past paper vocab NET (NUST) -OETP

accord

agreement/ harmony

anthology

a collection of poems and stories and writings

meditation

deep thinking or focusing the mind

fallacy

a mistaken beleif/ misconeception

benign

harmless/not dangerous

fulminate

to express strong anger and detest /denounce

heartfelt

deeply and sincerely/sincere

hasty

done without thinking to rash and quick

juxtaposition

two things side by side for comparison /contrast

expedient

convinient /advantageous

arable

suitable for growing crops/ cultivable

negligible

unimportant that can be ignored / insignificant

bona vacantia

property beloning to noone/ ownerless property

mororse

gloomy ,unhappy

welter

a confused mass or disorderly mixture

nadir

bottom

amend

to improve document or law, modify

amass

to collect or gather a large amount , accumulate

tireless

never seeming to get tired /indefatigable

robust

strong healthy /sturdy

acrimonious

hostile/ angry or bitter during an argument

cacophonus

producing a harsh and unpleasant mixture of sounds/discordant

headstrong

stubborn/obstinate/determined

knucklehead

fool or stupid person

axiom

a statement excepted true without proof/principle

industrious

hardowrking diligent

extravagent

spending too much/ lavish

outset

the begining of something/commencement

intrepid

brave

destitute

extremely poor lacking basic necessities/impoverished

beholden

owing gratitude or favour to someone/indebted

fad

a popular trend that last shortly/craze

indistinguishable

identical

rapport

a friendly relationship with mutual understanding/harmony

effrontery

shamelesss blodness rude /disrespectful/impudence

venial

a minor sin or fault that can be forgiven pardonable

knotty

complex

hierarchial

arranged in level rank or authority/ranked

pursue

to follow or work toward something/seek

fortunate

lucky

trepidation

fear or nervosness about something/apprehension

eschew

to deliberately avoid something /shun