Words for SSC Exams - 4 - Make Your English Easy

ABSOLVE ASCRIPTION TOIL ATTRIBUTION MIMIC
TEASE KIOSK OBSTRUCT KNACK ENMITY

ABSOLVE (V) [ab-zolv]

Meaning:-

to state formally that somebody is not guilty or responsible for something
to forgive someone for a wrongdoing

Noun:- Absolution
Adjective:- Absolved

Verb Forms:-

absolve absolved absolved

Memory Trick:-

Word Absolve from ab + solve. Ab sounds like hindi meaning of Now, + solve. Ab case solve gaya, court should forgive the criminal. (Hindi)

Synonym:- free, justify, excuse, forgive
Antonym:- blame, fault

ASCRIPTION (N) [uh-skrip-shuhn]

Meaning:-

assigning some quality or character to a person or thing

Verb:- Ascribe

Memory Trick:-

Ascription sounds like Description. Description means a statement that represents something in words. So description of someone or something is ascription.

Synonym:- attribution
Antonym:-

TOIL (V/N) [toil]

Meaning:-

to working very hard for a long time, using doing hard physical work
hard unpleasant work that makes you very tired

Adjective:- Toiling
Verb Forms:-

toil toiled toiled

Memory Trick:-

Word Toil looks like Soil. Farmers toil(hard work) with soil. Soil works is toil.

Word Toil looks like Toilet. Washing a toilet is very toil(hard unpleasant work).

Synonym:- moil, labour, pains, strive, travail
Antonym:- indolence, sloth

ATTRIBUTION (N) [a-truh-byoo-shuhn]

Meaning:-

a quality of somebody of something

Verb:- Attribute
Adjective:- Attributive, Attributional

Memory Trick:-

Word Attribution remind us about Tribute. We pay tribute to the soldier because of their quality of braveness.

Synonym:- ascription
Antonym:-

MIMIC (V/N/Adj.) [mim-ik]

Meaning:-

to look or behave like something else
to copy the way somebody speaks, moves, behaves, etc, especially in order to make other people laugh

Adverb:- Mimically
Verb Forms:-

mimic mimicked mimicked

Memory Trick:-

Word Mimic reminds us about Comic, comic means arousing laughter. Comic comes out when you mimic or behave like others.

Synonym:- copy, imitate, mock, follow, counterfeit
Antonym:-

TEASE (V/N) [teez]

Meaning:-

to laugh at somebody and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them
to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc.
to make somebody sexually excited, especially when you do not intend to have sex with them
a person who likes to play tricks and jokes on other people (N)

Adjective:- teased
Adverb:- teasingly
Verb Form:-

tease teased teased

Memory Trick:-

Word Tease sounds and looks like Tea. At the Tea stall, we tease (make jokes) at each other.

Synonym:- badger, bait, tantalize, rag, rally, razz, vex, trouble
Antonym:-mollify

KIOSK (N) [kee-osk]

Meaning:-

a small shop/store, open at the front, where newspapers, drinks etc. are sold

Memory Trick:-

Word Kiosk sounds like food brand Kellogg's. We have a lot of stall /stand of kellogg's in my city. Kiosk of Kellogg's

Synonym:- stand, booth, stall
Antonym:-

OBSTRUCT (V) [uhb-struhkt]

Meaning:-

to block a road, an entrance, a passage, etc. so that somebody or something cannot get through.
to prevent somebody or something from doing something, especially when this is done deliberately

Noun:- Obstruction
Adjective:- Obstructed, Obstructional, Obstructive
Verb Forms:-

obstruct obstructed obstructed

Memory Trick:-

Obstruct comes from two words ob- "against" + struere "build".

Synonym:- hinder, impede, choke, clog, stop, block
Antonym:-

KNACK (N) [nak]

Meaning:-

natural abilities or qualities of doing something
a special skill or ability that you have naturally or can learn

Memory Trick:-

Word Knack reminds us word Neck. Large neck of a Giraffe is a natural abilities(knack).

Synonym:- bent, hang, dexterity, aptness
Antonym:-

ENMITY (N) [en-mi-tee]

Meaning:-

feeling of hatred toward somebody

Memory Trick:-

Enmity sounds like Enemy. Enmity for Enemy.

Synonym:- animosity, rancor, malice, acrimony
Antonym:-

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