VOCABULARY 101 - 200

• Posterity – Future generations


• Pragmatism – Dealing things in a practical way


• Predecessor – A person who did your job so far you joined


• Precarious – Dangerous


• Anonymous – Unknown


• Quorum – Minimum number required


• Redundant – No longer needed


• Relinquish – Abandon


• Reprimand – Scold


• Replica – Model


• Reminiscence – Memory


• Reprieve – Pardon


• Rhetoric – Oratory


• Rigmarole – Procedure


• Righteous – Just


• Utopian – Idealistic


• Ventriloquist – Entertainer (by imitating voices)


• Reconnaissance – Investigation


• Ransom - Money paid to release a captive


• Pseudonym – Penname of a writer


• Postmortem – Medical examination of a dead body to know the cause of death


• Mortuary – A place where dead bodies are kept


• Prudent – Sensible, careful


• Proscribe – Prohibit


• Teetotaler – One who does not take toxic drinks


• Agro phobia – Fear of open spaces or going outside your home


• Ailment – Disease, affliction


• Agrarian – Agricultural


• Agnostic – Unbeliever


• Aggrandizement – Done to get power, wealth and gain importance


• Aggrieved – Resentful


• Affidavit – A written statement which you swear is true


• Aegis – Under the auspices of


• Adversary – Opponent


• Adolescent – Teenager


• Adjourn – Stop


• Adieu – Good bye


• Adhoc – Temporary


• Access – Entry


• Accessible – Approachable


• Academic – Intellectual


• Acronym – A word composed of the initial letters of a name


• Adulation – Acclaim


• Aesthetic – To appreciate beauty


• Albeit – Although


• Alibi – Something that proves that the accused was not there when the crime was committed


• Alien – Foreign


• Allegory – A poem with a hidden meaning


• parable – Story with a moral


• Allegiance – Loyalty


• Alleviate – Reduce * Aggravate


• Almamater – Institution


• Alumni – Old students


• Almanac – Year book


• Altruist – Unselfish*egoist


• Ambivalent – Uncertain


• Amity – Friendship


• Anarchy – Lawlessness


• Anachronism – Out dated


• Analogy – Similarity


• Analgesic – Lawlessness
• Creche – Place where babies are looked after while the parents are away at work
• sobriquet – Nick name
• Atheist – A person who does not believe in God
• Asylum – Mental hospital, protection given by a government to prisoners who leave their own country for political reasons
• Audacity – Courage
• Austerity – Great simplicity in one’s way of life
• Autobiography – Ones own life story
• Authenticity – Genuineness
• Auxiliary – Assistant
• Avaricious – Greedy
• Axiom – Saying, Proverb
• Bankruptcy – Insolvency
• Beleaguered – Harassed
• Bereavement – Death
• Benevolent – Liberal
• Bigot – Who has strong and unreasonable attitude and believer that any one who has a different opinion must be wrong
• Bigwig – A very important person
• Biographer – A person who writes the life story of a person
• Blockbuster – Best seller, sensational
• Blue Chip – A investment or company profitable and safe to invest
• Blue blooded – belonging to a royal family
• Blue eyed boy – Favorite
• Blue collar – Manual workers
• White color – Office workers
• Bonafide – Genuine or real * Bogus
• Bootlegger – Who transports alcohol illegally
• Boon – Blessing
• Bourgeois – Rich middle class behavior
• Brain child – Idea, invention created by a person
• Brain drain – Emigration of genius
• Briefing – Instructions given at a meting
• Incredulous – Unbelievable
• Integrity – Honesty
• Ratification – Approval
• Alumni – Old student
• Alma meter – Institution where one studied
• Albeit – Although
• Surrogate – Substitute
• Verdict – Judgment