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5 WORDS A DAY
High Frequency Words for Competitive Exams
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DERIDE
◦ Meaning: to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock.
◦ Example:The awkward child was often DERIDED by his "cooler" peers.
◦ Related words:
◦ DERISION: mockery and taunts
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DERISIVE
◦ Meaning: in a mocking manner
◦ Words with similar meanings:
GIBE RIDICULE TAUNT
JEER SCOFF MOCK
SNEER
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DESICCATE
◦ Meaning: to dry out thoroughly
◦ Example: After a few weeks of lying on the desert's baking sands, the
cow's carcass became completely DESICCATED.
◦ Related words:
◦ DESICCANT: something that removes water from another substance
◦ Words with similar meanings:
DRY PARCH DEHYDRATE
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DESULTORY
◦ Meaning: jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
◦ Example: Diane had a DESULTORY academic record; she had changed
majors 12 times in 3 years.
◦ Words with similar meanings:
AIMLESS DISCONNECTED ERRATIC
HAPHAZARD INDISCRIMINATE OBJECTLESS
PURPOSELESS RANDOM STRAY
UNCONSIDERED UNPLANNED
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DIATRIBE
◦ Meaning: an abusive, condemnatory speech
◦ Example: The trucker bellowed a DIATRIBE at the driver who had cut
him off.
◦ Words with similar meanings:
FULMINATION HARANGUE INVECTIVE
JEREMIAD MALEDICTION OBLOQUY
TIRADE
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meaning?
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So foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter.

a. Chicanery
b. Prover
c. Derisive
d. Awestrucking
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2
The movie critic took every opportunity to ___________ the A-list
actor for making the awful film.

a. Spite
b. Commend
c. Deride
d. Couth
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Which of the following is not the

antonym of “Desultory”?
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a. Chequered
b. Methodical
c. Deliberate
d. Meditative
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meaning?
4
to preserve (a food) by drying; to drain of emotional or intellectual
vitality

a. Brace
b. Enliven
c. Invigorate
d. Desiccate
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Which of the following is not the

synonym of “Diatribe”?
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a. Denunciation
b. Succor
c. Screed
d. Tirade
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Fires exploded in Northern California, Utah and other areas, where a
prolonged and severe drought has _________________ forests.

a. Destroyed
b. Shambled
c. Desiccated
d. Deciduous
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Which of the following is not the

synonym of “Deride”?
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a. Satirize
b. Lampoon
c. Condemn
d. Sanction
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The students were confused by the teacher’s ____________ lecture
which seemed to have no real focus.

a. Inspiring
b. Provoking
c. Inflammatory
d. Desultory
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When I tripped in the hallway, an onlooker ________________ copied
my fall for others’ amusement.

a. Derisively
b. Sadistically
c. Altruistically
d. Fanatically
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Upset about his demotion, Ed made an angry _____________ about his
employer.

a. Speech
b. Protest
c. Debate
d. Diatribe
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Which of the following is not the

antonym of “Derisive”?
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a. Earnest
b. Cheeky
c. Solemn
d. Obsequious
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meaning?
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marked by lack of definite plan or regularity

a. Stereotypical
b. Hackneyed
c. Cliché
d. Desultory
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meaning?
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To subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule or criticism

a. Delist
b. Deride
c. Decertify
d. Demonize
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Which of the following is not the

synonym of “Desiccate”?
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a. Castrate
b. Devitalize
c. Enervate
d. Vivify
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meaning?
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ironic or satirical criticism…

a. Critical
b. Cognitive
c. Diatribe
d. Barbaric