| Conventional: Following accepted practice, customary |
| A rebellious fellow, Primtrim always questioned the conventional ways of his teachers’ thinking and tended to make his own theories to explain the things. |
| Flout: Reject, mock |
| The rule regarding observing a dry day on the Gandhi Jayanti was flouted by the liquor vends without the slightest fear. |
| Fluctuate: Oscillate |
| The prices of gold fluctuate from day to day, so it is not possible to give a fixed rate for this commodity. |
| Fragile: Capable of being broken |
| The fragile items should be packed properly before dispatching. |
| Hallucination: Delusion |
| Very often, psychiatric patients with serious disorders have hallucinations, e.g., if you tell them a lion is there confronting them, they will really believe it and start crying for help. |
| Judicious: Sensible, wise, prudent |
| Each solution to this problem has some commendable features, let's make a judicious selection of these features and arrive at a composite solution. |
| Jurisdiction: Lawful power or right to exercise official authority. |
| It is not possible to oust the jurisdiction of the court in any way |
| Justification: Defense, excuse |
| His justification for his actions didn't impress me. |
| Derivative: Unoriginal, obtained from another source |
| There is nothing original about Posho Ranjish’s philosophy, in fact, it is a derivative of Neitszche’s ideas regarding human existence and its problems. |
| Descendant: A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor |
| The descendants of the Scindia Family still live in the royal fort. |
| Detrimental: Harmful |
| Eating too many sweets and chocolates can prove detrimental to the dental health of a child. |
| Enlighten: To reveal |
| "Will you please enlighten me on this topic in details?" the young boy asked the teacher. |
| Enrage: To infuriate |
| Crowd was enraged due to poor traffic management. |
| Entice: Allure |
| The smart salesman tried to entice the reluctant customer into buying the spurious-looking gold chain by offering him a huge discount. |
| Florid: Flushed or ruddy in appearance, heavily embellished, flowery |
| Oh! The florid speech of a poet-prime minister adorned with similes, couplets and long-forgotten comparisons. |
| Haggle: Bargain |
| She considers it below her dignity to haggle over a Rs. 10/- purchase with a shopkeeper and straightway makes the payment. |
| Hamper: To interfere with the operation of, to restrain, to disrupt |
| The movement of all traffic on this road has been hampered by the repair work going on for the past two months. |
| Handy: Easy, helpful |
| A sound knowledge of calculations can prove to be handy in your small business if you do not have a calculator by your side. |
| Innocuous: Harmless |
| Wow! A child’s innocuous smile that betrays no feelings of guile, malice or ill-will against anybody. |
| Insinuate: Hint, imply, creep in |
| Their years in parliament had sharpened their wits and made them adept at insinuation. |
| Itinerary: Plan of a trip |
| His itinerary originally included trips to Varanasi, Mathura and Allahabad, but due to the shortage of time, he could go only to Mathura. |
| Juvenile: Characteristic of youth |
| The juvenile could not be put into the cage with the adult chimps until it was strong enough to fend for itself. |
| Deride: Ridicule, make fun of |
| The side-splitting comedy show derides all sorts of social rituals, exposing their illogicality and ends up being great entertainment. |
| Desist: Abstain |
| Pallu's father advised him to desist from joining his friends on the 7-day long trip if he wanted to produce good results in the test. |
| Desolate: Deserted |
| Such a desolate place with few human beings and animals around is just about the perfect setting for someone who wants to meditate over some serious matter. |
| Despondent: Dejected |
| The despondent appealed in the higher court for justice. |
| Deterrent: Something that, discourages, hindrance |
| How far the death penalty can act as a deterrent to prevent serious crimes is a matter of hot debate among judges and other penal experts. |
| Enigmatic: Mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand |
| Very few of his friends could manage to peep into his enigmatic life, which was totally shrouded in mystery. |
| Enrapture: To delight extravagantly or intensely |
| Her melodious voice enraptured the audience. |
| Enthrall: Fascinate |
| His foot-tapping songs kept the audience enthralled for more than two hours. |
| Flippant: Saucy |
| Such a flippant attitude towards your parents should shame you; after all you are there because of them only, they need more respect and regard. |
| Halcyon: Calm |
| Ah! The halcyon days of childhood when I had no worries, no tensions and absolutely no responsibilities on my shoulders. |
| Hoard: To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation |
| They've begun to hoard food and gasoline. |
| Ignominious: Disgraceful |
| Kavi Piddu's ignominious exit from the high post could have been avoided, had he chosen the more graceful path of resigning on his own, after the scandal became public. |
| Insatiable: Greedy |
| His appetite for money and power was insatiable, so much so that any amount of it was just not enough. |
| Inscrutable: Mysterious |
| The inscrutable, reserved movie-star's ways could knotty be understood even by close friends, who often complained of his being too shrouded in mystery. |
| Insidious: Crafty |
| He was as poisonous as a cobra, and as insidious as a fox. |
| Jovial: Good humored |
| His jovial nature led him to laugh off even very serious downturns in life. |
| Jubilant: Joyful |
| The Zimbabwe team was in a jubilant mood after their series victory over the Indians. |
| Jurisprudence: Science of law |
| Jurisprudence demands equal punishment for both the culprit and his accomplice. |
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