➲ Stranger - An unknown person.

➲ Orphan - A person whose parents are dead.

➲ Relative - Someone from your own family like.
➲ Friend - A well wisher.
➲ Kin - Relatives belonging to the same lineage.
➲ Abate - To diminish, Reduce.
➲ Subside - To become less.
➲ Wane - To become smaller like the waning moon.
➲ Augment - To increase, Intensify.
➲ Decline - To become worse than before, or refuse.
➲ Conscientious - Dedicated.
➲ Pensive - To ponder, brood or think deeply.
➲ Ignorant - Not having any knowledge.
➲ Carefree - Having no care or worries.
➲ Shallow - Not very deep in a waterbody ; and 'shallow' in thoughts means to think of unimportant
things.
➲ Thoughtful - to think or be considerate.
➲ Supercilious - arrogant, haughty, disdainful.
➲ Condescending - Is to treat others as inferior.
➲ Humble - Modest, demure, quiet.
➲ Snobbish - To look down on others.
➲ Snooty - Is to be proud and look down on others.
➲ Denigrate - To belittle or slander someone.
➲ Compliment - To praise someone.
➲ Vilify - To spoil someone's name and reputation.
➲ Limp - To walk with difficulty, typically due to a damaged or a stiff leg or foot.
➲ Wobble - Move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side.
➲ Pace - Walk at a steady speed, especially without a particular destination and as an expression of
anxiety or annoyance.
➲ Sprint - Run at full speed over a short distance.
➲ Hobble - To walk in an awkward way due to injury making it the correct answer.
➲ Downfall - The loss of power, prosperity, or status.
➲ Ruination - The state of being ruined.
➲ Advancement - The state of making progress.
➲ Undoing - A person's ruin or downfall.
➲ Affluence - The state of having a great deal of money.
➲ Puerile - Childishly immature.
➲ Putrid - Decaying and smelling very bad, as also does.
➲ Aromatic - Something that smells beautiful and fragrant, perfumed.
➲ Brevity - To speak in short.
➲ Bluntness - To speak clearly.
➲ Overwrought - Very worried and upset.
➲ Frantic/distraught/nervous - To be worried and tensed.
➲ Serene - To be calm and collected.
➲ Superior - Of better quality than someone else.
➲ Remove - To get rid of something.
➲ Suppress - To reduce or lessen.
➲ Stimulus - A thing that evokes a reaction or activity in someone or something.
➲ Vacillate - To waver, move in a quivering way.
➲ Adhere - Stick fast to ( a surface or substance)
➲ Immigrate - To come into a country or region from another country.
➲ Immisicible - Separating two things.
➲ Imminence - The state or fact of being about to happen.
➲ Fractious - One who get easily upset, especially by small things.
➲ Docile - To be calm and compliant.
➲ Assonance - Resemblance in sound.
➲ Assimilate - To accept, absorb in the company or family.
➲ Artful - Cunning.
➲ Artifice - Treachery.
➲ Arthurian - Related to King Arthur.
➲ Flimsy - lacking in physical strength or substance.
➲ Revival - To renew again.
➲ Deferential - To show respect and be humble and thoughtful.
➲ Bask - To enjoy the mild heat.
➲ Bass - Low in tone.
➲ Baste - To cover with melted fat, or gravy, while cooking.
➲ Astute - Keen
➲ Athirst - Very eager to get something.
➲ Athwart - In opposition to something.
➲ Bulbous - Round, resembling a bulb
➲ Bullock - A male domestic ox like animal that has been castrated and is raised for beef.
➲ Irreversible - Action that cannot be reversed.
➲ Steady/stable - To be firm and fixed.
➲ Hydraulic - The force exerted by water in motion.
➲ Hydrodynamics - The dynamics of fluids.
➲ Hydromechanics - The study of fluids.
➲ Farce - Pretense
➲ Humility/Modesty - To be humble and unassuming.
➲ Ingress - An entry.
➲ Elegance - Full of grace and style.
➲ Frigidarium - A room for preserving fruits, meat, at a very low temperature.
➲ Grandiloquent - To speak in a bombastic manner.
➲ Garrulous - Constantly talking.
➲ Misnomer - Wrong name.
➲ Perdition - Damnation.
➲ Interminable - Never-ending.
➲ Quaff - Drink down quickly.
➲ Colonnade - A series of regularly spaced columns.
➲ Portico - A covered porch.
➲ Cloister - A covered walkway or covered way.
➲ Porch - A lobby or an entrance hall.
➲ Inexorable - Impossible to stop or prevent.
➲ Relentless - Unceasingly intense.
➲ Voracious - Insatiable.
➲ Obdurate - Stubborn.
➲ Frugal - Sparing or economical as regards money or food.
➲ Infallible - Exempt from error of judgement, as in opinion or statement.
➲ Customary - Conventional, habitual
➲ Idiosyncrasy - A behaviour or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person, a peculiarity that
serves to distinguish or identify.
➲ Propitious - Favourable, Benevolent
➲ Pillage - To loot or rob a place using violence like that Mongols did when they attacked India.
➲ Plagiarise - To take some one's work and pass it off as one's own.
➲ Proliferate - To multiply rapidly.
➲ Pilferage - To steal things that have a very small value in small quantities.
➲ Nepotism - Being partial or favouring someone.
➲ Wilt - Become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease.
➲ Shine - Give out a bright light.
➲ Excel - Be exceptionally good at or proficient in an activity or subject.

1. Assiduous - Diligent, Industrious

2. Reprimand - Rebuke, Admonish
3.Titillate - Stimulate, Excite
4. Titivate -To make smarter, More pretty
5. Vain - No Successful, Arrogant
6. Aberrant - Abnormal,Unusual
7. Abeyance - Suspended action
8. Abscission - Cutting off
9. Abscond - Depart Secretly
10. Abase - Degrade
11. Anathema - Curse
12. Astute - Wise, Skilled
13. Abdicate - Give up
14. Abortive - Fail, Fruitless
15. Accede - Agree to do

➲ A chip of the old block - Having the characteristics of the ancestors.

➲ Threw up the sponge - Quit the competition.
➲ To save her face - To avoid being embarrassed or disgraced.
➲ Flew off the handle - To get very angry.
➲ Lost in cloud - To day dream and be unfocused on reality.
➲ Hush money - Bribe paid to keep someone quiet.
➲ Food for thought - Something worth thinking about.
➲ Rub salt in the wounds - To deliberately make someone suffer.
➲ Not my cup of tea - Not to my liking.
➲ Living a lie - Being dishonest or pretending.
➲ Like the back of hand - Very familiar with something.
➲ Back room boys - People who do important work but have no contact with the public.
➲ Ball is in his court - Leave the next step upto the other person.
➲ An arm and a leg - Very expensive.
➲ Added an insult to injury - To worsen an already unfavourable situation.
➲ The best of both worlds - to get varied advantages at the same time.
➲ Glad to see the back of - To feel happy when someone leaves.
➲ Barking up the wrong tree - Accusing the wrong person.
➲ Whole nine yards - Everything
➲ Straight from the horse's mouth - From a reliable source.
➲ Stole the thunder - Took attention away from others' efforts.
➲ Steal the limelight - To get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation.
➲ Steal the show - To attract the most attention and praise.
➲ To pound the pavement - Walk the streets looking for a job.
➲ To shape up or ship out - To either improve one's performances or quit.
➲ To tar another with the same brush - To believe that someone of a particular group has the same
bad qualities as others in that group.
➲ Cut the ground from under the feet - Weakened the position.
➲ Deliver - Do as expected.
➲ Acid test - Test used to prove efficiency of a person.
➲ Oily tongue - To be good at flattery.
➲ Have bad blood - To have ill feeling.
➲ Achilles heel - A characteristic weakness.
➲ To burn the midnight oil - To work till late night.
➲ The devils advocate - A person who gives counter arguments.
➲ Elvis has gone out of the building - The show is over.
➲ Not to give up your day job - A mild way of saying 'you cannot do anything professionally, as your
are not good enough'
➲ Speak of the devil - When the person you have just been talking about arrives.
➲ Sit on the fence - When someone does not want to choose or decide.
➲ To be a bit out of something - To be mentally lost and confused.
➲ A bare faced lie - An obvious lie.
➲ A ball park figure - An approximate number.
➲ To kill two birds with one stone - Accomplish two different things with a single move.
➲ Keep at bay - Keep something away.
➲ Jump on the bandwagon - Join a popular trend or activity.
➲ Near to impossible - Something almost impossible.
➲ A near miss - Something did not quite reach the desired level.
➲ A narrow squeak - An escape or victory that is narrowly achieved.
➲ A clip over the ear - To give a smack on the ear.
➲ A case in point - An actual example to illustrate a point.
➲ A bum-steer - Purposely give someone the wrong directions.
➲ To taste one's own medicine - What you did to others is done to you.
➲ To take something with a grain of salt - To not take what someone says too seriously.
➲ To steal someone's thunder - To take the credit for something someone else did.
➲ A fly on the wall - A person who discretely watches a situation without being noticed.
➲ Name was in the mud - Unpopular.
➲ Letting the cat out of the bag - Unintentionally revealing a secret.
➲ Hollow leg - An ability to drink large quantities of alcoholic beverages.
➲ A greenhorn - A novice.
➲ A crying shame - Something unfair.
➲ Robbed the cradle - Have romantic relationship with someone much younger.
➲ Silver surfers - An old aged internet user.
➲ Ambulance chaser - A lawyer who exclusively deals in cases that involve accidents and claims
rising from such.
➲ Cross the bridge when you come to it - Deal with the problem when you face it and not think about it
before.
➲ An arm and a leg - A great cost.
➲ Hot potato - A disputed topic on which people would talk endlessly.
➲ To run riot - To get out of control.
➲ To go through fire and water - Face any difficulty.
➲ To talk through one's hat - Talk nonsense.
➲ Sailed through - Being successful in doing something without difficulty.
➲ Drop of a hat - Very quickly.
➲ A penny for your thoughts - What are you thinking?
➲ Golden hand shake - A good amount of money.
➲ Dead woods - Unnecessary things.
➲ Tricks of the trade - Being expert in something.
➲ Come to a bad end - A disaster that is deserved or expected.
➲ Dead in the water - At standstill.
➲ Deaf ear - Unwilling to listen.
➲ Beat the air - To make useless efforts.
➲ To take to task - Reprimanded him
➲ Bring to light - Revealed.
➲ Stand by - Support.
➲ Stave off - Prevent.
➲ Making hay while the Sun shines - Taking advantage of a favourable opportunity.
➲ On the same page - Having similar opinions or thoughts.
➲ At the drop of a hat - Instantly and without hesitation.
➲ With a high hand - Oppressively.
➲ The stars have aligned - The right moment.
➲ Out of nowhere - Unexpected event.

ambidextrous-capable of using both hands with equal skill

dexterous-skillful
sinister-evil, threatening
gauche-awkward
misanthropic-hating mankind
electrode n. a conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object
covalent n. relating to or denoting chemical bonds formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms
granter n. a person who grants or gives something
enrollment n. the act of putting yourself or someone else onto the official list of members
mimic v. to imitate closely
sustainable a. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
fill in v. complete a drawing by adding color or shade to the spaces within an outline
hole n. an electron’s positively charged counterpart
memoir n. a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources
evoke v. bring or recall to the conscious mind
primer n. a small introductory book on a subject
assessment n. the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something
avenue n. a way of approaching a problem or making progress toward something
aspiration n. a hope or ambition of achieving something
populist a. of a political approach to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded
by elite
reverberate v. be repeated several times as an echo
coursework n. written or practical work done by a student during a course of study
outreach n. the process of an organization building relationships with people to advise them
innate a. inborn; natural
words n. pl. something that is said, talk
emeritus a. having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor
reception n. a social gathering often for the purpose of extending a formal welcome
root out v. eradicate, eliminate
inorganic a. not consisting of or deriving from living matter
bulk production n. the final product being produced based on the mass order requirements
mammalian a. relating to or denoting a mammal
pulsar n. a tiny dense star that sends out radio waves
strip v. remove all coverings from; leave bare of accessories or fittings
model v. use something as an example to follow or imitate
implication n. close connection; action or state of being involved in something
irrational a. not logical or reasonable
account for v. to give a reason or explanation for something
ponder v. think about something carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion
implication n. the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated
relegate v. consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position
exploitation n. the action of treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work
dough n. a thick, malleable mixture of flour and liquid, used for baking into bread or pastry
spatula n. an implement with a broad, flat, blunt blade, used for mixing and spreading things
membrane n. a thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a boundary, lining, or partition in an organism.
permeability n. the quality of a material that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it
discrepancy n. a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts
lay bare v. reveal or explain; point out frankly, bring into open
accumulation n. the acquisition or gradual gathering of something
photovoltaic a. related to using sunlight to cause a chemical reaction that produces electricity
frame v. give expression to; express something choosing your words carefully
storyline n. the plot of a novel, play, movie, or other narrative forms; the series of events that happen in it
annotate v. make critical or explanatory notes or comment
power grid n. a network of electrical transmission lines connecting generating stations to a wide area
savvy a. shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgment
fluctuation n. an irregular rising and falling in number or amount
daunt v. make someone feel intimidated or apprehensive
regimen n. a prescribed course of medical treatment, way of life, or diet for the promotion or restoration
of health
resilience n. an ability to recover from or adjust easily to change
viable a. capable of working successfully; feasible
clock v. to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device
swim meet n. a large gathering of athletes for a swimming competition
prick n. an act of piercing something with a fine, sharp point
syringe n. a tube for collecting blood or other liquids or for putting liquids into the body usually through a needle
competent a. having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully
cue n. a signal to someone, like a performer, to begin a specific speech or action
give rise to v. to cause something
intriguing a. arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating
tweak v. improve a mechanism or system by making fine adjustments to it
mutation n. the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted
to subsequent generations
mire v. cause to become stuck in the mud
pronounced a. very noticeable or marked; conspicuous
alleviate v. make a problem less severe
rare earth n. any of a group of similar oxides of metals occurring together in widely distributed but
relatively scarce minerals
lay out v. to arrange; to plan in detail
rationale n. an underlying reason
scrappy a. having an aggressive and determined spirit
hands-on a. involving direct involvement or intervention
tangible a. perceptible by touch
tidal a. relating to or affected by tides
perpetual a. never-ending or changing
jump-start v. to start or restart something rapidly or forcefully
lackluster a. lacking in vitality; uninspired or uninspiring
marginalize v. treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral
ongoing a. continuing; still in progress
cognitive a. of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity
impairment n. loss of function or ability
close-knit a. united or bound together by strong relationships and common interests
cookout n. a party or gathering where a meal is cooked and eaten outdoors
segregation n. the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others or being set apart
complex n. a group of obviously related units of which the nature of the relationship is imperfectly known
iteration n. the repetition of a process or utterance
span n. the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers
stare at v. gaze or gawk at someone or something in an intense, prolonged, or steadfast manner
forlorn a. pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
accumulate v. gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of
domino effect n. the cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events
fragmented a. broken, incoherent, disorderly