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Ameliorate

Austere

Banal

Boor

Primary Meaning/s
To make better or more
tolerable

food-work-programme, which assures at least 180 days of productive work to at least one

The rich man's son, used to luxurious living, could not cope with the austere living style practiced
by those poor people.

freshness, or novelty
A rude or insensitive person
An informed and astute
expert
To enlarge from internal
pressure, swell , expand

Exonerate To free from blame

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member of each household.

severely simple,
Lacking originality,

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To ameliorate the economic conditions of poor ruralites, the department has come up with a new

Without adornment, bare,

Connoisseur judge in matters of taste,

Distend

Usage Example

The banal movie, full of worn out ideas and plot, failed to sustain audience interest any more.
The boorish fellow was totally insensitive to others' feelings and made an ass of himself with
those illogical remarks.
Only a connoisseur of wines will be able to tell the minor difference in the taste between these
two brands of liquor.

The bladder becomes distended due to the increasing build-up of fluids inside.
The judge had no choice in the matter but to exonerate him of the allegations leveled against him
as there was no evidence to support them.

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To facilitate the accounting work and its efficiency, the bank has decided to install several

Facilitate

To make easier

computers, which would eliminate all scope for manual errors and also complete the work much

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faster.

A belief or argument

Fallacy

deceptive in appearance or
meaning
Marked by lack or

Fickle

constancy, erratically
changeable
Flushed or ruddy in

Florid

appearance, heavily
embellished, flowery

Foment

Indolent

Inured

mess they are facing now.

The fickle nature of stock-markets makes them as consistent and reliable as a typical Indian
politician.

Oh! The florid speech of a poet-prime minister adorned with similes, couplets and long-forgotten
comparisons.

To promote the growth of,

The communal elements, the P.M. said, were trying to foment sectarian violence in the state to

rouse, incite

promote their own narrow political agenda.

Immutable Not capable of change

Inchoate

The fallacy of their assumptions regarding the success of this project has landed them in the

Whatever interpretation we make of our religious scriptures is not immutable; with the changing
times, the interpretation does and should change.

In an initial stage, not fully

The process of economic reforms in India is still at an inchoate stage, wherein we are facing the

formed

troubles peculiar to any economy in the initial phases of re-structuring.

Disinclined to work,

With such indolent work habits, how do you expect him to complete the work and that too in

habitually lazy

time?

Accustomed to accepting

He was inured to putting up with such insults from his boss every other day because he had little

something undesirable

choice; he could neither leave the job nor get a new one.

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The parading of learning,

Pedantic

excessive attention to
minutiae
Having the essential part or

Pithy

core, precise and

meaningful

The real purpose of teaching is not a pedantic display of knowledge; what purpose does teaching
serve if the learners cannot understand?

The pithy saying "Truth Triumphs" encapsulates the wisdom of our elders' experience in very few,
but meaningful words.

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1. The politician's speech was full of platitudes, which bored us no end; it had hardly anything
new or innovative to offer.

Platitude

A banal, polite, or stale

2. Uttering platitudes like "Jai Jawan, Jai Kissan, Jai Vigyan" time and again might seem very

remark

romantic and appealing, but they go hardly any way to improve the conditions of our farmers,

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soldiers or scientists.

One that precedes and

Precursor

announces another,
forerunner

Predilection

Pristine

Prodigal

A disposition in favor of
something, preference
Not corrupted, fresh and
clean, innocent

marked by lofty, romantic

ideals
Obstinately defiant of

Recalcitrant authority, difficult to

manage

Solvent

Spendthrift

Spurious

His recalcitrant refusal to step down from the Chief Ministership of the state, despite all-round
demand for his dismissal, only indicates his disregard for public sentiments.

The solvency of Enron Corp was in doubt as it had failed to repay its long-term loans several
times.
The CM, being a spendthrift, seems to be running the state government in the same way as his

wastefully

household; we are likely to see the government land up in a grave financial crisis soon.

Lacking authenticity or

The retailer explained to me the way to differentiate the genuine medicine from the spurious one

validity, counterfeit

by means of a simple test.

understand, obscure,

Characterized by haughty
scorn, disdainful

Existing everywhere at the

Ubiquitous same time, constantly

present
To waver indecisively
between one course of
action and another

Only the really knowledgeable will be able to make out the subtle difference between the two
almost identical voices.

Oh! The supercilious walk and talk of a newly-rich beggar, who has seen money recently.
The panel, it was decided, will first focus only on the core issues while the tangential ones will be

The almost-ubiquitous problem of terrorism prevalent in practically every part of the world
requires concerted effort on the part of different countries to eliminate it.

Initially, he vacillated between the two equally attractive courses of action, but upon serious
thought, decided to take the plunge in favour of the former.
What whetted his appetite for earning more money from share dealings was his initial easy

or more acute

success with the stock markets.

artistry or effort, fashioned,

formed

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tackled later.

To sharpen, to make keen

Worked into shape by

Wrought

youth in India was bound to fail because of its impracticality.

One who spends money

Divergent, incidental,

Whet

The quixotic plan of giving Rs. 10000/- as monthly unemployment allowance to all unemployed

understandable, but to my great disappointment, it was as recondite as could be.

Tangential peripheral

Vacillate

proscribed to prevent communal flare-ups.

I had expected the topic "Epistemology of Philosophical Thought" to be quite easily

elusive

Supercilious

The movie, the government feels, tends to arouse communal passions and has, therefore, been

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Able to pay all legal debts

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behind.

Hidden, concealed, difficult

Not obvious, difficult to

Subtle

to retain the pristine natural beauty of the mountain range, which has been spoilt by the litter left

in serious financial trouble.

harmful and unlawful,

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The Nepal government is contemplating restrictions on mountaineers climbing the Everest, so as

The prodigal son never paid any heed to his father's advice to cut expenses and ultimately landed

Foolishly impractical,

Recondite

His predilection of getting money by underhand means landed him in this scandal.

extravagant, lavish

prohibit

Quixotic

path of announcing several concessions like free power and water for the farmers.

Recklessly wasteful,

To condemn or forbid as

Proscribe

Much like his precursor in the earlier regime, Rajiv Gandhi too decided to beat the oft treaded

The heated iron is wrought into different beautiful shapes by the workmen who must know the
appropriate temperature needed for an article to get its proper shape.

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