Advance English vocabulary

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Example

1. I reveled at the glory of making three goals, one after the other.
2. The class reveled at the announcement of holidays for a week.

1. The announcement of a week holiday infused people with ecstasy at the office.
2. The arrival of a group of friends on Saturday infused new life into the weekend.

1. Dilute this shampoo before using it, it is very concentrated.
2. My strength was diluted for once when he left me but I regained my strength and I do not care about such things anymore.

1. He is an unscrupulous financial adviser.
2. Don’t adopt unscrupulous ways of getting marks, if it is that important, you better work for it.

1. Pornography has been abolished in the country.
2. Short dresses/ skirts are abolished in the office premises.

1. He redeemed his house that was once lost during financial crisis
2. He was an hour late, but he redeemed himself in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers.

1. Smoking and drinking are both considered inauspicious during such rituals.
2. Don’t wear your shoes to the temple, it is inauspicious.

1. The past two years have seen the proliferation of TV channels.
2. YouTube has proliferated since India has got free internet.

1. I am looking for tranquility, I want to stay alone.
2. I love the tranquility of the countryside.

1. The committee of the Royal Geographical Society settled the existing nomenclature of the three great oceans.
2. Learn the nomenclature of these elements, it will help you in exams.

1. As the country prepares for war, more and more money is being spent on armament.
2. It is about the country’s armaments programmer.

1. There has been extreme rivalry between all these clubs.
2. The two toppers of the class are always in a rivalry with each other.

1. It is the story of velour of a young girl who goes to Pakistan as a student but is actually working as a spy for the country.
2. We have always heard the stripes of the velour of women in the freedom fight.

1. She said she supported nuclear disarmament.
2. After winning the war, disarmament of enemy weapons was the group’s top mission.

1. This task is designed to test children’s spatial awareness.
2. My sister has amazing spatial understanding of our house.

1. In the centre of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold.
2. They were asking a colossal amount of money for the house.

1. I have a suspicion that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to.
2. She had a suspicion that she might have sent the letter to the wrong address.

1. This color of your shirt is very gaudy, neutralize it with white pants.
2. This is very sweet, add some more water and neutralize this drink.

1. Everyone who has passed the “wanted” poster  of the outlaw wanted to find him so they could get the rewards.
2. In outlaw hid  himself in some other country in order to not get caught.

1. Steel tends to corrode faster in a salty atmosphere.
2. Plastic might look fine but it tends to corrode over a period of time.

1. She dislocated her knee falling down some steps.
2. Tribal people were dislocated since the area was industrialized.

1. Sahitya Akademi Award is a prestigious literary award.
2. UPES is a prestigious university.

1. Almost two and a half million war dead are enshrined at Yasukuni.
2. A lot of memories are enshrined in this photograph album.

1. He is a member of the medical fraternity.
2. The racing world is a pretty close-knit fraternity.

1. We don’t appreciate any act of insubordination.
2. Several officers were arrested for insubordination.

1. There’s a shortage of cheap accommodation
2. We have first and second class accommodation

1. Everything that is born in this cosmos has to die.
2. The balance in the cosmos is maintained by the positions of the sun and the moon.

1. Both sides were drawn, willy-nilly, into the conflict.
2. She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer.

1. This dal is cooked in cauldrons here.
2. A cauldron of repressed anger among the two brothers.

1. The aircraft jettisoned its loads in the sea.
2. We’ve had to jettison our holiday plans because of David’s accident.

1. When a company is in crisis like this, the vultures are always hovering.
2. The press are vultures in the current times.

1. I’ve been struggling to understand this article all afternoon.
2. Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.

1. She seethed in anger.
2. The water seethed in the pan.

1. The play was scoffed by the audience due to the obscenity.
2. I scoff lizards.

1. The suggestion is sheer nonsense.
2. His success was due to sheer determination.

1. The army is in a state of preparedness for war.
2. I have no sense of preparedness for my exams.

1. You have to slough your hesitation to win in the race of life.
2. It is that time of the year when trees slough their leaves.

1. A city annihilated by an atomic bomb.
2. He was annihilated in the finals of the competition.

1. She couldn’t enter the old big house because of her dreadfulness.
2. I can sense some dreadfulness in my daughter for her school.

1. I enjoy living in peace and tranquility.
2. I love the tranquility of the countryside.

1. The flames rapidly engulfed the house.
2. Northern areas of the country were engulfed by a snowstorm last night.

1. A volcanic eruption.
2. There is an eruption of moles on some specific areas of her body.

1. His doctrines are immoral.
2. People follow immoral acts for their own means.

1. Educational standards are degenerating year by year because of a lack of funds.
2. The quality of their services is continually degenerating.

1. Monocracy is not a disaster as long as the monarch is honest.
2. The entire system is working as a monocracy and I just cannot survive under the rule of someone.

1. He was guilty of nepotism and corruption.
2. She was accused of nepotism for making her nephew the MD of the firm.

1. The organization was rife with bribery and corruption.
2. Bribery is the root of corruption.

1. The violence was rampant.
2. The circulation of drugs in this region is rampant.

1. She was such a benign old lady.
2. The policeman smiled benignly at the motorist.

1. Traditional ways of life fulfilled both economic and spiritual needs.
2. She is a very spiritual character in the novel.

1. We couldn’t afford it and yet we’re comparatively well off.
2. Comparatively speaking, this machine is easy to use.

1. An assassination attempt.
2. The assassination of the opposition leader.

1. He ate voraciously at the party.
2. Don’t be so voracious, this looks so bad.

1. He is a great defector.  

1. I was nicknamed as Pooh by my friends in childhood.
2. My mother keeps nicknaming me with different adorable terms.

1. The room looked poignant and smelled nice.
2. She ate gracefully and poignantly.

1. He is suspected due to her devious answers to the enquiry.
2. He is a devious man.

1. The letter by her ex-husband has filled her with indignation.
2. I have become indignant towards the department since I have relished their biases.

1. She walked slowly with tottering steps.
2. It was the last decision of a tottering government.

1. I’m particularly interested in the linguistic development of young children.
2. You must have good linguistic skills to be able to qualify this exam.

1. I have empathy with his situation.
2. I did not have empath for the characters.

1. The past two years have seen the proliferation of TV channels.
2. Steps were taken to evoke proliferation of cells in his body.

1. He said it would be a retrograde step to remove single parent benefit.
2. This will evoke retrograde flow of water in the pipeline.

1. She had thick and fast content to talk about in the group discussion.
2. I need thick and fast ideas on this subject.

1. Take time to acquaint yourself with the rules.
2. The Broadcasting Museum offers workshops to acquaint children with the world of radio.

1. The police negotiated with the gunman through an intermediary.
2. The former president has agreed to act as an intermediary between the government and the rebels.

1. The report was marred by a mass of superfluous detail.
2. The customers sometimes annoy us by asking for superfluous information.

1. His mother was Italian, hence his name – Luca.
2. The project will be completed at the end of the decade, two years hence.

1. Gradually, she realized that he wasn’t telling her the truth.
2. The bank slopes gradually down to the river.

1. He was accused for the sexual harassment of his colleague.
2. The parents are coming up with the complaints of mental harassment of students by the teacher at school.

1. We met on several occasions to discuss the issue.
2. I’ve heard him be rude to her on a number of occasions.

1. Dominique’s teacher says that she interacts well with the other children.
2. It’s interesting at parties to see how people interact socially.

1. The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs.
2. I love champagne but I don’t often indulge myself.

1. I suggest we use Barkers as our main suppliers – they’re good and furthermore they’re cheap.
2. The college is giving great opportunities to the students, furthermore, the fees is not very high.

1. These diseases are more prevalent among young children.
2. Trees are dying in areas where acid rain is most prevalent.

1. The judge criticized the “outrageous greed” of some of the bankers.
2. It is outrageous that these buildings remain empty while thousands of people have no homes.

1. Children make up a large proportion of the world’s population.
2. A higher proportion of women now smoke than used to be the case.

1. Not making a will can have serious consequences for the people you might wish to benefit.
2. Scientists think it unlikely that any species will actually become extinct as a consequence of the oil spill.

1. She told him he had a sick and perverted mind.
2. He used a perverted form of socialism to incite racial hatred.

1. We were not expecting Mr. Levy to give us a clear or well-defined answer.
2. Scientists follow several well-defined steps in investigating unexpected outbreaks of disease.

1. She deprived proper nutrition.
2. Kids in this school are deprived of extra-curricular activities.

1. A lot of banks are being privatized.
2. The protest is going on to prevent the privatization of the university.

1. The dress is too gaudy for a day event.
2. Why are you wearing such a gaudy dress on this hot day?

1. You will get all the basic amenities including food, laundry, water etc. in this hostel.
2. These apartments are popular for the amenities they are providing within the society.

1. He’s scared of spiders.
2. I’m scared of telling her what really happened.

1. She has proved to be an incompetent teacher.
2. He has described the government as corrupt and incompetent.

1. This red-tapism at the office has started annoying me.
2. She couldn’t bear the red-tapism of the hostel which is why she came back home.

1. There are reports of widespread flooding in northern France.
2. Malnutrition in the region is widespread – affecting up to 78 percent of children under five years old.

1. The government is determined to protect its tobacco monopoly.
2. He has enjoyed a monopoly in providing  Zumba training in this city for 12 years before more companies entered the market.

1. He’s been nominated by the Green Party as their candidate in the next election.
2. Would you like to nominate anyone as director?

1. The country now has a quota on immigration.
2. He got an admission through the NRI quota is this university.

1. These chemicals have a detrimental effect/impact on the environment.
2. Their decision could be detrimental to the future of the company.

1. I admit it was entirely my fault.
2. The company is run almost entirely by middle-aged men.

1. The politician delivered a controversial speech at the rally.
2. The book was very controversial.

1. He was duped in some property dealing by the broker.
2. He was made a dupe by the broker.

1. The children of the orphanage looked neglected.
2. You must not neglect your family issues.

1. Why are you convoluting the matter?
2. The question was convoluted by the teacher to trick the students.

1. Don’t prolong the matter.
2. The speech was prolonged by the politician.

1. Our workout routine is tedious.
2. The prayers that students recite is tedious, we must make them learn new things.

1. The initial response was great but due to growing competition at the market, it kind of reduced.
2. Initial reports say that seven people have died, though this has not yet been confirmed.

1. Do you prefer hot or cold weather?
2. I prefer red wine to white.

1. The latest innovations in computer technology are stupendous.
2. His innovations have made our work at office so easy.

1. Many people are employed to reap the harvest in their fields.
2. You will reap losses if the prices of these shares lower down in the coming years.

1. The job will take approximately three weeks.
2. The cost will be approximately RS5000.

1. Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.
2. It was becoming increasingly apparent that he could no longer look after himself.

1. The accident was evitable if the car was in economic speed.
2. Risks are evitable.

1. I’m concerned about your health.
2. Aren’t you concerned that she might tell someone?

1. These factories are releasing toxic gases into the atmosphere.
2. The NASA is searching for planets with a breathable atmosphere.

1. Rani Lakhsmi Bai was a mettlesome woman.
2. She was mettlesome enough to run after the thieves.

1. There have been several instances of violence at the school.
2. I don’t usually side with the management, but in this instance I agree with what they’re saying.

1. The alumni of St MacNissi’s College were invited for a reunion.
2. Several famous alumni have agreed to help raise money for the school’s restoration fund.

1. The whole conference was totally disorganized – nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing.
2. He’s impossible to work for – he’s so disorganized.

1. This job is hindering my career growth.
2. You have to remove what hinders your growth.

1. His demise at such a young age is such a disheartening news.
2. Rejection is always disheartening.

1. She has just departed for Paris.
2. Our departure was delayed because of bad weather.

1. Surely a diplomatic solution is preferable to war.
2. Water the plants twice a week, preferably in the morning.

1. The dog trotted off to bury its bone.
2. They have found the buried treasure.

1. His arrest for lewd behavior seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader.
2. He complained that we had tried to undermine his credibility within the company.

1. He wished me in a contemptuous manner.
2. He was very contemptuous of ‘popular’ writers, whom he described as having no talent.

1. He was immensely popular in his day.
2. She’s an immensely talented young athlete.

1. They are flinging stones on the politician’s house.
2. We fling water balloons on the festival of Holi.

1. It is difficult to say anything at this juncture.
2. The plane crashed at the juncture of two mountains.

1. Tim looked very solemn.
2. It was his solemn decision to stay quiet and let it pass.

1. The court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.
2. He was coerced into giving evidence.

1. He possesses an antisocial behavior.
2. Increasingly, smoking is regarded as an antisocial habit.

1. A campaign to stop the illegal sale of cigarettes to children under 16 was organized by an NGO.
2. Prostitution is illegal in some countries.

1. Any action from your side will aggravate the case.
2. I find him aggravating and unprofessional.

1. A number of potential buyers have expressed interest in the company.
2. Many potential customers are waiting for a fall in prices before buying.

1. A publicly disunited party stands little chance of winning the election.
2. There is disunity among the group.

1. Marital disharmony leads to divorce.
2. Disharmony amounts the workers led to the losses in the manufacturing unit.

1. The majority of the employees have university degrees.
2. A large majority of people approve of the death sentence.

1. The injudicious decision by the court has worsened her state of living.
2. Their property was injudiciously distributed amongst their sons.

1. Extra-curricular activities were eliminated from the schedule to help the students improve their scores.
2. One contestant was eliminated from the show last week.

1. They’re discriminating shoppers.
2. Why do you discriminate between your daughter and sons in this modern world?

1. My grandmother has become senile.
2. It became too difficult for her to cope with her senile husband.

1. She claims she is a duchess living in reduced circumstances.
2. It was very hard to survive in such circumstances.

1. He was known as a radical reformer/thinker/politician.
2. These people have very radical views.

1. Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes.
2. Judges are imposing increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences.

1. Everyone has an inviolable right to protection by a fair legal system.
2. My principles are inviolable.

1. This channel merely works to impart the bad news.
2. I was rather quiet as I didn’t feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject.

1. He is so voluble and boring.
2. She has been very voluble always but ever since her accident, she has become quiet.

1. He is arrested for his impious act of flinging stones at the church.
2. I am not impious, I just stay true and honest and do not get involved too much in the religious activities.

1. The school curriculum of this year will be released in the first week of March.
2. As per the curriculum, we do not have six subjects like the previous year.

1. He gets a meagre salary.
2. The prisoners existed on a meagre diet.

1. I was curious to know what would happen next.
2. Babies are curious about everything around them.

1. They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city’s homeless.
2. The trees provided some shelter from the rain.

1. I don’t want to burden you with my problems.
2. The students were burdened with massive syllabus.

1. Overcrowded schools provide bad education quality.
2. The world market for telecommunications is already overcrowded with businesses.

1. A vulgar patterned shirt.
2. The movie was banned for its vulgarity.

1. Sweden isn’t likely ever to abandon its traditional neutrality.
2. The Queen has maintained political neutrality throughout her reign.

1. He’s extremely antagonistic towards all critics.
2. The antagonists have great role to play in shaping the stories.

1. The book celebrates the hostages’ remarkable triumph over appalling adversity.
2. The signing of the agreement was a personal triumph for the prime minister.

1. Passed away is a euphemism for the term “died”.
2. More use of euphemism makes the language sound better.

1. You have to be very careful with books this old because the paper tends to tear very easily.
2. I tore my skirt on the chair as I stood up.

1. He proves to be a disinterested observer.
2. The audience looked disinterested at the show.

1. They won 4–0 in front of over 40,000 cheering spectators.
2. The show aimed to evoke patriotism in the spectators.

1. We’ve got two TVs, but neither works properly.
2. Neither of my parents likes my boyfriend.

1. He is such a lout.
2. Due to that one lout of our class, everyone was punished.

1. I turned my face around and the man at the back was gaping at me.
2. I could sense a gape at me and that made me uncomfortable.

1. The job I’ve been offered is superficially attractive, but I think I might find it boring after a while.
2. Religious education is poorly and superficially taught in most schools.

1. She made an eloquent appeal for action.
2. The pictures were an eloquent reminder of the power of the volcano.

1. The baby seemed quite unconcerned by the noise.
2. Are you as unconcerned about the situation as you appear?

1. Somebody trampled all over my flowerbeds in the night!
2. Eight people were trampled to death when the stadium collapsed and the crowd rushed out onto the football pitch.

1. The board of directors have the power to arbitrate in disputes of the top level.
2. The in charge of this wing arbitrates in all matters.

1. They may succeed in turning a little local difficulty into a full-blown regional conflagration.
2. There is a constant fear of conflagration in the drought-ridden areas.

1. The company has gained international prestige.
2. Many people are attracted by the prestige of working for a top company.

1. The God is the mightiest.
2. The competition is to find the mightiest.

1. The salon looks opulent.
2. They have opulent crockery at home.

1. We couldn’t afford it and yet we’re comparatively well off.
2. Comparatively speaking, this machine is easy to use.

1. They lived in perpetual fear of being discovered.
2. He has hard, cold eyes and his mouth is set in a perpetual sneer.

1. The students looked perplexed, so the teacher tried to explain once again.
2. He had a perplexed look on his face.

1. What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority?
2. 20 years of civil strife have left the country’s economy in ruins.

1. The whole region is in turmoil.
2. The country is in a state of political turmoil.

1. He’s currently abroad on business.
2. We always go abroad in the summer.

1. Many ship workers could lose their livelihoods because of falling orders for new ships.
2. That farm is his livelihood.

1. Two children answered the teacher’s question simultaneously.
2. I am working in a bank and running a gym simultaneously.

1. Rainforests are filled with amazing creatures.
2. Don’t all living creatures have certain rights?

1. Her books are full of perceptive insights into the human condition.
2. I need a perceptive person to translate this beautiful work of Urdu in English.

1. We have got this beautiful nature through serendipity.
2. We bumped into it through serendipity.

1. The ship was reported making little headway for a few hours before drowning.
2. He is making his headway towards his goal.

1. There are those who harbor suspicions about his motives.
2. Powell remains non-committal about any political ambitions he may harbor.

1. I’m so unhappy, sobbed Chris, miserably.
2. It’s been miserably wet all week.

1. This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale.
2. Seeing the worsening state of the school, the directors had to take the unprecedented steps.

1. The kids at the orphanage are nurtured properly.
2. I nurture the garden.

1. The apples are squishy enough to be eaten.
2. The cakes that she made were squishy.

1. I want on-point answer and no extraneous content.
2. Students often write extraneous things in the answers just to make it long.

1. The tenants were expelled from the house.
2. She was threatened to be expelled from her job.

1. The kids sauntered to home after school.
2. I am quite early for my class so I am kinda sauntering.

1. I felt suppressed by my boss.
2. Leaders are supposed to inculcate team spirit in the team by co-operating with them rather than suppressing the team.

1. I think she felt snubbed because Anthony hadn’t bothered to introduce himself.
2. I simply didn’t recognize her and apparently she took it as a snub.

1. The package had been badly crushed in the post.
2. Add three cloves of crushed garlic.

1. The tooth doesn’t exactly hurt, but I’m conscious of it all the time.
2. I think she’s very conscious of being the only person in the office who didn’t have a university education.

1. Father Martin preached to the assembled mourners.
2. During the sermon, he preached about the need for forgiveness.

1. The threat of terrorists hovered in the schools.
2. The bees are hovering around the plant.

1. She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.
2. She was expelled for inciting her classmates to rebel against their teachers.

1. A helicopter hovered menacingly overhead.
2. Pollution is a menace to health.

1. He firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.
2. Have I done something wrong?, she asked innocently.

1. I have been yearning to see my college friends.
2. Full of yearning, she started crying.

1. They threatened him with expulsion from school.
2. This is the second expulsion of a club member this year.

1. How dare you disobey me!
2. He was expelled from the office for disobeying the orders.

1. It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives.
2. Teachers cannot be expected to shoulder all the blame for poor exam results.

1. I felt very vulnerable, standing there without any clothes on.
2. It is on economic policy that the government is most vulnerable.

1. She denied any personal enmity towards him.
2. Bitter historical enmities underlie the present violence.

1. They’re always bickering with each other over their personal problems.
2. Will you two stop bickering!

1. She is a shrewd politician who wants to avoid offending the electorate unnecessarily.
2. It was a shrewd move to buy your house just before property prices started to rise.

1. Are you feeling frustrated in your present job?
2. Frustrated writers often end up in publishing.

1. The government will instigate new measures to combat terrorism.
2. The revolt in the north is believed to have been instigated by a high-ranking general.

1. The plot of the film is just a hackneyed boy-meets-girl scenario.
2. This idiom has been hackneyed.

1. This job has more than its fair share of frustrations.
2. I could sense his frustration at not being able to help.

1. My parents were very strict with me when I was young.
2. Stricter controls on air pollution would help to reduce acid rain.

1. Our football coach has worked hard to inculcate a team spirit in/into the players.
2. The purpose of meditation is to inculcate discipline in individuals.

1. His righteousness was doubted but he was proved innocent.
2. The righteousness of knowledge.

1. It always looks odd to see an actress on TV praising the virtues of washing-up liquid.
2. Would there be any virtue in taking an earlier train?

1. His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.
2. He showed signs of an exemplary employee.

1. I am a good money hoarder, I believe!
2. He has come back to rescue his hoard of gold.

1. They have a lightning fast delivery service.
2. The employees have been trained to work at a lightening fast speed and that is why the company has grown massively.

1. I think bullfighting should be abolished.
2. National Service was abolished in the UK  in 1962.

1. Money is a bait!
2. I have put some cheese in the rattrap as a bait to catch the rat.

1. She walked clumsily.
2. I made a clumsy mistake.

1. Father O’Dooley was ordained a priest in 1949.
2. Many in the Anglican Church are still opposed to women priests.

1. I find mosques very peaceful.
2. I have never been to a mosque.

1. My jacket is lined with fleece/is fleece-lined.
2. That restaurant really fleeced us!

1. That one family at the party was busy devouring and they barely talked to anyone.
2. The man devoured as if he has not had anything for weeks.

1. My plane was delayed by an hour.
2. Could we delay the meeting a few days?

1. He faces three years in jail for selling narcotics.
2. Morphine is a narcotic.

1. He earns an enormous salary.
2. I was absolutely enormous when I was pregnant.

1. He came to Delhi a decade ago.
2. I have not seen him for decades now.

1. I cannot do such a monotonous job.
2. The trouble is I find most forms of exercise so monotonous.

1. We all enjoyed ourselves tremendously.
2. There has been tremendous growth in his business.

1. I think these sales forecasts are unrealistic, considering how slow sales are at present.
2. I think these sales forecasts are unrealistic, considering how slow sales are at present.

1. There was lively environment at the party.
2. She is always in a lively mood.

1. There was a video made on the blooper scenes of the movie which got viral for the funny scenes it had.
2. The work is critical, even one blooper can ruin the entire project.

1. The company has seen a period of financial stability.
2. There is no stability in their quality of products.

1. The incidental concurrence of two tumours.
2. The concurrence of rallies of two different parties in the same city.

1. Cotton clothes are always preferable to me.
2. Surely a diplomatic solution is preferable to war.

1. In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress.
2. The legislatures have become impediments in the scientific growth.

1. There came a team of 20 men to install the cumbersome machine in the factory.
2. The admission procedure of this university is cumbersome.

1. His leadership was considered vacillating.
2. The principal is always vacillating which is why the school is not doing well.

1. I keep getting contradictory advice – some people tell me to keep it warm and some tell me to put ice on it.
2. Two politician of the same party made contradictory statement.

1. Houses near industrial sites often do not sell so quickly because they are regarded as undesirable.
2. There are guards on the door to keep out (the) undesirables.

1. He is a man of dignity and calm determination.
2. She has a quiet dignity about her.

1. If people do not act in the desired manner, the government will have to legislate a lot of acts.
2. Legislation is the only way to make employees work in the desired manner.

1. Autocracy is an undemocratic system of rule.
2. During the undemocratic regime, people have suffered a lot.

1. Buddha be gifted knowledge as doctrines.
2. I have be gifted him all my wardrobe.

1. Rajnikanth has been hero-worshipped in India.
2. He hero-worships Sachin Tendulkar.

1. The law stipulates that new cars must have seat belts for the driver and every passenger.
2. She agreed to buy the car, but stipulated racing tires and a turbo-powered engine.

1. The stem is very of climbers (a type of plant) are feeble and that is why they need support to stay in place.
2. He has grown feeble since the last time I saw him.

1. We booked the holiday on a whim.
2. She bought her dress on a whim.

1. The patches on the highway stayed unheeded during the rule of the previous government.
2. His mental condition remained unheeded for a long time.

1. She has been subservient to her parents.
2. He was subservient to the orders of his boss.

1. This institution is mercenary, the teachers are focused on making money rather than on imparting quality in education.
2. She is a mercenary.

1. Spain was the first foreign country she had visited.
2. His work provided him with the opportunity for a lot of foreign travel.

1. The old corrupt, totalitarian regime was overthrown.
2. The regime in this office is hard work and more hard work.

1. It’s debatable whether a university degree helps at all.
2. The value of some of the experiments is debatable.

1. They had a prejudiced thought regarding our offer that is why they refused.
2. The decision was prejudiced.

1. The president’s speech was greeted by sustained applause.
2. His attitude of neglecting others has sustained him through his years in Delhi.

1. If the rain gets any worse, we’ll have to stop walking.
2. The conditions they’re living in are worse than we thought.

1. He ran up stupendous debts through his extravagant lifestyle.
2. Stupendous news! We’ve won Rs 5,00,000!

1. His birth place is never clearly mentioned but according to a few historians, he was born in early 1960s.
2. No historian has ever made a clear account on his life.

1. He is always delirious, I don’t understand him!
2. She has taken this decision deliriously.

1. The howlers in exams often amuse the examiners.
2. I called her by the name of his first wife, which was a bit of a howler.

1. It took 15 years for the alleged criminals to prove their innocence.
2. He is the alleged culprit in this case of murder and robbery.

1. He didn’t seem overly perturbed by the news.
2. He seems to be perturbed highly by the demise of his granny.

1. This is a story about a woman who used to conjure the ghosts of her ancestors every night.
2. His death was conjured by his habit of smoking.

1. I don’t know why she did it – I’m just speculating.
2. A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash.

1. Talking about our old family holidays has made me feel quite nostalgic.
2. We’ll take a nostalgic look at the musical hits of the ’60s.

1. She is a benign old lady.
2. Don’t worry, she has a benign tumor.

1. She’s got a ferocious temper.
2. The president came in for some ferocious criticism.

1. He was a benevolent old man and wouldn’t hurt a fly.
2. I have not seen a man more benevolent than him.

1. She was infatuated with her boss.
2. This is mere infatuation and not love.

1. The project has been delayed by innumerable problems.
2. I have innumerable reasons for not going to the party.

1. What is very clear in these letters is Clark’s passionate hatred of his father.
2. The motive for this shocking attack seems to be racial hatred.

1. It was so hot in the car that I tried to fan myself with the road map.
2. She sat down and began fanning her face with  her hat.

1. He’s at that impressionable age when he’s very easily led by other children.
2. He is very impressionable and also gullible.

1. Critics everywhere have eulogized her new novel.
2. They eulogized over the breathtaking views.

1. This totem pole is carved out of a single tree trunk.
2. He carved her name on a tree.

1. Her new address is 12 Warwickshire Mansions.
2. She stays in a beautiful mansion situated at the periphery of the town.

1. The duke is desirous of meeting you.
2. I am desirous of peace in my life and that is why I am planning to spend some days out of this city.

1. For me, Indian culture is alien since I have been born and brought up in Canada.
2. When I first went to New York, it all felt very alien to me.

1. The biggest obstacle in our way was a tree trunk in the road.
2. This decision has removed the last obstacle to the hostages’ release.

1. The UN will dictate the terms of troop withdrawal from the region.
2. He disagrees with the government dictating what children are taught in schools.

1. The shareholders are planning to wrest control of the company from the current directors.
2. He wrested the letter from my grasp.

1. The country suffered for many years under European dictatorship.
2. The dictatorship of Franco lasted for nearly 40 years.

1. The children scuttled off as soon as the headmaster appeared.
2. A crab scuttled away under a rock as we passed.

1. The room is unready for occupancy.
2. 70% occupancy has to be given to the naval officers.

1. She is one of the few lecturers in this department who has tenure.
2. Professors who don’t publish enough work may not be offered tenure.

1. This national fund pays for welfare benefits such as unemployment and sickness pay.
2. UK After her month’s sick leave, she was summoned to see the company’s welfare officer.

1. He didn’t look like the sort of man you should entrust your luggage to.
2. Two senior officials have been entrusted with organizing the auction.

1. He drives like a lunatic.
2. This is a lunatic act!

1. His father used to thrash him when he was a boy.
2. He thrashed the horse with his whip.

1. My original statement has been completely distorted by the media.
2. His reputation was distorted by his partners.

1. This event is a way to pay our regards to the erudite principal of our school who has served us for two decades.
2. He was such an erudite man.

1. There is a man who does all the sinister acts in the movie.
2. I can sense something sinister in this plan.

1. The character in the movie keeps twiddling.
2. One of my friends does great twiddling.

1. The population demands a federal Europe.
2. India is a federal country.

1. The victim was strangled with a scarf.
2. The man was caught by his sister while strangling his wife’s neck.

1. The accident was the inevitable outcome of carelessness.
2. Death is inevitable.

1. He stumbled drunkenly across the room.
2. I stumbled on the uneven pavement.

1. Snow and ice have caused chaos on the roads.
2. Ever since our secretary walked out, the office has been in a state of total/utter chaos.

1. She was looking strained and had dark circles beneath her eyes.
2. Jean felt uncomfortable but managed to force a strained smile.

1. The conclave of politicians was held on Friday.
2. Each member of group was present at the conclave.

1. The majority of people in the province are in favor of devolution.
2. There are demands of devolution in the community.