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Vocab 2


1.       Accredit: To approve
The permission for celebrating days is still not accredited by the coordinator.
S: Certify, Sanction
A: Deny

2.       Acquaint: To make familiar with
Take time to acquaint yourself with the rules.
S: Inform, Apprise
A: Mislead, Beguile

3.       Adage: An old saying
His speeches are extremely interesting because they contain several appropriate adages.
S: Proverb, Maxim

4.       Addled: Confused
Her addled brain could not absorb the enormity of the situation.
S: Muddled, Unsound, Abash
A: Knowledgeable, Sagacious

5.       Enormity: Very large in size or importance
I don’t think you realize the enormity of the situation.

6.       Adjudicate: To judge
He was called in to adjudicate the dance competition.

7.       Adjure: To ask or order someone to do something
The judge adjured him to answer truthfully.
S: Urge, Plead

8.       Advent: An arrival, Coming
Life in Britain was transformed by the advent of the steam engine.

9.       Adversary: An enemy
He saw her as his main adversary within the company.
S: Opponent

10.   Admonish: To warn
The teacher admonished the student for coming late to class.

11.   Adventitious: Not planned or expected
An adventitious situation
S: Accidental

12.   Adversity: A difficult or unlucky situation or event.
She was always cheerful in adversity.
S: Distress
A: Fortune

13.   Aegis: Protection
Rama and Laxmana grew up under the aegis of sage vashisht.
S: Shield

14.   Affable: Friendly
The old lady’s affable nature impressed everyone present in the seminar.
S: Polite, Benign, Courteous
A: Impolite, Arrogant

15.   Afflatus: Inspiration
It was afflatus that made Buddha travel far and wide to preach.
S: Divine relation

Compiled By: Chaudhary Amit V.
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