November 6, 2017
New Words | Vocabulary Development | Phrases | The Hindu |
These are some of the words/Phrases taken from one of the leading newspaper The Hindu for the convenience of the students.
| Vocabulary/Grammar for Competitive Exams |
| Step in\out | To enter\leave |
| Fathom | Came to understand |
| Depraved | Corrupt |
| Ingratiate | To gain favor |
| Front-runner | Leader |
| Reprieve | Temporarily relief |
| Bizarre | Strange |
| Tune in | Regulate |
| Inexplicable | Incomprehensive |
| Swab | To clean |
| Incendiary | One who provoke other |
| Delimitation | Border/Boundary |
| Wrest | Obtain forcibly |
| Bastion | A group that defend |
| Aggravate | Make worse |
| Aforesaid | Previously spoken |
| Ludicrous | Humorous |
| Cogent | Powerfully persuasive |
| Run-over | To tread somebody |
| Lag in | Fall back |
| Bounce back | To improve in health |
| Formidable | Extremely impressive |
| Gratify/Gratification | To satisfy/Satisfaction |
| Frugal | Economical |
| Fallacy | Wrong\False belief |
| Scant | Insufficient |
| Run-down | To trace |
| Vent | To express |
| Lure | To attract |
| Cut down | To reduce |
| Drubbing | A big drubbing |
| Travails | Use of physical and mental energy |
| Norm | Standard\Average |
| Bedrock | Basic principle |
| Pink slip | Dismissal/To fir somebody |
| ilk | Same person |
| Unravel | Disentangle/To open |
| Discourse | Preaching/Sermon |
| Rainy days | Days of struggle |
| Meagre | Deficient in amount |
| Bank on | To trust |
| Fat-headed | Moron |
| Ambition | Over crazy about success |
| Cocksure | Over confident |
| Black out | To lose consciousness |
| Pass away | Die |
| Two piece in pod | Always together |
| Compare apple to orange | To compare uncommon thing |
| Plays devil’s advocate | To argue |
| Gregarious | One who enjoy company of other |
| Aboveboard | Honest |
| Pea-brained | Stupid |
| Fugly | Ugly |
| Obnoxious | Objectionable |
| Reprehensible | Wrong/condemnable |
| Confrontation | Encounter/Face off |
| Shop around | Compare price not to but |
| Hang in | Stay positive |
| Adaptable | Capable to adjust |
| Burn Bridges | Destroy relationship |
| Throw-tantrums | Display anger |
| Exuberant | Very enthusiastic |
| Check in/out | To enter/exit |
| Snowball | To increase/Accumulate |
| Apprehend | To arrest/get meaning of something |
| Altercation | A noisy quarrel |
| Cite | To quote/Mention |
| Stall | Postpone |
| Recce | Explore |
| Propel | To motivate |
| Mitigation | Lessen |
| Sanguine | Optimistic |
| Embroil | To drag |
| Factitious | Artificial |
| Opprobrious | Offensive |
| Garbled | Disordered/Incoherent |
| Fervent | Passionate |
| Truculent | Aggressive |
| Punctilious | Meticulous |
| Snarl | Speak angrily |
| Drift off | To sleep |
| Abnegation | Renunciation/to leave something |
| Amicus | An advisor to the court |
| Hit & miss | Inconsistent |
| Run in | An angry dispute |
| Do away with | Get rid of |
| Fend off | To avoid/Avert |
| Moderate | Average/Simple |
| Mushroom | To grow fast and spread |
| Foul play | To cheat/Hit below the belt |
| Work for peanuts | Work for little money |
| Humdrum | Boring/Monotonous |
| Spur | Incite/Provoke |
| Trio | A group of three people |
| Pee | To urinate |
| Hideout | A place for hiding |
| High time | Best time |
| Exorbitant | Eye watering |
| Accomplice | One who supports in crime |
| On the run | At large |
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