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ENGLISH VOCABULARY SUPPORT
VOLUME I
HAJVERY UNIVERSITY LAHORE - PAKISTAN
HU SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
Faculty of English Language and Literature
Composed by: Marryiam Khan

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1. Assume/Assumed/Assumption: To suppose. A supposition. To presume. A
presumption. A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen without proof.
Sentence: They made various assumptions about the success of stock exchange
market.
Sentence: I assumed that he was coming. So, I was surprised when he did not show
up.
Sentence: We cannot assume anything in this case.
Sentence: “Be positive John, do not always assume the worst”, said Katie to his
friend John.
2. Abolish: To formally put an end to (a system, practice, law or institution).
Sentence: Edward argued that it was not appropriate to abolish private schools.
Sentence: The government is planning to abolish the additional tax on grocery
items.
Sentence: Child labor has been abolished in most parts of the world.
Sentence: Slavery has been abolished in most parts of the world.
3. Brag: To boast off, to say something in a boastful manner.
Sentence: The students were bragging about how easy the test had been.
4. Captivate/Captivated/Captivating: To attract the attention, interest and
attraction. To influence and dominate by some special charm, trait and ability.
Sentence: The beautiful scenery captivated our attention.
Sentence: He was captivated by her beauty.
Sentence: Since its inauguration, Burj al Khalifa captivates the interest of the
tourists.
Sentence: The audience was captivated by her performance.

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5. Confine/Confined/Confinement: To imprison someone. To forbid someone
from leaving a place.
Sentence: Henry thinks that it is cruel to confine a bird in a cage.
Sentence: Bella was confined to her room by her mother.
Sentence: He confined himself to his room.
6. Compel: To force someone to do a thing.
Sentence: She compelled him to become her witness for the trial.
7. Debunk: To reveal, expose the true face, false face or hollowness of an idea,
institution or a person. To defame someone by exposing his/her secrets. To reduce
the inflated reputation of someone.
Sentence: She debunks all the rubbish about the showbiz industry.
Sentence: Comedy takes plight in debunking heroes.
8. Extricate: To free someone or something from a constraint or difficulty. To
release, to liberate.
Sentence: He was trying to extricate himself from official duties.
9. Hideous: Extremely ugly, unpleasant, and gruesome.
10. Intrude, Intruder: To interrupt, Interrupter.
11. Intrusion: Interruption.
12. Plight: A dangerous, difficult or unfortunate situation.
Sentence: We must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children who
are living in poverty.
Sentence: The doctors should struggle to relieve the plight of the patients.
13. Refute: To disagree.
Sentence: Restorers who sought to refute this view were accused of ignorance.

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14. Repel/Repelled/Repelling: To drive or force something away or back.
Sentence: In Summer season there is always a surge in the sale of mosquito
repellents.
Sentence: The army was ready to repel an attack.
15. Tedious: Tiring, lifeless and uninteresting.
16. Stab: To wound or thrust with knife.
Sentence: She stabbed her to death.
Sentence: He stabbed her in the stomach.
Sentence: She stabbed at the ground with a fork to sow a plant.
17. Retreat: To withdraw, move back from enemy as a result of their power. To
withdraw after a defeat.
Sentence: There was a sound of retreating footsteps.
18. Emerge: To advance, come forward.
19. Hound: To harass, pursue, relentlessly.
Sentence: She was hounded by the Italian press.
Sentence: His opponents used the allegations to hound him out of the office.
20. Relent: To become less intense, to soften down, to become mild.
Sentence: The rain relented.
Sentence: She was going to refuse his request but relented.
21. Relentless: Unceasingly intense.
Sentence: The relentless heat of desert made everyone sick and feverish.
22. Shove: Push violently, push roughly.
Sentence: Police started pushing and shoving people down.

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Sentence: Kids pushed, kicked and shoved.
23. Antidote: Something that fights, nulls or finish an unpleasant feeling or action.
The solution of an unpleasant situation.
Sentence: Laughter is a good antidote to stress.
24. Amiable: Very friendly and pleasant to talk or converse with.
Sentence: The amiable young man greeted me enthusiastically.
25. Infatuation: Strong but short lived admiration.
Sentence: He had developed an infatuation for her.
26. Contentment: A state of happiness and satisfaction.
Sentence: He found contentment in living a simple life in the village.
27. Orchestrate: To arrange, to compose.
28. Orchestration: Arrangement, composition.
Sentence: Who orchestrated this whole function?
Sentence: Who is orchestrating this whole genocide?
29. Avert: To turn away.
Sentence: His eyes averted a little bit.
Sentence: She averted her eyes a little bit while we made stilted conversation.
30. Scanty: Meager, small and limited.
Sentence: They paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages.
31. Excursion: To make a short journey to a place for pleasure trip. Leisure activity.
Sentence: He returned after a short excursion to Lahore zoo.
32. Ingenious: Clever, over smart, cunning, shrewd and creative.
Sentence: He is very ingenious when it comes to work.

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Sentence: Considerable ingenuity must be employed in writing novels.
33. Cease, Ceased: Stop, come to an end.
Sentence: The hostilities (opposers) ceased and normal life was resumed.
Sentence: These students never cease to amaze me.
Sentence: They were asked to cease all military activity.
34. Detain: Keep in custody.
Sentence: She made to open the door but the kidnapper detained her.
Sentence: She was detained without trial for two years.
35. Perpetuate: To cause to continue. Long-lasting.
Sentence: The confusion was perpetuated due to in adventure.
36. Perpetuating: Lasting forever and for long.
Sentence: Perpetuating winds flood the city.
37. Flagellate, flagellated: To flog, to whip.
Sentence: The couple was flagellated to death.
38. Famish: Reduce someone to extreme poverty and hunger.
Sentence: They had famished the city into surrender.
Sentence: Africa is extremely famished.
39. Tether: To tie, to fasten to fix objects.
Sentence: The horse had been tethered to a point.
40. Unleash: To release, to set free from a leash.
Sentence: The failure of the talks could unleash more fighting.
Sentence: His comment unleashed a storm of protest in India.
41. Rebuff: Rejection of the one who offers help, shows interest or make a request.

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Sentence: He rebuffed her when she advanced to seek help.
42. Seek: To search.
43. Overwhelmed: To have a strong emotional effect.
Sentence: I was overwhelmed with guilt.
Sentence: She was overwhelmed by a sense of tragedy.
44. Annihilate: To destroy, to obliterate, to destroy completely.
Sentence: A crusade to annihilate evil.
Sentence: A simple bomb would be enough to annihilate them all.
45. Inundate/Inundation: Rise or surge of something in a great amount.
Sentence: The roads were inundated by the rain water.
46. Quips: Short witty sentences.
Sentence: Jane Austen is known for her quips.
47. Tranquil: Peace, soothing, calm.
Sentence: The Sea was tranquil.
Sentence: She was looking at the serenity of the landscape with tranquil gaze.
48. Tranquility: A state of peace and quiet, serene.
Sentence: The things that he wished for in life were tranquility and freedom.
49. Flout: Openly disregard, mock a law. Break a rule or convention.
Sentence: Do not flout the law.
50. Defiance: Open resistance, bold disobedience.
Sentence: The demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings.
51. Limp: To walk with difficulty, to walk lamely.
Sentence: He limped heavily as he moved.

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Sentence: The badly damaged aircraft limped back to France.
Sentence: Jacob got bit by a dog that is why he was limping all the way back to his
home.
52. Tremulous: Quivering, Shivering.
53. Tremble/Trembling: To shiver or to quiver, Quivering/Shivering.
Sentence: Barbara was trembling with fear.
54. Capitulation: Act of surrendering or giving up. Cease to resist an opponent or
unpleasant situation or demand.
Sentence: The patriots had capitulated to the enemy forces.
55. Epithet: An adjective or phrase of praise or blame used about a person.
Sentence: The old men were unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty’.
56. Specious: Apparently plausible and true but actually wrong and false. Something
that is deceptive.
Sentence: This is a specious argument.
Sentence: The trading company presents a specious appearance of novelty.
57. Enviable: Something that arouses envy or is likely to arouse envy.
Sentence: This statement is enviable.
Sentence: The famous politician gave an enviable remark during the interview.
58. Sulky: Bad tempered, not cheerful.
59. Embellish: To decorate.
Sentence: The Statue of Liberty embellishes the New York city.
60. Admonish: To warn strongly, express disapproval.
Sentence: The social activist admonished the evil of child labor in his article.

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61. Evict: To expel someone from the right of property, especially by the support of
a law.
Sentence: A single mother along with her children has been evicted.
62. Paragon: A mark/symbol of excellence.
Sentence: The Statue of liberty is a paragon of America.
Sentence: Shahrukh Khan’s acting career is a paragon; it is very difficult to achieve
such a height of excellence in the field of acting.
63. Obstinate: Refusal to accept ideas or beliefs contradictory to his/her own ideas
and beliefs.
Sentence: Pippa remained obstinate.
64. Conducive: Tending to bring about. Supportive to something.
Sentence: We should find a place for study that is free of distraction and is
conducive to learning.
65. Astounding: Extremely impressive.
Sentence: Her astounding performance amazed everyone.
Sentence: Her knowledge regarding sciences is astounding.
66. Appall/Appalled: To become shocked and extremely disappointed.
67. Appalling: Shocking.
Sentence: We were appalled by the jury’s verdict in favour of the accused.
68. Revel/ Reveled: To enjoy, celebrate one’s success.
Sentence: She reveled in the sorrow that her curse had brought.
69. Concrete: Definite, physical, visible.
Sentence: Concretize your dreams.
Sentence: I do not have any concrete proof.

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70. Legacy: Something worthy that someone leaves behind. An amount of money
or property that is left behind by someone.
Sentence: This land is the legacy of your father.
Sentence: Shahrukh Khan’s performance and his contribution in Bollywood
industry is a great legacy to cherish forever.
71. Ripple: A wave, a wavy movement. Waves of sea.
Sentence: As Katie made her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantics
rippled through her hair.
Sentence: Giant ripples of the sea were hitting the shores.
72. Snippet: Small pieces or extracts. Something that is in small amounts.
Sentence: From nearby tables, Katie could hear snippets of conversation.
73. Scan: To check.
74. Instinct: Natural behavior.
75. Linger: To stay in a place longer than necessary.
Sentence: Katie hustled over and took the order but did not linger at the table.
Sentence: She could not get rid of her lingering thoughts.
76. Dart: Attack, rush forward to something.
Sentence: The cat made a dart for/towards the door.
Sentence: A dozen seagulls perched on the railing, waiting to dart beneath the tables
if someone dropped a scrap of food.
77. Assassin: Killer especially of a political party.
Sentence: ABC political party has a lot of assassins.
78. Déjà vu: A feeling of having already experienced the present situation that
someone is going through.

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79. Amid: Surrounded by. In between.
Sentence: Lilies sprout amid the wild grass in what once was flower bed.
80. Savor: Taste and enjoy the food to its fullest.
Sentence: She raised a cup savoring the aroma as she took a sip.
81. Spruce: To clean, to neat, to groom.
Sentence: Katie was ready to spruce up the apartment.
82. Prowl: To move, to creep stealthily.
Sentence: He prowled the whole town searching for her lost daughter.
83. Sag/saggy/sagging: Drooping, wilting. To sink, bulge downwards due to lack of
strength.
84. Conspicuous: Evident, apparent.
85. Mull/Mulling: To think about something deeply for a long time. To ponder, to
contemplate.
Sentence: She began to mull over the various possibilities.
Sentence: Joe took another sip of coffee mulling over her answer.
86. Beckon: To call someone by moving the hand or head. To signal.
Sentence: It felt safe as if it had somehow been beckoning to her all along,
promising sanctuary.
87. Prompt/Prompted: To persuade someone for an action.
88. Ammunition: Material that is used in fighting.
89. Tinker: A person, worker with metal who travels from place to place repairing
things.
90. Tinkering: Mending, repairing.

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Sentence: He was tinkering with the items he stocked in an attempt to keep up with
the challenging demands of the customers/or the changing tastes of his customers.
91. Weary: Tired, exhausted, drowsy.
Sentence: He had a wearying and isolated lifestyle but he remained focused on his
children.
92. Garrulous: Someone who excessively talks especially in trivial matters.
Sentence: Her mother is very garrulous.
93. Ambush/Ambushed: A surprise attack by some concealed army or enemy.
94. Turmoil: A state of great disturbance, unrest and confusion.
Sentence: The country was in great turmoil.
Sentence: He was in turmoil.
Sentence: His emotions were in turmoil.
95. Bedrock: Basic principle on which something is based.
Sentence: Friendship and companionship had been the bedrock of their successful
married life.
96. Ajar: A slight open of a door.
Sentence: The door was ajar.
97. Reproach: Express one’s disapproval or disappointment in someone’s actions.
Sentence: Her friends reproached her for not thinking enough about her family.
Sentence: When Alex did something wrong, he waited for the wave of self-
reproach and regret to come but strangely it did not.
98. Plummet: Fall or drop straight to the ground. To fall at a high speed. To decrease
rapidly in value or amount.
Sentence: A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully
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Sentence: Gold prices plummet.
Sentence: The rates of property suddenly plummeted.
99. Parole: An oral/verbal agreement.
Sentence: The prisoner got released on parole.
100. Bereave: To be deprived of a close relation or relative or friend because of
his/her death.
Sentence: May God help the bereaved.
Sentence: She has recently been bereaved of her mother.
101. Scowl: An angry or bad tempered expression. To frown.
Sentence: She scowled at him defiantly.
102. Defiance/Defiant/Defiantly: Open resistance, bold disobedience.
Sentence: The demonstration was done in defiance of the unjust treatment.
103. Resonant: A deep, clear continual sound which swirls around continuously.
Sentence: The city was resonant with the Church bells.
104. Rumble/Rumbling: A resonant, continual sound.
Sentence: Thunder rumbled, lightening flickered and the weather suddenly
changed.
Sentence: There were numerous rumbles of discontent from the disappointed
customers at the market.
105. Slur/Slurred/Slurring: To speak in a manner that is difficult to understand for
the other person.
Sentence: In a drunkard state, his speech was beginning to slur.
106. Gash: A deep cut or wound.

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Sentence: She had been hit with a snow globe that her father had thrown at her
mother. It made a gash in her head that bled for hours, but neither her father nor her
mother had shown any inclination to bring her to the hospital.
107. Squint/Squinted/Squinting: To observe with both eyes to see more clearly.
Sentence: The bright sun made them squint.
Sentence: She leaned over the boat, squinting the life jacket.
108. Rummage: To search unsystematically and untidily through something.
Sentence: He rummaged his pocket for the handkerchief.
Sentence: Nancy rummaged her purse for the medicine.
Sentence: He rummaged the drawer for his handkerchief.
109. Subdue: To overcome or bring something under control. To bring a country or
people under control by force.
Sentence: She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud.
Sentence: King Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons.
Sentence: The prime minister subdued the political upheaval by the help of armed
forces.
110. Fiddle/Fiddled/Fiddling: A small and easy task. To do a small and easy task.
Sentence: Inserting a cassette into the cassette player is such a fiddle.
Sentence: Leena is fiddling with her cup.
Sentence: As Katie shopped, Alex fiddled around the register watching her from
the corner of his eye.
111. Skittish: Nervous or excitable. A person who can be easily scared.
Sentence: Skittish investors withdrew their money from equity markets.
112. Attire/Attired: Clothes, formal dress. To be dressed.

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Sentence: The sober attire of British army appealed everyone.
Sentence: Agatha was attired in an elaborate evening gown.
Sentence: The teenager was stylishly attired.
113. Shackle: Iron fetters. Handcuffs.
Sentence: The criminals were shackled by the police officers and taken to the jail.
114. Bruise: An injury appearing as an area of discolored skin on the body. Damage
signs, marks on the skin.
Sentence: He has got a bruised knee.
Sentence: Their faces were bruised and injured.
115. Fortify: To defend, strengthen with defensive works. To secure. To protect.
Sentence: One should fortify his/her health by choosing healthy eating habits and
lifestyle.
Sentence: The army fortified the castle as a defense against opponent army.
Sentence: The girl was fortified by the police against the kidnappers.
Sentence: Multivitamin supplements fortify our health.
116. Erupt/Erupted/Erosion: To break out in a sudden and dramatic manner.
Sentence: Fierce fighting erupted between the army and the defenders.
Sentence: The great volcano erupted from the mountains of Nigeria.
Sentence: Eruption of volcanoes has become common due to climate change.
117. Prompt/Prompted: To cause to happen. To persuade. To cause someone to
take an action.
Sentence: The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee from the country
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Sentence: Curiosity prompted him to check the room that was locked for a couple
of hours.
118. Incite: Encourage or stir up. To force, urge or persuade someone.
Sentence: He incited him to rebel.
119. Dissuade: To stop someone from an action. To persuade someone not to take
a particular action.
Sentence: His friend tried to dissuade him from the fight.
Sentence: His friends dissuaded him from flying the helicopter.
120. Rivulet: A small stream.
Sentence: Small rivulets of water were formed in the streets of the town after heavy
rain.
121. Flinch: To make a quick nervous and painful movement of the face or the body
as a reaction to pain or fear.
Sentence: She flinched when the doctor inserted the needle of the injection into the
vein of her arm to take a blood sample for testing.
122. Distraught: fearful, a state of anxiety and confusion.
Sentence: She was distraught with worry.
123. Revive: Make something active and vigorous again.
Sentence: The President is taking measures to revive the ailing economy.
124. Spate: A large number of similar things coming in quick succession.
Sentence: A spate of honey bees attacked the man.
Sentence: A spate of dolphins is migrating from Black Sea to Mediterranean Sea.
Sentence: A spate of drone attacks struck the city.
125. Demeanor: Behavior.

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Sentence: Her kind behavior/demeanor and open expression reveals her affection
for children.
126. Fugitive: A person or criminal who has escaped from captivity of the police or
a criminal who is hiding from police.
127. Intrinsic: A natural belonging/behavior. A natural attribute.
Sentence: She is kind; it is intrinsic to her nature.
128. Extrinsic: Something that is opposite to its real nature. Something that is
superficial, unreal and unnatural.
Sentence: “Do not fake your smile Jacob, it seems extrinsic on your sad face”,
remarked John to Jacob.
129. Haul: To pull or drag something with effort or force.
Sentence: He hauled his bike out of the rivulet.
Sentence: He hauled his drowning body along the sea shore.
130. Scoot: To leave, rush or go quickly.
Sentence: They scooted off on their bikes.
131. Squat: To sit with one’s feet close to buttocks behind.
Sentence: Alex squatted down next to her.
Sentence: Ali squatted down on his prayer sheet for Fajar prayers.
132. Dash out/Dash/Dashing out through: Run or rush somewhere in a great hurry.
Sentence: He dashed out of the hotel after getting an emergency call.
Sentence: She made a dash towards the door.
133. Startle, Startled: A sudden shock or alarm.
Sentence: The agitating comment of the President startled the audience.
134. Detain: To keep someone from proceeding. To stop someone.

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Sentence: She made to open the door, but he detained her.
Sentence: You cannot detain someone from pursuing their career opportunities by
imposing your desires and restrictions on someone.
135. Detain: To keep in prison/official custody, for interrogation/inquiry about a
crime or a sensitive situation/case.
Sentence: She was detained without trial for two years.
136. Nudge: To poke someone with finger or stick. To poke someone gently with
one’s elbow in order to attract attention.
Sentence: People were nudging each other and pointing at Alex.
137. Tap/Tapped: To touch, pat or to strike with a quick light blow.
Sentence: He tapped the keys and the door opened.
138. Flail/Flailing: To wave or move hands or some other body part wildly in order
to seek help or in an emergency/life threatening situation.
Sentence: Josh was in the water fully drowned and his arms were flailing in panic.
Sentence: His arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance.
Sentence: The kid was flailing in the deep water.
139. Grate/Grated: To reduce food to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater.
Sentence: “Grate the cheese into the mixing bowl”, said Katie to her friend Bella.
Sentence: Katie is grating the carrots to make a carrot dessert.
Sentence: Katie grated the pumpkins and put them in the mixing bowl.
140. Slam: To shut forcibly.
141. Venerate: Great and deep respect and honor for someone or something.
Sentence: We highly venerate your efforts.

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Sentence: Tom Cruise is venerated for his hard work, great acting skills and
contribution to the field of Hollywood industry.
142. Nestle/Nestled: To settle oneself comfortably.
143. Tremble: To shiver convulsively as a result of fear.
Sentence: His hands were trembling while getting bribe money secretly.
Sentence: He trembled with fear.
144. Stash: Something precious that is concealed, for example precious objects,
valuables, money, jewels etc.
Sentence: He had a stash of gold jewelry in his cupboard.
Sentence: The stash of money in the pocket of the waitress grew thick as she
collected tips from her happy customers.
145. Kink: A twist or a curve, crack or flaw.
Sentence: Joe sat and worked on the kinks.
Sentence: There was a kink in the road.
Sentence: Though the company is making success but there are still some kinks that
need to be treated.
146. Remnant: A part, quantity, piece that remains or is left after the greater part
has been used.
Sentence: The remnants of his sandwich fell and scattered on the floor.
Sentence: After giving a haircut the hair stylist cleaned the remnant strands of the
hair that fell and scattered on the floor.
147. Interrogate: To examine or inquire.
Sentence: The convicts/indicted were interrogated in jail by the police officers.
Sentence: The police officers conducted hundreds of interrogations during a year.
148. Stub: The end, remaining part of something. A remnant.

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Sentence: “Please take care and retain your ticket stub” the security guard said to
the woman.
Sentence: He grounded/put his cigar/cigarette stub into the ashtray.
149. Eradicate: To destroy/destruct completely.
Sentence: Efforts are being made at global level to eradicate poverty in
underdeveloped countries of the world.
150. Incapacitate/Incapacitated: To deprive someone of his/her authority or
power. To unarm.
Sentence: Snow white was made incapacitated by her wicked step mother.
151. Ensue: The aftermaths, the after results.
Sentence: The rumors ensued after the disappearance of a child from his school.
152. Converge: To meet at a point. To match.
Sentence: Their opinions converged during the meeting and thus a new rule was
made in the organization.
153. Diverge/Diverging: Something that is opposite to the other one.
Deviate/Deviating.
Sentence: Unluckily their opinions diverged during the meeting and the new rule
did not come into being.
154. Incentive: A thing that encourages or motivates someone.
Sentence: Give farmers an incentive to improve the wheat production of their fertile
lands.
155. Incentivize: To encourage, motivate. To provoke.
Sentence: The government should incentivize the farmers to improve the wheat
production of their fertile lands.
156. Incubate: A practice of the female birds to sit on their eggs to keep them warm
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Sentence: Hens are incubating their eggs.
Sentence: Sparrows are incubating their eggs.
157. Incubate: To support something that is small/weak by establishing supportive
ways.
Sentence: America is incubating the economically deprived countries by financial
and educational aid.
158. Incur/Incurred: To bear the results. To face unwelcoming and unpleasant
results because of one’s own mistake or misbehavior.
Sentence: The company incurred a loss of 7 billion.
159. Inevitable: Unavoidable. Predictable to happen.
Sentence: The war was inevitable.
160. Revulsion: A sense or feeling of disgust and loathing.
Sentence: The news of attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.
161. Detest: Extreme hatred.
Sentence: I detest her for her misbehavior with the headmaster.
Sentence: He detested her mockery.
163. Rigorous: Careful, extremely thorough and careful.
Sentence: Students of English Literature make a rigorous study of all the genres of
English Literature.
Sentence: The products of ABC Company pass through a rigorous quality checks
in the factory.
164. Escort: A group of trained persons accompanying each other for the security
and protection of an important personality.
165. Devious: A skillful, smart use of hidden and nefarious tactics to achieve evil
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Sentence: He is as devious as a politician needs to be.
Sentence: They have devious ways of making money.
166. Defame/Defamation: To disrepute.
Sentence: He sued her for defamation.
Sentence: It is a defamatory allegation.
167. Spectacular: Something that is beautiful and eye catching.
Sentence: The painting of the mountain scenery was spectacular.
168. Revoke: To officially cancel a decision, plan or promise or an order.
Sentence: The workers appealed and the plan was revoked.
169. Stagger: To move unevenly as if about to fall.
Sentence: He staggered to his feet swaying a little.
Sentence: The treasury of the country staggered from one crisis to another.
170. Torment/Tormenting: Severe mental or physical suffering.
Sentence: The laborious journey had been a torment for them.
171. Intervene: To take part in something to prevent or alter a result or a possible
outcome.
Sentence: Their officials intervened in ours to halt the expulsions.
172. Halt: To stop immediately. To bring to an abrupt stop.
Sentence: There is a growing global pressure to halt the bombings in Syria.
173. Concession: A favor/relaxation that is granted in response to demands.
Sentence: The government was unwilling to make any further concessions.
174. Litigate/ Litigation: The process of taking legal action. To take legal action to
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175. Litigious: Someone who is always/too ready/quick to take legal actions on
matters.
Sentence: John is very litigious in official matters.
Sentence: Henry has a litigious nature.
176. Companionate: To come together in a bond. To bond two people in a relation.
Sentence: Marriage companionate two people in a strong eternal bond.
177. Comprehend/Comprehensible: Easy to understand.
Sentence: His hand writing is easy to comprehend.
Sentence: His handwriting is easily comprehensible.
178. Retrieve: To fetch. To bring something back.
Sentence: The police retrieved the stolen gold jewelry from the robbers.
179. Depose/Deposed: To remove someone from office or from a post.
Sentence: He had been deposed by a military cop.
180. Derogatory: Disrespectful.
Sentence: Alice always makes derogatory remarks.
181. Deficit: An insufficient amount of money. An excess of expenditures over
income and profit or assets.
Sentence: There was a large continuing deficit in the federal budget.
Sentence: The company incurs a deficit in its annual profit every year.
(The End)

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