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Monday, April 25, 2011

Improve your vocabulary - Words that may help you during your exam


Acumen - Shrewdness shown by keen insight
Bluntness - The quality ppf being direct and outspoken
Syn: dullness
Mortify - Hold within limits and control; Lower in esteem; hurt the pride of.
Syn: abase
Relapse - A failure to maintain higher state.
Abode - A person's legal place of residence.
Syn: Domicile, Dwelling
Beguile - influence by slyness(cunning).
Syn: Capture
Behest: An authoritative command or request.
Syn: Command. Hold down
Adage - a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation.
Syn: proverb
Latent - Potentially existing, but not presently evident or realized.
Hysterical - Excessive or uncontrollable emotion.
Conscientious - Characterized by extreme care and good effort
Precipice - A very steep cliff
Dispel - To cause to separate and go into different directions.
Syn: break-off
Discretion - Freedom to act or judge on one's own
Syn: Prudence
Dissent - The difference of one judge's opinion with the other.
Syn: Objection, protest, resist
Extricate - Release from entanglement of difficulty.
Syn: Liberate
Ordain - Order by virtue of superior authority.
Syn: Command
Erratic - Liable to sudden unpredictable change.
Syn: Unknown
Disparity - Inequality and difference in some respect.
Syn: Inequality
Florid - Elaborately or excessively ornamented
Syn: Ornate
Thriving - Grow stronger
Syn: booming
Merit - Any admirable quality or attribute
Syn: Deserve, Virtue
Confiscate - Verb: Take by leagal authority; Adj: Surrendered as a penalty
Syn: Appropriate
Penitence - Remorse for your past conduct.
Syn: Compunction
Rapt - Deeply moved
Syn: Absorbed, Concealed
Concealed - Prevent from being seen or discovered.
Engrossed - Wholly absorbed as in thought.
Syn: Engaged
Pious - Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.
Syn: devout
Whet - Make keen or more acute; Sharpen by rubbing on a whitestone
Syn: Quicken, Stimulate
Stupor - A sudden state of violent emotional disturbance.
Syn: Lethargy
Incentive - A positive motivational influence.
Syn: Inducement, provocation
Escutcheon - A flat protective covering on door and wall.
Cajole - Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
flattering.
Syn: Coax
Mollify - Make less rigid and softer
Syn: Assuage
Ovulate - Produce and discharge eggs.
Syn: Fertilize
Ovation - Enthusiastic recognition.
Syn: Applause
Gesture - Motion of hands to express something.
Syn: Motion
Merry - Cheery and full of fun
Syn: Blithe
Ant: Sad
Alienate - To cause to be withdrawn
Syn: Demise
Ant: Entail
Solicit - To speak for by earnest; a respectfull request
Syn: Crave
Ant: Demand
Cargo - Goods loaded on a ship
Syn: Burden, freight
Veer - To shift or change directions as wind changes
Admonish - To warn or notify for a fault
Syn: Advise, instruct
Ant: Encourage
Meager - Scanty; less in quantity
Syn: Scanty, barren
Ant: Ample, Reach
Latitute - Free from small restriction
Latent - Not visible or apperent although potentially present
Syn: Concealed
Ant: Conspicuous
Covet - To wish for
Syn: Desire, hanker
Ant: Despise
Emancipate - To free from any bondage or restraint of any kind
Syn: Liberate
Ant: Enslave

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