A good vocabulary is crucial to acing Verbal section in GRE, CAT, SAT and other such exams. In this series of articles, we have compiled 1000 words that frequently feature in competitive exams.Spread over 25 lists of 40 words, these lists offer you a chance to learn the most essential English words.
Each word in the list is accompanied with its meaning and followed by a usage example. The words are categorized on three levels: 1, 2 and 3, according to the degree of difficulty. Go through the word lists and strengthen your vocabulary database.
Level 1: Let’s get warmed up
| Access: The right to enter |
| The access to the mall was very crowded. |
| Alleged: Declared but not proved |
| He alleged charges of graft on the bureaucrat. |
| Controversial: Marked by or capable of arousing controversy |
| The issue of death penalty is highly controversial. |
| Habitat: The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs |
| In its natural habitat the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft. |
| Invalidate: Declare invalid |
| He invalidated the contract by breaking some of its terms. |
| Landmark: The position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape |
| The church steeple provided a convenient landmark. |
| Lethal: Of an instrument of certain death |
| Snake bites are often lethal. |
| Liquidation: The act of exterminating |
| The losses he incurred resulted in the liquidation of his assets. |
| Mammoth: So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth |
| The mammoth building was hideously constructed. |
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Level 2: Let’s take it up a notch
| Accomplice: An associate in wrongdoing |
| His accomplice was arrested after a high speed car chase. |
| Bias: Influence in an unfair way |
| The child took a biased view because of his mother’s judgement. |
| Culpable: Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious |
| Her maid’s culpable negligence could have caused a blast in the kitchen. |
| Cursory: Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough |
| He took a cursory glance at the headlines in the morning. |
| Extrinsic: Not forming an essential or inherent part of a thing |
| That new facade seems like an extrinsic feature of the building. |
| Havoc: Violent and needless disturbance |
| The storm created havoc in the village. |
| Incisive: Suitable for cutting or piercing |
| The teeth of the saw were very incisive. |
| Indigenous: Originating where it is found |
| The American Black Bear is indigenous to many different parts of North America. |
| Nomadic: Migratory |
| Gypsies are normally nomadic by nature. |
| Persevere: Be persistent, refuse to stop |
| He persevered in his task despite all odds. |
| Raze: Tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
| The building was razed to the ground to make a new and better one. |
| Stereotype: A conventional or formulaic conception or image |
| His stereotype lectures were getting difficult to attend. |
Level 3: Time to be a master
| Abrogate: Revoke formally |
| The next minister could abrogate the trade policy. |
| Asperity: Something hard to endure |
| The asperity of northern winter is well known. |
| Complicity: Guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offence |
| The junior’s complicity was proved in the offence. |
| Declaim: Speak against in an impassioned manner |
| He declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society. |
| Epithet: A defamatory or abusive word or phrase |
| The players uttered a stream of obscene epithets. |
| Fetter: A shackle for the ankles or feet |
| He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeon. |
| Gregarious: Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable |
| He is a gregarious person who avoids solitude. |
| Interloper: Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission |
| She had no wish to share her father with any interloper. |
| Paragon: An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept |
| She was a paragon of neatness and efficiency. |
| Precipitate: Bring about abruptly |
| The matters precipitated into a fight. |
| Preclude: Keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
| His involvement in the project precluded his participation in other competitive projects. |
| Recant: Officially reject or deny a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| He recanted the vows he had made due to his mother. |
| Scurry: To move about or proceed hurriedly |
| The mouse scurried back and forth in the kitchen. |
| Sinecure: An office that involves minimal duties |
| He enjoyed a lucrative sinecure with a big law firm. |
| Stentorian: Used of the voice |
| Their grandfather’s stentorian voice always managed to scare the children. |
| Supine: Lying face upward |
| The dog lay supine waiting for his master to come home. |
| Valour: Courage and boldness |
| He received a medal for the valour he displayed in the war in Afghanistan. |
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