601). Pledge
Meaning: Mortgage, guarantee, pawn.
Definition: give as security on a loan.
Usage: The creditor to whom the land is pledged.
602). Tumultuous
Meaning: loud, deafening, thunderous, thundering, ear- splitting, noisy, vociferous.
Definition: making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
Usage: Tumultuous applause.
603). Coalition
Meaning: alliance, union, partnership, affiliation, bloc, caucus.
Definition: a temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.
Usage: A coalition between Liberals and Conservatives.
604). Inhibit
Meaning: impede, hinder, hamper, discourage, obstruct, slow, retard.
Definition: hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
Usage: Cold inhibits plant growth.
605). Squirm
Meaning: wriggle, wiggle, writhe, twist, slide, slither, turn, shift, fidget.
Definition: wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.
Usage: He looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his chair.
606). Allegedly
Meaning: reportedly, supposedly, reputedly, ostensibly, apparently, presumedly.
Definition: used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no
proof.
Usage: He was allegedly a leading participant in the coup attempt.
607). Creep
Meaning: crawl, squirm, wriggle, writhe, worm, inch, edge.
Definition: move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.
Usage: He @p_t downstairs, hardly making any noise.
608). Gimmick
Meaning: stunt, contrivanee, scheme, trick, dodge, ploy, stratagem
Definition: a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade.
Usage: It is not so much a programme to improve services as a gimmick to gain votes.
609). Provocative
Meaning: annoying, irritating, infuriating, provo maddening, goading king.
Definition: causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
Usage: A provocative article.
610). Orthodoxy
Meaning: doctrine, belief, creed, dogma, credo, theory, view, idea, practice.
Definition: authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.
Usage: Monetarist orthodoxy.
611). Tendentious
Meaning: partisan, expressing, intending.
Definition: expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.
Usage: A tendentious reading of history.
612). Credence
Meaning: acceptance, belief, faith, trust, confide reliance, traction.
Definition: belief in or acceptance of something true.
Usage: Psychoanalysis finds little credence amolaymen
.
613). Reluctant
Meaning: unwilling, disinclined, grudging, resistant, opposed, antipathetic.
Definition: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
Usage: She seemed reluctant to answer.
614). Disingenuous
Meaning: dishonest, deceitful, underhand, underhanded, duplicitous, lying, false
Definition: not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than
one really does.
Usage: This journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical
615). Ascribing
Meaning: attribute, assign, put down, set down, accredit, credit.
Definition: regard something as being due to (a cause).
Usage: He ascribued J ane‘s short temper to her up stomach.
616). Maverick
Meaning: individualist, nonconfonnist, free spirit, eccentric, outerside.
Definition: an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
Usage: He’s the maverick of the senate.
617). Verdict
Meaning: judgement, adjudication, decision, finding, ruling, resolution, decree, order.
Definition: a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
Usage: The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
618). Embroil
Meaning: Involve, entangle, ensnare, enmesh, catch up, mix up, bog down, mire.
Definition: involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
Usage: The organization is currently embroiled in running battles with pressure groups.
619). Reckless
Meaning: rash, careless, thoughtless, incautions, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, precipitate.
Definition: heedless of danger or the consequences of one’s actions; rash or impetuous.
Usage: You mustn‘t be so reckless“.
620). Legislative
Meaning: law-making, judicial, juridical, administrative.
Definition: having the power to make laws.
Usage: The country‘s supreme legislative body.
621). Scepticism
Meaning: Doubt, doubtfulness, Dubiousness, lack ofconviction.
Definition: a sceptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something.
Usage: These claims were treated with scepticism.
622). Contingent
Meaning: Chance, accidental, fortuitous, possible, unforeseen, unpredictable.
Definition: subject to chance.
Usage: The contingent nature of the job.
623). Culmination
Meaning: Climax, pinnacle, peak, high point, Height, crest, zenith.
Definition: the highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time.
Usage: The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation.
624). Surrogate
Meaning: substitute, proxy, replacement.
Definition: a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office.
Usage: Wives of MP5 are looked on as surrogates for their husbands while the latter are at Westminster.
625). Enumerate
Meaning: List, itemize, catalogue, set out, set forth, give.
Definition: mention (a number of things) one by one.
Usage: There is not space to enumerate all his works.
626). Altruistic
Meaning: Unselfish, selfless, self-denying.
Definition: showing a disinterested and selfless concem for the well-being of others; unselfish.
Usage: It was an entirely altruistic act.
627). Maverick
Meaning: Individualist, nonconfonnist, free spirit, eccentric, outsider, trendsetter.
Definition: an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
Usage: he‘s the maverick of the senate.
628). Promulgate
Meaning: make public, publicize, announce, proclaim, circulate.
Definition: promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).
Usage: These objectives have to be promulgated within the organization .
629). pecuniary
Meaning: financial, money, monetary, fiscal, capital, commercial.
Definition: relating to or consisting of money.
Usage: He admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
630). Ponderous
Meaning: clumsy, slow, heavy, awkward, graceless.
Definition: slow and clumsy because of great weight.
Usage: A swarthy, ponderous giant of a man.
631). Expedite
Meaning: Speed up, accelerate, hurry, hasten, step up, quicken.
Definition: make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
Usage: He promised to expedite economic reforms.
632). Conscience
Meaning: moral sense, sense of right, still small voice.
Definition: a person’s moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one’s behaviour.
Usage: He had a guilty conscience about his desires.
633). Contravene
Meaning: Break, breach, violate.
Definition: offend against the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct).
Usage: He contravened the official Secrets Act.
634). Sanctum
Meaning: Holy place, shrine, altar, refuge, foxhole, hiding place.
Definition: a sacred place, especially a shrine within a temple or church.
Usage: An icon installed within the sanctum of the temple
635). Whopping
Meaning: Huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, vcry big, very large.
Definition: very large.
Usage: A whopping $74 million loss.
636). Assassination
Meaning: Murder, killing, political execution, slaughter, butchery, extermination, tennination.
Definition: the action of assassinating someone.
Usage: The assassination of President Kennedy.
637). Foil
Meaning: thwart, oppose, baulk, disappoint, impede, obstruct.
Definition: prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.
Usage: A brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery.
638). Motley
Meaning: Mixed, diverse, assorted, sundry, varied, disparate.
Definition: incongmously varied in appearance or character; disparate.
Usage: A motley crew of discontents and zealots.
639). Facetious
Meaning: Flippant, flip, glib, joking, jocular, playful, impish.
Definition: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.
Usage: A facetious remark.
640). Murky
Meaning: dark, gloomy, grey, leaden, dull, dim, cloudy.
Definition: dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.
Usage: The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling.
641). Lynch
Synonyms: hang, hang by the neck.
Meaning: (of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by
hanging.
Usage: Her father had been lynched by whites.
642). Arid
Synonyms: dry, dried up, waterless, as dry as a bone, thirsty, Dull.
Meaning: lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning.
Usage: His arid years in suburbia.
643). Impresario
Synonyms: Organizer, manager, producer, stage manager.
Meaning: a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas.
Usage: Amit Shah plays impresario to this knee-jerk nationalism.
644). Gravitas
Synonyms: dignity, seriousness, solemnity, gravity, loftiness, grandeur.
Meaning: dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.
Usage: A post for which he has the expertise and the gravitas.
645). Manace
Synonyms: Danger, peril, risk, hazard, threat.
Meaning: a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.
Usage: A new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs.
646). Fetish
Synonyms: fixation, obsession, compulsion, mania.
Meaning: a form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object,
item of clothing, part of the body, etc.
Usage: A man with a fetish for surgical masks.
647). Blatant
Synonyms: flagrant, manifest, unmistakable, open, obvious.
Meaning: (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly.
Usage: Blatant lies.
648). Sacrosanct
Synonyms: sacred, hallowed, inviolable, inviolate, untouchable.
Meaning: (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered
with.
Usage: The individual’s right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct.
649). Martyr
Synonyms: suffer from, be a constant sufferer from, have chronic.
Meaning: a person who displays or exaggerates their discomfort or distress in order to obtain sympathy.
Usage: She wanted to play the martyr.
650). Swoop
Synonyms: dive, descend, drop, plunge, pitch.
Meaning: (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air.
Usage: The bam owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness.
651). Flare
Meaning: Blaze, flash, flame, burn up.
Definition: burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
Usage: The bonfire crackled and flared up.
652). Trigger
Meaning: Activate, set off, set going, trip.
Definition: cause (a device) to function.
Usage: Burglars fled empty-handed after triggering the alarm.
653). Evacuate
Meaning: remove, clear, move out, shift, take away, expel, evict.
Definition: remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place.
Usage: Several families were evacuated from their homes.
654). Advocacy
Meaning: support for, argument for, arguing for, calling for, pushing for.
Definition: public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
Usage: His outspoken advocacy of the agreement has won no friends.
655). Allegation
Meaning: claim, assertion, declaration, witness, evidence, hint, intimation.
Definition: a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without
proof.
Usage: He made allegations of corruption against the administration.
656). Agitation
Meaning: anxiety, perturbation, distress, concern, alann, worry.
Definition: a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
Usage: She was wringing her hands in agitation.
657). Eradicate
Meaning: get rid of, eliminate, do away with, remove, suppress.
Definition: destroy completely; put an end to.
Usage: This disease has been eradicated from the World.
658). Turmoil
Meaning: confusion, tumult, disorder, commotion, unrest, trouble, upset.
Definition: a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
Usage: The country was in turmoil.
659). Assent
Meaning: agree to, approve, bless.
Definition: express approval or agreement.
Usage: The Prime Minister assented to the change.
670). Assist
Meaning: help, aid, abet, give assistance.
Definition: help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work.
Usage: A senior academic would assist him in his work.
671). Flared
Meaning: Blaze, flash, flame.
Definition: bum or shine with a sudden intensity.
Usage: A match flared as he lit a cigarette.
672). Triggered
Meaning: activate, set off, set going, trip
Definition: cause (a device) to function.
Usage: Burglars fled empty-handed after triggering the alarm.
673). Advocacy
Meaning: support for, argument for, arguing for, calling for.
Definition: public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
Usage: His outspoken advocacy of the agreement has won no friends.
674). Allegation
Meaning: claim, assertion, declaration, statement.
Definition: a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without
proof.
Usage: He made allegations of corruption against the administration.
675). Agitation
Meaning: anxiety, perturbation, distress, concern.
Definition: a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
Usage: She was wringing her hands in agitation.
676). Eradicate
Meaning: get rid of, eliminate, do away with, remove
Definition: destroy completely; put an end to.
Usage: This disease has been eradicated from the world.
677). Turmoil
Meaning: confiision, disorder, disturbance
Definition: a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
Usage: A time of great political turmoil.
678). Fumigate
Meaning: disinfect, purify, sterilize.
Definition: disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals.
Usage: We got sulphur candles to fumigate the house.
679). Veer
Meaning: career, swing, wheel, twist.
Definition: change direction suddenly.
Usage: An oil tanker that had veered off course.
680). Valiant
Meaning: brave, courageous, fearless.
Definition: possessing or showing courage or determination.
Usage: She made a valiant effort to hold her anger in check.
681). Posterity
Meaning: future generations, succeeding generations.
Definition: all future generations of people.
Usage: the names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a framed scroll.
682). Relinquish
Meaning: renounce, give up, part with tum over.
Definition: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.
Usage: he relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive.
683). Persuade
Meaning: convince, talk someone into, induce.
Definition: induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
Usage: it wasn’t easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing.
684). Ancestry
Meaning: forebears, forefathers, parentage.
Definition: one‘s family or ethnic descent.
Usage: he was proud of his Irish ancestry.
685). Propulsion
Meaning: thrust, motive force, impulse.
Definition: the action of driving or pushing forwards.
Usage: they dive and use their wings for propulsion under water.
686). Ephemeral
Meaning: transient, fleeting, passing.
Definition: lasting for a very short time.
Usage: fashions are ephemeral, new ones regularly drive out the old.
687). Dissuade
Meaning: discourage, deter, prevent, disincline.
Definition: persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
Usage: his friends tried to dissuade him from flying.
688). Persist
Meaning: persevere, continue, carry on.
Definition: continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
Usage: the minority of drivers who persist in drinking.
689). Scarce
Meaning: short, in short supply, scant.
Definition: (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.
Usage: as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed.
690). Perpetual
Meaning: everlasting, never-ending, eternal, permanent.
Definition: never ending or changing.
Usage: the population lived in a perpetual state of fear.
691). Shrewd
Meaning: astute, sharp, acute, intelligent.
Definition: having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute.
Usage: She was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture.
692). Subvert
Meaning: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow, overturn.
Definition: undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
Usage: An attempt to subvert democratic government.
693). Emergence
Meaning: disclosure, exposure, publication.
Definition: the process of becoming visible after being concealed.
Usage: I misjudged the timing of my emergence.
694). Muster
Meaning: assemble, bring together, mobilize.
Definition: assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
Usage: They had mustered 50,000 troops.
695). Ordeal
Meaning: trail, tribulation, test.
Definition: a very unpleasant and prolonged experience.
Usage: The ordeal of having to give evidence.
696). Infallible
Meaning: error free, flawless, perfect.
Definition: incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
Usage: She had an infallible sense of timing.
697). Assiduous
Meaning: careful, diligent, attentive.
Definition: showing great care and perseverance.
Usage: She was assiduous in pointing out every feature.
698). Shoddy
Meaning: Poor Quality, inferior, rubbishy.
Definition: badly made or done.
Usage: We‘re not paying good money for shoddy goods.
699). Inducement
Meaning: incentive, attraction, encouragement, temptation.
Definition: a thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.
Usage: Companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements.
700). Contemptuous
Meaning: scomful, disdainful, disrespectful, insulting, insolent.
Definition: showing contempt; scomful.
Usage: She was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race.
