| Adapt: Adjust, familiarize |
| They adapted themselves to the change quickly. |
| Elapse: To quietly terminate: said of time. |
| Time elapse never returns. |
| Exemplify: To show by example |
| What makes this book doubly helpful is that the author quotes several well-thought out case studies to exemplify the application of these management principles in real-life situations. |
| Facilitate: To make easier |
| To facilitate the accounting work and its efficiency, the bank has decided to install several computers. |
| Fundamental: Basic |
| Winning in a sport is quite important, no doubt, but much more fundamental is a spirit of participation and a killing spirit to fight, which we lack. |
| Modify: to change |
| To be made applicable to the changed economic scenario, the policy needs to be modified suitably. |
| Pirate: To reproduce without authorization |
| We are not at all interested in buying the pirated version of this highly successful music album. |
| Averse: Opposed |
| Though I do not like the idea in totality, yet I am not averse to a discussion on it in detail to iron out the finer points. |
| Considerate: Compassionate, sympathetic, thoughtful |
| The superstar is reputed to have a very considerate attitude towards newcomers; in all likelihood you will get some help from him. |
| Contention: Claim, thesis |
| You may believe what she says, but my contention remains that unless we thoroughly examine the entire records, we cannot deduce any reliable conclusion. |
| Empirical: Based on experience |
| Though most people believe that familiarity with a person induces liking for him or her, there are no relevant empirical studies to support this widely shared notion regarding human behaviour. |
| Eradicate: Totally destroy |
| The WHO has started a worldwide campaign to eradicate polio from the entire world by 2004. |
| Estrange: Alienate |
| Though Savi Jiddu was trying to bring back his estranged wife from his in-laws' place, his mother-in-law was insistent on keeping her. |
| Exaggerate: To overstate |
| There is no need to exaggerate or understate your achievements, just be yourself. |
| Exponent: A representative |
| Ustad Balla Chalkha Khan is one of the most famous living exponents of the dying art of the Jaltarang. |
| Inedible: Not good for food |
| They complained of being given food which was inedible. |
| Misery: Distress |
| Those used to the luxuries of the city life can never think of the miseries besetting rural life. |
| Paucity: Scarcity |
| There is no paucity of hard-working, innovative and committed scientists in India. |
| Raze: To destroy |
| The WTC was razed to the ground when two airplanes hijacked by the Taliban hit it, causing it to catch fire. |
| Reimburse: To repay |
| You need not worry on this count, you just spend the money, the office is certainly going to reimburse every cost you incur in this important matter. |
| Remuneration: Compensation |
| They work in excess of their contracted hours for no additional remuneration. |
| Capitulate: Give up |
| Upon being pestered unrelentingly by them, Shaukin Nath capitulated to their demand for an enquiry into the entire episode. |
| Demented: Insane |
| The wild, crazy way in which the old man behaved with others suggested that he had probably become demented and was a case fit for a psychiatrist. |
| Depreciate: Reduce in value |
| The vehicle had depreciated greatly ever since it was bought because of the great wear and tear it had undergone. |
| Disabuse: To set right |
| You must disabuse his misconceptions about the working of our organization. |
| Fatuous: Foolish, inane |
| We cannot rest on the fatuous assumption that the benefits of growth at higher levels will automatically flow down to the common people. |
| Frugality: Thrift, economy |
| Unless he exercises frugality in expenditure, he is likely to land in a financial disaster of his own making. |
| Heedless: Thoughtless |
| We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals |
| Ineluctable: Impossible to avoid, inevitable |
| Who can escape the ineluctable fate God has written for us all even before we came on this earth? |
| Inimitable: Not capable of being imitated |
| We never expected the young singer to match up to Jagjit Singh’s inimitable voice and singing style. |
| Mollify: Soothe |
| The visiting leader tried to mollify the angry tempers of the villagers by assuring them of immediate action against the erring policemen. |
| Propinquity: Closeness of relationship |
| We soon turned into fast friends because of our residential and occupational propinquity. |
| Remnant: Leftover |
| Though the commission records had been burnt in the all-consuming fire, yet some remnants were visible in the form of some un-burnt pieces of paper, which had survived the fire. |
| Repartee: Witty reply |
| To his innocent question "Do you like pop?, he had this funny repartee as a reply "Not mine". |
| Repel: To drive back |
| What really repels her from Anoop is his lack of seriousness and bad habits like smoking and drinking. |
| Resolute: Determined |
| Their resolute refusal to compromise forced us to call off the deal. |
| Reverberate: To echo |
| Though Mohammed Rafi is no more, our drawing rooms still reverberate with the sound of his melodious voice. |
| Sporadic: Occurring irregularly |
| While it rained continuously last night, the day saw only sporadic spells of rains, interspersed with dry periods. |
| Transgress: To break a law |
| Transgression of law is a crime and will remain so, howsoever high or mighty you may be. |
| Volatile: Changeable |
| The volatile communal situation in Gujarat calls for extreme vigilance on the part of the police. |
