Some Vocabulary for Verbal Aptitude

Verbal Section is as important for clearing aptitude tests as the other sections like quantitative aptitude, comprehension and psychometric tests.

Below we give some important vocabulary starting with letter A selected from previous placement papers.
You need to be good at vocabulary to clear the aptitude test.


Aberration - deviation
Usage: survivors of a major catastrophe are likely to exhibit aberrations of behavior

Access - to approach

Acclivity - an upward slope
Usage: car could not go up the acclivity in high gear.

Acronym –abbreviation

Acumen -exactness, mental keenness
Usage: Her business acumen helped her to succeed.

Adage -proverb, wise saying
Usage: There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.

Adherence - stick

Adhesive - bonding agent, glue, gum

Admonish - usurp (reprove),warn
Usage: He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways.
Adversary - opposition, enemy
Usage: batman struggled to save the city from the villain’s wicked adversary.

Affable - lovable, approachable

Affinity - strong liking

Agrarian - related to agriculture

Alacrity - Eagerness, Readiness
Usage: they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity.

Alienate - estrange (isolate), make hostile
Usage: her attempts to alienate the two friends failed.

Aloofness – unfriendliness, remoteness, apart, reserved
Usage: She remained aloof when all the rest conversed.

Assess - determine the amount or value

Augury - prediction, prophecy.
Usage: he interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.

Avid - keen, eager
Usage: he was avid for learning everything he could get.

Awry - skewed, crooked, wrong, twisted, distorted
Usage: he held his head awry giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck.