| Advantage: To have a superior position |
| India enjoys a lot of natural advantages in matters of exports: plenty of good ports and a strategic geographical position. |
| Inherent: Firmly established by nature or habit |
| Kerala, with its sun-kissed beaches, peaceful backwaters and ayurvedic therapies, is one example of a state that has tried to harness its inherent strengths as a tourist destination to a great extent. |
| Obsolete: No longer practiced or accepted |
| Now that the new operating system is out, the old Windows XP seems so obsolete. |
| Persuade: To convince |
| It was very difficult to persuade both the parties for a negotiation. |
| Regenerate: Restore |
| Normally, the body is able to regenerate tissues damaged or killed as a result of some injury or other damage. |
| Remembrance: A keepsake |
| Just keep this book as a kind of remembrance; I may not be with you all the time, but this will keep on reminding you of my presence. |
| Respite: A short interval of rest or relief |
| Ms. Thakihaari direly wanted to have some respite from her back-breaking schedule of an 18-hour workday devoted to cooking, laundering, baby-sitting and tending to other household chores. |
| Trivial: Unimportant |
| Let us take up the important matters first; we’ll come to these trivial affairs later if we are left with some time. |
| Affirm: To say to be true |
| Let me affirm once for all that we are suitably prepared to handle any external invasion and shall give a befitting reply to anybody who dares attack us. |
| Conspire: To act together in secret, plot, intrigue |
| It was alleged that the five party members had conspired to liquidate their staunch political opponent to clear the way for their favourite in elections. |
| Conviction: A strong opinion or belief |
| On the basis of my practical experience, my firm conviction is that unless you make passing any competitive exam a life-and-death matter, probably you cannot succeed. |
| Corollary: An inference |
| One obvious corollary of his resigning from the presidency is that he will no longer serve as the Head of the Armed Forces. |
| Enumerate: Count |
| Movie stars not having any extra-marital affair are so few that they can be enumerated on fingers. |
| Extrovert: Outgoing person |
| Ms. Gumsum’s extrovert nature, contrary to her name, enabled her to mix quickly with even total strangers and befriend them. |
| Fruition: Realization |
| None of his plans came to fruition because of the inherently faulty planning. |
| Irrevocable: Unchangeable |
| Nobody in the world can hope to erase His irrevocable writ regarding our respective fates. |
| Pauper: A poor person |
| Once upon a time, Radhu used to be a stinking rich man, but the tide of time turned him into a pauper. |
| Reiterate: To say again |
| Let me reiterate that we shall not tolerate any interference in the internal affairs of our country by anybody. |
| Restrain: To hold back |
| It was with great difficulty that I managed to restrain Mrs. Impatience from speaking out against the proposed move. |
| Segregate: To set apart |
| It was wisely decided by the Principal to segregate the bright students from the poor ones so as to address their academic needs appropriately. |
| Sentimental: Emotional |
| It is not the time to be sentimental, let’s take a hard, detached look and to evolve our future course of action. |
| Stimulate: Excite |
| Inspiration from her elder sister did a lot to stimulate Rini's interest in English literature. |
| Atrocious: Very evil |
| None will ever pardon such atrocious acts like killing innocents, raping young girls and setting people on fire. |
| Audacious: Daring, bold |
| It requires real audacity to challenge such a renowned scientist on this well-established theory; such challenges do not belong to the weak-willed. |
| Augment: To increase |
| Laxman augmented his meager salary by working as a part-time orchestra singer after duty hours to make both ends meet. |
| Avarice: Greed |
| One of the reasons behind her extreme avarice for money was that probably she had seen very little of it in her lifetime. |
| Collaborate: To work together |
| In view of the fact that neither of them was capable of doing it on her own, they decided to collaborate on the project. |
| Dilemma: Two impossible alternatives |
| Mr. Confused Nath was in a real dilemma: he wanted to settle abroad, but also did not want to leave his flourishing business in India. |
| Empathy: Sharing another's feeling |
| Kiran’s empathy for the poor was not confined to public utterances, in fact, she ran a charitable trust, an orphanage and a free school to help such people. |
| Foment: To promote the growth of, rouse, incite |
| It was widely alleged that Bal Thackeray's journal "Saamna" did a lot to foment the already charged communal atmosphere in those days. |
| Forestall: Prevent by taking action in advance |
| Land-mines were drug up to forestall the movement of the enemy. |
| Guile: Deceitful cunning, craftiness |
| Isolated from the urban human civilization and its consequent street-smartness, these simple village-bred people know nothing of guile or cheating. |
| Patron: A protector, customer |
| It is because of patrons like Lala Kharaiti Lal that this charity trust has not faced any financial problem in the past while implementing its social service programmes. |
| Plunder: Steal by force |
| Mehmood of Ghazni had no intentions of settling in India, and after plundering the wealth and riches of different temples, he decamped to Afghanistan with his loot. |
| Recapitulate: Repeat briefly |
| Let's recapitulate what we have learned till now before we move to some new topic. |
| Remiss: Negligent |
| Most industrial accidents are a result of a remiss attitude towards safety precautions while working in a plant environment. |
| Semblance: Appearance |
| It was only after extensive police action in far-flung areas that a semblance of normalcy could be restored in riot-affected areas. |
| Stupendous: Overwhelming |
| Integrating the more than 550 small, princely states into the Union of India after independence was a stupendous achievement for which Sardar Patel will always be held in gratitude. |
| Tepid: Warm |
| Keep your hands in tepid water, that will help relax your muscles. |
| Turpitude: Inherent baseness, depravity |
| It is only because of moral turpitude that we are witness to such a rotten political culture of scams, scandals and criminalization of politics. |
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