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| Sr. | Word | Meaning | Usage in sentence | Pronunciation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abashed | feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious | Amit was abashed seeing his colleague Ashish steal the credit for his hard work. | рдЕрдмреЕрд╢реНрдб | |
| 2 | abate | become less in amount or intensity | As the team used the new technique, their fear about it abated. | рдЕрдмреЗрдЯ | |
| 3 | aberrant | Markedly different from an accepted norm | The Sales Strategy proposed was aberrant to the one usually executed for cars. | рдНрдмрд░рдВрдЯ | |
| 4 | aberration | a state or condition markedly different from the norm | The spike in Customer Complaints could be an aberration, given that we have had no more than 2-3 complaints in the last 3 quarters. | рдНрдмрд░реЗрд╢рди | |
| 5 | abetting | assisting or encouraging, usually in some wrongdoing | The Finance Manager was found abetting the Chief Operating Officer in the financial scam. | рдЕрдмреЗрдЯрд┐рдВрдЧ | |
| 6 | abeyance | temporary cessation or suspension | The Marketing Manager has held our latest Marketing Strategy in abeyance till he sees the results of the last one we executed. | рдЕрдмреЗрдпрдиреНрд╕ | |
| 7 | abhorrent | offensive to the mind | The language used by the client in his email is abhorrent. | рдНрдмрд╣реЛрд░рдВрдЯ | |
| 8 | abstruse | difficult to understand | These requirements by our client team are too abstruse to execute. | рдНрдмрд╕реНрдЯреНрд░реВрдЬ | |
| 9 | accede | agree or express agreement | We have to accede to the clients' request of releasing the updated version within the next 48 hours. | рдПрдХрд╕реАрдб | |
| 10 | accord | concurrence of opinion | My manager has given his accord to share the code with the client. | рдНрдХреЙрд░реНрдб | |
| 11 | addendum | textual matter that is appended to the end of a publication | The addendum to the SLA mentions the penalties in case there are are delays in service delivery. | рдЕрдбреЗрдВрдирдбрдо | |
| 12 | admonition | cautionary advice about something imminent | CTO's admonition that our security firewall might be compromised is bothersome. | рдНрдбрдореЛрдирд┐рд╢рди | |
| 13 | adroit | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought | Akash is adroit in creating wonderful pivot tables and dashboards in Power BI & Excel. | рдНрдбреНрд░реЙрдЗрдЯ | |
| 14 | adulation | exaggerated flattery or praise | Ramesh's adulation for his manager is not going to get him that promotion. | рдНрдбрдпреБрд▓реЗрд╢рди | |
| 15 | aggravating | making worse | You are aggravating the situation by arguing with me. | рдНрдЧреНрд░реЗрд╡реЗрдЯрд┐рдВрдЧ | |
| 16 | agog | highly excited | The team was agog with excitement at the NSE Listing of their company. | рдЕрдЧреЙрдЧ | |
| 17 | ameliorate | make better | The new security patch will ameliorate the present version of our security protocols. | рдЕрдореАрд▓реАрдЕрд░реЗрдЯреН | |
| 18 | amenable | open to being acted upon in a certain way | My manager is always amenable to new ideas. | рдЕрдореЗрдиреЗрдмрд▓ | |
| 19 | amok | wildly; without self-control | The software testers went amok in trying to find the bug in our code. | рдЕрдореЙрдХ | |
| 20 | amorphous | having no definite form or distinct shape | My idea about the project is still amorphous and not ready to be put in front of our team. | рдЕрдореЙрд░рдлрд╕реН | |
| 21 | anachronism | locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed | The use of a typewriter in today's modern world is considered an anachronism. | рдЕрдиреЕрдХреНрдХреНрд░реЙрдирд┐рдЭрд╝рдореН | |
| 22 | analogy | drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity | The analogy of a puzzle helped the team visualize how the project pieces fit together. | рдНрдиреЙрд▓реЙрдЬреА | |
| 23 | anarchic | without law or control | The anarchic Internet forum allowed users to post anonymously and without moderation. | рдНрдирд╛рд░рдХрд┐рдХ | |
| 24 | anarchy | a state of lawlessness and disorder | The way his team works is as close to anarchy as we can get in this company. | рдНрдирд╛рд░рдХреА | |
| 25 | anecdote | short account of an incident | During his pitch, the delivery manager shared an anecdote to illustrate his point. | рдНрдиреЗрдХрдбреЛрдЯ | |
| 26 | annotate | add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | The software allows users to annotate images with text and drawings. | рдНрдиреЛрдЯреЗрдЯ | |
| 27 | antagonism | an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility | After being denied her promotion she displayed antagonism towards her supervisor. | рдНрдиреНрдЯреЕрдЧреЙрдиреАрдЬрдо | |
| 28 | apocryphal | being of questionable authenticity | |||
| well known, but not true | While there is an apocryphal rumor circulating about the companyтАЩs financial health. | рдНрдкреЛрдХреНрд░рд┐рдлрд▓ | |||
| 29 | appease | make peace with | He offered additional 15% discount, to appease the client. | рдЕрдкрд┐рдЬ | |
| 30 | apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible harm or evil | After learning of the company's financial problems, he is apprehensive about doing business with them. | рдНрдкреНрд░реЗрд╣реЗрдирд╕рд┐рд╡ | |
| 31 | arbitrarily | in random or indiscriminate manner | He was fired arbitrarily. | рдЖрд░реНрдмрд┐рдЯреНрд░рд░рд┐рд▓реА | |
| 32 | archaic | extremely old, as if belonging to an old era. not modern. | She claimed the HR Policies at her previous organization were archaic. | рдЖрд░реНрдХреИрдХ | |
| 33 | arduous | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion. extremely tiring and difficult physical task. | Compiling a 1200+ page document for the merger is an arduous task. | рдЖрд░реНрдбреБрдЕрд╕ | |
| 34 | articulate | express or state clearly | The Job Description (JD) articulates the roles, responsibilities, duties and authority of the position he works in. | рдЖрд░реНрдЯрд┐рдХреНрдпреБрд▓реЗрдЯ | |
| 35 | astute | marked by practical hard headed intelligence | He is an astute marketing manager. | рдЕрд╕реНрдЯреНрдпреВрдЯ | |
| 36 | atrocious | shocking brutal or cruel | He complained, "the food they serve in our cafeteria is atrocious". | рдНрдЯреНрд░реЙрд╢рд┐рдЕрд╕ | |
| 37 | atrocity | act of shocking brutality or cruelty | The internet outage during online exams was seen as an atrocity by students. | рдНрдЯреНрд░реЙрд╕рд┐рдЯреА | |
| 38 | attenuate | become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude | Adding sugar or honey will attenuate the bitterness of the medicine. | рдЕрдЯреЗрдиреНтАМрдпреБрдПрдЯреН | |
| 39 | augment | enlarge or increase by addition of something | The price hike will augment our sales revenue. | рдСрдЧрдореЗрдВрдЯ | |
| 40 | austere | of stern strict bearing or demeanor. | |||
| extremely simple, lacking anything that can seen as luxury or comfortable | The austere look of the purse makes it less attractive to the customers. | рдСрд╕реНрдЯрд┐рдЕрд░ | |||
| 41 | averse | strongly opposed | As a Marketing Manager she was averse to dropping the price. | рдНрд╡реНрд╣рд░реНрд╕ | |
| 42 | buoyant | float or rise on water or on any liquid. | |||
| cheerful or optimistic successful, or making a profit | The buoyant real estate market has seen rise of many small scale developers. | рдмреЙрдЗрдЕрдиреНрдЯреН | |||
| 43 | blurt | say or speak impulsively | ItтАЩs not polite to blurt when someone else is talking. | рдмреНрд▓рд░реНрдЯ | |
| 44 | baffle | mysterious, confusing | Her sudden resignation from the post of VP - Marketing baffled everyone. | рдмреЕрдлрд▓реН | |
| 45 | calibrate | make fine adjustments | We need to calibrate our marketing strategy to suit our new demographics. | рдХреЕрд▓рд┐рдмрд░реЗрдЯ | |
| 46 | candor | speaking or being truthful and straightforward | As a Finance Manager he is known for his candor. | рдХреЕрдВрдбрд░ | |
| 47 | catalyst | substance or ingredient that promotes growth | We must look at HR as a catalyst for company's growth and not just as an Administrative function. | рдХреЕрдЯрд▓рд┐рд╕реНрдЯ | |
| 48 | circuitous | deviating from a straight course | |||
| going around in a round about manner | He explained his reasons in circuitous manner. | рд╕рд░реНрдХреНрдпреБрдЗрдЯрд╕реН | |||
| 49 | colossal | extremely great or large in size, extent or force | Buying XYZ Inc, was a colossal mistake for us. | рдХрд▓реЙрд╕реНрд▓реН | |
| 50 | commemorate | remember | The monument was erected to commemorate the fallen soldiers. | рдХреЛрдореЗрдореЛрд░реЗрдЯреН | |
| 51 | condone | forgive, overlook | She does not condone mistakes easily. | рдХрдВрдбреЛрди | |
| 52 | contention | strong disagreement with | |||
| competing for profit or win/gain/prize | The contention between the divorcing couple has caused the divorce proceedings to take several months. |
After Abhinav's promotion, Ashish and Asmita are in contention for his post. | рдХрдВрдиреНрдЯреЗрдиреНрд╢рди | | | 53 | convoluted | extremely difficult to understand, intricate/complex. | The companyтАЩs organizational structure was so convoluted that employees often got confused about their roles. | рдХреЙрдиреНрд╡реНрд╣реЛрд▓реНрдпреВрдЯреЗрдбреН | | | 54 | credence | something is believable | Given the frauds being uncovered in startups. Many startup founders are losing credence. | рдХреНрд░реАрдбрдиреНрд╕ | | | | crucial | something or someone that is important to success or succeed | Empathy is a crucial element in any role that is customer facing. | рдХреНрд░реВрд╢рд┐рдпрд▓ | | | 55 | culminate | end, reach final stage | The customer journey should culminate in a purchase. | рдХрд▓реНрдорд┐рдиреЗрдЯ | | | 56 | debacle | complete disaster | The last years sales strategy was a complete debacle. | рдбреЗрдмрд╛рдХреНтАМрд▓реНтАМ | | | 57 | decorum | following manners or rules of conduct | He followed the decorum of the post he holds. | рдбреЗрдХреЛрд░рдо | | | 58 | defamatory | harmful, untrue remarks used to discredit or disrepute | Her remarks about her manager's behaviour were defamatory. | рдбреЗрдлреЗрдореЗрдЯрд░реА | | | 59 | defunct | no longer in use | Your username and password become defunct once you leave the organization. | рдбрд┐рдлрдиреНрдХреНрдЯ | | | 60 | deplorable | very poor condition or quality | The condition of our warehouses across the city is deplorable. | рдбрд┐рдкреНрд▓реЛрд░реЗрдмрд▓ | | | 61 | elucidate | make simple or clear | Astha has to elucidate her loan restructuring strategy. | рдПрд▓реНрдпреБрд╕рд┐рдбреЗрдЯ | | | 62 | emulate | copy, imitate | Amar needs to emulate Prem's way of handling the clients. | рдПрдореНрдпреБрд▓реЗрдЯ | | | 63 | envisage | form a mental image of something not present | Roy and team envisage a time when AI will take over even the jobs of marketeers. | рдПрдирд╡рд┐рд╕рд╛рдЬ | | | 64 | exacerbate | make worse | Aman was speaking slowly, knowing that one wrong word will exacerbate her anger. | рдПрдЧреНрдЭрд╝реЕрд╕рд░реНрдмреЗрдЯреН | | | 65 | ethos | culture or spirit | Apeksha carries the ethos of her principled behaviour wherever she works. | рдИрдереЙрд╕реН | | | 66 | expedite | complete (the work) efficiently or in an efficient manner | His father, had to expedite the renovation of the house on account of his leave getting shorted. | рдПрдХрд╕реНрдкреЗрдбрд╛рдЗрдЯ | | | 67 | exponential | in great quantity or number or on a large scale | The use of AI has seen an exponential increase in the field of content creation. | рдПрдХреНрд╕реНрдкреЛрдиреЗрдиреНрд╢рд┐рдпрд▓ | | | 68 | fallacy | incorrect thought, or idea about something | Thinking that AI is a fad is a fallacy. | рдлреЕрд▓рд╕реА | | | 69 | fallacious | based on incorrect thought, idea or information about something | Her assumptions about the market demographics are fallacious | рдлреЕрд▓реЗрд╢рд╕реН | | | 70 | fortify | make strong | This extended line of products does seem to fortify our position in the field of spamware. | рдлреЙрд░реНрдЯрд┐рдлрд╛рдп | | | 71 | foster | build, nurture | Not just HR but the entire team is responsible to foster a culture of integrity in an organization. | рдлреЙрд╕реНрдЯрд░ | | | 72 | frivolous | not serious in nature, attitude or behaviour | His attitude in the quarterly review seemed frivolous. | рдлреНрд░рд┐рд╡реНрд╣рд▓рд╕реН | | | 73 | garner | bring together, collect or assemble | To increase our share of the market, we must garner the strength of our other companies' sales resources. | рдЧрд╛рд░реНрдирд░ | | | 74 | heed | careful attention | We need to pay heed to what they are saying if we are to survive these tough times. | рд╣реАрдб | | | 75 | herculean | requiring great strength | Raising the capital for our market expansion into Europe is a herculean task. | рд╣рд░рдХреНрдпреВрд▓рд┐рдпрди | | | 76 | hiatus | pause, rest | The MD has returned to the company after a hiatus. | рд╣рд╛рдпреЗрдЯрд╕ | | | 77 | immaculate | completely or thoroughly clean | Her immaculate record as General Manager, make her an ideal candidate for the position of VP. | рдЗрдореЕрдХреНрдпреВрд▓реЗрдЯ | | | 78 | imminent | about to happen | With Ashish moving to Europe, Aarti's promotion is imminent. | рдЗрдорд┐рдирдВрдЯ | | | 79 | impediment | something/someone that is an interference to progress | His inability to explain the concept in simple words could be an impediment in us securing the funding. | рдЗрдВрдкреЗрдбрд┐рдореЗрдВрдЯ | | | 80 | imperceptible | difficult to sense or understand, unable to be noticed | Sheila's smile was imperceptible, when her name was announced. | рдЗрдВрдкрд░реНрд╕реЗрдкреНрдЯреАрдмрд▓ | | | 81 | impertinent | not connected or related to the matter being discussed lacking modesty or respect | Vaibhav passed over the question about product inventory since it was impertinent to the HR Review that was happening in that meeting. | рдЗрдВрдкрд░реНрдЯреАрдирдВрдЯ | | | 82 | impetus | force that makes something happen or move forward | Rahul joining us as VP Marketing will definitely give an impetus to our Sales & Marketing department. | рдЗрдВрдкреЗрдЯрд╕ | | | 83 | inexplicable | something that cannot be understood or explained | The sudden change in her opinions about companyтАЩs future is inexplicable. | рдЗрдирдПрдХреНрд╕реНрдкреНрд▓рд┐рдХреЗрдмрд▓ | | | 84 | infallible | someone or something that cannot fail | Aryan has a reputation of being an infallible team player. | рдЗрдиреНрдлреЕрд▓рд┐рдмрд▓ | | | 85 | infuriating | extremely annoying, angering or displeasing | Jyoti's remarks about her supervisor Vidya were infuriating. | рдЗрдиреНрдлреНрдпреБрд░рд┐рдПрдЯрд┐рдВрдЧ | | | 86 | interject | speak out of turn in a conversation, interruption | Tanya has the ability to interject at all the wrong times. | рдЗрдВрдЯрд░рдЬреЗрдХреНрдЯ | | | 87 | lackadaisical | idle, lazy, not moving with required speed or efficiency | The teams lackadaisical attitude is a result of their manager's indifferent behaviour. | рд▓реЕрдХрдбреЗрд╕рд┐рдХрд▓реН | | | 88 | lacuna | gap, missing part. | Our inability to complete a background check is a lacuna in our recruitment and onboarding process. | рд▓реЕрдХреНрдпреВрдирд╛ | | | 89 | laudable | worthy of big appreciation or praise | Abhijeet's contributions to the success of the team are laudable. | рд▓реЙрдбрдмрд▓реН | | | 90 | lucrative | something that can generate huge profit | Anand has a more lucrative offer from our competitor. | рд▓реВрдХреНрд░реЗрдЯрд┐рд╡реНрд╣ | | | 91 | manifold | having many features or forms. varied | Our product has manifold features which are not fully explained. | рдореЕрдиреАрдлреЛрд▓реНрдб | | | 92 | modality | style in which something is done | Their modality is to act first think later. | рдореЛрдбреЕрд▓рд┐рдЯреА | | | 93 | modus operandi | style or procedure of working, which rarely changes | Anup's modus operandi for sales training is to think to like a customer and always keep a reason for not buying. | рдореЛрдбрд╕реН рдСрдкрд░реЗрдиреНтАМрдбреА | | | 94 | multitude | large uncountable number | A simple ball pen serves a multitude purposes. | рдорд▓реНрдЯрд┐рдЯреНрдпреВрдб | | | 95 | mundane | routine | As a accounts manager his life is pretty mundane. | рдордВрдбреЗрди | | | 96 | myriad | large uncountable number | We have had to answer myriad questions to secure the funding for our Europe expansion. | рдорд┐рд░рд┐рдЕрдбреН | | | 97 | nascent | in early stages, just beginning | Although our service app is in nascent stage, it holds a lot of potential. | рдиреЗрд╕рдиреНрдЯ | | | 98 | onerous | difficult to complete | Reading through and understanding the 1200-page merger document is an onerous task. | рдУрдирд░рд╕ | |