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Vocab 51


1.       Absconded (v): To go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere.
She absconded from boarding school with her boyfriend last night.
Absconder (n)

2.       Prattle (v): To talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important.
Stop your prattling and go to sleep!

3.       Empirical (adj): Based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory.
Empirical studies are more interesting rather than studying banal theories.
Empirically (adv)

4.       Procure (v): To get something, especially after an effort.
She managed somehow to procure his telephone number.

5.       Adage (n): Proverb, Maxim, Saying
He remembered the old adage “Look before you leap”

6.       Daunting (adj): Making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to attain something.
Just because of your daunting presentation you could not get selected in the competition.

7.       Worthwhile (adj): Useful, important or good enough to be suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made.
I consider teaching a worthwhile career.

8.       Worth (adj): Having a particular value, especially in money.
Our house is worth Rs 5 lakh.

9.       Disparage (v): To criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them.
The actor’s work for charity has been disparaged in the news paper as an attempt to get publicity.

10.       Repulsive (adj): Extremely unpleasant or unacceptable
What a repulsive old man!

11.       Proliferate (v): To increase a lot and suddenly in number.
Small businesses have proliferated in the last ten years.

12.   Impede (v): To slow down or cause problems for the achievement or finishing of something.
If anyone impedes in our way, we must not look back, but we have to cross all the hurdles created by him.

13.   Mundane (adj): Very ordinary and therefore not interesting.
Mundane matters such as paying bills and shopping for food do not interest her.

14.   Extricate (v): To remove or set free something with difficulty.
It took hours to extricate the car from the sand.

15.   Interrogate (v): To ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats or violence.
She interrogated with me for an hour.


Compiled By: Chaudhary Amit V. 

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