| Acknowledge: Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of |
| They sent me a postcard acknowledging my request. |
| Artefact: A man-made object taken as a whole |
| He loved collecting artifacts. |
| Bizarre: Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| The book he was reading was really bizarre. |
| Decade: A period of 10 years |
| The palace was repaired after decades. |
| Dispersed: To cause to separate and go in different directions |
| The police dispersed the crowd. |
| Neutralize: Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of |
| Her gaiety and optimism neutralizes his gloom. |
| Phenomenon: A remarkable development |
| Magnetic attraction is an interesting phenomenon. |
| Potential: Expected to become or be; in prospect |
| We are aware of the potential dangers. |
| Analogous: Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar |
| The paddle of a whale and the fin of a fish are analogous. |
| Compensatory: Serving for compensation; making amends |
| The management had a liberal compensatory policy for the staff. |
| Cumulative: Increasing by successive addition |
| This drug has a cumulative effect. |
| Escalation: To increase, enlarge, or intensify. |
| Higher wages caused an escalation in the budgetary allowance. |
| Gamut: A complete extent or range |
| The old man’s face went through a whole gamut of expressions, from rage to contentment. |
| Heterogeneous: Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature |
| The society today is very heterogeneous. |
| Inanimate: Not endowed with life |
| A rock is an inanimate object. |
| Indifference: Unbiased impartial unconcern |
| It was heart-rending to see his callous indifferent attitude towards his son. |
| Introspective: Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences |
| He is terribly introspective and shy. |
| Maladjusted: Poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living |
| He sometimes teaches in a school for maladjusted children. |
| Mandate: A document giving an official instruction or command |
| The union already has a mandate to go strike and disrupt the functioning of the factory. |
| Mortality: The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year |
| Africa’s infant mortality rate is very high. |
| Neurotic: Characteristic of or affected by neurosis |
| She was almost neurotic about being followed. |
| Prelude: Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows |
| The threats are now seen as a prelude to last year’s uprising. |
| Prohibition: A decree that prohibits something |
| The laws of prohibition are very strict in some states. |
| Susceptible: yielding readily to or capable of |
| He was unusually susceptible to flattery. |
| Taboo: Excluded from use or mention |
| Freedom of speech was taboo in their house. |
| Anthropologist: A social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
| Anthropology is a difficult science and anthropologists are a rare breed of scientists. |
| Catastrophe: An event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| The food was cold, the guests came late, and the whole dinner was a catastrophe. |
| Chimerical: Produced by a wildly fanciful imagination |
| We all dream of our own chimerical paradise. |
| Delude: Be false to; be dishonest with |
| Fraudulent ads deluded the customers into sending money. |
| Enunciate: Express or state clearly |
| She enunciated each word slowly and carefully. |
| Fetish: Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity |
| She made a fetish for cleanliness. |
| Imperative: Requiring attention or action |
| It was imperative that he finished the job in hand before starting the new one. |
| Imprudent: Lacking wise self-restraint |
| His imprudent remarks cost him his job. |
| Inordinate: Beyond normal limits |
| They spent an inordinate amount of time talking about immaterial things. |
| Irascible: Quickly aroused to anger |
| He had an irascible temper. |
| Palliate: Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of |
| He tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent. |
| Pedagogue: Someone who educates young people |
| His grandfather was a born pedagogue. |
| Perpetuate: Cause to continue or prevail |
| The new library will perpetuate the founder’s love for learning. |
| Perspicacious: Acutely insightful and wise |
| He is too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument. |
| Recondite: Not easily understood |
| His poems are recondite in subject matter. |
