701). Provincial
Meaning: small-town, non-metropolitan, non-urban, back woods, backwater.
Definition: of or conceming a province of a country or empire of or concerning a province of a country or
empire.
Usage: Provincial elections.
702). Rebuke
Meaning: reprimand, reproach, scold, admonish, chide, upbraid, criticize.
Definition: express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.
Usage: she had rebuked him for drinking too much.
703). Lambasted
Meaning: criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, condemn.
Definition: criticize (someone or something) harshly.
Usage: They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth.
704). Blare
Meaning: Blast, sound loudly, toot, honk, shriek, screech.
Definition: make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound.
Usage: The ambulance arrived outside, siren blaring.
705). Tinkle
Meaning: ring, jingle, jangle, chime, peal, ding, ping.
Definition: make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound.
Usage: Cool water tinkled in the stone fountains.
706). trumpet
Meaning: proclaim, announce, declare, broadcast, blazon.
Definition: proclaim widely or loudly.
Usage: The press trumpeted another defeat for the government.
707). Percussion
Meaning: crash, bang, smash, clash, bump, thump.
Definition: the striking of one solid object with or against another with some degree of force.
Usage: the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters.
708). Wade
Meaning: paddle, wallow, dabble, slop, plod.
Definition: walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance.
Usage: He waded out to the boat.
709). Impeccable
Meaning: flawless, faultless, unblemished, spotless, perfect, exemplary.
Definition: in accordance with the highest standards; faultless.
Usage: He had impeccable manners.
710). Perplex
Meaning: puzzle, baffle, mystify, worry, befuddle, addle, fog, throw
Definition: make (someone) feel completely baffled.
Usage: She was perplexed by her husband’s moodiness.
711). Inadvertent
Meaning: unintentional, unintended, accidental, unpremeditated.
Definition: not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
Usage: An inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an over payment.
712). Exonerate
Meaning: absolve, clear, acquit.
Definition: (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
Usage: The inquiry exonerated Lewis and his company.
713). Hostile
Meaning: antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent.
Definition: showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.
Usage: He wrote a ferociously hostile attack.
714). Stimulus
Meaning: Spur, encouragement, boost, prompt.
Definition: a thing that arouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.
Usage: If the tax were abolished, it would act as a stimulus to exports.
715). Constrain
Meaning: compel, force, drive, oblige.
Definition: compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action.
Usage: Children are constrained to work in the way the book dictates.
716). Receptive
Meaning: Open-mined, responsive, flexible.
Definition: willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
Usage: A receptive audience.
717). Lethargy
Meaning: sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, inaction.
Definition: a lack of energy and enthusiasm.
Usage: There was an air of lethargy about him.
718). Debilitate
Meaning: weakening, enfeebling, enervating, enervative.
Definition: make (someone) very weak and infirm.
Usage: He was severely debilitated by a stomach upset.
719). Aggregate
Meaning:Definition: a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together.
Usage: The specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments.
720). Tumultuous
Meaning: loud, thunderous, ear-shattering.
Definition: making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
Usage: He left the stage to tumultuous applause.
721). Rehabilitate
Synonyms: reintegrate, readapt, retrain.
Meaning: restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or
illness.
Usage: helping to rehabilitate former criminals.
722). Asylums
Synonyms: mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
Meaning: an institution for the care of people who are mentally ill.
Usage: I he‘d been committed to an asylum.
723). Prevarication
Synonyms: dishonesty, distortion, lie, equivocation
Meaning: a person dishonest to his organization
Usage: My hesitation and prevarication had apparently not inspired my interlocutor with confidence in me.
724). Exacerbating
Synonyms: aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame, compound.
Meaning: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
Usage: Rising inflation was exacerbated by the collapse of oil prices.
725). Indecorously
Synonyms: improper, unseemly, unbecoming, undignified, immodest, indecent, immoral.
Meaning: not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper.
Usage: a pub crawl with sundry indecorous adventures.
726). Assertion
Synonyms: declaration, contention, statement, claim, submission, swearing.
Meaning: a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
Usage: His assertion that his father had deserted the family.
727). Incongruity
Synonyms: inappropriateness, dissonance, difference, inconsistency, lack of harmony.
Meaning: the state of being incongruous; incompatibility.
Usage: the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her.
728). Adjudication
Synonyms: arbitration, refereeing, umpiring.
Meaning: The action or process of adjudicating.
Usage: The matter may have to go to court for adjudication.
729). Pervasive
Synonyms: prevalent, penetrating, extensive, general, common, universal, rife.
Meaning: (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or
a group of people.
Usage: ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society.
730). Vacillate
Synonyms: dither, teeter, waver, hesitate, oscillate, fluctuate.
Meaning: waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.
Usage: I vacillated between teaching and journalism.
731). Pivotal
Synonyms: central, crucial, vital.
Meaning: of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.
Usage: Japan’s pivotal role in the world economy.
732). Afloat
Synonyms: floating, drifting, non-submerged.
Meaning: floating in water; not sinking.
Usage: A swimmer fighting to stay afloat.
733). Sabotage
Synonyms: wreck, damage.
Meaning: deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military
advantage.
Usage: Power lines from South Africa were sabotaged by rebel forces.
734). Contingent
Synonyms: chance, accidental, possible.
Meaning: subject to chance.
Usage: The contingent nature of the job.
735). Nullify
Synonyms: annul, void, invalidate
Meaning: make legally null and void; invalidate.
Usage: Judges were unwilling to nullify govemment decisions.
736). Verdict
Synonyms: judgment, adjudication, decision, finding.
Meaning: a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
Usage: The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
737). Erstwhile
Synonyms: old, past, one-time.
Meaning: former.
Usage: Written in memory of the composer’s erstwhile teacher.
738). Conspiracy
Synonyms: plot, scheme, plan.
Meaning: a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
Usage: The company was involved in a conspiracy with bookmakers to manipulate starting prices.
739). Coterie
Synonyms: set, circle, crowd.
Meaning: a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other
people.
Usage: All prime ministers develop a small coterie of kindred spirits.
740). Pervasive
Synonyms: prevalent, penetrating, extensive.
Meaning: (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or
a group of people.
Usage: Ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society.
741). Commemorative
Meaning: Memorial, remembrance, celebratory, celebrative.
Definition: acting as a memorial of an event or person.
Usage: Minister of State ManojSinha today released a commemorative postage stamp on Tourism in India on
the occasion of 70th Independence day.
742). Disaster
Meaning: catastrophe, tragedy, act of god, calamity.
Definition: a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life.
Usage: US President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration for flood-devastated Louisiana.
743). Ravage
Meaning: min, destroy, raze, damage, lay waste, wipe out.
Definition: cause severe and extensive damage to.
Usage: The hurricane ravaged southern Florida.
744). Swell
Meaning: Expand, bulge, distend, inflate, balloon, bloat, grow, increase, rise.
Definition: become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.
Usage: The flooding submerged large parts of the region on Sunday, three days after water-swelled streams and rivers began rising.
745). Interim
Meaning: meantime, meanwhile, interval, interlude.
Definition: the intervening time.
Usage: In the interim I‘ll just keep my fingers crossed.
746). Curtain
Meaning: hanging, screen, blind, window hanging
Definition: a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage.
Usage: She drew the curtains and lit the fire.
747). Boast
Meaning: Brag, crow, swagger, swank, own, enjoy, have.
Definition: talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one’s achievements, possessions, or
abilities.
Usage: She boasted about her many conquests.
748). Intercept
Meaning: Stop, head off, cutoff.
Definition: obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination.
Usage: Intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone calls.
749). Pave
Meaning: Cover, surface, floor, top, finish.
Definition: cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks; lay paving over.
Usage: China Satellite will pave the way to a hack-proof communication system.
750). Feasibility
Meaning: Practicability, practicality, workability, viability.
Definition: the state or degree of being easily or conveniently done.
Usage: The feasibility of screening athletes for cardiac disease.
751). Quixotic
Meaning: idealistic, unbusinesslike, romatic, extravagant, visionary, unworldly.
Definition: extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
Usage: A vast and perhaps quixotic project.
752). Brazen
Meaning: bold, shameless, forward, unashamed, unabashed, unblushing.
Definition: bold and without shame.
Usage: He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance.
753). Ingenious
Meaning: inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, resourceful, inspired.
Definition: (of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
Usage: He was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget.
754). Naive
Meaning: innocent, artless, guileless, trustful, unaffacted, fond, wide-eyed, simple.
Definition: (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent.
Usage: Andy had a sweet, naive look when he smiled.
755). Suave
Meaning: charming, sophisticated, debonair, urbane, polished, dignified, gentlemanly, gallant.
Definition: (especially of a man) charming, confident, and elegant.
Usage: All the waiters were suave and deferential.
756). Epicure
Meaning: gourmet, gourmand, connoisseur, gastronome.
Definition: a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
Usage: They see themselves as epicures—delighting in food that is properly prepared.
757). Magnanimous
Meaning: generous, charitable, benevolent, open- handed, bountiful, liberal, princely, kind, kindly.
Definition: generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person.
Usage: She should be magnanimous in victory.
758). Paragon
Meaning: Model, good example, apotheosis, exemplar, paradigm, acme, shining example.
Definition: a person or thing viewed as a model of excellence.
Usage: Your cook is a paragon.
759). Aesthetic
Meaning: Connoisseur, genteel.
Definition: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
Usage: The pictures give great aesthetic pleasure.
760). Gregarious
Meaning: sociable, social, companionable, clubbable, convivial.
Definition: (of a person) fond of company; sociable
Usage: He was a popular and gregarious man.
761). Abandon
Meaning: Desert, Leave, cast aside,
Definition: cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Usage: Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age.
762). Patronage
Meaning: Sponsorship, backing, funding, promotion, support, guaranty, protection.
Definition: the support given by a patron.
Usage: The arts could no longer depend on private patronage.
763). Traverse
Meaning: cross, negotiate, cross, pass over.
Definition: travel across or through.
Usage: He traversed the forest.
764). Recuperate
Meaning: get better, recover, convalesce, get back to normal.
Definition: recover from illness or exertion.
Usage: She has been recuperating from a knee injury.
765). Alms
Meaning: charity, bounty, subsidy, largesse, endowment.
Definition: (in historical contexts) money or food given to poor people.
Usage: The riders stopped to distribute alms.
766). Attenuate
Meaning: diminished, impaired, reduced, decreased.
Definition: reduce the force, effect, or value of.
Usage: Her intolerance was attenuated by an unexpected liberalism.
767). Vindictive
Meaning: Vengeful, out for revenge, revengeful, avenging, unforgiving, implacable, bitter.
Definition: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
Usage: The criticism was both vindictive and personalized.
768). Discomfit
Meaning: embarrass, discomfort, unsettle, unnerve, upset, disturb, perturb, distress.
Definition: make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
Usage: He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
769). Accusation
Meaning: allegation, charge, claim, asseveration, blame, criticism, complaint.
Definition: a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
Usage: accusations of bribery.
770). Indict
Meaning: Charge with, arraign for, take to court for, put on trial for.
Definition: formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
Usage: His former manager was indicted for fraud.
771). cacophony
Meaning: din, racket, noise, discord, dissonance, jarring, grating, rasping.
Definition: A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
Usage: A cacophony of deafening alarm bells.
772). Brink
Meaning: edge, verge, margin, rim, lip.
Definition: the extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body or water.
Usage: The brink of the cliffs.
773). Conscious
Meaning: aware, awake, compos mentis, alert, responsive, reactive, feeling, sentient.
Definition: aware of and responding to one’s surroundings.
Usage: Although I was in pain, I was conscious.
774). Induct
Meaning: admit to, allow into, introduce to, install in.
Definition: admit (someone) formally to a post or organization.
Usage: Arrangements for inducting new members to an organization.
775). Perceive
Meaning: discern, recognize, tell, grasp, understand, deduce, conclude, sence, divine, intuit.
Definition: become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand.
Usage: His mouth fell open as he perceived the truth.
776). Emphasis
Meaning: Prominence, importance, significance.
Definition: special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
Usage: They placed great emphasis on the individual’s freedom.
777). Evident
Meaning: Obvious, apparent, noticeable, conspicuous, perceptible.
Definition: clearly seen or understood; obvious.
Usage: She ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment.
778). Impatient
Meaning: Irritate, annoyed, angry, testy, tetchy, snappy, cross, crabby, moody.
Definition: having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.
Usage: An impatient motorist blaring his hom.
779). Sonnet
Meaning: ballad, lyric.
Definition: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of fonnal rhyme schemes, in English typically
having ten syllables per line.
Usage: compose sonnets.
780). Mediocre
Meaning: ordinary, common, commonplace, average.
Definition: of only average quality; not very good.
Usage: He is an enthusiastic if mediocre painter.
781). Despicable
Meaning: Contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable, reprehensible, awful, heinous.
Definition: deserving hatred and contempt.
Usage: A despicable crime.
782). Traumatize
Meaning: distrub, shock, bother, hurt, mortify, pain, upset.
Definition: subject to lasting shock as a result of a disturbing experience or physical injury.
Usage: The children were traumatized by separation from their families.
783). Atrocity
Meaning: iniquity, violation, crime, wrong, offence, affront, scandal, injustice.
Definition: an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.
Usage: A textbook which detailed War atrocities.
784). incalculable
Meaning: inestimable, untold, immeasurable, uncountable, indeterminable, incomputable.
Definition: too great to be calculated or estimated.
Usage: An archive of incalculable value.
785). Myopic
Meaning: unimaginative, uncreative, narrow-minded, short-term, small-mind.
Definition: lacking foresight or intellectual insight.
Usage: The government still has a myopic attitude to public spending.
786). Pertinent
Meaning: Relevant, apposite, appropriate, suitable, fitting, fit, apt, apropos.
Definition: relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.
Usage: She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.
787). Unsavoury
Meaning: unpalatable, unappetizing, unpleasant, disagreeable, uninviting, unattractive.
Definition: disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.
Usage: They looked at the scanty, unsavoury portions of food doled out to them.
788). Perspective
Meaning: Outlook, view, viewpoint, point of view, standpoint, position, stand, attitude.
Definition: a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Usage: Most guidebook history is written from the editor‘s perspective.
789). Rapture
Meaning: ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, exaltation, joy, transport, rhapsody, delight, pleasure.
Definition: a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
Usage: Leonora listened with rapture.
790). Curse
Meaning: Execrate, imprecate, hoodoo.
Definition: invoke or use a curse against.
Usage: It often seemed as if the family had been cursed.
791). Hinge
Meaning: depend, hang, rest, tum, pivot, centre, be conditional.
Definition: attach or join with or as if with a hinge.
Usage: The ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom.
792). Ballot
Meaning: Vote, poll, election, straw poll, plebiscite.
Definition: a system of voting secretly and in writing on a particular issue.
Usage: A strike ballot.
793). Disenchant
Meaning: disillusioned, disappointed, let down, fed up, discontented.
Definition: cause (someone) to be disappointed.
Usage: He may have been disenchanted by the loss of his huge following.
794). Cohort
Meaning: unit, outfit, force.
Definition: an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion.
Usage: A cohort of civil servants patiently drafting legislation.
795). Presumption
Meaning: brazenness, audacity, boldness, temerity, front, pertness, forwardness.
Definition: behaviour perceived as arrogant, disrespectful, and transgressing the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
Usage: He lifted her off the ground, and she was enraged at his presumption.
796). Bigoted
Meaning: prejudiced, biased, partial, one-sided, dectarian, discriminatory.
Definition: obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, and intolerant towards other people’s beliefs and practices.
Usage: A bigoted group of reactionaries.
797). persuade
Meaning: prevail on, induce, win someone over, coax, convince, make get.
Definition: induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
Usage: It wasn’t easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing.
798). Persona
Meaning: image, face, public face, character, personality, identity, self
Definition: the aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others
Usage: Her public persona.
799). Astonish
Meaning: surprise, stagger, startle, stun, confound, dumbfound.
Definition: surprise or impress (someone) greatly.
Usage: You never fail to astonish me.
800). Vicious
Meaning: brutal, savage, violent, dangerous, ruthless, heartless, callous, cruel.
Definition: deliberately cruel or violent.
Usage: A vicious assault.
