Few words from Past FPSC Lecturer Test Papers

(Click on a word to know its meaning )

Annoy | Hone | Nepotism | Aversion | Cognizance | Entice | Errant | PlethoraProdigal | Pagoda |
Obsequious | Bigamy | Filthy | Onerous | Philistine | IrateEminent | Ubiquitous | Zenith

English Vocabulary
Important English Vocabulary List with defination/meaning and sentences. English
Vocabulary with Urdu meaning.
Aberration
Unusual and unacceptable, oddness, deviation from standard, irregularity. For example, He was
not normal at that time. His act was aberrational.
Abstruse
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep
Accumulation
Gather, collect
Acrimonious
Angry and bitter feelings / words
Affection
Love
Affront
To insult
Aggravate
To make worse
Alleviate
To make sth less severe. Synonym: Ease
Ameliorate
Improve
Amenable
Agreeable
Anomaly
Irregularity. For example, A man ordered 5kg rice, but the shopkeeper sent 4kg. So, there is
anomaly in supply.

Apart
Away, separate, distant
Archipelago
A group of islands. Few islands make archipelago.
Argumentative
A person who argues, Not willing to obey sth
Arrogant
Behaving in a proudy way, that is unpleasant for others, Considering oneself superior than others
Auspicious
Favourable, Likely to be successful, Promising
Bigamy
Another marriage after already married
Baleful
Harmful and damaging
Beget
To make sth happen, cause to exist
Bevy
Large group
Brook
Tolerate
Cacophony
A mixture of unpleasant sounds, noice
Cajole
Deceive. Synonym: Coax
Candid
Honest, saying as it is. (2) A candid photo is one that is taken without knowledge of the person
Capricious
Shaky, uncertain
Carnivorous
Any animal that eats meat

Cautious
Careful in what you say or do
Chary
Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Wary
Chide
To criticize or blame sb because they have done sth wrong
Coax
Deceive. Synonym: Cajole
Congnizant
Aware
Compliant
(1) Willing or ready to obey. Synonym: Submissive. (2) Agreement
Concealed
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep
Confront
To face
Conjoin
Join together
Consensus
Agreement
Console
to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed
Consul
A government official who is the representative of his/her country in a foreign city
Contraction
becoming smaller
Council
Ruling body, committee
Counsel
(1). advice (2). Lawer on behalf of somebody
Crestfallen

Sad and disappointed

Curtail
To limit something OR to shorten something
Deleterious
harmful and damaging
Demise
Death
Deteriorate
To become worse. Antonym: Improve
Detraction
Making something less good/enjoyable/important
Disavow
Deny
Distraction
Disturbance
Doctrine
Established belief
Doting
Liking/Loving sth very much
Eclected
Drawn from many sources, wisely chosen
Elated
Very happy and excited
Eminent
Famous
Enamoured
Liking something a lot
Enigma
A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Mystery, Riddle
Entail
To involve something that cannot be avoided

Erudite
Deeply learned, Scholarly learned
Euphony
Pleasant sounds
Evanescent
Disapperaing quickly, short lived, fleeting
Evasive
Wordy, Not up to the point, using too much words than necessary
Exigent
Urgent
Fallow
Not used
Feckless
Careless
Feeble
Weak, Inefficient
Fleeting
Disappearing quickly, short lived
Foe
Enemy
Fond
Liking/Loving sb/sth
Frightened
Afraid, feeling of fear
Gloomy
Sad and without hope, No hope of success or happiness in future
Herbivorous
Any animal that eats only plants
Hone
(1) To sharp, sharpen. (2) To develop and improve sth

Imminent
About to happen
Impartial
Neutral
Impecunious
Poor, penny less
Indifferent
not interested OR no concern
Integrity
(1) Honesty (2) Whole, Not devided
Intrinsic
Inherent, belonging to sb/sth
Later
At a time in future. Antonym: Earlier
Levy
Government taxes
Melancholy
A deep feeling of sadness, very sad
Mercy
A kind and forgiving attitude
Minatory
Threatening
Morose
Extremely sad, depressed. Synonym: Gloomy
Mulish
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion
Mystery
A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Enigma, Riddle
Naive
(1) Inexperienced, Lacking knowledge. (2) Innocent and simple
Narrate

Tell
Neophyte
Beginner
Nepotism
Favoritism
Obsequious
(disapproving) Trying too hard to please somebody
Obstinate
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Stubborn
Offensive
rude and annoying
Pragmatic
Practical
Precede
Before, happen before of sth
Probity
Honesty
Ratify
to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or singning it
Ravenous
Starving, extremely hungry
Skeptical
Unbelievable
Static
Not moving
Strut
Walk proudly
Stubborn
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion
Stuffed
Full

Sunninct
Concise
Pagoda
Temple
Partisan
Showing support to a person/group/idea, not nuetral, biased
Pillory
To criticize sb strongly in public
Touchstone
Criteria
Tractable
Easy to deal/control, Easily handled
Tranquil
Quite and peaceful
Transient
Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting
Trepidation
Fear
Urbane
Wise
Vacous
Stupid
Vindictive
Trying to harm sb
Volatile
Changing easily/suddenly
Vouch
To say that somebody will behave well, and you are responsible for his actions
Vow
a formal and serious promise

Wary
Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Chary