Vocabulary-32

♦️DETERIORATED (V ) : WORSEN , DECAY
👉Many of food materials DETERIORATE badly if stored in damp conditions.

♦️BUDGED  ( V ) : MOVE, SHIFT, REPLACE, RELOCATE
👉For a week after demonetisation the queues in the banks did not BUDGE.

♦️BEATIFIED (V / +  ) : BLESS
👉The newly married couple were BEATIFIED by the bishop.

♦️DEVOURER ( N ) : SWALLOW
👉My friend’s wife DEVOURED half of the large burger in one bite.

♦️TOTEMIC (ADJ) : SYMBOLIC OR REPRESENTATIVE
👉The fast food chains have become TOTEMS of development in the U.S.

♦️PLUNGE (N/V ) : SINK
👉The stock market has PLUNGED on the first day of the week.
👉The swimmer PLUNGED into the deep end of the pool.

♦️STUPEFYING (V ) : ASTONISH , STUN
👉The amount they spent on their daughter’s marriage would STUPEFY everyone.

♦️HUBRIS (N ) : VANITY, EXCESSIVE  PRIDE
👉Heavy economic loans & poverty shook the HUBRIS of Pakistan.

♦️NUISANCE ( N) : ANNOYANCE
👉Ties with China & Pakistan have always created NUISANCE for us.

♦️MINUSCULE( N/ADJ) : TINY, MINUTE
👉The newsroom was MINUSCULE, not much more than a rat-hole.

♦️HUMANISE ( V ) : MAKE SOMETHING MORE HUMANE OR CIVILIZED, BETTER OR IMPROVE
👉These measures are intended to HUMANIZE the prison system.

♦️OVERREACH ( N) : GET THE BETTER OF BY CUNNING, OUTWIT
👉It is not wise to be too clever. Sometimes you OVERREACH yourself.

♦️BUREAUCRATIC (ADJ) :  ADMINISTRATIVE, OFFICIAL
👉The government has created BUREAUCRATIC monster.
👉There was a BUREAUCRATIC muddle (mess/ mismatch) over his appointment.

♦️INCONGRUOUS ( ADJ) : NOT IN HARMONY, INAPPROPRIATE
👉Such traditional methods seem INCONGRUOUS in our technical age.

♦️EXTRACTIVE (ADJ ) : SOMETHING THAT MAY BE EXTRACTED
👉The objective to find new EXTRACTIVE methods of amino acid.
👉Increasing EXTRACTIVE industries are deteriorating the Forest’s Flora & fauna.

♦️PARADIGM ( N) : A PATTERN OR MODEL
👉Our education system badly needs a PARADIGM shift.

♦️DWELLER ( N) : AN INHABITANT OF A SPECIFIC PLACE, A RESIDENT
👉The govt should make proactive measures to save forest DWELLERS.
👉City DWELLERS suffer higher pollution level.

♦️DETAIN ( V) : OFFICIALLY SEIZE , HOLD UP
👉The police has DETAINED a suspect up to  48 hours.
👉She was DETAINED without trials for two years.

♦️EGALITARIAN (ADJ ) : BELIEVING IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL AND DESERVE EQUAL RIGHTS
👉People have long dreamt of an EGALITARIAN society.

♦️INSULATE ( V ) : PROTECT FROM HEAT BY SURROUNDING WITH  INSULATING MATERIALS, DETACH, DISSOCIATE, DISUNITE
👉The ceiling tiles help to INSULATE a room.

♦️SCRUTINY ( N ) : CRITICAL OBSERVATION OR EXAMINATION
👉The case was placed under CBI scrutiny.

♦️FARCE ( N) : AN EVENT OR SITUATION THAT IS ABSURD OR DISORGANIZED
👉The trial was a mere FARCE.

♦️DILUTED ( ADJ ) : MAKE WEAKER IN FORCE, CONTENT OR VALUE
👉She DILUTED  milk with water.

♦️DISCONTENT ( N) : DISSATISFACTION WITH ONE’S CIRCUMSTANCES; LACK OF CONTENTMENT
👉There is a DISCONTENT within the farming industry.

♦️ASCRIBE ( V) : REGARD SOMETHING AS BEING DUE TO ( A CAUSE)
👉He ASCRIBED his family’s conflicts as his failure.