Most Important Vocabulary Part - X

1.    Desultory (अनियमित, असंगत)

Meaning: Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.

Example : The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn.

2.    Debacle

Meaning:  debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.

Example: After the debacle of the war the world was never the same again.

3.    Diffident (संकोची, शर्मीला)

Meaning: Someone who is diffident is rather shy and does not enjoy talking about themselves or being notices by other people.

Example : Helen was diffident and reserved.

4.    Entice (फुसलाना, बहकाना)

Meaning:  To entice someone to go somewhere or to do something means to try to persuade them to go to that place or to do that thing.

Example : Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors.

5.    Exacerbate (ख़राब करना)

Meaning: If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse.

Example : Long standing poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.

6.    Word: Meagre (अल्प, तुच्छ)

Meaning: If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meager, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.

Example: The bank’s staff were already angered by a meager 3.1% pay rise.

7.    Word: Morbid

Meaning: If you describe a person or their interest in something as morbid, you mean that they are very interested in unpleasant things, especially death, and you think this is strange.

Example: Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.

8.    Word : Obliterate (मिटाना , काटना)

Meaning: If something obliterates an object or place, it destroys it completely.

Example: Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several time over.

9.    Word: Perennial (वर्ष-भर रहनेवाला, सार्वकालिक)

Meaning: You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.

Example: the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness.

10.  Word: Patronize (संरक्षण करना)

Meaning: If someone patronizes you, they speak or behave towards you in a way which seems friendly, but which shows that they think they are superior to you in some way.

Example: Don’t you patronize me!

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Important English Idioms with Meanings and Examples

 Important English Idioms with Meanings and Examples

1.    Be a chicken

Meaning: Be a coward.

Example: Don't be a chicken. Talk to her about your love for her

2.    A little bird told me

Meaning: Said when you don't want reveal the source of your information.

3.    As gentle as a lamb

Meaning: Said about kind , innocent, mild-mannered people.

Example: She is as gentle as a lamb. That's why everybody likes her.

4.    Back the wrong horse

Meaning : to support someone or something that later cannot be successful.

Example: Don't back the wrong horse! You know he cannot win the elections.

5.    Be a cold fish

Meaning: be a person who is distant and unfeeling

Example: He rarely talks to his colleagues. He's a cold fish.

6.    Be like a fish out of water

Meaning: to feel uncomfortable in a situation 

Example: After her divorce, she was like a fish out of water

7.    Beat a dead horse

Meaning: (Also flog a dead horse.) To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

Example: If you continue talking about something that cannot be changed, you are beating a dead horse.

8.    Call off the dogs

Meaning: said when you want someone to stop criticizing you

Example: Please, call off the dogs. I apologize for what I have done.

9.    Big fish in a small pond

Meaning: One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.

Example: Dr. Jones could get a professorship at an Ivy League university, but he enjoys being a big fish in a small pond too much to ever leave Hannover College.

10.  Cash cow

Meaning: someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.

Example:  The type writers production which had been their cash cow for so many years witnessed a collapse of sales.

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Most Important Vocabulary Part - II

We have selected these words for maximum usefulness. All these have appeared in recent years in different exams. it can be helpful in upcoming exams. 

Word : Overhaul (पूरी मरम्मत) Example : It will be another few weeks before we can turn the key on the Bonanza’s completely overhauled engine.

Word: Obsolete (अप्रचलित) Example : It was like many towns in that part of the country in its  poverty and obsoleteness.

Word: Outrageous (अपमानजनक) Example : Sahara group, the Supreme court rejected  this proposal saying , “ It is quite outrageous.

Word: Offensive (आक्रामक) Example : He says he regrets that the comment was offensive.

Word:  Pretence (दिखावा) Example : The budget is mere pretense.

Word: Provision Example: The effect of this provision of the law is counterproductive.

Word: Peril (खतरा) Example : Be careful of the perils coming on your way advised the astrologer.

Word :Profound (गहरा) Example: Juhi Chawla’s brother Bobby Chawla suffered a profound shock in 2010 , after which Bobby had gone into coma.

Word :Perpetual (सतत) Example : Their intention , to crush all opposition, to their personal , perpetual world rule.

Word :Perceive Example:  As humans , our five senses are basic ways through which we perceive the world.

Word: Quarry (खदान) Example : Vigilance team reconstructed  the quarry and crusher plant.

Word: Quaint (विचित्र) Example : The cottage had a quaint look.

Word: Retrospect (पुनरावलोकन) Example : The management has retrospected her confidential report.

Word :Reclaim Example : His father reclaimed his lost property.

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Most Important Vocabulary Part - III

We have selected these words for maximum usefulness. All these have appeared in recent years in different exams. it can be helpful in upcoming exams. 

Word : Spacious - विस्तृत Example : Most specious Shop in twin cities is Chandana brothers.

Word : Turmoil – शोरगुल Example : There was turmoil after the election.

Word : Unrivaled – अनुपम Example : On the ground, in the air - their unique style of football has been unrivalled in this league.

Word : Uncouth – गंवार Example : He is an uncouth man.

Word : Uproot - जड़ से उखाड़ना Example : The war uprooted many people.

Word : Utter – पूर्ण Example : All his arguments are utter nonsense.

Word : Vigilant – सावधान Example : Ram is vigilant while working.

Word : Vernacular - देशी भाषा Example : Children should be taught in their vernaculars

Word : Wanton – चंचल Example : His work is pending due to his wanton behavior.

Word : Wrinkle – झुर्री Example : The wrinkles on her face are not visible.

Word : Yield – उपज Example : The yield of kharif crops was not good this season.

Word : Zenith – शीर्षबिंदु Example : At 40, she reached the zenith of her career.

Word : Zonal – क्षेत्रीय Example : Madhya Pradesh won the zonal matches of the Ranji Trophy tournament.

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List of Important Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are English verb complexes. They consist of a verb and one or more following adverbial or prepositional particle Which can be helpful in every competitive exams.

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING	EXAMPLE
ask someone out	invite on a date	Why don't you ask Carla out to dinner?
ask around	ask different people	I asked around but nobody is helping.
add up to something	to combine	Your savings will add up over time.
back something up	reverse	Back up your truck so I park.
back someone up	support	We will back you up financially.
blow up	explode	They blew up the tanks.
blow something up	add air	Blow up the balloons.
break up	to separate	Katie broke up with her boyfriend.
break down	stop functioning	My car broke down in the middle of the road.
break something down	divide into smaller parts	Break it down so we can understand better.
break in	Entering by force	The thief must have broken in from the back door.
break into something	enter by force	Someone broke into my car yesterday night.
break out	escape	Michael broke out of Fox River penitentiary.
bring someone down	make unhappy	Don't let your relationship bring you down.
bring up	to raise	Jessica was brought up by her grandparents.
bring something up	start talking about a subject	You shouldn't bring up this subject when you are in public.
call around	phone different people	I was calling around all morning to book our flights.
call someone back	return a phone call	I will call you back when I finish my homework.
call something off	cancel	It's false alarm, you can call it off.
call someone up	phone	Call me up when you are in town.
calm down	to relax	You can't think right, you need to calm down.
catch up	get to the same point	You two start running, I will catch up to you.
check in	arrive and register	Let's check in first and then we can go to the rooms.
check out	leave a hotel>	Wait for me, I need to check out and return the keys.
check someone/something out	look at carefully, to investigate	They are checking us out before hiring.
check out	look at td>	Check out that girl with blue shirt.
cheer one up	make happier	Don't worry, I know how to cheer her up.
chip in	help	Everybody chipped in to gather that much money.
clean up	to clean, tidy	Clean up your bedroom tonight.
come across	find unexpectedly	I came across these old photos when I was cleaning up my room.
come apart	separate	The sides of the box come apart.
come forward	to volunteer	I will award whomever comes forward for this job.
come up with	think of	Russell came up with a brilliant idea.
count on	rely on	I can count on this phrasal verbs list for tomorrow's grammar quiz.
cross something out	draw a line through	Please cross those numbers out, they are invalid.
cut down	make something fall to the ground	They cut down all the trees.
cut in	interrupt	I couldn't have a nice conversation with him because his friend kept on cutting in.
cut off	remove with something sharp	They will cut off the stitches next week.
cut off	stop providing	Are you saying that you couldn't do the homework because the electricity was cut off?

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