Exacerbate

Exacerbate

Meaning:Worsen the situation

Usage:The increase in LPG cylinder price has exacerbated the condition of middle class families.

Amalgamate

Amalgamate/Amalgamation


Meaning: To put together; Combine to form one entity

Usage: The amalgamation of several small factories led him to setup a huge business empire

Pathetic

Pathetic

Meaning: Deserving pity

Usage: Typing mathematical equations in MS word is really pathetic, so I prefer LATEX software for that.

Vandalise

Vandalise

Meaning: To destroy

Usage:The goons vandalised the shops whose owners refused to pay taxes to them (goons).

Excruciating

Excruciating


Meaning: Extremely painful

Usage: They both cried excruciatingly.

Irked

Irked

Meaning: Irritate ; annoy ; vex

Usage: Recent ban on Facebook has irked the youth community.

Ambidextrous

Ambidextrous

Meaning: Able to use both hands equally well

Usage:I am ambidextrous and hence i can write with both hands equally well

Chide

Chide

Meaning: Censure or Criticise severely

Usage: His parents chided him severly for scoring low marks in the final exam

Flatter

Flatter


Meaning:To praise excessively with a motive of seeking some personal favour.

Usage:
The girlfriend got flattered when her boyfriend commented on her beauty. 

Extradition

Extradition

Meaning:Exchange of criminals by one country/authority with another country/authority after a mutual greement.

Usage:
USA has agreed for the extradition of criminals to India.

Expedite

Expedite:

Meaning: To speed up or hasten the progress

Usage:
The manager asked the person to expedite the payments.

Quintessential

Quintessential

Meaning: Something which represents a perfect example of quality or class

Usage:
Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge is the quintessential post-liberalisation film.

[Usage Source: The Hindu]

Versatile

Versatile

Meaning:

• Having great diversity or variety
• Something which is changeable, not constant

Usage
The portfolio of selected candidates were much more versatile than those of others.

Crusade

Crusade

Meaning: To lead or participate in a campaign concerning a social, political or religious issue

Usage:
For Feroze Gandhi, even the whiff of impropriety was enough to set him off on a crusade. He was truly a great leader.

Obsolete

Obsolete

Meaning: No longer is use

Usage:
These drugs have gone out of the market as they have turned obsolete and are no longer used in clinical practice.

Snobbery

Snobbery

Meaning: The state of condescending to those of lower social status

Use:
A rare combination of simplicity and snobbery, Alia Bhatt could well be the girl to watch out for in the movie "Student of the year"

Dwindle

Dwindle

Meaning: Become smaller or reduce

Use:
You should spend wisely or else it will dwindle your finances.