GATE 1-2, Vocabulary 141-160

adjoin

(tr. v) 1 : to attach or append; affix. 2 (int. v) : to be in connection or contact.

amnesty

(n) 1 : a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction. 2 (tr. v) : to pardon.

copious

(adj) : large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful. 2 : exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.

corporeal

(adj) : of the nature of the physical body; material; tangible.

credulous

(adj) : willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.

diadem

(n) 1 : a cloth headband, sometimes adorned with jewels, formerly worn by Oriental kings. 2 (tr. v) : to adorn with or as if with such a headband; crown.

dominion

(n) : the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority. 2 : a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.

dreg

(n) : (usually plural) : the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds; the least valuable part of anything.

execrate

(tr. v) 1 a : to detest utterly; abhor; abominate; to curse. b : imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce. 2 (int. v) : to utter curses.

importunity

(n) : the state or quality of being urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.

incur

(tr. v) 1 : to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious). 2 : to become liable or subject to through one's own action; bring or take upon oneself.

indiscriminate

(adj) : 1 :lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc. 2 : not kept apart or divided; thrown together; jumbled.

lurk

(int. v) 1 : to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively. 2 : to go furtively; slink; steal.

mutable

(adj) 1 : liable or subject to change or alteration. 2 : given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant.

neophyte

(n) 1 : a beginner or novice. 2 : a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte.

nocturnal

(adj) 1 : of or pertaining to the night. 2 : done, occurring, or coming at night

notorious

(adj) 1 : widely and unfavorably known. 2 : publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait.

propaganda

(n) 1 : information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation. 2 : the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors.

prostrate

1 : (tr. v) : to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration. 2 : (adj) : lying face down on the ground, as in token of humility, submission, or adoration.

solace

(n) 1 : comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort. 2 (tr. v) : to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.).