Accrue - to accumulate; huge bank deposits will accrue big interest
Adamant - refusing to change one’s mind; he is too adamant to accept his fault
Adhere - believe in and follow some practices; I do not like to adhere to politics
Adulterate - to corrupt make impure; the grocery store was fined for trying to adulterate the food grains
Aesthetic - relating to beauty or arts; Picasso’s painting give aesthetic pleasure
Affinity - fondness towards something; He has a special affinity with music
Aggregate - total or amounting to a whole; Panchayat is an aggregate of village panchayat, intermediate panchayat and district panchayat
Aloof - at a distance; the new employee is aloof and is hesitant to talk to others
Amalgamate - to combine into a whole; He amalgamated his company with another
Amenity - a desirable feature or facility; the building is close to all local amenities
Amiable - showing pleasant manner; the young man possess an amiable character
Amulet - ornament worn to repeal evil spirits; He wore an amulet to ward off corona virus
Apex - the highest point; The Supreme Court is the Apex body of the Indian judiciary
Augment - make something greater by adding; the Government is hoping to augment GDP by implementing Make in India initiative
Bolster - support or strengthen; free college admission have been provided to bolster poor students
Bombastic - using inflated language; the politician made a bombastic promise in front of the voters
Catalyst - something that causes change; Alcohol is a catalyst that triggers excitement in one’s behavior
Caustic - burning; He became caustic with his wife
Celestial - concerned with sky or heavens; Angels are said to be celestial creatures
Champion - to defend or support; He championed the rights of the working class
Circuitous - longer than the most direct way; Any article should avoid circuitous language
Coagulate - change to a solid state; The tomato sauce coagulated as it was refrigerated
Coalesce - coming together to form a whole; the public protest gradually coalesced into a political movement
Complement - something that completes; A glass of wine is a great complement to find food
Compliant - willing to follow certain rule; Any restaurant must become compliant with the prescribed health codes
Conceal - to keep secret; All political parties conceal their source of fund
Contend - to compete in order to win something; He contends that the judgement was wrong
Convention - practice widely observed; You can not go against the convention
Dearth - lack of something; The police had dearth of evidence in the case
Decorum - proper behavior; He had acted with utmost decorum
Defame - to harm someone’s reputation; Shashi Tharoor filed a defamation case against Arnab Goswami
Derivative - something which is derived; The new antibiotic is a derivative of penicillin
Diffuse - to spread out; Infection caused by corona virus diffuse rapidly
Digression - a departure from the main subject; The political spokesperson returned to the main topic after a brief digression
Discredit - to dishonour; The newspaper seems to discredit his reputation
Discrepancy - a difference between two things that should be same; There is some discrepancy between the two accounts
Discrete - separate and distinct; Forensic experts use many discrete methods
Discretion - the freedom to make decisions; Final decision shall be at the sole discretion of the employer
Disguise - show a different appearance to conceal one’s identity; He disguised himself as a girl
Disinterested - not influenced by considerations of personal advantage; A good doctor is supposed to give disinterested advice
Disjointed - lacking order; The accused gave some disjointed fragments of information to the investigating team
Dismiss - reject; He dismissed the taxi
Dissemble - to hide one’s motives; An honest person does not need to dissemble
Disseminate - to spread; Right to Information Act is aimed to disseminate information with little effort
Dissolution - the act of dissolving an organization; The customers went into a state of panic after the dissolution of the Yes Bank
Distend - to expand; His abdomen distended rapidly
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