The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary August 2019

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Q. What is meaning of the phrase “Walking on Eggshells”?
1. The condition of being prepared to undertake or maintain war.
2. Difficult and much debated.
3. Being very careful not to offend someone or do anything wrong.
4. In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner.
Answer: (3)
Q. What is meaning of the Stealthy?

1. Secretive
2. Devilishness
3. Learned
4. Learned
Answer: (1)
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Sr. No. Words Meanings & Synonyms Antonyms Usage
1. Abandon Cease to support or look Stick by, Keep, As a baby he
after someone; Claim, was abandoned by his
Desert, Leave, turn one’s Continue, Take mother.
back on, Cast aside up
2. Aberration A departure from what is Norm, The drop in our school’s

normal, usual, or expected, Ordinary, Usual test scores was dismissed
typically an unwelcome one; as an aberration.
Anomaly, Deviation,
Divergence, Abnormality,
Irregularity, Variation,
Digression
3. Abhor Regard with disgust and Love, Admire, He was a man
hatred; Delight in who abhorred violence
Detest, Hate, Loathe, and was deeply
Despise, Abominate, committed to
Execrate reconciliation.
4. Abhorrent Inspiring disgust and Innocuous, Racism of any kind
loathing; Inoffensive is abhorrent to me.
Repugnant, Detestable,
Hateful, Loathsome
5. Abrogate Repeal or do away with a Institute, The opposition party
law, right, or formal Introduce pledged to abrogate the
agreement; law if they won the
Repudiate, Revoke, Repeal, election.
Rescind, Overturn, Overrule,
Override
6. Acquiescence The reluctant acceptance of Defiance, Reluctantly,
something without protest; Disobedience, he acquiesced to the
Consent, Agreement, Intractability, plans.
Acceptance, Accession, Recalcitrance
Concurrence, Approval
7. Adequacy The state or quality of being Inadequacy, The adequacy of public
adequate; Insufficiency healthcare has been
Acceptability, brought into question.
Reasonableness,
Satisfactoriness, Fairness
8. Adjunct A thing added to something Essential, I hoped I would find the
else as a supplementary Necessity, computer course a
rather than an essential part; Requirement, useful adjunct to my other
Supplement, Addition, Requisite studies.
Accompaniment,
Complement, Companion,
extra, Add-on
9. Adversary One’s opponent in a contest, Ally, Supporter He saw her as his

conflict, or dispute; main adversary within the
Opponent, Rival, Enemy, Foe, company.
Nemesis, Antagonist,
Combatant, Challenger,
Contender
10. Affirm State emphatically or Deny She affirmed her intention
publicly; to apply for the post.
Declare, State, Assert,
Proclaim, Pronounce, Attest,
11. Albeit Even though, Although According to, The evening was very
Along with pleasant, albeit a little
quiet.
12. Altruistic Showing a selfless concern Self-centered, I doubt whether her
for the well-being of others; Self-concerned, motives for donating the
Unselfish, Unselfish, Selfless, Selfish money are altruistic –
Self-sacrificing, Self-denying she’s probably looking for
publicity.
13. Ambiguity The quality of being open to Unambiguousn Be as precise as possible in
more than one ess, your answer, so that there
interpretation; Transparency is no ambiguity.
Inexactness, Ambivalence,
Equivocation
14. Annul Declare invalid an official Restore, Enact Unfortunately, his
agreement, decision, or arrogant
result; attitude annuls the many
Nullify, Invalidate, Void generous favours he does
for people
15. Aplenty In abundance; Bare, Minimal, If that’s not enough, there
In profusion, Galore, In large Scant, Spare are shows, movies, and
quantities, amusements aplenty.
In large numbers
16. Apprehension Anxiety or fear that Confidence There is
something bad or unpleasant some apprehension in the
will happen; office about who the new
Anxiety, Angst, Alarm, Worry, director will be.
Uneasiness, Unease,
Nervousness, Misgiving,
Disquiet
17. Apprehensive Anxious or fearful that Unafraid, I’m very apprehensive
something bad or unpleasant Fearless about tomorrow’s
will happen; meeting.
Anxious, Alarmed, Worried,
Uneasy, Nervous, Concerned,
Agitated, Restless, Edgy
18. Approbation Approval or praise; Disapprobation The council has finally

Approval, Acceptance, , Disapproval, indicated
Assent, Endorsement, Disfavour its approbation of the
Encouragement, Recognition plans.
19. Arbiter A person who settles a Appellant, The mayor will act as the
dispute or has ultimate Claimant, final arbiter in any dispute
authority in a matter; Disputant, between board members.
Adjudicator, Arbitrator, Litigant
Judge, Umpire, Referee
20. Ascension The action of rising to an Descent, Dip, The play tells of
important position or a Dive, Drop, his ascension to the
higher level; Fall, Nose, presidency.
Ascent, Climb, Rise, Rising, Plunge
Soar
21. Ascertain Find something out for Miss, Overlook, The police have so far
certain; Pass over been unable
Make sure of, find out, to ascertain the cause of
Discover, Get/come to know, the explosion.
work out, make out, Fathom
(out), Become aware of
22. Assuage Make an unpleasant feeling Aggravate, The government has tried
less intense; Intensify to assuage the public’s
Relieve, Ease, Alleviate, fears.
Soothe, Mitigate, Dampen,
Allay, Calm, Palliate
23. Augurs To be a sign of especially Warrant, The company’s sales
good or bad things in the Demonstrate, figures for the first six
future; Establish, months augur well for the
Bode, Foreshadow, Portend, Prove, Assure, rest of the year.
Presage Determine,
Make sure,
24. Behemoth Something that is extremely Diminutive, I was scared of
large and often extremely Dwarf, Half- the behemoth roller
powerful; pint, Midget coaster that was the
Giant, Goliath, Colossus tallest and fastest in the
world
25. Benign Gentle and kind; Harsh, Unkind, His humour
Warm-hearted, Good- Rough; was benign, never cruel or
natured, Friendly; Adverse, Bad, hurtful.
Anodyne, Harmless, Baleful,
Hurtless, Innocent, Baneful,
Innocuous, Inoffensive Damaging
26. Bifurcation The fact that something is Unification, The
divided into two parts or the Union, stream bifurcated into
act of dividing something into Convergence two narrow winding
two parts; channels.
Divergence, Separation
27. Bigotry A person who is intolerant Freethinker, He was known to be a

towards those holding Latitudinarian, loud-mouthed,
different opinions; Liberal opinionated bigot.
Dogmatist, Partisan,
Sectarian, Prejudiced person
28. Bioethical The study of what is right and The uproar led to the
wrong in new discoveries and establishment of bioethics
techniques in biology, such as committees to oversee
genetic engineering and the research.
transplantation of organs
29. Brazen Bold and without shame; Timid, Shy He told me a brazen lie.
Shameless
30. Burgeoning Begin to grow or increase Shrink The company hoped to
rapidly; profit from
Flourish, grow rapidly, the burgeoning
increase communications industry.
rapidly/exponentially,
Expand
31. Buttressed Something that supports or Undercut, The mother had always
strengthen Undermine, been the buttress of our
Weaken family in trying times.
32. Camouflage The disguising of military Unmask The lizard’s light brown
personnel, equipment, and skin acts as camouflage in
installations by painting or the desert sand.
covering them to make them
blend in with their
surroundings;
Disguise, Concealment;
Something that is meant to
hide something, or behaviour
that is intended to hide the
truth
33. Cardinal Of the greatest importance; Unimportant Finding food was
Fundamental, Basic, Main, a cardinal concern.
Chief, Primary, Prime,
Principal, Premier
34. Cavalier Showing a lack of proper Thoughtful He has
concern; a cavalier disregard for
Offhand, Indifferent, Casual, the rights of others.
Dismissive, Insouciant,
Uninterested, Unconcerned
35. Coercion The action or practice of Persuasion He claimed the police had
persuading someone to do used coercion, threats,
something by using force or and promises to obtain
threats; the statement illegally.
Force, Compulsion,
Constraint, Duress,
Oppression, Enforcement,
Harassment
36. Cognisable Perceptible; Hidden, When a person commits
Clearly identifiable; Imperceptible a cognisable and non-
Capable of being judicially bailable offence the police
heard and determined takes him in its custody.
37. Coherent Logical and consistent; Incoherent, The president has not
Reasoned, Reasonable, Well- Muddled presented a coherent plan
reasoned, Rational, Sound, for dealing with it.
Cogent
38. Complicit Involved with others in an Innocence, She was accused of
activity that is unlawful or Non- being complicit in her
morally wrong; involvement husband’s death.
Collusion, Connivance
39. Concede Admit or agree that Deny I had to concede that I’d
something is true after first overreacted.
denying or resisting it;
Acknowledge, Accept, allow,
Grant, Recognize, Own,
Confess
40. Condemn Express complete disapproval Praise, The terrorist action has
of; Commend been condemned as an
Censure, Criticize, Castigate, act of barbarism and
Attack, Denounce, Deplore, cowardice.
Decry
41. Consequential Following as a result or Causal, There have been
effect; Unrelated; several consequential inn
Resulting, Resultant, Insignificant, ovations in their computer
Ensuing, Consequent Minor software.
Important;
Significant
42. Consular Relating to a consul or a A lot of his consular work
consulate involves issuing visas to
Americans bound for the
Alps—and Hitz happens to
run a travel agency.
43. Copious Abundant in supply or Sparse She took copious notes,
quantity; filling page after page.
Plentiful, Ample, Profuse,
Full, Extensive, Considerable
44. Corollary Something that results from Antecedent, Unfortunately, violence is
something else; Causation, Cau the inevitable corollary of
Inference, Deduction se, Occasion such a revolutionary
change in society.
45. Couch To express something in a Repress, They want to couch their
particular way; Suppress response in diplomatic,
Cast, Frame, Put not threatening, terms.
46. Crippling To cause serious damage to Heal, Help, Economic sanctions by the
someone or something, Rectify, US have crippled the
making him, her, or it weak Rehabilitate, country’s economy.
and not effective; Remedy
To make something much
less effective;
Damage
47. Crisis A time of intense difficulty or Calm, The country’s leadership is
danger; Quiescence, in crisis.
Catastrophe, Calamity, Order
Cataclysm, Emergency,
Disaster
48. Cryptic Having a meaning that is Straightforwar I got a cryptic text
mysterious or obscure; d, Clear message from Sam.
Enigmatic, Mysterious, hard
to understand, Confusing,
Mystifying, Perplexing,
Puzzling
49. Cynical Believing that people are Trustful, She was
motivated purely by self- Trusting, Cheer brutally cynical and
interest; distrustful of human ful, Optimistic, hardened to every sob
sincerity or integrity; Positive story under the sun.
Distrustful, Skeptical,
Suspicious
Derisive, Mocking, Sardonic,
Scornful
50. Deadlock A situation, typically one Agreement There was a
involving opposing parties, in Breakthrough legislative deadlock over
which no progress can be Resolution how to reduce property
made; taxes.
Stalemate, Impasse,
Checkmate, Stand-off
51. Debasement To reduce the quality or Enhance Some argue that money
value of something has debased football.
52. Deliberate Done consciously and Accidental, I don’t think his name was
intentionally; Unintentional left off the list by accident
Intentional, Calculated, – I think it was deliberate.
Conscious, done on purpose,
Intended
53. Denounce Publicly declare to be wrong Praise The government’s
or evil; economic policy has
Condemn, Criticize, Attack, been denounced on all
Censure, Castigate, Decry, sides.
Revile
54. Desertion The action of deserting a Retention There were thousands
person, cause, or Recoupment, of desertions in the last
organization; Repossession, weeks of the war.
Abandonment, Leaving, Retrieval,

Forsaking Reclamation
55. Desist Stop doing something; Continue, The high winds are
Cease or abstain Persist in expected
to desist tomorrow.
56. Despotism The exercise of absolute Democracy, The Trump
power, especially in a cruel Self- administration’s policies
and oppressive way; governance, are often tougher on the
Tyranny, Dictatorship, Self-rule world’s despotisms than
Totalitarianism, those of his predecessors
Authoritarianism were.
57. Detenu A person held in custody; The protesters were
A detainee raising slogans against the
police and were
demanding early release
of detenues.
58. Deter Discourage someone from Encourage High prices
doing something by instilling are deterring many young
doubt or fear of the people from buying
consequences; houses.
Put off, Discourage,
Dissuade, Scare off
59. Deterrence The action of discouraging an Catalyst, Goad, The author argues
action or event through Impetus, that deterrence is no
instilling doubt or fear of the Incentive, Spur, longer the best way to
consequences; Stimulant, prevent war.
60. Detract Diminish the worth or value Enhance Whatever the primary
of a quality or achievement; reason, the timing of
Belittle, take away from, Sanders’ retirement
Diminish, Reduce, Lessen shouldn’t detract from his
legacy.
61. Deviant Departing from usual or Normal, Grandma does not want
accepted standards, Orthodox to hear about her
especially in social or sexual Granddaughter’s deviant
behaviour; behaviour from the past.
Aberrant, Deviating,
Divergent, Abnormal,
Atypical, Untypical, Non-
typical
62. Disadvantaged An unfavourable Advantage, They argued that the new
circumstance or condition Asset, Edge, regulations would place
that reduces the chances of Plus their company at a
success or effectiveness; competitive disadvantage
Drawback, Snag, Downside, in the marketplace.
Stumbling Block, Catch, Pitfall
63. Disaffection A state or feeling of being Contentment, The party needs to take
dissatisfied, especially with Loyalty steps to
people in authority or a attract disaffected voters.
system of control;
Dissatisfaction,
Disgruntlement, Discontent,
Restlessness, Frustration
64. Discernible Able to be discerned; Imperceptible There is
Perceptible, Visible, no discernible reason why
Detectable, this should be the case.
Noticeable, Perceptible,
Observable
65. Discriminatory Making or showing an unfair Impartial, Fair The law
or prejudicial distinction prohibits discriminatory hi
between different categories ring practices.
of people or things,
especially on the grounds of
race, age, or sex;
Prejudicial, Biased,
Prejudiced, Preferential,
Unfair, Unjust, Invidious,
Inequitable
66. Disenfranchised Deprive someone of the right Enfranchised They disenfranchised poor
to vote people by making
property ownership a
requirement for
registering to vote.
67. Disentangle Free something or someone Embroil, It’s difficult to disentangle
from something that they are Entangle hard fact from myth, or
entangled with; truth from lies.
Extricate, Extract, Free,
Remove, Disengage,
Untwine, Disentwine,
Release, Liberate, Loosen
68. Dismantle Take a machine or structure Assemble, She dismantled the
to pieces; Build washing machine to see
Pull to pieces, Deconstruct, what the problem was but
Disassemble, Break up couldn’t put it back
together again.
69. Dismissive Feeling or showing that Admiring, He’s so dismissive of
something is unworthy of Interested anybody else’s
consideration; suggestions.
Contemptuous, Disdainful,
Scornful, Sneering, Snide,
Scathing, Disparaging
70. Displeasure A feeling of annoyance or Approbation, The meeting will give

disapproval; Approval, people who object to the
Annoyance, Irritation, Favour policy a chance to voice
Crossness, Infuriation, Anger their displeasure.
71. Disquiet A feeling of worry or unease; Calm, Ease, There is increasing
Unease, Uneasiness, Worry, Peace, public disquiet about the
Anxiety, Anxiousness, Peacefulness, number of violent crimes
Distress, Concern Quiet, in the city.
Tranquillity
72. Disrupt Interrupt an event, activity, Organize, The meeting
or process by causing a Arrange was disrupted by a group
disturbance or problem; of protesters who shouted
Distort, Damage, Buckle, and threw fruit at the
Warp speaker.
73. Dissent The holding or expression of Agreement, When the time came to
opinions at variance with Acceptance approve the proposal,
those commonly or officially there were one or
held; two voices of dissent.
Disagreement, Lack of
agreement,
Difference of opinion,
Argument,
Dispute, Demur
74. Doctrine A belief or set of beliefs, Ambiguity, The government was
especially political or Disbelief, founded on a doctrine of
religious ones, that are Heterodoxy, equality for all people.
taught and accepted by a Skepticism,
particular group; Unbelief
Canon, Dogma
75. Efficacious Of something inanimate or Fruitless, In the past 20 years, this
abstract successful in Ineffective, technology has
producing a desired or Ineffectual, proved efficacious.
intended result; Inefficient,
Effective, Successful, Inoperative,
Effectual, Productive, Unfruitful,
Constructive, Fruitful, Potent, Unproductive,
Powerful Useless
76. Efficacy The ability to produce a Ineffectiveness, Vaccines exist, but
desired or intended result; Ineffectuality, their efficacy against
Effectiveness, Success, Ineffectualness aerosolized plague is
Successfulness, , Inefficiency unknown.
Productiveness, Fruitfulness
77. Elusive Difficult to find, catch, or Accessible, The answers to these
achieve; Approachable, questions remain
Difficult to catch/find, Attainable, as elusive as ever.
Difficult to track down; Available,
Evasive, Slippery, Shifty Convenient,
Obtainable,
Reachable
78. Embolden Give someone the courage or Dishearten, Great
confidence to do something; Discourage leaders embolden the rest
Give courage, make of us to rise to our highest
brave/braver, Encourage, potentialities, to be active,
Hearten, Strengthen, Fortify insistent and resolute in
affirming our own sense of
things.
79. Emphatic Expressing something Hesitant, Poland reached the final
forcibly and clearly; Tentative of the championship
Vehement, Firm, yesterday with
Wholehearted, Forceful an emphatic 5–0 victory
over Italy.
80. Enigmatic Difficult to interpret or Straightforwar He left an enigmatic
understand; d message on my answering
Mysterious, Puzzling, Hard to machine.
understand
81. Entrenched Of an attitude, habit, or Dislodge, It’s very difficult to change
belief firmly established and Superficial attitudes that have
difficult or unlikely to change; become so
Ingrained deeply entrenched over
the years.
82. Envisage Contemplate or conceive of Unforeseen, Train fare increases of 15
as a possibility or a desirable Disregard percent are envisaged for
future event; the next year.
Foresee, Predict, Forecast,
Foretell, Anticipate, Expect,
think likely, Envision
83. Envision To imagine or expect that Existent, Real. The company envisions
something is a likely or adding at least five stores
desirable possibility in the next year.
future;
Anticipate, Conceive,
Contemplate, Envisage,
Foresee
84. Erring Having failed to adhere to Be right, He erred in agreeing to
the proper or accepted Innocent, Well her appointment to the
standards; behaved position.
Having done wrong
85. Escalatory Increase rapidly; Plunge, Shrink His financial
Make or become more problems escalated after
intense or serious; he became unemployed.
Grow, Develop, Mushroom,
Increase
86. Espionage The practice of spying or of The authorities have

using spies, typically by arrested several people
governments to obtain suspected of espionage.
political and military
information;
Surveillance, Reconnaissance,
Intelligence, Eavesdropping,
Infiltration, Cyber-espionage,
Counterespionage,
Counterintelligence
87. Espouse Adopt or support a cause, Reject, Oppose Vegetarianism is one of
belief, or way of life; the causes that she does
Adopt, Embrace, Take up not espouse.
88. Estranged Cause someone to be no Reconcile She estranged several of
longer on friendly terms with her co-workers when she
someone; let her promotion go to
Alienate, Antagonize, her head.
Disaffect, Make
hostile/unfriendly
89. Exacerbate Make a problem, bad Calm, Reduce This attack will exacerbate
situation, or negative feeling the already tense relations
worse; between the two
Aggravate, make worse, communities.
Worsen, Inflame, Compound
90. Excursion A journey taken for pleasure; Accord, While driving home I took
A deviation from a regular Agreement, an excursion and saw
activity or course; Directness some deer.
Digression
91. Exemplary Serving as a desirable model; Deplorable, His tact was exemplary,
Very good, Perfect, Ideal, Unworthy especially considering the
Model, Faultless circumstances.
92. Exhortation An address or Discouragemen The
communication emphatically t governor exhorted the
urging someone to do prisoners not to riot.
something;
Urging, Encouragement,
Persuasion, Pressure
93. Extradite Hand over a person accused Hold, Keep He will be extradited to
or convicted of a crime to the Arizona from Florida.
jurisdiction of the foreign
state in which the crime was
committed;
Deport, Hand over, send
back, send home, Repatriate,
Expel, Banish
94. Federalism The distribution of power in Anti-federalism Today, fewer countries are
an organization such as a governed by federalism so
government between a that there are shared

central authority and powers between the
constituent; national government and
A system of government in state governments.
which states unite and give
up some of their powers to a
central authority;
Unionism
95. Ferocious Savagely fierce, cruel, or Tame, Gentle She’s got
violent; a ferocious temper.
Fierce, Savage, Wild, Feral,
Untamed
96. Flinched Make a quick, nervous Confront, Defy, Now I’m going to move
movement as an instinctive Face the eyepiece right up
reaction to fear, pain, or against your eye for a
surprise; second – try not to flinch.
Wince, Start, Shy away,
Recoil, Shrink, Pull back, Back
away
97. Foregone Precede in place or time; Keep, Follow, The result of the election
Previous, Past Postdate, seems to be
Succeed a foregone conclusion.
98. Fragile Easily broken or damaged; Robust, Sound, The assassination could do
Not strong or sturdy; Durable, serious damage to
Delicate and vulnerable Strong the fragile peace
agreement that was
signed last month.
99. Fret Be constantly or visibly Accept She always frets about the
anxious; Abide, Bear, cost of groceries.
Worry, be anxious, feel Endure
uneasy, be distressed
100. Gender-Neutral Suitable for, applicable to, or Gender-specific For terms such as
common to both male and policeman or watchman,
female genders use instead gender-
neutral terms like police
officer and guard.
101. Goldilocks Used to describe a situation Unsuitable, Its nickname is
in which something is or has Inappropriate, the Goldilocks Bird, becau
to be exactly right; Inconvenient, se it nests only when
Suitable, Perfect, Well- Improper water levels are “just
chosen right”.
102. Grandstanding To conduct oneself or Ordinariness, The outfielder made
perform showily or Simplicity, a grandstand play out of
ostentatiously in an attempt Modesty, what should have been a
to impress onlookers; Plainness routine catch.
Prance, Strut, Swagger,

Parade, Showboat
103. Gubernatorial Relating to a governor; The governor may not be
Regulatory, Administrative elected to the United
States Senate during
his gubernatorial term.
104. Habeas Corpus A writ requiring a person She explained that she
under arrest to be brought had me out on a writ
before a judge or into court, of habeas corpus but
especially to secure the there wasn’t going to be
person’s release unless any case.
lawful grounds are shown for
their detention.
105. Ham-Handed Clumsy or bungling; Deft, He has a ham-handed
Ham-fisted; Dexterous, approach to dealing with
Bungling, Incompetent, Handy, Sure people that hurts a lot of
Amateurish, Inept handed feelings.
106. Humanitarian Concerned with or seeking to Self-centred, The prisoner has been
promote human welfare; Self-concerned, released for humanitarian
Compassionate, Humane Selfish reasons.
107. Impediment A hindrance or obstruction in Benefit, In a number of developing
doing something; Stimulate countries, war has been
Obstacle, Barrier, Block, an
Check, Curb, Brake, Restraint, additional impediment to
Limitation, Encumbrance, progress.
Deterrent
108. Impending Be about to happen; Bygone, The player announced
Imminent, at hand, Close, Erstwhile, his impending retirement
Approaching, Coming, Foregone, from international
Forthcoming Former, Old football.
109. Imperil Put at risk of being harmed, Guard, Protect, A police raid
injured, or destroyed; Shelter, Shield would imperil the lives of
Endanger, Jeopardise, Risk, Preserve, the hostages.
put at risk, put in danger, Resume, Save
Expose to danger
110. Impetuous Acting or done quickly and Cautious, The governor may now be
without thought or care; Considered regretting
Impulsive, Rash, Hasty, her impetuous promise to
Overhasty, Reckless, reduce unemployment by
Heedless, Foolhardy half.
111. Impinge Have an effect, especially a Leave alone, The government’s
negative one; Avoid, Dodge spending limits will
Affect, have an effect on, seriously impinge on the
have a bearing on, Touch, education budget.
Influence
112. Impunity Exemption from punishment Liability, She thought that her
or freedom from the Responsibility money and power gave
injurious consequences of an her the right to ignore the

action; law with impunity.
Immunity, Indemnity,
Exemption from punishment,
Freedom from punishment
113. Inalienable Not subject to being taken Negotiable, The right to survival has to
away from or given away by Conveyable, be the first on any list
the possessor; Assignable, of inalienable rights for
Inviolable, Absolute, Alienable, every human being.
Sacrosanct, Unchallengeable, Transferrable
Unassailable
114. Incentivise To make someone want to Deter, We need
do something; Disincentivise, to incentivise our
Encourage, Motivate, Boost, Discourage sales managers to achieve
Stimulate these targets.
115. Inception The establishment or starting End, Close, The project has been
point of an institution or Conclusion, shrouded in controversy
activity; End, Ending, from its inception.
Baseline, Beginning, Birth, Omega
commencement
116. Incomprehensible Not able to be understood; Intelligible, It’s incomprehensible to
Not intelligible; Comprehensibl me why he would want to
Unintelligible, Indecipherable e, kill himself.
Understandabl
e, Clear
117. Incursion An invasion or attack, Retreat You should have
especially a sudden or brief responded immediately to
one; the incursion and not
Attack on, Assault on, Raid come to seek my
on, Invasion of, Storming of permission before you
acted.
118. Indiscriminate Done at random or without Selective, They participated in
careful judgement; Discriminating, the indiscriminate
Non-selective, Unselective, Systematic slaughter of countless
Undiscriminating, Uncritical, innocent victims.
Aimless
119. Infiltration To secretly become part of a Withdrawal, A journalist managed
group in order to get Departure to infiltrate the powerful
information or to influence drug cartel.
the way that group thinks or
behaves;
Penetration, Seepage
120. Inflammatory Arousing or intended to Conciliatory, The men were
arouse angry or violent Pacific using inflammatory remar
feelings; Diplomatic ks about the other team’s
Calming, supporters.
Soothing
Provocative, Provoking,
Inflaming, Incendiary,
Inciting, Agitating
121. Inhibit Hinder, restrain, or prevent Aid, Assist, You shouldn’t allow fear
an action or process; Facilitate, Help of failure to inhibit you.
Impede
122. Inoperative Not working or taking effect; Functional, The old regulations
Out of order, Non-functional Operable, became inoperative when
Operational, the new ones were issued.
Workable
123. Inordinate Unusually or Moderate, She seemed to
disproportionately large; Limited be inordinately fond of
Excessive, Undue, her dog.
Unreasonable, Unjustifiable,
Unwarrantable,
Disproportionate
124. Instinctive Relating to or prompted by Learned, My instinctive reaction
instinct; Conscious, was to walk away to avoid
Done without conscious Voluntary an argument.
thought;
Intuitive, Natural, Innate,
Inborn, Inherent, Inbred
125. Insular Ignorant of or uninterested in Broad-minded, But at least they have
cultures, ideas, or peoples Catholic, started to break out of
outside one’s own Cosmopolitan, their old insularity.
experience; Liberal, Open,
Narrow-minded, Limited, Open-minded,
Blinkered, Restricted, Inward- Receptive,
looking, Conventional Tolerant
126. Interpreter A person who interprets, Monoglot She works as
especially one who translates an interpreter in Brussels.
speech orally or into sign
language;
Translator, Transcriber,
Decipherer
127. Intrigues Arouse the curiosity or Bore, Jade, Throughout history,
interest of; Pall, Tire, people have
Fascinate, Interest, be of Weary been intrigued by the
interest to, Fascinate question of whether there
is intelligent life elsewhere
in the universe.
128. Ironically Used in reference to a Sincere, He was a life insurance
paradoxical, unexpected, or Genuine broker who ironically died
coincidental situation; with no life insurance,
Interesting, Strange, or funny leaving his bookkeeper,
because of being very our mother, unemployed.
different from what you

would usually expect;
Showing that you really mean
the opposite of what you are
saying
129. Irrevocable Not able to be changed, Reversible, The Supreme court’s
reversed, or recovered; Temporary ruling is irrevocable.
Final, Irreversible,
Irremediable
130. Jeopardise Put someone or something Safeguard She knew that by failing
into a situation in which her finals she
there is a danger of loss, could jeopardise her
harm, or failure; whole future.
Threaten, Endanger, Imperil,
Menace, Risk
131. Jitters A feeling of nervousness that Calmness, I always get the jitters the
you experience before Serenity morning before an exam.
something important
happens;
Nerves, Screaming meemies,
Shakes, Shivers
132. Kowtow Act in an excessively She didn’t have
subservient manner; to kowtow to her boss.
Grovel, behave obsequiously,
be obsequious, be servile, be
sycophantic
133. Laggard At a pace that is less than Apace, Briskly, I hate being stuck
usual, desirable, or expected; Fast, Fleetly, behind laggard motorists
Leisurely, Pokily, Slow, Full tilt, Hastily on the freeway.
Slowly, Sluggishly, Tardily
134. Letter and spirit When one obeys the letter of The students are expected
the law but not the spirit, to be self-disciplined,
one is obeying the literal honest, caring
interpretation of the words considerate, well
(the “letter”) of the law, but mannered, willing to help
not necessarily the intent of others, and to become
those who wrote the law. responsible citizens
Conversely, when one obeys following the constitution
the spirit of the law but not of India, in letter and in
the letter, one is doing what spirit and spreading the
the authors of the law message of universal
intended, though not brotherhood.
necessarily adhering to the
literal wording
135. Mediation Intervention in a dispute in Argument Many cases are settled
order to resolve it; Contention out of court
Disagreement
Arbitration, Conciliation, Fight through mediation or

Reconciliation, Intervention, other means.
Intercession, Interposition
136. Menace A person or thing that is Friendly, Drunk drivers are
likely to cause harm; Auspicious a menace to everyone.
A threat or danger;
Peril, Risk, Hazard
137. Metaphorically In a way that uses or relates Literal Her second novel is
to metaphor; written in a
Figuratively very metaphorical style.
138. Misgiving A feeling of doubt or Assurance, My only misgiving is that
apprehension about the Belief, we might not have enough
outcome or consequences of Certainty, time to do the job well.
something; Certitude,
Qualm, Doubt, Reservation, Confidence,
Scruple Conviction,
Sureness,
Surety, Trust
139. Mitigatory To cause to become less Aggravate, Morphine may be given
harsh or hostile; Exacerbate hypodermically
To make less severe or to mitigate the pain.
painful;
Allay, Alleviate, Assuage,
Ease, Help, Mollify, Palliate,
Relieve, Soothe
140. Mundane Lacking interest or Extraordinary, Mundane matters such as
excitement; Imaginative paying bills and shopping
Dull, Humdrum, Dull, Boring, for food do not interest
Tedious, Monotonous, her.
Tiresome
141. Murderous Capable of or intending to Harmless He was a murderous
murder; gangster.
Dangerously violent,
Homicidal, Brutal, Violent,
Savage, Ferocious, Fierce,
Vicious, Bloodthirsty
142. Muzzling Prevent a person or group Support, The new Secrecy Act
from expressing their Amplify, will muzzle the media and
opinions freely; Broadcast, the opposition.
Gag, Silence, Censor, Disseminate,
Suppress, Stifle, Inhibit, Encourage
Restrain, Check, Curb, Fetter
143. Naivety Lack of experience, wisdom, Artfulness, I think her naivety is
or judgement; Cynicism, charming – she’s so
Innocence, Lack of Knowingness, unspoilt and fresh.
sophistication, Lack of Sophistication,
experience, Artlessness, Worldliness
Greenness, Guilelessness,
Ingenuousness
144. Naysayers A person who criticizes, Optimist, There are
objects to, or opposes Positivist always naysayers who say
something it can’t be done.
145. Necessitate Make something necessary Eliminate, Reduction in government

as a result or consequence; Obviate, Rid of spending will necessitate
Make necessary, Entail, further cuts in public
Involve, Mean, Require, services.
Demand
146. Non-sectarian Not involving or relating to Sectarian, About 1,500 students
different religious sects or Religious- attend 23 non-
political groups Minded sectarian private schools.
147. Nudge Prod someone gently with Deter, The children were giggling
one’s elbow in order to Discourage, and nudging each other.
attract attention; Dissuade
Poke, Elbow; Brake, Check,
To try to persuade someone Constrain
through earnest appeals to
follow a course of action;
Egg (on), Encourage, Exhort,
Goad, Press
148. Oblivious Not aware of or concerned Aware, Absorbed in her work, she
about what is happening Conscious was totally oblivious of
around one; her surroundings.
Unaware, Unconscious,
Heedless, Unmindful,
Insensible, Ignorant, Blind
149. Offence A breach of a law or rule; Blamelessness, He committed several
An illegal act; Faultlessness, serious offences.
Crime, Illegal/unlawful act, Guiltlessness
Misdemeanour
150. Opportunistic Exploiting immediate Unassertive He made an opportunistic
opportunities, especially Ambitionless, grab for power, which
regardless of planning or Unambitious, resulted in a civil war.
principle Apathetic,
Disinterested
151. Ostensibly As appears or is stated to be Genuinely, Their ostensible goal was
true, though not necessarily Really, Truly to clean up government
so; corruption, but their real
Apparently, Seemingly, on aim was to unseat the
the face of it, to all government.
appearances, on the surface
152. Overrun Spread over or occupy a Defend, Guard, Rebel soldiers overran the
place in large numbers; Protect, embassy last night.
Safeguard
Invade, Storm, March into,

Occupy, Infest, Swarm over
153. Paucity The presence of something in Abundance, There is a paucity of
only small or insufficient Adequacy, information on the
quantities or amounts; Amplitude, ingredients of many
Scarcity, Sparseness, Sparsity, Opulence, cosmetics.
Dearth, Shortage, Rarity Plenitude,
Plenty
154. Perennial Lasting or existing for a long Antiquated, We face the perennial
or apparently infinite time; Archaic, Dated, problem of not having
enduring or continually Obsolete, enough money.
recurring; Outdated
Everlasting, Perpetual,
Eternal, Continuing,
Unending, Never-ending
155. Perilous Full of danger or risk; Safe, Secure The country roads are
Dangerous, Fraught with quite perilous.
Danger, Hazardous, Risky,
Unsafe, Treacherous
156. Persistent Continuing firmly or Irresolute, There have
obstinately in an opinion or Intermittent, been persistent rumours
course of action in spite of Occasional that the principal might
difficulty or opposition; take early retirement.
Tenacious, Persevering,
Determined, Resolute,
Purposeful
157. Polytheistic Relating to or characterized Monotheism Most anthropologists
by belief in or worship of consider religion to
more than one god; be polytheistic because it
Belief in multiple Gods has many deities.
158. Portents A sign or warning that a May no portent of evil be
momentous or calamitous attached to the words I
event is likely to happen; say.
Omen, Sign, Indication,
Presage, Warning,
Forewarning
159. Precedent An earlier event or action After, Ensuing, The judgment on pension
that is regarded as an Following, rights has established
example or guide to be Later, a precedent.
considered in subsequent Posterior,
similar circumstances; Subsequent,
Model, Exemplar, Example, Succeeding
Pattern, Previous case
160. Preponderance The quality or fact of being Insignificance The preponderance of
greater in number, quantity, Inferiority, evidence suggests that
or importance; Mediocrity he’s guilty.
Prevalence, Predominance, Obscureness,

Dominance Obscurity
161. Proclivity A tendency to choose or do Disinclination, Anna was very worried
something regularly; Dislike about her son going to
An inclination or kindergarten because he
predisposition towards a has a proclivity to
particular thing; misbehave.
Liking, Inclination, Tendency,
Leaning, Disposition,
Propensity, Bent, Bias,
Penchant
162. Provocative Causing anger or another Soothing, The programme will take a
strong reaction, especially Calming detailed
deliberately; and provocative look at
Annoying, Irritating, the problem of
Exasperating, Infuriating, homelessness.
Provoking, Maddening
163. Prudent The quality of being prudent; Brashness, He always
Cautiousness, Wisdom, Carelessness, exercises prudence with
Judgement, Judiciousness, Heedlessness, his finances.
Sagacity, Shrewdness, Incaution
Advisability, Common sense
164. Punitive Inflicting or intended as Acquitting, The UN has
punishment; Exculpating, imposed punitive
Penal, Disciplinary, Exculpatory, sanctions on the invading
Corrective, Correctional Exonerating, country.
Vindicating
165. Puritanical Having or displaying a very Permissive, His puritanical parents
strict or censorious moral Broad-minded saw any kind of pleasure
attitude towards self- as the road to damnation.
indulgence or sex;
Moralistic, Pietistic, Strait-
laced, Tight-laced, Stuffy
166. Purported Appearing or stated to be Deny, Gainsay The study purports to
true, though not necessarily show an increase in the
so; incidence of the disease.
Alleged
167. Raison d’tetre The most important reason His wife, six children, their
or purpose for someone or spouses, and his fifteen
something’s existence; grandchildren were
Basis, his raison d’etre.
Justification for existing,
Rationale,
Reason for existing
168. Ransack Go through a place stealing Preserve Robbers ransacked the
things and causing damage; apartment looking for
money
Plunder, Pillage, steal from,

Raid, Rob, Loot, Rifle, Sack,
Strip, Denude
169. Ratcheting Cause something to rise or Accumulate, Reduced demand
fall as a step in what is Balloon, Build, and ratcheting costs are
perceived as an irreversible Burgeon forcing many small
process; businesses to close.
Blow up
170. Rebuff Reject someone or Accept, Her desperate request for
something in an abrupt or Welcome help was met with
ungracious manner; a rebuff.
Reject, turn down, Spurn,
Refuse, Decline, Repudiate,
Disdain
171. Reconcile Restore friendly relations Disharmonise It is sometimes difficult
between; to reconcile science and
Accommodate, Attune, religion.
Conciliate, Conform
172. Relentless Unceasingly intense; Short-lived, They were able to do so in
Persistent, Continuing, Irresolute, part because of the
Constant, Continual, Intermittent application
Continuous of relentless military force
and economic coercion.
173. Reprehensible Deserving censure or Creditable, To help other workers
condemnation; Praiseworthy, who are in struggle to
Deplorable, Disgraceful, Good defend or improve their
Discreditable, Disreputable, conditions is
Despicable, Blameworthy, not reprehensible.
Culpable
174. Retaliation The action of returning a Forgiveness, If someone insults you,
military attack; Pardon, don’t retaliate as it only
Counterattack, Revenge, Remission makes the situation
Vengeance, Reprisal, worse.
Retribution, Requital,
Recrimination
175. Revamp Give new and improved Worsen We revamped the
form, structure, or management system, but
appearance to; the business is doing no
Renovate, Redecorate, better than it was before.
Refurbish, Recondition,
Rehabilitate, Rebuild,
Reconstruct, Overhaul,
176. Rhetoric The art of effective or Inarticulatenes What is required is
persuasive speaking or s immediate action,
writing; not rhetoric.
Oratory, Eloquence, Power of

speech, Command of
language, Expression
177. Rogue Behaving in ways that are not Conscientious, A Special Forces unit had
expected or not normal, Decent, Ethical, gone rogue and was trying
often in a way that causes Honourable, to free the hostage.
damage; Just,
Crooked, Deceptive, Scrupulous
Dishonest, Double-dealing
178. Run a tight ship To control something such as The new office manager
an organization or institution really runs a tight ship.
in a very strict and effective
way
179. Scepticism A sceptical attitude; Doubt as Conviction, I’m a bit sceptical about
to the truth of something; Belief, Faith his chances of success.
Distrust, Distrustfulness,
Doubt, Dubiety
180. Seamless Smooth and continuous, with Deficient, The department hopes
no apparent gaps or spaces Inadequate, this will be
between one part and the Incomplete, a seamless transition from
next; Insufficient, one computer system to
Absolute, Faultless, Flawless, Wanting another.
Ideal, Immaculate,
Impeccable
181. Semblance The outward appearance or Difference, The city has now returned
apparent form of something, Concrete, to some semblance of
especially when the reality is Dissimilarity, normality after last night’s
different; Unlikeness celebrations.
Appearance, Outward
appearance, Approximation,
Similarity
182. Sequestered Isolated and hidden away; Free, Liberate, A growing
Secluded, Cloistered, hidden Loose, Release forest sequesters carbon
away, Concealed; and gives off oxygen.
Specialized to separate and
store a harmful substance
such as carbon dioxide in a
way that keeps it safe
183. Shenanigans Secret or dishonest activity Seriousness, More business &
or manoeuvring; Solemnity political shenanigans were
Devilishness, Mischief, exposed in the
Rascality, Roguery newspapers today.
184. Shun Persistently avoid, ignore, or Accept, Seek, She has shunned publicity
reject someone or something Welcome since she retired from
through antipathy or caution; acting.
Avoid, Evade, Eschew
185. Squabble Quarrel noisily over a trivial Get along Often relationships
matter; accept, Agree, between family members
Quarrel, Row, Argument, Assent, Concur are so strained
Fight, Contretemps, that squabbles break out.
Disagreement
186. Squirreling Hide money or something of Discard, Ditch, For any company the
value in a safe place; Dump, Fling, temptation
Save, put aside, lay by, set Jettison, Throw to squirrel away funds is
aside, lay aside, Put to one away powerful.
side, Reserve
187. Stagger Walk or move unsteadily, as Continue, Dive He staggered all his
if about to fall; in, plunge in, colleagues by suddenly
Astonish or deeply shock; Stay, Carry on, announcing that he was
Amaze, Nonplus, Startle, Stride; leaving the company at
Astound, Surprise the end of the month.
Calm, Clarify,
Enlighten,
Expect, Explain
188. Stasis A period or state of inactivity Disequilibrium, His art was characterized
or equilibrium; Imbalance by bursts of creativity
Balance, Counterpoise, followed by long periods
Equilibration, Equipoise, of stasis.
Poise
189. Staunchly Very loyal and committed in Disloyal, He gained a reputation as
attitude; Unfaithful, being a staunch defender
Stalwart, Loyal, Faithful, Unreliable of civil rights.
Trusty, Committed, Devoted,
Dedicated
190. Stealthy Behaving or done in a Open Cats are among
cautious and surreptitious the stealthiest of stalkers.
manner, so as not to be seen
or heard;
Furtive, Secretive, Secret,
Surreptitious, Sneaking, Sly
191. Stellar Featuring or having the Bad, Inferior, The cellist gave
quality Low grade, a stellar performance
of a star performer or Substandard, before an enthusiastic
performers Unsatisfactory audience.
192. Subsistence The action or fact of Dearth, Lack, The money is intended to
maintaining or supporting Want provide a
oneself, especially at a basic subsistence and
minimal level; should not be paid to
Maintenance, Keep, Upkeep, someone who receives
Support, Livelihood other income.
193. Substantive Having a firm basis in reality Non- The documents are the
and so important, Meaningful, first substantive
meaningful, or considerable; Unessential, information obtained by
Substantial, Significant, Inessential, the investigators.
Hearty, Essential, Real, Procedural,
Square Meaningless
194. Suffice Be enough or adequate Fall short The problems were of
global importance, and
only an
international effort
would suffice to deal with
them.
195. Sundry Of various kinds; Monolithic, Sundry distant relatives,
Several, Various, Varied, Uniform, Alike, most of whom I hardly
Miscellaneous, Assorted, Identical, Like, recognized, turned up for
Mixed, Diverse, Diversified, Same my brother’s wedding.
Motley, Random
196. Superficial Existing or occurring at or on Deep, He’s fun to be with, but
the surface; Thorough he’s very superficial.
Appearing to be true or real
only until examined more
closely;
Apparent, Specious, Seeming,
Outward
197. Supplicant A person who asks a god or Donor, The new governor soon
someone who is in a position Millionaire had to deal with a long
of power for something in a line of supplicants asking
humble way; for jobs and other political
Petitioner, Pleader, Solicitor, favours.
Suitor, Suppliant
198. Tenuous Very weak or slight; Convincing, The police have only
Slight, Insubstantial, Flimsy, Substantial, found
Negligible, Weak, Fragile Strong a tenuous connection
between the two
robberies.
199. Testimony A formal written or spoken Rebuttal, Some doubts have been
statement, especially one Refutation, expressed about
given in a court of law; Disproof his testimony.
Evidence, Sworn Statement,
Attestation, Affidavit
200. Therapeutic Relating to the healing of Harmful, Gardening can be
disease; Detrimental very therapeutic.
Healing, Curative, Curing,
Remedial, Medicinal,
Restorative
201. Throttle To prevent something from Catalyse The reduction in funds
succeeding is throttling the
development of new
programmes.
202. Traceability The quality of having an Untraceable, Labelling and traceability
origin or course of Unnoticeable of food are key issues.
development that may be
found or followed;
Trackable
203. Transnational Extending or operating across Domestic, Global warming is a
national boundaries; Internal, transnational problem
Foreign, International, National that requires
Multinational a transnational solution.
204. Transpire Come to be known; Vanish, Stop As it later transpired, she
Be revealed; had known him at school.
Break, Develop, rise, Shape
up,
Arise, Come up, Crop
205. Treacherous Guilty of or involving betrayal Loyal, Faithful; The President spoke of
or deception; Safe, Reliable the treacherous intention
Traitorous, Disloyal, s of the enemy.
Perfidious, Faithless,
Unfaithful, Duplicitous
206. Unanimously Without opposition; Diversified, The jury returned
With the agreement of all Discordant a unanimous verdict of
people involved guilty after a short
deliberation.
207. Undergird Secure or fasten from the Undermine, These are the four major
underside, especially by a Weaken theories
rope or chain passed that undergird criminal
underneath; law.
Bear, Bolster, Brace, Buttress,
Carry
208. Unedifying Unpleasant and causing Enlightening, The unedifying saga of
people to feel no respect; Edifying their divorce was played
Not morally uplifting or out in the newspapers.
instructive;
Unilluminating,
Unenlightening
209. Unenviable Difficult, Undesirable, or Enviable, I had the unenviable task
Unpleasant Desirable of cleaning up after the
party.
210. Unequivocal Leaving no doubt; Equivocal, Temperature records
Unambiguous, Unmistakable, Ambiguous, have unequivocally confir
Indisputable, Vague med the existence of
Incontrovertible, Indubitable global warming.
211. Unerring Always right or accurate; Fallible, He has an unerring talent
Imperfect for writing catchy
melodies.
Unfailing, Infallible,
Unswerving, Perfect,
Flawless, Faultless
212. Unfair Not based on or behaving Fair, Just It’s unfair to take
according to the principles of advantage of other
equality and justice; people’s misfortunes.
Unjust, Inequitable,
Prejudiced, Biased,
Discriminatory
213. Unforeseeable Not able to be anticipated or Predicted, Loss due to unforeseeable
predicted Prophesied circumstances is borne by
Unsurprising the purchaser.
214. Unfortunate Having or marked by bad Fortunate, It was unfortunate that he
fortune; Lucky called at the exact
Unlucky, Hapless, out of luck, moment when our guests
down on one’s luck, Luckless were arriving.
215. Unimpeded Not obstructed or hindered; Restricted, From this position you can
Unrestricted, Unconstrained, Obstructed enjoy an unimpeded view
Unhindered, Unblocked of the waterfall.
216. Unleash Cause a strong or violent Restrain At worst, nuclear war
force to be released or could be unleashed.
become unrestrained;
Let loose, Release, Free, Set
free
217. Unnerving Causing one to lose courage Encourage, I think it unnerved me to
or confidence; Hearten be interviewed by so
Disconcerting many people.
218. Unprecedented Never done or known before; Normal, This century has
Unparalleled, Unequalled, Common witnessed environmental
Unmatched, Unrivalled destruction on
an unprecedented scale.
219. Utopian Modelled on or aiming for a Hardnose, A term, “techno-utopian,”
state in which everything is Pragmatist, is often applied to people
perfect; Realist who believe a technology
Idealistic, Unworldly, Non- will bring about a perfect
materialistic, Non-material, world.
Immaterial
220. Vehemently In a forceful, passionate, or Non-assertive, The president
intense manner; Non-emphatic, has vehemently denied
With great feeling Unemphatic having an extra-marital
affair.
221. Veritable Used for emphasis, often to Fake, False The unsanitary conditions
qualify a metaphor; have turned it into
Used to describe something a veritable petri dish of
as another, more exciting, disease that’s ripe for
interesting, or unusual thing, rodent infestation.
as a way of emphasizing its

character
222. Vet Make a careful and critical Ignore During the war, the
examination of something; government vetted all
Screen, Assess, Evaluate, news reports before they
Appraise, weigh up, Examine were published.
223. Vexed Difficult and much debated; Undisputed, His book is a handy
Problematic, Disputed, in Resolved, introduction to
dispute, Contested, in Calm, Content a vexed debate on the
contention, Contentious, infinite power of the finite
Debated, Debatable mortal mind.
224. Walking on You are being very careful Careless, When my mother is
Eggshells not to offend someone or do Certain, staying at our house, I feel
anything wrong Inattentive, like I’m walking on
Incautious, eggshells.
Inconsiderate,
Indiscreet,
Negligent,
Foolish,
Heedless, Rash,
Reckless
225. War-Footing The condition of being The president placed the
prepared to undertake or republic on a war footing.
maintain war;
War path
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2. Aberration A departure from what is Norm, The drop in our school’s

9. Adversary One’s opponent in a contest, Ally, Supporter He saw her as his

18. Approbation Approval or praise; Disapprobation The council has finally

27. Bigotry A person who is intolerant Freethinker, He was known to be a

Abandonment, Leaving, Retrieval,

70. Displeasure A feeling of annoyance or Approbation, The meeting will give

86. Espionage The practice of spying or of The authorities have

government between a that there are shared

Prance, Strut, Swagger,

injurious consequences of an her the right to ignore the

different from what you

Arbitration, Conciliation, Fight through mediation or

145. Necessitate Make something necessary Eliminate, Reduction in government

Invade, Storm, March into,

Prevalence, Predominance, Obscureness,

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