| Credulity: Readiness to believe |
| His credulity led others to make him the butt of their concocted stories and rumours. |
| Credulous: Tending to believe too readily, gullible |
| I am not so credulous as to be taken in by his smart talk, I know him too well to be taken in by what he is saying. |
| Exhortation: An encouraging speech |
| The Principal's exhortation to their newly-admitted students to work single-mindedly towards their goal had a lasting impact on their minds. |
| Exonerate: To free from blame |
| The judge had no choice in the matter but to exonerate him of the allegations leveled against him as there was no evidence to support them. |
| Guileless: Without deceit |
| The charm of a baby’s all-welcoming, guileless smile harboring no ill will. |
| Humane: Kind |
| The state government's act of waiving off the farm loans in view of the floods has been welcomed as a humane gesture by most farmers' unions. |
| Inundate: Overwhelm, to cover with a flood |
| While there were very few takers for fashion designing a few years ago, fashion design institutes are these days practically inundated with admission applications, forcing them to conduct rigorous entrance tests to select the best ones. |
| Inured: Accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
| He, being inured to misfortunes, he does not get ruffled over trivia. |
| Lambaste: Scold severely |
| He is frequently lambasted by his boss for not acting quickly. |
| Lament: Grieve |
| The media analyst laments the loss of innocence and naturalness among children as a consequence of over-exposure to electronic media. |
| Lithe: Flexible |
| Her extremely lithe body enabled her to perform almost impossible gymnastic feats with great ease. |
| Lofty: Haughtily |
| Experience shows that the lofty ideals like equal distribution of wealth contained in our constitution have not been realized till date. |
| Loquacious: Talkative |
| A loquacious talker as he was, Gaaldi could talk for hours at a stretch. |
| Lucrative: Highly profitable. |
| Most of the people pursue MBA for the sole purpose of pitching for lucrative salaries. |
| Malice: Evil intent |
| Despite the fact that almost 20 years have passed since Sidhi was cheated by his cousin, the feeling of malice still lingers on. |
| Malicious: Spiteful |
| The news story was full of malicious remarks against the hospital administrator. |
| Pretense: False appearance or action intended to deceive, ostentation |
| When the 1400/- flat tax scheme was announced, many shopkeepers felt that the government was trying to identify people who can actually pay income tax under the pretense of this scheme. |
| Raucous: Loud and rowdy |
| The raucous atmosphere in the Loksabha, with members shouting and hurling slogans, left the visiting team in doubt that the time had come to impose strict discipline. |
| Reprimand: To tell, off rebuke severely |
| The reprimand these mischievous girls had got last time from the principal over their wrongdoings has done little to prevent them from indulging in their stupid pranks again. |
| Reprisal: Retaliation |
| Yesterday’s firing by the Indian soldiers was a kind of reprisal against the earlier Pak bombing on the Indian troops. |
| Repulsive: Offensive |
| Eating non-vegetarian food is a far cry; he finds even its mention quite repulsive. |
| Tatter: Rag |
| The beggar in tatters pleaded with her to give him some woolens as his clothes were insufficient protection against winter. |
