Friday, 9 June 2017
Important English Vocabulary For Competitive Exams
Subject knowledge
is important for the competitive exams preparations or for your personal
improvement; English Vocabulary Words enhances your English skills.
1. Ambulate
Meaning: (verb)
walk; ramble; step; to move about from place to place.
Sentence: I will
ambulate across the entire country.
2. Comport
Meaning: (verb)
conform; act; conduct; behave in a certain manner- especially a good manner.
Sentence: Students
who comport well will be rewarded.
3. Rectitude
Meaning: (noun)
goodness; honor; decency; thinking or being morally right.
Sentence: Everyone
liked him because of his rectitude and loyalty.
4. Callow
Meaning: (adj)
inexperienced; naive; immature; being ignorant about the world because of
youth.
Sentence: The girl
was callow when she started her business, but now she learned a lot.
5. Finite
Meaning: (adj)
fixed; definite; restricted; something limited in number.
Sentence: There
are a finite number of answers.
6. Potentate
Meaning: (noun)
despot; ruler; monarch; a person with great power and absolute authority.
Sentence: He was a
potentate but he soon became kind and generous.
7. Reproof
Meaning: (noun)
object; reprimand; criticize; a statement that accuses someone.
Sentence: The
letter was a stern reproof of his bad deeds.
8. Sardonic
Meaning: (adj)
sarcastic; mocking; scathing; being scornful in a funny but sneering way.
Sentence: He was
mean and insulting while he wore a sardonic smile.
9. Risible
Meaning: (adj)
something that makes you laughs.
Sentence: The boy
wore a risible costume and everyone laughed.
10. Juxtapose
Meaning: (verb) to
put things close together to see the differences.
Sentence: When you
juxtapose the shirts I can see which is nicer.
11. Culpable
Meaning: (adj)
Blameworthy
Sentence: The
person who encourages another to commit a crime is as *culpable* as a person
who is committing the crime.
12. Sectarian
Meaning: (adj)
denoting or concerning a particular sect or sects.
Sentence: Even to
this day, *sectarian* differences affect the political views deeply
13. Intrepid
Meaning: (adj)
Fearless
Sentence: Escaping
from the prison is an *intrepid* action.
14. Eponymous
Meaning:
(adj) named after a particular person.
Sentence: Most of
the cutleries are *eponymous* of famous chefs and cooks in reality shows.
15. Subterfuge
Meaning: (noun) a
tricky action or device
Sentence: She
employed a very clever *subterfuge* to get the information she needed.
16. Intransigence
Meaning: (noun)
Stubbornness
Sentence: The ban
on porn in India was a display of *Intransigence*, according to some people.
17. Solipsistic
Meaning: (adj)
Highly egocentric
Sentence: Few
people view Facebook as a simply *solipsistic* forum.
18. Conflate
Meaning: (verb)
confuse or combine into a whole
Sentence: We never
know what caused Victor Deka to *conflate* one person from another in his tweets.
19. Sovereignty
Meaning: (noun)
Supreme power or authority.
Sentence: Ukraine
will not settle its conflicts with Russia until it regains full *sovereignty*
over crimes.
20. Gentrification
Meaning: (verb)
Displacement of the poor by the affluent
Sentence: Spike
Lee has denounced the *gentrification* in neighborhoods such as Fort Greene.
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