The English language has become a fascination over the past few decades, and everyone is trying to master the language in its grammar and, more importantly, vocabulary.

Learning new words and their meanings along with how to fit them in a context is what we are going to brief in this article. There are thousands of English words, and newer words are coined now and then.

Although it cannot be possible to review all existing words, let us explore some words for better vocabulary (that we commonly use) in alphabetical order and how to use them in sentences as nouns, adjectives, or verbs.

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Words With Meaning And Sentence

Some of the Vocabulary Words With Meaning And Sentence are:

Adjure (Verb): 

• Meaning: Formal exertion on someone to do something.
• Sentence: The doctor adjured his patient to concur for heart surgery. 

Badinage (Noun): 

• Meaning: Witty conversation.
• Sentence: We had badinage last night.

Carp (Verb): 

• Meaning: Complaint continually.
• Sentence: Our neighbors keep carping about poor facilities in our county.

Dogmatic (Adjective):

• Meaning: Thrusting one’s opinion or beliefs while reluctant to accept those of others.
• Sentence: The leader seems quite dogmatic.

Effete (Adjective):

• Meaning: No longer effective.
• Sentence: The chamber is currently exhausted.

Fulminate (Noun):

• Meaning: Protest strongly against something.
• Sentence: There is always some fulmination to new rules.

Gofer (Noun):

• Meaning: Person who runs errands.
• Sentence: I am hunting for a gofer.

Hark (Verb):

• Meaning: Remind something from the past.
• Sentence: She was harking back to childhood upon seeing her school.

Ineffable (Adjective):

• Meaning: Too sacred to be spoken.
• Sentence: Sculptures of temple deities are impossible to be described in words.

Jink (Verb):

• Meaning: Sudden quick change of direction.
• Sentence: The pilot jinked the plane for an emergency landing.

Knoll (Noun):

• Meaning: Small hill or mound.
• Sentence: The resort is ideally located amidst knolls.

Languish (Verb):

• Meaning: Be kept in an undesirable place or situation.
• Sentence: He was languishing in jail.

Mettle (Noun):

• Meaning: Spirit or strength during difficulty.
• Sentence: One must try to practice mettle in crisis.

Nimble (Verb):

• Meaning: Quick or agile in movement.
• Sentence: The dwarf nimble easily through the crowd.

Oppugn (Verb):

• Meaning: Question the truth or validity of something.
• Sentence: Youngsters often oppugn superstitions.

Plenary (Adjective):

• Meaning: Full; absolute.
• Sentence: The minister has plenary powers over the state.

Quaff (Verb):

• Meaning: Drink something heartily.
• Sentence: The kitten quaffed its plate of milk.

Rectitude (Noun):

• Meaning: Morally correct behavior. 
• Sentence: All always appreciate honesty.

Sartorial (Noun):

• Meaning: Relating to clothes or a person’s style of dress.
• Sentence: Their sartorial has been imitated around the world.

Terse (Adjective):

• Meaning: Using few words or abrupt.
• Sentence: It was a brief and ambiguous statement.

Uncanny (Adjective):

• Meaning: Strange or mysterious.
• Sentence: The portrait’s appearance was uncanny.

Vestal (Adjective):

• Meaning: Chaste or pure.
• Sentence: A vestal ambiance can be experienced at the shrine.

Wreathe (Verb):

• Meaning: Envelope or surround.
• Sentence: The cops wreathed the crime site immediately.

Xenophobia (Noun):

• Meaning: Fear of people from other countries.
• Sentence: Xenophobia is not a good sign.

Yonder (Adjective):

• Meaning: Referring to something far away.
• Sentence: Consider the yonder side of any issue before deciding.

Zilch (Adjective):

• Meaning: Nil.
• Sentence: Environmental concern is zilch these days.

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Vocabulary words with meaning in English  

Vocabulary are the words that are used in sentences. The word vocabulary originates from the Latin word vocabulum. These vocabulary words put sense in the sentence and make the sentence meaningful. Some people use common or easy vocabulary words. But there are other difficult or complex words that can be used in place of easy words.

If you want to learn vocabulary then here are some tips- read as much as you can, read newspapers, journals, and articles. Learn a new word every day. Engage with people. Try to have conversations with them. Refer to the dictionary if you are not able to find the meaning of a particular word. Dictionary not just consist of word meanings, it also provide you the sentences so that you are able to learn how we can use a word in a sentence.

Below is the list of some vocabulary words:

• ailment
• assault
• awful
• attend
• conscious
• overcome
• overdue
• unforeseen
• despair
• cargo
• Criticize 
• Invert

100 vocabulary words with meaning and sentence

word	meaning	Sentence
abjure	Promise publically that you will give up	She will abjure his allegiance to the king.
acumen	The ability to understand tings quickly and well	She has a good financial acumen
antipathy	dislike	She has a big antipathy towards cats
enervate	weaken or destroy strength	he was slow to recover from his disease, even a short walk to the window would enervate him
fetid	unpleasant-smell	These cats are staying in fetid, dark sheds and barns
gregarious	sociable	She is a very gregarious women
mendacious	Dishonesty, lying	This is mendacious about his state.
squatter	A person who is living in a building or land without permission or paying rent	Anita is squatting in this building for nearly 2 years
squeaky	Making a short high sound	She has a very high squeaky voice
truce	An agreement between opponents to stop fighting for a certain period of time	America and Iran called for truce
organize	to arrange something in a proper way	Our marketing team will organize the upcoming Annual Sales Convention in Mumbai
Expand	To increase the size or amount	Our company is planning to expand the business in India
competitor	The person or business that competes against you	Over 500 competitors are there in this market
Invoice	It is a bill showing quantity & price of good purchased.	Due date for the invoice in 9th Jan.
consensus	agreed on by everyone on something	Still there is no consensus between them after huge argument
Public relation	Make good relation with the public so to have better publics image	Giving goodies will be a good public relation move
authorization	Giving legal approval to something	They are denied the authorization to start machine by officers
delegate	Distribution of something to lower level	Manager is delegating some work in order become efficient
After-sale services	Giving services to customers like maintenance, repairs after selling products to them	This company provide good after-sale services according to a survey
clause	A statement in the contract	According to clause 4, nobody can talk in the office hours
alacrity	eagerness	She is very alacrity to know about her results
Feral	wild	He has a very feral thinking about life
extol	praise	Her mother extol her for good results
furtive	secrete	She is very furtive
impertinent	Bold, forward	She is a very impertinent girl
indolent	Incline towards works	She is very hardworking indolent
inept	incompetent	She is inept for this job
ailment	Sick, ill	She succumbed to her ailment
assault	attack	She get assaulted by the gangster
awful	Very bad or unpleasant	She is looking very awful in this dress
attend	To be present at an event	We’d like as many as people attend
conscious	aware of something	She is not conscious about
overcome	To succeed, to defeat	She overcame the injury to win Olympics
overdue	Not paid, that should have happened	A book like this is long overdue
unforeseen	That you didn’t expect to happen	The project was running late due unforeseen circumstances
despair	A state where hope is missing	Due to his illness, he becomes despair of living
cargo	The goods which are being carried	The tanker began to spill its cargo of oil
Criticize	To say something against	We were taught how to criticize poems
Invert	To change the normal position of something	Place a plate over the cake and invert it.
rebellion	Using violence, acting against	The people of china are rebellion against the govt.
Rectify	To correct something	She rectify his speech to be delivered in front of the public
spineless	Lack courage	He is a spineless man
Recuperate	To recover	She recuperated from her injury very fast
Migrate	Moving from one place to another	Workers are migrating to different states in search of work
obese	fat	She is very obese nor she do any exercise to stay fit
auspicious	Showing sign that something is likely to be successful in the future	An auspicious start to the new school year
efficiency	Doing something with accuracy and without wasting time and money	I am impressed by her efficiency with which she handled the crises
intangible	Cannot be seen, touched	Their goodwill is the biggest intangible asset
cluster	A group of something	The doctors clustered anxiously around his bed
abandon	Leaving alone	She abandoned her child after giving birth
Destination	the place designated as the end	We have reached our destination
scarcity	Shortage, inadequate	There is scarcity of water in rural areas
stamina	Strength and energy	She has a great stamina in running
tactic	A plan for a having a certain goal	They increase their sales with a tactic move of giving goodies
bluff	Deceive someone or lying about your self	She is bluffing of her money
decline	Rapid decrease in something	Share market is declining rapidly
nightmare	Bad dream	She had a nightmare of ghost
beneath	In or to a lower position of something	Her makeup hid signs of age beneath
chase	To run after something	He chased after burglar but didn’t catch him
milestone	A very important stage	She achieved the milestone of becoming a lawyer
ambivalent	Uncertain, unable to decide	He is ambivalent as which course to choose
cupidity	Greedy for wealth	This women is marrying for just because she is very cupid
defunct	No longer in use	This paper cutting machine is defunct
denigrate	Attack on someone’s goodwill	This women is denigrating king by making false claims
instigate	To provoke	She is instigating him to murder her acquaintance
Paradigm	Certain standards	Here are some paradigm to become a member of this club
wanton	Immoral person	She is a very wanton person as she misbehaved in the party
vitriolic	Bitter, harsh	She uses vitriolic language for everyone
truculent	Very aggressive	He becomes truculent every moment. Everyone is afraid of him
pariah	Who get rejected from home or some society	Alia get caught of stealing gold, in return she get pariah from her home and city
participation	The act of taking part in something	She participated in dancing competition
parting	Leaving	Mr& Mrs Mcbroom are parting their ways
spurn	Reject, refuse	Sahil spurn mark’s invitation
ache	pain	Sahil is having stomach ache since morning
versatile	Able to do many different things	She is a designer of extraordinary versatility
vibrant	Full of life and energy	Thailand is at its most vibrant during new year celebration
Undo	To cancel the effect of something	It’s not too late to try and undo the damage
vague	Not clear	This information is vague
wry	Showing that you are both amused and annoyed	At least we got one vote, she said in a wry smile
wuss	A person who is not strong or brave	Don’t be such a wuss
wrath	Extreme angry	The wrath of god
yonks	A long time	I haven’t seen you for yonks
zap	To destroy or kill	The monster got zapped by a flying saucer
priest	A person who is qualifies to do religious duties  or ceremonies	The ordination of women priests
prickle	To give an unpleasant feeling	Her eyes prickled with tears
privilege	A special right or advantage	You can enjoy all the privileges of the club
profane	Showing a lack of respect for god	She uses profane language
progression	The process of developing from one stage to other	The rapid progression of a disease
puffy	Looking swollen	Her eyes were puffy from crying
puke	To vomit	The baby puked after eating
pungent	Having a strong taste or smell	The pungent smell of burning rubber
pun	The humorous use of a word	We’re banking on them lending us the money0 no pun intended
puny	Small, weak, not impressive	They laughed at my puny efforts
punter	A person who buys or uses a product	It’s important to keep the punters happy
raging	Very strong, powerful	A raging thirst or apatite
rapacious	Wanting more money or good than you need	The rapacity of landowners seeking greater profits
rapture	A feeling of extreme happiness	The children gazed at her in rapture
rebut	To ;prove that a statement is wrong	The accusations met with a company were rebutted
crap	nonsense	She is full of crap
dawdle	Take long time to do	They dawdled along by the river

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