Vocabulary forms an essential part of every competitive exam. Here is a compilation of first 1000 words that must be prepared by SSC, MBA entrance, and government exam aspirants. Spread over 25 lists of 40 words, these lists offer you a chance to learn the most common English words.
Each word in each list is accompanied with its meaning and followed by a usage example. The words are categorized on three levels: Level 1 (beginner), Level 2 (intermediate) and Level 3 (advanced). Go through the word lists and enhance your vocabulary skills.
Level-1: Let’s get warmed up
| Absurd: Unreasonable |
| She makes the most absurd claims about her past achievements. |
| Abundant: Present in great quantity |
| Rainfall is abundant in this region. |
| Monotonous: Unchanging and tedious |
| She was complaining that the questions were monotonous. |
| Severe: Serious |
| Right now, we are seeing the beginnings of a mild water crisis, which if left unattended, will certainly blow up into a severe water crisis later. |
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Level-2: Let’s take it up a notch
| Abstract: Difficult to understand |
| Philosophy is concerned with understanding abstract concepts. |
| Accustom: Familiarize, habituate |
| She had to accustom herself to eating later in the evening. |
| Adept: Skillful |
| Quite adept at repairing computers, he was often called for trouble-shooting even from other cities. |
| Cumulative: Accumulated |
| One's present position in life is a cumulative product of all that has happened to her in the past. |
| Deficient: Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount. |
| She was found to be deficient in confidence and knowledge by the interview panel. |
| Dubious: Doubtful |
| Several deals of dubious genuineness were struck during his tenure, lending substance to the charges against him. |
| Dupe: One who is easily deceived or used, to deceive or trick |
| Since Mauji Nath has already been duped by these fly-by-night operators several times, he is not ready to touch these schemes even with a barge pole. |
| Endanger: To put to danger |
| Rapid urbanization has endangered many species. |
| Hurdle: An obstacle |
| Overcoming all hurdles in his way, he emerged victorious in his mission at the end. |
| Ineligible: Not qualified |
| Since Rukamini had scored less than 60% in her boards; she was ineligible to apply for the scholarship. |
| Intoxicate: Make drunk |
| Power is a heady brew and it intoxicates the drinker regardless of his earlier background. |
| Naïve: Having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information |
| She's so naive she believes everything she reads |
| Relish: To enjoy |
| Since I have never relished Chinese food at any restaurant, I cannot comment on the quality of food available at this specialty restaurant. |
| Subtle: Not obvious, difficult to understand, obscure, elusive |
| Only the really knowledgeable will be able to make out the subtle difference between the two almost identical voices. |
Level-3: Time to be a master
| Caliber: Quality |
| Since the launch of the spacecraft is a prestigious ISRO project, they do not wish to take any chances and will take only people with high technical calibre and experience. |
| Chide: To scold mildly |
| Rondu's mother chided him for his carelessness in handling home appliances. |
| Corpulence: Obesity |
| She tried hard to fight her corpulence by heavy exercise, but the dietician told her that it would not help as diet control was equally important. |
| Dauntless: Fearless |
| Porus’ dauntless fighting in his war with Alexander The Great earned him the praise of his enemies. |
| Deference: Courteous regard for another's wish |
| Out of deference to his father’s last wishes, he decided to stay back and manage his family diamond business. |
| Demise: Death |
| Professor Dinkar's demise at this critical time has come as a big loss to our college, which had not yet recovered from the Principal's death. |
| Disinterested: Free of bias and self-interest, impartial |
| Shilpa was disappointed by the new teacher's disinterested attitude because she was used to getting special treatment from the old teacher. |
| Eminent: Standing above |
| Several eminent film directors like Kahesh Butt, SharanMohar, Hush Topra and SavidGaban are likely to attend the conference. |
| Engender: Cause, produce |
| She told the police that her acute poverty had engendered her to take to the softer option of pickpocketing; otherwise, she belonged to a respectable, decent family. |
| Envisage: To picture |
| Since the scheme is yet to be implemented fully, we cannot envisage as of now its benefits to people. |
| Equivocal: Subject to different interpretations, intentionally misleading |
| Politicians' equivocal statements on the issue have led to lots of confusion and misconceptions among the public. |
| Fulsome: Offensive from excess of praise or commendation. |
| Public could judge the intention behind thefulsome vote of thanks raised by the minister . |
| Furtive: Marked by stealth, covert, surreptitious |
| She could cast only a furtive glance at the booty recovered by the police, lest she should be caught watching it so keenly. |
| Hibernate: To spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals |
| Some animals hibernate from October to May. |
| Incriminate: To accuse |
| Several incriminating documents, which point to tax evasion, have been recovered from his residence by the raiding party. |
| Indomitable: Unconquerable |
| She was defeated by her rival in the first two sets, but her indomitable spirit enabled her to bounce back with a splendid victory in the next four sets. |
| Pittance: Small amount |
| Since he was unable to support himself and his family on the pittance he got as salary, he decided to switch to a more paying job. |
| Polemical: Controversial, argumentative |
| Salman Rushdie is known for his polemical writings on Islam |
| Preconception: Prejudice |
| Preconceptions and prejudices are great barriers to a meeting of the hearts; let us abandon them and start afresh with a clean slate. |
| Recant: Disclaim or disavow, retract a previous statement |
| Recanting the statement he made from a public forum will not undo the damage it must have done by now; he should not have done so in the first place. |
| Shackle: To restrain |
| Shackled as she was to the chains of superstition, she strongly believed in the healing powers of the Ojhas and Pandits. |
| Superfluous: Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
| Since the students already know their result, the publication of thee results in a newspaper will serve little purpose; it will be superfluous and a waste of money. |
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