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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,
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