The Vocab Master For All Competitive Exams | 30-10-2023

 

1-Foist (verb) : to offer (something fake, useless,or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable

Synonyms: impose, inflict, fake

Sentence : Shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists

2-Parlous (adjective): involving potential loss or injury

Synonyms: risky, serious, dangerous

Antonyms: beneficial, harmless, safe

Sentence : Window washing can indeed be a parlous occupation on a skyscraper

3-Slumbered (verb) : to be in a state of sleep

Synonyms: napped, snoozed, slept

Antonyms: rose, waked, aroused

Sentence : she slumbered for hours while the train rolled on

4-Trammel (noun): something that makes movement or progress difficult

Synonyms: obstacle, obstruction, hurdle

Antonyms: incentive, spur, stimulus

Sentence : Students and parents who want to throw off the trammels of outdated school

policies

5-Append (verb) : to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase

Synonyms: add, introduce, attach

Antonyms: subtract, deduct, separate

Sentence : I have append a list of those guests.

6-Approbation (noun) : an acceptance of something as satisfactory

Synonyms : blessing, satisfaction, accession

Antonyms : disapproval, refusal, rejection

Sentence : He tasted the wine of audience approbation.

7-Calumny (noun) : the making of false statements that damage another’s reputation

Synonyms : defaming, criticism

Antonyms : praise, applause ,commendation

Sentence : He was the victim of calumny.

8-Plenitude (noun) : a considerable amount

Synonyms : loads, plenty, ton

Antonyms : loads, plenty, ton

Sentence : There’s a plenitude of natural beauty in the state

9-Fallible (adjective) : capable of making mistakes or being wrong

Synonyms : imperfect, flawed, defective

Antonyms : perfect, whole, intact

Sentence : She was a perfectionist who failed to realize that humans are inherently fallible.

10-Forgo (verb) : to resist the temptation of

Synonyms: avoid, refuse, deny

Antonyms: submit surrender accept

Sentence : Do not, for one repulse,forgo the purpose that you resolved

to effort.

Download PDF