Master Word List S1

Sr No.	Word	hindi	Meaning	Example
3046	saboteur	नुक़सान पहुंचानेवाला	one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property	Members of the Resistance acted as saboteurs, blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.
3047	saccharine	चीनी का	cloyingly sweet	She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.
3048	sacrilegious	पवित्र वस्तु दूषक	desecrating; profane	His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
3049	sacrosanct	पुण्यमय	most sacred; inviolable	The brash insurance salesman invaded the sacrosanct privacy of the office of the president of the company.
3050	sadistic	परपीड़क	inclined to cruelty	If we are to improve conditions in this prison, we must first get rid of the sadistic warden.
3051	saga	कथा	Scandinavian myth; any legend	This is a saga of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.
3052	sagacious	मेधावी	keen; shrewd; having insight	He is much too sagacious to be fooled by a trick like that.
3053	sage	ऋषि	person celebrated for wisdom	Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet, Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to consult the legendary sage.
3054	salacious	कामातुर	lascivious; lustful	Chaucer's monk is not pious but salacious, a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.
3055	salient	मुख्य	prominent	One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.
3056	saline	खारा	salty	The slightly saline taste of this mineral water is pleasant.
3057	sallow	भूरे रंग का	yellowish; sickly in color	We were disturbed by his sallow complexion, which was due to jaundice.
3058	salubrious	स्वास्थ्यप्रद	healthful	Many people with hay fever move to more salubrious sections of the country during the months of August and September.
3059	salutary	लाभदायक	tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome	The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy, as he became a model student.
3060	salvage	उबार	rescue from loss	All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.
3061	sanctimonious	पाखंडी	displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness	You do not have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout.
3062	sanction	प्रतिबंध	approve; ratify	Nothing will convince me to sanction the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.
3063	sanguinary	अभिशप्त	bloody	The battle of lwo Jina was unexpectedly sanguinary with many casualties.
3064	sanguine	आशावादी	cheerful; hopeful	Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong.
3065	sap	पौधों का रस	diminish; undermine	The element kryptonite had an unhealthy effect on Superman: it sapped his strength.
3066	sarcasm	ताना	scornful remarks, stinging rebuke	His feelings were hurt by the sarcasm of his supposed friends.
3067	sardonic	तिरस्कारपूर्ण	disdainful; sarcastic; cynical	The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
3068	sartorial	दज़ी-संबंधी	pertaining to tailors	He was as famous for the sartorial splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.
3069	sate	ऊबाना	satisfy to the full; cloy	Its hunger sated, the lion dozed.
3070	satellite	उपग्रह	small body revolving around a larger one	During the first few years of the Space Age, hundreds of satellites were launched by Russia and the United States.
3071	satiate	पूरा करना	surfeit; satisfy fully	The guests, having eaten until they were satiated, now listened inattentively to the speakers.
3072	satire	व्यंग	form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly	Gulliver's Travels, which is regarded by many as a tale for children, is actually a bitter satire attacking human folly.
3073	satirical	व्यंगपूर्ण	mocking	The humor of cartoonists Gary Trudeau often is satirical; though the comments of the Doonesbury characters, Trudeau ridicules political corruption and folly.
3074	saturate	तर	soak	Their clothes were saturated by the rain.
3075	saturnine	सीसे का	gloomy	Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.
3076	satyr	ऐयाश	half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus, portrayed as wanton and cunning	He was like a satyr in his lustful conduct.
3077	saunter	सैर	stroll slowly	As we sauntered through the park, we stopped frequently to admire the spring flowers.
3078	savant	पंडित	scholar	Our faculty includes many worldfamous savants.
3079	savor	स्वाद	enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality	Relishing his triumph, Costner especially savored the chagrin of the critics who had predicted his failure.
3080	savory	दिलकश	tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable	Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create savory delicacies for their guests.
3081	scabbard	म्यान	case for a sword blade; sheath	The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard.
3082	scad	एक प्रकार की मछली	a great quantity	Refusing Dave's offer to lend him a shirt, Phil replied, "No, thanks: I've got scads of clothes."
3083	scaffold	पाड़	temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; platform for execution	Before painting the house, the workers put up a scaffold to allow them to work on the second story.
3084	scale	स्केल	climb up; ascend	To locate a book on the top shelf of the stacks, Lee had to scale an exceptionally rickety ladder.
3085	scanty	अल्प	meager; insufficient	Thinking his helping of food was scanty, Oliver Twist asked for more.
3086	scapegoat	बलि का बकरा	someone who bears the blame for others	After the Challenger disaster, NASA searched for scapegoats on whom they could cast the blame.
3087	scavenge	मांजना	hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food	If you need car parts that the dealers no longer stock, try scavenging for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards.
3088	scenario	परिदृश्य	plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto	Scaramouche startled the other actors in the commedia troupe when he suddenly departed from their customary scenario and began to improvise.
3089	schematic	ढांच के रूप में	relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols	In working out the solution to an analytical logic question, you may find it helpful to construct a simple schematic diagram illustrating the relationships between the items of information given in the question.
3090	schism	फूट	division; split	Let us not widen the schism by further bickering.
3091	scintilla	झलक	shred; least bit	You have not produced a scintilla of evidence to support your argument.
3092	scintillate	चमकना	sparkle; flash	I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the conversation scintillates.
3093	scoff	उपहास	mock; ridicule	He scoffed at dentists until he had his first toothache.
3094	scotch	स्कॉच	stamp out; thwart; hinder	Heather tried to scotch the rumor that she had stolen her best friend's fiance.
3095	scourge	कोड़ा	lash; whip; severe punishment	They feared the plague and regarded it as a deadly scourge.
3096	scruple	संदेह	fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons	Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to read his diary.
3097	scrupulous	ईमानदार	conscientious; extremely thorough	I can recommend him for a position of responsibility for I have found him a very scrupulous young man.
3098	scrutinize	ताकना	examine closely and critically	Searching for flaws, the sergeant scrutinized every detail of the private's uniform.
3099	scuffle	हाथापाई	struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry.	The twins briefly scuffled, wrestling to see which of them would get the toy. When their big brother yelled, "Let go of my Gameboy!" they scuffled off down the hall.
3100	scurrilous	अपमानजनक	obscene; indecent	Your scurrilous remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.
3101	scurry	बौछाड़	move briskly	The White Rabbit had to scurry to get to his appointment on time.
3102	scurvy	पाजी	despicable; contemptible	Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his scurvy crew.
3103	scuttle	अऋगीठी	sink	The sailors decided to scuttle their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.
3104	seamy	जोड़दार	sordid; unwholesome	In the Godfather, Michael Corleone is unwilling to expose his wife and children to the seamy side of his life as the son of a Mafia don.
3105	sear	जलाना	char or burn; brand	Accidentally brushing against the hot grill, she seared her hand badly.
3106	seasoned	अनुभवी	experienced	Though pleased with her new batch of rookies, the basketball coach wished she had a few more seasoned players on the team.
3107	secession	अपगमन	withdrawal	The secession of the Southern states provided Lincoln with his first major problem after his inauguration.
3108	seclusion	तनहाई	isolation; solitude	One moment she loved crowds; the next, she sought seclusion.
3109	secrete	छिपाना	hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism.	The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas secretes insulin in the islets of Langerhans.
3110	sectarian	सांप्रदायिक	narrow-minded; limited in scope	As university chaplain, she sought to address universal religious issues and not limit herself to mere sectarian concerns.
3111	secular	धर्म निरपेक्ष	worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal	The church leaders decided not interfere in secular matters.
3112	sedate	गंभीर	composed; grave	The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and sedate.
3113	sedative	सीडेटिव	calming drug or influence	It is dangerous to drive after taking the sedative; it brings drowsiness.
3114	sedentary	गतिहीन	requiring sitting	Because he had a sedentary occupation, he decided to visit a gymnasium weekly.
3115	sedition	विद्रोह	resistance to authority; insubordination	His words, though not treasonous in themselves, were calculated to arouse thoughts of sedition.
3116	sedulous	परिश्रमी	diligent	The young woman was so sedulous that she received a commendation for her hard work.
3117	seedy	अस्वस्थ	run-down; decrepit; disreputable	I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a seedy downtown hotel.
3118	seemly	छबीला	proper; appropriate	Lady Bracknell did not think it was seemly for Ernest to lack a proper family; no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to marry her daughter.
3119	seep	रिसना	ooze; trickle	During the rainstorm, water seeped through the crack in the basement wall and damaged the floor boards.
3120	seethe	उबलना	be disturbed; boil	The nation was seething with discontent as the nobleman continued their arrogant ways.
3121	seine	सीन	net for catching fish	When the shad run during the spring, you may see fishermen with seines along the banks of our coastal rivers.
3122	seismic	भूकंपीय	pertaining to earthquakes	The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances.
3123	semblance	दिखावा	outward appearance; guise	Although this book has a semblance of wisdom and scholarship, a careful examination will reveal many errors and omissions.
3124	seminal	लाभदायक	germinal; influencing future developments; related to seed or semen	Although Freud has generally been regarded as a seminal thinker who shaped the course of psychology, his psychoanalytic methods have come under attack recently.
3125	seminary	पाठशाला	school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women	Sure of his priestly vocation, Terrence planned to pursue his theological training at the local Roman Catholic seminary.
3126	senility	बुढ़ापा	old age; feeble mindedness of old age	Most of the decisions are being made by the junior members of the company because of the senility of the president.
3127	sensual	कामुक	devoted to the pleasures of the senses; carnal; voluptous	I cannot understand what caused him to drop his sensual way of life and become so ascetic.
3128	sensuous	कामुक	pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses	He was stimulated by the sights, sounds and smells about him; he was enjoying his sensuous experience.
3129	sententious	उपदेशात्मक	terse; concise; aphoristic	After reading so many redundant speeches, I find his sententious style particulary pleasing.
3130	sentinel	पहरेदार	sentry; lookout	Though camped in enemy territory, Bledsoe ignored the elementary precaution of posting sentinels around the encampment.
3131	septic	विषाक्त	putrid; producing putrefaction	The hospital was in such a filthy state that we were afraid that many of the patients would suffer from septic poisoning.
3132	sepulcher	क़ब्र	tomb	Annabel Lee was buried in a sepulcher by the sea.
3133	sequester	एकांत में रहना	retire from public life; segregate; seclude	Although he had hoped for a long time to sequester himself in a small community, he never was able to drop his busy round of activities in the city.
3134	sere	मुरझाया हुआ	parched; dry	After the unseasonably dry winter the Berkeley hills looked dusty and sere.
3135	serendipity	नसीब	gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck	Many scientific discoveries are a matter of serendipity: Newton was not sitting there thinking about gravity when the apple dropped on his head.
3136	serenity	शांति	calmness; placidity	The serenity of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.
3137	serpentine	टेढ़ा	winding; twisting	The car swerved at every curve in the serpentine road.
3138	serrated	दाँतेदार	having a sawtoothed edge	The beech tree is one of many plants that have serrated leaves.
3139	servile	ग़ुलामी का	slavish; cringing	Constantly fawning on his employer, humble Uriah Heap was a servile creature.
3140	servitude	दासत्व	slavery; compulsory labor	Born a slave, Douglass resented his wife of servitude and plotted to escape to the North.
3141	severance	पृथक्करण	division; partition; separation	The severance of church and state is a basic principle of our government.
3142	severity	तीव्रता	harshness; plainness	The newspapers disapproved of the severity of the sentence.
3143	sextant	षष्ठक	navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude	Given a clear night, with the aid of his sextant and compass, he could keep the ship safely on course.
3144	shackle	बेड़ी	chain; fetter	The criminal's ankles were shackled to prevent his escape.
3145	sham	दिखावा	pretend	He shammed sickness to get out of going to school.