CLAT DEFINITIVE

garrulous

talkative, full of trivial conversation

diatribe

bitter or critical speech, thunderous verbal attack

itinerant

someone who is traveling from place to place (to work)

impecunious

poor, penniless

vaunt

to boast; to brag about

truculent

defiantly aggressive, surly, angry

obsequious

attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner, slightly slimy

loquacious

talkative, full of trivial conversation

panacea

cure-all, hypothetically

bellicose

warlike

conciliator

someone who tries to bring peace

clandestine

secretive

contrite

remorseful

recondite

hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure

prurient

characterized by lust

onerous

troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

sagacious

wise

deleterious

harmful to living things

banal

obvious and dull

vociferous

conspicuously and offensively loud

mollify

make less rigid or softer

galvanize

startle, excite, shock, electrify

diffident

lacking self-confidence

anathema

solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

pernicious

exceedingly harmful

ensconce

fix firmly

Abnegation

Renouncing a belief or doctrine

Beguile

Influence someone in a deceptive way

Circumlocution

Indirectly addressing an issue

Equanimity

Maintaining composure in stressful situations

Gratuitous

Uncalled for or unwarranted

Inveterate

Habitual

Multifarious

Multifaceted or diverse

Pejorative

Showing disapproval

Pertinacious

Someone who is stubbornly unyielding

Quotidian

Something that is of daily occurrence

Recalcitrant

Resistant to authority

Vicissitude

An unwelcome or unpleasant change in circumstances or fortune

Vociferous

Something or someone who is offensively/conspicuously loud

Deft

Skillful- nimble, neatness, sureness of touch

remanded

To send a case back to the court that originally heard it.

simper

(v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile

Commiserate

(v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

Importune

to ask persistently; to beg

Expiate

(v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert

Cursory

hasty and superficial; lacking depth or detail in examination or review.

Consternation

a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.

Protract

to prolong in time or space; to extend or draw out.

Impleaded

To be brought into a lawsuit or legal action as a party.

Proscribe

To forbid or prohibit something by law or authority.

Peturbation

A mental state of emotional disturbance or agitation, often involving anxiety or distress.

entreat

implore

injunction

A court order that compels or restrains an individual or entity from taking a specific action. Injunctions are often sought to prevent harm or enforce rights during legal proceedings.