English Vocabulary 3
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| Make someone aware of or familiar with | Acquainted |
| Police related words | Law enforcement Officer, Peace officer |
| Government related words | The Ruling party, Regime, Authorities, Central & State run officials, ministers |
| A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit | Enterpreneur |
| Laws, considered collectively | Legislation |
| Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause). | Promugulation |
| An authoritative order | Ordinance |
| Go on board a ship or aircraft or begin (a course of action). | Embark Past tense: Embarked (she embarked on a new career or he embarked for India in 1817) |
| Reference conveyed through pictures or portray in words; describe | Depiction (paintings depicting Old Testament scenes,youth is depicted as a time of vitality and good health) |
| Lasting for a very short tim | Ephemeral ( Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old) |
| Inform | Apprise |
| Highest point | Zenith, Pinnacle, Apex, Optimum |
| Causing Damage or harm or injury | Detrimental |
| A small quantity of something | Smidgen ( Add a Smidgen of salt) |
| Steep or rapid fall or drop | Plummet ( Cost of LED Lamp could plummet to $20) |
| Hinder or obstruct | Impede ( This action could impede our ability to modernise ) |
| Making one feel strong, healthy, full of energy | Invigorating ( A daily bath is invigorating ) |
| Very Happy | Delighted |
| Very Angry | Livid |
| Very Hungry | Ravenous (I'd been out all day and was ravenous) |
| To say it briefly, fitting your points into one concise statement | Succintly (You succinctly stated your case and sat down to great applause, not to mention great relief or During the debate, the politicians only had few moments to give succint responses) |
| Extremely Posh | Luxurious |
| Really a serious look | A stern look |
| A small organised dissenting group within a larger one especially in Politics | Faction ( The committee soon split into factions) |
| Causing or liable to cause death; | Mortals ( All humans are mortal, a mortal disease) |
| Necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility | Incumbent (the incumbent President was defeated or the government realized that it was incumbent on them to act |
| The act of coming up with something on the spot. A set of actors performing without a script | Improvisation |
| Forcefully | Vehemently (When people learned the banks were going to be bailed out by the government, they made vehement protests across the country) |
| Fill (someone) with great delight; charm;capture the complete attention of (someone);amaze or overwhelm (someone) with a particular impressive quality. | Enchant (Isabel was enchanted with the idea) Mermerised (They were mesmerized by his story) Fascinated, Magnetised, Dazzled(I was dazzled by the beauty and breadth of the exhibition) |
| Summarizing a Statement | Recapitulate |
| Astonishing, spectacular, Amazing, Superb, Out of the World | Breathtaking (The scene was one of breathtaking beauty;The train raced past with breathtaking speed. They gave a breathtaking performance; The view of the mountains was breathtaking; A scene of breathtaking beauty The scope of the error is breathtaking) |