1 plot:- a clever trick or plan that is used to get someone to do something or to gain an advantage over someone
Examples:-
a)Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
b)asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
Synonyms: artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, trick
Examples:-
a)Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
b)asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
Synonyms: artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, trick
2 Noose:-a large loop at the end of a rope that gets smaller when you pull the rope and that is used to hang people, to capture animals, etc.
Example:-
a confirmed bachelor, he vows never to get caught in the noose of matrimony
Synonyms: entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, web, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trap
Example:-
a confirmed bachelor, he vows never to get caught in the noose of matrimony
Synonyms: entanglement, mesh(es), morass, net, web, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trap
3 Impasse:-a situation in which no progress seems possible
Examples:-
a)An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse.
b)She had reached an impasse in her career.
Synonyms: deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam, Mexican standoff, stalemate, standoff, standstill
Examples:-
a)An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse.
b)She had reached an impasse in her career.
Synonyms: deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam, Mexican standoff, stalemate, standoff, standstill
4 Protrude:-to stick out
Examples:-
(a)His lower jaw protrudes slightly.
(b)A handkerchief protruded from his shirt pocket.
Examples:-
(a)His lower jaw protrudes slightly.
(b)A handkerchief protruded from his shirt pocket.
5 Efficacy:-the power to produce a desired result or effect
Example:-
(a)questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft
Example:-
(a)questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft
6 Vandalise:-to deliberately destroy or damage (property)
Examples:-
(a)Our car was vandalized in the parking lot.
(b)he decided to vandalize the store because the owner had kicked him out
Examples:-
(a)Our car was vandalized in the parking lot.
(b)he decided to vandalize the store because the owner had kicked him out
7 Remnant:-(a)the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone
(b)a small piece of cloth that is left after the rest of the cloth has been sold
Examples:-
(a)Remnants go on sale next week.
(b)sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard
Synonyms: balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends
(b)a small piece of cloth that is left after the rest of the cloth has been sold
Examples:-
(a)Remnants go on sale next week.
(b)sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard
Synonyms: balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends
8 Potbelly: -a large, round stomach that sticks out
Examples:-
(a)a man with a potbelly
(b)he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health
Synonyms: bay window, beer belly, belly, corporation, gut, paunch, pot
Examples:-
(a)a man with a potbelly
(b)he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health
Synonyms: bay window, beer belly, belly, corporation, gut, paunch, pot
9 Whence:-from where
Example:-
They returned to the land whence they came.
Example:-
They returned to the land whence they came.
10 Codswallop:-nonsense
Examples:-
a)That is a load of codswallop.
b)a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brainanda stomach would dismissal codswallop
Synonyms: applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (orbuncombe), claptrap, nonsense
Examples:-
a)That is a load of codswallop.
b)a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brainanda stomach would dismissal codswallop
Synonyms: applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (orbuncombe), claptrap, nonsense
11 Mural:-a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall
12 Precinct:-
(a)any one of the sections
that a town or city is divided into when people vote in an election
(b)any one of the sections that a city is divided into for organizing the city's police forces
(c) a police station of a precinct
(a)any one of the sections
that a town or city is divided into when people vote in an election
(b)any one of the sections that a city is divided into for organizing the city's police forces
(c) a police station of a precinct
13 Ousting:-
(a)to cause or force (someone or something) to leave a position of power, a competition, etc.
(b)to take the place of (someone or something)
Examples:-
(a)The rebels ousted the dictator from power.
(b)Large national banks are ousting local banks in many communities.
Synonyms: banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, eject, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf
(a)to cause or force (someone or something) to leave a position of power, a competition, etc.
(b)to take the place of (someone or something)
Examples:-
(a)The rebels ousted the dictator from power.
(b)Large national banks are ousting local banks in many communities.
Synonyms: banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, eject, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf
14 Flux:-(a)a series of changes : continuous change
(b)a substance used for helping to melt or join metals
Examples:-
(a)the English language is always in a state of flux
(b)January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores.
Synonyms: change, fluctuation, inconstancy, oscillation
(b)a substance used for helping to melt or join metals
Examples:-
(a)the English language is always in a state of flux
(b)January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores.
Synonyms: change, fluctuation, inconstancy, oscillation
15 Mansuetude:-the quality or state of being gentle
16 Forbade:-
(a)To order (someone) not to do something
(b)to say that (something) is not allowed
Synonyms: ban, bar, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe
(a)To order (someone) not to do something
(b)to say that (something) is not allowed
Synonyms: ban, bar, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe
17 Scrunch:-
(a)to make your body lower or shorter by bending your legs, making your backbend forward, lowering your head, etc.
(b)to tighten the muscles of (your face or nose)
(c)To put (several or many people or things) in a space that is too small
Examples:-
(a)I scrunched down in the chair.
(b)I scrunched the fabric in my hand.
Synonyms: crinkle, rumple, crumple, wrinkle
(a)to make your body lower or shorter by bending your legs, making your backbend forward, lowering your head, etc.
(b)to tighten the muscles of (your face or nose)
(c)To put (several or many people or things) in a space that is too small
Examples:-
(a)I scrunched down in the chair.
(b)I scrunched the fabric in my hand.
Synonyms: crinkle, rumple, crumple, wrinkle
18 Rave:-(a)to talk or write about someone or something in an excited or enthusiastic way
(b) to talk loudly in an angry or wild way
Examples:-
(a)“It's his best performance yet,” rave done movie critic.
(b) The guy on the corner was raving like a madman.
(c)The coach ranted and raved at the referee.
Synonyms: drool, effuse, enthuse, fuss, gush, rhapsodize, slobber
(b) to talk loudly in an angry or wild way
Examples:-
(a)“It's his best performance yet,” rave done movie critic.
(b) The guy on the corner was raving like a madman.
(c)The coach ranted and raved at the referee.
Synonyms: drool, effuse, enthuse, fuss, gush, rhapsodize, slobber
19 Rickety:-not strong or stable and likely to break
Example:-
He burst through the rickety screen door and onto the porch
Example:-
He burst through the rickety screen door and onto the porch
20 Superette:-a small supermarket
21 Cheapskate:-a person who does not like to spend money
Example:-
a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death
Synonyms: miser, churl, hunks, niggard, penny-pincher ,piker ,scrooge, skinflint, tightwad
Example:-
a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death
Synonyms: miser, churl, hunks, niggard, penny-pincher ,piker ,scrooge, skinflint, tightwad
22 live up to (one's) end of the bargain:-
(a)To do as was promised in an agreement or bargain
(b)to carry through with what one agreed
to do
Example:-
I've delivered the cash as you instructed. Now you have to live up to your end of the bargain
(a)To do as was promised in an agreement or bargain
(b)to carry through with what one agreed
to do
Example:-
I've delivered the cash as you instructed. Now you have to live up to your end of the bargain
23 Blurt:-to say (something suddenly and without thinking about how people will react
Example:-
“Gosh, you look awful!” she blurted.
Example:-
“Gosh, you look awful!” she blurted.
24 Blue in the face:-Showing signs of exhaustion or strain. Often used in the phrase "till (one) (is) blue in the face."
Example:-You can complain about it till you're blue in the face, but we're going to your grandmother's whether you like it or not
Example:-You can complain about it till you're blue in the face, but we're going to your grandmother's whether you like it or not
25. Rummage:-to search for something especially by moving and looking through the contents of a place.
Examples:-
(a)He rummaged through the attic for his baseball card collection.
(b)He rummaged in his pocket for the receipt.
(c)I heard you rummaging around in the refrigerator.
Synonyms: ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out)
Examples:-
(a)He rummaged through the attic for his baseball card collection.
(b)He rummaged in his pocket for the receipt.
(c)I heard you rummaging around in the refrigerator.
Synonyms: ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out)
26. Ecstatic:-very happy or excited : feeling or showing ecstasy
Examples:-
(a)He was ecstatic when he heard that he was going to be a father.
(b)a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice
Synonyms: elated, elevated, enrapt, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, intoxicated, rapt, rapturous
Examples:-
(a)He was ecstatic when he heard that he was going to be a father.
(b)a football player who was ecstatic upon receiving a full athletic scholarship to the college of his choice
Synonyms: elated, elevated, enrapt, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, giddy, heady, intoxicated, rapt, rapturous
27. Jones:-a very strong desire for something or to do something
Examples:-
(a)that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe
(b)I have a real jones for a milk shake.
Synonyms: dependence (alsodependance), habit, addiction [slang], monkey
Examples:-
(a)that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe
(b)I have a real jones for a milk shake.
Synonyms: dependence (alsodependance), habit, addiction [slang], monkey
28. At someone’s beck and call:-ready to do something for someone any time you are asked
Example:-
She was confined to a wheelchair but had a private nurse at her beck and call.
Example:-
She was confined to a wheelchair but had a private nurse at her beck and call.
29. Cling:-(a)to hold onto something or someone very tightly
(b)to stay very close to someone for emotional support, protection, etc.
(c)to stick to something or someone
Examples:-
(a)The children clung together under the little umbrella waiting for the storm to pass.
(b)a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator
Synonyms: adhere, cleave, stick, hew
(b)to stay very close to someone for emotional support, protection, etc.
(c)to stick to something or someone
Examples:-
(a)The children clung together under the little umbrella waiting for the storm to pass.
(b)a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator
Synonyms: adhere, cleave, stick, hew
30. Teed off:-angry or annoyed
Examples:-
(a)She was very teed off.
(b)the boss is really teed off about the loss of one of our most important clients, so don't go near him
Synonyms: angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant
Examples:-
(a)She was very teed off.
(b)the boss is really teed off about the loss of one of our most important clients, so don't go near him
Synonyms: angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant
31. Coffer:-(a)a box for holding money or other valuable things
(b)money that is available for spending
(b)money that is available for spending
Examples:-
(a)kept the jewels in a locked coffer
(b)let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
Synonyms: safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox
(b)let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
Synonyms: safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox
