SSC Previous Year Vocab (2018 - 2022)

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ExamRAP PAPERS [TCS] PAPERS [TCS] 2018-2022

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SSC PREVIOUS YEAR SYNONYMS [TCS] 2018-2022

WORDS SYNONYM HINDI MEANING
❖ Ostentatious Showy
❖ Retaliate React
❖ Avert Prevent
❖ Taciturn Reserved अल्पभाषी
❖ Vertical Upright
❖ Smooth Flat
❖ Imminent Impending
❖ Redundant Superfluous अनावश्यक
❖ Urge Appeal
❖ Duo Pair
❖ Paranoid Distrustful
❖ Fluke Chance संयोग से चोट
❖ Inscrutable Inexplicable गूढ़

❖ Eventually Ultimately
❖ Trendy Popular
❖ Lacuna Hiatus कमी
❖ Solemn Dignified गंभीर

❖ Succulent Juicy
❖ Disrupt Breach
❖ Amass Gather एकत्र करना
❖ Final Concluding
❖ Squawk Scream पक्षी का शब्द
❖ Threshold Doorway सीमा

❖ Perjury Falsehood
❖ Arid Dry शुष्क
❖ Tranquil Clam
❖ Obstruct Block रोकना
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❖ Commute Convert आना-जाना
❖ Monotonous Boring नीरस
❖ Abandon Quit त्याग

❖ Ravenous Starved
❖ Lull Calm
❖ Saucy Cheeky सजीव
❖ Robust Sturdy
❖ Generic Universal सामान्य
❖ Regime Rule शासन

❖ Prompt Quick
❖ Dedicated Committed
❖ Iota Bit छोटी मात्रा
❖ Yield Harvest उपज

❖ Numerous Several
❖ Transmit Convey
❖ Chaos Confusion
❖ Rejuvenate Refresh से यव
ु ा करना
❖ Adjust Adapt करना

❖ Slack Careless
❖ Termination Conclusion समापन
❖ Munch Chew कर खाना
❖ Celebrate Honour जश्न मनाना
❖ Debilitate Weaken करना

❖ Wander Roam
❖ Grumble Groan
❖ Abolish Eliminate समाप्त करना
❖ Testify Affirm गवाही

❖ Brat Spoilt child

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❖ Deride Mock उपहास करना

❖ Calm Relaxed
❖ Poignant Touching
❖ Tag Label उपनाम
❖ Detrimental Harmful
❖ Commence Start आरं भ
❖ Principle Axiom
❖ Spill Drop छछकना
❖ Breakthrough Discovery खोज

❖ Banner Poster
❖ Absolve Pardon ‘k
❖ Bang Beat धमाके
❖ Ponder Meditate
❖ Shimmer Shine
❖ Uncanny Mysterious
❖ Integrate Assimilate
❖ Leverage Influence
❖ Cadence Rhythm आरोह-अवरोह;
❖ Abstain Refrain / परहे ज़ करना
❖ Humdrum Boring नीरस
❖ Drag Pull खीचंना

❖ Pathetic Pitiful
❖ Penitence Repentance
❖ Implore Plead करना
❖ Glorious Splendid यशस्वी
❖ Revere Respect सम्मान
❖ Prevent Avert रोकना

❖ Acknowledgement Confirmation

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❖ Prodigal Extravagant
❖ Fury Anger क्रोध;
❖ Solitary Singular
❖ Expensive Dear महंगा
❖ Retain Maintain रखना

❖ Erudite Learned
❖ Violent Aggressive
❖ Deficiency Inadequacy कमी
❖ Catastrophic Disastrous कष्टकारी

❖ Ovation Applause
❖ Preferred Favoured
❖ Disheartened Depressed
❖ Cordial Warm
❖ Juvenile Childish
❖ Repercussion Reaction
❖ Scared Holy
❖ Weary Exhausted
❖ Affluent Prosperous धनी
❖ Accurate Precise सटीक

❖ Assault Attack
❖ Thrive Flourish
❖ Solemn Serious गंभीर
❖ Eradicate Uproot
❖ Abort End
❖ Exceed Surpass सीमा पार करना
❖ Relief Aid
❖ Inclement Dignified
❖ Scintillating Glittering
❖ Tilt Slant एक ओर झक
ु ना

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❖ Inept Clumsy अयोग्य
❖ Inarticulate Incoherent धीरे से

❖ Indelible Inerasable
❖ Entice Entrap
❖ Dubious Fishy
❖ Triumph Victory
❖ Drag Pull
❖ Engulf Envelop
❖ Lethal Fatal
❖ Prevalent Common
❖ Exempt Exclude मुक्त करें
❖ Rampant Excessive
❖ Reticent Silent मौन रहने
❖ Fury Anger
❖ Pensive Reflective
❖ Vindictive Revengeful
❖ Repudiate Renounce
❖ Lament Mourn
❖ Perplex Bewilder
❖ Defer Delay
❖ Taciturn Reticent अल्पभाषी
❖ Mammoth Gigantic
❖ Exalt Praise
❖ Concise Brief
❖ Renown Fame
❖ Devout Pious
❖ Intricate Complex
❖ Assist Help
❖ Adept Skilled
❖ Initiate Start आरं भ करना
❖ Obstacle Barrier

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❖ Endeavour Attempt प्रयास
❖ Insult Offend अपमान करना

❖ Hostility Enmity
❖ Attribute Quality s’
❖ Fuse Combine परस्पर जड
ु कर एक हो जाना
❖ Bafflement Confusion
❖ Renounce Forsake त्याग
❖ Amble Wander
❖ Equivocal Ambiguous
❖ Benevolence Compassion
❖ Cunning Slick
❖ Abundant Plentiful भरपूर
❖ Perilous Dangerous
❖ Serendipity Godsend
❖ Loath Abhor
❖ Hated Loathed
❖ Perilous Treacherous
❖ Sanguinity Optimism
❖ Expended Exhausted
❖ Inclined Motivated इच्छुक
❖ Pace Speed
❖ Ecstasy Bliss
❖ Vacant Uninhabited
❖ Disseminate Circulate
❖ Scared Afraid डरा हुआ
❖ Opulence Prosperity
❖ Startle Surprise डराना
❖ Decipher Interpret समझने
❖ Overture Preamble प्रस्ताव

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❖ Credible Dependable
❖ Rescind Revoke रद्द कर
❖ Reconnoiter Inspect
❖ Admire Appreciate प्रशंसा करना
❖ Arraign Prosecute
❖ Fleck Spot
❖ Incite Flame
❖ Tranquil Calm
❖ Pudgy Thick-bodied
❖ Quaint Queer
❖ Allay Relieve
❖ Rampart Bulwark
❖ Profess Declare
❖ Devastate Destroy उजाडना
❖ Vanity Conceit घमंड

❖ Litigant Petitioner
❖ Boldness Bravery साहस
❖ Austere Stern सीधा-
❖ Banter Repartee मज़ाक

❖ Salubrious Beneficial
❖ Pleasing Gratifying मनभावन
❖ Stymie Hinder गलिरोध

❖ Illogical Absurd
❖ Startle surprise डराना
❖ Nadir Base
❖ Abrogate Repeal ’ करना
❖ Inevitable Inescapable
❖ Startlingly Amazingly
❖ Utilitarian Functional उपयोगी

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❖ Laconic Concise
❖ Greed Cupidity
❖ Resplendent Magnificent
❖ Excruciating Piercing ’
❖ Quintessential Typical सवोत्कृष्ट
❖ Giddiness Unsteadiness चक्कर

❖ Chastise Discipline
❖ Bestial Brutish वहशी
❖ Slender Frail
❖ Resolute Strong दृढ़
❖ Robbed Plundered
❖ Modest Shy
❖ Savoury Salty
❖ Satiate Satisfy परू ा करना
❖ Stupendous Stunning
❖ Benign Benevolent सौम्य
❖ Deception Cunning धोखे

❖ Damage Afflict
❖ Hapless Ill-fated अभागी
❖ Renounce Abjure त्याग
❖ Imprisonment Incarceration होना

❖ Exorcise Expel
❖ Ludicrous Crazy ऊटपटांग
❖ Eccentric Queer
❖ Affront Insult अपमान
❖ Ravenous Esurient
❖ Destitute Indigent
❖ Pugnacious Truculent
❖ Encroach Intrude

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❖ Apparently Seemingly स्पष्ट रूप से
❖ Wry Crooked टे ढ़ा-मेढ़ा

❖ Malignant Vicious
❖ Dearth Shortage
❖ Comply Obey
❖ Herald Announce
❖ Adept Skilled
❖ Forbid Prohibit रोकना
❖ Despicable Contemptible का कीडा
❖ Salient Noticeable मुख्य

❖ Apathetic Indifferent
❖ Imitate Mimic करना
❖ Commence Launch आरं भ
❖ Callous Insensitive कठोर

❖ Livid Furious
❖ Fascination Appeal सम्मोहन
❖ Bonhomie Companionship
❖ Complicated Complex
❖ Delectable Luscious मनोरम
❖ Paranoid Suspicious
❖ Absolute Complete समूचा,
❖ Clean Honest साफ़,
❖ Allege Charge आरोप
❖ Forsake Desert त्यागना
❖ Profuse Abundant मात्रा में , प्रचुर

❖ Dilemma Predicament
❖ Emerge Appear उभरना
❖ Hazardous Dangerous

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❖ Pollute Contaminate नापाक

❖ Cordial Friendly
❖ Travail Agony
❖ Trail Path रास्ता
❖ Appalling Shocking भय उत्पन्न
❖ Random Arbitrary दृ रूप से

❖ Bolster Strengthen
❖ Prudent Cautious
❖ Stretch Extend
❖ Precision Accuracy
❖ Priority Preference
❖ Ban Prohibit
❖ Repulsive Disgusting
❖ Jeopardy Peril
❖ Anticipate Expect करना
❖ Wreak Cause क्ष

❖ Saga Narrative
❖ Reckless Thoughtless
❖ Deviate Veer
❖ Dreaded Feared खूंखार
❖ Dictator Tyrant
❖ Diffidence Meekness संशय
❖ Challenge Objection
❖ Ragged Torn टुकडे टुकडे कर लिया
❖ Adulation Adoration मनुहार
❖ Divulge Reveal प्र

❖ Novice Beginner
❖ Resplendent Dazzling
❖ Bull-headed Headstrong

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❖ Emerge Appear उभरना

❖ Severity Seriousness
❖ Mandatory Imperative
❖ Abode Dwelling
❖ Investigate Probe छान – करना
❖ Brace Fortify करना;
❖ Encroach Intrude करना
❖ Encroach Intrude करना
❖ Assertion Declaration कहना

❖ Guile Deceit
❖ Agile Nimble
❖ Furtive Secretive चुराया हुआ
❖ Diligent Untiring
❖ Insidious Crafty कपटी
❖ Enrage Infuriate
❖ Opulent Luxurious धनी
❖ Constraint Control
❖ Foliage Greenery
❖ Nebulous Vague अस्पष्ट
❖ Rind Peel
❖ Mandible Jaw
❖ Prejudice Bias
❖ Persecution Oppression उत्पीडन
❖ Rotund Round
❖ Mandate Official order
❖ Holistic Comprehensible समग्र
❖ Lurk Prowl
❖ Integrate Unite
❖ Tolerance Endurance

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❖ Masqueraded Acted छद्म करना

❖ Interspersed Scattered
❖ Deplete Reduce
❖ Derogatory Sarcastic अपमानजनक
❖ Rowdy Biosterous उपद्रवी

❖ Barren Desolate
❖ Idleness Lethargy
❖ Reproach Berate
❖ Trust Belief
❖ Alluring Attractive मनोहर
❖ Cove Bay छोटी खाडी
❖ Surge Rush आवेश

❖ Occur Happen
❖ Resilient Supple
❖ Choosy Selective नकचढ़ा
❖ Jovial Joyous
❖ Kit Equipment
❖ Anodyne Benign पीडा-नाशक
❖ Explicit Lucid मुखर
❖ Instigate Kindle भडकाना
❖ Adjustment Balancing समायोजन

❖ Quarrelsome Querulous
❖ Tarnish Damage
❖ Pleasant Refreshing
❖ Penury Poverty
❖ Festivity Celebration
❖ Affluent Wealthy धनी
❖ Morose Sullen
❖ Glum Dismal

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❖ Opulent Sumptuous धनी
❖ Reconcile Resolve समाधान करना

❖ Salvage Save
❖ Accrue Collect
❖ Motif Design
❖ Delinquent Offending अपराधी
❖ Prodigious Immense
❖ Fraudulent Deceitful धोखाधडी
❖ Indomitable Invincible अजेय एवं

❖ Congenial Compatible
❖ Pedigree Lineage
❖ Altruist Philanthropist
❖ Haughty Arrogant घमंडी
❖ Enunciate Articulate
❖ Assemble Mass इकट्ठा
❖ Reproach Berate
❖ Aversion Dislike
❖ Desperation Hopelessness
❖ Enigmatic Puzzling
❖ Fabulous Charming
❖ Liberty Freedom
❖ Despondent Dejected
❖ Jubilant Ecstatic
❖ Rectify Correct सुधारना
❖ Trauma Emotional shock
❖ Blister Wound
❖ Dearth Scarcity
❖ Insensitive Callous सुन्न
❖ Shines Glitters
❖ Circuitous Roundabout

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❖ Boisterous Noisy
❖ Mellow Genial मधुर
❖ Nefarious Wicked
❖ Sordid Unpleasant
❖ Tranquil Peaceful
❖ Imaginary Fictious
❖ Caricature Grotesque
❖ Absorbing Engrossing ’
❖ Emancipate Liberate करना
❖ Laud Praise प्रशंसा

❖ Emulate Simulate
❖ Eternal Forever
❖ Stroll Walk
❖ Brutal Savage
❖ Revel Make merry
❖ Adversity Misery
❖ Abundant Plentiful प्रचुर
❖ Deceive Cheat
❖ Vanquish Defeat परास्त करना
❖ Emphasize Stress
❖ Massive Huge
❖ Scrumptious Delicious
❖ Cherish Nurture अच्छा
❖ Luxuriant Lush
❖ Conceited Smug
❖ Despise Abhor
❖ Cordial Amiable
❖ Revamp Restructure सुधार
❖ Leisurely Relaxed आराम से

❖ Eminent Prominent

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❖ Expandable Flexible
❖ Assert Emphasize
❖ Commence Start शरू
ु
❖ Competent Capable सक्षम
❖ Vindictive Revengeful प्रलिशोधी

❖ Herculean Strong
❖ Erstwhile Former
❖ Mediation Intervention
❖ Prohibition Exclusion ’
❖ Alteration Modification
❖ Distest Loathing
❖ Overwhelming Awesome
❖ Complicated Complex
❖ Ache Suffering कष्ट
❖ Adore Admire प्रशंसा करना

❖ Aerial Alevite
❖ Agony Torture
❖ Blaze Glow चमक
❖ Rigid Inflexible कठोर

❖ Stagnate Fester ’
❖ Restore Reconstitute
❖ Regain Attain प्राप्त
❖ Defer Stall
❖ Validate Corroborate
❖ Squander Frivol
❖ Sulky Dismal
❖ Cardinal Essential आवश्यक
❖ Stigy Miser कंजूस
❖ Bliss Euphoria उत्साह

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❖ Tarnish Blot घट जाना

❖ Compact Appressed
❖ Curtail Cramp घटाना
❖ Genteel Courteous
❖ Intoxicating Stigmatizing
❖ Peripheral Inessential
❖ Agitated Aroused
❖ Concise Abridge
❖ Wrath Exasperation क्रोध
❖ Creep Crawl रें गना

❖ Natural Usual
❖ Decoy Trap
❖ Entice Allure
❖ Pursuit Trail काम
❖ Palpable Perceptible
❖ Feeble Weak कमज़ोर
❖ Arouse Reasonable जगाना
❖ Evident Obvious प्रत्यक्ष

❖ Distinct Clear
❖ Condemn Belittle
❖ Dingy Drab
❖ Constant Fixed
❖ Shrewd Judicious
❖ Promising Bright
❖ Submerge Drown
❖ Mundane Commonplace सामान्य
❖ Puzzled Confused अस्पष्ट
❖ Tenacity Firmness दृ
❖ Mortal Lively

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❖ Enthusiasm zeal उत्साह

❖ Accustomed Habituated
❖ Hapless Unlucky
❖ Tend Care for
❖ Sustain Support
❖ Dubious Uncertain
❖ Inimical Hostile
❖ Whirl Spin घम
ु ाव
❖ Inventory Catalogue सूची

❖ Consult Discuss
❖ Predicament Dilemma
❖ Eminent Renewed
❖ Erroneous Inaccurate
❖ Shudder Shiver
❖ Defect Flaw ’
❖ Ardent Passionate
❖ Tousled Disarranged
❖ Thwart Curb
❖ Consult Discuss
❖ Predicament Dilemma
❖ Valuable Precious
❖ Denial Dismissal स्पष्ट
❖ Deference Compliance उल्िंघन करना
❖ Explicit Clear मुखर
❖ Violation Breach उल्िंघन

❖ Huge Big
❖ Emblem Symbol
❖ Carnage Slaughter नरसंहार
❖ Supporting Agreeing सहायक

❖ Batter Beat

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❖ Deficient Lacking न्यून

❖ Tranquil Sober
❖ Timid Humble डरपोक
❖ Hospitable Congenial मेहमाननवाज़

❖ Stationary Fixed
❖ Hamper Restrict टोकरी
❖ Forth-night Outspoken
❖ Commence Initiate आरं भ
❖ Liberty Freedom
❖ Cosnequence Outcome
❖ Harmony Peace समन्वय
❖ Vulnerable Exposed भेद्य

❖ Austere Unadorned
❖ Extract Withdraw
❖ Assist Evident
❖ Release Acquit
❖ Grab Seize
❖ Tension Strain
❖ Scrawny Skinny सूखा
❖ Deficiency Shortage कमी

❖ Delegate Nominate
❖ Haste Hurry जल्दी
❖ Alleviate Mitigate कम
❖ Astonish Surprise
❖ Misfortune Calamity
❖ capable Component
❖ Lavish Bountiful
❖ Accountable Answerable
❖ Courteous Polite

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❖ Infuriate Enrage
❖ Obvious Evident स्पष्ट
❖ Optimist Idealist
❖ Benevolent Generous परोपकारी
❖ Harass Molest परे शान

❖ Slender Slim
❖ Apparent Obvious स्पष्ट
❖ Fundamental Basic मौलिक
❖ Detain Delay रोकना

❖ Revive Recover
❖ Engage Occupy काम पर
❖ Intricate Complicated
❖ Ferocious Fierce
❖ Beneficial Advantage
❖ Dubious Doubtful
❖ Anthology Collection
❖ Absolved Pardoned s’
❖ Humdrum Monotonous नीरस
❖ Obtain Achieve प्राप्त
❖ Encumbrance Obstacle अडचन, अवरोध
❖ Recently Lately ही में

❖ Artful Crafty
❖ Morbid Nasty में
❖ Persuade Coax राज़ी करना, मनाना
❖ Inclination Aptitude झुकाव

❖ Impious Irreligious
❖ Prodigy Genius
❖ Judicious Prudent

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❖ Chaste Pure
❖ Deepen Intensify गहरा
❖ Courage Valour साहस
❖ Demolish Dismantle ध्वस्त
❖ Chide Rebuke डांटना

❖ Immense Massive
❖ Former Previous
❖ Profuse Aplenty मात्रा में , प्रचुर
❖ Rectify Amend सुधारना
❖ Forgive Pardon क्षमा करना
❖ Agile Quick चस्

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❖ Eager Keen
❖ Strange Abnormal
❖ Tangled Knotted
❖ Proclaim Declare ’
❖ Exceptional Extraordinary
❖ Brisk Quick
❖ Enhance Improve सुधारना
❖ Hate Detest
❖ Awkward Clumsy अटपटा
❖ Dedicate Devote
❖ Aroma Scent सुगंध
❖ Confusion Muddle भ्रम की
❖ Impolite Rude असभ्य
❖ Remember Recall रखना

❖ Calm Peaceful
❖ Relevant Applicable उपयुक्त
❖ Swift Quick

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❖ Integration Unification
❖ Acclaim Praise प्रशंसा
❖ Vigilant Watchful चौकस
❖ Lucid Clear स्पष्ट

❖ Affluence Wealth
❖ Zest Enthusiasm
❖ Abandoned Deserted छोडा हुआ
❖ Advantageous Favourable
❖ Mock Taunt लिखावटी
❖ Contempt Hatred अवमानना

❖ Anxious Nervous
❖ Control Regulate
❖ Drowsy Sleepy सुस्त
❖ Enormous Huge
❖ Esteem Regard
❖ Frigid Freezing
❖ Fascinate Captivate
❖ Foment Incite भडकाना
❖ Angry Enraged नाराज़

❖ Wane Decline
❖ Potent Powerful
❖ Limpid Lucid
❖ Protest Object
❖ Indulgence Leniency
❖ Lax Negligent
❖ Tensile Stretchable
❖ Fluorescent Glowing
❖ Graceful Elegant
❖ Delicate Frail
❖ Baffle Perplex

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❖ Outraged Angry
❖ Antique Ancient
❖ Iconic Exemplary ’
❖ Fowl Bird पक्षी
❖ Evident Clear प्रत्यक्ष

❖ Calm Quiet
❖ Implore Plead
❖ Anxiety Worry
❖ Vacant Bare
❖ Appease Pacify खुश
❖ Plentiful Ample प्रचुर
❖ Royal Kingly शाही
❖ Rely Depend भरोसा करना

❖ Hazardous Risky
❖ Smudge Stain धब्बा
❖ Priority Precedence
❖ Stern Strict कठोर
❖ Provoke Enrage उकसाना

❖ Practical Sensible
❖ Hardly Barely
❖ Symptomatic Characteristic रोगसच
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❖ Rabid Extreme
❖ Transparent Clear
❖ Pollution Contaminator ’
❖ Rapturous Delighted मनमौजी
❖ Pacify Soothe
❖ Inexpensive Cheap सस्ता
❖ Investigate Search
❖ Crucial Vital

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❖ Interrogate Investigate
❖ Comprehend Understand समझना
❖ Yield Submit प्रस्तुत करना

❖ Tremendous Huge
❖ Regular Usual
❖ Aim Purpose उदृश्य
❖ Alarm Panic की घंटी
❖ Agony Depressed पीडा

❖ Conclude End ’ ’
❖ Obstruction Hinderance
❖ Ample Sufficient प्रचुर
❖ Concise Brief
❖ Decrease Decline कमी
❖ Amiable Friendly
❖ Prevent Block रोकना
❖ Elegant Graceful
❖ Mimic Copy प्रततलिपि
❖ Magnanimous Charitable
❖ Proactive Enthusiastic
❖ Strenuous Difficult
❖ Enthrall Enchant
❖ Isolate Detach
❖ Abuse Harm
❖ Allow Permit
❖ Exultation Jubilation उमंग
❖ Retort Reply
❖ Achieve Succeed प्राप्त करना
❖ Determined Resolute
❖ Banish Exile

Practice Batch
❖ Discover Find खोज करना

❖ Lucid Clear ’
❖ Duct Canal
❖ Active Busy
❖ Bind Fasten
❖ Loyalty Faithfulness ’
❖ Ominous Threatening
❖ Breezy Airy
❖ Hasty Expeditious
❖ Demolish Raze ध्वस्त
❖ Lethargic Inactive सुस्ती

❖ Humble Modest
❖ Malign Besmirch
❖ Occlude Obstruct रोकना
❖ Random Chance दृ
❖ Modest Humble
❖ Segregate Isolate
❖ Obstructive Prominent
❖ Obstruct Curb
❖ Eccentric Bizarre सनकी
❖ Sacred Consecrated
❖ Plausible Credible प्रशंसनीय
❖ Gloomy Depressing
❖ Criticlaly Severely गंभीर रूप से
❖ Merry Happy मीरा
❖ Advent Arrival आगमन

❖ Caustic Acidic
❖ Generic General सामान्य
❖ Callous Brutal , ’

Practice Batch
❖ Intervene Arbitrate हस्तक्षेप
❖ Sinister Evil भयावह
❖ Protest Resist
❖ Deficient Incomplete कमी
❖ Concede Permit स्वीकार करना

❖ Exaggerated Magnified
❖ Provoke Arouse उकसाना
❖ Innate Inherent
❖ Luxuriant Flourishing
❖ Banish Exile
❖ Dissolve Fade भंग
❖ Enforced Imposed
❖ Intricate Complicated
❖ Extravagantly Expensively रूप से
❖ Hurdle Impediment
❖ Laborious Assiduous
❖ Grieve Mourn शोक
❖ Alleviate Relieve कम करना
❖ Probe Search जांच
❖ Clandestine Undercover गुप्त
❖ Pleasant Delightful सुखख

❖ Vivacious Sparky
❖ Imbecile Dunce
❖ Fatal Deadly
❖ Blunt Dull
❖ Maestro Genius
❖ Bulky Massive भारी
❖ Garnish Embellish सजाना

Practice Batch
❖ Uncanny Spooky
❖ Mandate Command
❖ August Eminent अगस्त
❖ Erring Blundering
❖ Penniless Broke
❖ Definite Precise
❖ Proficient Accomplished
❖ Tenderness Kindless
❖ Artful Crafty
❖ Ardent Passionate
❖ Acute Dire
❖ Sarcastic Caustic र्व्ंग्याात्मक
❖ Propitious Auspicious
❖ Criticise Condemn
❖ Rebuke Scold फटकार
❖ Collaborate Collude सहयोग करें

❖ Cultured Polished
❖ Vivid Lucid सजीव और सुस्पष्ट
❖ Bloom Flower ’
❖ Satiate Satisfy
❖ Confiscated Seized जब्त
❖ Enraged Furious
❖ Flagrant Atrocious
❖ Sporadic Infrequent
❖ Slim Skinny
❖ Unique Exclusive अनोखा
❖ Enthrall Captivate
❖ Dapper Stylish ’
❖ Interfere Restrict हस्तक्षेप
❖ Culpable Guilty nks’kh

Practice Batch
❖ Appeased Pacified rq’V

❖ Revile Abuse
❖ Fright Dread डराना
❖ Perceptive Astute
❖ Eternity Forever
❖ Scold Chide
❖ Voracious Greedy प्रचंड
❖ Reveal Disclose प्रकट
❖ Impetus Incitement प्रोत्साहन

❖ Hesitant Reluctant
❖ Vanquish Defeat
❖ Bustle Rush
❖ Reliable Dependable
❖ Encourage Stimulate
❖ Emphatic Vigorous
❖ Astute Shrewd
❖ Tidy Orderly
❖ Sparkling Gleaming
❖ Expository Illustrative
❖ Delighted Joyful प्रसन्न
❖ Imitate Copy
❖ Contaminate Pollute ’
❖ Subsequent Consecutive
❖ Adequate Sufficient
❖ Tranquil Calm
❖ Fascinating Appealing fpRkkd’kZd
❖ Condemn Denounce
❖ Engulf Inundate
❖ Offend Annoy कष्ट पहुंचाना
❖ Parsimony Frugality

Practice Batch
❖ Apparent Obvious प्रकट

❖ Fatigue Weariness
❖ Redundant Unnecessary अनावश्यक
❖ Trivial Superficial
❖ Scanty Meagre अल्प
❖ Complacent Smug vkRelarq’V
❖ Flourish Thrive
❖ Perpetuate Preserve
❖ Discern Perceive पहचानना
❖ Inimical Hostile
❖ Venerable Esteeme3d
❖ Incessant Persistent
❖ Sanction Approval
❖ Jeopardy Peril
❖ Ignominy Disgrace
❖ Opinion View
❖ Loyal Devoted fu’Bkoku
❖ Incredible Unbelievable
❖ Aloof Detached
❖ Intensify Strengthen
❖ Exasperate Infuriate fp<+kuk
❖ Feign Pretend
❖ Efficacious Voracious
❖ Beguile Deceive मोहना
❖ Deference Obeisance सम्मान

❖ Disastrous Calamitous
❖ Fatigue Tiredness
❖ Surreptitious Secretive
❖ Reprimand Rebuke डांटना
❖ Malady Illness रोग

Practice Batch
❖ Foundation Base नीवं

❖ Imitation Mimic
❖ Just Fair , सही
❖ Accurate Correct सटीक
❖ Fiction Fantasy उपन्यास
❖ Condone Forgive माफ करना

❖ Catastrophe Calamity
❖ Conceited Arrogant
❖ Cordial Friendly
❖ Absurd Ridiculous
❖ Sumptuous Opulent
❖ Gaudy Flashy
❖ Despise Abhor
❖ Wrench Wrest खीचंना या मरोडना
❖ Fasten Affix जकडना

❖ Coveted Desired ’
❖ Shove Poke धक्का
❖ Lofty Towering
❖ Tumult Uproar
❖ Intriguing Gripping
❖ Oblivious Ignorant
❖ Auspicious Favourable शुभ
❖ Authentic Genuine
❖ Gradual Continuous
❖ Flabbergasted Astonished
❖ Foundation Base

Practice Batch
SSC PREVIOUS YEAR IDIOMS & PHRASES [TCS] 2018-2022IDIOMS &

IDIOMS & PHRASES MEANING
❖ Bite off more than one can chew To take on more than one can handle
❖ Take into account To consider
❖ In the same breath Say two contradictory things at the same time
❖ Be hard up Have very little money
❖ Cake walk Something very easy
❖ Rank and file Ordinary people
❖ To take after To be similar in appearance
❖ Foul play Unfair or dishonest behavior
❖ On the wane On the decline
❖ A long shot Little chance of success
❖ Lie low Try not to be noticed
❖ Money does not grow on tree Money is hard earned and limited
❖ Stone’s throw Short distance
❖ Dark horse An unexpected winner
❖ Hold the key To control on something
❖ Left no stone unturned Try every possible effort
❖ A tight corner A difficult situation
❖ Nip in the bud To destroy early
❖ Cool as a cucumber Calm and composed
❖ A hair in the butter A challenging situation
❖ To bury the hatchet To end quarrel
❖ Easy money Make money without much effort, may be illegally
❖ Keep someone at arm’s length Avoid being friendly with someone
❖ To fight shy of Try to avoid something
❖ A green horn Inexperienced
❖ Sticky fingers An inclination to steal
❖ Play with fire To do something dangerous
❖ To hold water To be valid and reasonable
❖ Blow your own trumpet Boast about one’s own qualities
❖ A snake in the grass A hidden enemy
❖ Smooth sailing Easy progress
❖ On purpose Intentionally

Practice Batch
❖ Eat like a horse Eating excessively

❖ Pay heed to Listen carefully with attention
❖ Back out To withdraw
❖ Have a change of heart Change one’s opinion
❖ Hit a brick wall Not able to make any progress
❖ To sit on the fence Avoid taking sides
❖ Feast one’s eyes on Gaze at something with pleasure
❖ Cold comfort Very little satisfaction
❖ Cat’s paw A person used as a tool by another
❖ Bang for the buck More value for money
❖ Raise the bar To set higher goals
❖ To walk on air To be very happy
❖ To take a chill pill To calm down
❖ Want to curl up and die Fell terribly ashamed and sorry
❖ Be at a loss for words Not know what to say
❖ Full of beans Full of energy
❖ To cut a long story short Tell something briefly
❖ To the nines To perfection
❖ Apple of one’s eye Someone very precious or dear
❖ A storm in a teacup Lot of fuss that will soon be forgotten
❖ At the eleventh hour At the very last minute
❖ Herculean task A job that requires a large amount of physical strength
❖ Pipe dream A dream or idea that is unlikely to happen
❖ Go easy on something Use only a small amount of
❖ Spick and span Neat and clean
❖ Wild goose chase A worthless hunt or chase
❖ Pat on the back Praise or approval for doing something good
❖ A kick in the teeth A grave setback
❖ A stumbling block An obstacle to progress
❖ Lion’s share The greatest and most desirable portion of something
❖ A live wire A very active or energetic person
❖ Fair and square According to the rules
❖ Sit on the fence Avoid making a decision
❖ Tide someone over Give temporary help, usually financial
❖ A bad egg Someone who is dishonest

Practice Batch
❖ To pay lip service To be insincere

❖ To get the ball rolling To begin a process
❖ Onn the horizon An event that is likely to happen soon
❖ Through thick and thin Under all conditions
❖ On cloud nine Extremely happy
❖ Draw the line at something Accept something up to a particular
❖ To be light years away To be too distant for human beings to reach
❖ A fish out of water Feel uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings
❖ A square deal A fair agreement
❖ Onn edge Nervous and unable to relax
❖ Fell at sea Feel lost or confused
❖ The gift of the gab Talks well and persuasively
❖ Out of the blue Completely unexpectedly
❖ Twiddling one’s thumbs Feeling bored
❖ To fight tooth and nail To fight or compete with great ferocity and
intensity
❖ To fan the flames To make a bad situation worse
❖ To take French leave Without any intimation
❖ On shank’s mere On foot
❖ A Snake in the grass A secret enemy
❖ Blow one’s own trumpet Praise oneself
❖ Spill the bears Give away a secret
❖ Back to square one Come to the original point
❖ Dead heat Close contest that ends in tie
❖ The bee’s keens Observant
❖ To throw a fit Express extreme anger
❖ Bring to light Reveal clearly
❖ Hold water To be valid
❖ A close fisted person A miserly person
❖ A best of roses An easy and happy situation
❖ To take the bull by the horns To handle difficulties
❖ To flog a dead horse To waste the effort
❖ Hobson’s choice An apparently free Choice where there is no
real alternative
❖ To add fuel to the fire To make a bad situation worse

Practice Batch
❖ Chicken-hearted Cowardly
❖ By and by Gradually
❖ Pull a past one Trick someone
❖ See eye to eye Agree with someone
❖ A hard nut to crack A difficult problem
❖ To paddle one’s own canoe Depend on himself
❖ Like a dying duck in a
thunderstorm Dejected
❖ Look down upon To consider someone inferior
❖ Keep abreast of Keep oneself updated
❖ Came to the point To speak plainly about the real issue
❖ Give a piece of one’s mind To rebuke someone strongly
❖ Cut and dried Already decided
❖ At large Not caught
❖ Kill two birds with one stone To achieve two results with a single attempt
❖ Make off with To run away
❖ Blind alley A situation in which no further progress can be made
❖ The acid test A fact, event or situation that proves something
❖ To take a back seat To become less important or to give up control over things
❖ To bark up the wrong tree To do something that will not get the result you want
❖ Costs an arm and a leg Very expensive
❖ Get out of hand Get out of control
❖ Actions speak louder than words What you do is more important than what you say
❖ Pull someone’s leg Joke with someone
❖ Give someone the cold shoulder Ignore someone
❖ Pull yourself together Calm down
❖ Couch potato A person who watches too much television
❖ Lead someone by the nose To dominate someone
❖ Butterflies in the stomach Being nervous
❖ Out of the woods No longer in trouble
❖ In the pink In good health
❖ Lock stock and barrel Completely
❖ On tenterhooks In Anxious suspense
❖ Lend an ear To pay attention to
❖ Kicked up a row Created to fuss

Practice Batch
❖ Bolt from the blue An unexpected disaster

❖ A square peg in a round hole A misfit in the environment
❖ Smell a rat Detected something wrong
❖ Keep the wolf from the door Avoid starvation
❖ Ended in smoke Yield no result
❖ Through thick and thin Under all circumstances
❖ The sword of Damocles A constant threat
❖ Walk the tight rope Be very cautious
❖ Blow his top Be very angry
❖ Pull the cart before the horse Do last thing first
❖ Speaks volumes Gives enough proof
❖ To feather their own nest Promote their own interest
❖ Out of the woods Out of danger
❖ All ears Very attentive
❖ Swollen-headed Conceited
❖ Playing with fire Taking a grave risk
❖ Turned a deaf ear Neglected
❖ Been nipped in the bud Dropped at an early stage
❖ In the running Contesting the seat
❖ In black and white In writing
❖ Under his nose Right in front of him
❖ To his heart’s content As much as they wanted to
❖ Suit you to a T Look very good on your face
❖ At draggers drawn Bitterly hostile
❖ To play ducks and drakes To use recklessly
❖ Teething problem Problems at the start of a new project
❖ Put one’s foot down Adopt a firm policy when faced with opposition
❖ Rat ace A way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely
competitive struggle for wealth or power
❖ By fits and starts Irregularly
❖ To keep the wolf from the door Avoid starvation
❖ Mealy-mouthed Soft-spoken
❖ Whistle in the dark Pretend to be unafraid
❖ Spin one’s wheel Expel much effort for a little
❖ Live from hand to mouth To have enough money to live on a nothing extra

Practice Batch
❖ Sow wild oats To waste time by doing foolish things in younger age
❖ Ended in a fiasco A complete failure
❖ Red letter day An auspicious day
❖ Chicken hearted Coward
❖ To go through fire and water To experience many dangers in order to achieving something
❖ Willo the wisp Something that is impossible to get
❖ An axe to grind To have a selfish motive
❖ Kick the bucket To die
❖ Not to mince matters To speak out politely
❖ All agog Amazed
❖ To draw the longbow To exaggerate
❖ Sick and span Neat and clean
❖ A moot point Disputed
❖ A wild goose chase Useless search
❖ At loggerheads In conflict with someone
❖ Throw up the sponge To surrender
❖ The alpha and the omega The beginning and the end
❖ To face the music To bear the consequences
❖ Pillar to post One place to another
❖ Hobson’s choice No real choice at all
❖ Adams ale Water
❖ At one’s wits end To get puzzled
❖ To steal a march To outshine
❖ In a jiffy Something that is done very quickly
❖ Herculean task A difficult task
❖ The end of the wedge Start of harmful development
❖ To accept the gauntlet To quarrel over trifles
❖ In black and white A very clear choice that cause no confusion
❖ To not have a clue To not know about something
❖ To have at one’s fingertips Recall of factual information at one’s command
❖ In bad taste Not suitable or offensive
❖ Once and for all Now and for the last time
❖ To be on cloud nine To extremely happy
❖ To have something on the brain To be obsessed with something
❖ Not one’ cup of tea Not one’s choice or preference

Practice Batch
❖ To have a sigh of relief To suddenly feel very happy because something unpleasant has
not happened
❖ On thin ice In a precarious or risky situation
❖ To hit the nail on the head To find exactly the right answer
❖ To make up one’s mind To make a decision
❖ To have a finger in every pie To be involved in a various activities
❖ To give the devil his due To give credit to even a notorious person
❖ Bear the palm To win
❖ Rise like a phoenix To become successful again
❖ Damp squib Complete failure
❖ Make one’s flesh creep To frighten someone
❖ To wrangle over an ass’s shadow To quarrel over trifles
❖ To accept the gauntlet To accept the challenge
❖ Out of the date Old fashioned
❖ Get the message Understand what is implied by a remark or action
❖ Leave no stone unturned Try every possible attempt
❖ It goes without saying Something which is implied to be obvious
❖ To let someone off To leave someone in his present state
❖ Barking up the wrong tree Looking in the wrong place
❖ Call it a day To declare the end of a task
❖ Give somebody a ring Call someone on the telephone
❖ Best of both worlds A situation wherein someone has the privilege of enjoying two
different opportunities
❖ Ball is in your court It is up to you to make the next decision or step
❖ To angle To fish
❖ For all intents and purposes Practically
❖ To pull a long face look sad
❖ Cat-nap Short sleep
❖ Gate crasher Uninvited guest
❖ Caught red-handed Discovered in the act of doing
❖ Fit like glove Perfectly
❖ Go out of one’s way Doing every possible effort
❖ In the running Has good prospects in competition
❖ Make room Make space
❖ Mend your ways Improve one’s behavior

Practice Batch
❖ Beat about the bush To say everything except the main topic
❖ Beggar description Cannot be described
❖ Drag one’s feet Be reluctant to act
❖ Hope against hope Nurture an impossible hope
❖ For keeps Forever
❖ Paled into insignificance Seemed less important
❖ With one voice Unanimously
❖ Make it light Treat lightly
❖ Every inch a gentleman Entirely
❖ Catch a tartar A rough, violent, troublesome person
❖ To add fuel to the fire Make thing worse
❖ To take to heart To be greatly affected
❖ to bring to light Reveal
❖ All moon shine Far from reality
❖ At a snail’s pace Lowly
❖ Call on Play a visit
❖ Pros and cons Advantages and disadvantages
❖ Once in a blue moon Very rarely
❖ Fish out of water An uncomfortable situation
❖ Be down with Suffering from
❖ Fair-weather friend Supports only when easy and convenient
❖ To bury the hatched To make peace
❖ Pull together Work harmoniously
❖ Selling like hot cakes To have a very good sale
❖ Scot free Unpunished
❖ To give oneself airs Behave arrogantly
❖ At a stone’s throw At short distance
❖ Bone of contention Matter of dispute
❖ To eat humble pie To yield under humiliating circumstances
❖ To end in smoke To end without any practical results
❖ To spill the beans To reveal a secret
❖ Drive home Emphasize
❖ A left hand compliment An ambiguous compliment
❖ Cut a sorry figure Make a poor impression
❖ To take to task Reprimand

Practice Batch
❖ Bad blood Enmity

❖ Maiden speech First speech
❖ To get cold feet Fear
❖ Beside the mark Not to the point
❖ On tenterhooks In suspense and anxiety
❖ A cuckoo in the nest An unwelcomed intruder
❖ A house of cards An insecure scheme
❖ To smell a rat To suspect foul dealing
❖ Old head on young shoulder To be wise beyond one’s age
❖ A wild goose chase Pointless search
❖ Hard of hearing To be deaf
❖ Burn your boats Do something that makes it impossible to return to the previous
situation
❖ Dressing-down To give scolding
❖ Null and void Invalid
❖ A dark house Unexpected winner
❖ Throw cold water Discourage
❖ Butt in Interrupt
❖ Couch potato A person who prefers to watch TV
❖ Carry the ball Be in charge
❖ Turn down Reject
❖ Catch a tartar To deal with a person who is more than one’s match
❖ Cap in hand In a respectful manner
❖ In the blues Cheerless and depressed
❖ Cheek by jowl Very close together
❖ Blow one’s own trumpet Praise oneself
❖ Stick to one’s guns Maintain own opinion
❖ Face the music be punished
❖ Curry favours Seek favourable attention
❖ Weal and woe Good times and bad times
❖ Call in question Challenge
❖ Make both ends meet Live within means
❖ Put up the shutters Go out of business
❖ A drop in a bucket A very insignificant amount
❖ Draw a blank Find no favour

Practice Batch
❖ To break the ice To start conservation

❖ To be in a fix In a difficult situation
❖ As daft as a brush Extremely silly
❖ In a nutshell Briefly and concisely
❖ Strain every nerve Work very hard
❖ Evening of life Old age
❖ Button one’s lips Stop talking
❖ Capital punishment Death sentence
❖ A live wire Active and lively
❖ Cock and bull stories Absurd and unlikely stories
❖ Leaps and bounds Rapidly
❖ Wet behind the ears Young and without much experience
❖ Under a cloud Under suspicion
❖ Get the sack Be dismissed
❖ Feather in one’s cap A new and additional distinction
❖ Donkey’s year A long time
❖ Leave no stone unturned To try every possible way
❖ A man of letters Scholar
❖ Bear in mind Remember
❖ To nip in the bud To stop something in the starting
❖ To clip one’s wings To deprive one of power
❖ To put a spoke in one’s wheel To hinder
❖ Hold up Delay
❖ To play fast and loose To act in an unreliable
❖ Grease the palm To bribe
❖ pull a fast one Play a trick
❖ Turn turtle Complete over turn of a situation
❖ Feather one’s own nest Make money in an improper way
❖ Snake in grass A hidden enemy
❖ Make a mountain of a mole hill Exaggerate a mirror problem
❖ Spill the beans Reveal the secret information
❖ Leave high and dry Left in a difficult situation
❖ Make believe To pretend that something is true
❖ Go for the jugular Attack all out
❖ Make amends for Compensate the loss

Practice Batch
❖ Keep a level head To remain calm and sensible in a difficult situation

❖ Under the weather Sick
❖ At loggerheads In strong disagreement
❖ Go Dutch Divide the cost
❖ Alma meter Institution where one got education
❖ A closefisted man A miser
❖ As daft as a brush Very silly
❖ Rise with the lark Get up early
❖ At one’s wit’s end To be too worried by a problem that you don’t know what to do
next.
❖ Make a beeline Rush
❖ Wilde goose chase Unless search
❖ A man of letters A literary person
❖ Horse sense Basic common sense
❖ Sort in the arm Something that gives encouragement
❖ Catch time by the forelock Seize opportunity
❖ Get on nerves Annoying
❖ Pull someone off Make something happen
❖ Go to the dogs Deteriorate shockingly
❖ Under wraps Secretly
❖ On the tenterhooks Very tense
❖ To go red in the face To feel embarrassed
❖ Fell flat Failed to have an effect
❖ To make up To settle their differences
❖ To poke one’s nose with a twig To take interest in others’ affairs
❖ To have eggs on one’s face To be embarrassed because of one’s action
❖ Thick as thieves Having a close friendship
❖ Butter fingers To be clumsy
❖ Large-hearted Generous
❖ In vogue In fashion
❖ To play with fire To act in a dangerous and risky way
❖ To add insult to injury To make something worse
❖ Without rhyme or reason Without a reasonable explanation
❖ Hard nut to crack A difficult problem or person
❖ Know inside out To know something thoroughly

Practice Batch
❖ A blessing in disguise Something good that isn’t recognized at first

❖ Needle in a haystack Something impossible to find
❖ To cut corners Not do a thing well in order to save money or effort
❖ Cook the books To falsify financial records
❖ Poke one’s nose Interfere or meddle
❖ A fire in someone’s belly One who is energetic and enthusiastic about something
❖ For good Forever
❖ Rank and file Ordinary workers in a company
❖ Burn the midnight oil Work late into the night
❖ To come round To become conscious again
❖ A dime a dozen Common and so of little value
❖ A Red letter day A memorable day
❖ Hang on every word Listen very carefully
❖ Off and on Sometimes but not regularly
❖ At a stone’s throw At a very short distance
❖ To fish in troubled waters To take advantage of a difficult situation
❖ Caught red-handed Caught in the act of doing something illegal
❖ To be all ears To be ready and eager to listen
❖ Living in a fool’s paradise To believe wrongly that your situation is good
❖ A far cry Very distant
❖ Rules the roost Is in complete control
❖ To put one’s foot in one’s mouth Not one’s cup of tea
❖ To cross one’s mind To think of something
❖ Kept up appearances Maintained an expression of well being
❖ Full of beans Happy and energetic
❖ Method to one’s madness Seeming disorderly yet having a structure
❖ Make big time Attain fame and success
❖ In hot water In trouble
❖ Provide a blue print Give a detailed plan or scheme
❖ To back to the drawing board Start planning again because earlier plans failed
❖ A good turn A helpful act
❖ Read between the lines By the skin of one’s teeth
❖ Be glad to see the back of Be happy when a person leaves
❖ Cold blood Cruelly, without any emotions
❖ A sea change Complete transformation

Practice Batch
❖ Cost an arm and leg Be extremely expensive

❖ A bold from the blue Something that happens suddenly
❖ To be in the dark To not know something others are aware of
❖ A grey area An unclear situation
❖ To drag one’s feet To delay taking a decision
❖ To make both ends To have just enough money to live
❖ Getting butterflies in one’s
stomach To be anxious and nervous
❖ A herculean task A task requiring great effort
❖ Pull someone off Make something happen
❖ Go to the dogs Deteriorate shockingly
❖ At one’s elbow Next to someone
❖ Lose your touch Not being as successful as previously
❖ Blow up To destroy by an explosion
❖ A fly on wall An unperceived observer
❖ In the same boat To be in the same difficult situation as someone else
❖ Gear up for Get ready for
❖ Call upon To order
❖ In high spirit Cheerful
❖ A piece of cake A very easy work
❖ Tell upon To affect adversely
❖ A storm in a tea cup A lot of anger and worry about trivial things
❖ A snake in grass A deceitful person
❖ Tit for tat Counter attack
❖ Grease someone’s palm Bribe someone
❖ A hair’s breadth Narrow margin
❖ Let down To fail
❖ Safe pair of hands A person who can be trusted to do something efficiently
❖ Hard and fast Strict
❖ A catch 22 situation A difficult situation in which the solution to a problem is
impossible
❖ Win laurels To gain honour
❖ By the skin of his teeth Barely managed to escape
❖ Read between the lines Understand something that is not said outright
❖ Red letter day Memorable day

Practice Batch
❖ A kick in the teeth Great disappointment

❖ Donkey’s years Long time
❖ Go to the wall To fail
❖ Eat like a horse Eat a lot of food
❖ Knock down To demolish
❖ Beat around the bush To avoid talking about what is important
❖ Comparing apples with oranges Unequal comparisons
❖ Playing the devil’s advocate One who argues against something just for the sake of arguing
❖ Back out To withdraw from
❖ Wipe the floor with someone To defeat someone
❖ Lion’s share Largest share
❖ Get the axe Lose the job
❖ Have a soft spot for someone To like someone a lot
❖ Pull the plug End something
❖ At loggerheads Disagreeing with
❖ Break a leg Wish someone good luck
❖ Miss the boat Miss an opportunity
❖ On cloud nine Extremely happy
❖ Under duress Under pressure
❖ Sum and substance Essence
❖ Apple of one’s eye Very dear
❖ To pay lip service To express loyalty, respect or support for something insincerely
❖ Every dog has his day Everyone has good luck or success at a point of time
❖ Come about To happen
❖ It’s all Greek to me I cannot understand anything
❖ Crocodile tears Pretended show of sorrow
❖ To hold good To remain valid
❖ Pull a long face To look sad
❖ Bed of roses Pleasant condition of life
❖ Heart skipped a beat Felt extremely nervous
❖ Hit the books To study very hard
❖ A piece of cake An easy task
❖ Charley horse Cramp
❖ Carry the day Winning
❖ Green eyed Jealous

Practice Batch
❖ To put someone’s back up To irritate someone

❖ A chip off the old block Similar to one’s parents behavior
❖ White elephant Costly but useless possession
❖ Be like chalk and cheese Be absolutely different
❖ Dark horse An unexpected winner
❖ The best of both words An advantageous situation from two different things at a time
❖ Have a long face Look unhappy or disappointed
❖ Get away To leave
❖ Be at a loose end To have nothing to do
❖ Between Scylla and Charybdis Between two dangers
❖ Under the weather Feeling ill
❖ By leaps and bounds Very quickly
❖ Elbow grease Hard physical efforts
❖ Hard of hearing Partially deaf
❖ Start from scratch Start entirely from the beginning
❖ To make my flesh crawl Frightened me
❖ Cut straight to the chase Avoid unnecessary introduction and go the more important part
❖ Make one’s blood boil Make someone extremely angry
❖ Up in arms In rebellion
❖ To bite the bullet To be brave in a difficult situation
❖ Call a spade a spade Known for taking too frankly
❖ To draw a blank To be unsuccessful at eliciting a response
❖ Jump the gun Start something too soon or act hastily
❖ Man of letters Scholar
❖ Chip off the old block Someone who resembles their parent
❖ Costs an arm and leg Too expensive for someone to buy
❖ To bite the bullet Force oneself to do something unpleasant
❖ Child’s play An easy task
❖ Tick all the boxes To fulfill the required norms
❖ Stab someone in the back To betray someone’s closest friend
❖ Pocket an insult Tolerate insult without protest
❖ Upset the Apple cart Spoil careful plans
❖ To twist someone’s arm To try to force someone to do something
❖ Cast aside To reject

Practice Batch
❖ In your birthday suit Not wearing any clothes

❖ with a pinch of salt Doubt the truth or value of something
❖ To movers and shakers People who have a lot of power and influence
❖ Snail’s pace Very slow
❖ Get one’s dander up Lose one’s temper
❖ Snake in the grass Treacherous person
❖ In queer street In debt
❖ Be under a cloud To be untrustworthy
❖ Hit the sack Go to sleep
❖ Face up to To accept a difficult situation
❖ Running around in circles To be very active but with few results
❖ Hate and hearty Strong and healthy
❖ Strain every nerve To try extremely hard to do something
❖ Jump the gun To do something too soon
❖ A fish out of water Being uncomfortable and restless
❖ Hobson’s choice A choice forced upon someone
❖ At one’s elbow Next to someone
❖ Lose your touch Not being as successful as previously
❖ Blow up To destroy by an explosion
❖ In the same boat To be in the same difficult situation as someone else
❖ Gear up for Get ready for
❖ Grease anybody’s palm To give bribe
❖ Leave in the lurch Abandon in the midway or difficult situation
❖ Caught red handed At the time of committing crime
❖ On the brink of On the pint of
❖ Face the music Face the unpleasant consequences
❖ Gift of the gab Ability to speak impressively
❖ Go down the drain Lose forever
❖ A close shave A narrow escape from danger
❖ Cool as a cucumber Not nervous of emotional
❖ In high spirits Cheerful
❖ Bring about Cause
❖ Pull up Reprimand
❖ At sixes and seven In disorder or confusion
❖ Lose head Panic

Practice Batch
❖ Take to task To criticize severely or punish

❖ Sit in judgement To pass judgement for comment on someone (especially when
you have no authority)
❖ Leave in the lurch To desert someone
❖ Cry over spilt milk Cry over irreparable loss
❖ Bad blood Active enmity
❖ Close shave A narrow escape
❖ Pot luck dinner Dinner where somebody brings something to eat
❖ To hit below the belt To attack unfairly
❖ All at sea Puzzled
❖ Sought after Wanted by many people because it’s of good quality or difficult
to find
❖ Build castles in the air Daydreaming
❖ A fly on wall An unperceived observer
❖ Sit on the fence To avoid becoming involving in deciding or influencing
something
❖ Shake off Forget or to get away from somebody who is chasing
❖ Cock and bull story A concocted or absurd story
❖ Pull a long face Look dejected or an unhappy or disappointed expression
❖ Under a cloud Under suspicion
❖ Break down To fail
❖ Lend one’s ear To listen attentively
❖ Bank on something To rely on something
❖ Make up one’s mind To decide something
❖ Catch on To become popular
❖ To grease the palm To bribe someone
❖ Chicken out To refuse to do something due to fear
❖ Donkey’s year A very long time
❖ Cut the Gordian knot Removed the difficulty
❖ Gift of the gab Ability to talk, convincingly and readily
❖ Long and short of it The summary of the matter
❖ Pay havoc To worsen the situation
❖ Tall order Difficult demand
❖ Explore every avenue To look for every possible means
❖ In the same boat Having the same problem as of others

Practice Batch
❖ Stand one’s ground To maintain one’s position

❖ Watch one’s step Warning to someone to walk or act carefully
❖ Give oneself airs To act better than one really is
❖ Make ducks and drakes of To waste something
❖ Be an open hook To be easy to understand
❖ Wide of the mark Inaccurate
❖ To have a bee in one’s bonnet To be obsessed with something
❖ Crying for the moon To want the impossible
❖ Utopian Idealistic
❖ Come to grief To experience something unpleasant
❖ Look before you leap To think before doing
❖ Make a clean breast of it To confess completely
❖ Put the saddle on right horse To blame the right party
❖ Strike while the iron is hot To make use of opportunity
❖ To end in smoke To come to nothing
❖ Best thing since sliced bread A good invention
❖ Hit the nail on the head Do or say something exactly right
❖ When pigs fly Something that will never happen
❖ Hear it on the grapevine To hear a some numerous about something
❖ A chip on your shoulder You are holding a grudge
❖ Apple of one’s eye The person who someone loves or cherishes the most
❖ Ball is in your court It is up-to your to decide something
❖ Last straw Last problem in the series of problems
❖ Back to square one To go back to the beginning
❖ Burst your bubble To ruin someone’s happiness
❖ Smell a rat Have a reason to suspect something
❖ Move heaven and earth Make every effort to achieve something
❖ In the nick of time At the last possible movement
❖ To turn out a new leaf To change your behavior in a positive way
❖ To leave no stone unturned To do everything possible to achieve a good result
❖ Once in a blue moon Rarely and infrequently
❖ Wash one’s hands off something Refuse to be responsible for something
❖ Give someone the cold shoulder Deliberately ignore someone
❖ Sail close to the wind Do something that is dangerous or even illegal

Practice Batch
❖ Twist someone’s arm To force someone to do something by making it hard for them
to refuse
❖ Get down to brass tacks To start about the basic facts of a situation
❖ A hard nut to crack A tough challenges
❖ Breathing the air Useless tasks
❖ On one’s last legs Near to death
❖ Give someone a piece of one’s
mind To scold
❖ Dead set against Having a narrow escape
❖ Under the weather Being sick
❖ To cut a long story short To tell something briefly
❖ Pull yourself together Calm down
❖ Break the ice To make something comfortable
❖ See eye to eye Agree with each other
❖ A piece of cake Very easy
❖ Learn the ropes Learn to do particular jobs
❖ The best of both worlds Enjoying two opportunities together
❖ The graveyard shift To work shift during the night, often from mid-night to 8 AM
❖ Straight from the horse mouth Hear something from someone who has direct personal
knowledge
❖ Take with a pinch of salt Not believe completely, something that you are told
❖ Barking up the wrong tree Chasing a false trail
❖ At the drop of a hat Do something without having planned beforehand
❖ In a tight corner In a difficult situation
❖ Walks the talk To do what one says
❖ Hoping against hope Hoping in hopeless situation
❖ The tip of an iceberg Something which is a small part of something much bigger
❖ From the horse’s mouth To hear directly from someone who knows
❖ Heed in the cloud Cut off from reality
❖ Cool your heels Unwillingly wait for something Or someone
❖ Keep at arm’s length Avoid making friends with someone
❖ Chip off the old block One who resembles a parent strongly
❖ Bend over backwards Try to accommodate and please someone
❖ Added insult to injury To say something that makes a bad situation even worse

Practice Batch
❖ Crying over spilt milk Feeling sorry over a mistake that cannot be changed
❖ Too close for comfort To close to be a cause for worry because of being unwelcome
❖ Let your hair down To take it easy and relax
❖ Be a blessing in disguise Something good that seems bad at first
❖ Bugs me Irritates me
❖ To break a leg To wish good luck
❖ Make my mouth water Are very tasty and appetizing
❖ A stuffed shirt Pompous person
❖ Eager beaver A keen person and enthusiastic person
❖ Cock and bull story Improbable story
❖ By hook or by crook By any means, good, or bad
❖ Laughing stock An object of ridicule
❖ Pulled the chestnuts out of fire Accomplishing a difficult job for someone else
❖ Put our heads together Consult and work together
❖ Be a blessing in disguise Something good that seems bad at first
❖ In a tight corner In a difficult situation
❖ Walks the talk To do what one says
❖ Hoping against hope Hoping in hopeless situation
❖ The tip of an iceberg Something which is a small part of something much bigger
❖ To make up for To replace something that is lost or damaged
❖ To cut corners To save money and economies
❖ Under the weather Not feeling well
❖ To get cold feet To become afraid to do something
❖ The apple of someone’s eyes The person that someone loves and is proud of
❖ Once and for all Finally
❖ Twist someone’s arm Persuade someone to do something
❖ To call the shots To have control
❖ Dry run Rehearsal of an event
❖ At a snail’s pace Very slowly
❖ Hang up your boots Retire from playing a game
❖ In high spirits Joyful
❖ Get your act together Organize your work in a better way
❖ Vanish into thin air Disappear
❖ Throw caution to the wind Behave in a reckless manner
❖ Hanging by a thread/a hair Being in a dangerous position

Practice Batch
❖ Cross a bridge when you come Deal with something when it happens, and not worry
to it about it beforehand
❖ Pull yourself together Control emotions and behave calmly
❖ In the same boat Sharing the same problem
❖ The back sheep One who is not accepted as part of a family or group because of
one’s bad conduct
❖ Hit a dead end Reach a situation that is exactly right
❖ Take one’s hat off to someone Show admiration for someone
❖ Make a beeline for To move directly towards something
❖ All ears Ready to listen
❖ Bury the hatchet Make peace
❖ Chill out Relax completely
❖ Raise an alarm Warn of a dangerous situation
❖ Take a cue from someone Be strongly influenced by someone
❖ Hold one’s tongue To keep quiet
❖ One’s cup of tea One’s chosen or preferred thing
❖ Chew the scenery To act overly emotional
❖ The lion’s share The largest portion
❖ Through thick and thin In good and bad times
❖ Tricks of the trade Special skills or knowledge
❖ In a nutshell In very briefly
❖ Draw the line To set a limit on something
❖ Out for the count In a deep, insensible sleep
❖ An eye wash A pretence
❖ Change of heart Different opinion about something
❖ To lad one by the nose To control someone completely
❖ Play with fire To do something risky
❖ Shooting fish in a barrel Exceptionally easy to do
❖ To foot the bill To make payment
❖ Long in the tooth Too old to do something
❖ In black and white In writing
❖ Through thick and thin Under all circumstances
❖ The lion’s share The biggest part of a whole
❖ At the drop of a hat Without delay
❖ To walk the tight rope Be very cautious

Practice Batch
❖ Water under the bridge Anything from the past that is not significant or important
anymore
❖ Feather in his cap An achievement to be proud of
❖ Set the wheels in motion To initiate a chain of events
❖ A stone’s throw A short distance
❖ Spill the beans Give away a secret
❖ On thin ice In a risky situation
❖ Raining cats and dogs To rain very heavily
❖ Ignorance is bliss To remain ignorant of things that may cause stress
❖ To smell a rat To suspect something
❖ Stealing the thunder Get praise for doing something before someone
❖ Crocodile tears False tears
❖ Have a whale of a time Have an exceptionally for or exciting experience
❖ Come rain or shine Whatever happens
❖ An iron hand Strict and harsh control
❖ Hold someone or something Prevent someone or something from moving closer
at bay
❖ Chase rainbows To pursue unrealistic goals
❖ Foaming at the mouth To be enraged and show it
❖ Back on one’s feet Well or successful again
❖ Make a living To earn enough money for things you need
❖ Back on one’s feet Well or successful again
❖ To take with a grain of salt To believe with some scepticism
❖ Ring a bell To sound familiar
❖ Kick someone when they are To cause further trouble to someone already in a difficult
down situation
❖ Have an axe to grind To have an ulterior motive
❖ To raise a dust To cause disruption or confusion
❖ Out of the blue Completely unexpected
❖ An iron hand Strict control
❖ Let the cat out of the bag To reveal a secret
❖ In the heat of the movement Saying or doing something without thinking due to anger
❖ Raptures over new stove Extremely delighted
❖ That ship has sailed Too late to do something
❖ Keep an eye on To watch over attentively

Practice Batch
❖ No spring chicken A person who is no longer young

❖ Move the goalposts Unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its
course
❖ Crying for the moon To make an impractical or unreasonable request
❖ Below the belt Cruel and unfair
❖ Keep body and soul together Stay alive during hard times
❖ Hit the nail on the head To be exactly right about something
❖ Face the music To accept consequences
❖ To put a rose on the nose In a sarcastic manner that nobody cared
❖ Go the extra mile Going above and beyond whatever is required for the task at
hand
❖ A gut feeling An instinct or intuition
❖ Drop in the bucket Something small and unimportant especially when compared
with something else
❖ A piece of cake A very easy task
❖ A leopard cannot change its It is important to change who you are
spots
❖ Heart and soul Completely
❖ Gone bananas Become irrational
❖ Smell a rat Suspect trickery or deception
❖ Give someone a taste of their Mistreat someone in the same way they have treated others
own medicine
❖ On cloud nine Very happy
❖ Barking up the wrong tree Pursue a course of action that will most likely be futile
❖ Add fuel to fire Worsen an already bad situation
❖ All eyes and ears To be attentive
❖ Beyond the shadow of a doubt With certainty, for sure
❖ Costed me an arm and a leg Is very expensive
❖ Hold the fort To take responsibility for a situation temporarily
❖ Drop in the bucket A very small port of something big or whole
❖ Flogging a dead horse To waste time on useless things
❖ Leave no stone unturned Make all possible efforts
❖ A pipe dream An illusionary plan
❖ All Greek to me Incomprehensible

Practice Batch
❖ An arm and a leg A large amount of money

❖ Get cold feet To feel nervous about doing something
❖ A bull in a China shop A clumsy person in a delicate situation
❖ Bury the hatchet To settle disputes
❖ Bite someone’s head off Respond to someone with anger that is often sudden or
unprovoked
❖ Kill two birds with one stone To achieve things by doing a single action
❖ An eye opener A shocking revelation
❖ Gird up your loins To prepare oneself for a difficult situation
❖ The last straw The final problem in a series of problems that makes the
situation intolerable
❖ Castle in the air Unrealistic plan
❖ Pull someone’s leg To tease someone
❖ Every cloud has a silver lining Every difficult situation has a hopeful aspect of it
❖ By hook or by crook By any means
❖ Bold from the blue To receive unexpected news
❖ The ball is in one’s court To be responsible for further action
❖ Bend over backwards To exert to a lot of effort towards some end
❖ Over my dead body Opposing something fiercely
❖ To end in smoke To end in nothing
❖ Fit as a fiddle In a perfectly healthy condition
❖ Nail-biting Suspenseful
❖ Birds of the same feather People with similar character
❖ Cat’s whiskers To be highly impressive
❖ Come to light To be known publicly
❖ Above one’s head Beyond one’s understanding
❖ Too feel at home To feel comfortable
❖ Go getter A real achiever
❖ Out of date Something old fashioned
❖ As a matter of fact, Actually, as it happens
❖ Pull up your socks To put in extra efforts
❖ To pick up the threads To restart from the previous closing point
❖ Sail in the same boat Be in the same situation as others
❖ Cut one shot To interrupt someone
❖ To take one’s hat off To admire someone

Practice Batch
❖ Let bygones be bygones To forgive and forget

❖ To lead by the nose To completely control someone
❖ To pull someone’s legs To play a joke on someone
❖ As clear as a ball Readily understood
❖ Cup of tea Something that pleases one
❖ On the tip of my tongue Readily available in my memory
❖ To run amok To run about in a frenzy
❖ To have a jaundiced eye To be prejudiced
❖ Apples and organs Different things
❖ At the drop of a hat Immediately
❖ A wild-goose chase Useless search
❖ Be at your wits’ end Be overwhelmed with problems
❖ All and sundry All included
❖ Chip off the old block Resembling parents
❖ To pour oil in troubled water To calm a dispute
❖ Fair’s fair Just treatment
❖ Cry over spilt milk Regret about something that happened and cannot be changed
❖ Far cry from To be very different from
❖ Forty winks A short nap during the day
❖ It’s raining cats and dogs To rain very heavily
❖ To be tight-lipped To keep quiet
❖ Hang one’s head To be ashamed
❖ A needle in a haystack Something that is very difficult to locate
❖ Butterflies in one’s stomach A feeling of nervousness
❖ Be on cloud nine To be in a state of extreme happiness
❖ Give someone the cold shoulder To ignore someone
❖ Child’s play Something very easy
❖ Work like a charm To work very well
❖ Put the car before the horse To do last thing first
❖ In the nick of time At the last possible moment
❖ Know something inside out To know everything about something
❖ Throw in the towel To admit defeat or failure
❖ Get a foot in the door To have a chance to do something
❖ By and large In general
❖ No strings attached Without conditions or restrictions

Practice Batch
❖ When pigs fly A time that will never come

❖ Get the ball rolling To stand doing something
❖ A change of heart To change in one’s opinion
❖ A bull in a China shop An extremely awkward, clumsy person
❖ Hang up your boots To take retirement
❖ Jump on the bandwagon To join a popular trend
❖ Strike while the iron is hot To act at the right time
❖ Last straw Final problem in the series
❖ Cut the mustard To success
❖ Off the cuff Without preparation
❖ Best thing since sliced brad Most useful innovation in a long time
❖ To close to call A very narrow margin
❖ Get someone’s goat To irritate someone
❖ Miss the boat To miss an opportunity
❖ A penny for your thoughts Way of asking what someone is thinking
❖ Shot in the dark To guess something
❖ Feel a bit under the weather To feel sick or unhealthy
❖ To take the bull by its horns To deal with a difficult situation directly
❖ Come rain or shine Under any circumstances
❖ Be glad to see to back of To be happy when a person leaves
❖ Once bitten, twice shy An unpleasant experience induces caution
❖ Cover up Hide or conceal
❖ Make up with (someone) Close or ignore the difference with someone
❖ who laughs last laughs loudest He who focuses on winning in the long term is successful
❖ Much ado about nothing Making a big fuss over a small thing
❖ A bold from the blue Unexpected and surprising event
❖ Herculean task Very tough task
❖ Break new ground Do or discover something new
❖ Sell like hot cakes Sell very fast
❖ To get on the nerves To irritate
❖ By the same token In the same way
❖ Keep someone in the loop Give them all the information
❖ Of the old school Old fashioned in thought
❖ Over the moon Extremely happy
❖ Copycat One who imitates another closely

Practice Batch
❖ Close to one’s heart Dear and important to oneself

❖ Go bonkers Become crazy
❖ Turn a deaf fear Ignore what someone says
❖ Pull someone up Criticize someone
❖ Raining cats and dogs Time seems to move quickly
❖ Go off Stop working
❖ Break in Enter a building illegally
❖ Babe in the woods A young defenceless person
❖ Be all ears Eager to listen
❖ Change for the better An improvement in the situation
❖ Loosen the purse strings To increase the money available for expenditure
❖ To be off your food To have no appetite
❖ To go bananas To become very excited or angry
❖ Comb through To carefully look through
❖ Loudmouth One who talks boastfully
❖ Fit as a fiddle To be in excellent health and good working order
❖ Elbow grease A lot of physical effort
❖ Fly the nest Children leaving their parents’ home to live on their own
❖ Your guess is as good as mine To have no idea of the answer
❖ Horses for courses Different people are suited for different jobs
❖ Get on like a house on fire To become friends quickly
❖ Have your heart set on To want something very much something
❖ Drop in Pay casual visit
❖ A turning point The time at which an important change starts
❖ To be taken aback To be surprised
❖ In the eye of the storm Be in a controversial situation
❖ A rotten apple A single bad person or thing in a group
❖ Giving a false alarm A situation when people wrongly think that something bad is
going to happen
❖ Alive and kicking To be active and healthy
❖ Chinks in the armour A weakness that can be taken advantage of
❖ Hit the ceiling Explode in anger
❖ Months on end Several months in a row
❖ See eye to eye Agree
❖ Be over the moon Very pleased about something

Practice Batch
❖ Call off Cancel something

❖ A piece of the pie A share in the money or business
❖ Follow suit To do as others have done
❖ Put off To delay
❖ Carry on Continue doing something
❖ Fall for To be tricked or fooled by
❖ At beck and call Ready to do everything for someone
❖ Bear fruit Produce positive results
❖ Tighten one’s belt To cut one’s expenditure
❖ Bear the brunt Suffer the worst of something
❖ Behind closed doors Do something secretly
❖ Whet your appetite To want something more
❖ Get something off one’s chest Talk about something that is worrying you
❖ At loggerheads To disagree strongly
❖ At a stretch Without a stop
❖ Learn and mean R4eady and efficient
❖ Keep in check To control something
❖ Make out Understand someone or something with difficulty
❖ Pick and choose Select only the best from choices
❖ To be moved to tears To be overwhelmed with emotions
❖ To gain ground To make progress
❖ Change hands Pass from one person to another
❖ Out of the question Not possible at all
❖ Play safe Avoid risks and take precautions
❖ Feel the pinch Face financial difficulties
❖ Bull’s-eye Something that is the center of a target
❖ Off colour Feeling slightly ill
❖ Back up Defend or support
❖ Work out Exercise or develop a plan
❖ Make no bones about something Be frank and open about something
❖ To take for granted To accept without question or objection
❖ To go nuts To become crazy
❖ To be on a roll To be experiencing a successful period
❖ Many a slip between the cup Bad things may happen before the task is finished
and the lip

Practice Batch
❖ At iron will A firm option, firm resolution

❖ Get into soup To make things difficult
❖ Haul over the coals To scold somone
❖ To carry the day To succeed
❖ Go over Review
❖ Swelled head Pride
❖ To show the dragon teeth To take some action
❖ To get ground Avoid aversion
❖ To cudgel one’s brain To think hard
❖ Broke Persian’s head To use bad grammar
❖ On the brink of To be near
❖ Cry in the wilderness Unpopular opinion
❖ Bold from the blue A sudden calamity or sudden disaster
❖ A snake in the grass A treacherous person
❖ At variance with Opposite
❖ In deep water In great difficulty
❖ In the egg In an early stage
❖ To have an axe to grind To have a selfish motive in doing something
❖ A square deal A fair and honest deal
❖ Against one’s grain Against one’s nature
❖ To rise like a phonix To emerge with a new life
❖ To turn the corner To pass the critical stage
❖ Against one’s grain Against one’s nature
❖ to hit below the belt To attack in an unfair manner
❖ keep your head Remain calm
❖ to read between the lines To understand the implied meaning
❖ full of hot air Talking nonsense
❖ to meet one’s waterloo To experience defeat
❖ not make head or tail Not able to understand anything
❖ not mince words q To speak in a direct way
❖ to take stock of To assess
❖ read between the lines Discern the hidden meaning in the text
❖ wear your heart on your sleeve To show your true emotions
❖ on tenterhooks Anxious and tense
❖ on cloud nine Extremely happy and excited

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❖ miss the boat To lose an opportunity

❖ don’t put all your eggs in the Don’t concentrate all your resources in one place
same basket

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SSC PREVIOUS YEAR ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION [TCS] 2018-2022
✓ The study of earthquakes Seismology

✓ To walk aimlessly Amble
✓ Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace Amble
✓ One wo supervises students in an examination hall Invigilator
✓ A sound that cannot be heard Inaudible
✓ A glass container to keep fish Aquarium
✓ Formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution Abolish
✓ Indifferent to pleasure and pain Stoic
✓ Showing great attention to detail and correct behavior Punctilious
✓ A fictional being from another world Alien
✓ The examination or observation of one’s own metal and emotional
processes Introspection
✓ A medical condition in which somebody partly or completely loses
their memory Amnesia
✓ In exactly the same words as the original Verbatim
✓ Study of insects Entomology
✓ Drawings or writing scribbled on walls in public places Graffiti
✓ Something that is strong and lasts a long time without breaking or
becoming weaker Durable
✓ Sharpness and accuracy of judgment Acumen
✓ A tank for fish or water plants Aquarium
✓ An image of a god used for worship Idol
✓ One who can read and write Literate
✓ One who knows everything Omniscient
✓ A seat for a passenger on a bicycle or motorbike Pillion
✓ A problem that is so difficult that it cannot be answered Insoluble
✓ Unfairly take something belonging to another for one’s use Misappropriate
✓ A fixed sum paid annually Annually
✓ A person who travels on foot Pedestrian
✓ A style of cooking food, characteristic of a particular country or region Cuisine
✓ Unable to express feelings clearly Inarticulate
✓ Able to be happy, successful, etc, again after Resilient
✓ something difficult or bad has happened
✓ An animal with a spinal cord Vertebrate
✓ Easily hurt emotionally Sensitive
✓ A group of people Crowd
✓ A spear used for hunting large fish Harpoon
✓ A room or large cupboard for storing food Larder

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✓ Lacking interest or excitement Mundane

✓ Place where objects of importance are exhibited Museum
✓ A person who collects or studies stamps Philatelist
✓ A person above a hundred years in age Centenarian
✓ A person who works in a shop that sells cut flowers and paints Florist
✓ Policy of racial discrimination Apartheid
✓ A four footed animal Quadruped
✓ A heard or flock of animals being driven in a body Drove
✓ A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself Trilogy
✓ A self-governing country or region Autonomy
✓ A place where coins, medals or tokens are made Mint
✓ One who does not take any alcoholic drink Teetotaler
✓ A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft Astronauts
✓ A large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing
aircraft Hanger
✓ A person who listens to someone’s private conversions without them
knowing Eavesdropper
✓ A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution. Dormitory
✓ A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals, travelling
together Caravan
✓ A place in a large institution, for the care of those who are ill Infirmary
✓ A group of stars Constellation
✓ Having no boundaries or limits Infinite
✓ One who studies the occult meanings of numbers and their supposed
influence on human life Numerologist
✓ A large cage building, or enclosure to keep birds Aviary
✓ A sentimental longing for a period in the past Nostalgia
✓ Soft, inner part of a nut or fruit-stone Pulp
✓ A news article that reports the recent death of a person Obituary
✓ Something that is to your advantage but happened chance Fortuitous
✓ To throw an event into confusion or disorder Disrupt
✓ A person who thinks bad things are more likely to happen or who
emphasis the bad part of a situation Pessimist
✓ The act or habit of talking in one’s sleep Somniloquy
✓ A dynamic campaign for political, social or religious change Crusade
✓ An imaginary deal society free of poverty and suffering Utopia
✓ One who does not believe in the existence of God Atheist
✓ An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present Bouquet
✓ A person preoccupied with an unrealistically optimistic approach
to life Quixotic

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✓ One who supervises in an examination hall Invigilator

✓ A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute Arbitrator
✓ The state of being subject to death Mortality
✓ A musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces Medley
✓ A secret or disguised way of writing Cypher
✓ A person who entertains people by doing difficult frets Acrobat
✓ A family of young birds Brood
✓ An incongruous or chaotic mixture Cacophony
✓ A corporation made up of a number of different companies that
operate in diversified fields Conglomerate
✓ A short rest or sleep taken after lunch Siesta
✓ A person who presents a radio/Television programme Anchor
✓ An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death Post-mortem
✓ The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing Rhetoric
✓ A person employed to drive a private or hired car Chauffeur
✓ A song at burial Dirge
✓ A period of ten years Decade
✓ Something that cannot be heard Inaudible
✓ One who loads and upload ships Stevedore
✓ Open refusal to obey orders Defiance
✓ A place where clothes are kept Wardrobe
✓ One who believes his own country to settle in another country Emigrant
✓ One who loves his country Patriot
✓ A geometrical figure with eight sides Octagon
✓ A sudden rush of a large number of frightened people or animals Stampede
✓ One who is preoccupied with his own interests Egoist
✓ A person very reserved in speech Reticent
✓ Morals that govern one’s behavior Ethics
✓ That which cannot be satisfied Insatiable
✓ A place where plants are grown for sale Nursery
✓ Putting to death painlessly to end suffering Euthanasia
✓ A group of ships Fleet
✓ Incapable of paying debts Insolvent
✓ A long and aggressive speech Harangue
✓ The school or college in which one has been educated Alma mater
✓ Enclosed area where aircraft are kept and repaired Hangar
✓ Pertaining to an individual from birth Congenital
✓ To increase the speed Accelerate
✓ A person who attracts attention with flashy style Flamboyant
✓ A game in which neither party wins Draw

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✓ To rise in value Appreciate

✓ A building where grain is kept or stored Granary
✓ Anger about an unfair situation or about someone’s unfair behavior Indignation
✓ Having something more than required Surplus
✓ Person and animal living on another Parasite
✓ Central character in a story or play Protagonist
✓ To brighten up with lights Illuminate
✓ A person who preaches religion and is considered Prophet
to be a messenger of God
✓ Persons living at the same time Contemporary
✓ Someone who believes that people cannot Fatalist
change the way events will happen
✓ An inscription on a tombstone written in memory of Epitaph
the deceased
✓ An enclosure to keep the birds in Aviary
✓ A person who draws or produces maps Cartographer
✓ A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle Barrel
traditionally made of wooden staves for keeping oil, beer
✓ A person without a settled home or regular work who wander from
place toplace and lives by begging. Vagrant
✓ A person, animal or plant belonging originally to a place Native
✓ A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/herself from
school Truant
✓ A person, animal or plant much below the usual height Dwarf
✓ A person appointed by two parties to resolve a dispute Arbitrator
✓ A large deep, metal pot used for cooking over open fire Cauldron
✓ A family or young animals Brood
✓ Something which cannot be understood Incomprehensible
✓ Something which is fit to be eaten Edible
✓ One who helps a person in need Samaritan
✓ Sole right to make and sell some invention Patent
✓ A fictitious name used by an author Pseudonym
✓ One who is great lover of books Bibliophile
✓ A place for storing guns and military equipment Arsenal
✓ The act of looking back on past time Retrospection
✓ A place where fruit trees are grown Orchard
✓ That which cannot be satisfied Insatiable
✓ That which cannot be heard Inaudible
✓ One who does not tire easily Incorrigible

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✓ Incapable of being read Illegible

✓ Too unimportant Trivial
✓ That which can be drawn into a thin wire Ductile
✓ Flowers or leaves woven together in circle for placing on a coffin or
a grave Wreath
✓ A trade that is prohibited by law Illicit
✓ To give the throne Abdicate
✓ One who embraces voluntary death for the sake of Martyr
✓ one’s country
✓ One who is indifferent to art and culture Philistine
✓ That which cannot be corrected Incorrigible
✓ A person who is blamed for wrong doings of others Scapegoat
✓ The act of speaking irreverently about scared things Blasphemy
✓ A person who talks too much of himself Egotist
✓ Take away or alter the natural qualities of something Denature
✓ Decay of organic matter producing a fetid smell Putrefy
✓ Diminish in value over a period of time Depreciate
✓ Not able to produce children Sterile
✓ A funeral poem Elegy
✓ One who walks in sleep Somnambulist
✓ One skilled in tell Raconteur
✓ Fear of fire Arson phobia
✓ One who is honorably discharged from service Emeritus
✓ A perception without objection Hallucination
✓ A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy Callous
✓ One who eats too much Glutton
✓ A roundabout way of speaking Circumlocution
✓ An old unmarried women Spinster
✓ One who is determined to take full revenge for wrongs done to him Vindictive
✓ Just punishment for wrong doing Nemesis
✓ A strong blast of wind Gust
✓ Phobia of dogs cynophobia
✓ One who is new to a profession Tyro
✓ A speech or presentation made without previous preparation Extempore
✓ Easily duped and fooled Gullible
✓ Atonement for one’s sins Repentance
✓ Killing of one’s child Filicide
✓ A lover of work Europhile
✓ Giving undue faviorus to one’s own kith and kin Nepotism
✓ To give up throne voluntarily Abdicate

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✓ Mania for travel Dromomania

✓ Words written on the tomb of a person Epitaph
✓ One who has suddenly gained new wealth power or prestige Parvenu
✓ An associate in crime Accomplice
✓ Man behaving more like a woman than as a man Effeminate
✓ Speaking with stammer or lisp Stuttering
✓ Excessive desire to work Egomania
✓ Study of tumors Oncology
✓ The highest point Zenith
✓ That which is away from center Eccentric
✓ One who values practicality Pragmatist
✓ One who loads and unloads ships Stevedore
✓ Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted Heresy
✓ Distorted representation of something Travesty
✓ A feeling of intense longing for something Yearning
✓ In exactly the same word as were used originally Verbatim
✓ A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinion Sceptic
✓ Showing strong feeling Vehement
✓ A sheath for the blade of sword Scabbard
✓ The upward force that a liquid exerts on a body floating in it Up-thrust
✓ The use of irony to mock or convey contempt Sarcasm
✓ The crime of betraying one’s country Treason
✓ Fanatical and uncompromising pursuit of ideals Zealotry
✓ Seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injured Vengeful
✓ The state of being short in supply Scarcity
✓ Protection of or authority over someone Tutelage
✓ Optimistic in an apparently difficult situation Sanguine
✓ Conformity to fact Veracity
✓ Search for and collect anything usable from discarded waste Scavenge
✓ Excessively lengthy speech Verbiage
✓ An ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a
symbol of sovereignty Scepter
✓ The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being
attacked or harmed Vulnerability
✓ A solemn promise or undertaking Pledge
✓ Interrupt a public speaker with derisive or aggressive comments or
abuse Heckle
✓ Not being what it purports to Spurious
✓ The state of quality of being holy Sanctity
✓ A substance easily evaporated at normal temperature Volatile

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✓ Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain Sadistic

✓ A person highly skilled in music Virtuosos
✓ Free from disturbance Tranquil
✓ An arrangement of flowers fastened in a ring used for laying on grave Wreath
✓ To move back and forth or sideways Traverse
✓ To remains of something that has been badly damaged Wreckage
✓ Deliberately destroy something for military advantage Sabotage
✓ The area near or surrounding a particular place Vicinity
✓ Full of twists and turns Tortuous
✓ The practice of magic Witchery
✓ Irritating inconvenience Hassle
✓ A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule or contract Penalty
✓ Complete with regard to every detail Thorough
✓ The faculty or power of using one’s will Volition
✓ The quality of being particularly noticeable Salience
✓ Of a disease or poison extremely severe or harmful in its effects Virulent
✓ Something that is genuine Authentic
✓ That which is no longer in use Redundant
✓ Having no moral Unscrupulous
✓ Using right and left hand equally well Ambidextrous
✓ Combine to form a whole Integrate
✓ Steal or misappropriate money Embezzle
✓ Very careful and precise Meticulous
✓ A natural skill at doing something Knack
✓ A collection of drawing, documents, that represent a person’s,
especially an artist’s work Portfolio
✓ A group of ship selling together Fleet
✓ Tending to associate with others of one’s kind Gregarious
✓ Lasting for a very short time Ephemeral
✓ A person who is blamed for something that someone else has done Scapegoat
✓ Act of giving up the throne Abdication
✓ Movement of people or animals from one are to another Migration
✓ One who tells future from the stars Astrologer
✓ One who studies the elections and voting trends Psephologist
✓ A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution Dormitory
✓ Relating to the healing of diseases Therapeutic
✓ A group of people who have come together in a religious building
for worship and prayer Congregation
✓ A situation in which many people leave a place at the same time Exodus
✓ To laugh at something in a cruel way Deride

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✓ An unforeseen happening which creates some damage Mishap

✓ Come in the way Hamper
✓ One whom it is impossible to defeat Invincible
✓ Soon passing out or of a short duration Evanescent
✓ Someone who freely gives money and help to people who need it Philanthropist
✓ Arrangement of evens or dates in the order in which they happen Chronology
✓ An imagined society where everything in perfect and everyone is
happy Utopia
✓ Incapable of making mistakes Infallible
✓ Close fitting cover for a sword or knife Sheath
✓ A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply Reservoir
✓ A vertical passageway into a mine Shaft
✓ Government by a king or queen Monarchy
✓ A place where wild animals live Lair
✓ A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases Panacea
✓ Something which is considered to be very important Cardinal
✓ A person who is neither well experienced nor professional Amateur
✓ Person or thing that is the center of attention Cynosure
✓ Small room where dishes are washed Scullery
✓ A person who speaks always in praise of himself Egoistic
✓ Painless death given to patients to relieve suffering Euthanasia
✓ Thing which are of the same kind and of the same dimensions Homogenous
✓ A song or music praise of God Hymn
✓ A person living in the same age with another Contemporary
✓ A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable
alternatives or confusions Dilemma
✓ Condition of sleep during certain parts of the year Hibernation
✓ A person who studies the structure of the earth Geologist
✓ A period of one thousand years Millennium
✓ A plantation of grapes Vineyard
✓ A garden with fruit trees Orchard
✓ A small compartment in an aircraft for the pilot Cockpit
✓ Flesh eating animal Carnivore
✓ A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has
obtained control by force Dictator
✓ A type of magic in which spirits, especially evil ones, are used to
make things happen Sorcery
✓ A deep fissure in the earth’s surface Chasm
✓ Something like an opening particularly one in the body such as a
nostril Orifice

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✓ Something that is extremely unpleasant Horrendous

✓ Satisfied with no desire to change or improve Complacent
✓ To make perfect or complete Complement
✓ A person weak and disabled by illness Invalid
✓ Happening every two years Biennial
✓ Making one feel sad Heart wrenching
✓ A part of city especially the slum areas Ghetto
✓ Something that is expressed in a confusing way Incoherent
✓ Covered with a material or substance in order to stop heat, sound
etc, from entering or escaping Insulated
✓ Unable to think clearly because of a mental illness Deranged
✓ A person working on a trial period Probationer
✓ Found of company A gregarious
✓ A person who arranges and sells cut flowers Florist
✓ A government run by the wealthy people Plutocracy
✓ That which is incapable of being rad or understood Illegible
✓ Continuing for a long time Prolonged
✓ Relating to soldiers or war Martial
✓ A new project or business activity involving some risk Venture (N)
✓ The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound \Acoustics
✓ A place or scene of activity, debate or conflict Arena
✓ Instrument that measures the altitude of the land surface Altimeter
✓ A strong interest in something or someone Fixation
✓ Killing of one’s mother Matricide
✓ Not active or growing Dormant
✓ Something which cannot be taken by force Impregnable
✓ One who cannot be reformed or changed Incorrigible
✓ A person wo pretends to have morals and beliefs that he or she
does not believe in Hypocrite
✓ A person who presents a radio/television programme Anchor
✓ One wo has the power to do anything Omnipotent
✓ A sentimental longing for a time in the past Nostalgia
✓ The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mess of twigs in a tree Drey
✓ The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence Chronology
✓ A large cage, building or enclosure to keep birds Aviary
✓ The study of ancient civilizations and cultures by examining their sites Archaeology
✓ A professional who works with patients who have heart problems Cardiologist
✓ Someone who runs away from justice Fugitive
✓ A place where a dead person’s body is burnt Crematorium
✓ Certain to happen Inevitable

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✓ People existing or living at the same time Contemporaries

✓ A quick sudden movement Flick
✓ A busy, main road for public use Thoroughfare
✓ Doing something awkwardly or in a clumsy manner Fumbling
✓ Someone who studies elections and voting statistics Psephologist
✓ A place where Buddhist monks live Monastery
✓ Doctor who deals with bone problems Orthopedist
✓ A large bundle for storage or transportation Bale
✓ Causing a strong dislike Repulsive
✓ A hunting weapon which comes back, used by Australian aborigines Boomerang
✓ An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill Asylum
✓ A person who helps others in need Samaritan
✓ One who eats human flesh Cannibals
✓ One who is easily deceived Gullible
✓ Inn exactly the same words as were used originally Verbatim
✓ Based on chance rather than on reason or plan Arbitrary
✓ A child whose parents are dead Orphan
✓ Animal that can live both on land and in water Amphibian
✓ An act of breaking or failing to observe a law Breach
✓ A patient with imaginary symptoms and diseases Hypochondriac
✓ A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword Sheath
✓ So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering Negligible
✓ An imaginary, perfect state or place Utopia
✓ Eat or drink food quicky and in large amounts Gulp
✓ The scientific study of the universe and planets Astronomy
✓ Relating to the present time Contemporary
✓ Withdraw from forward position in battle Retreat
✓ A person who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a
dance performance Choreographer
✓ Animals that live in water Aquatic
✓ Extreme mental or physical suffering Agony
✓ A place where games are played for money Casino
✓ Be more successful than someone Outdo
✓ A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place Battery
✓ A book that contains information on various subjects Encyclopedia
✓ A thing or substance that is liable to catch fire easily Inflammable
✓ The science or art of political government Politics
✓ A book or paper written by hand Manuscript
✓ A place where government records are kept Archive
✓ One who dies for a noble cause Martyr

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✓ Deliberately and maliciously set something (building usually)

on fire Arson
✓ Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions Iconoclast
✓ One who collects stamps Philatelist
✓ One who hates mankind Misanthrope
✓ The study of different skin diseases Dermatology
✓ One who is hostile and violent Aggressive
✓ One who is not sure about god’s existence Agnostic
✓ A person who makes map Cartographer
✓ Animals that live in water Aquatic
✓ An action of making amends for a wrong or injury Atonement
✓ A large group of people especially the nomadic Horde
✓ No fit to eat Inedible
✓ Weakness and poor health Frailty
✓ To own up to something as true Confess
✓ That which can be easily broken Fragile
✓ A sound that is pleasing to hear Melodious
✓ Climb or move with difficulty or a lot of efforts, typically using one’s
hand and feet Clamber
✓ A place for ammunition and weapons Arsenal
✓ The expression of a wish that misfortune or doom befall a person Curse
✓ Property left to someone by a wall Legacy
✓ A person who looks at the bright side of things Optimistic
✓ One who does not tire easily Indefatigable
✓ One who is unable to pay his debt Bankrupt
✓ A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessnessAnarchist
✓ A person exhibiting excessive worry about one’s health Hypochondriac
✓ One who feeds on human flesh Cannibal
✓ A keeper or custodian of a museum Curator
✓ Any award, honour or laudatory notice Accolade
✓ Something happening in three years Triennial
✓ Story of an i9ndividual written by himself Autobiography
✓ Made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently as genuine Counterfeit
✓ A person who sells flowers Florist
✓ The collection and study of postage stamps Philately
✓ A disturbed state of mind caused by an illness Delirium
✓ One who believes in fate Fatalist
✓ A large bundle bound for storage transport Bale
✓ Killing oneself Suicide
✓ An imaginary name assumed by an author Pseudonym

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✓ One who knows all Omniscient

✓ One who has a long experience of any occupation Veteran
✓ An agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting,
arguing etc, for a certain period of time Truce
✓ The study of human mind and behavior Psychology
✓ One who studies insect life Entomologist
✓ Of or relating to the moon Lunar
✓ A system of government by the wealthy class Plutocracy
✓ One who runs away from justice or a dangerous situation Fugitive
✓ Having or forming a hard outer layer Crusted
✓ The study of the heart and its action and disease Cardiology
✓ A moral or legal obligation Duty
✓ Rules governing socially acceptable behavior Etiquette
✓ The action of using someone or something as a model Imitation
✓ A place for breeding and keeping birds Aviary
✓ A non-professional who is inept at a particular activity Amateur
✓ One who can use either hand with ease Ambidextrous
✓ Having a common center as circles or spheres Concentric
✓ Existing or happening in the same time period Contemporary
✓ A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may
be left Cloakroom
✓ Someone who is silent or uncommunicative in speech Reserved
✓ A game in which no one wins Draw
✓ One who is outspoken and outgoing Extrovert
✓ Government by king or queen Monarchy
✓ Violation or misuse of what is regarded as scared Sacrilege
✓ A place where bees are kept Apiary
✓ One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession Amateur
✓ Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong Infallible
✓ Someone working or acting merely for money or other rewards Mercenary
✓ The life history of a person written by himself Autobiography
✓ An unconventional style of living Bohemian
✓ One who dislikes art and culture Philistine
✓ A place where dead bodies are kept for identification Morgue
✓ Occurring after the death of the said person Posthumous
✓ Feelings of great happiness and excitement Euphoria
✓ In exactly the same words as were used originally Verbatim
✓ An ability to find ways and directions Navigate
✓ An afternoon performance in a theatre or cinema Matinee
✓ Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better Ameliorate

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✓ An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and

pronounced as a word Acronym
✓ An unlikely chance or occurrence, especially a piece of good luck Fluke
✓ A group of fish School
✓ A place for storing grain Granary
✓ A state of perfect balance Equilibrium
✓ A person who produces beautiful handwriting Calligrapher
✓ A short story with a moral Parable
✓ A collection of selected writings of various authors Anthology
✓ Stop something from burning Extinguish
✓ Confirm or support something Corroborate
✓ A group of wolves Pack
✓ Scientific study of the nervous system and brain Neuroscience
✓ One who is mentally not sound Lunatic
✓ One who can use both hands equally well Ambidextrous
✓ One who reads a lot Bookworm
✓ Make impure by adding inferior Adulterate
✓ Restore (someone to health or normal life after imprisonment,
addiction, or illness) Rehabilitate
✓ A person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people’s
opinions, suggestions Impervious
✓ A boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, especially over
a relatively short distance and as a regular service Ferry
✓ A place for keeping birds Aviary
✓ A person who pretends to be someone else to deceive other Imposter
✓ Living or growing in water Aquatic
✓ Certain to happen Inevitable
✓ One who leaves one;s country to settle in another Emigrant
✓ Fear of closed spaces Claustrophobia
✓ The point at which the earth and the sky appear to meet Horizon
✓ The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes Technology
✓ A disease causing a person to fall unconscious involuntarily Epilepsy
✓ To run after Pursue
✓ To fall apart as a result of decay Disintegrate
✓ A plan of what is to be done and when Schedule
✓ Something which brings bad luck Jinxed
✓ Animals and plants which live in water Aquatic
✓ Science which deals with celestial objects and space Astronomy
✓ Compulsion to steal Kleptomania
✓ A gentle song sung to put a child to sleep Lullaby

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✓ Undue favour shown to one’s relatives Nepotism

✓ The science or practice of drawing maps Cartography
✓ A very steep or overhanging rock Precipice
✓ A large open area of land water or sky Expanse
✓ Using high-sounding words but with little meaning Bombastic
✓ One who treats and prevents disease of the heart Cardiologist
✓ Never wrong or making a mistake Infallible
✓ Imaginary line dividing earth into northern and southern hemispheres Equator
✓ To get ready Prepare
✓ A person who knows everything Omniscient
✓ Scientific study of mind and behavior Psychology
✓ To prevent or alter a result or course of event is Intervene
✓ Lasting or only a short time Transient
✓ A person who makes maps Cartographer
✓ An imaginary ideal society where people live in perfect conditions Utopia
✓ A system of government in which power is held by the people Democracy
✓ Drawing or writing scribbled on walls in public places Graffiti
✓ The broken parts of objects found in an ancient site Ruins
✓ Forgive or pardon some wrongdoing or an offence Condone
✓ An underground place for storing wine Cellar
✓ Lack of feeling Apathy
✓ Something that is given to counter the effect of poison Antidote
✓ Breathe hard and with difficulty Pant
✓ Make better Improve
✓ The cry of an owl Hoot
✓ A mass of wax cells built by honey bees to store honey Honeycomb
✓ To keep away from Avoid
✓ The cry of goat Bleat
✓ Rub out writing Erase
✓ A person who examines, diagnoses and treats eyes Ophthalmologist
✓ A person who is forgetful and unable to concentrate or think clearly Scatterbrain
✓ Be harmonious or consistent with Accord
✓ A situation when no progress is possible Deadlock
✓ An additional remark at the end of a letter after the signature Postscript
✓ A person who speaks two language Bilingual
✓ Overflow or fill an area with excess water, as in a flood Inundate
✓ Move ahead or forward steadily and gradually Forge
✓ To take something on loan with the intention of returning it Borrow
✓ A heavy round plate of metal thrown by an athlete Discus
✓ Move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward Surge

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✓ A grant or payment to support a student’s education Scholarship

✓ Force someone through fear to do or not to do something Intimidate
✓ A shortage of vitamins, minerals, etc needed for good health Deficiency
✓ Indelible mark on the skin made by inserting pigment into the skin Tattoo
✓ A person who attacks and robs ships at sea Pirate
✓ A change in the form or nature of something Metamorphosis
✓ Hard and difficult to bend Rigid
✓ A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people Recluse
✓ The study of the origin and meanings of words Etymology
✓ Something that can be carried easily Portable
✓ A person’s entire collection of clothes Wardrobe
✓ One who interferes in the affairs of other, often for selfish reasons Interloper
✓ A person who complies dictionaries Lexicographer
✓ Cinema show in the afternoon Matinee
✓ The first people to live in an area Native
✓ Special words and phrases used by particular groups of people,
especially in their work Jargon
✓ One who rides horses in races Jockey
✓ A peech expressing one’s thoughts aloud to oneself Soliloquy
✓ A statement open to more than one interpretation Ambiguous
✓ One who studies God and religion Theologian
✓ Introductory section of a literary work Prologue
✓ A fictitious name used by an author Pseudonym
✓ To give one’s authority to another Delegate
✓ Someone taken a prisoner to fulfil demands Hostage
✓ People who work together at the same place Colleagues
✓ A person who shows people their seats Usher
✓ Branch of science that studies structure, classification and genetics
of plants Botany
✓ One who talks in sleep Somniloguist
✓ An entrance hall in a building used by the public, especially a hotel
or theatre Foyer
✓ One who is beyond reform Incorrigible
✓ A person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings Mason
✓ A doctor who attends to bone problems Orthopaedist
✓ One who is violently against established traditions and beliefs Iconoclast
✓ A traveler who moves from one region or country to another Migrant
✓ A small mischievous fairy Elf
✓ Study of diseases Pathology

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✓ Made or artificial substance or material Synthetic

✓ One who possesses several talents Versatile
✓ An entertainer who performs difficult physical feats Acrobat
✓ To free from restraint Emancipate
✓ No longer in use Obsolete
✓ Strong dislike between two persons Antipathy
✓ Only on the surface of something Superficial
✓ A decision on which one cannot go back Irrevocable
✓ A long wooden seat with a back for people to sit on in a church Pew
✓ Central character in a story or play Protagonist
✓ A period of thoudand years Millennium
✓ A mass of snow ice and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside Avalanche
✓ The original natives of a country Aborigines
✓ Too great to be expressed or described in words Ineffable
✓ A person who is neither well experienced nor professional Amateur
✓ A set of rooms specially in a hotel for the use of one person or his
family Suite
✓ Made of artificial substance or material s Synthetic
✓ One who accompanies somebody to protect him Escort
✓ Soil deposited by flowing water Alluvium
✓ Something which is considered to be very important Cardinal
✓ Substance used for killing troublesome small animals like insects,
mice etc. Pesticide
✓ A cruel an oppressive ruler Tyrant
✓ The sovereign head of a state Monarch

Practice Batch
SSC PREVIOUS YEAR ANTONYMS [TCS] 2018-2022
WORDS ANTONYM WORDS ANTONYM

Irk Please Zenith Nadir
Grotesque Plain Eccentric Normal
Nugatory Productive Arrogant Modest
Naïve Artful Effeminacy Manliness
Incapacitate Facilitate Vacillation Steadfastness
Sentence Disregard Placid Stormy
Hazardous Secure Authentic False
Advocacy Discouragement Bold Timid
Gregarious Introvert Urbane Crude
Tremulous Stable Disconsolate Joyous
Evanescent Enticing Fake Real
Panegyric Criticism Tremulous Steady
Raucous Dulcet Potent Weak
Predilection Enmity Procrastinate Expedite
Meretricious Definite Cessation Commencement
Colossal Tinny Frugal Extravagant
Opprobrium Adulation Susceptible Immune
Multifaceted Simple Escalate reduce
Trepidation Calm Tender Rough
Waggish Solemn Pardon Punish
Desecrate Sanctify Exceptional Unremarkable
Obfuscate Clarify Inconspicuous Eminent
Triumph Defeat Agony Comfort
Ensconce Unveil Finite Endless
Vexatious Soothing Reprimand Compliment
Burgeon Shrivel Comic Tragic
Ostentation Modest Gather Disperse
Commiserate Indifferent Stale Fresh
Imbroglio Composure Dense Sparse
Bequest Withdraw Sober Agitated
Clandestine Open Swerve Straighten
Intrepid Meek Liberty Slavery

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Refulgent Dark Transient Permanent

Skeptic Believer Accept Reject
Extenuate Strengthen Aversion Affinity
Fecund Sterile Prudent Indiscreet
Pellucid Murky Severe Mild
Adamant Flexible Arrogance Humility
Churlish Courteous Meagre Plentiful
Phlegmatic Ardent Covetous Benevolent
Niggardly Generous Crucial Trivial
Dissident Orthodox Extravagant Thrifty
Melody Cacophony Vigilant Careless
Diffident Aggressive Foreign Native
Savant Amateur Ascent Descent
To indict To exonerate Absurd Sensible
Veneration Contempt Acquit Convict
Impugnable Indubious Scanty Profuse
Scrimp Squander Prolong Shorten
Guzzle Starve Weakness Strength
Rampage Harmony Tyrant Benefactor
Blasphemous Pious Progressive Conservative
Lambency Dullness Public Private
Turgid Humble Deficit Surplus
Rampart Ditch Illuminate Darken
Epidemic Limited Vicious Virtuous
Parsimonious Lavish Exodus Arrival
To filch To philanthropy Vigilant Rash
Disdain Admiration Hilarious Sad
Sultry Frigid Flexible Stiff
Supple Brittle Liberty Dependence
Rebuff Praise Broad Narrow
Recede Extend Divide Unite
Cavalier Humble Bizarre Usual
Vigilance Indifference Obsolete Recent
Befuddle Explicate Derogatory Complimentary
Supplant Surrender Sparse Abundance

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Incentive Hindrance Haste Delay

Benediction Criticism Native Foreign
To maneuver Cease Dexterity Ignorance
To avert To aid Friendship Enmity
Abeyance Continuation Allure Repulse
Callow Sophisticated Sluggish Active
Dominate Surrender Hostile Amiable
Squander Hoard Persist Cease
Rebate Increase Glee Woe
Rebuke Flattery Fickle Stable
Differ Concur Stringent Lenient
Salve blockage Grotesque Attractive
Bifurcate Combine Assist Obstruct
Dissension Harmony Malice Good will
Summon Dismiss Foul Fair
Native Foreign Emerge Disappear
Repulsive Attractive Rear Front
Extol Censure Persuade Dissuade
Industrious Lethargic Mellow Hard
Humane Cruel Quiescent Active
Modest Conceited Obscure Apparent
Raze Build Devious Sincere
Tenacious Yielding Occupied Free
Rough Smooth Sober Drunk
Camaraderie Dislike Relay Hold
Criticize Praise Authentic Incredible
Appal Assure Altercation Agreement
Rely Distrust Spacious Cramped
Prey Predator Taut Slack
Compulsory Optional Constrict Stretch
Linger Leave Famished Satiated
Ascent Descent Feeble Strong
Clench Relax Pliable Rigid
Negligent Careful Brittle Durable
Rectify Corrupt Primary Secondary

Practice Batch
Centre Periphery Admirable Unworthy

Ransack Protect Obdurate Amenable
Exonerate Engage Multiple Single
Graceful Awkward Refined Crude
Frenzy Calm Industrious Indolent
Proclaim Conceal Astound Clarify
Seize Loosen Revel Mourn
Gradual Abrupt Downcast Cheerful
Putrefy Combine Comfort Discontentment
Hope Doubt Conceited Modest
Widespread Limited Hassled Relaxed
Pompous Humble Fallacy Truth
Toxic Healthy Blemish Perfection
Invade Surrender Anxiety Certainty
Elated Depressed Triumph Failure
Harmony Conflict Censure Applause
Hazard Safety Lavish Moderate
Magnificent Modest Sabotage Create
Slur Compliment Fecund Barren
Stalwart Cowardly Expunge Add
waver Steady Obese Slim
Augment Diminish Ramify Unite
Dividing Connecting Impoverished Rich
Segregate Integrate Infirm Strong
Sprightly Lethargic Controlled Exited
Barbaric Civilized Lessen Increase
Delight Sorrow Controlled Exited
Improvident Thrifty Indignant Pleased
Enlightened Confounded Harrowing Pleasant
Perilous Safe Devious Straight
Salient Insignificant Sustenance Starvation
Pestering Pacifying Wisdom Stupidity
Upgrade Demote Weird Normal
Flabby Firm Neglect Care
Refute Endorse Restrictive Liberal

Practice Batch
Zenith Nadir Disheveled Ordered

Courageous Diffident Accustomed Unusual
Sagacious Dull Compel Dissuade
Harmony Discord Naïve Sophisticated
Decay Growth Friendly Hostile
Endure Resist Savage Cultured
Tangible Abstract Lavish Frugal
Hilarious Humourless Affinity Aversion
Shaky Steady Bewilder Enlighten
Luminous Dim Equilibrium Imbalance
Wicked Moral Complete Partial
Brutality Gentleness Nondescript Distinguished
Obvious Hidden Bravery Cowardice
Abate Aggravate Clandestine Honest
Cowardly Valiant Drab Bright
Lucid Ambiguous Disjointed Connected
Impartial Biased Uphold Oppose
Eradicate Conserve Expunge Insert
Credibility Improbability Lucid Confusing
Frail Robust Repulsion Attraction
Stormy Serene Infallible Faulty
Obedient Resistant Precious Worthiness
Evident Indistinct Abundance Scarcity
Moil Discourage Exclusive Inclusive
Mundane Exceptional Curt Polite
Agitate Soothe Gloomy Bright
Insatiable Fulfilled Fritter Hoard
Alleviate Aggravate Bias Fairness
Overrun Surrender Resolve Refuse
Impure Sterile Precious Cheap
Miniature Mammoth Augment Decrease
Sturdy Delicate Vitiate Affirm
Vicious Gentle Traditional Modern
Unfeigned Pretended Buoyant Weighted
Insecure Confident Avoid Meet

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Resolute Wavering Morbid Cheerful

Brashness Timidity Morose Cheerful
Laudable Disrespected Surreptitious Open
Hideous Attractive Corroborate Oppose
Abundant Scarce Intrepid Cowardly
Irrelevant Meaningful Transparent Opaque
Impressive Ordinary Blunt Sharp
Flared Darkened Horrendous Pleasant
Impolite Courteous Meagre Sufficient
Outstanding Ordinary Spurious Genuine
Vanish Emerge Hazy Clear
Ambitious Lazy Inordinate Reasonable
Fleeting Lasting Pungent Mild
Dubious Definitive Graceful Awkward
Encourage Frustrate Constant Fluctuating
Divergence Confluence Resign Join
Scold Praise Malicious Decent
Irrational Reasonable Plunge Rise
Replace Improve Haste Delay
Strenuous Effortless Indignant Pleased
Glad Gloomy Harrowing Pleasant
Robust Weak Devious Straight
Sprightly Lethargic Sustenance Starvation
Rigorous Lenient Wisdom Stupidity
Dejected Ebullient Weird Normal
Baffled Composed Neglect Care
Evident Hidden Restrictive Liberal
Benign Violent Disheveled Ordered
Exclusion Admittance Accustomed Unusual
Inception Termination Compel Dissuade
Blissful Miserable Naïve Sophisticated
Fatuous Sensible Friendly Hostile
Cryptic Definite Savage Cultured
Detrimental Benign Lavish Frugal
Flexible Defiant Affinity Aversion

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Rational Illogical Bewilder Enlighten

Relentless Yielding Equilibrium Imbalance
Malleable Stiff Complete Partial
Heinous Delightful Nondescript Distinguished
Preserve Neglect Bravery Cowardice
Serene Agitated Clandestine Honest
Invigorate Tire Drab Bright
Laconic Verbose Disjointed Connected
Simple Complex Uphold Oppose
Pragmatic Impractical Expunge Insert
Obscure Obvious Lucid Confusing
Forthright Devious Repulsion Attraction
Rejuvenate Suppress Infallible Faulty
Demote Elevate Precious Worthiness
Console Agitate Abundance Scarcity
Seclude Socialize Exclusive Inclusive
Admirable Blameworthy Curt Polite
Escalate Plunge Gloomy Bright
Variety Similarity Fritter Hoard
Bias Fairness Intrepid Cowardly
Resolve Refuse Transparent Opaque
Precious Cheap Blunt Sharp
Augment Decrease Horrendous Pleasant
Vitiate Affirm Meagre Sufficient
Traditional Modern Spurious Genuine
Buoyant Weighted Hazy Clear
Avoid Meet Inordinate Reasonable
Morbid Cheerful Pungent Mild
Morose Cheerful Graceful Awkward
Surreptitious Open Constant Fluctuating
Corroborate Oppose Resign Join
Malicious Decent Plunge Rise
Haste Decay Sturdy Feeble
Praise Condemn Dwarf Giant
Detrimental Harmless Jaded Refreshed

Practice Batch
Malice Sympathy Bestow Deny

Primitive Sophisticated Succumbed Overcome
Liberal Conservative Spurious Genuine
Impetuous Sensible Savage Civilized
Former Later Variance Harmony
Manuscript Extinct Sceptic Believer
Flummoxed Comfortable Penchant Hatred
Intimate Unfriendly Ebb Flow
Pseudo Genuine Persists Discontinues
Assiduous Idle Recondite Simple
Suffice Dissatisfy Vulgar Refined
Candid Deceitful Ascertain Disprove
Clamour Quiet Reinforce Weaken
Exonerate Convict Comely Grotesque
Dispensable Essential Pretence Reality
Precocious Backward Judicious Foolish
Impudent Polite Ambiguous Certain
Maverick Conformist Treacherous Faithful
Scared Profane Scare Abundant
Solicitous Heedless Squalid Clean
Desiderate Disregard Exertion Inaction
Sublime Inferior Famous Obscure
Lead Follow Wax Wane
Despair Hope Ardent Apathetic
Marvelous Tremble Attract Repel
Nibble Gobble Pure Indecent
Exaggerate Understate Delay Haste
Vain Modest Annoy Comfort
Terse Verbose Concealed Disclosed
Cheerful Gloomy Absurd Sensible
Doubtful Decisive Meagre Plentiful
Ignominy Glory Negligent Attentive
Comic Tragic Approached Receded
Uniform Variable Fanatic Tolerant
Frivolous Serious Breach Warrant

Practice Batch
Susceptible Immune Defile Purify

Squalid Clean Perfunctory Careful
Jeopardy Safety Tedious Exciting
Siege Clearance Contemptuous Humble
Demolish Construct Concealed Revealed
Surveillance Neglect Admonish Applaud
Enigma Clarity Testimony Disproof
Reserved Friendly Spiritual Physical
Disillusioned Enthusiastic Extensive Intensive
Timid Bold Abbreviate Expand
Malignant Benign Meddle Ignore
Diverse Identical Rueful Joyful
Disclose Conceal Exhale Inhale
Selfish Altruistic Prim Disheveled
Metropolitan Provincial Obscure Clear
Instant Gradual Earthly Celestial
Neat Messy Versatile Inflexible
Responsible Irresponsible Nebulous Clear
Provoke Appease Placate Enrage
Disapprove Commend Cloudy Transparent
Harash Lenient Plausible Unlikely
Arrogance Humility Casual Planned
Agitate Calm Tame Upset
Heinous Agreeable Dispute Concede
Incite Restrain Unworthy Deserving
Disable Permit Maestro Amateur
Impromptu Planned Sacred Profane
Fragile Strong Perish Grow
Optional Compulsory Revered Despised
Incoherent Intelligible Decay Growth
Candid Devious Prolific Unproductive
Convenience Hindrance Pacifist Warmonger
Apex Base Contemplate Ignore
Expunge Insert Coarse Refined
Formidable Trivial Ascend Descend

Practice Batch
Identical Different Harsh Gentle

Caustic Kind Invincible Vulnerable
Buoyant Gloomy Deport Permit
Outspoken Secretive Compatriot Outsider
Tiresome Energizing Freedom Captivity
Establish Destroy Ignorance Knowledge
Vulnerable Secure Affiliation Detachment
Voluntary Mandatory Ominous Auspicious
Speculate Dismiss Impede Facilitate
Dignified Ordinary Established Destroy
Dejected Cheerful Obsolescence Modernity
Discreet Headless Retrieve Damage
Flaunt Cover Uncouth Refined
Horrendous Pleasant Graceful Awkward
Seize release Denounce Compliment
Obsolescence Modernity Aggravate Alleviate
Penury Wealth Freedom Captivity
Ennui Excitement Impede Facilitate
Divest Give Genuine Dubious
Tiresome Energizing Ruthless Compassionate
Shun Cherish Acknowledge Decline
Negligent Careful Absorb Emit
Produce Destroy Conserve Destroy
Hospitable Rude Revive Damage
Boring Exciting Confine Liberate
Moderate Extreme Modern Ancient
Harmony Discord Shallow Deep
Jubilant Depressed Agile Lethargic
Prevail Surrender Tumult Calmness
Feeble Strong Vigilant Inattentive
Apprise Hide Audacity Timidity
Discard Accept Impede Expedite
Superficial Genuine Acquit Condemn
shrink Expand Courteous Rude
Incorporate Exclude Obstinate Flexible

Practice Batch
Hospitable rude Foreign Native

Feeble Strong Distract Clarify
Flaw Perfection Suave Rude
Fertile Barren Deficiency Excess
Alive Dead Diverge Collect
Warm Cool Defile Elevate
Spiritual Material Expel Absorb
Impudent Modest Ignoble Dignified
Dishearten Encourage Humility Vanity
Prestige Disregard Flexible Rigid
Exasperation Enjoyment Industrious Indolent
Revive Ruin Ferocious Gentle
Disperse Muster Menace Comfort
Depredation Construction

Practice Batch
SSC PREVIOUS YEAR MISSPELT/CORRECTLY WORDS [TCS]
Maintenance Perseverance Countenance

Assistance Occasion Accumulate
Remittance Necessary Incorrect
Increment Incubate Incorporate
Frown Front Frost
Frown Delicious Virtuous
Religious Precious Monotonous
Meticulous Narrative Exhilarate
Privilege Indispensable Perseverance
Inadvertent Tender Consent
Millennia Monotheistic Hypothesis
Prehistoric Appease Aberrant
Arbitrary Insipid Tendency
Imprudence Mismatch Securities
Essentially Fiscal Ventilation
Missing Balloon Inability
Barricade Prosperity Bouquet
Dissatisfied Maintains Freedom
Accede Accost Abstruse
Abnegation Definitely Envisage
Psychologist Emergency Transition
Distract Shadow Fraction
Chocolate Separate Encourage
Councilors Rudimentary Conscious
Coalesce Reliant Height
Believe Fiery Foreign
Strangled Dominion Solitary
Perse4cution Library Hopelessness
Feeling Blessed Television
Entirely Unravel Equilibrium
Compelling Ecstasy Adamant
Despotic Amorphous Contentious
Tolerate Autocracy Bureaucracy

Practice Batch
Autonomy Anarchy Escapade

Resonate Progression Discovery
Suggested Chauffeur Specialist
Anchor Compere Precursor
Acknowledge Religiosity Ancestors
Continent Indefatigable Building
Experiences Immersive Institutionalized
Tremendous Local Vehicle
Focal Vocal Available
Harass Repercussions Appealing
Disturbance Implicate Miniature
Patience Foreign Secondary
Evince Portfolio Equipment
Strengthen Instrumental Reversal
Sacrifice Upcoming Competitive
Autocracy Bureaucracy Autonomy
Anarchy Escapade Resonate
Progression Discovery Remember
Contribution Bureaucrat Harness
Beguile Blandishment Bereft
Assiduous Wariness Monumental
Disenchantment Awakening Exceptionable
Deceive Mortal Crater
Appearance Mantle Volcano
Earthquake Contentious Prevaricate
Refute Revere Secure
Company Lonely Livelihood
Veritable Purposefully Penetrate
Propensity Constituency Demolish
Patroise Bombastic Arches
Artless Benign Showpiece
Simultaneous Interview Executive
Expression Yesterday Meaningful
Content Laughing Prominent
Immigrant Chauvinist Contemporary

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Cosmopolitan Bizarre Infatuation

Fortunate Perfection Surely
Master Perturb Perceive
Pigeon Passive Custody
Fifty Swimming Borrowing
Sovereign Investigating Preserve
Terrorist Assembly Picking
Picture Fighting Influence
Suddenly Nascent Malleable
Disseminate Obsequious Perfidy
Misanthrope Relentless Ingenuous
Conducive Apparently Bottleneck
Endogenous Majestic Flexible
Stringent Faltering Exploitation
Conversation Revenue Passion
Inoculate Legitimate Engage
Credential Habitual Lopsided
Adventurous Admonish Aggravate
Assertion Accumulate Prestigious
Breathe Smelled Institute
Envelope Envoy Entrust
Vicious Entreat Callous
Heinous Vicarious Superfluous
Supreme Superstition Superior
Twelfth Temperature Disappear
Until Accommodate Appropriate
Accelerate Annihilate Torches
Sacrifice Feature Highlight
Vicious Pompous Lustrous
Treacherous Interfere Fragrance
Temporary Accustomed Evidence
Resolute Discussion Haughtily
Invitation Irritation Possessions
Protection Twinkle Readable
Whisper Secluded Attitude

Practice Batch
Altitude Attractive Aptitude

Boundary Library Instalment
Already Beneficiary Strategy
Tractor Terriroty Titillate
Initiate Aggravate Mediate
Serious Applause Modern
Arrival Tradition Application
Completion Promotion Noncommittal
Flapped Accommodate Referred
Convert Converse Convene
Convent Collide Conscious
Grammar Existence Insistence
Tolerance Persistence Endurance
Assimilate Acquire Readable
Acknowledge Conglomerate Business
Multinational Corporation Condemnation
Conscientious Spurious Defamation
Presentable Peaceful Plenary
Precious Inherit Implant
Ccede Succeed Plump
Rankle Muscle Gnaw
Mature Miserable Moisture
Subsequent Mischief Temporary
Dominant Permanent Disappear
Movement Executive Development
Illegitimate Illegible Irresistible
Irreparable Legation Alliteration
Almighty Alert Existence
Allowance Acceptance Forbearance
Doubtful Subtle Knead
Descent Disastrous Confidents
Provoke Ambush Dilemma
Unpretentious Recurrent Excellence
Procure Distraction Provoke
Kindle Cloistered Creativity

Practice Batch
Maligned Donations Partner

Sergeant Tariff Parachute instead
Instead Instance Install
Inspire Exceed Annex
Address Attempt Mischievous
Definitely Violence Rocket
Rogue Roaster Rockery
Terrible Uprooted Tendency
Haunted Aversion Mediation
Education Location Propel
Fulfil Several angriest
Straightest Healthiest Disinterest
Proclaim Procession Problem
Procurement Serpent Session
Service Servant Encourage
Manipulation Creditable Stimulate
Ground Grind Grieve
Groan Acknowledge Endeavor
Individual Auspicious Duration
Addition Condition Environment
Encouragement Immediate Maintenance
Schemes Bridges Individuals
Countries tolerant Business
seldom Shield Aquarium
Governor Conductor Inspector
Waiter Discipline Delicious
Desperate Dependence Tattle
Belittle Embattle Turtle
Inapplicable Smallish Forbidding
Separate Cruel Coarse
Junior Brutal Abscess
Architect Obscene Fascinate
Rifle Ride Right
Ridge Changeable Accidentally
Tomorrow Possession Ordinance

Practice Batch
Throttle Pursuit Bleak

Fraction Principle Haunting
Freshen Scenery Technology
Science Physics Development
Approval Failure Commitment
Suspense Suppress Suspicion
Secrecy Achievement Eligibility
Relevant Celibate Separate
Segregate Celebrate Principal
Parallel Practical Creature
Specified Decreased Exterminated
Violence Wildernesses Unmanageable
Terrorism Allotment Borrow
Allowance Sincere Grievance
Leisure Seize Friend
Niece Fiery Scenic
Insolence Idleness Inertia
Indolence Anxious Vicious
Mimic Moisture Scrutinize
Cerebral Withdrawal Luxurious
Recluse Virtuous Profuse
Perfectionist Pessimist Optimist
Fatalist Boundary Photograph
Processing Competency Professional
Perpetuate Dilemma Electronics
Incriminating Embodiment Unpretentious
Cancellation pledge Bouquet
Abridge Imagery Security
Certain Cashier Depressed
Vividly Piety Sovereignty
Astound Address Advice
Amount Comedian Camouflage
Custard Caravan Caterpillar
Scorpion Chameleon Lizard
Gymnastic Seasonal Celestial

Practice Batch
Hygienic Rhyme Receipt

Referred Restaurant Professor
Headmaster Teacher Director
Approval Criticism Helicopter
Censure Sentimentally Subsequently
Substantially Solicitation Cadre
Commit Carnivores Calendar
Colossal Magnificent Articulate
Consensus Dental Doubt


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SSC PREVIOUS YEAR SSC PREVIOUS YEAR

ExamRAP PAPERS [TCS] PAPERS [TCS] 2018-2022

SSC PREVIOUS YEAR SYNONYMS [TCS] 2018-2022

❖ Inscrutable Inexplicable गूढ़

❖ Solemn Dignified गंभीर

❖ Threshold Doorway सीमा

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❖ Commute Convert आना-जाना

❖ Monotonous Boring नीरस

❖ Abandon Quit त्याग

❖ Regime Rule शासन

❖ Yield Harvest उपज

❖ Adjust Adapt करना

❖ Munch Chew कर खाना

❖ Celebrate Honour जश्न मनाना

❖ Debilitate Weaken करना

❖ Testify Affirm गवाही

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❖ Deride Mock उपहास करना

❖ Breakthrough Discovery खोज

❖ Abstain Refrain / परहे ज़ करना

❖ Humdrum Boring नीरस

❖ Drag Pull खीचंना

❖ Glorious Splendid यशस्वी

❖ Revere Respect सम्मान

❖ Prevent Avert रोकना

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❖ Retain Maintain रखना

❖ Catastrophic Disastrous कष्टकारी

❖ Accurate Precise सटीक

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❖ Inept Clumsy अयोग्य

❖ Inarticulate Incoherent धीरे से

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❖ Endeavour Attempt प्रयास

❖ Insult Offend अपमान करना

❖ Decipher Interpret समझने

❖ Overture Preamble प्रस्ताव

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❖ Vanity Conceit घमंड

❖ Austere Stern सीधा-

❖ Banter Repartee मज़ाक

❖ Stymie Hinder गलिरोध

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❖ Giddiness Unsteadiness चक्कर

❖ Deception Cunning धोखे

❖ Renounce Abjure त्याग

❖ Imprisonment Incarceration होना

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❖ Apparently Seemingly स्पष्ट रूप से

❖ Wry Crooked टे ढ़ा-मेढ़ा

❖ Despicable Contemptible का कीडा

❖ Salient Noticeable मुख्य

❖ Commence Launch आरं भ

❖ Callous Insensitive कठोर

❖ Clean Honest साफ़,

❖ Allege Charge आरोप