ENGLISH VOCABULARY SUPPORT VOLUME I HAJVERY UNIVERSITY LAHORE - PAKISTAN HU SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE Faculty of English Language and Literature Composed by: Marryiam Khan 1. Assume/Assumed/Assumption: To suppose. A supposition. To presume. A presumption. A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen without proof. Sentence: They made various assumptions about the success of stock exchange market. Sentence: I assumed that he was coming. So, I was surprised when he did not show up. Sentence: We cannot assume anything in this case. Sentence: “Be positive John, do not always assume the worst”, said Katie to his friend John. 2. Abolish: To formally put an end to (a system, practice, law or institution). Sentence: Edward argued that it was not appropriate to abolish private schools. Sentence: The government is planning to abolish the additional tax on grocery items. Sentence: Child labor has been abolished in most parts of the world. Sentence: Slavery has been abolished in most parts of the world. 3. Brag: To boast off, to say something in a boastful manner. Sentence: The students were bragging about how easy the test had been. 4. Captivate/Captivated/Captivating: To attract the attention, interest and attraction. To influence and dominate by some special charm, trait and ability. Sentence: The beautiful scenery captivated our attention. Sentence: He was captivated by her beauty. Sentence: Since its inauguration, Burj al Khalifa captivates the interest of the tourists. Sentence: The audience was captivated by her performance. 5. Confine/Confined/Confinement: To imprison someone. To forbid someone from leaving a place. Sentence: Henry thinks that it is cruel to confine a bird in a cage. Sentence: Bella was confined to her room by her mother. Sentence: He confined himself to his room. 6. Compel: To force someone to do a thing. Sentence: She compelled him to become her witness for the trial. 7. Debunk: To reveal, expose the true face, false face or hollowness of an idea, institution or a person. To defame someone by exposing his/her secrets. To reduce the inflated reputation of someone. Sentence: She debunks all the rubbish about the showbiz industry. Sentence: Comedy takes plight in debunking heroes. 8. Extricate: To free someone or something from a constraint or difficulty. To release, to liberate. Sentence: He was trying to extricate himself from official duties. 9. Hideous: Extremely ugly, unpleasant, and gruesome. 10. Intrude, Intruder: To interrupt, Interrupter. 11. Intrusion: Interruption. 12. Plight: A dangerous, difficult or unfortunate situation. Sentence: We must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children who are living in poverty. Sentence: The doctors should struggle to relieve the plight of the patients. 13. Refute: To disagree. Sentence: Restorers who sought to refute this view were accused of ignorance. 14. Repel/Repelled/Repelling: To drive or force something away or back. Sentence: In Summer season there is always a surge in the sale of mosquito repellents. Sentence: The army was ready to repel an attack. 15. Tedious: Tiring, lifeless and uninteresting. 16. Stab: To wound or thrust with knife. Sentence: She stabbed her to death. Sentence: He stabbed her in the stomach. Sentence: She stabbed at the ground with a fork to sow a plant. 17. Retreat: To withdraw, move back from enemy as a result of their power. To withdraw after a defeat. Sentence: There was a sound of retreating footsteps. 18. Emerge: To advance, come forward. 19. Hound: To harass, pursue, relentlessly. Sentence: She was hounded by the Italian press. Sentence: His opponents used the allegations to hound him out of the office. 20. Relent: To become less intense, to soften down, to become mild. Sentence: The rain relented. Sentence: She was going to refuse his request but relented. 21. Relentless: Unceasingly intense. Sentence: The relentless heat of desert made everyone sick and feverish. 22. Shove: Push violently, push roughly. Sentence: Police started pushing and shoving people down. Sentence: Kids pushed, kicked and shoved. 23. Antidote: Something that fights, nulls or finish an unpleasant feeling or action. The solution of an unpleasant situation. Sentence: Laughter is a good antidote to stress. 24. Amiable: Very friendly and pleasant to talk or converse with. Sentence: The amiable young man greeted me enthusiastically. 25. Infatuation: Strong but short lived admiration. Sentence: He had developed an infatuation for her. 26. Contentment: A state of happiness and satisfaction. Sentence: He found contentment in living a simple life in the village. 27. Orchestrate: To arrange, to compose. 28. Orchestration: Arrangement, composition. Sentence: Who orchestrated this whole function? Sentence: Who is orchestrating this whole genocide? 29. Avert: To turn away. Sentence: His eyes averted a little bit. Sentence: She averted her eyes a little bit while we made stilted conversation. 30. Scanty: Meager, small and limited. Sentence: They paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages. 31. Excursion: To make a short journey to a place for pleasure trip. Leisure activity. Sentence: He returned after a short excursion to Lahore zoo. 32. Ingenious: Clever, over smart, cunning, shrewd and creative. Sentence: He is very ingenious when it comes to work. Sentence: Considerable ingenuity must be employed in writing novels. 33. Cease, Ceased: Stop, come to an end. Sentence: The hostilities (opposers) ceased and normal life was resumed. Sentence: These students never cease to amaze me. Sentence: They were asked to cease all military activity. 34. Detain: Keep in custody. Sentence: She made to open the door but the kidnapper detained her. Sentence: She was detained without trial for two years. 35. Perpetuate: To cause to continue. Long-lasting. Sentence: The confusion was perpetuated due to in adventure. 36. Perpetuating: Lasting forever and for long. Sentence: Perpetuating winds flood the city. 37. Flagellate, flagellated: To flog, to whip. Sentence: The couple was flagellated to death. 38. Famish: Reduce someone to extreme poverty and hunger. Sentence: They had famished the city into surrender. Sentence: Africa is extremely famished. 39. Tether: To tie, to fasten to fix objects. Sentence: The horse had been tethered to a point. 40. Unleash: To release, to set free from a leash. Sentence: The failure of the talks could unleash more fighting. Sentence: His comment unleashed a storm of protest in India. 41. Rebuff: Rejection of the one who offers help, shows interest or make a request. Sentence: He rebuffed her when she advanced to seek help. 42. Seek: To search. 43. Overwhelmed: To have a strong emotional effect. Sentence: I was overwhelmed with guilt. Sentence: She was overwhelmed by a sense of tragedy. 44. Annihilate: To destroy, to obliterate, to destroy completely. Sentence: A crusade to annihilate evil. Sentence: A simple bomb would be enough to annihilate them all. 45. Inundate/Inundation: Rise or surge of something in a great amount. Sentence: The roads were inundated by the rain water. 46. Quips: Short witty sentences. Sentence: Jane Austen is known for her quips. 47. Tranquil: Peace, soothing, calm. Sentence: The Sea was tranquil. Sentence: She was looking at the serenity of the landscape with tranquil gaze. 48. Tranquility: A state of peace and quiet, serene. Sentence: The things that he wished for in life were tranquility and freedom. 49. Flout: Openly disregard, mock a law. Break a rule or convention. Sentence: Do not flout the law. 50. Defiance: Open resistance, bold disobedience. Sentence: The demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings. 51. Limp: To walk with difficulty, to walk lamely. Sentence: He limped heavily as he moved. Sentence: The badly damaged aircraft limped back to France. Sentence: Jacob got bit by a dog that is why he was limping all the way back to his home. 52. Tremulous: Quivering, Shivering. 53. Tremble/Trembling: To shiver or to quiver, Quivering/Shivering. Sentence: Barbara was trembling with fear. 54. Capitulation: Act of surrendering or giving up. Cease to resist an opponent or unpleasant situation or demand. Sentence: The patriots had capitulated to the enemy forces. 55. Epithet: An adjective or phrase of praise or blame used about a person. Sentence: The old men were unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty’. 56. Specious: Apparently plausible and true but actually wrong and false. Something that is deceptive. Sentence: This is a specious argument. Sentence: The trading company presents a specious appearance of novelty. 57. Enviable: Something that arouses envy or is likely to arouse envy. Sentence: This statement is enviable. Sentence: The famous politician gave an enviable remark during the interview. 58. Sulky: Bad tempered, not cheerful. 59. Embellish: To decorate. Sentence: The Statue of Liberty embellishes the New York city. 60. Admonish: To warn strongly, express disapproval. Sentence: The social activist admonished the evil of child labor in his article. 61. Evict: To expel someone from the right of property, especially by the support of a law. Sentence: A single mother along with her children has been evicted. 62. Paragon: A mark/symbol of excellence. Sentence: The Statue of liberty is a paragon of America. Sentence: Shahrukh Khan’s acting career is a paragon; it is very difficult to achieve such a height of excellence in the field of acting. 63. Obstinate: Refusal to accept ideas or beliefs contradictory to his/her own ideas and beliefs. Sentence: Pippa remained obstinate. 64. Conducive: Tending to bring about. Supportive to something. Sentence: We should find a place for study that is free of distraction and is conducive to learning. 65. Astounding: Extremely impressive. Sentence: Her astounding performance amazed everyone. Sentence: Her knowledge regarding sciences is astounding. 66. Appall/Appalled: To become shocked and extremely disappointed. 67. Appalling: Shocking. Sentence: We were appalled by the jury’s verdict in favour of the accused. 68. Revel/ Reveled: To enjoy, celebrate one’s success. Sentence: She reveled in the sorrow that her curse had brought. 69. Concrete: Definite, physical, visible. Sentence: Concretize your dreams. Sentence: I do not have any concrete proof. 70. Legacy: Something worthy that someone leaves behind. An amount of money or property that is left behind by someone. Sentence: This land is the legacy of your father. Sentence: Shahrukh Khan’s performance and his contribution in Bollywood industry is a great legacy to cherish forever. 71. Ripple: A wave, a wavy movement. Waves of sea. Sentence: As Katie made her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantics rippled through her hair. Sentence: Giant ripples of the sea were hitting the shores. 72. Snippet: Small pieces or extracts. Something that is in small amounts. Sentence: From nearby tables, Katie could hear snippets of conversation. 73. Scan: To check. 74. Instinct: Natural behavior. 75. Linger: To stay in a place longer than necessary. Sentence: Katie hustled over and took the order but did not linger at the table. Sentence: She could not get rid of her lingering thoughts. 76. Dart: Attack, rush forward to something. Sentence: The cat made a dart for/towards the door. Sentence: A dozen seagulls perched on the railing, waiting to dart beneath the tables if someone dropped a scrap of food. 77. Assassin: Killer especially of a political party. Sentence: ABC political party has a lot of assassins. 78. Déjà vu: A feeling of having already experienced the present situation that someone is going through. 79. Amid: Surrounded by. In between. Sentence: Lilies sprout amid the wild grass in what once was flower bed. 80. Savor: Taste and enjoy the food to its fullest. Sentence: She raised a cup savoring the aroma as she took a sip. 81. Spruce: To clean, to neat, to groom. Sentence: Katie was ready to spruce up the apartment. 82. Prowl: To move, to creep stealthily. Sentence: He prowled the whole town searching for her lost daughter. 83. Sag/saggy/sagging: Drooping, wilting. To sink, bulge downwards due to lack of strength. 84. Conspicuous: Evident, apparent. 85. Mull/Mulling: To think about something deeply for a long time. To ponder, to contemplate. Sentence: She began to mull over the various possibilities. Sentence: Joe took another sip of coffee mulling over her answer. 86. Beckon: To call someone by moving the hand or head. To signal. Sentence: It felt safe as if it had somehow been beckoning to her all along, promising sanctuary. 87. Prompt/Prompted: To persuade someone for an action. 88. Ammunition: Material that is used in fighting. 89. Tinker: A person, worker with metal who travels from place to place repairing things. 90. Tinkering: Mending, repairing. Sentence: He was tinkering with the items he stocked in an attempt to keep up with the challenging demands of the customers/or the changing tastes of his customers. 91. Weary: Tired, exhausted, drowsy. Sentence: He had a wearying and isolated lifestyle but he remained focused on his children. 92. Garrulous: Someone who excessively talks especially in trivial matters. Sentence: Her mother is very garrulous. 93. Ambush/Ambushed: A surprise attack by some concealed army or enemy. 94. Turmoil: A state of great disturbance, unrest and confusion. Sentence: The country was in great turmoil. Sentence: He was in turmoil. Sentence: His emotions were in turmoil. 95. Bedrock: Basic principle on which something is based. Sentence: Friendship and companionship had been the bedrock of their successful married life. 96. Ajar: A slight open of a door. Sentence: The door was ajar. 97. Reproach: Express one’s disapproval or disappointment in someone’s actions. Sentence: Her friends reproached her for not thinking enough about her family. Sentence: When Alex did something wrong, he waited for the wave of self-reproach and regret to come but strangely it did not. 98. Plummet: Fall or drop straight to the ground. To fall at a high speed. To decrease rapidly in value or amount. Sentence: A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully mountain. Sentence: Gold prices plummet. Sentence: The rates of property suddenly plummeted. 99. Parole: An oral/verbal agreement. Sentence: The prisoner got released on parole. 100. Bereave: To be deprived of a close relation or relative or friend because of his/her death. Sentence: May God help the bereaved. Sentence: She has recently been bereaved of her mother. 101. Scowl: An angry or bad tempered expression. To frown. Sentence: She scowled at him defiantly. 102. Defiance/Defiant/Defiantly: Open resistance, bold disobedience. Sentence: The demonstration was done in defiance of the unjust treatment. 103. Resonant: A deep, clear continual sound which swirls around continuously. Sentence: The city was resonant with the Church bells. 104. Rumble/Rumbling: A resonant, continual sound. Sentence: Thunder rumbled, lightening flickered and the weather suddenly changed. Sentence: There were numerous rumbles of discontent from the disappointed customers at the market. 105. Slur/Slurred/Slurring: To speak in a manner that is difficult to understand for the other person. Sentence: In a drunkard state, his speech was beginning to slur. 106. Gash: A deep cut or wound. Sentence: She had been hit with a snow globe that her father had thrown at her mother. It made a gash in her head that bled for hours, but neither her father nor her mother had shown any inclination to bring her to the hospital. 107. Squint/Squinted/Squinting: To observe with both eyes to see more clearly. Sentence: The bright sun made them squint. Sentence: She leaned over the boat, squinting the life jacket. 108. Rummage: To search unsystematically and untidily through something. Sentence: He rummaged his pocket for the handkerchief. Sentence: Nancy rummaged her purse for the medicine. Sentence: He rummaged the drawer for his handkerchief. 109. Subdue: To overcome or bring something under control. To bring a country or people under control by force. Sentence: She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud. Sentence: King Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons. Sentence: The prime minister subdued the political upheaval by the help of armed forces. 110. Fiddle/Fiddled/Fiddling: A small and easy task. To do a small and easy task. Sentence: Inserting a cassette into the cassette player is such a fiddle. Sentence: Leena is fiddling with her cup. Sentence: As Katie shopped, Alex fiddled around the register watching her from the corner of his eye. 111. Skittish: Nervous or excitable. A person who can be easily scared. Sentence: Skittish investors withdrew their money from equity markets. 112. Attire/Attired: Clothes, formal dress. To be dressed. Sentence: The sober attire of British army appealed everyone. Sentence: Agatha was attired in an elaborate evening gown. Sentence: The teenager was stylishly attired. 113. Shackle: Iron fetters. Handcuffs. Sentence: The criminals were shackled by the police officers and taken to the jail. 114. Bruise: An injury appearing as an area of discolored skin on the body. Damage signs, marks on the skin. Sentence: He has got a bruised knee. Sentence: Their faces were bruised and injured. 115. Fortify: To defend, strengthen with defensive works. To secure. To protect. Sentence: One should fortify his/her health by choosing healthy eating habits and lifestyle. Sentence: The army fortified the castle as a defense against opponent army. Sentence: The girl was fortified by the police against the kidnappers. Sentence: Multivitamin supplements fortify our health. 116. Erupt/Erupted/Erosion: To break out in a sudden and dramatic manner. Sentence: Fierce fighting erupted between the army and the defenders. Sentence: The great volcano erupted from the mountains of Nigeria. Sentence: Eruption of volcanoes has become common due to climate change. 117. Prompt/Prompted: To cause to happen. To persuade. To cause someone to take an action. Sentence: The violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee from the country during the revolution. Sentence: Curiosity prompted him to check the room that was locked for a couple of hours. 118. Incite: Encourage or stir up. To force, urge or persuade someone. Sentence: He incited him to rebel. 119. Dissuade: To stop someone from an action. To persuade someone not to take a particular action. Sentence: His friend tried to dissuade him from the fight. Sentence: His friends dissuaded him from flying the helicopter. 120. Rivulet: A small stream. Sentence: Small rivulets of water were formed in the streets of the town after heavy rain. 121. Flinch: To make a quick nervous and painful movement of the face or the body as a reaction to pain or fear. Sentence: She flinched when the doctor inserted the needle of the injection into the vein of her arm to take a blood sample for testing. 122. Distraught: fearful, a state of anxiety and confusion. Sentence: She was distraught with worry. 123. Revive: Make something active and vigorous again. Sentence: The President is taking measures to revive the ailing economy. 124. Spate: A large number of similar things coming in quick succession. Sentence: A spate of honey bees attacked the man. Sentence: A spate of dolphins is migrating from Black Sea to Mediterranean Sea. Sentence: A spate of drone attacks struck the city. 125. Demeanor: Behavior. Sentence: Her kind behavior/demeanor and open expression reveals her affection for children. 126. Fugitive: A person or criminal who has escaped from captivity of the police or a criminal who is hiding from police. 127. Intrinsic: A natural belonging/behavior. A natural attribute. Sentence: She is kind; it is intrinsic to her nature. 128. Extrinsic: Something that is opposite to its real nature. Something that is superficial, unreal and unnatural. Sentence: “Do not fake your smile Jacob, it seems extrinsic on your sad face”, remarked John to Jacob. 129. Haul: To pull or drag something with effort or force. Sentence: He hauled his bike out of the rivulet. Sentence: He hauled his drowning body along the sea shore. 130. Scoot: To leave, rush or go quickly. Sentence: They scooted off on their bikes. 131. Squat: To sit with one’s feet close to buttocks behind. Sentence: Alex squatted down next to her. Sentence: Ali squatted down on his prayer sheet for Fajar prayers. 132. Dash out/Dash/Dashing out through: Run or rush somewhere in a great hurry. Sentence: He dashed out of the hotel after getting an emergency call. Sentence: She made a dash towards the door. 133. Startle, Startled: A sudden shock or alarm. Sentence: The agitating comment of the President startled the audience. 134. Detain: To keep someone from proceeding. To stop someone. Sentence: She made to open the door, but he detained her. Sentence: You cannot detain someone from pursuing their career opportunities by imposing your desires and restrictions on someone. 135. Detain: To keep in prison/official custody, for interrogation/inquiry about a crime or a sensitive situation/case. Sentence: She was detained without trial for two years. 136. Nudge: To poke someone with finger or stick. To poke someone gently with one’s elbow in order to attract attention. Sentence: People were nudging each other and pointing at Alex. 137. Tap/Tapped: To touch, pat or to strike with a quick light blow. Sentence: He tapped the keys and the door opened. 138. Flail/Flailing: To wave or move hands or some other body part wildly in order to seek help or in an emergency/life threatening situation. Sentence: Josh was in the water fully drowned and his arms were flailing in panic. Sentence: His arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance. Sentence: The kid was flailing in the deep water. 139. Grate/Grated: To reduce food to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater. Sentence: “Grate the cheese into the mixing bowl”, said Katie to her friend Bella. Sentence: Katie is grating the carrots to make a carrot dessert. Sentence: Katie grated the pumpkins and put them in the mixing bowl. 140. Slam: To shut forcibly. 141. Venerate: Great and deep respect and honor for someone or something. Sentence: We highly venerate your efforts. Sentence: Tom Cruise is venerated for his hard work, great acting skills and contribution to the field of Hollywood industry. 142. Nestle/Nestled: To settle oneself comfortably. 143. Tremble: To shiver convulsively as a result of fear. Sentence: His hands were trembling while getting bribe money secretly. Sentence: He trembled with fear. 144. Stash: Something precious that is concealed, for example precious objects, valuables, money, jewels etc. Sentence: He had a stash of gold jewelry in his cupboard. Sentence: The stash of money in the pocket of the waitress grew thick as she collected tips from her happy customers. 145. Kink: A twist or a curve, crack or flaw. Sentence: Joe sat and worked on the kinks. Sentence: There was a kink in the road. Sentence: Though the company is making success but there are still some kinks that need to be treated. 146. Remnant: A part, quantity, piece that remains or is left after the greater part has been used. Sentence: The remnants of his sandwich fell and scattered on the floor. Sentence: After giving a haircut the hair stylist cleaned the remnant strands of the hair that fell and scattered on the floor. 147. Interrogate: To examine or inquire. Sentence: The convicts/indicted were interrogated in jail by the police officers. Sentence: The police officers conducted hundreds of interrogations during a year. 148. Stub: The end, remaining part of something. A remnant. Sentence: “Please take care and retain your ticket stub” the security guard said to the woman. Sentence: He grounded/put his cigar/cigarette stub into the ashtray. 149. Eradicate: To destroy/destruct completely. Sentence: Efforts are being made at global level to eradicate poverty in underdeveloped countries of the world. 150. Incapacitate/Incapacitated: To deprive someone of his/her authority or power. To unarm. Sentence: Snow white was made incapacitated by her wicked step mother. 151. Ensue: The aftermaths, the after results. Sentence: The rumors ensued after the disappearance of a child from his school. 152. Converge: To meet at a point. To match. Sentence: Their opinions converged during the meeting and thus a new rule was made in the organization. 153. Diverge/Diverging: Something that is opposite to the other one. Deviate/Deviating. Sentence: Unluckily their opinions diverged during the meeting and the new rule did not come into being. 154. Incentive: A thing that encourages or motivates someone. Sentence: Give farmers an incentive to improve the wheat production of their fertile lands. 155. Incentivize: To encourage, motivate. To provoke. Sentence: The government should incentivize the farmers to improve the wheat production of their fertile lands. 156. Incubate: A practice of the female birds to sit on their eggs to keep them warm and bring the eggs to hatch. Sentence: Hens are incubating their eggs. Sentence: Sparrows are incubating their eggs. 157. Incubate: To support something that is small/weak by establishing supportive ways. Sentence: America is incubating the economically deprived countries by financial and educational aid. 158. Incur/Incurred: To bear the results. To face unwelcoming and unpleasant results because of one’s own mistake or misbehavior. Sentence: The company incurred a loss of 7 billion. 159. Inevitable: Unavoidable. Predictable to happen. Sentence: The war was inevitable. 160. Revulsion: A sense or feeling of disgust and loathing. Sentence: The news of attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion. 161. Detest: Extreme hatred. Sentence: I detest her for her misbehavior with the headmaster. Sentence: He detested her mockery. 163. Rigorous: Careful, extremely thorough and careful. Sentence: Students of English Literature make a rigorous study of all the genres of English Literature. Sentence: The products of ABC Company pass through a rigorous quality checks in the factory. 164. Escort: A group of trained persons accompanying each other for the security and protection of an important personality. 165. Devious: A skillful, smart use of hidden and nefarious tactics to achieve evil goals. Sentence: He is as devious as a politician needs to be. Sentence: They have devious ways of making money. 166. Defame/Defamation: To disrepute. Sentence: He sued her for defamation. Sentence: It is a defamatory allegation. 167. Spectacular: Something that is beautiful and eye catching. Sentence: The painting of the mountain scenery was spectacular. 168. Revoke: To officially cancel a decision, plan or promise or an order. Sentence: The workers appealed and the plan was revoked. 169. Stagger: To move unevenly as if about to fall. Sentence: He staggered to his feet swaying a little. Sentence: The treasury of the country staggered from one crisis to another. 170. Torment/Tormenting: Severe mental or physical suffering. Sentence: The laborious journey had been a torment for them. 171. Intervene: To take part in something to prevent or alter a result or a possible outcome. Sentence: Their officials intervened in ours to halt the expulsions. 172. Halt: To stop immediately. To bring to an abrupt stop. Sentence: There is a growing global pressure to halt the bombings in Syria. 173. Concession: A favor/relaxation that is granted in response to demands. Sentence: The government was unwilling to make any further concessions. 174. Litigate/ Litigation: The process of taking legal action. To take legal action to settle a matter. 175. Litigious: Someone who is always/too ready/quick to take legal actions on matters. Sentence: John is very litigious in official matters. Sentence: Henry has a litigious nature. 176. Companionate: To come together in a bond. To bond two people in a relation. Sentence: Marriage companionate two people in a strong eternal bond. 177. Comprehend/Comprehensible: Easy to understand. Sentence: His hand writing is easy to comprehend. Sentence: His handwriting is easily comprehensible. 178. Retrieve: To fetch. To bring something back. Sentence: The police retrieved the stolen gold jewelry from the robbers. 179. Depose/Deposed: To remove someone from office or from a post. Sentence: He had been deposed by a military cop. 180. Derogatory: Disrespectful. Sentence: Alice always makes derogatory remarks. 181. Deficit: An insufficient amount of money. An excess of expenditures over income and profit or assets. Sentence: There was a large continuing deficit in the federal budget. Sentence: The company incurs a deficit in its annual profit every year. (The End) 20