| Disbursement: Expenditure |
| The increment has been sanctioned by the board, but will be disbursed along with the next month's salary. |
| Havoc: Devastation |
| The great havoc wrought by the hurricane in Orissa calls upon all of us to donate generously for re-construction and rehabilitation. |
| Lethargy: Drowsy or sluggish indifference, apathy |
| Such lethargy on an important issue was hardly expected of a dynamic person like Pallu. |
| Mortal: Deadly |
| All living beings in this world are mortal; only He is never born, never died. |
| Mute: silent |
| You cannot mute the dissenting voice of the people by having such harsh laws; they will find other means to express themselves. |
| Objective: Grasping and representing facts as they are |
| The objective of the committee was to raise enough money to repair the playground equipment for the park. |
| Unreserved: Frank |
| In an unreserved interview, the Pintustan Fever chairman spoke candidly regarding the failures of the company. |
| Autonomous: Self governing |
| While the very young baby is highly dependent on its caretakers for all its needs, an older baby tends to be more autonomous because it can walk and speak. |
| Cosmopolitan: Belonging to the whole world |
| New York, London, Los Angeles are truly cosmopolitan cities, with people from across the globe inhabiting them. |
| Discordant: Not harmonious, conflicting |
| The proposal enjoys enormous popularity and backing by most parties but for some discordant voices that are not interested in it. |
| Emissary: Agent |
| Instead of coming himself, the Ambassador sent his emissary to discuss the bi-lateral issues. |
| Inculcate: To teach by repetition |
| The qualities of patriotism, courage and honesty were inculcated in Shivaaji's mind by his mother Jijabai who used to tell him stories of great warriors and patriots. |
| Merciful: Disposed to pity and forgive |
| The judge mercifully let him off the crime. |
| Perennial: Something long-lasting |
| A perennial problem which this hospital has been facing since its inception, has been the shortage of suitably qualified doctors. |
| Peripheral: External |
| Only peripheral vision is impaired in cases of optical periphrasis, leaving vision in the central region of the eye absolutely intact. |
| Propriety: Fitness, correct conduct |
| The propriety of the lower court’s order can be challenged only in the high court, which will decide whether the order passed by the lower court was legally genuine or otherwise. |
| Rationale: Reason |
| The rationale behind an incentive-based compensation plan is that people tend to work harder if their salary is linked to their performance. |
| Satire: Wit, mockery |
| The humorous poem by Ashok Chakardhar was a great political satire, which amused the audience no end. |
| Unrelenting: Inflexible |
| The anti-dam activists were not scared by the police lathicharge on them and declared that they would persist with their agitation unrelentingly. |
| Vigilance: Alert in guarding against danger |
| The policemen were on vigilance after they received repeated complaints of eve teasing in that area. |
| Vigorous: Strong |
| The vigorous campaign launched by him against the corrupt elements has finally started yielding good results. |
| Concomitant: Accompanying |
| The greying of hair and onset of wrinkles on face are two necessary concomitants of the aging process, which cannot be arrested by any known means so far. |
| Cryptic: Secret |
| The Indian Army has tried its best to decode the cryptic message, supposedly sent by the Al-Qaida to the ISI. |
| Heinous: Evil |
| The Indian Penal Code prescribes stringent punishment for such heinous crimes like the burning alive of a man and gang rape. |
| Indictment: Accusation |
| J. Jayalalitha’s indictment by the Madras High Court should send out a strong signal to all those in high offices not to indulge in corrupt practices. |
| Indigence: Poverty |
| India is a land of strange and often unexplainable contrasts wherein you will find miserable indigence co-existing with stinking wealth. |
| Muddle: Confuse |
| Mr. Confused says something only to retract it later, again goes back to what he said originally, his mind is nothing but a great muddle of ideas. |
| Mundane: Of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
| I often wonder why the mundane things of life keep us busy most of the time and it is only towards the end that we come to think of religion or spirituality. |
| Munificent: Generous |
| Only a really munificent person will ever condone such a embarrassing mistake against him by anyone. |
| Platitude: Trite remark, commonplace statement |
| The report was rich in platitudes with barely any fresh insight. |
| Rarity: Not common |
| Alphonsos in winters are a rarity in Northern India. |
| Ravage: Ruin |
| The ravages of war were yet to be repaired when another grave tragedy struck Afghanistan in the form of an earthquake, which led to great loss of lives and property. |
| Regress: To go backward |
| The Indian society, the speaker regretted, was regressing instead of progressing as shown by its Taliban-like intolerance for any dissent. |
| Renunciation: Giving up |
| The renunciation of worldly pleasures and the adoption of an ascetic lifestyle by the Buddha was in response to great sufferings he had seen in the world. |
| Resilience: The ability to recover from or adjust easily to stresses |
| The inherent resilience of the great Indian culture is proved by the fact it has survived and flourished even after so many foreign invasions. |
| Scrutinize: To examine closely |
| The IT department is scrutinizing his business accounts of the past five years to determine if he has evaded taxes in the past. |
| Sear: To burn or scorch, to make dry or withered, parch |
| The heat of summers literally seared the few remaining patches of grass in the courtyard. |
| Suffrage: Vote |
| The Indian Constitution prescribes universal adult suffrage, thereby giving all adult Indians a right to cast their votes in any legislative election irrespective of caste, creed, sex or color. |
| Tether: To fasten |
| The horse broke free from its tether. |
| Vilify: Defame |
| He tried to vilify his rivals by spreading false rumours about them. |
