Brainstorming Indigenous Knowledge

• Indigenous people have right to live in their own state of origin, if they want
• They have vast treasure of knowledge that could be used to combat some of the global problems such as global warming, the effect of global economic crisis in developing nations, sustainable development, pollution, disaster, diseases, etc.
• Indigenous people are found in all parts of the world. In cities the knowledge has been overshadowed and in villages such knowledges have become passive due to the lack of preservation, promotion and recognition.
• All modern knowledge and skill might have come from indigenous epistemology, it needs more rigorous researches to find the link. It will certainly promote indigenous knowledge and provides an impetus to the indigenous people further advance their knowledge and skill
• One of the best means of achieving Millennium Development Goals is promoting indigenous knowledge
• Indigenous knowledge and skills can be included in school and college curriculum. It will make learning more meaningful and productive. The world divided into two strata: developed and developing will end as both of them will be advancing in their own ways.
• One of the issues related to the promotion of indigenous knowledge is supporting indigenous knowledge with technology. It will create a kind of fusion between western and eastern epistemology, ending the long standing notion of knowledge producer and knowledge receiver. Technological promotion in indigenous knowledge will enable eastern world as a knowledge producer.
• All developing countries including Nepal should develop indigenous education as one of the subjects in school and university curricula.

some words

1. Wangle - finagle; achieve something by means of trickery or devious method
2. Wean - to stop nursing milk to baby
3. Welt - mark from the beating
4. Welter - a large and confusing amount of something "a welter of information"
5. Whiff - puff or gust of air, scent
6. Whinny - neigh like a horse
7. Whittle - to cut small bits of wood/clothes to create design
8. Whorl - ring of leaves around stem
9. Wily - cunning or artful
10. Wince - shrink back, flinch
11. Bullion - a mass of precious metal
12. Pantry - a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
13. Prosthesis - an artificial part of the body
14. Protracted - relatively long in duration
15. Hourglass - a sandglass than runs for sixty minutes
16. Francophone - someone who speaks French, especially as their first language
17. Precarious - not secure; beset with difficulties
18. Leech - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terristrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
19. Stalk - walk
20. Traverse - travel across or pass over
21. Citadel - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during battle "bastion"
22. Hallmark - distinctive characterstic or attitude trademark, a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origi and authenticity
23. Booty - goods or money obtained illegally
24. Syncretism - the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief, especially in religion or philosophy
25. Numismatics - the collection and study of money, especially coins
26. Foray - a sudden short attack
27. Foothold - an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
28. Intrigue - a crafty and involved plot to achieve sinister end
29. Mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority
30. Affront - a deliberately offensive act or sth producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
31. Stupendous - so great in size, for extent as to elicit awe

Words Starting with "T - Z"

1.  sTangential – going off topic; digressing; diverging; tangential writing
2. Tawdry - showy but without taste or elegance; flashy; gaudy; garish; meretricious
3. Tensile (A) – capable of extension
4. Torpor – apathy; profound lack of energy or activity; lethargy
5. Treacly (A) – overly sweet; saccharine; schmaltzy
6. Trenchant (A) - Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; trenchant criticism
7. Tribunals (N) – an assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; courts
8. Turgid – swollen; bloated; inflated; esoteric writing
9. Unction (N) - the act of pouring oil on somebody’s head or another part of their body as part of an important religious ceremony; behavior or speech that is not sincere and that expresses too much praise or admiration of somebody
10. Unfettered – not bound by shackles and chains
11. Unperturbed (A) – not perturbed; not anxious or worried
12. Vacuous – empty, inane, lacking in ideas, stupid; vacuous lectures of Prof. Sharma made the class monotonous.
13. Vagary – whim, caprice
14. Vagrant – homeless wanderer
15. Vainglorious – boastful, excessively conceited, narcissist, bigheaded, feeling self-importance
16. Valor – bravery
17. Vanguard – forerunners, advance forces; front group; leading edge; the front part of an army
18. Vapid (A) – lacking taste or flavor or tang; insipid; bland
19. Vehement - marked by extreme intensity, inclined to react violently
20. Veil – to obscure, conceal
21. Veneer – coating consisting of a thin layer of wood; “veneer blackboard”
22. Vicissitude (N) – a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; fluctuations; immutabilities
23. Voyeur (N) – tom peeper
24. Waffle (V) – to write or speak in a vague manner; to be unable to decide between things
25. Waggish (adj) – funny, clever and not serious; mischievous in sports; frolicsome; “waggish remarks
26. Wan (A) – having a pale or sickly color; pallid; the wan face of my mother revealed that father was sick
27. Wangle (V) - to get something that you or another person wants by persuading somebody or by a clever plan: She had wangled an invitation to the opening night. I’ll try to wangle some money out of my parents. We should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow. He managed to wangle his way onto the course. He had wangled her a seat on the plane; wiggle out; fake
28. Warble (V) – sing; babble; I woke up with the bird that was warbling at my window
29. Wastrel (N) – profligate; a lazy person who spends their time and/or money in a careless and stupid way
30. Waylay (V) - to stop somebody who is going somewhere, especially in order to talk to them or attack them; I got waylaid on my way here.
31. Wean (V) – accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity; He decided he would wean himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables
32. Welter (V) – wallow; “When Hector killed thousands of troops in the battle field the Greeks weltered to get help from Achilles”; - N – turmoil
33. Wheedle (V) – cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
34. Whelp (N) – a young wolf or lion
35. Whet (V) – sharpen; stimulate; “The odors from the kitchen are whetting my appetite, I will be ravenous (extremely hungry) by the time the meal is served”
36. Whiff (N) – puff or gust of air, scent, etc.
37. Whinny (V) – neigh like a horse
38. Wily (A) – cunning; artful
39. Wince (V) – shrink back; flinch; cringe
40. Wispy (A) – thin and weak; a wispy little fellow with thin hands and legs; lacking clarity; barely discernible
41. Wistful (A) – vaguely longing; sadly pensive
42. Zany – comical in foolish or slapstick way

Words Starting With "S"

1. Sabotage – deliberate destruction
2. Sacrilegious (A) – desecrating; profane
3. Sacrosanct (A) – most sacred; very holy; inviolable
4. Sagacious (A) – perceptive; shrewd; having insight; clever
5. Sage (N) – person celebrated for wisdom
6. Salacious (A) – lascivious; lustful; lecherous; randy;
7. Sallow (A) – yellowish; sickly in color; “We were disturbed by her sallow complexion due to jaundice"
8. Salutary (A) – tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; “The punishment has salutary effect on the body, as he became a model student”
9. Salvage – to save, to rescue from destruction or harm
10. Sanctimonious (A) – showing that one feels morally better than other people; displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; “You don’t have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout”
11. Sanctity (N) – holiness
12. Sanctum (N) – holy place
13. Sanguinary (A) – with much bloodshed; sanguinary battle
14. Sanguine (A) – cheerful, hopeful, optimistic; having a red complexion; “Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome, something could go wrong”
15. Sap (N) – liquid in a plant that carries food to all parts
16. Sap (V) – gradually weaken by taking away strength or vitality; diminish; undermine; “The element kryptonite had an unhealthy effect on superman; it sapped his strength”
17. Sardonic (A) – disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; mocking; scornful; a sardonic smile
18. Sate (V) – satisfy to the full; cloy; when hunger sated, the lion dozed
19. Saturnine (A) – gloomy; “Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance, he is not gloomy as he looks
20. Satyr (N) – half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus; portrayed as wanton and cunning; man with very strong sexual desire; “He was like a satyr in his lustful conduct”
21. Savant (N) – scholar; sage; “Our faculty includes many world famous savants”
22. Savory (V) – enjoy the taste or flavor of something; have a distinctive flavor of something
23. Scabbard (N) – case for a sword; sheath; “The drill master told the recruit to wipe the flood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard”
24. Scad (N) – plethora; a great quantity; I have a scad of clothes.
25. Scalpel (N) – surgical knife
26. Scanty (A) – meager; insufficient; “Thinking his helping of food was scanty, Oliver Twist asked for more”
27. Scapegoat (N) – someone who bears the blame for others
28. Scepter [N] - a decorated rod carried by a king or queen at ceremonies as a symbol of their power
29. Schematic (A) – relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols
30. Schism (N) – division or split; strong disagreement, especially in religious organization over doctrine, in which one group stops recognizing the authority of others
31. Scintilla (N) – ‘not a scintilla of something’ means not the slightest amount of something; shred; least bit; “You have not produced a scintilla of evidence to support your argument
32. Scintillate (V) – give off sparks; sparkle; diamonds scintillating in the candlelight
33. Scoff (V) – gibe; mock; ridicule; “He scoffed at dentist until he had his first toothache”; speak contemptuously; eat greedily
34. Score (N) - A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
35. Scotch (V) – stop (especially a rumor etc.) being believed; thwart; stamp out; impede; hinder; “Ganesh tried to scotch the rumor that he had been lecherous towards his girl students”
36. Scourge (N) – lash; whip; severe punishment; whip for flogging people; person or thing that causes suffering; “The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient”
37. Scruple (N) – feeling that prevents one from doing or allowing something that one thinks may be wrong; “Have you no scruples about buying a stolen goods”; hesitation; also V
38. Scuffle (V) – struggle confusedly; scuffle between police and demonstrators
39. Scurrilous – very rude and damaging one’s reputation; offensive; indecent
40. Scurrilous (A) – obscene; indecent; abusive and insulting; “Your scurrilous remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue”
41. Scurry (V) – run with short quick step; move briskly
42. Scurvy (A) – contemptible; worthless; mean; despicable; “That was a scurvy trick to play on an old lady”
43. Scuttle (V) – sink; “The sailor decided to scuttle their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy”
44. Seamy [A] – unattractive; sordid; unwholesome; the seamy side of life is crime and corruption
45. Sear [V] – char; burn; brand; “Accidentally brushing against the hot grill, she seared her hand badly”
46. Seasoned [V] – experienced
47. Secession [N] – withdrawal from a membership of an organization; “The secession of the southern states provided Lincoln with his first inauguration”
48. Sect [N] – separate religious body
49. Sedate [A] – composed; grave; calm and dignified (behavior of a person); “The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and sedate”
50. Sedentary [A] – done sitting down; typing is a sedentary job
51. Sedulous – carefully organized; diligent; painstaking; laborious
52. Serendipity – the act of making fortunate discovery
53. Sermon (N) – an address of a religious nature usually delivered during a church service
54. Severance – payment that an employee receives upon leaving a job as compensation for the loss of employment
55. Sieve (N) - a tool for separating solids from liquids or larger solids from smaller solids, made of a wire or plastic net attached to a ring. The liquid or small pieces pass through the net but the larger pieces do not.
56. Skimp – to try to spend less time and money on something that is really needed
57. Spangle (N) - a small piece of shiny metal or plastic used to decorate clothes; also V; Laxmi wanted to spangle her sari.
58. Spangle (V) - to cover or to decorate something with small pieces of something shiny; a small piece of shiny metal or plastic used to decorate clothes (N); sequin
59. Specter (N) - something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future; ghost
60. Squad (N) – a small unit of army
61. Steak (N) - A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
62. Stentorian – extremely loud and powerful
63. Stultify (adj) – to make you feel very bored and make unable to think new ideas; “His ideas stultified the students’ creativity”
64. Subaltern – inferior in rank or status
65. Sublime (A) – exalted, grand or awesome quality; worthy of adoration or reverence
66. Subprime – collapsing banks and tumbling stock market
67. Succor (V) – to help somebody who is suffering or having problem
68. Sumptuous (A) – costly; lavish; luxurious to food or perhaps a room or the furnishings therein; “The king won the affections of his court by hosting sumptuous feasts (banquets)
69. Supine (adj) – lying on the back or face upward
70. Suppliant – asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseech
71. Surpass (V) – to go beyond in anything good or bad; to excel; to exceed
72. Surreptitious – clandestine
73. Swipe – to strike with swiping blow

Words Starting With "R"

1. Rapporteur – a recorder of meeting
2. Ratcheting – move by degrees in one direction
3. Raucous – wild, crazy and boisterous
4. Ravish – to transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy; to seize or carry away by violence
5. Rebuff – rejection of friendly offer; they rebuffed her request for help
6. Rebuttal – the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
7. Recant (V) – take back; admit an error
8. Rectitude – honesty
9. Reel – walk as if unable to control one’s movement
10. Reel (V) – walk as if unable to control one’s movement
11. Refurbishing – making brighter and prettier
12. Relinquish (V) – give up
13. Reparations (N) - Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
14. Reprove (V) – to accuse; reprehend; express disapproval
15. Repugnant – offensive to the mind
16. Repulsion – a feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance; aversion;
17. Requiem – dirge, lament, threnody
18. Rescinded (V) – cancelled officially; annulled; countermanded; revoked
19. Resplendent – decorated elegantly and brightly; shinning with brilliance
20. Restive (A) - unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied
21. Reticence (N) - The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary; taciturnity; reserve
22. Revelry (N) – a noisy drinking party; merrymaking
23. Ribald (A) – humorously vulgar; bawdy; base; filthy; obscene; “a ribald person”
24. Rigmarole – a set of confused or meaningless statements; rambling; episodic; disconnected
25. Rigmarole (A) – episodic; rambling; disconnected speech; a long and complicated process, especially speech
26. Ruffian – an uncultured, aggressive, rude, noise, troublemaker
27. Ruminate – to think about something repeatedly

Words Starting With "P"

1. Pallid – deficient in color; pale; become pale because of illness
2. Palpitate – beat rapidly; heart palpitated rapidly
3. Pandemic – affecting a majority of nation or the world
4. Passion – a strong feeling or emotion, cacoethes, mania, rage, warmth
5. Perdition (N) – punishment that lasts forever after death
6. Peregrination – travelling or wandering around; pilgrimage
7. Perfunctory – routinely done; done with disinterest; cursory; for formality only; ceremonial
8. Perjury (N) - Criminal offense of making false statements under oath
9. Pernicious (A) - having a very harmful effect on somebody or something, especially in a way that is gradual and not easily noticed; invidious or harmful
10. Perspicacity (N) – good judgment; acute understanding; able to understand something quickly and accurately; “a perspicacious remark”; discerning; shrewdness; astuteness
11. Pertinacious (A) – determined to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties; stubbornly unyielding
12. Perturbation (N) – an unhappy and worried mental state
13. Philistine (N) – anti-intellectual; a person deficient in liberal cultural refinement; a person indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement
14. Pilfer (A) – steal something with less value; filch
15. Piquant (A) - having a pleasantly strong or spicy taste
16. Pique (V) – hurt the pride or self-respect of somebody; offend; “he was piqued to discover that he hadn’t been invited”
17. Platitude – a thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite or weak; commonplace; banality
18. Pod (N) – outer cover of beans
19. Poignant – deeply and sometimes painfully moving; pungent; arousing effect
20. Ponder [V] – consider; ponder about/on/over something carefully for a period of time; these days I have started to ponder on new words to find whether their meaning can be inferred
21. Pontiff (N) – the head of Roman Catholic Church
22. Potpourri – a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; medley; miscellanea; pastiche; salmagundi
23. Preponderance – a great amount of something
24. Procure – to come into possession; to gain; to get; to acquire
25. Profligate – reckless; extravagant; wasteful; prodigal; dissolute; debauch
26. Promontory (N) – a natural elevation, especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea; foreland; headland
27. Propensity – bias, bent, tendency
28. Propinquity – nearness in location or time, relationship or character
29. Propinquity (N) – nearness in location or time, or relationship or character; proximity
30. Propitiate – to win the favor of; cause to become favorably inclined; appease
31. Propitious – favorable to; advantageous; auspicious
32. Protrude – to thrust forward; shoot forth; bulge outward; pop out; project; jut out
33. Prudent (A) – cautious; Capable of exercising sound judgment in practical matters; conscientious; judicious
34. Puissance [N] – a competition in showjumping to test a horse’s ability to jump high fences; great power of influence
35. Pungent – stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
36. Purdah – a state of social isolation
37. Quisling – someone who collaborates with enemy; a traitor; treasons; “Never trust a quisling”
38. Quotidian (A) – found in ordinary course of events; commonplace

Words Starting With "O"

1. Obdurate (A) – stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate; contumacious
2. Obstinate [A] – stubborn; refusing to change your opinion
3. Obstreperous – recalcitrant; boisterously aggressive
4. Obtrude (V) – to thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; to impose something unpleasant
5. Obtuse (A) – not having acute sensibility or perception; dull
6. Odious (A) – offensive; ugly; repulsive
7. Ophidian [N] – limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
8. Overhauling – making repair, renovations, adjustments
9. Overwrought – very worried and upset; excited in a nervous way; distraught

Words Starting With "M"

1. Maladroit – not adroit, bungling, awkward, clumsy, loutish, oafish, boorish, gauche, ungainly
2. Maneuver (N) – a plan for attaining a particular goal; a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity; a move to gain a tactical end; gambit – an opening maneuver
3. Matutinal [A] – pertaining to or occurring in the morning
4. Maudlin – overly sentimental and foolishly tearful
5. Maudlin – overly sentimental; foolishly tearful; bathetic; gushing; mawkish
6. Maverick – an unbranched ranch animal, nonconformist; rebel
7. Mealy-mouthed (A) - not willing or honest enough to speak in a direct or open way about what you really think
8. Meddling – unwarranted interference in somebody’s personal life or concerns; president Obama said that he didn’t want to be seen meddling in Iraq’s affairs
9. Mediocre – moderate to inferior in quality
10. Melanoma – the most dangerous type of skin cancer
11. Mendacious (A) – not telling the truth; fabricated; perjured; fraudulent; deceitful; dissembling; disingenuous
12. Minatory (A) – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; menacing; ominous; sinister
13. Miscreant (N) – a person who has done something wrong or illegal; reprobate
14. Moat (N) - a deep wide channel that was dug around a castle, etc. and filled with water to make it more difficult for enemies to attack
15. Mortified – embarrassed, humiliated, chagrined, crucified
16. Muddled – confused
17. Mulct (N) – money extracted as penalty
18. Mundane – found in the ordinary course

Words Starting With "L"

1. Labile (A) – readily undergoing change or breakdown
2. Lampoon – written work using satire to belittle or attack
3. Languid (A) – moving slowly in an elegant manner’ lacking spirit or liveliness; sluggish; languorous; relaxed; listless; indolent; lackadaisical; energetic (opposite)
4. Largesse (N) – succor; the act or quality of being generous with money; “to dispense largesse to the poor”
5. Launder – money laundering is to hide the origin of money obtained from illegal activities by putting it into legal business.
6. Ligneous (adj) – consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; ligneous (or woody) tissue
7. Litigations (N) – a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights; judicial proceeding
8. Lustrous – shining particularly from reflected light; bright; glittering
9. Luxuriant (A) – marked by complexity and richness of detail; displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; produced or growing in extreme abundance; profuse

Words Starting With "I"

1. Ignominy (N) – infamy; scandal; disgrace
2. Ignominy [N] – shame or humiliation; disgrace; the ignominy of defeat
3. Illation (N) – illation is the act of drawing of drawing conclusion; inference; my habile habit of illation has made me devoid of desultory conclusion
4. Imbecility (N) – weakness of mind; stupidity; imbecile is an adult with abnormally low intelligence; “I am amazed at the imbecility of the readers of these trashy magazine”
5. Imbecility [N] – stupidity; weakness of mind; imbecile means with low intelligence
6. Imbibe – receive into the mind and receive; drink in
7. Imbroglio [N] – complicated situation; entanglement
8. Imminent [N] – approaching; near at hand; impending; looming
9. Immunity (N) - The state of not being susceptible
10. Immure (V) – imprison; shut up in confinement; intern; incarcerate; detain; “He immured himself in a small room to work unperturbed”.
11. Impale (V) – pierce; transfix; stab; “He was impaled by the spear hurled by his adversary”
12. Impeccable (A) – faultless; free from mistakes; lawless; unblemished; indigent; irreproachable; imperfect (opposite)
13. Impecunious [A] – without money; poor; impoverished; indigent; destitute; insolvent
14. Impel [V] – force somebody to do something; impose; insist; compel; coerce; oblige; induce
15. Impenitent (A) – not sorry for or ashamed of one’s misdoing; not penitent or repentant; un-contrite; remorseless; unabashed
16. Imperative (A) – absolutely necessary
17. Imperial (A) – like an emperor; connected with an empire
18. Imperil (V) – jeopardize
19. Imperious (A) – domineering; haughty; proud and arrogant; expecting obedience
20. Impervious (A) – incapable of being injured, influenced or affected – pervious means permeable, receptive; impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
21. Impinge (V) – have an effect on something; influence; infringe; touch; collide with; “How could they be married without impinging on one another’s freedom?”
22. Impolitic (A) – not politic; unwise; imprudent; injudicious; reckless; foolhardy; “I think it is impolitic to raise this issue now because the public is too angry”
23. Imponderable (A) – weightless; of which the effect or importance can’t be measured or estimated; “I can’t evaluate the data in this study, the imponderable items are not so easily analyzed”
24. Import (N) – important goods, services; significance
25. Importunate (A) - asking for things many times in a way that is annoying; troublesome; allow me to be importunate but I must get raise; urging; demanding; ask persistently in annoying manner; “He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived”
26. Importune [V] – pester; to ask for things many times in a way that is annoying; beleaguer; badger
27. Imprecation (N) – baleful; curse; malediction; anathema; an offensive word that is used to express extreme anger
28. Improvise [V] – to make or do something using whatever is available, usually because you do not have what you really need; a vocalist improvises songs when involved in idyllic reciprocation and a leader deliver improvised claptrap to jostle with his rivals
29. Imprudent [A] – not wise or sensible
30. Impudent – bold and sassy, marked by disregard for others; rude; impertinent; brazen; insolent; presumptuous; cheeky
31. Impugn [V] – to express doubt about whether something is right, honest, etc.; challenge
32. Impuissance [N] – powerlessness; feebleness
33. Impute – to attribute something bad to someone
34. Inadvertently [Adverb] – unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
35. Inane [A] – silly; senseless; with no meaning; an inane remark; absurd; frivolous; crass; idiotic; stupid
36. Incandescent [A] – strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; giving on light when heated; glowing; radiant; luminous; luminescent; florescent; beaming; flaring; full of strong emotion
37. Incantation [N] – singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; invocation; spell; summons
38. Incarcerate [V] – imprison; intern; detain
39. Incendiary [A] – inflammatory; designed to cause fire; causing strong feeling or violence; combustible; flammable; arsonist (N); provocative; rabble-rousing
40. Incense [N] – a substance that produces pleasant smell when you burn it, used in religious ceremonies; V – to make somebody very angry; the decision incensed the work force; incensed (A)
41. Incessant [A] – not stopping; constant
42. Incipient [A] – beginning; in an early stage; “I will go to sleep early for I want to break an incipient cold”; embryonic; budding; inchoate
43. Incisive [A] – showing clear thought and good understanding of what is important and the ability to express this; “an incisive comments; and incisive performance; keen; perceptive; dull (opposite)
44. Inclement [A] – not pleasant weather; cold and wet weather; clement (opposite); intemperate; squally
45. Incognito – without being known; in disguise; without cognition; with your identity concealed
46. Incontinent [A] – not showing control over urination; the control of feelings, especially desires to have sex; celibate; the noun form is incontinence that means involuntary urination or defecation; our little daughters are still incontinent so my consort has no time to rest
47. Incontrovertible [A] – indisputable; that is true and cannot be disagreed with or denied; indubitable; unassailable
48. Incriminate [V] – suggest that someone is criminal; implicate; impeach; convict; exonerate (opposite); criminate; reprimand; censure
49. Incubus [N] – a male demon having belied intercourse with sleeping woman; nightmare – a situation resembling a terrifying dream; someone who depresses or worries others; succubus is the female spirit having intercourse with sleeping male
50. Incur [V] -
51. Indictment (N) – a formal document written for the prosecuting attorney charging a person with offense; an accusation of wrong doing
52. Indignant (A) - feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you have been treated unfairly; umbrageous
53. Ineffable (A) - too great or beautiful to describe in words
54. Ineluctable (A) – unable to avoid or evade
55. Inerrancy (N) – exemption from error; infallibility
56. Inert – very slow to act, sluggish, dull, inactive
57. Infidels (N) – persons who do not acknowledge your god; gentiles; heathens; pagans
58. Inflammatory (A) – intended to cause very strong feeling or anger; inflammatory remarks; incendiary; instigative; rabble-rousing; seditious; provocative; passion
59. Ingratiation (N) – bootlicking; truckling; cringing; fawning; toadyism
60. Inimical (A) – unfriendly; hostile; not chummy; inimical countries; inimical actions; hostile; opposed; adverse; acting against
61. Innocuous (A) – not intended to harm; harmless
62. Insinuate – imply in a subtle way
63. Insolent (A) – extremely rude and showing a lack of respect; an insolent child
64. Insouciance (N) – nonchalance; the state of not being worried about something
65. Intrepid – fearless, courageous, audacious, dauntless,
66. Inveigle – to persuade by flattery, entice, cajole, wheedle
67. Inveterate (A) – deeply seated; firmly established; inveterate liar; obsessive; ineradicable; entrenched; incorrigible

Words Starting With "H"

1. Hackles [N] – hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog
2. Haggard [N] – gaunt; emaciated; wasted away; looking tired and unhappy, especially from worry or lack of sleep
3. Haggle (V) – wrangle over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.; chaffer
4. Hallowed [A] – blessed and consecrated; sanctified; bury your daughter in hallowed ground
5. Hap [N] – chance or luck; hapless means unfortunate
6. Harping [N] – talking repeatedly and tirelessly on a subject; carping is complaining in an annoying way; harp is a musical instrument whose strings are twanged repeatedly to produce sounds
7. Harrowing [A] – agonizing or distressing greatly; harrow is a plowing tool that corrodes ground before planting
8. Harry [V] – harass; pester; badger; hound; bully; hassle; torment; raid; “harried by reporters; “The Vikings harried the English coast”
9. Hazy (A) – filled or abounding with for or mist; obscure; confused
10. Headlong (Adv) - with the head first and the rest of the body following; without thinking carefully before doing; not cautious
11. Headstrong [A] – stubborn; willful; unyielding; impetuous; reckless; rash; obstinate; pigheaded; imprudent; docile (opposite)
12. Heckler [N] – one who harries is a hackler; a person who verbally harasses
13. Heed [V] – pay attention to advice; take notice of something; heedless – disregarding or inattentive; she drove on heedless of the warning that the road was dangerous
14. Heinous – hateful; atrocious
15. Heresy [N] – opinion contrary to popular belief; religion
16. Hermaphrodite [A] – of animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs
17. Heterodox [A] – unorthodox; unconventional; heretical; profane; sacrilegious; dissenting; deviating; dissident
18. Hew [V] – chop or cut with an axe; fell; cleave; slash; he hewed his enemies with pieces
19. Hiatus [N] – gap; pause; space; lull; break between two vowels carrying together but not in the same syllable
20. Hieroglyph [N] – picture or symbol of an object, representing a word, syllable or sound, as used in ancient Egyptian and other writing; written symbol with a secret meaning
21. Hireling [N] – one who can be hired
22. Hirsute [A] – furry; shaggy; long-haired; hairy
23. Hoary [A] – white with age; the man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70
24. Homespun [A] – domestic; clothes made at home; simple and unsophisticated; down-to-earth; ordinary
25. Homily [N] – long and boring talk from somebody on the correct way to behave, etc; lecture; sermon; oration; speech; preachment
26. Hortatory [A] – encouraging; exhortative
27. Hovel [N] - a house or room that is not fit to live in because it is dirty or in very bad condition; shack; shed; cell; slum; squat; fleabag; mansion (opposite)
28. Hubbub [N] – confused uproar; the loud sound made by a lot of people talking at the same time; a situation in which there is a lot of noise; excitement or activity; racket; hullabaloo; din; clamor; tumult
29. Hubris [N] – a very proud way of talking or behaving that offends people; arrogance; haughtiness
30. Hue [N] – color; hue and cry means outcry that means ‘shout’
31. Hummock [N] – a small hill; hillock; mound; knoll
32. Humus [N] – substance formed by decaying vegetable matters
33. Hypercritical [A] – tending to criticize a lot in a very unfair way; censorious; nitpicking; finicky; pedantic; fussy; lenient (opposite)
34. Hypochondriac [A] – person unduly worried about his or her health; valetudinarian
35. Hypocrite [N] – person who does hypocrisy; charlatan; fraud; phony; dissembler; double dealer; pretender; a hypocritical person is the one who pretends to be virtuous

Words Starting With "G"

1. Gaffe (N) – social blunder; indiscreet act or remark; “He didn’t realize what gaffe he was doing”
2. Gall (N) – impudence
3. Galleon (N) – a large Spanish ship; large sailing ship
4. Gamut (N) – complete range of scale or something; “The whole gamut of human emotion from joy to despair.”
5. Garbled (A) – confused or misleading; jumbled or distorted; garbled message; “The injured man still go gorgy and could only give a garbled account of the accident.”
6. Gauche (A) – socially awkward or clumsy; coarse or uncouth; “I find him terribly gauche compared to the sophisticated young ladies in their elegant gowns.” awkward when dealing with people and often saying or doing the wrong thing: a gauche schoolgirl / manner
7. Gaunt (A) – lean and angular; made exceptionally thin by hunger and illness; haggard; "The gaunt face of Vietnamese”; barren; desolate; bare
8. Geniality (N) – cheerfulness, kindliness; sympathy; “This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor”.
9. Genteel (A) – well-bred; elegant; “Living in a genteel poverty” means trying to maintain the style of upper-class living, though too poor to do so”
10. Gentility (N) – having genteel manner; “Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance"
11. Gibberish (N) – meaningless sounds; unintelligent talk; nonsense; babbling; “Did you hear that foolish boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space?”
12. Gibe (V) – scoff; make fun of something; jeer at or mock somebody or something; “It’s easy enough for you to gibe at them, but could you do any better?”
13. Giddy (A) – not serious; a giddy girl; light-hearted; dizzy; “He felt that his giddy youth was past”
14. Gingerly (Adv.) – carefully; with great care and caution to avoid causing harm or making a noise; “To separate egg-whites, first crack the egg gingerly”
15. Glaze (N) – cover with thin and shiny surface; “The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous”.
16. Glib (A) – fluent; facile; slick; speaking fluently and without hesitation, but not sincerely and trustworthily; “He became a glib speaker”.
17. Gloat (V) – express or feel selfish delight at one’s own success or good fortune or somebody else's failure; view malevolently; “AS you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded”
18. Glower (V) – look in an angry or threatening way; scowl; “The angry boy glowered at his father”.
19. Glutinous (A) – sticky; viscous; a glutinous substance”
20. Goad (N) – pointed stick making animals move on; thing urging a person to action; “Motivated by the twin goad of punishment and reward he completed the work on time.”
21. Goad (V) – urge on; continually provoke or annoy
22. Gout (N) – pain in toe due to uric acid
23. Granulate – turn into grain
24. Grapple (V) – wrestle; “He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him”
25. Grate (V) – make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred; “The screams of the quarrelling children grated on the nerves”.
26. Greenback – notes produced by central bank
27. Grimace (N) – scowl; frown; smirk; pout; sneer; contortions; a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain or disgust; “Even though he remained silent his grimace indicated his utter displeasure”
28. Grisly (A) – causing horror or terror; ghastly; gruesome; hideous; abhorrent; macabre; odious; horrendous; repulsive; grim; repugnant; repellent; “He shuddered at the grisly sight where Dracula was feeding his venomous blood to Mina”
29. Grotto (N) – cave, especially the one made artificially as garden shelter; cavern; underground chamber; hollow; pothole
30. Grouse (V) – complain; grumble; make fuss; whine; bleat; carp; cavil; “Students traditionally grouse about the abysmal quality of mystery meat and similar dormitory food”
31. Grovel (V) – crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; be obsequious; toady; fawn on; truckle; kowtow; abase one-self; ingratiate one-self; “Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors”
32. Grudging (A) – unwilling; reluctant; stingy; half-hearted; resentful; “We received our grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid”
33. Grueling (A) – exhausting; severe; wearing; debilitating; “the marathon is a grueling race”
34. Gruff (A) – rough-mannered; abrupt; brusque; laconic; surly; churlish; grumpy; crotchety; crabby; “Beneath his gruff exterior, he’s very kind-hearted”
35. Guffaw (N) – boisterous laughter
36. Gusto (N) – enjoyment; enthusiasm; appetite; glee; zest; fervor; verve
37. Guy (N) – rope or chain used to keep something steady or secured e.g. to hold a tent in place

Words Starting With "F"

1. F
2. Fabricate (V) – to invent false information in order to trick people; “The evidence was totally fabricated means the evidence was mendacious”; to make or produce goods, equipment, etc. from various different materials; manufacture
3. Factotum [N] – a person employed to a wide variety of jobs; “Foray is the nature of being factotum, where factotum means an attempt to become involved in a different activity or profession
4. Fallible [A] – able to make mistakes or do wrong; infallible or inerrancy is the opposite of fallible; “All human beings are fallible”
5. Falter [V] – to become weaker or less effective; waver; “The economy shows no signs of faltering; her courage never faltered”; to speak in a way that shows that you are not confident
6. Fancier [N] – a person who has special interest in something, especially somebody who keeps or breeds birds, animals or plants; a pigeon fancier
7. Fancy [N] – notion; whim; inclination; “Martin took a fancy to pain his toenails purple”
8. Fatuous [A] – stupid; brainless; inane; foolish; silly; weak
9. Fealty (N) – loyalty; faithfulness
10. Febrile – indicating fever, or derived from it
11. Fell [A] – fell disease; very evil or violent
12. Feral [N] – not domestic; wild
13. Ferment [N] – agitation; commotion; political excitement or unrest
14. Fervent [A] – ardent; characterized by intense emotion; extremely hot; torrid; enthusiastic; passionate; “A fervent farewell speech”
15. Fester [V] – of a cut or wound become infected and filled with pus; rankle; produce irritation or resentment; “His insult festered in my mind”
16. Fetid (A) –stinking, especially from decay; four-smelling; malodorous; noisome; smelly; repugnant; ‘fetid street’
17. Fiat [N] – command; authorization; decree; “Although the bill abolishing the allowances are privileges of former princes was rejected by the upper house, it was put into effect by presidential fiat”
18. Fickle (A) – changeable or unstable in affection, interest or loyalty; capricious; arbitrary; mercurial; a fickle lover; Gita is too fickle to decide what career she wants to pursue, today she says astronaut, tomorrow she says mayor.
19. Figment [N] – invention; imaginary things; “Was he hearing real voices in the night, or were they just a figment or his imagination?”
20. Filigree [N] – fine ornamental work using gold, silver, or copper wire; “A filigree brooch or earring”
21. Finesse [N] – skill in dealing with people or situation clearly or tactfully; “His gregarious personality comes out of his finesse"
22. Finicky – overly particular in taste or standards
23. Fitful [A] – spasmodic; intermittent; “After several fitful attempts, he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic”
24. Flaccid [A] – flabby; soft and weak; loose and limp; not firm; “Flaccid breasts”
25. Flail [V] – thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; wave or swing about wildly
26. Flair [N] – talent; a natural ability to do something well; “He has a flair for languages”
27. Flamboyant – showy, flashy, gaudy, ostentatious
28. Flaunt [V] – to show something you are proud to other people in order to impress them; “She openly flaunted her affair with the senator”; to behave in a confident and sexual way to attract attention
29. Flay [V] – to remove the skin from an animal or person, usually when they are dead; to hit or whip somebody very hard so that some of their skin comes off; to criticize somebody/yourself severely
30. Fleck [N] – a very small area of a particular color; “Her hair was dark with flecks of grey”; also [N]
31. Flimsy (A) – weak; feeble; limp
32. Flinch [V] – to make a sudden movement with your face or body as a result of pain fear or surprise; “He flinched at the sight of the blood”
33. Flit [V] – fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; “Butterflies flitted from flower to flower”
34. Florid [A] – a florid complexion of a person means a red complexion; a florid language means the language with too much detail; "If you got to Florida and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid”
35. Flout [V] – defy law; to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or custom
36. Fop [N] – dandy; a man who is too interested in his clothes and the way he looks
37. Foible [N] – idiosyncrasy; weakness; a silly habit or a strange or weak aspect of a person’s character that is considered harmless by other people; “we have to tolerate each other’s little foibles”
38. Foist [V] – impose; to force somebody to accept somebody or something that they do not want; ‘The title of her novel was foisted on her by the publishers”
39. Foment – to instigate, stir up, stimulate
40. Foment [V] – incite for something wrong; to create trouble or violence or make it worse; “They accused him of fomenting political unrest”
41. Foolhardy [A] – reckless; taking unnecessary risks; “It would be foolhardy to sail in bad weather”; reckless means showing a lack of care about danger and possible results of your actions
42. Foraging (N) – the act of searching for food and provisions; scrounging
43. Foray [N] – an attempt to become involved in a different activity; a short sudden attack made by a group of soldiers; a short journey to find a particular thing or to visit a new place; expedition
44. Forbearance [N] – patience; the quality of being patient and sympathetic towards other people, especially when they have done something wrong
45. Forbears [N] – ancestors
46. Ford [N] – place where a river can be crossed on foot; an ox crossed Themes at Oxford
47. Foreboding [N] – premonition of evils; a strong feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen; foreboding of earthquake
48. Forestall [V] – prevent by taking action in advance; “by sitting up a prenuptial (relating to events before marriage – antenuptial or premarital) agreements the prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money”
49. Forgo [V] – give up; do without; the workers agreed to forgo a pay increase for the sake of greater security
50. Forlorn [A] – lonely and unhappy
51. Formidable [A] – inspiring fear or apprehension; difficult; awe-inspiring; awesome; a formidable task
52. Forswear [V] – give up; renounce; my mother couldn’t forswear smoking
53. Forte [N] – strong point or special talent; though I am the student of major English I have strong forte in math
54. Fortitude [N] – bravery; courage
55. Fortuitous [A] – accidental; happening by chance; a fortuitous meeting
56. Founder [V] – fail (a plan) completely; break down; the project foundered as a result of lack of finance
57. Fracas [N] – brawl; melee; a noisy quarrel; fight or disturbance; the police were called into break up the fracas; altercation; affray
58. Fractious [A] – irritable; disobedient; fractious children; fractious horses
59. Frail [A] – fragile; physically weak or delicate
60. Fraught [A] – fill with or charged with something; causing emotional distress; a situation fraught with danger
61. Fray [N] – fracas; brawl; melee; affray
62. Frenetic [A] – very excited; frenzied; frantic; frenetic activity; distraught with fear and violence
63. Fresco [N] – picture painted in water color on a wall or ceiling before the plaster is dry
64. Fret [V] – be annoyed or vexed; worry unnecessarily or excessively; to fret your poor grade is foolish, instead, decide to work harder in the future
65. Frigid [A] – very cold
66. Frivolous [A] – lacking in seriousness, foolish and lighthearted; silly; flippant; giddy; frolicsome; perky; merry; dizzy; trivial; vain
67. Frolic [N] - a lively or enjoyable activity that makes people forget their problems
68. Frond [N] – fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
69. Frosty (A) – devoid or warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; covered with frost
70. Fructify [V] – bear fruits
71. Fry (N) – a young fish
72. Fugitive [N] – a fugitive criminal; a person who is running away
73. Fulminate [V] – to make loud, sudden noise; to send forth decrees with force or authority; protest strongly and loudly; denounce thunderously explode
74. Fulsome [A] – flattery; disgusting excessive; excessive and insincere
75. Furor [N] – frenzy and great excitement; general uproar or admiration or anger
76. Furtive [A] – stealthy; sneaky; done secretly and quietly so as not to be noticed

Words Starting With "E"

1. E
2. Earthy – unrefined or coarse
3. Easel (N) - An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
4. Ebb – reflux of tide, decline; the tide is on the ebb means the tide is going out
5. Ebullience – a boiling over something; showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberance; effervescence
6. Eccentric – unusual, peculiar, going beyond the center; eccentricity – idiosyncrasy
7. Ecclesiastic – a clergyman; related to church
8. Eddy – swirling current of water, air, etc. whirlpool
9. Eddy (N) – a current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool
10. Edict – decree, especially one issued by a sovereign
11. Edify – instruct, or correct morally, enlighten
12. Eerie – causing a feeling of mystery and fear; Dr. Seward felt an eerie silence in Lucy’s room.
13. Efface – face deleted; rub out; we wanted to efface the logo of KU library in the book I had stolen
14. Effectual – efficacy; able to produce desired effect
15. Effeminate (adj.) – a man having feminine traits; opposite of virile; a man like a woman
16. Effervescence – ebullience; exuberance; showing enthusiasm; excitement
17. Effete – lack vigor
18. Effluvium – noxious smell; due to air pollution, we have been experiencing effluvium
19. Effrontery – impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve, presumptuousness, impertinence; “When the boss told Frank she was firing him for laziness and insubordination, he had the effrontery to ask her for a letter of recommendation”
20. Effusion – pouring out especially liquids; pouring out of thoughts and feelings in words; “The critics objected to her literary effusion because it was too flowery.”
21. Effusive – ebullient; enthusiastic; demonstrative; overflowing with emotions
22. Egregious – notorious, badly famous
23. Egress – exit, come out; the sun egressed after eclipse
24. Ejaculation – exclamation
25. Eleemosynary – pertaining to charity; charitable; philanthropic
26. Elixir (N) – panacea, alchemy
27. Elusive – evasive; baffling; hard to grasp; “an elusive criminal is the one that can’t be captured easily”
28. Elysium – the home of the blessed after death; a place for ideal happiness; utopia
29. Emanate – produce; cornucopia emanated glut of food and drink
30. Embargo – an official order that bans trade with another country; boycott; “an arms embargo”
31. Embark – go on board; to get into a ship or plane; disembark (opposite)
32. Embellish – decorate, ornate; enhance
33. Embody (V) – to express or represent an idea; to include or contain something
34. Emboss – to put a raised design or piece of writing on paper, leather, etc.
35. Embroil – to be in difficult situation; “Why should I embroil myself in your internal problems”
36. Embryonic – undeveloped
37. Emend – correct errors to remove mistakes in a piece of writing before it goes to the press
38. Emetic – substance causing vomit
39. Emissary – agent or messenger
40. Emollient – soothing substance, especially for skin
41. Emolument – remuneration, salary
42. Empathy – ability to understand other’s feelings
43. Enamored – paramours are enamored due to clandestine
44. Encapsulate – enclose and surround in all directions
45. Enclave – territory enclosed with alien lands
46. Encomiastic – praising, eulogistic
47. Encomium – speech or writing that praises somebody or something highly; paean; panegyric
48. Encumber – cumber, cumbersome, burden; the police operation was encumbered due to the crowds or reporters
49. Endemic – epidemic, pandemic; prevailing over a wide range of place or population
50. Enervate - faze; weaken
51. Engross – occupy fully; “after reading few pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula I plunged into the mystery and finally plunged into the miracle of Count”
52. Enjoin – command, order, forbid
53. Ennui – boredom
54. Enrapture – enchant, to give somebody great pleasure or joy
55. Enrapture – to transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to ravish
56. Ensconce – if you are ensconced or ensconce yourself somewhere, you are made or make yourself comfortable and safe in that place or position
57. Ensue – to happen after or as a result of another event; result; follow
58. Entail – require; necessitate; involve; “Building a college level vocabulary will entail some work on your part”
59. Enterprising – full of initiatives
60. Enthrall – enslave; capture
61. Entrance – put into a trance; “Van Helsingr put Mina into a hypnotic trance – she was entranced”
62. Entreat – plead; request; ask earnestly
63. Entrée – entrance; a way in; right or privilege of admission or entry; “He enrolled Lions Club to get an entrée into the circle of aristocrats”
64. Enunciate – pronounce a word or sound clearly; enunciation – pronunciation
65. Epigram – witty thought or saying, usually short; quip
66. Episodic – loosely connected; occurring irregularly; sporadic
67. Epithet – adjective or descriptive phrase that refers to the character or most important quality of somebody or something; descriptive name; a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
68. Epitome – perfect example; cynosure; embodiment
69. Equable – moderate; neither too cold nor too hot
70. Equestrian – horse rider
71. Equine – horse like
72. Equipoise – equilibrium
73. Errant – doing wrong; wandering in search of adventure
74. Erratic – having no fixed course or purpose, irregular or random
75. Ersatz [A] - artificial and not as good as the real thing or product; ersatz coffee
76. Escapade – any carefree episode; childish escapade
77. Espionage – spying
78. Espouse – give one’s support to a cause, theory etc. “Gutenberg espoused Chomsky’s theory of Universal Grammar”
79. Essay – make an attempt at; test
80. Estimable – having esteem, power or value
81. Estrange – separated, alienated; cause somebody formerly loving or friendly to become unfriendly; I have never been estranged by my consort”
82. Ethereal – ether is a medicine used to make people sleep; of heaven or spirit
83. Ethnology – study or human kind; type of anthropology
84. Eugenic – pertaining to the improvement of race
85. Euphoria – intense feeling of happiness and pleasant excitement; “The euphoria of SAU was ephemeral”
86. Euthanasia – mercy killing
87. Evanescent – quickly fading; soon disappearing from memory; “evanescent beauty”
88. Evasive – not frank, eluding; not giving direct answer; elusive “elusive criminal is difficult to capture”
89. Evasive – not straight forward
90. Evenhanded – impartial; fair
91. Evince – to show clearly that you have feeling or quality; “He evinced the feeling of reconciling with his family”
92. Evocative – pertaining to bring memory to once feeling, “The breeze outside was evocative of natural spring”
93. Exalt – extol, praise; promote; make higher in rank or position
94. Exceptional – objectionable; something that doesn’t follow rule of exceptions is exceptionable or objectionable
95. Excise – (N) tax; (V) expurgates; censure; remove by cutting; “the surgeon excised the tumor”
96. Excommunicated – excluded from the church of religious community
97. Exculpate – exonerate; clear from blame; acquit “She was exculpated from blame when the real criminal confessed”
98. Execrable – very bad, terrible, diabolical
99. Execrate – curse; express or feel hatred
100. Exegesis – an explanation or critical interpretation of bible
101. Exempt – free from an obligation, duty or payment; not liable
102. Exertion – effort; expenditure of much physical work
103. Exhilarating – invigorating and refreshing; cheering – hilarious
104. Exhort – urge
105. Exigency – emergency; urgent situation
106. Exiguous – very small in amount; scanty; “an exiguous diet”
107. Exodus – departure of many people at one time; “The mass exodus of people to the sea mountains during summer holidays”
108. Exonerate – exculpate; free from blame
109. Exorcise – drive out or expel an evil spirit by prayers or magic; “Van Helsingr tried to exorcise Dracula effect from Mina”
110. Exotic – not native; strange; alien
111. Expatiate – talk at length; elaborate; dilate; expound; exposit; “At this time, please give us a brief resume of your work, we shall permit you to expatiate later”
112. Expatriate – a person who is voluntarily absent from a country or home
113. Expedient – appropriate to a purpose or practical; suitable; politic; “She was guided by what was expedient rather than what was ethical”
114. Expiate – make amends for a sin; “Noble prize was an expiated act”; kings try to expiate their atrocities by performing some acts or charity”
115. Expletive (N) – swear-words; interjection; profane oath; violent exclamation said in anger or pain; “Damn!” is an expletive.
116. Explicate (V) – explain; interpret; clarity – exegesis; expatiate
117. Expostulate (V) –reason with somebody for the purpose of dissuasion
118. Expostulation (N) – protest; remonstrate; argue in protest; they expostulated with him about the risks involved in his plan
119. Expound – add details in idea or writing, dilate, elaborate, expatiate, exposit, lucubrate
120. Expropriate (V) – take possession of; take away property, etc. for public use without payment to the owner; “The communist government expropriated the landowners”. Another word is appropriate which means the deliberate act of acquisition of something often without the permission of the owner opposite of which is bequest.
121. Expunge (V) – remove or wipe out names or words from books, etc.; cancel; “When copyright is sold, the publisher can expunge the name of writer”
122. Exquisite – intense or sharp
123. Extant (A) – still in existence, especially documents; “Although the book is out of print some copies are still extant”
124. Extirpate (V) – remove or destroy something completely; root up; “We need to extirpate all social evils from our society”
125. Extort (V) – obtain through intimidation; wring from; “Maoist extorted money from teachers”
126. Extradite (V) – give up or send back criminal to the country where crime was committed”; "They extradited the fugitive (fleeting criminal) to his native country so he could be tried there".
127. Extricate (V) – set somebody or something free; release from entanglement of difficulty; I can’t extricate myself from this task
128. Extrude (V) – force or squeeze out something under pressure; it becomes difficult to extrude the toothpaste tube when it is running out of paste
129. Exude (V) - drops or liquid come out slowly; fir trees exude a lot of combustible fluids
130. Exult (V) – rejoice; we exulted when out team won the match

Words Starting With "D"

1. D
2. Dabble – work in a nonsense fashion; play hands in water
3. Damp – lessen intensity; diminish; to make something such as feeling or hope less strong
4. Dank – dark and damp
5. Dapper – a small man wearing attractive clothes, well dressed
6. Dappled – spotted
7. Daub – to spread a wet substance such as paint on a surface in a careless way
8. Dawdle – loiter, waste time; to do something slowly that annoys others ‘stop dawdling’
9. Deadpan – impassive, wooden
10. Dearth – scarcity
11. Debacle – a disaster or failure
12. Debacle – disaster, catastrophe, fiasco, devastation, misfortune, calamity, deluge
13. Debase – degrade, defile, demean, disgrace
14. Debauch – corrupt, seduce from virtue; did Socrates debauch young people by enticing them to question as iconoclasts?
15. Debauched (A) – a debauched person is immoral in their sexual behavior, drinks a lot of alcohol, takes drugs etc. – bacchanalian
16. Debilitate – week or enfeeble; to make somebody physically or mentally ill
17. Debonair – urbane and suave, amiable, cheerful and carefree; a man with debonair character wears fashionable clothes, and is attractive, relaxed and confident.
18. Debunk – exposed as false, exaggerated, worthless, ridicule; to prove that something such as an idea or belief is false and silly
19. Debutante – a young woman just entering into fashion society
20. Decadence – the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
21. Decant – to pour wine carefully in decanter (wine container); to move people from one place to another
22. Decipher – to understand code or cipher; to understand confusing things
23. Décolleté – a piece of woman cloth which is very low at the top so that you can see part of her shoulders and breasts
24. Decorum – polite behavior or propriety
25. Decoy – a bird used by hunter to attract other birds; lure or bait (insect used in fishing hook)
26. Decrepitude – the state of being old and no longer in good condition or good health; dilapidation
27. Decry – to strongly criticize somebody or something especially publicly; condemn, disparage; deprecate
28. Deface – mar, disfigure, to damage the appearance of something especially by drawing or writing on it. If you deface library books you have to pay fine.
29. Defalcate (V) – misuse money held in trust
30. Defeatist – behaving is a way that shows that you think you will fail or lose
31. Defection – abandon a party and join another, desertion, “She was deserted or defected by her husband”
32. Deference – courtesy, respect
33. Defiance – refusal to obey a person or rule; “Nuclear testing was resumed in defiance of an international ban.”
34. Defile – tarnish; to spoil something important, pure or holy
35. Deflect – to direct criticism, attention, or blame away from yourself towards someone else; avert, distract, ward off, turn away
36. Defoliate – to remove the leaves from a plant or tree using defoliant – a chemical
37. Defray – to give somebody back the money that they have spent on something
38. Defrock – divest, to remove a priest from their job because they have done something wrong
39. Deft – dexterous
40. Deft (A) – skilled in physical movement; dexterous
41. Deify – to treat somebody as god or deity
42. Deign – condescend stoop
43. Delirious – insane; raving; affected with delirium
44. Delirious – talking or thinking in a confused way
45. Delirium – a mental state where somebody becomes delirious, usually because of illness,
46. Delude – to make somebody believe something that is not true; deceive, cozen
47. Delusion – false belief, hallucination, a belief that you are more important than you really are
48. Delusive – deception, raising vain hopes
49. Delve – dig, investigate; delving into old books and manuscripts is a part of researcher’s job
50. Demean – degrade; humiliate, to make people have less respect to someone
51. Demented – affected by dementia; senile dementia, having mental illness, insane
52. Demolition – destruction of a building
53. Demoniac – like a demon
54. Demure – to object to do something
55. Denigrate - to criticize in a way that has no value; blacken
56. Denizen – inhabitant, resident, regular visitor, dweller
57. Denouement – the end of a book, play or series of events, final development of a play
58. Deposition – a formal written statement by a witness that is read out in a court because the witness cannot be present at the court
59. Deprecate – express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
60. Depredation – plundering, damage or harm that is dine to something
61. Deranged – disarrange; behaving in an uncontrolled or dangerous way because of mental illness
62. Derelict (A) – abandoned, negligent; something such as building or piece of land that is derelict is empty, not used, and in a bad condition
63. Deride – mock, ridicule, make fun of
64. Derisory (A) – incongruous; inviting ridicule; “The egg seller can get 250 dollar which is a derisory payment, which leaves many egg donors out of pocket and pointedly fails to draw any distinction between the egg and sperm donor”; ludicrous; preposterous; cockeyed; absurd
65. Descry – to suddenly see somebody on the way
66. Desiccate – to make dry “desiccated tomato”
67. Desolate – a place empty and without people; forlorn
68. Desperado – a person who does dangerous and criminal things without caring himself or other people
69. Despise – hate; to dislike or have no respect for somebody or something
70. Despoil – plunder, loot; to steal something valuable from a place
71. Despondent – depressed, gloomy, hopeless
72. Desuetude – inaction, state of disuse, state of inactivity
73. Desultory – aimless, haphazard; showing that you have no plan; “desultory meeting”
74. Detraction – petty criticism, carping, slandering, aspersion, “one who detracts is detractor”
75. Detrimental – harmful, or damaging
76. Devise – think, cogitate, plan, cerebrate, invent; “Devise your lesson carefully”
77. Devolve – delegate your duty to your deputy; “when Nepal becomes federal republic powers need to be devolved to provinces”
78. Diabolical – terrible, devilish; extremely bad or pestering; “The traffic was diabolical”
79. Diadem – crown
80. Diaphanous – transparent, sheer; (of cloth) so light and fine that you can almost see through; “her décolleté was enough diaphanous to attract amorous Adonis”.
81. Diffidence – lack of confidence; shyness
82. Dilation – expansion, especially of pupil – verb is dilate
83. Dilatory – delaying, procrastinating, lingering, dawdling, lagging
84. Dilettante – dabbler; amateur; a dilettante “let it go in the same way, what matters”– and debutante says, “No, be meticulous, you know, I have just started and I should let the crest of my family fall”.
85. Din – long sound; children were making din while the drum was making clangor
86. Dinghy – a small ship boat – Adjective – dull, not fresh or cheerless
87. Dint – means; effort; “By dint of much hard work you can score a better logogram is GRE”
88. Diorama – a model representing a scene with figures, especially in museum.
89. Dirge – requiem, threnody, lament with music; “Jackson got his dirge”
90. Disabuse – to say somebody that what they think is true is, in fact, not true; correct a false impression; undeceive; “Let me disabuse him first so that we can forge consensus”, said Girija to Nepal.
91. Disaffected – no longer satisfied with your situation, organization, belief, etc. and therefore not loyal to it; when children are disaffected for a long time with your principles they start being disaffected; “I believe conflict is begotten due to long standing disaffection”
92. Disapprobation – disapproval of somebody or something that you think is morally wrong
93. Disarray – disorderly or untidy state; a state of confusion; dismay
94. Disavow – disclaim, deny; to state publicly that you have no knowledge of something or you are not responsible for something or somebody; “they disavowed claims of split in the party”
95. Disburse – to pay money to somebody from a large amount that has been collected for a purpose; “The disbursement of funds”
96. Disclaim – denying; renouncing claim or responsibility to
97. Disclaim – stating publicly that you have no knowledge of something or that you are not responsible for something; to give up your right to something such as property or title; renounce “He disclaimed any responsibility”.
98. Discombobulated – discomposed; confused and a little annoyed
99. Discomfit – to make somebody feel confused or embarrassed; discomfiture (N); “A good teacher never makes her children feel discomfiture”.
100. Discompose – to disturb somebody and make them feel anxious; disconcert; disturb
101. Disconcert – to make somebody feel anxious, confused or embarrassed; discomfit; “his answer rather discomfited her”
102. Discretion – the freedom of power to decide what should be done in a particular situation; prudence in speech or action; freedom to act on one’s own; “Discretion of Girija”
103. Discursive – a style of writing or speaking moving from one point to another without any strict structures
104. Disdain – contempt; the feeling that somebody is not good enough to deserve your respect or attention
105. Disembark – opposite of embark; to leave a vehicle, especially a ship or an aircraft, at the end of journey; “I disembarked Buddha Air at 5 PM”.
106. Disfigure – deface; to spoil the appearance of a person or thing “the bulging front gum of my mouth has disfigured me”
107. Disgorge – vomit; cause to flow solid
108. Disgruntle – make discontented; the passengers were disgruntled by numerous delays
109. Disingenuous- not ingenuous; not sincere; artful; “Students are required to give ingenuous answers as far as possible”
110. Disinter – unearth a dead body; opposite of inter
111. Disparate – basically different; unrelated
112. Dispassionate – not influenced by emotion; “a dispassionate observer”
113. Dispel – to make something, especially a feeling or belief go away or disappear; “His speech dispelled any fears about his health”
114. Disport – disport yourself means “enjoy yourself” by doing something active.
115. Disquiet – unease; feeling or unhappy or worry
116. Disquisition – a long complicated speech of written report on a particular subject
117. Dissection – to analyze by cutting into parts; “Dracula tried to dissect the dead body of Lucy pretending that he would know the real cause of her death”
118. Dissemble – to hide real feelings or intention often pretending to have different one; disguise; dissimulate
119. Dissent – disagree; opposite of consent; dissenter is the one who disagrees
120. Dissident – rebellious; a person who disagrees with government
121. Dissipate – to gradually become weaker until it disappears; to waste time or money, especially by not planning the best way of using; squander
122. Dissolution – the act of officially ending a marriage, business agreement; dissolve
123. Distend – to swell because of pressure from inside; “starving children with huge distend bellies”; distention of stomach during pregnancy
124. Distraught – extremely upset or anxious so that cannot think clearly
125. Diurnal – opposite or nocturnal
126. Diva – prima donna; a famous woman singer
127. Divest – to remove clothes; to get rid of something; to take something away from somebody or something; “after her illness she was divested of much of her responsibilities”
128. Divulge – reveal; to leak out the secret information; nobody divulged the real identity of Dracula to Jonathan Hacker
129. Docile – quiet and easy to control; obedient; easily managed; a docile child
130. Docket – docket sheet; a list of cases to be dealt with in a particular court; agenda
131. Doddering – senile walking; he was doddering with a help of cane
132. Doff – to take off your hat, especially to show respect to somebody or something
133. Dogged – stubborn; determined
134. Doldrums – the state of feeling sad or depressed; a lack of activity or improvement; stagnation
135. Dole – money paid by the state to unemployed people; alms is the money paid to poor
136. Doleful – mournful;
137. Dolorous – feeling or showing great sadness
138. Domineer – rule over tyrannically (tyrannize)
139. Don – a teacher at the university; the leader of a group of criminals; to put on clothes “he divested sweeter and donned shirts”
140. Dormer – window projecting from roof
141. Dossier – folder of documents on a subject “we have a dossier for filing case against violation of child rights”
142. Dotage – be in your dotage; “the people in Nepal are consigned in their dotage”
143. Dour – inflexible, obstinate, sullen; not pleasant; not lively; sullen; stubborn “the game became a dour struggling with both men determined to win”
144. Douse – to stop a fire from burning by pouring water over it; plunge into water; drench; extinguish; “Boys doused girls with water balloons”
145. Dowdy – unattractive; not fashionable woman; drab
146. Drab – dull; uninteresting; “she was dressed in drab color
147. Draconian – extremely severe; draconian punishment
148. Drawbridge (N) - A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it; lift bridge
149. Dregs – sediment; worthless residue; “a lot of dregs remained after the wine was decanted”
150. Drivel – silly, nonsense; don’t talk drivel
151. Droll – queer and amusing; “he was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining”
152. Drone – ideal person who does no good work; male bee; talk dully; “the chairman droned for an hour; an aircraft droned over head.
153. Dross – waste matter, we can get dross when raw gold is assayed; “many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross”
154. Drudgery – menial work, hard labor; work of servant; “Cinderella’s fairy grandmother rescued her from a life of drudgery”
155. Ductile – malleable; flexible; pliable, docile
156. Dulcet – mellifluous; sweet sounding
157. Dupe – someone easily fooled
158. Duress – forcible restraint, especially unlawful; threats or force used to make somebody do something; intimidate; bully
159. Dyspepsia – indigestion; dyspeptic

Words Starting With "C"

1. Cache – storehouse of weapons
2. Cadaver - corpse
3. Cadence – rise and fall of sound, tempo, rhythm, pace, intonation, modulation, tone
4. Cadge – steal, sneak, take, beg; get away with
5. Calibrate – fine-tune
6. Callous – rude, coldhearted, uncaring, unsympathetic, pitiless, thick-skinned
7. Calorific – causing heat, fattening, high energy, high in calories
8. Calvinism - The theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone; Protestantism
9. Cameo – biography, character part, small part, cameo role
10. Canard – a false report, fiction, fable
11. Canker – deadening tissue, scourge, blight, pest, menace, bane
12. Cant – hypocrisy, insincerity, false piety, humbug,
13. Cantankerous – complaining, irritable, tetchy, belligerent, grouchy
14. Canter – gallop, run, trot, jog, sprint
15. Canvass – collect support, campaign, electioneer, solicit votes, survey, poll; test
16. Capitulate – surrender, give in, give up, cede, relent, yield; submit
17. Caprice – whim, impulse, quirk
18. Carafe – wine container, flask; decanter
19. Carapace – shell, case, exterior, sleeve, sheath
20. Careen – lurch, zigzag, stagger, wind, twist, crisscross, meander
21. Carillon – bells, doorbell, glockenspiel
22. Carnal - fleshy
23. Carousal – a merry drinking party
24. Carping – complaining, moaning, nit-picking, grousing, critical, discontented
25. Carrion – rotten after cadaver
26. Cataclysm – catastrophe, disaster, upheaval, calamity, debacle, tragedy, deluge
27. Catatonic – not able to react due to sickness
28. Catcall – shouting, jeer, hiss, boo, taunt, insult, mockery
29. Catechism – a religious book giving instruction, dialecticism
30. Caulk – adhesive
31. Cavalier – arrogant, offhand, inconsiderate, haughty, casual, careless
32. Cavil – quibble, complain, carp; niggle
33. Cede – give in territory, relinquish, abandon
34. Celerity – speed, alacrity, haste, briskness
35. Censure – criticize, fault, reprimand, condemn, reproach, denounce, deprecation, scorn, contempt
36. Centaur – mythical creature
37. Centrifugal – eccentric, tending to move away from the center
38. Centrifuge – machine that separates, extractor or separator
39. Centripetal – towards the center
40. Cerebration – thought
41. Certitude – certainty
42. Cession - cede
43. Chafe – rub, scrape, abrade, annoy
44. Chaff – dust of wheat (joke –v)
45. Chaffing – bantering
46. Chagrin – not grin, annoyed, vexation
47. Chalice – a drinking vessel, goblet, glass, cup
48. Chameleon – volatile, color changing lizard
49. Chary – wary, cautious, suspicious, mindful
50. Chase – run after, cut indentation, emboss
51. Chasten – discipline, punish, reprimand, censure, castigate
52. Checkered – past life, checkered career
53. Cherubic – angelic, divine, holy
54. Chisel – tool, carve
55. Chivalrous – gallant, mannerly,
56. Choleric – bad-tempered
57. Chortle – chuckle
58. Churlish – rude, boorish, coarse, truculent, grumpy
59. Cipher – unimportant person, code
60. Circumvent – avoid, evade, dodge, thwart, elude
61. Cistern – tanker, reservoir, boiler
62. Clairvoyant – fortuneteller, telepathist, mind reader
63. Clamber – climb by crawling; the mountaineers clambered for two hours and establish a bivouac on the top.
64. Clamor – loud noise
65. Clangor – long noise
66. Clapper – tongue of bell
67. Clarion – brass, clear sounding
68. Clavicle – collarbone
69. Cleave – cut, slash, slice, smite; chop
70. Clemency – mercy, mildness, leniency, pity, harshness (antonym)
71. Climactic – climax, very exciting, most important
72. Clime – climate of a particular region
73. Clique – group, circle, faction, set, gang, elite
74. Cloister – monastery, convent,
75. Clout – influence, power, authority, sway, political clout
76. Cloying – syrupy, over-sweet, sticky, sugary, clean (antonym)
77. Coalesce – amalgamate
78. Coddle – pamper, mollycoddle, indulge, overprotect, cosset, fuss over, spoil, cocoon
79. Codicil – addition, supplement, appendix, postscript, rider
80. Cog – tooth, component, part, gear, mechanism
81. Cognizance – knowledge, understanding
82. Coiffure – hairstyle
83. Colander - strainer, sieve
84. Collate – triangulate, collect, gather; assemble
85. Collateral – security, guarantee
86. Collation - a light meal, snacks, banquet, buffet, spread, feast
87. Colloquium – conference, seminar
88. Colloquy – informal conversation, interaction
89. Collusion – conspiracy, complicity, connivance
90. Comatose – in coma, deep sleep, unconscious
91. Comely – attractive
92. Commandeer (V) – take arbitrarily or by force; hijack; pirate
93. Commiserate - sympathize, pity, empathize, console
94. Communion – time to drink food in commemorating Christ, spiritual union
95. Complicity – collusion, connivance, participation, support
96. Comport – behave well or properly
97. Comport – to behave in a particular way
98. Compunction – remorse, regret, scruple, reluctance, qualm
99. Concatenate – combine two strings to form a single one
100. Concede – admit, confess, grant, give in, allow, give up, forfeit
101. Conceit – self-importance, pride, vanity, smugness, snobbery, arrogance, modest (antonym)
102. Concerted – collaborative, mutual, solitary (antonym)
103. Conclave – private meeting, assembly, council, caucus
104. Concoct – to make food by mixing food items
105. Concur – agree, correspond, coincide; harmonize
106. Condescend - to do something below one’s position, deign; we had to wait almost an hour before he condescended to see us; bestow courtesies with superior year; the king condescended to grant ordinance to the friends of the condemned man.
107. Condign – condign punishment is the one that is appropriate to the crime
108. Condiment – a sauce etc. that is used to give flavor to food
109. Conduit – aqueduct, passageway for fluids; a person or organization that is used to pass things or information to other people or places
110. Conflagration – great fire
111. Conflate – to put two or more things together to make new things.
112. Confluence – the place where two rivers meet
113. Confound – to confuse
114. Congeal – coagulate, thicken
115. Congenial – pleasant and likeminded friends
116. Congenital – existing since birth
117. Congregation (N) – a group pof people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
118. Conjure – practicing magic, summon devil, to perform magic tricks in order to entertain people, especially tricks using quick hand movements
119. Connivance – helping in doing something wrong, abet, accomplice; the crime was committed with the connivance of police officer
120. Connubial – related to marriage, the relationship between husband and wife; he extended a connubial bliss.
121. Conscript – to make somebody join the armed forces, conscription; he was conscripted in army in 1939.
122. Consecrate - to state officially in a religious ceremony that something is holy and can be used for religious purposes; to make bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ; to consecrate somebody means to state officially that somebody is now a priest
123. Conservatory – school of fine arts
124. Consort – the husband or wife of a ruler
125. Consternation – dismay; sudden amazement or dread that results in confusion
126. Construe – to understand the meaning of a word or sentence
127. Contempt – lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
128. Contend – to say that somebody is true in an argument
129. Contention – angry disagreement between people
130. Contiguous – adjoining, abutting, neighboring
131. Continence – the control of feeling especially of having sex
132. Contingent - a group of people representing a place or organization, contingent of peacekeepers; dependent on or conditional; acceptance of the course is contingent on your examination result.
133. Contortions - twisting or distortions, gnarled
134. Contraband – illegal trade, trafficking, racketing
135. Contravene – contradict, oppose, transgress, infringe (the company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations
136. Contrite – penitent, remorseful, rueful, ruthful (her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.
137. Contrived – forced, artificial, not spontaneous, planned in advance and not genuine (a contrived situation)
138. Contumacious – lacking respect for authority (the contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police)
139. Contusion – an injury to part of the body that doesn’t break the skin, bruise
140. Convalesce – to spend time getting your health and strength back after illness “She is convalescing at home after her operation.”
141. Convene – assemble
142. Conveyance – vehicle, transfer
143. Convoke – call together, convocation
144. Coquette – flirt, attracting sexually
145. Cornice – a decorative boarder around the top of the wall
146. Cornucopia – plethora of knowledge
147. Corrugated – shaped into a series of regular folds that look like waves
148. Cosign - deliver officially; to put somebody or something in order to get rid of it; what I didn’t want was to see mother consigned to an old peoples’ home
149. Countenance – face
150. Countermand – cancel earlier order or command
151. Cow – intimidate, to frighten somebody in order to make them obey
152. Cozen – cheat, swindle, hoodwink
153. Crabbed – sour, peevish, bad-tempered
154. Crass – insensitive, unrefined, grossly insensible; very stupid and showing no sympathy and understanding
155. Credo – creed, belief
156. Crestfallen – disappointed, annoyed
157. Cringe – shrink back, as if in fear
158. Crone – an ugly old woman
159. Crypt – secret, mysterious, hidden
160. Cubicle – small chamber used for sleeping
161. Cull – to kill a number of animals to reduce its quantity
162. Culminate – attainment of highest position
163. Culpable – deserving blame
164. Cummerbund (N) - a wide band of silk, etc. worn around the waist, especially under a dinner jacket; elastic of underwear
165. Cupidity – greed
166. Curmudgeon – churlish or miserly individual, bad tempered old man
167. Cynical – a person not caring that something might hurt other people, if their some advantage for him or her
168. Cynosure – object of general attention (he was a cynosure when he was at his teen).

Words Starting With "B"

1. B
2. Bemoan – to express sorrow or lament
3. Berserk – madly excited; in a state of frantic rage
4. Beseech – implore, beg, request, press, demand
5. Beset – overwhelmed, snowed under, inundated, beleaguered, plagued
6. Besmirch – defame, slander, sully, tarnish, damage, taint, defile
7. Bestial – humane (antonym), foul, beastlike, repulsive
8. Betoken – augur, portend, promise, divine, signify, indicate
9. Betroth – affiance, engage, plight
10. Bevy – horde, crowd, throng, flock, group
11. Bicker – dispute, quarrel, squabble, wrangle
12. Bigotry – prejudice, racism, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, chauvinism
13. Bilious – caused by gall or bile that comes from liver
14. Bilk – deceive or trick, con, swindle, defraud, bamboozle, dupe
15. Billow – bulge, swell, balloon, to fill something with air
16. Biometric (A) – using human physical characteristics (face shape, finger prints, etc.) for identification; a biometric test; biometric authentication; biometric census
17. Bivouac – temporary encampment
18. Blanch – whiten
19. Bland [A] – insipid, weak, tasteless, spicy (antonym), featureless lackluster, mediocre
20. Blandish – cajole, coax with flattery,
21. Blare – a loud noise
22. Blasé – nonchalant, laid back, cool, relaxed, unconcerned, offhand; uptight (antonym)
23. Blatant – obvious, barefaced, unashamed, furtive (antonym)
24. Bleak – miserable, austere, drab, dreary, hopeless, gloomy, futile
25. Bouillon - A thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock
26. Bowdlerize – censor, expurgate; amend
27. Brackish – salty, saline, briny
28. Braggadocio – vain and empty boasting
29. Braggart – boaster
30. Brandish – wield, handle; flourish
31. Bravado – audacity, boldness, daring, boasting, show
32. Brawn – muscle, brute force
33. Brazen – bold, barefaced, unashamed, blatant, discreet (antonym)
34. Brigand – a lawless fellow; one of a brand or robbers
35. Brindled – pattern of grey color
36. Bristle – hair, spine, spike, v- stand up, rise, poke out
37. Brittle – easily broken, fragile, delicate
38. Broach – mention, approach, raise, try out, put an agenda for discussion
39. Brocade – cloth, fabric etc., with decoration in sofa etc.
40. Brooch – clip of sari, badge, pin, ornament; trinket; accessory
41. Brook – to tolerate, allow, accept, countenance, suffer, sanction
42. Browbeat – badge, pester, annoy, bully, cudgel, nag, coerce, intimidate
43. Brunt – force, impact, burden, substance, bear the brunt (ph), I will bear the brunt of the loss,
44. Buffoonery – clown, joker, comedian, etc.’s cloth
45. Bugaboo – an imaginary monster to frighten children
46. Bullion – metal bar, gold bar or ingots
47. Bulwark – fortification, embankment, earthwork, barricade, rampart, wall, stronghold, aegis
48. Bungle – botch, mismanage, ruin, do badly, make a mess of, succeed (antonyms)
49. Buoyed (V) – float on the surface of water
50. Bureau (N) - Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
51. Burlesque – parody, caricature, travesty, mockery, lampoon, satire, vaudeville, revue, extravaganza,
52. Bursting (V) – come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; exploding

Words Starting With "A"

1. Abrasion [N] – 1 a damaged area of the skin where it has been rubbed against something hard and rough; He suffered cuts and abrasions to the face; 2 damage to a surface caused by rubbing something very hard against it; Diamonds have extreme resistance to abrasion
2. Adjudicate (V) – put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; bring to an end; settle conclusively
3. Alms – money or other valuables given to charity or the poor
4. Anti-Semitism (N) – the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people; anti-Semitism
5. Aplomb (N) – poise; composure; self-assurance; cool
6. Apotheosis – model of excellence; perfection of kind; the best time in one’s life
7. Apparel (N) – clothing in general; clothes
8. Assortment [N] – a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; motley
9. Auspices – kindly endorsement and guidance
10. Austerity – asceticism, no indulgence
11. Aver – to declare true; to asset with confidence; affirm; avow
12. Avowedly – acknowledge, declared, affirmed, verified, admitted