities; (n.) pioneer, trailblazer
Q: opprobrious
Answer: (adj.) expressing of disdainful reproach; (adj.) conduct that yields disgrace or infamy
Q: ostensible
Answer: (adj.) apparent and inconspicuous
Q: pacify
Answer: (v.) to bring about or restore a peaceful state of mind; (v.) to appease; (v.) to subdue into submission, particularly by the use of military force
Q: palliate
Answer: (v.) to relieve or lessen; (v.) to mitigate
Q: paltry
Answer: (adj.) measly; (adj.) wretched (नीच) (Tag: Hindi pal means moment in hindi,its very small…so can b neglected when we r wasting hrs on facebook:))
Q: panacea
Answer: (n.) a remedy for all ailments, illnesses or disease; (n.) an answer or solution for all problems(राम – बाण ,IS WORD sound like pan of asia,which suggest remedy for all problems occuring in asia.)
Q: panoply
Answer: (n.) a diverse range or display; (n.) a whole suit of armor; (n.) ceremonial attire(ठाट – बाट, रक्षा)
Q: paradox
Answer: (n.) a statement or circumstance which seems intrinsically self-contradictory; (n.) any person thing or circumstance which displays an inherently contradictory nature
Q: paragon
Answer: (n.) a model or archetype of excellence; (v.) to compare
Q: pariah
Answer: (n.) an outcast; (n.) a person or animal that is overtly avoided
Q: parsimonious
Answer: (adj.) excessively thrifty and economical; (adj.) cheap(किफ़ायती) (Tag: English a person who is not willing to spend money from his purse – Purse = MY money!)
Q: pathos
Answer: (n.) that which invokes and arouses feelings of awe, pity or sorry; (n.) the feeling of pity and arousal
Q: peculation
Answer: (n.) the fraudulent misuse of funds or property entrusted to you but not owned by you; (n.) embezzlementpecuniary: (adj.) of or relating to money ((Tag: hindi) pecu(paise) +la(leke)+ation(station) , i.e. , paise leke station bhaag jaana)
Q: penance
Answer: (n.) a punishment to atone for a sin; an atonement (पछतावा ‘penance’ can be read as ‘pain on us’ what we take as a punishment on ourself for our sins.)perfunctory: (adj.) performed out of routine or duty; (adj.) lacking genuine or sincere interest (PARAI(other’s)+FACTORY – if you are told to take care of somebody else’s factory, you would casually care about it)
Q: perjury
Answer: (n.) the intentional giving of false statements while under sworn oath in a court of law (झूठी गवाही) (per(phir)+jury -> jury ke saamne saach batt sy phir jana)
Q: perspicacious
Answer: (adj.) having acute mental perception and understanding (तीक्ष्ण – बुद्धि,भेदक)
Q: pertinent
Answer: (adj.) relevant and applicable to a situation or set of circumstances (उचित)
Q: petrify
Answer: (v.) to frighten or terrify; (v.) to solidify or turn to stone
Q: philanthropist
Answer: (n.) one who works to bring about the well-being of human kind through charitable donations and/or actions
Q: phobia
Answer: (n.) a specific fear of an object or situation
Q: pillage
Answer: (v.) to plunder and rob; (v.) to take in war as booty
Q: pious
Answer: (adj.) devout in a religious sense; (adj.) self-righteous
Q: piquant
Answer: (adj.) pungent and/or spicy in taste or flavor ( PI+QUANT Quant in GRE is more attracting and delighting than Verbal)
Q: placate
Answer: (v.) to appease or pacify someone
Q: plebeian
Answer: (adj.) common, “blue-collar,” working-class
Q: pommel
Answer: (v.) to beat or strike; (n.) a knob on the hilt of a sword (तलवार की मूठ की घुंडी)
Q: posterity
Answer: (n.) future generations, a person’s descendants (posterity = post + inherity )
Q: prattle
Answer: (v.) to idly chatter or babble (चूं – चूं करना)
Q: precipitate
Answer: (v.) to bring about, lead up to or hasten; (adj.) impulsive, rash (जल्दबाज़)
Q: preponderance
Answer: (n.) a prevalence or predominance (as something having heavy weight, quantity or power)
Q: prestige
Answer: (n.) esteemed status or standing; (n.) reputation
Q: probe
Answer: (v.) to look into and investigate a situation or individual (तहक़ीक़ात)
Q: probity
Answer: (n.) integrity and honor; (n.) decency (ईमानदारी) ( basically this word is taken from latin probus..means honesty)
Q: prodigal
Answer: (adj.) lavish and wasteful; (adj.) uncontrolled
Q: promulgate
Answer: (v.) to make known, particularly one’s opinions or theories; (v.) to publicize; (v.) to publicly teach a doctrine or creed (Prom (promote)+ul+gate. So promoting something out of the gate, i.e. to make known by opening the gate (or opening declaration) to everyone out there.))
Q: propensity
Answer: (n.) a tendency or inclination toward something; (n.) a predisposition
Q: propound
Answer: (v.) to put forward or offer; (v.) to propose or promote
Q: prototype
Answer: (n.) an example or mode; (n.) a trial product
Q: provoke
Answer: (v.) to aggravate, incite or irritate; (v.) to cause or bring about
Q: puerile
Answer: (adj.) childish and immature
Q: pugnacious
Answer: (adj.) characterized by an aggressive and contentious nature
Q: punctilious
Answer: (adj.) meticulous and scrupulous in nature; (adj.) socially correct and proper
Q: purport
Answer: (v.) to assert, claim or declare; to imply or suggest; (n.) significance, importance
Q: putrid
Answer: (adj.) in a state of decay or decomposition; (adj.) rotten; (adj.) rank
Q: quagmire
Answer: (n.) a situation or predicament from which disentanglement proves difficult; (n.) a swamp or marsh (दलदल)
Q: quay
Answer: (n.) a dock or pier constructed along the edge of a body of water
Q: queasy
Answer: (adj.) inclined to or experiencing nausea
Q: quiescent
Answer: (adj.) at rest; (adj.) inactive
Q: quietude
Answer: (n.) tranquility and stillness; (n.) peacefulness
Q: quixotic
Answer: (adj.) idealistic in an unrealistic manner, (adj.) dreamy
Q: ramification
Answer: (n.) a development, consequence or outcome that results from a problem
Q: rancid
Answer: (adj.) sour, rotten (ran+cid..ran(rank)+cid(acid)…rank means bad smell..and a acid which smell bad)
Q: raucous
Answer: (adj.) harsh and strident; wild, (adj.) boisterous
Q: ravage
Answer: (v.) to devastate and destroy;(नाश करना) (v.) to plunder and ransack (लूट)recapitulate: (v.) to repeat in a concise and succinct manner; (v.) to summarize or reiterate
Q: recession
Answer: (n.) a depression or decline
Q: reciprocate
Answer: (v.) to return or give back to
Q: rectify
Answer: (v.) to correct, remedy and/or make right
Q: reek
Answer: (v.) to stink or smell in a foul manner; to show signs of or suggest (n.) a foul stench or smell( ) rhymes with Yak!…bad odour)
Q: refulgent
Answer: (adj.) brilliantly shining and/or gleaming (refulgent sounds like detergent.. use detergent to make things shine)
Q: relinquish
Answer: (v.) to give up or actively surrender
Q: remiss
Answer: (adj.) careless or negligent; (adj.) thoughtless ( re+MISS you miss something because of NEGLIGENCE, CARELESSNESS.)
Q: renunciation
Answer: (adj.) the act of turning away from, rejecting or denying (self denial)
Q: repository
Answer: (n.) a place in which things are safely kept; (n.) a warehouse; (n.) a tomb
Q: reprisal
Answer: (n.) retaliation and/or an act of vengeance
Q: reprobate
Answer: (n.) a degenerate; (n.) a depraved person
Q: resplendent
Answer: (adj.) brilliantly shining and gleaming
Q: retaliate
Answer: (v.) to revenge a wrong; (v.) to counterattack
Q: revelry
Answer: (n.) festivities and celebrations; (n.) partying
Q: reverberate
Answer: (v.) to echo, resound; (v.) to ring
Q: rigor
Answer: (n.) strictness or severity in temperament or action
Q: robust
Answer: (adj.) strong, healthy and hearty in physical condition
Q: rococo
Answer: (adj.) ornate, decorative
Q: ruddy
Answer: (adj.) reddish or rosy
Q: rustic
Answer: (adj.) rural, country; pastoral
Q: sacrilegious
Answer: (adj.) expressing of irreverence toward what is held sacred
Q: sagacious
Answer: (adj.) showing keen discernment and exemplary judgment
Q: salient
Answer: (adj.) prominent, markedly conspicuous
Q: salubrious
Answer: (adj.) favorable to and fostering of body and/or mind health
Q: salutary
Answer: (adj.) beneficial, constructive
Q: sangfroid
Answer: (n.) coolness and composure, especially amidst trying and challenging circumstances
Q: sanguine
Answer: (adj.) confident and optimistic, upbeat
Q: sardonic
Answer: (adj.) characterized by a scornful and derisive attitude or nature
Q: satiate
Answer: (v.) to supply in excess, (v.) to more than fully satisfy ( I SAT & ATE till I was full)
Q: scrupulous
Answer: (adj.) characterized by a conscientious and meticulous nature
Q: seethe
Answer: (v.) to churn, boil; (v.) to fume or boil with rage; (v.) to teem, swarm
Q: sequester
Answer: (v.) to remove or withdraw into solitude; (v.) to remove or separate
Q: serrated
Answer: (adj.) possessing a jagged or saw-like edge
Q: shoal
Answer: (n.) a place in which a body of water is shallow; any large number of people or things (v.) to cause to become shallow
Q: simulate
Answer: (v.) to create a model, representation or recreation of
Q: skeptic
Answer: (n.) one characterized by a cynical and doubting nature
Q: skimp
Answer: (v.) to sparingly withhold
Q: slander
Answer: (n.) defamation; words falsely spoken that damage someone’s reputation
Q: sloth
Answer: (n.) laziness and apathy, a disinclination toward work
Q: slough
Answer: (n.) the out layer of the skin; (v.) to shed or cast off
Q: smattering
Answer: (n.) a superficial knowledge of something
Q: somatic
Answer: (adj.) of or related to the body, physical
Q: sophomoric
Answer: (adj.) immature or overconfident and conceitedspate: (n.) a sudden outpouring or overwhelm
Q: specious
Answer: (adj.) false, bogus
Q: squalid
Answer: (adj.) unclean to the degree of filth; (adj.) seedy or immoral
Q: squander
Answer: (v.) to waste or throw away
Q: stalemate
Answer: (n.) a situation in which further action is obstructed and not possible
Q: stigma
Answer: (n.) a mark or token of infamy; (n.) disgrace and dishonor
Q: stipend
Answer: (n.) a periodic payment or schedule of fixed paystupor: (n.) a daze or state of unconsciousness
Q: stymie
Answer: (v.) to present an obstacle, to stand in the way of
Q: subversive
Answer: (adj.) undermining; dissident or rebellious, particularly against an established authority or government
Q: succinct
Answer: (adj.) brief, concise and to the point
Q: sully
Answer: (v.) to smear and dishonor; (v.) to pollute or contaminate
Q: sumptuous
Answer: (adj.) luxurious and costly, (adj.) extravagant
Q: supersede
Answer: (v.) to replace in power or authority; to surpass
Q: surmise
Answer: (v.) to infer or guess without conclusive evidence
Q: surreptitious
Answer: (adj.) sly, sneaky and covert
Q: swathe
Answer: (v.) to wrap or enfold; (n.) a strip, ribbon or band
Q: swelter
Answer: (v.) to suffer from excessive and overbearing heat
Q: symmetry
Answer: (n.) balance and proportion
Q: synchronous
Answer: (adj.) occurring at the same time, simultaneous
Q: taciturn
Answer: (adj.) characterized by a reserved and quiet nature, uncommunicative
Q: tactile
Answer: (adj.) tangible and concrete
Q: tantalize
Answer: (v.) to torment and/or torture ; (v.) to excite or entice
Q: tantamount
Answer: (adj.) equivalent in value and/or force
Q: taut
Answer: (adj.) tight, rigid and staff; (adj.) tense, worried
Q: tedium
Answer: (n.) the quality or state of being worrisome
Q: temporal
Answer: (adj.) chronological and sequential; (adj.) earthly and secular
Q: tenebrous
Answer: (adj.) dark or gloomy
Q: tenet
Answer: (n.) an opinion, principle or doctrine
Q: tepid
Answer: (adj.) lukewarm, halfhearted; moderate
Q: terrestrial
Answer: (adj.) earthly and worldly
Q: testy
Answer: (adj.) bad-tempered, crotchety, touchy
Q: throes
Answer: (n.) a violent spasm or pain; (n.) a condition of agonizing struggle
Q: timidity
Answer: (adj.) lacking in self-assurance or courage; (n.) nervousness and apprehensiveness
Q: timorous
Answer: (adj.) fearful
Q: titillate
Answer: (v.) to excite or arouse; (v.) to tickle by lightly strokingtome: (v.) a book or volume
Q: toxic
Answer: (adj.) of or relating to a poisonous and potentially lethal nature
Q: translucent
Answer: (adj.) transparent; (adj.) easily understood
Q: travail
Answer: (n.) a painfully difficult and burdensome work
Q: trek
Answer: (v.) to make a slow and steady journey; (n.) a hike or walk
Q: trepidation
Answer: (n.) fear, apprehension; disquiet
Q: troth
Answer: (n.) faithfulness and fidelity; (n.) truth or verity
Q: truncate
Answer: (adj.) terminating abruptly by having an end or cut off point; (v.) to approximate by ignoring all terms aside from an elect one; to shorten or abbreviate
Q: turbid
Answer: (adj.) muddy due to sediment or foreign particles; (adj.) heavy, dark or dense; (adj.) in a state of turmoil
Q: turpitude
Answer: (n.) vile and baseless depravity; (n.) a base act
Q: ubiquitous
Answer: (adj.) existing or being everywhere at the same time; (adj.) omnipresent
Q: umbrage
Answer: (n.) a feeling of anger, usually caused by offense; (n.) indignation
Q: unanimity
Answer: (adj.) complete agreement and accord
Q: uncanny
Answer: (adj.) unsettling in an eerie and mysterious way; (adj.) mysterious, creepy
Q: unconscionable
Answer: (adj.) not restrained by good morals or scruples
Q: unearth
Answer: (v.) to bring up out of the earth; (v.) to dig up
Q: unfeigned
Answer: (adj.) sincere and genuine
Q: ungainly
Answer: (adj.) ungraceful and awkward; (adj.) clumsy
Q: unison
Answer: (adj.) in perfect accord
Q: unseemly
Answer: (adj.) not in accordance with acceptable standards or good taste; (adj.) markedly improper
Q: unsullied
Answer: (adj.) unblemished, untarnished, pure and immaculate
Q: upbraid
Answer: (v.) to criticize or scold
Q: usury
Answer: (n.) the lending or practice of money at exorbitant interest
Q: vacuous
Answer: (adj.) lacking contents; (adj.) lacking in intelligence or capacity
Q: vagary
Answer: (n.) an unexpected and/or unpredictable action or behavior
Q: vapid
Answer: (adj.) (: Rapid eating will )lacking in life or flavor; (adj.) flat, dull
Q: vegetate
Answer: (v.) to grow or sprout; (v.) to exist in a state of inactivity
Q: vehement
Answer: (adj.) zealous and ardent; (adj.) strongly emotional
Q: venerable
Answer: (adj.) deserving and worthy of respect by virtue of position, age, character or position; (adj.) worthy of reverence, within a religious context
Q: verbose
Answer: (adj.) wordy and long-winded; (adj.) garrulous
Q: versatile
Answer: (adj.) capable of and competent in multi-tasking or displaying of multi-talents; (adj.) varied, changeable
Q: vestige
Answer: (n.) a trace, mark or indication; (n.) evidence
Q: viable
Answer: (adj.) capable of life and development; (adj.) feasible and practical
Q: victuals
Answer: (n.) food supplies (fit for human consumption)
Q: vindictive
Answer: (adj.) malicious, bitter, mean or cruel
Q: vitiate
Answer: (v.) to impair or reduce the quality of
Q: vivacious
Answer: (adj.) lively and full of spiritedness
Q: volition
Answer: (n.) the act of making a willful and conscious decision; (n.) a conscious choice; (n.) the will
Q: vouchsafe
Answer: (v.) to grant in a condescending method
Q: wane
Answer: (v.) to decrease in strength or intensity; to draw to a close; (n.) a gradual decrease or decline; the waning of the moon
Q: wanton
Answer: (adj.) willful and unprovoked; (adj.) immoral; (adj.) merciless; (adj.) excessively (adj.) unrestrained; (adj.) playful; (adj.) spoiled
Q: welkin
Answer: (n.) sky
Q: welter
Answer: (v.) to heave, roll or toss; to lie bathed in; (n.) a flurry or muddle
Q: whorl
Answer: (v.) to spiral or twist
Q: witticism
Answer: (n.) a witty remark or message
Q: wraith
Answer: (n.) an apparition or phantom
Q: wreak
Answer: (v.) to inflict vengeance upon a person; (v.) to punish; (v.) to vent; (v.) to bring about( wreak sounds like break..so if you break somebody head…you will definately be inflicted some punishment)
Q: xenophobe
Answer: (n.) a person who is afraid of foreigners and their customs
Q: yank
Answer: (v.) to abruptly pull with a strong movement; (v.) to jerk
Q: yelp
Answer: (v.) to utter a quick and sharp cry, as a result of pain
Q: zeal
Answer: (n.) passion for a person, cause or desire; (n.) fervor
Q: zenith
Answer: (n.) a peak or summit; (n.) the highest point or station