| Abstruse: Difficult to understand |
| The abstruse Sanskrit text is beyond my understanding, unless some expert volunteers to help me out. |
| Babble: Talk thoughtlessly, prattle |
| The babble of a child, though sometimes beyond understanding, is nevertheless pleasing and enjoyable. |
| Brash: Offensive |
| The brash manners of the overconfident girl were quite offensive to the interview panel. |
| Breech: Part of a gun |
| He loaded the bullets in the breech and waited for his prey. |
| Capricious: Inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable |
| The capricious ways in which share prices tumble down or zoom up should give you sufficient warning that you may change from a crorepati to roadpati or vice-versa in minutes. |
| Carcass: The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food. |
| The carcass of the neighbours dog was found a hundred kilometers away from the house. |
| Discrepancy: Lake of consistency, difference |
| Upon close examination, we found a glaring discrepancy in the marks obtained by Nonu mentioned on the Marks Sheet and those in the result gazette. |
| Disdain: Scorn |
| The BSP's disdain for the "communal" politics of the BJP soon turned into a grudging liking for it, because it had to form a government in UP. |
| Glib: Marked by ease or informality, lacking in depth, superficial |
| A smart salesman, by definition, has to be glib-talking, otherwise convincing a customer is no easy job. |
| Grapple: To take hold of, fight with |
| Poor grapple everyday with the inflation. |
| Gratuity: That which is given without demand or claim. Tip. |
| A 15 percent gratuity is automatically added to the restaurant bill by giving tip to the waiter. |
| Irresolute: Uncertain how to act, weak |
| Kamzordil’s irresolute nature has landed him in this dilemma; had he acted with determination, he would not have faced this problem. |
| Nepotism: Favoritism to relatives |
| The large number of his relatives in key government positions indicates that probably he has been indulging in nepotism while doling out major postings. |
| Omnivorous: Taking in everything |
| We do not have any reservations about eating anything, be it meat, vegetables or whatever, in fact, we are omnivores |
| Provocative: Stimulating |
| Just yesterday, I heard a very stimulating lecture by a visiting management expert, which demolished all well-established theories as junk and offered a fresh new perspective on "real" management. |
| Ratify: To approve |
| Finally the POTO was ratified by the joint session of both the houses. |
| Rigorous: Very strict |
| The rigorous training routine in the Army, involving 8 hours of physical exercise, 6 hours of study and 4 hours of classroom lectures left him with little energy to do anything else |
| Ruthless: Cruel |
| Balban was quite ruthless in dealing with instances of official corruption and never spared even the religious nobles while handing out punishments for misconduct. |
| Saccharine: Overly sweet, overly sentiment |
| The saccharine-coated speech given by Mithu Lal made us believe that he had forgotten all his enmity towards his pet-hate Kanastar Nath. |
| Specious: Having deceptive attraction or allure |
| At the most, this kind of specious logic may convince a person who is not familiar with the ways of these tricksters, but me, no-no. |
| Wary: Very cautious |
| Having already burnt his fingers in many such schemes, he is quite wary of participating in any new scheme of this kind. |
