vocab by neetu singh

• Abase

Degrade.

Embolden

To make someone brave

Eminent

Known and respected

Emulate

Try to be equal

Endangered

To put at risk

Endear

To cause someone to be liked

Emaciated

Thin and weak

Emanate

निकालना/ Emitting/ejecting

Emancipate

Set free

Embark

To begin

Embellish

To ornate or decorate

Elated

Overjoyed

Elicit

to draw out or provoke a response, reaction, or information from someone.

Elope

To leave home secretly to get married

Elucidate

To make clear by explaining

Elusive

Difficult to find/describe

Effluvium

Noxious(harmful or poisonous) smell

Effrontery

Extreme rudeness

Egalitarian

Believing all people are equal

Egregious

Notorious/extremely bad.

Egress

Exit

Edify

To educate morally or spiritually

Eerie

Weird/strange in a frightening way.

Efface

Wipe out

Effete

Weak and without power

Effigy

a statue of a famous or religious person or a god

Ebullient

Very energetic and positive

Eccentric

Of strange behaviour.

Eclectic

Selected from various sources

Ecstasy

A state of extreme happiness

Edict

Official command, order

Dolorous

Great sadness or sorrow

Draconian

Extremely severe. (Related to law)

Drizzle

Rain in very small light drops

Drowsy

Sleepy

Ebb

Recede(to move away) to flow away from land (used about sea water)

Disparagement

Insult/abuse.

Dispassionate

a person or approach that is impartial, calm, and objective, completely free from personal emotions, bias, or prejudice.

Dispense with

Get rid of or manage without.

Disseminate

to spread information, knowledge, ideas etc widely

Docile

quiet and easy to control. (Person or animal)

Dine

Eat dinner

Discord

Lack of agreement

Disembarked

To leave a ship/plane after the Journey.

Disillusion

Disappointment

Disinterested

Impartial (निष्पक्ष)

Desecration

Treatment of something sacred disrespect.

Despicable

Unpleasant, causing strong feeling of dislike

Detente

The easing of hostility between countries.

Deterrent

something that discourages or prevents a person or group from doing something

Diffuse

Spread over a wide area.

Demographer

A person who studies changes in number of births

Denounce

To criticize strongly

Deplorable

Very bad

Deposition

A testimony (evidence)

Derail

To come off the railway track

Defacto

Existing in fact

Defeatist

One who accepts defeat easily

Deference

Respect

Defiant

Disobedient

Defuse

Reduce tension

Deluge

A large amount of rain/water

Debunk

To show that some thing is less Important

Debut

Something performed for the first time

Decimate

Kill/destroy.

Decipher

Decode

Declivity

Downward slope

Deface

बदशक्ल बनाना

Dauntless

Bold(brave or fearless)

Dearth

Lack of

Debauched

One who is given to sex, alcohol etc

Debilitate

Weaken

Debonair

Fashionable/Attractive

Dank

Damp/wet

Dapper

Neat and tidy

Dappled

Spotted

Daub

Smear or to spread a sticky substance across something/somebody.

Daunt

Intimidate, frighten.

Dabble

Work in non-serious way

Daft

Silly or stupid

Dainty

Small and graceful

Dally

Procrastinate/to waste time or do something slowly.

Damsel

A young unmarried girl.

Corporal

Bodily or of the human body.

Credentials

Qualities/documents proving ability and experience.

Crooked

Dishonest/not forming a straight line.

Culminate

To reach a point and then finish

Curb

To check/restrain

Dab hand

An expert in something.

Corroborate

Confirm or support.

Countenance

The expression of the face.

Couplet

Two successive rhyming lines of verse.

Cramp

to make something difficult or painful tighten of muscle.

Conspicuity

Clarity.

Contemplate

Think of a particular thing for a long time.

Convalesce

Regain health after illness.

Conversant

Having knowledge of.

Conviviality

Friendly.

Ambush

a surprise attack from a hidden position

Commendable

Praiseworthy