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
| Axis: The center line |
| Afghanistan is thought to be the major axis of the Golden Triangle through which illegal drugs are routed to different destinations across the whole of Asia. |
| Enhance: Increase, improve |
| Most of the film-stars do not look as good off screen as they do on screen; mostly they use cosmetics to enhance their physical attractiveness while shooting for movies. |
| Gigantic: Enormous |
| The elimination of poverty from the whole of India is indeed a gigantic task and requires great effort. |
| Necessity: A need |
| Our friends show their true colours only in times of necessity. |
| Negate: Cancel out, nullify, deny |
| The present government's proposal to impose dividend tax on shareholders totally negates its earlier stand that it wants to reduce the tax burden on common people. |
| Negotiable: Can be passed on |
| Though the old road is paved with potholes and other obstructions, it is still negotiable for an expert driver. |
| Uniformity: Consistency |
| We must maintain uniformity in applying these rules to each and every government department lest any department should accuse us of being partial. |
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Level-2: Let’s take it up a notch
| Berate: Scold |
| The father berated his son on his failure to produce the expected result in the final examination. |
| Captivate: To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence |
| The musician captivated the audience with his performance. |
| Dismantle: Take apart |
| Once the function is over, the tentwallah workers will dismantle the whole shamiana and cart it back to the shop. |
| Encroach: Trespass |
| The Municipal Council has warned the general public against encroaching on government land and has further said that they will demolish any such construction without any notice. |
| Needle: To tease |
| Zarina was never interested in doing law, it was her father’s constant needling and tormenting that ultimately led her to join the law school. |
| Oscillate: Vibrate pendulum-like, waver |
| The way the party has been oscillating from one extreme to the other on the issue at different times makes me wonder if it has got any concrete policy. |
| Palpable: Obvious |
| There were palpable signs of relief on the party members’ faces after the crucial budget motion was passed with the required majority. |
| Passive: Inactive |
| A passive acceptance of their fate is the biggest cause for the lack of progress among the uneducated citizenry. |
| Sanctuary: Refuge |
| The Satyamanglam forests of Karnataka offer a safe sanctuary to Veeraappan and his accomplices, who have been hiding there for years after committing various heinous crimes. |
| Scamper: To go quickly |
| As soon as the news of a fire on the third floor spread, the workers scampered down the stairs in haste. |
| Serene: Calm |
| The serene environment by the side of the lake was a perfect setting for someone wanting to do serious study or thinking. |
| Terminate: To put an end or stop to |
| The employee was terminated once he was caught stealing stationary from office. |
Level-3: Time to be a master
| Abstruse: Difficult to understand |
| The abstruse Sanskrit text is beyond my understanding, unless some expert volunteers to help me out. |
| Babble: Talk thoughtlessly, prattle |
| The babble of a child, though sometimes beyond understanding, is nevertheless pleasing and enjoyable. |
| Brash: Offensive |
| The brash manners of the overconfident girl were quite offensive to the interview panel. |
| Breech: Part of a gun |
| He loaded the bullets in the breech and waited for his prey. |
| Capricious: Inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable |
| The capricious ways in which share prices tumble down or zoom up should give you sufficient warning that you may change from a crorepati to roadpati or vice-versa in minutes. |
| Carcass: The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food. |
| The carcass of the neighbours dog was found a hundred kilometers away from the house. |
| Discrepancy: Lake of consistency, difference |
| Upon close examination, we found a glaring discrepancy in the marks obtained by Nonu mentioned on the Marks Sheet and those in the result gazette. |
| Disdain: Scorn |
| The BSP's disdain for the "communal" politics of the BJP soon turned into a grudging liking for it, because it had to form a government in UP. |
| Glib: Marked by ease or informality, lacking in depth, superficial |
| A smart salesman, by definition, has to be glib-talking, otherwise convincing a customer is no easy job. |
| Grapple: To take hold of, fight with |
| Poor grapple everyday with the inflation. |
| Gratuity: That which is given without demand or claim. Tip. |
| A 15 percent gratuity is automatically added to the restaurant bill by giving tip to the waiter. |
| Irresolute: Uncertain how to act, weak |
| Kamzordil’s irresolute nature has landed him in this dilemma; had he acted with determination, he would not have faced this problem. |
| Nepotism: Favoritism to relatives |
| The large number of his relatives in key government positions indicates that probably he has been indulging in nepotism while doling out major postings. |
| Omnivorous: Taking in everything |
| We do not have any reservations about eating anything, be it meat, vegetables or whatever, in fact, we are omnivores |
| Provocative: Stimulating |
| Just yesterday, I heard a very stimulating lecture by a visiting management expert, which demolished all well-established theories as junk and offered a fresh new perspective on "real" management. |
| Ratify: To approve |
| Finally the POTO was ratified by the joint session of both the houses. |
| Rigorous: Very strict |
| The rigorous training routine in the Army, involving 8 hours of physical exercise, 6 hours of study and 4 hours of classroom lectures left him with little energy to do anything else |
| Ruthless: Cruel |
| Balban was quite ruthless in dealing with instances of official corruption and never spared even the religious nobles while handing out punishments for misconduct. |
| Saccharine: Overly sweet, overly sentiment |
| The saccharine-coated speech given by Mithu Lal made us believe that he had forgotten all his enmity towards his pet-hate Kanastar Nath. |
| Specious: Having deceptive attraction or allure |
| At the most, this kind of specious logic may convince a person who is not familiar with the ways of these tricksters, but me, no-no. |
| Wary: Very cautious |
| Having already burnt his fingers in many such schemes, he is quite wary of participating in any new scheme of this kind. |
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