Eng Vocab List

English V ocabulary 1 English Vocabulary

English V ocabulary 2 💡End of Page WORDS Emphasise Unnecessary Ruin W rong Aggravate “Improve the condition of” Hate Rude Embarrass Appropriate Harmful Adjust Consequences Criticise Help Cause Interpret Recover Complain Rank Prolong Unforgettable Different Impulsive Ridiculous Unexplainable Stubborn False Harmless Respect “Atrophy” Highlight Uncertain “Easily Influenced” Persuade

English V ocabulary 3 Esteemed “Reduce the amount” Unpalatable Unfiltered “T o spoil one’ s reputation” Annoying Obligatory Former Luxurious Suggest/ Assume Unexpected Relevant Ending Stupid Expert Repeatedly Ask Questions Epitome Scold Excellent Necessary “ Explain” “Alleviate” (similar) Approve Similar “W ith conviction” Important Thirrukural Impugn Unintentionally Completely Desc → Personality T raits Quantity/Diversity Irreversible Bland “Put forward an argument” Horrible/T errible Accompany “Think”

English V ocabulary 4 Speed up Acutely Right Pure T o be Involved In A Matter Unfortunate Hinder/Prevent Mainly Subtle “Directly opposed” “Uncalled for” Comprehensive Idealistic W ordy Overwhelmed/“Flooded with” Reasonably/“Just good enough” Increase “Spread information” Agree “W ork hard” Poor Pamper Sympathise “Going on” “Love” “Mess up” T ell someone to do something “Accompanying” “Make sure of” / “Find out” “Resplendent” Remove/Prevent/A void Frank/Blunt Unimpressed & Indifferent “Agreeable to something” “Understand information” “Equivalent to” Embrace/Advocate for “Evident”

English V ocabulary 5 “Marked the beginning” Lacking / “Deprived of” END

English V ocabulary 6 💡GENERAL 💡Indefatigably/Perpetually/Infinitesimal/Inconsequential 2) Callous “His callous comments about him were extremely offensive.” 3) Abstain “You should abstain from such activities.” 5) Lackadaisical (Lacking enthusiasm/Carelessly lazy) “A lackadaisical defence.” 4) Eschew (intentionally avoid something) “Most people today are doing their part by eschewing gender stereotypes.” 6) Frivolous (Having no useful or serious purpose) “Acquaintances who only offer fleeting and frivolous companionship.” 7) Incautious (Not cautious) “For you have been incautious, they nearly found out what you were up to.” 8) Fathom (Work out/comprehend) “Do not expect me to fathom out a random reskin for the way he acted.” 9) Espy (Caught sight of/Saw/Glimpse) “She espied her daughter rounding the corner.” 10) Boisterous (Exuberant/Cheerful) “He is a boisterous little boy!” 11) Reverently (Respectfully)

English V ocabulary 7 “They fell to their knees and bowed reverently.” 15) Ubiquitous (Seeming to be everywhere) “The term ‘BFF’ became so ubiquitous.” 29) Rife (Full of) “The essay was rife with spelling errors.” 30) Zenith (Peak/ Highest point) “It was the zenith of her career.” 23) Candour (Openness/Honesty/Frankness) “I admire her candour for telling her own friends off.” 31) Evasive (Avoiding self-revelation) “She was evasive about revealing her family background.” 32) Elusive (Difficult to find/catch/ achieve) “Success will become ever more elusive.” 43) Accede (Agree to a demand) “I will not accede to your demands.” 45) Penchant (Tendency to do something) “He has the penchant for adopting stray cats.” 52) Galvanise (Catapult someone into action) → catapult “The urgency of his voice galvanised them into action. 58) Emulate (Copy/Imitate) “Her attempt to emulate her was pointless.” 61) Pine (Miss/Long for) “Even after his death, she’s still pining for him.” 62) Rue (Regret) “You will rue the day you made this decision.” 63) Malodorous (Fetid/Smelly)

English V ocabulary 8 The malodorous stench.” 64) Tribulations (Hardships/Sufferings) “He endured many tribulations.” “He succumbed to the tribulations of life.” 65) Impinge (Have a negative effect on something/AFFECT NEGATIVELY) “She did not allow her personal problems to impinge on the quality of her work.” “I do not want to hear your opinion as it will impinge on my decision.” 66) Transcend (Surpass a person/ achievement) “No one will ever transcend Shakespeare.” “He managed to transcend his bodily limitations.” 69) Renege (Break a promise) “Do not ever renege on a promise to a goblin.” 71) Saunter (Walk in a slow, relaxed manner) “He sauntered into the room.” 73) Onus (Responsibility) “I bear the onus of making informed decisions.” 76) Vestige (The smallest amount) “He left without a vestige of remorse.” “To anyone with the slightest vestige of intelligence…” 84) Feign (Pretend to be affected by a feeling/injury) “Try to feign your stomachache.” “Feigning the courage I could not muster.” 85) Altercation (Argument in public) “An altercation ensued/occurred/followed.”

English V ocabulary 9 94) Umbrage (Take offence) “She took umbrage at his remarks.” 95) Ingratiate (Bring oneself into favour with someone by flattery) “He is always trying to ingratiate himself with his boss.” “She tried to ingratiate herself with the director.” 97) Brevity (Shortness of time) “The brevity of human life.” 98) Destitute (Poor) “Destitute children.” “His business failures left him destitute.” 99) Convoluted (Especially of an argument, story, or sentence extremely complex and difficult to follow) “An extremely convoluted novel.” “A convoluted plot.” 101) Prevaricate (Act in an evasive way) “He prevaricated when they asked specific questions.” “Do not prevaricate but answer straightforwardly.” 102) Arbitrary (Based on random choice/ personal whim without reason) “An arbitrary decision to take a quiet saunter in the garden.” “She made an arbitrary decision to travel overseas.” 103) Masticate (Chew food) “Don’t gulp down everything without masticating.” 104) Vicarious “Let me live vicariously through you.” “She was living vicariously through her.”

English V ocabulary 10 105) Odious (Unpleasant/Repulsive) → malodorous “An odious smell.” “Cleaning the toilet is such an odious task.” 108) Ambivalent (Mixed feelings) “Many loved her, but few were ambivalent about her.” 110) Conundrum (Confusing/Difficult problem or question) “A difficult conundrum.” “Trying to solve this conundrum is making my head hurt.” “Math conundrums.” 115) Vacillate (Waver between different opinions or actions) “I vacillated between teaching and journalism.” “I vacillate between pure science and combined science.” 121) Serendipity (the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way) “It was quite serendipitous how it all came about.” “A fortunate stroke of serendipity.” “It was only through pure serendipity that I met you.” 122) Impervious (Unable to be affected by) “I thought I was impervious to scams.” “He worked, impervious to the heat/cold.” 126) Elicit (evoke or draw out a reaction, answer, or fact from someone) “I tried to elicit a smile from her.” “It is difficult to elicit sympathy for the old man.” “..eliciting a laugh.” “…eliciting some startling revelations.”