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Q. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning
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Allude
1. Mention
2. Unaware
3. Ill- mannered
4. Absurd
Answer (1)
Q. Which of the following word means "A strong negative reaction by many people"?
1. Boon
2. Backlash
3. Triumph
4. Smash
Answer (2)
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Sr. No. Words Meanings & Synonyms Usage

1. Abide Obey, Observe, Follow She said she would abide by the
decision.
2. Abjure Renounce, Relinquish, Reject He was compelled to abjure his
errors and was sentenced to
imprisonment.
3. Acrimony Bitterness, Rancour, The dispute continued with
Resentment, Ill feeling increased acrimony.
4. Adequate Satisfactory or acceptable in This office is perfectly adequate for
quality or quantity; my start-up.
Sufficient, Enough, Ample,
Requisite
5. Adherence Attachment or commitment to Your adherence to your diet is very
a person, cause, or belief important if you are a diabetic
patient.
6. Advisory Having or consisting in the The finance commission acts in
power to make an advisory capacity.
recommendations but not to
act enforcing them;
Consultative, Consulting,
Counselling
7. Affluent Having a great deal of money; The affluent societies of the
Wealthy, Rich, Prosperous, western world engaged themselves
Opulent in charity work.
8. Aggression Feelings of anger or antipathy The Prime Minister called for an
resulting in hostile or violent end to foreign aggression against
behaviour; his country.
Hostility
9. Agitation The arousing of public concern There was a
about an issue and pressing widespread agitation for social
for action on it; reform in that country.
Stirring, Fighting, Struggling
10. Agnostic Having Doubts about (God). Vijay had an agnostic view about
sceptic, doubter the idea of Super-humans.
11. Allay Diminish or put at rest; The report attempted to educate
Reduce, Diminish, the public and allay their fears.
Decrease, Lessen,
12. Allude Suggest or call attention to We will allude briefly to the main
indirectly; Suggest, Mention points.
13. Ally A person or organization that The debate on the role of rich
cooperates with or helps countries in waste generation
another in a particular activity continued among NATO allies.
Associate, Colleague,
Friend, Confederate, Partner
14. Ambiguity The quality of being open to We can detect no ambiguity in this
more than one interpretation; section of the Act of the
Parliament.
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Inexactness, Ambivalence,
Equivocation
15. Amendment Revision, Alteration, Change, The party is pressing for
Modification an amendment to existing bail
laws.
16. Anticipate Expect, Foresee, Predict The Intelligence agency failed
to anticipate a full-scale invasion.
17. Apathy Lack of interest, enthusiasm, There is a
or concern; Indifference widespread apathy among
students towards the electoral
politics.
18. Appropriate Suitable, Proper, Fitting This isn’t the appropriate time or
place to discuss such matters.
19. Appropriation Allocation, setting aside; Seize, He was charged for his
Hijack dishonest appropriation of the
property.
20. Arbitrary Based on random choice or The CEO made
personal whim, rather than an arbitrary decision.
any reason or system;
Capricious, Whimsical,
Random, Chance, Erratic
21. Avert Turn away one’s eyes or She averted her eyes while we
thoughts; made stilted conversation.
Prevent, Stop, Avoid
22. Backlash A strong negative reaction by The public backlash against the
many people; Comeback, policy will be seen in the upcoming
Recoil elections.
23. Belligerence Hostile and Aggressive The Boss’s mood at the meeting
was belligerent.
24. Bloated Swollen with fluid or gas; His neighbour has a bloated,
Inflated, Enlarged unshaven face.
25. Bolster Support or; Reinforce They bolstered the seats for a more
comfortable ride.
26. Breakthrough A sudden, dramatic, and The scientist was awarded the
important discovery or Nobel prize for his breakthrough
development discovery.
27. Brew Make beer by soaking, boiling, Just within five years the company
and fermentation; Ferment will brew as much beer in China as
in Australia.
28. Calibrated Marked with a scale of The scientist developed
readings; a calibrated radiocarbon date
Correlated with those of a range.
standard
29. Cessation Ending, Termination, Stopping, The cessation of hostilities by army
Halting provided a great relief.
30. Chutzpah Extreme self-confidence or Love him or hate him, you have to
audacity admire his chutzpah.
31. Cite refer to a passage, book, or Ajay was glad that his tweet was
author as evidence. cited in the news report.
Note, Indicate
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32. Clamour a loud and confused noise. The PM was unable to make his
uproar, tumult. because of the of the opposition
MPs.
33. Cobble Scribble, Improvise, Devise The film was imperfectly cobbled
together from two separate stories.
34. Coexistence The state or fact of living or What is needed today is
existing at the same time or in peaceful coexistence.
the same place
35. Cohesive The state of cohering or Each party was formerly a cohesive
sticking together; unit.
Connection. Consistency
36. Collusion Secret or illegal cooperation or The locals were working
conspiracy in order to deceive in collusion with drug traffickers.
others; Conspiracy,
Connivance, Complicity
37. Commendable Deserving praise; He showed commendable vigour
Admirable, Praiseworthy, while completing his project.
Laudable
38. Complexity The state or quality of being Security issues are of
intricate or complicated; great complexities.
Complication, Problem,
Difficulty
39. Compliance The action or fact of All imports of timber are
complying with a wish or in compliance with regulations.
command;
Acquiescence, Agreement,
Assent
40. Condemn Express complete disapproval Most world leaders
of; roundly condemned the attack.
Censure, Criticize, Castigate
41. Confront Face up to and deal with a Usually the best thing you can do in
problem or difficulty; an embarrassing situation is
Address, Face to confront it.
42. Convention A way in which something is Following the age-old convention,
usually done the champions were given a guard
Custom, Practice of honour.
43. Convoy A group of ships or vehicles There was a traffic jam on the
travelling together; highway due to a convoy of lorries.
Group, Fleet, Cavalcade
44. Convulsions a violent social or political The lack of jobs could lead to bigger
upheaval. convulsions in the country.
Turmoil, Agitation
45. Dampener A thing that has a restraining Netflix and booze, are those
or subduing effect twin dampeners of the
revolutionary spirit.
46. Decolonise Withdraw from a colony, Spain seems in no hurry
leaving it independent to decolonise those lands.
47. Defuse Remove the fuse from an The recent scheme teaches officers
explosive device in order to how to defuse potentially explosive
prevent it from exploding; situations.
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Make a situation less tense or

dangerous;
Reduce, Diminish
48. Déjà vu A feeling of having already I am having a feeling of déjà vu
experienced the present after listening to this story.
situation
49. Denounce Publicly declare to be wrong The assembly denounced the mob
or evil; Condemn, Criticize lynching that happened yesterday.
50. Deprive Prevent a person or place The city was deprived of its water
from having or using supplies.
something;
Dispossess, Strip, Divest
51. Despotic Authoritarian, Dictatorial, The despotic regime ended after
Totalitarian, Autocratic the nationalist movement.
52. Destitute Extremely poor; Penniless, His charity cares
Impoverished, Poverty- for destitute children.
stricken
53. Detention The action of detaining Fifteen people arrested after the
someone; riots are still in police detention.
Custody, Imprisonment
54. Deterrence The action of discouraging an Nuclear missiles remain the
action or event through main deterrence against possible
instilling doubt or fear of the aggression.
consequences
55. Dilemma A situation in which a difficult The insoluble dilemma of
choice has to be made adolescence is difficult to manage.
between two or more
alternatives;
Quandary, Predicament,
Difficulty
56. Diligence Careful and persistent work or Few party members challenged
effort; his diligence as an MP.
Conscientiousness
57. Diplomatic Ambassadorial, Consular, Diplomatic relations with Britain
Foreign-policy, Political were broken.
58. Disapproval Possession or expression of an I replied with a hint
unfavourable opinion; of disapproval in my voice.
Disapprobation, Dislike
59. Disastrous Causing great damage. The latest earthquake is proving to
Detrimental, Adverse be disastrous for the flora and
fauna of the region
60. Discontent Dissatisfaction with one’s Voters voiced discontent with both
circumstances; lack of the political parties.
contentment; Unhappiness,
Displeasure
61. Discord Disagreement between She had a prosperous family who
people; showed no signs of discord.
Conflict, Friction, Hostility
62. Dismissive Feeling or showing that The local Government’s theory
something is unworthy of is dismissive of the need to control
consideration; local spending.
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Disdainful, Scornful
63. Disposition A person’s inherent qualities His jovial disposition saved him
of mind and character; from unpopularity.
Tendency, Temperament,
Nature
64. Disquiet A feeling of worry or unease; Public disquiet about animal
Worry, Anxiety testing grew after the new
medicines were supposed to be
tested on animals.
65. Disruption Disturbance or problems The scheme was planned to
which interrupt an event, minimize disruption in the existing
activity, or process; schemes.
Interference
66. Disseminated spread something, especially The news of the surgical strike
information widely; quickly disseminated through-out
Distribute, Circulate the country through social media.
67. Dissent Disagreement, Argument, Two of the
Dispute members dissented from the
majority opinion.
68. Dissident A person who opposes official A dissident had been jailed by the
policy; Dissenter, Objector, military regime.
Protester
69. Dissuade Persuade someone not to take His friends tried to dissuade him
a particular course of action; from taking up a new job.
Discourage, Deter, Prevent
70. Distort Twist, Warp, Contort Many factors were responsible in
the distortion of the results.
71. Dominant Having power and influence The products of the company are
over others; now in an even more dominant
Ruling, Governing, Controlling, position in the market.
Commanding
72. Downgrade Demote, Lower, Lower in Some jobs had gradually
status been downgraded from skilled to
semi-skilled.
73. Ebbed Gradually decrease. As the water level of the lake
diminish, wane ebbed after the flood, people were
able to see the stone structure
again.
74. Errant Erring or straying from the Errant travellers never use the map
accepted course or standards; provided to them.
75. Escalatory To increase or be increased in Prices of food articles escalated
extent because of inflation.
76. Espouse Adopt or support a cause, She espoused the causes of justice
belief, or way of life; Adopt, and freedom for the members of
Embrace the group.
77. Evade Escape or Avoid She evaded the questions asked to
her the media.
78. Eviction The action of expelling The forced eviction of residents by
someone from a property; the builders was condemned
Expulsion widely.
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79. Evolve Develop gradually; The company has evolved into a

Progress major chemical manufacturer.
80. Exaggeration Overstatement, He tends to exaggerate when
Overemphasis, Magnification, talking about his accomplishments.
Amplification
81. Exemption Immunity, Exception, Electric vehicles may qualify
Dispensation for exemption from tax.
82. Exigency An urgent need or demand; Women worked long hours when
Requirement, Want the exigencies of the family
economy demanded it
83. Exile The state of being barred from The leader knew by now that he
one’s native country; would die in exile.
Banishment, Expulsion
84. Fissures Opening, Crevice, Crack The bacteria survive around vents
or fissures in the deep ocean floor.
85. Flattering full of praise and He tried to win over the new boss
compliments. by flattering him throughout the
Fawning, Ingratiating day
86. Forebode Act as an advance warning of Meteorologists forebode the bad
something bad; Foretell, weather, but their prediction was a
Forecast, Predict lot milder than the actual storm.
87. Fraudulent Obtained, done by, or Her father was involved
involving deception, especially in fraudulent share dealing.
criminal deception;
Dishonest
88. Furlough Leave of absence, especially Employee furloughs are mandatory
that granted to a member of time off work with no pay.
the services or a missionary
89. Gainful Serving to increase wealth or She soon found gainful
resources; providing money or employment.
other benefit;
Profitable
90. Gambit An act or remark that is His resignation from the company
calculated to gain an was a tactical gambit.
advantage;
Stratagem, Machination,
Scheme, Plan, Tactic
91. Ghastly Terrible, Frightful, Horrible, There was a ghastly terrorist attack
Grim, Awful on the Indian army.
92. Glitch Error, Defect The draft version of the
presentation was lost in a
computer glitch.
93. Grievance Injustice, Offence, Disservice Three pilots have filed grievances
against the aircraft company.
94. Habituate Make or become accustomed Bears become habituated to
or used to something; people very easily.
Accustom
95. Hamstrung Severely restrict the efficiency The Government Machinery was
or effectiveness of. hamstrung because of the lack of
handicap, constrain funds.
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96. Harassment Aggressive pressure or The girls face daily harassment and
intimidation; assault on the streets outside the
Persecution, Annoyance college.
97. Heinous Of a person or wrongful act, A battery of heinous crimes were
especially a crime utterly committed by the terrorist groups.
odious or wicked;
Evil, Atrocious, Monstrous
98. High-handedness Having or showing no regard She’s always so arrogant and high-
for the rights, concerns, or handed in her dealings with
feelings of others; people.
Arbitrary, Overbearing
99. Hitherto Until now or until the point in Hitherto the large bill for electric
time under discussion energy has debarred the general
use of electrical heating
100. Hostage A person seized or held as More than fifty people were
security for the fulfilment of a held hostage by armed rebels.
condition;
Captive, Prisoner
101. Hostilities Hostile behaviour; The Germans hostilities towards
unfriendliness or opposition, the Asians can be clearly seen.
Bitterness, Malevolence
102. Humane Having or showing compassion Regulations ensuring the humane
or benevolence; treatment of animals will be issued
Compassionate, Kind soon.
103. Illicit Forbidden by law, rules, or Illicit drugs were found in the
custom; hostel room.
Illegal, Unlawful, Illegitimate
104. Immediate Instant, On-the-spot, Prompt, The authorities took
Swift, Speedy no immediate action against the
defaulters.
105. Imminent About to happen; They were in imminent danger of
Close, Near, Approaching being swept away by the sand
dunes.
106. Impatience The tendency to be impatient; She crumpled up the pages of the
Restlessness, Frustration book in a burst of impatience.
107. Implication The conclusion that can be The development of the site will
drawn from something have implications for the
although it is not explicitly surrounding countryside.
stated; Suggestion, Inference,
Consequence
108. Inaccessible Unreachable, Isolated, We were stuck in a remote
Remote and inaccessible cave.
109. Inadequacy Lack of the quantity or quality The inadequacy of the stringent
required; Insufficiency, norms on pollution caused
Deficiency widespread violations especially by
the leather industries.
110. Inalienable Not subject to being taken The shareholders of the company
away from or given away by have the inalienable right to
the possessor; dismiss directors.
Inviolable, Absolute
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111. Indefensible Not justifiable by argument; This behaviour is

Inexcusable morally indefensible whatsoever
be the case.
112. Indictment a formal charge or accusation The Government moved quickly to
of a serious crime. file the indictment of Vijay Mallya.
accusation, arraignment
113. Inevitable Certain to happen; War between the two countries
unavoidable; Inescapable was inevitable in that situation.
114. Inexcusable Too bad to be justified or Mohan’s behaviour in the meeting
tolerated; was inexcusable.
Indefensible, Unjustifiable
115. Inexplicably In a way that cannot be Many crucial documents
explained or accounted for had inexplicably disappeared just
before the investigation.
116. Institutionalise Establish a practice or activity The scientist institutionalised the
as a convention or norm in an practice of collaborative research
organization or culture on a grand scale in the
organization.
117. Integrity the quality of being honest The value his integrity more than
and having strong moral his life.
principles.
Honour, Honesty
118. Intervention The action or process of A high degree of
intervening; state intervention in the economy
Involvement, Intercession cannot be tolerated.
119. Intimidation The action of intimidating The convicts intimidated witnesses
someone; and jurors of the murder case.
Frightening, Menacing,
Terrifying
120. Jeopardise Put someone or something A devaluation of the Indian Rupee
into a situation in which there would jeopardise India’s position in
is a danger of loss, harm, or the financial markets.
failure;
Threaten, Endanger, Imperil
121. Jigsaw A puzzle consisting of a picture He helped the police put all the
printed on cardboard or wood pieces of the jigsaw like case
and cut into various pieces of together.
different shapes that must be
fitted together
122. Jingoism Extreme patriotism, especially The wave of popular jingoism that
aggressive swept the lower-middle classes.
123. Jurisdiction The official power to make The lower court cannot give
legal decisions and judgement; decisions on cases which are out of
Authority, Control, Power its jurisdiction.
124. Justifiable With good reason; valid, The project is not
legitimate financially justifiable.
125. Kafkaesque characteristic or reminiscent The British rendered Kafkaesque
of the oppressive or treatment to the natives to expand
nightmarish qualities of Franz their control.
Kafka’s fictional world.
Oppressive, nightmarish
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126. Kosher Genuine and Legitimate They consulted lawyers to make

sure everything was kosher.
127. Lapse A brief or temporary failure of A lapse of concentration in the
concentration, memory, or second innings cost her the match.
judgement;
Failure, Slip, Error, Mistake,
Blunder, Fault, Omission,
Oversight, Negligence
128. Launder Conceal the origins of money We began to notice attempts
obtained illegally; to launder the data.
Alter information to make it
appear more acceptable
129. Lax Not sufficiently strict, severe, Lax security arrangements at the
or careful; airport can lead to a security
Slack, Slipshod, Negligent breach.
130. Legitimacy Conformity to the law or to Naxalites refused to recognize
rules the legitimacy of both the central
and state governments.
131. Lynching Kill someone for an alleged Her father was lynched by the mob
offence without a legal trial for a crime he didn’t commit.
132. Majoritarian Governed by or believing in Supreme Court is a guardian of our
decision by a majority liberties from
ordinary majoritarian politics.
133. Majoritarian Governed by or believing in Supreme Court as a guardian of our
decision by a majority liberties distanced itself from
ordinary majoritarian politics.
134. Manhandling Handle someone roughly by The director was manhandled by
dragging or pushing; the officers outside his office.
Push, Pull
135. Mollify Appease, Placate, Pacify Natural reserves were set up
around the power stations
to mollify local conservationists
136. Money- The concealment of the The official was convicted
Laundering origins of illegally obtained of money-laundering and tax
money, typically by means of evasion.
transfers involving foreign
banks or legitimate businesses
137. Multi-Pronged Having several distinct aspects The company’s multi-pronged
or elements approach has paid off in the form
of huge revenues.
138. Obviate Remove a need or difficulty; A parachute is used to obviate
Preclude, Prevent, Remove disaster.
139. Opaque not able to be seen through; As the Window glasses were
not transparent. opaque, Shyam was not able to see
cloudy, blurred through.
140. Opportune Of a time especially She couldn’t have arrived at a
convenient or appropriate for less opportune moment.
a particular action or event;
Auspicious, propitious,
favourable
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141. Opportunism The taking of opportunities as The chief minister was accused of
and when they arise; political opportunism.
Expediency, Exploitation
142. Opportunistic Exploiting immediate He is a fearless opportunist who
opportunities has always wanted to be a god
143. Ostensible Stated or appearing to be The ostensible reason for his
true, but not necessarily so; absence was illness.
Apparent, Seeming
144. Ought Used to indicate duty or They ought to respect the law.
correctness; Must, Need
145. Paradigm A typical example or pattern Society’s paradigm of the “ideal
of something; woman” should change now.
Model, Pattern, Example,
Standard, Prototype,
Archetype
146. Partisan A strong supporter of a party, Gandhiji was a partisan of non-
cause, or person; Follower, violence.
adherent
147. Peddle Try to sell by going from place He peddled printing materials
to place; Offer, Market around the country.
148. Persuade induce (someone) to do It was Ajay’s responsibility to
something through reasoning persuade Vijay to come for the
or argument. Trip.
Convince, tempt
149. Persuasion The action or process of Monica needed plenty
persuading someone or of of persuasion before she left.
being persuaded to do or
believe something; Convincing
150. Petition A formal written request, The members of the society were
typically one signed by many asked to sign a petition against
people plans to build on the local playing
fields.
151. Pivot Centre, Focus; Depend, Hinge, The government’s
Turn reaction pivoted on the response
of the Prime Minister.
152. Placate Make someone less angry or The Management attempted
hostile; to placate the students with
Pacify, Calm promises.
153. Plebiscite The direct vote of all the The administration will hold
members of an electorate on a plebiscite for the approval of
an important public question constitutional reforms.
such as a change in the
constitution;
Vote, Referendum, Ballot, Poll
154. Plenary Unqualified; Religious crusaders were offered
Absolute, Unconditional, a plenary indulgence by the Pope.
Unlimited
155. Plethora A large or excessive amount of We were given a plethora of
something; choices.
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156. Pluralistic Relating to a system of
thought that recognizes more
than one ultimate principle
157. Polarise Divide or cause to divide into
two sharply contrasting
groups or sets of opinions or
beliefs; Separate, Divide.
158. Polemical Of or involving strongly critical
or disputatious writing or
speech; Critical, Hostile, Bitter
159. Postponement The action of postponing
something; Deferral, Delay
160. Predominantly Mainly; for the most part;
Chiefly, Principally, Primarily
161. Pre-eminent Surpassing all others;
Very distinguished in some
way; Leading, Foremost, Best
162. Pre-emptive Serving or intended to pre-
empt or forestall something,
especially to prevent attack by
disabling the enemy
163. Premature Occurring or done before the
usual or proper time;
too early;
Untimely
164. Prolong Extend the duration of
Lengthen, Extend
165. Provocative Causing anger or another
strong reaction; Infuriating
166. Prudence Cautiousness; Wisdom,
Judgement
167. Purview The scope of the influence or
concerns of something;
Ambit
168. Quinquennial recurring every five years
169. Rancour Bitterness or resentfulness
170. Rapporteur A person who is appointed by
an organization to report on
the proceedings of its
meetings
171. Ratification The action of signing or giving
formal consent to a treaty,
contract, or agreement,
making it officially valid;
Approve, Authorize
172. Reassurance The action of removing
someone’s doubts or fears;
Comforting, Consolation
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India is a multicultural pluralistic
society where people’s values are
respected.
The opportunistic politician tried
to polarise the issue.
A polemical essay was submitted
by him.
The postponement of the elections
caused a furore amongst the
leaders of the political parties.
It is predominantly a coastal bird.
The company is the world’s pre-
eminent expert on asbestos.
The bombings by Indian Air Force
on the terrorist camps across POK
were pre-emptive strikes.
The sun can
cause premature ageing.
This idea prolonged the life of the
engine by many years.
The “press” wrote a provocative
article to seek publicity.
I need to exercise prudence in such
important matters.
Such a case might be within
the purview of the legislation.
The planning commission was
tasked to create a quinquennial
economic plan
There was rancour in his voice.
The UN rapporteur was kidnapped
by the terrorist organization.
The ratification of the new contract
is postponed for several days.
Children need reassurance and
praise.
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173. Reconcile Restore friendly relations She advised on how

between; to reconcile the conflict between
Reunite the brothers.
174. Recrimination An accusation in response to The lawyers discussed
one from someone else; the recrimination made by the
Accusation opposing counsel’s client.
175. Recurring Occurring again periodically or When the symptoms recurred, the
repeatedly doctor diagnosed something
different.
176. Redact Edit text for publication; This is a confidential document
Censor or obscure part of a which has been redacted from 25
text for legal or security pages to just one paragraph.
purposes
177. Redemption The action of saving or being God’s plans for the redemption of
saved from sin, error, or evil; his world.
Saving, Absolution
178. Redux brought back. The group of researchers carried
Revived out the modern redux of the old
experiment to prove the theory.
179. Referendum A general vote by the The state called for
electorate on a single political a referendum on the removal of
question which has been death penalty.
referred to them for a direct
decision;
Public vote, Plebiscite, Popular
vote, Ballot, Poll
180. Regressive Returning to a former or less The indirect tax rate can be
developed state; characterized considered as regressive.
by regression
181. Reiterate Say something again or a She reiterated that the government
number of times; Repeat would remain steadfast in its
support
182. Relinquish Voluntarily cease to keep or She relinquished her managerial
claim; Give up; role to become chief executive.
Renounce
183. Repository A place where or receptacle in G-10 countries pledged to create a
which things are or may be deep repository for nuclear waste.
stored;
Store
184. Repression Suppression, Quashing, Students of the university sparked
Subduing off events that ended in a
brutal repression.
185. Reservation The action of reserving There are no reservations for
something; Booking Government jobs and colleges in
any other country in the world.
186. Retaliation Revenge, Vengeance, Reprisal The recent bombings are believed
to be in retaliation for the trial of
15 suspects.
187. Retrospectively Looking back on or dealing She presented him
with past events or situations; a retrospective collection of
Backdated
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albums spanning the course of his

entire career.
188. Reverence Deep respect for someone or Please have an attitude
something; Admiration of reverence towards the veterans
189. Revert Return to a previous state, He reverted to his native language.
practice, topic, etc; Return
190. Rhetoric Oratory, Eloquence, Power of He used a common figure
speech of rhetoric, hyperbole.
191. Robust Strong and healthy; The Engineers tried to design
Vigorous a robust metal cabinet.
192. Sanguine Optimistic or positive, He is sanguine about prospects for
especially in an apparently bad the global economy.
or difficult situation; Hopeful,
Buoyant, Positive
193. Scrutiny Critical observation or Every aspect of local government
examination; was placed under scrutiny.
Inspection, Survey, Scan
194. Secessionist Favouring formal withdrawal He was the leader of
from membership of a a secessionist movement.
federation or body, especially
a political state
195. Semblance Appearance, Outward He tried to force her thoughts back
appearance, Approximation into some semblance of order.
196. Shutter Close The shuttering of the factories was
a major concern for the
government.
197. Significant Sufficiently great or important There was a significant increase in
to be worthy of attention; sales after the change in the
Noteworthy company policy.
198. Sloganeering Employ or invent slogans, At least he avoided
typically in a political context vapid sloganeering in the hall.
199. Sovereignty Supreme power or authority; The sovereignty of Parliament
Jurisdiction, Supremacy, should be respected.
Dominion, Power
200. Spin-off A by-product or incidental One unexpected spin-off of the
result of a larger project course was the forming of some
really close friendships.
201. Staggering Astonish, Amaze I was staggered to find that the
project was implemented very well.
202. Stand-off A deadlock between two The 15-day-old stand-off was no
equally matched opponents in closer to being resolved.
a dispute or conflict;
Deadlock, Stalemate
203. Statutory Required, permitted, or Statutory restrictions on air
enacted by statute pollution require drivers to have
the emissions from their cars
checked
204. Stern Serious and unrelenting The child’s a smile transformed
his stern face.
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205. Stockpile A large accumulated stock of Dayaram had a stockpile of old

goods or materials literary texts which were yet to be
Amass, Horde translated.
206. Straightforward Uncomplicated and easy to do He is a straightforward young man.
or understand; Simple, Easy,
Effortless
207. Strident Loud and harsh; Grating, His voice has become
Harsh, Raucous, Rough increasingly strident.
208. Stringent Strict, Precise, and Exacting The environment board
issued stringent guidelines on air
pollution.
209. Stunning Extremely impressive or She looked stunning in her
attractive; wedding.
Remarkable, Extraordinary,
Staggering
210. Substantial Of considerable importance, Only those who have
size, or worth; Significant, made substantial contributions will
Important, Notable be considered.
211. Suspicion A feeling or thought that She had a suspicion that he was
something is possible; Feeling, laughing at her.
Guess
212. Tamper Interfere with something in The convict will definitely try
order to cause damage or to tamper with the evidence.
make unauthorized alterations
213. Tenet A principle or belief, especially Regardless of social situation,
one of the main principles of a human beings simply tend to form
religion or philosophy; and live by tenets.
Principle, Belief
214. Theocratic Relating to or denoting a The country practiced a system
system of government in of theocratic oligarchy.
which priests rule in the name
of God
215. Thrive Grow or develop well or Parasitic weeds thrive on other
vigorously; Prosper; Flourish plants.
216. Tinker Attempt to repair or improve He spent hours tinkering with the
something in a casual or car.
desultory way
217. Toxic Poisonous The toxic alcohol caused several
deaths in the locality.
218. Triumphalism Excessive exultation over History and hard experience tell us
one’s success or that an economic boom is not a
achievements; time for triumphalism.
A proud, often arrogant
confidence in the validity and
success of a set of beliefs
219. Trivial Of little value or importance; Huge fines were imposed for trivial
Unimportant, Insignificant, offences.
Inconsequential, Minor
220. Ulterior Existing beyond what is There could there be
obvious or admitted; an ulterior motive behind his
Secondary, Underlying, request.
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Undisclosed
221. Unanimously Without opposition; with the She was unanimously elected the
agreement of all people president of the society.
involved
222. Undependable Not trustworthy and reliable Evidence in this case is scarce
and undependable.
223. Undergirding Secure or fasten from the This approach needs
underside, especially by a rope to undergird retailers’ business
or chain passed underneath; plans this year
Bear, Bolster, Brace
224. Undermine Erode, Sabotage, Threaten, A single mistake would undermine
Weaken his years of hard work.
225. Unedifying Distasteful; Unpleasant No one can forget
the unedifying episode that took
place last night.
226. Unilateral Performed by or affecting only The country took a unilateral
one person, group, or country nuclear disarmament decision.
involved in a situation,
without the agreement of
another or the others;
One-party, One-sided
227. Unlawful Illegal, Illicit The use of unlawful violence in the
name of moral policing is not at all
acceptable.
228. Unprecedented Never done or known before; The government took
unparalleled, unequalled, the unprecedented step of
unmatched, unrivalled Demonetisation.
229. Unreasonable Uncooperative, Obstructive, She knew she was
Unhelpful, Disobliging being unreasonable, but she
resented his domesticity.
230. Upheaval A violent or sudden change or Financial Markets saw
disruption to something; major upheavals last year.
Disruption, Disturbance,
Trouble
231. Uproar A loud and impassioned noise The room was in an uproar after
or disturbance; the announcement of the plan.
Turmoil, Disorder, Confusion
232. Utterance A spoken word, statement, or His utterance was interrupted by
vocal sound; frequent coughing
Remark, Comment, Word,
Expression
233. Vest Confer or bestow power, Executive power in our country
authority, property on is vested in the President.
someone;
234. Viable Capable of working The investment proposal was
successfully; economically viable.
Feasible
235. Vigorous Strong, Healthy, and full of He is a tall, vigorous, and muscular
energy man.
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