| Deter: To prevent or discourage from acting by use of fear or doubt |
| High customs duties are imposed with a view to deterring people from importing more foreign goods. |
| Incorporate: Introduce something into a larger whole combine , unite |
| Apart from discussing the economic scenario in general, this issue also incorporates important data on the performance of different companies. |
| Lapse: small error |
| He failed to realize that this small lapse on his part might lead to bigger problems later on. |
| Legible: Readable |
| You must write your answers legibly in the answer booklet so that they are easily readable. |
| Leisure: Spare time |
| Leisure reading can not only be relaxing but also one of the most productive hobbies. |
| Mediocre: Average |
| The painting is neither too good nor too bad, it is just mediocre. |
| Melodious: pleasing to the ear |
| Such a melodious voice is bound to please even the most discerning of music critics. |
| Taint: To soil |
| The scam-tainted ministers will be denied any party post or ministry in future, the P.M. asserted at the press conference on the scam. |
| Aloof: Reserved |
| Never the one to bare her feelings in the open, Renuka mostly keeps aloof from the rest of the group. |
| Blatant: Very showy or noisy |
| The official, it was alleged, had made many unjustified appointments in blatant violation of selection norms. |
| Caricature: A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect |
| The trial was a caricature of justice. |
| Contaminate: To pollute |
| As per a news report, two bottles of the widely popular Tangola drink were found to be contaminated with mud and dead insects and were sent to the FDA for analysis. |
| Deviate: To turn aside |
| Oh God! Grant us the power and the sagacity not to deviate from our chosen paths, come what may. |
| Inanimate: Lifeless |
| The rather inanimate portrayal of a gusty girl, without any freshness or novelty in approach, had half the audience sleeping in their chairs. |
| Incapacitate: Disable |
| Depression is notorious for incapacitating its victim's ability to function normally in a social environment. |
| Incompetent: Lacking ability |
| The incompetent successors of Bansi Khan, who lacked both the ability and the will to work, caused the downfall of his once-flourishing business. |
| Latent: Present but undeveloped, dormant |
| The latency of the tension between the two friends was revealed when they moved the court over a seemingly trivial issue. |
| Lax: Not strict |
| These college girls are able to cheat during the final exams mainly because of lax vigilance by the invigilation staff posted by the university. |
| Mayhem: Violence |
| Oh! The mayhem that resulted when the monkey-man struck in Delhi. |
| Meddlesome: Interfering |
| Her meddlesome attitude robbed her off the few friends she has. |
| Mediate: To settle a dispute |
| I am not ready to mediate this time between the two warring factions because I have already burnt my fingers: the last time I got nothing but abuses from both the sides. |
| Opportunist: One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends |
| She was an opportunist, and thus never turned down any chance to get ahead. |
| Parasite: A free-loader |
| By giving alms to beggars, many of us feel proud that we have done our social duty, but in reality, we are encouraging their parasitic habits. |
| Affection: Fond attachment |
| He has great affection for his younger brother. |
| Apparition: Ghost |
| She had died a long time back; probably you have seen her apparition, if you believe in them and if they exist. |
| Incarcerate: Imprison |
| The judge had ordered his incarceration, but the jail official pleaded helplessness as there was no room left in the jail to accommodate the new prisoner. |
| Inception: A start |
| Ever since its inception in the early 1950s, the Planning Commission has been busy making 5-year plans for the optimal socio-economic development of India and this continues even in these liberalized times. |
| Incinerate: Burn up |
| The hospital rules require that the medical waste must be incinerated to prevent any spread of infection. |
| Inclement: Harsh |
| The inclement jury, impervious to all his pleas for mercy, slapped a fine of $ 10 million on him. |
| Incontrovertible: Not debatable, true |
| The Church was an incontrovertible institution before Renaissance made its advent. |
| Juxtapose: To place close together |
| Juxtapose the administrations of Bush and Obama to find the culprit of America's downfall. |
| Kindle: Set on fire |
| Regrettably, we need national crises like Kargil to kindle our fire of patriotism, which should always be burning in our hearts. |
| Lampoon: Ridicule |
| A cartoon, by definition, is meant to lampoon the character concerned and if it does not, it is not a cartoon at all. |
| Medley: A mixture |
| The concert has a harmonious medley of Indian and western musical forms. |
| Opulence: Affluence |
| The opulence of the tycoon's lifestyle was demonstrated by the solid gold cutlery on the large dining room table. |
| Parley: To confer |
| The BSP members were seen parleying with both the BJP and the Congress for hammering out an acceptable formula for government formation in UP. |
| Parochial: Local |
| The parochial-minded elements within the community, who cannot think beyond the confines of their own religious teachings, are a real threat to communal harmony. |
| Tactile: Sensed by touch |
| Human tactile sense, dependent on the presence of touch-sensitive cells in the skin, is probably the least prominent of all human senses and has attracted very little research. |
