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Aberration

Unusual and unacceptable, oddness, deviation from standard, irregularity. For example, He was not normal at that time. His act was aberrational.

Abstruse

Hidden, difficult to understand, deep

Accumulation

Gather, collect

Acrimonious

Angry and bitter feelings / words

Affection

Love

Affront

To insult

Aggravate

To make worse

Alleviate

To make sth less severe. Synonym: Ease

Ameliorate

Improve

Amenable

Agreeable

Anomaly

Irregularity. For example, A man ordered 5kg rice, but the shopkeeper sent 4kg. So, there is anomaly in supply.

Apart

Away, separate, distant

Archipelago

A group of islands. Few islands make archipelago.

Argumentative

A person who argues, Not willing to obey something

Arrogant

Behaving in a proudy way, that is unpleasant for others, Considering oneself superior than others

Auspicious

Favorable, Likely to be successful, Promising

Baleful

Harmful and damaging

Beget

To make sth happen, cause to exist

Bevy

Large group

Brook

Tolerate

Cacophony

A mixture of unpleasant sounds, noise

Cajole

Deceive. Synonym: Coax

Candid

Honest, saying as it is. (2) A candid photo is one that is taken without knowledge of the person

Capricious

Shaky, uncertain

Carnivorous

Any animal that eats meat

Cautious

Careful in what you say or do

Chary

Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Wary

Chide

To criticize or blame somebody because they have done something wrong

Coax

Deceive. Synonym: Cajole

Congnizant

Aware

Compliant

(1) Willing or ready to obey. Synonym: Submissive. (2) Agreement

Concealed

Hidden, difficult to understand, deep

Confront

To face

Conjoin

Join together

Consensus

Agreement

Console

to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed

Consul

A government official who is the representative of his/her country in a foreign city

Contraction

becoming smaller

Council

Ruling body, committee

Counsel

(1). advice (2). Lawyer on behalf of somebody

Crestfallen

Sad and disappointed

Curtail

To limit something OR to shorten something

Deleterious

harmful and damaging

Demise

Death

Deteriorate

To become worse. Antonym: Improve

Detraction

Making something less good/enjoyable/important

Disavow

Deny

Distraction

Disturbance

Doctrine

Established belief

Doting

Liking/Loving something very much

Elected

Drawn from many sources, wisely chosen

Elated

Very happy and excited

Eminent

Famous

Enamoured

Liking something a lot

Enigma

A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Mystery, Riddle

Entail

To involve something that cannot be avoided

Erudite

Deeply learned, Scholarly learned

Euphony

Pleasant sounds

Evanescent

Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting

Evasive

Wordy, Not up to the point, using too much words than necessary

Exigent

Urgent

Fallow

Not used

Feckless

Careless

Feeble

Weak, Inefficient

Fleeting

Disappearing quickly, short lived

Foe

Enemy

Fond

Liking/Loving sb/sth

Frightened

Afraid, feeling of fear

Gloomy

Sad and without hope, No hope of success or happiness in future

Herbivorous

Any animal that eats only plants

Hone

(1) To sharp, sharpen. (2) To develop and improve sth

Imminent

About to happen

Impartial

Neutral

Impecunious

Poor, penny less

Indifferent

not interested OR no concern

Integrity

(1) Honesty (2) Whole, Not divided

Intrinsic

Inherent, belonging to sb/sth

Later

At a time in future. Antonym: Earlier

Levy

Government taxes

Melancholy

A deep feeling of sadness, very sad

Mercy

A kind and forgiving attitude

Minatory

Threatening

Morose

Extremely sad, depressed. Synonym: Gloomy

Mulish

Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion

Mystery

A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Enigma, Riddle

Naive

(1) Inexperienced, Lacking knowledge. (2) Innocent and simple

Narrate

Tell

Neophyte

Beginner

Nepotism

Favoritism

Obstinate

Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Stubborn

Offensive

rude and annoying

Pragmatic

Practical

Precede

Before, happen before of sth

Probity

Honesty

Ratify

to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or signing it

Ravenous

Starving, extremely hungry

Skeptical

Unbelievable

Static

Not moving

Strut

Walk proudly

Stubborn