| Engrosses: Devote (oneself) fully to |
| He engrosses himself fully in his work. |
| Fruitless: Unproductive of success |
| He indulged in a fruitless search for the important documents related to his work. |
| Inert: Unable to move or resist motion |
| A stone is an inert object. |
| Infamous: Known widely and usually unfavourably |
| Charles Sobhraj was an infamous conman of India. |
| Lacklustre: Lacking lustre or shine |
| The small girl was staring with lacklustre eyes. |
| Malnutrition: A state of poor nutrition |
| Malnutrition is an epidemic children in Africa seem to suffering from. |
| Sanctuary: A shelter from danger or hardship |
| There is a beautiful bird sanctuary on the outskirts of the city. |
| Tinge: A slight but appreciable amount |
| You can only wish that there is a tinge of truth in his testimony. |
| Tolerate: Put up with or to endure |
| He learnt to tolerate the heat with great difficulty. |
| Afflict: Cause great unhappiness for; distress |
| She was afflicted by the death of her parents. |
| Ascend: Travel up |
| The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope. |
| Construe: Make sense of; assign a meaning to |
| His behaviour was not difficult to construe. |
| Dupe: Fool or hoax |
| The immigrant was duped because of his foolishness. |
| Elicit: Call forth |
| He elicited the support of his family during his hard times. |
| Imminent: Close in time; about to occur |
| There was imminent danger in mountain climbing during the rainy season. |
| Inadvertent: Happening by chance or unexpectedly |
| She swept the vase off the table with an inadvertent gesture. |
| Nuance: A subtle difference in meaning |
| To enjoy the humour, one has to understand the finer nuances of the stand-up artist. |
| Paucity: An insufficient quantity or number |
| He couldn’t complete his studies due paucity of funds. |
| Poignant: Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings |
| The poignant grief on the loss of a loved one cannot endure forever. |
| Salient: Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention |
| The salient features of the article were very interesting. |
| Sinister: Bad, evil, base or wicked |
| A sinister plan brewed in the office against him. |
| Tranquil: Calm, quiet and peaceful |
| The lake reflected the tranquil blue sky. |
| Wrest: Obtain by seizing forcibly |
| He wrested the knife from the thief. |
| Acrimonious: Bitter and sharp in language or tone or actions |
| An acrimonious dispute arose in the marketplace. |
| Besiege: Surround so as to force to give up |
| He was besieged by so many problems that he lost hope. |
| Distraught: Deeply agitated especially from emotion |
| He was distraught with grief after losing his job. |
| Duplicity: Deliberate deceptiveness in behaviour or speech. |
| He was successful in fooling a lot of people by his duplicity. |
| Egregious: extraordinary in some bad way |
| He is an egregious liar and just cannot overcome his habit. |
| Emaciated: Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold |
| The man was described as "emaciated, but alive” by the newspapers, but in actuality he was on the verge of death due to starvation. |
| Garbled: Lacking orderly continuity |
| It was difficult to understand his garbled version of events. |
| Impunity: Exemption from punishment or loss |
| Diplomats enjoy impunity from the laws of the state. |
| Incipient: Only partly in existence |
| A vague incipient idea formed in his head. |
| Inundate: Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid |
| He was inundated with job offers. |
| Loathe: Find repugnant |
| She loathes cats, she simply cannot stand them. |
| Pernicious: Exceedingly harmful |
| Teachings promoting racial hatred are pernicious in nature. |
| Privation: A state of extreme poverty |
| At long last, his life of privation began to affect his health. |
| Rudimentary: Being in the earliest stages of development |
| The village is in rudimentary stages of development. |
| Sanguine: Confidently optimistic and cheerful |
| He was sanguinely positive about his victory. |
| Squeamish: Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted |
| He was so squeamish that he wouldn’t touch the door handle. |
| Ubiquitous: Being present everywhere at once |
| The office staff marvelled at the ubiquitous appearance of the boss. |
