1 1. | | | 1 | ( | 1 | Your good-hearted acceptance and
tolerance of others' foibles, goes a long way in maintaining
harmony in your relationships. foible | | (Edited & compiled by
Rohitashw Kajla) 2. c | 9 | 1| 9 c| 9 9 9 . Mining and quarrying
have been age-old practices in India, as evidenced by the profuse
use of a variety of stones in the thousands of ancient temples and
monuments scattered all over the country. profuse | 9 3. | H 9 0 c
1 F . The Dalai Lama has called on the Chinese authorities to show
clemency towards a Tibetan monk whose suspended death sentence ran
out on Thursday. clemency | 4. | + | | | | -- Lisa Marie is a solid
singer with plenty of character in her husky voice. husky | | 5. |
| | | 9 | . The full and macabre story of what happened at Qibya
was revealed only during the morning after the attack. macabre | 6.
| | 7 | 9 With his meaningless talk, he reveals only the immense
vacuity of his mind. vacuity | 7 7. * | | 1 c- 7| | c , 70% E | |
The book, which was disrespectful to Jesus, has caused a furore in
the north-eastern states, where more than 70% of the population is
Christians. furore | c 2 8. 9 * | | E The decline in the number of
people professing allegiance to religion is a matter of great
concern. allegiance | * 9. 4 | It was found by the police that many
people are being fooled by tricksters for extracting money from
them. trickster | 10. | | | You can't win without a bevy of match
winners. bevy | | 11. | 7 | . Look at the likes of Gandhi who
achieved so much through pacifism. pacifism | 12. H 1 | H q H| 1| .
Council bosses earmarked two schools for closure as part of a major
review of education. earmark | 13. 7 , | c 9 Cows are sacred to
Hindus so the killing of a cow at a temple is seen as religious
sacrilege of the worst kind. sacrilege | 14. | * 4| q It is
difficult even for senior or experienced doctors to make any
prognosis in the case of cancer patients. prognosis | 3 15. | | c 9
| | As per the latest census data, the people are getting better
medical care in the community, therefore their longevity is rising.
longevity | | 16. | g | , , 1| | More than six million people
worldwide have learned the transcendental meditation techniques,
which include people of all ages, cultures, and religions.
transcendental | g 17. 7| , 4 q 7 | , He was obedient worker, but
when sacked by the employer on the ground of insubordination, the
union decided to go on strike. insubordination | 7 18. 7 ~ | , * 4|
7 7| 6 | | 1 g1| - " || 7 |", +, 29 , 2011 With few options left,
President Cleveland met with New York financier J.P. Morgan, who
pledged a whopping $60 million in gold. Adjusted for inflation,
that would be about $1.5 billion today. - "Apple has more cash than
the U.S. Treasury", Los Angeles Times, 29th July, 2011 whopping | |
19. + 1 " " Newly elected leader Hamid Karzai aims to bring
Afghanistan "out of the quagmire". quagmire | 20. H , 4 | + * | | 4
7 - ? As the mega event is approaching, would your company be
prepared to segregate waste for recycling? segregate | - 4 21. 7, ,
| | | - 4 | . , | c | | -4| | . -- 7 +, 4 15, 2010 Musicians, and
most especially Thelonious Monk tend not, as writers do, to write
hundreds of letters sharing with intimates what is going on in
their hearts or heads. A biography of Monk, perforce, has to rely
on the not always reliable, often conflicting, memories of others.
-- New York Times, October 15, 2010 perforce | 22. + g 01 If you
have been suffering from insomnia for long time, you may be
depressed. insomnia | g 23. | | * | 7 Gas and electricity bills are
filled with jargon that makes them difficult to understand. jargon
| * | 24. | *| 1 1* 1 Western attire has become a seemingly
ubiquitous part of our national culture. ubiquitous | 25. | | | The
low wall along the edge of a balcony is called parapet. parapet |
26. | *| 1 1* 1 . They have become a seemingly ubiquitous part of
our national culture. ubiquitous | 27. 1 | | ... 5 Our objective is
to take Afghans to a better life, out of this quagmire...Our people
want dignity. quagmire | 5 28. | | | | 11 | , 7 | | | | , ~ | For
Indo-Trinidadians, learning Standard Hindi is as good as learning
an alien language. In fact, most of those who have learnt Standard
Hindi become diffident, and even apologetic, when they have to use
that language in interacting with Indian nationals. diffident | 29.
1 4 ~ 1 . We wish her all the best and will miss her cheery smile
and ebullience of character. ebullience | ~ 30. 9, 1948 , * ] , |
4| | 7H 9 | In April, 1948, President Truman granted executive
clemency to both of them on condition of deportation. clemency | 7H
31. - 9 c The conditions that lead to my parents' divorce were
engendered by their obsessive attitude toward work. engender | 32.
1 9 | -- "1 | * ", , |, She was known for her plaintive singing of
Urdu poems, set to tunes influenced by Indian classical music and
the folk melodies of the Himalayas. -- "Pakistani folk music
doyenne dies", BBC News, 4 February, 2004 plaintive | 33. | , | The
patient was worried that he had cancer, but the lump on his
forehead turned out to be benign. benign | | 6 34. | | | 7| | 7 , |
, | The state is aware that the policeman is the son of either a
farmer or a worker. He suffers from the same social and economic
handicaps as the others who are engaged in the relentless struggle
to ameliorate their condition. ameliorate | 35. | | , | | | After
the Indian government had lifted restrictions on the activities of
the Dalai Lama the Chinese became very vociferous in criticising
India for even the most innocuous activities which the Dalai Lama
was called upon to perform. vociferous | 36. , , , , 4 , | |
Consequently, the members of his entourage and company, his wazirs,
secretaries, and clients, usually can be observed to be destitute.
entourage | 37. H H 16 | g| . c " 7 c" "| | " . -- , 29, 2010 The
defence ministry has accused the rebels of abducting 16 children
from a Roman Catholic orphanage in the town on Friday. It described
the abduction as a "nefarious act of terrorism" and an "ideal
example of the inhumanity of the terrorist outfit". -- BBC News,
December 29, 2010 nefarious | 7 38. g | | | | Five months after
Malaysia incurred global opprobrium by closing off its currency and
capital markets, its officials are in no mood to apologize.
opprobrium | 7 39. | | ; | | | Compared to me, my sister is very
gregarious; she enjoys socializing with people in parties while I
try to hide away in a corner. gregarious | 40. 1 | | | H 4| ~| The
child's insistence on not getting out of the bath and continuing to
play with water exasperated his mother who was in a hurry.
exasperate | H 41. | | The football player's career was cut short
because of a debilitating injury to his left knee. debilitate | 42.
| 1 | | ~ | | After the medical reports were out, it was clear that
it wasn't the new technique but copious amounts of steroids that
helped the swimmer break so many world records. copious | 43. + | |
| My friend's near total lack of investment acumen led him to
invest all his money in a company that had already declared
bankruptcy. acumen | 44. 9 | , 9 9, | | | | 9 | | | | | Teflon
Toughs, the first group of artists to perform break-dance in
Carnegie Hall received accolades from critics as well as fans for
their outstanding performance. accolade | 8 45. | *| 9 9 | The
archer's years of relentless practice culminated in victories in
the international tournaments around the world. culminate | 46. | |
7 ; | | | Recently, the world's most wanted terrorist was killed in
a covert military operation; no one except few top officials in the
government and military knew about it. covert | 47. | 1 4 | | c Ben
Bernanke was confident that the American economy, with its great
intrinsic vitality, will emerge from this recession with renewed
vigor. intrinsic | 48. | | 1 Only through judicious use of water
and energy can we make the lifestyle sustainable. judicious | 49. 4
* 9| @ | 1 |, | | | The delegation from the United Nations tried to
mediate between the warring nations, but their armies kept
attacking each other. mediate | 1 50. 1 9 | 9 H* . This document is
a convincing evidence that reveals the corruption rampant in the
corporation. rampant | 9 51. 4 | | 4 , | 4 | ~ When the government
declares a tax amnesty, it means that if people pay the taxes they
owe, then the government will officially forget that they broke the
law by not paying tax in the first place. amnesty | | 52. , * | ; ,
| | | | ; ~ | The senior engineers in a company we used to work for
had a real clique; they all had meetings together, ate lunch
together and would not talk to any one else; so it was no fun
working there. clique | 53. | ~ | | | | | The rampant violation of
building codes across the country is not possible without the
complicity of the concerned government officials. complicity | |
54. 9H1 , , 9H1 When the missile was already on its way to destroy
the city, the military commander decided to not carry out the
attack, but by then his decision to launch the missile was
irrevocable. irrevocable | 55. q 7 | , 9* | | | 1 Our school had
hardly any funds, it was only the largess of one of the city's
eminent businessmen that we got a new library. largess | 56. | H |
, | | | E | The teacher did not really seem to appreciate poetry
and that was probably the reason why her interpretation of the poem
was pedantic and empty of feeling. pedantic | c 9 ; 10 57. c When
the little child was rescued from the well, there was an effusion
of emotion from the crowd that had gathered around. effusion | c
58. | | Their plan to create an indoor swimming pool by filling
water in the basement of their house was inane. inane | 59. | 1 | |
, | | | Most members of the workers' union were generally happy
with the increased wages, but there was a small faction that called
for further increases. faction | 60. | , | , 7 | The indigent
family had nothing to eat, nothing to spend, and virtually nothing
to wear. indigent | 61. | - | c For some reason, my wife got
offended by my innocuous comment about the saltiness of the soup
that she prepared from a new recipe. innocuous | -; - 62. | | The
chief of CIA was very upset when his clandestine activities were
disclosed in the newspapers. clandestine | 63. | 4 | | | The bloody
battle between the tribes ended a century long period of concord.
concord | 11 64. | 9| | | | , | | | | Our agreement to buy the car
is contingent upon the ability of the seller to buy another car in
next two weeks. That is, he will not sell us his car if he cannot
find another car to buy for himself. contingent | 65. ~| 1 | 9 ~ ,
1 | | | After he learned about free and unlimited movies in the
hotel room, my movie loving friend fell into a state of total
lethargy and got away from in front of the TV only few times a day,
and that too to grab few more bags of potato chips. lethargy | 1
66. 9 , c | @ As the snowstorm gained intensity, I lamented my
decision to not wear warm clothes in the morning against my wife's
advice. lament | 67. 1 | F H The manager's laconic letter to the
dismissed employees left them feeling very angry and hurt. laconic
| F H 68. | 9 | | | ~ | These days news is disseminated through not
just traditional media such as newspaper and television but also
through new channels such as Facebook and Twitter. diseminate | 9
69. H 1 | H q | The easygoing manner of the teacher was conducive
to indiscipline among the students in the classroom. conducive | 12
70. 9 1 | 1 9 ( Letting the army come in and work as a peace
keeping force in the troubled region created a plethora of
problems. plethora | 9 71. | | q| | | H* | 9c | | 9 | Considering
the number of scams these days, it looks like powerful businessmen
and government officials have an increasing propensity for corrupt
practices with no regard for ethical and professional standards.
propensity | 9c 72. | | | 9c | H The general in the army marshaled
his troops in anticipation of launching an attack on the enemy
fortress in the wee hours of next morning. marshal | H 73. q| |H |
1 | | The new student always malingered and did not come to school
on the day when there was going to be an exam. malinger | | 74. | H
1 | E | Sitting in the history class, my friend and I detected an
incipient tingle of boredom that told us we might fall asleep due
to the boring lecture that we were listening to. incipient | 75. |
7 | 7| | 1 | 1 | 1 The interior decorator of our new house had such
a utilitarian philosophy that she did not put any decorative object
in the house unless it was genuinely useful. utilitarian | | 13 76.
| + | | 4c , | | The mother of one of our childhood friends
believed that too much television has a noxious influence on the
personality development of children, so we hardly ever watched TV
in her home. noxious | 77. | | | | ~ 7 The recent drop in the share
market was not due to a single reason but a result of many discrete
economical and political events. discrete | 7 78. c ; 7| || | 1 |
The psychiatrist was very professional and discreet; no matter how
much the media asked, he never revealed anything about the problems
of his famous patients. discreet | 79. H q | H | | | H + The
teacher's goal was to edify her students and not just force a
handful of facts down their throats and test them on their ability
to memorize them without understanding. edify | H 80. 0* 9 9 | c 4|
| g F I am looking forward to the summer stay in Germany because it
is a welcome hiatus from the monotonous life in the same office
building for last fifteen years. hiatus | 81. + | 9 4| | H 9 The
new candidate was very smart and popular but he still lost the
election because his entire campaign was nothing but a continuous
attempt to vilify the opposition. vilify | 14 82. | 7 9 @ 1 ; 1 One
of the most important tenets of our democratic form of government
is that people can be trusted to govern themselves; how well it
works in practice is another issue though. tenet | @ 83. 1 H 7 | 7
4 E | H7| The history teacher in my high school had so much
knowledge on various topics of Indian history that he would
frequently digress from the main topic and tell us interesting
stories about the Mughal and Rajput kingdoms of medieval India.
digress | 84. | , 1|, |, | 7 | , | 1 | . In developed countries,
where there is no dearth of public jogging tracks, tennis courts,
swimming pools and other sports and exercise facilities; laziness
can be the only reason for someone to not get adequate physical
exercise. dearth | 85. 4 0 7 , | 4 1 | 9* | 9c When the wealthy man
donated a million dollars to the museum, the cynics said that this
was merely an attempt buy himself a reputation as a cultured
person. cynic | 86. , + | c | , | | 4 | The accountant's failure to
spot the errors in the financial report of the company that he was
tasked to audit made him culpable in the tax fraud case. culpable |
15 87. 1| * 7 , 91| ; | 7 1 Einstein was a preeminent scientist who
was revered by everyone, including his rivals; so it can be
surprising to believe that he might have had difficulties as a
child in school. revere | 88. | H-| | | | ~ - , + | |! Looking at
the variety of activities available to the children today, I
sometimes feel that we only had mundane ways of spending time
indoors during the summer holidays - there was no internet, no
video games and no TV! mundane | 89. | | | | ~ | | | Allowing
construction of multistory apartment buildings near narrow streets
in blatant violation of building codes is a clear indication of
myopic mindset of today's political leaders. myopic | | 90. *| c |
| c H 9 1 , | || The manufacturing sector in America has been
moribund for decades due to the rise of low cost manufacturing in
developing nations, but now, with the rising prices of oil, it is
becoming profitable once again. moribund | 9 91. | | | | | H ; 4 ,
| | Whenever the baby-sitter was unable to mollify the cranky
child, she would switch on the TV and show cartoon programs to
entertain him; and soon, the child learned to start crying whenever
he wanted to watch TV. mollify | 16 92. 9c| | | | | The defendant
was acquitted of bribery charges but was convicted of perjury,
because he had lied more than once under oath on the witness stand
during his trial. perjury | 93. @ c |H | | | | |H c My friend, who
is very intelligent but extremely lacking in confidence, made only
perfunctory attempts at answering the questions in the exam and
left more than half an hour before the ending time. perfunctory | |
94. 9 9 1 | , 9 | 7 | Cartoonists often draw caricatures of popular
political personalities and in these drawings, big noses, enormous
glasses, and other distortions are quite common. caricature | 1 95.
|| c | In the monsoon months, warm weather and lot of sultriness is
a harbinger of rain. harbinger | 96. 7 | | | 1 1 The entertainer
that we hired for my son's birthday party kept all the kids busy by
telling anecdote after anecdote about Harry Potter and his
adventures. anecdote | 1 97. | | 9| , | , | 1 The robbers
terrorized the neighborhood villages for several weeks and finally,
after there was nothing else left to take away, they escaped to
their bastion deep in the jungles of Satpuras. bastion | 17 98. | |
1 | | We wished that the tone of our leader would have a more
pleasing cadence, but he always spoke in a dull monotone. cadence |
1 99. 0 | | , H 9 q 9H , | | The customers were alarmed by the
callowness of the mechanics in the big automobile service center;
they all looked too young to have finished even secondary school,
much less to have completed a year long training after college that
the management claimed. 100. , | | @ | * c 32.9 || 1 16 | 24.4 9 c
5 9 According to historian Angus Maddison, India, at its heyday
during the first century, had a 32.9% share of world's GDP. Even at
the end of 16th century, it produced 24.4% of world's GDP. But now,
this figure has reached about 5%. heyday | @ | * 101. | 1 , 1 | . A
society which accepts licentious behaviour, that society can not be
termed as social and acceptable society. licentious | | 102. , | ,
c 4 | Last week, several hundred Shia pilgrims in Baghdad were
killed in a stampede sparked by rumors of a suicide bomber in their
midst. stampede | 103. | | ; 7 | | | 1 | Some of the author's books
were so esoteric that no one could understand; and I have learned
that only his mother ever bought them. esoteric | 18 104. 1| H | ;
H q| In my school days, I always participated in class discussions
and completed home work on time; my teachers thought I exemplified
their model student but many of my classmates thought I was a
sycophant. exemplify | 105. 4 ] | ~ | | ; , | The driver of the
taxi was such a fatalist that he never wore seat belt; he would
argue that if he were to be injured in an accident, there was
nothing he could do to prevent it. fatalist | | 106. ~ c , || ; | |
| My artist friend who went on to become a surgeon has such finesse
in his hands that one can hardly tell if his patients even had
surgeries done; often you can barely make out the marks of
stitches. finesse | 107. | c 1 c The choleric watchdog that our
uncle had, would sink his teeth into anyone who came within biting
distance from his doghouse situated in the backyard. choleric | 1
108. c| c* | 9 | | c || | | When the enthusiastic engineer could
not finish his project in time because he was in endless search for
perfection; his manager told him to be cognizant of the deadlines
as they are also important. cognizant | 19 109. H | | H | 7 | Just
by taking a cursory look at the writings of her students, the
teacher was able to assess their skills and help them improve by
insightful advise. cursory | | 110. | | | 4 ; | ~ | In a Chinese
dialect, the difference between one word and its opposite can
sometimes be nothing more than just a nuance of inflection; so it
is easy for beginners to inadvertently convey a completely wrong
message. nuance | 111. 1 | | ; 7| | 1| | | | The little cabin in
the woods near the lake was congenial to the writer; he wrote
several of his bestselling books there. congenial | 112. ![CDATA[ 9
1 c + | H | ]] ![CDATA[On 2nd April of this year, the Indian
Cricket team became world champion after beating Sri Lanka in front
of an ebullient crowd at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.]]
ebullient | c 113. 9c| | q H* 4 9 The jury was able to see through
the mendacious witness that the lawyer of the defendant had
presented and they convicted the accused as there was nothing else
to disprove his involvement in the corruption case. mendacious |
114 0* || | | | | The hot winds of summer months desiccated the few
remaining grapes on the vine; and after a day or two, they looked
like raisins. desiccate | 20 115. 7 ; | | Even his friends found
him sardonic; he could not discuss anything without mocking it and
there was hardly anything about which he could say one or two nice
things. Sardonic | 116. 4 , 90 || 1 | 9 7 || 1 | 7 7| 9 9| 9 | | H
In Mexico, the company had 90% of the search market and millions of
search queries were about cars, and yet, General Motors spent only
1% of its advertising budget online. Most executives were still in
denial of the emergence of online advertising, and only the CEO was
sentient enough to see that this made no sense. Sentient | H 117. H
9 | | || c* | | | The vandals effaced the fine art work inside the
walls of the palace and fort that were created under the patronage
of the art loving king of the south. effaced | 118. , , | 1 9 c 7|
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a protagonist for the long and
continuing struggle for racial equality and end of segregation for
which he ultimately sacrificed his life. protagonist | 119. | | |
The tire on the rear wheel of my car started to distend alarmingly
as the attendant at the service center carelessly pumped more and
more air into it. distend | 21 120. ~ 9 | c c c | | c | * | If your
golf loving grandfather leaves you all his wealth through his will,
the money will be said to be a bequest from him to you. But it will
not be polite for you to request a bequest right now. bequest | c
121. | | c | |, 1 7 ~ | 7 4 The two workers tried to sound penitent
in front of the police officer, but they weren't really sorry that
they had left the tube well bore open even though young children
playing nearby might fall into it. penitent | c 122. * ; 1 9
Anoushka Shankar's sitar performance was mellifluous; the notes
played beautifully and smoothly delighting the audience by the
superb performance. mellifluous | 123. 9 H9 | | Our priest's
discourse was always didactic. He never said anything that did not
seem to teach a moral lesson. didactic | H9 124. c| | | | When the
company was unable to succeed in stopping the piracy of its
products, the only option it had left was to litigate its case in
the court. litigate | 22 125. | | | | My friend is so loquacious
that when I am talking to her on the phone, I can put down the
receive and finish some work and she does not realize while she is
still talking. loquacious | 126. | 1| 9 | | 7* The workers were
very dissatisfied and inflamed by management's myopia on the
subject of wages for union members who have been working in the
factory for many years. myopia | 127. 4 | | 4 7 The rich man
extolled the boy who returned his gold Rolex watch and then
rewarded him with a heartfelt handshake. extol | 128. | H 9 | @ |
97 1 After losing lot of young men without any conclusive victory
for either side, the warring tribes made a covenant in which they
agreed not to fight each other anymore. covenant | 97 129. | ~ c| ,
| 4 | | The youthful driver flouted all traffic laws and drove
through red lights, knocked down pedestrians and finally stopped
only to buy more alcohol. flout | ~ 23 130. | ~ ; | | 9 + . Waving
a banner of the visiting team will be tantamount to shooting
yourself in the foot; it will not be surprising if the thousands of
fans of the home team scare you out of the stadium. tantamount |
131. | | 7 7 | | ; 7 . We invited our new neighbours for watching
the world cup final but they vacillated for so long about being
able to join us that we decided to not invite them in future.
vacillated | 132. | , | | E 7 . Mother Teresa was venerated by a
very large number of people for her devoting her life to serve
countless men, women and children; not surprisingly, they wanted
the Pope to declare her a saint. venerate | 133. | , , H 7 | ; -7 .
The village we used to live in was very scenic, had great weather
and there was lot of time to relax and nothing to worry about; for
me it was utopia. utopia | -7 134. 1 | | + | + . The nephew of the
founder of the company was so scheming that that he usurped the
control of the entire company when the found was away for just a
few days. usurp | 135. , | The parks, reservoi rs and fount ains in
Udai pur are wort h vi si t ing. reservoir, vat : 24 136. c| , , |
c | | 0 7 The changing of autumn leaves, distant views, and horses
grazing in the green meadows are examples of bucolic splendor in
the remote areas of north eastern America. bucolic | 0 137. | | + |
, | | | | A chronic disease is one that has been afflicting someone
for a long time, does not go away and if it goes, it keeps coming
back. chronic | | 138. | , q 1 1 | -|| + Even though England's
imperial days are over, there is ample testimony to their royal
ways of life in the hill stations they created across India.
imperial | | 139. | | H 7 1 | | | Many of the new magazines and
television programs are far too urbane to appeal to a wide audience
that resides outside of the big cities in India. urbane | 1 140. H|
| | 1 - 4 | H | | During the parent teacher meeting, the head of
the parents association launched into a tirade against the sale of
sweetened soft-drinks in the school cafeteria. tirade | 141. | H 7|
1 | | | | The nursery students were filled with trepidation when
they saw the older children in their school dressed in scary Harry
Potter costumes. trepidation | 25 142. | H* | F | 1 ; | The new
employee was fired from his job within a week of his starting due
to an act of turpitude; he was caught stealing from the company's
store. turpitude | H* 143. | c , . Leaving a child alone in an
unattended car is not only an unconscionable act, it is also very
dangerous. unconscionable | 144. 1 c 1| ; 1 | H | . My friend is a
sublime thinker; after pondering a difficult problem for just a few
minutes, he would arrive at a concise and elegant solution. sublime
| 1| 145. 7 * | ; | | | 4 The first page of the new novel is the
epitome of the entire book; I could read it and understand what the
author would say in the remainder of the story. epitome | 146. | |
~ | -7 | The ethereal music that we heard and admired turned out to
be not angels plucking on their harps but the wind blowing past the
dish antennas on the roof of our house. ethereal | 147 | c 9 *4 4 -
| Often, when talking about the death of someone close, instead of
saying so directly we often convey it through a euphemism such as
passed away or is no more. euphemism | *4 26 148. @ 7 7 | | E | * |
His description of the war was so prosaic that it was hard for his
listeners to believe that any of the soldiers were wounded or any
of the buildings were destructed. prosaic | 7 149. 1 , ~ , 1 1| ~ q
9 Due to his young age, great wealth, and charisma, Apple's founder
Steve Jobs became a symbol of his company and of the whole
computing industry. charisma | 150. | H | H| , ; | | | The new
student in our class said she was an artist, but in reality, she
was merely a dilettante; she did not even know how to paint with
water colors. dilettante | 151. | | | |; | 7 | | | | | | | The
discussion at our meeting today was desultory; no one's comments
seemed to be related to anyone else's and we hardly discussed any
of the planned topics. desultory | 152. 7 + 9| +| | *| c | T* | | g
The delegates to the state convention ignored the candidates'
qualifications and their positions on major issues of national
importance and instead, only concentrated on their foibles. foible
| | 153. c | 9c | She has a proclivity to assume the worst.
proclivity | 9c, , 27 154. 9| - 7 | | In the absence of effective
law enforcement, flagrant crimes such as dacoity and assault in
broad day light are no longer as rare as they once used to be.
flagrant | 155. - 7 H | c | , 4 g | Despite the pleadings and
protestations of her parents, the young girl refused to renounce
her love for the sailboats and decided to go alone on a voyage to
circumnavigate the world. renounce | c 156. | | | * | The Executive
Officer of the travel company told the new manager that she had
reached the pinnacle of her career. pinnacle | * 157. | 1 , 1 | . A
society which accepts licentious behaviour, that society can not be
termed as social and acceptable society. licentious | | 158. | q 1
7 | 1 | F The erudite Australian scientist is viewed by many of her
colleagues as a likely winner of the Nobel Prize for her recent
groundbreaking research on treatment of cancer. erudite | q 28 159.
| 9 | ; | | 1 The gardener had a maudlin concern for worms in his
garden; he would ring a bell before walking on the grass so that
they have a chance to get out of his way. maudlin | | 160. 4 * | ;
c q | | Except for United States of America, India has the largest
amount of arable land; still there is routine occurrence of food
shortage due to excessive dependence on rainfall. arable | 161. c
H| , - , - , 9 1* | In the wedding reception, we had some
ice-cream, then we had gulab-jamun, and some doodh-jalebi, but we
were worried about our weight so we decided to forgo the delicious
looking kheer. forgo | 162. | 9 @ | The main aim of windows and
skylights in a house is to get clean air and sunlight inside.
skylight | 163. | | | 7| | 7 , | , | The state is aware that the
policeman is the son of either a farmer or a worker. He suffers
from the same social and economic handicaps as the others who are
engaged in the relentless struggle to ameliorate their condition.
ameliorate | , 29 164. | | | | 11 | , 7 | | | | , ~ | For
Indo-Trinidadians, learning Standard Hindi is as good as learning
an alien language. In fact, most of those who have learnt Standard
Hindi become diffident, and even apologetic, when they have to use
that language in interacting with Indian nationals. Diffident |
165. | | l | It's the Indian penchant for chilli that alarms many
Western visitors. penchant | , 166. 1935 4 H 1| H7 | In 1935 for
instance, the British Government in Burma appointed a committee to
inquire how the imperial idea might be inculcated and fostered in
educational institutions. inculcate : 167. 1 | | cc | The topic is
a bit arcane, and takes some explaining to get readers up to speed
to appreciate it. arcane : 1 168. ~ | , ; ; . Soon enough night
brought a liquid, comforting blackness over dusk; stars strode out;
the mogra flowers below their balcony sent up loops of their
fragrance. dusk : 169. | | , 9 9 2006 What we're monitoring here is
the genesis of that second stage of human evolution. BBC News, 12
April 2006 genesis : 30 170. * | 9 * , 7 | | 1 | ] | | | | - - 7 +,
10 4 , 2010 The issue has brought together younger folks who are
more pro-environment and very older folks who remember a time
before clotheslines became synonymous with being too poor to afford
a dryer. Debate Follows Bills to Remove Clotheslines Bans, New York
Times, October 10, 2010 clothesline : | 1 171. 1 | He had the
audacity to question my decision. audacity : 1 172. | | 1* | | Vast
numbers of people even in the media front line can't enunciate
words properly. enunciate : 1* 173. 0 | || , | - - , 9 2006 A
British serviceman who died two days after a shooting in Iraq was
the "epitome of the professional soldier Regiment 'numbed' by Iraq
death, BBC News, September 9, 2006. epitome : 174. 1 | | | ~| | - -
, ~ + , 11 , 2009 I'd run in from school and hurtle up the stairs
to put down a new song I'd just written Natasha Marsh, BBC Wales
Music, September 11, 2009 hurtle : 175. c -+ | | - "11 | + | ", ,
20 1 2009. I have tried to bear that with a degree of equanimity
and dignity.- "There is no prospect of recovery", BBC News, 20
August, 2009 equanimity : 31 176. q | 1* -, H | - " | ", , 5 2009.
Bringing all the disparate parts of the college together under one
single complex will bring obvious logistical, financial and
academic benefits. - "Future artists find a historic home", BBC
News, 5 June 2009 . disparate : 177. | +| H - - , 20 2009. One
salutary feature is that all the parties, with the exception of the
Communists, share a common foreign and economic policy. -- BBC
News, 20 March 2009. salutary : | 178. | | | 01 -- ": c", , 4 2009.
The country was still marked by extremes of wealth and poverty, and
by myriad social conflicts. -- "India: Democracy's dance", BBC
News, 4 March 2009. myriad : 179. | | H H c | - - " H ", , 5 ,
2005. An ochre-robed Hindu mendicant with a flowing beard takes me
aside and whispers that he knows where the attackers stayed last
night before committing this atrocity. "Security doubts after
Ayodhya attack", BBC News, 5 July 2005. mendicant : H 180. | | Do
not backbite one another in the name of religion. backbite : | , ,
H 181. 1 7 One paragraph marked in the document provides
commercially sensitive data which we ask you to redact as
indicated. redact : 32 182. | 01 - | | 4 | . - - " : ~", , 9 |
2005. Kashyap says the Bollywood star system smacks of feudalism
and nepotism - children of stars often get preference over new
actors. -- "Reality hurts Indian filmmaker", BBC News, 9 February
2005. nepotism : 183. cc 1 | * ~ - - , 6 2006. I feel there is a
very, very deliberate attempt to malign Pakistan by some agents,
and President Karzai is totally oblivious of what is happening in
his own country -- BBC News, 6 March 2006. oblivious : 184. H | 007
| ~ + 7 H F - - , 26 2006. Daniel Craig has promised a more human
and fallible version of James Bond will be appearing when the
latest 007 movie hits cinema screens. -- BBC News, 26 March 2006.
fallible : H 185. 7 0 " " 4 - - , 5 + 2001. Actress Kate Winslet
has spoken of her regret over her "absolutely amicable" split from
husband Jim Threapleton. -- BBC News, 5 September 2001. amicable :
186. 7 | cc | Unjust regimes such as the Taliban should be dealt
with in their nascence. nascence : cc, , , + 1 187. | | | H* His
honesty was debauched by the prospect of easy money. debauch : , H*
, 4, , +, , 33 188. | | | - - , 28 + 1898. Both organisations said
the violence had been provoked by the forcible conversion of Hindus
to Christianity. -- BBC News, 28 December 1998. forcible : 189. l |
* - - , 20 1 2004. The bridge is currently generating tolls of 9m
plus per annum and now you have the effrontery to demand more. --
BBC News, 20 August 2004 effrontery : * 190. | | c 4 c The
government is also keen to try to identify further sensible
measures that could abate emissions from the sector. abate : , , ,
, , , , , , 191. | | , , 4 9 Every time you take a full and deep
breath, or when you cachinnate well, you get extra energy
instantly. cachinnate : , 192. | | 1 *| 1 9 We will deliver more at
a national level by bringing those laggard students up to the level
of the others. laggard : 1 , , |, q, , 193. 7 | | , 7 4 | | Unlike
other fields, latrology is not meant for every Tom, Dick and Harry.
latrology : 7, c 7 194. 1- 7 | It's a wonderful keepsake you'll
want to refer back to in years to come. keepsake : 1-7, , , 07 34
195. | 0| | c q It is perhaps too facile to say that these
planetary movements are governed by gravity. facile : , , , , + , ,
, , , 196. , 1 | , 7 | - 9 For some reason, however, he did not
welcome the idea; perhaps there was too much gaiety. gaiety : 9~ ,
97, , ~, 7, 9, - , 197. + | ~ | 7 - - , 19 |, 2006. The hope was
that a few would find their imagination sparked and would break
away from the indigence into which they had been born. -- BBC News,
19 January, 2006. indigence : | 198. 9| | | 4P Average or large
doses of warfarin in humans may cause haemorrhage. haemorrhage :
4P, 4 199. 1929 1| , 1 In 1929 some of our scouts attended the
jamboree held at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead. jamboree : c, , |, , 200.
H , ' | . ' The chairman said ' You're a very obdurate young man '.
obdurate : , T , , |, , , , , 0| , |, |, [
