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
| Augment: Enlarge or increase |
| She was searching for a way to augment her income |
| Curry: A pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavoured with curry powder and usually eaten with rice |
| His mother prepared an excellent curry for his dinner |
| Facile: Arrived at without due care or effort |
| His facile win tells us he is in form |
| Mentor: A wise and trusted guide and advisor |
| She has sacked her coach and mentor and is now relying on her father |
| Unwieldy: Difficult to use or handle |
| The child almost dropped the unwieldy parcel |
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Level 2: Let’s take it up a notch
| Atrocity: The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane |
| Atrocities are committed everyday against women |
| Demeanour: The way a person behaves toward other people |
| Her calm and cheerful demeanour was very soothing |
| Elucidate: Make clear and (more) comprehensible |
| He refused to elucidate his decision to quit the job |
| Heinous: Extremely wicked |
| Terrorists are capable of the most heinous acts |
| Imperceptible: Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses |
| His hesitation was almost imperceptible |
| Magnanimous: Noble and generous in spirit |
| He was a man capable of magnanimous gestures and work for the good of humanity |
| Proximity: The property of being close together |
| Their house is in close proximity to ours |
| Repertoire: A collection of works |
| He has an impressive repertoire of funny stories |
| Satiety: The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more |
| He felt satiated after eating a heavy meal |
| Staunch: Firm and dependable especially in loyalty |
| He is a staunch supporter of controls on government spending |
| Unconscionable: Lacking a conscience |
| He is an unconscionable liar |
| Vindicate: Show to be right by providing justification or proof |
| The director said he had been vindicated by the expert’s report |
Level 3: Time to be a master
| Cant: Pretence, lip-service |
| Politicians are holding forth with their usual hypocritical cant |
| Clamorous: Offensively loud |
| Naughty children in a classroom are generally clamorous in nature |
| Clique: An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
| The country is run by a small clique of wealthy families |
| Contort: Twist and press out of shape |
| His face was contorted with pain after being hit by the car |
| Delineation: A graphic or vivid verbal description |
| His razor sharp delineation of ordinary life is very apt |
| Extol: Praise, glorify, or honour |
| She keeps extolling his management skills |
| Fatuous: Devoid of intelligence |
| That is not a fatuous argument, it has to be taken seriously |
| Flay: Strip the skin off |
| The critics flayed him with accusations of racial hatred |
| Infraction: A crime less serious than a felony |
| Another infraction by him would mean a stint in the probation centre |
| Lassitude: A state of comatose torpor |
| She remained in a state of lassitude after her illness |
| Machiavellian: A follower of Machiavelli's principles |
| The Machiavellian and devious decisions made by him were not appreciated |
| Opprobrium: A state of extreme dishonour |
| He had to undergo the opprobrium of a public trial |
| Pall: Become less interesting or attractive |
| History classes palled on me |
| Pandemonium: A state of extreme confusion and disorder |
| There was pandemonium in the court as the verdict was delivered |
| Redress: Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
| Victims are turning to litigation to redress wrongs done to them |
| Rhetoric: Using language effectively to please or persuade |
| Hitler was a champion in use of rhetoric and used it to rouse the masses |
| Succulent: Full of juice |
| We ate a succulent pie yesterday |
| Turpitude: A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice |
| He was a beacon of morality in a sea of turpitude |
| Umbrage: A feeling of anger caused by being offended |
| He takes umbrage at anyone who criticizes him |
| Vapid: Lacking taste or flavour or tang |
| The cleric’s wife was young and vapid |
| Vilify: Spread negative information about |
| He was vilified and forced into exile |
| Vitiate: Make imperfect |
| His otherwise admirable character is vitiated by his pride |
| Vituperation: Abusive or venomous language used to express blame |
| He is one of the media’s most vituperative critics and anyone who appears on his show is subject to harsh criticism |
Vocabulary Preparation Series
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