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English Vocabulary With Meaning and Exercise

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WORD	MEANING	KEY
Bedizen	Adorn with showy manner	KIRAN BEDI – ZEN CAR
Belabour	To explain excessively	LABOUR
Belittle	to disparage	Little
Bellicose	Quarrelsome; warlike	Belly
Blandishment	Pleasant talks/action to flatter somebody	LAND
Banal	Dull; uninteresting	BANNER
Bedlam	Any place or situation of confusion	BED, LAMP
Behmoth	A huge animal	Way mauth

Adroit	Skillful	AD-ADVERTISEMENT-WROTE
Aegis	Protection; support	Childern’s support is required in the old AGE.
Affected	Artificial; pretended	AFFECT
Affluence	Wealth; abundance	FLUENCY
Affront	Insult; offense	FRONT
Alacrity	Cheerful; promptness; eagerness	A LAC (RUPEE)
Allay	To lessen; to clam	Aa le
Alternation	Noisy quarrel; heated dispute	ALTERATION
Abase	To lower in position; to degrade	BASEMENT
Abstruse	Difficult to understand	TRUE
Acclimatize	Adjust with climate or with any condition	CpLIMATE
Actuarial	Calculating	ACTUAL
Astute	Wise; skilled	A SCIENCE TUTOR
Attrition	A gradual reduction	RATION SHOP
Augment	To increase	Aag – mint
Apprise	To inform	Prize
Assay	Evaluation; analysis	Essay
Altruistic	Unselfishly : generous; kind	THE KING & GENEROUS PEOPLE TUST ALL
Ambivalence	State of not able to decide because of emotional attitude	BALANCE
Ameliorate	To improve; to make something better	Amul rate
Apposite	Appropriate ; fitting	An appropriate girl lives opposite to my house.
Arduous	Rough	HARD
Arrack	Strong alcoholic drink	A rack
Asinine	Stupid	Ass nine
Assiduous	Working hard	Ass does
Canny	Careful and showing good judement esp. in business or spending the money	Pespi can
Canvass	Asking for vote	Cane-ass
Capacious	Roomy	Capacity
Capricious	Showing sudden changes	CAP PRICE
Cardinal	Principal, chief, most	Visa card is most
Careen	Sway from side to side	Kareen kapoor (actress)
Carnage	Killing many people	Car
Cataclysm	Any sudden, violent, change esp flood	Cat-kill
Celerity	Speedily	Celebrity
Censure	To disapprove, to condemn as wrong	Censor board
Certitude	A feeling of sureness	Certificate
Chagrin	Feeling disappointment due to mistake	Tea fell on clothes
Chequered	Period of good and bad time	Cheques
Chimerical	Fantastic; highly imaginative	SHE MARRY
Cipher	Secret code	Urdu word
Circuitous	Roundabout	Circus
Circumspect	Cautions	Sir-come-specs
Clairvoyance	Keen ability to grasp things	CLEAR VOICE
Cliché	Phrase repetitively used	Clutch
Cogent	Convincing	Co-company , agent
Coerce	To compel; to force	Course
Compendium	Brief summary	Pen
Conflagration	A wild fire	Flag
Copious	Plenty, too much	Copy
Covert	Secret, hidden	Cover
Credulous	Believable	Credit
Culinary	Related to kitchen cooking	Clean
Cull	To reject	Tomorrow
Culpable	Blame worthy, deserving blame	Culprit
Cynosure	A centre of attention or interest	Dinosaur
Calumny	A false statement to defame somebody	COLOUMN (IN NEW SPAPER)
CANDID	HONEST	CANDY
Captious	Quick to find fault	Cap
Carp	To complain continually about unimportant matters and finding faults	Car
Cartographer	Map-maker	Cartoon-graphic design
Cathartic	Purgative; that causes bowels to empty; the process of releasing strong feeling (anger, hate)	Catha
Caveat	Wheat	Warning
Charlatan	A person who claims more knowledge skill than he was has	Ten
Cherubic	With a round innocent face	A name
Cogitate	Medidate; to think deeply	Cock-it-ate
Commiserate	To sympathies; show pity for	Police commissioner
Conjecture	A guess	Jack (of playing cards)
Contagious	Spreads through touching	Contact
Corroborate	To give support to a statement, belief, theory	Collaborate
Cupidity	Strong desire for wealth	Queue-people
Curry	Seek favour	Chicken curry
Chary	Cautious	Cherry
Colander	A special utensil	Calendar
Cower	Shrink as from fear	Cow
Cursory	Hastily done	Cursor
Condescend	To comedown voluntarily	Descend
Cache	Secret place	Cash
Canon	A basic law or principle	CANON CAMERA
Cantankerous	Bad tempered	Tanker
Chaff	Worthless	Chef
Choleric	Easily made angry	Cholera
Concomitant	Happening at the same time	Commitment
Conjugal	Of relation between husband & wife	Jugal Jodi
Culmination	Attainment of highest point	Me-nation
Crabbed	Peevish ; irritating	Crab
Cryptic	Secret	Creep
Cul-de-sae	Trap	Sack
Carmine	Red purplish colour	My car
Cognomen	Last name, surname	Congress-men
Digress	To leave the main subject/work	Grass
Diligence	Careful; hardworking	DELHI – GENTS
Dipsomaniac	One who has a great desire for liquor	Dio so man
Disavowal	Denial; to say that something is not true	Vowels
Disconcert	To confuse; to upset	This concert
Discord	Quarrel, disagreement	This cord
Discursive	Changing from one topic to another	Cursive writing
Disinterested	Not influenced by personal feeling or interest; imbaised	Not interested
Diurnal	Day time	Dairy
Dicey	Risky; uncertain	Dice
Deadpan	Wooden; interesting	Pan, dead
Dirge	A song, poem of grief	Dar
Distrain	The cat of a seizing goods for debt	This train
Dotage	Childish state due to old age	Dot-age
Dyspepsia	Pain due to indigestion	Peisi
Deranged	Insance; stupid	Mountain range, ranger cycle
Deride	To ridicule	Ride
Descant	Discuss in detail	Desk ant
Diaphanous	Transparent	Dial, phone
Dilettante	One who is not an expert	Loose
Disport	To smile	This port (airport)
Dregs	Worthless things	Drugs
Dubious	Doubtful	Dubi
Dulcet	Sweet sounding	Dull set stage
Defalcate	To mislead money	Deaf all cat
Deleterious	Harmful	Tree
Derelict	A person without home	Dairy- luck
Despondency	Hopeless; sad	Pond
Détente	Lessening of tension between two countries especially	The tent
Detrimental	Harmful	Mental
Diabolical	Devilish; very bad	Dia-diameter, ball
Diffidence	Lack of confidence; shyness	Den
Dissemble	To pretend; to hide	Dissemble (opposite of assemble)
Dormant	Not active; lazy	Our door man is very lazy and not very active peson.
Draconian	Cruel; severe	Dracula
Dolorous	Sad	Doll
Decadence	A fall in moral behavior; art & literature	Decay- decade
Decimate	To destroy wipe out or kill a large part of	Deci-mate
Devolve	To pass on to another	Valve
Diatribe	A bitter; criticism in speech writing	Tribe
Didactic	For the purpose of teaching	Deck (music system)
Exculpate	Prove guiltless	Axe
Eccentric	Crazy; odd	Eggs, center
Eclectic	Selective	Electric
Elixir	Cure all	Alexender
Enormity	A series crime; of great size	An norm (rule)
Espouse	Support	Spouse
Extricate	To disentangle; to cut	Tree, cut
Ebullient	Energetic; enthusiastic	Bull
Enervate	To lose energy; to make somebody loose strength	Nerve, weight
Enjoin	To suggest; to advise	Join
Enunciate	Speak clearly	Nun (sister in church)
Ephemeral	Short lived	Abhi mara
Encumber	To become burden	An
Enigma	Puzzling	Nagma actress
Eschew	To avoid; to keep away from something deliberately	Chew
Eulogy	To praise very much	Yeah lo ji
Exigency	A situation calling for immediate attention	Emergency
Extol	To praise highly	Extra- tall
Effulgent	Shinning brilliantly	A full detergent
Emollient	Soften or soothing agent	A mole-ant
Equitable	Fair; reasonable	Equ-equal, table
Excision	The action of cutting removing something	Oxygen
Extirpate	To remove which is undesirable	Extra
Extraneous	Coming from outside; unrelated	Extra, us
Flippant	Flips (leafs or pages of a diary planner), ant	Quick changing attitude
Fulminate	Protest strongly & loudly	Fruits
Febrile	Nervous and little excited	February month
Fealty	Loyally	Feel
Felicity	Great happiness the quality of well designed well planed	Widespread
Fatuous	Stupid & silly; foolish	Fat
Firebrand	Trouble maker	Fire
Facile	Effortless; not hard to do	Face, oil
Fortitude	Courage; boldness to face difficulties	Fort
Fulsome	Exp of speech or writing in excessive or of great degree	Full-some
Fallacy	A false belief; a false argument	False
Fatalism	The belief that all events are determined by God & fate	Fate
Fecund	Productive; fertile	Fee
Figurine	A small ornamental statue	Figure (of a girl)
Faux pass	A social mistake	Fox pass
Functionary	A person with official duties; officer	Function
Fiasco	A complete feuture	Fee ask
Gerrymander	To change voting district lines in order to favour a political party	Outsider man
Garrulous	Talking much especially about unimportant things	Gorilla
Germane	Relevant	German language
Glean	To collect fact etc	Lean (to bend)
Glut	Over abundance; to much	False
Gourmand	A person who like to eat too much	Government
Grueling	Difficult, thing & involving great effort	Grill
Gambit	A risky action	Game
Haleyon	Happy	Hello
Hiatus	A gap	Hate
Hirsute	Harry	Her-suit
Histrionic	Insincere and in humorous way	History
Homily	Long sermon; religious talk	Homely
Horrendous	Horrible	Horn
Hortatory	Advising	Heart
Highfalutin	Foolishly trying to appear too grand	High fall
Genuflect	To blend the knees in worship, to touch the fleet	Janu (Fiancee) reflect
Gadfly	A person who disturbs others	Fly
Gossamer	A very thin, film cloth	Dossa
Granduacated	Step by step; move in steps	It you want to do Graduation you will have to complete it through step by step process.
Gullible	Easily deceived	Garib
Gyrate	To move in a circular way	Ja rate
Gregarious	Fond of company of others, outsiders	Greek
Harangue	To criticize loudly % angrily	Green colour
Halcyon	Happy	Hello
Hiatus	A gap	Hate
Hirsute	Hairy	Her-suit
Histrionic	Insincere and in hum ours way	History
Homily	Long sermon/religious talk	Homely
Horrendous	Horrible	Horn
Hortatory	Advising	Heart
Highfalutin	Foolishly trying to appear too grand	High fall
Horology	The science of measuring time or making pieces	Horoscope
Idyllic	Peaceful; beautiful	Idli
Imminent	Likely to happen anything wrong	Eminent
Impeccable	Faultless; without any mistake	Pack-cable
Impinge	To collide	Pin
Inclement	Severe	Implement
Idiosyncrasy	A person’s particular way of thinking & behaving which is different from others	Idiot, crazy
Imbroglio	A complicated situation problem	In bra
Impolite	Not wise	Politics
Impugn	Challenged as false	Nacked
Incipient	Early time	In cp (cannaught place)
Incursion	Lord curs on	Temporary invasion
Indefatigable	Tireless	Fatigue
Indemnity	Make sure against loss	In dam
Inebriety	Intoxication	In abb
Innocuous	Harmless	Knock us
Insouciant	Without worry	In sauce-ant
Invective	Abusive language	In wake
Incontinent	Unable to control the bowels	continential food
Insipid	Tasteless	Sip
Insurmountable	Intolerable	Sir, mound
Irate	Very angry	My uncle became very angry when the salesmen charged unreasonable rate of a cold drink.
Juxtapose	To place people and things very close to each other	Just opposite
Jaunty	Feeling self-confidence	Jaunty rodes (south African cricketer)
Jocund	Pleasant; cheerful	Joke
Jettison	To throw unnecessary things from a ship aircraft etc.	Jet-Son
Jape	A joke played on somebody	APE (A KIND OF MONKEY)
Japonica	An ornamental bush with red flowers and green fruits	Japan
Jalopy	An old used car	Jalabi
Jangle	To irriate somebody	Jandul
Jagged	With rough pointed often sharp edges Jug	Jug
Jodhpurs	Trousers that are loose above the knee and tight from the knee to the ankle worn when riding a house	A district of uttar Pradesh
Juror	A member of a jury	Juror
Kleptomania	An abnormat dedire to stael	Clap man
Jeremiad	A tale or incident of woe	Pakistani Cricket player
Jeer	To laugh rudely	Jeera
Jersey	A light brown cow which produces high quantity milk	Jersi
Jib	To refuse; to be unwilling to accept	Tongue.
Macabre	Horrible	Makbara
Moribund	Death; come to an end completely	Mori passage close
Motility	Movement	Moti ladki
Machination	A secret and complicated plan	Machine
Malinger	To pretend to be ill in order to avoid work	Gardner
Manger	A long open box from which horses & cattle can feed	Manager
Mercenary	Selfish; mainly concerned with making money	Mercy
Mercurial	Inconstant; quick to change	Mercury
Mete	Distribute	Meet (Athletic Meet)
Meticulous	Careful	Mat
Militate	Work against	Militant
Misgiving	Worried, anxiety about the consequences, result	Miss (a girl ) giving
Misnomer	Wrong use of name or word or description	Name- missed
Mountebank	Pretender	Bank on mount Everest
Munificent	Generous, large in amount	Muni
Myopia	Inability to plan for future	My-o-piya
Mortified	To humiliate	Moti fight
Machievellian	Clever deceitful tricks	Match-villain
Martinet	Strict disciplinarian	Beat
Maudlin	Foollishly crying & sentimental	Modeling
Minutiae	Small details	Minute
Moratorium	Legal suspension or delay; a temporary	Twist
Nebuious	Not clear; cloudy	Lemon juice
Nettle	To make somebody slightly angry; to irritate	Net
Nefarious	Very wicked	Feri wala
Nonchanlance	Not showing anxiety; appearing clam % relaxed	No challen
Nepotism	Favouritism; the practisicng of fvarouing their relatives	Nap a short sleep
Overt	Open to view, not secret	Over
Opulence	Wealth	Opel Lancer car
Ostensible	On surface	Tension
Ostracize	To exclude from; to remove	Extra size
Odyssey	A long adventure as journey	Vip odyssey briefcase
Nexus	Connection	Neck
Necromancy	Black magic; magic of communicating with dead bodies	CROW- Man
Noisome	Unpleasant	Noise
Nostrum	Questioning on a medicine; something questionable	Nose-drum

Exercise A

The salt spray has gradually ………the bridge.

Sprite
ravaged
Demolished
Eroded

The volcanic …………was the cause of great devastation.

Outburst
Eruption
Erosion
Movement

It was impossible to recover the victims’ bodies as the place of the accident was………

Inaccessible
Marshy
Distant
Rocky

In order to maintain good health one should eat a ……… diet

Rich
Spicy
Balanced
Salty

As a result of …………..many unsuitable candidates were selected for the posts.

Tolerance
Favoritism
Humility
Weakness

There are several ways of ………. The price at which a product can be marketed.

Arriving
Thinking
Determining
Noticing

Although they are not, they always wear………… clothes.

Respectful
Respective
Respectable
Respected

After a recent mild paralytic attack his movements are ………. Restricted, otherwise he is still very active.

Entirely
Nowhere
Not
Slightly

The prisoner was released on ……….. for good behavior.

Probation
Bail
Parole
Guarantee

Rajeev is too …………as far as his good habits are concerned.

Enjoyable
Fastidious
Curious
Interesting

My father keeps all his …………. Papers in a lock and key.

Required
Necessary
Useful
Confidential

ANSWER

(d) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6.(c) 7.(c) 8.(d) 9.(c) 10. (b) 11. (d)

Exercise B

My mother upset the kettle of boil ding water and ………. Her right and badly.

Wounded
Sizzled
Scorched
Scalded

Please do not …………… an offer made by the chairman.

Refrain
Refute
Refuse
Refuge

The government is confident that the slandered of living will begin to…………… again soon.

Revive
Lift
Flourish
Rise

Sharing heavy responsibilities with colleagues does not involve loss of prestige, or………..of the authority of an institute’s head.

Deteriorations
Decrease
Diminution
Loss

The problem of proliferation of nuclear arms is never going to be solved unless the two super powers gree to………

A solution
Understand each other
Sit together
Meet half-way

Your case is so unique that I am not getting any……….. to support it.

Reason
Help
Happening
Precedent

Take possession of the records immediately last they should be ………with.

Tampered
Destroyed
Manhandled
Mishandled

Let us take him upon his word. I see no room for any………… in the matter.

Duplicity
Deviation
Cynicism
Difference

The ……….. Arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.

Intemperate
Spurious
Specious
Convincing

Director, he said, would ………….the matter at once.

Invigilate
Explore
Investigate
Survey

Everyone was …….. by surprise when she announced her plan to marry that boy.

Moved
Shaken
Taken
Prevailed

On second reading his poems strike us as singularly ………of sublime emotion.

Attributive
Signification
Symptomatic
Evocative

ANSWER

(d) 2.(c) 3(d) 4. (c) 5.(b) 6.(b) 7.(a) 8.(a) 9.(c) 10.(c) 11.(c) 12.(d)

Exercise c

The pilot was …………injured, he died within half an hour

Seriously
Fatally
Fatefully
Vitally

His………… direction misled us; we did not know which road to take.

Complex
Obscure
Mingled
Vague

He was very friendly with the press and it really …………. Him even for what he did not achieve.

Praised
Lionised
Appreciated
Highlighted

The police ………..the mob.

Scattered
Disbanded
Drove
Dispersed

I can not ………… to know much about it.

Imagine
Conceive
Pretend
Contemplate

We …………. Trouble on our borders.

Comprehend
Supplement
Complement
Apprehend

If you drink too much, it will………….. your judgment.

Impede
Impair
Impose
Impel

The punch made the boxer ………… with pain.

Wince
Gap
Grumble
Fumble

These essays are intellectually …………..and represent various levels of complexity.

Revealing
Modern
Superior
Demanding

The soldiers were instructed to ………… restraint and handle the situation peacefully.

Exercise
Control
Prevent
Enforce

Since one cannot read every book, one should be content with making a………… selection.

Normal
Standard
Moderate
Judicious

He is too.. .. to be deceived easily.

Strong
Modern
Intelligent
Kind

There has been a …………. Lack of efficiency in all the crucial areas of the working of public sector undertaking.

Positive
Surprising
Conspicuous

ANSWER – 1. (b) 2.(d) 3.(b) 4.(d) 5.(c) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8.(a) 9.(a) 10.(a) 11.(d) 12.(c) 13.(c)

Exercise D

A politician’ speech must be read …………. The lines, it may have a double.

Behind; edge
Between; meaning
Among ;ends
Beyond; face

Those who live in ……….. Houses should not throw ………at others.

Big; abuse
Own; challenges
Stone; brick
Glass; stones

I write a letter to you ………. Tentatively the dates of the program me.

Involving
Urging
Guiding
Indicating

Contemporary economic development differs …………..from the industrial revolution of the 19th century.

Naturally
Usually
Literally
Markedly

Ravi had to drop his plan of going to picnic as he had certain…….. To meet during that period.

Preparations
Observation
Urgencies
Commitments

It was ……….hot that day and the cable suffered the brunt of the heat.

Treacherously
Acceptable
Unfailingly
Unbelievably

……… eyewitness, the news reporter gave a graphic description of how fire broke out.

Reporting
Observing
Seeing
Quoting

…….. my knowledge, Mr. ashok has a prejudice ………. Foreigners.

In; for
As; towards
For; at
To; against

He gave me an additional ………. Of Rs. 100 a month by the ………of the commissioner.

Allowance ; permission
Pay; allowance
Payment ; agreement
Salary; admittance

There is no glory in war ….the blood it.

Considering; sheds
Comparing ;spills
Worth ; costs
Thinking ;demands

The director has …….me to …….. a speech for him.

Notified; do
Demanded ;prepare
Entrusted ; write
Commissioned ;draft

I will come tomorrow ………..I hear to the…………..

Unless; contrary
Until; contradictory
Except; oppose
Despite ;otherwise

Answer

1.(b) .2.(d) 3(d) 4.(d) 5.(d) 6.(d) 7.(d) 8.(d) 9.(a) 10.(a) 11.(d) 12.(a)

Exercise E

In one election after another, officers have been guilty of serious ………….of duty.

Dereliction
Carelessness
Lapses
Abandoning

Being extremely ………….he examiners every detail of the case before forming his opinion.

Cautious
Meticulous
Eccentric
Suspicious

It is very unfortunate that the two communities which were so friendly till recently are now……….

Unfriendly
At daggers drawn
Hostile
Unhappy

………..by repeated failures he persisted with his research and finally succeeded is isolating the mosquito responsible for carrying malaria.

Unaffected
Unmoved
Uninfluenced
Undaunted

Because of the bitter experience of the past he ………… everywhere

Disbelieves he
Smells a rat
Sees a danger
Suspects foul

On seeing the police approach, the miscreants

Cooled their heels
Wore at their heels
Took to their heels
Took upon their heels

The committee’s appeal to the people for money ….. little response.

Evoked
Provoked
Gained
Provided

Colgate has also got an ambitious aim of ………an eight per cent value share of the toothpaste market by the end of the first year

Keeping
Distributing
Cornering
Soliciting

He is very …………on meeting foreigners and befriending them

Anxious
Find
Insistent
Keen

If a speech is full of pompous words it is

Verbose
Bombastic
Grandiose
Grandiloquent

Answer

1. (a) 2.(b) 3.(b) 4.(d) 5.(b) 6.(c) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10.(d)

Exercise:

He felt happy when I offered him a bouquet of grapes.
None has dared to stand against Indian force.
They have not deposited the proceed in the bank yet. The work is being delayed.
What is your decided criteria to have an assessment of a candidate.
I have already applied for the posts of a Personality development trainer.
If you apply wrong gears, the vehicle can’t move well.
I forgot to bring my luggages with me as I was planning to stay here for some time only.
I got annoyed this servant when he did not follow my order.
She has various doubts to understand the correct usage of alphabets in spellings of word.
There are two scores of magazine which have not been sold yet.

Answers:

Replace bouquet of grapes with bunch of grapes.
Replace Indian force with Indian forces.
Replace proceed with proceeds.
Replace criteria with criterion.
Replace posts with post.
Replace gears with gear.
Replace luggages with luggage.
Replace order with orders.
Replace alphabets with alphabet.
Replace scores with score.

Exercise -2

Find the error in the following sentences.

Ration has been provided to all the poor people free of cost from Government authorities.
The table’s color is not as per my expectation.
I reached Kanpur at 10:30 ‘o’ clock and it was too late to contact you.
My cousin generally goes to sleep at 12 pm.
It has been a great challenge for us from immemorial times.
There was no place to stand in the function.
We should signify the things wrong from right.
I am not interested to find fault with others.
They were planning to get a freeship for their further studies.
I had sent him a word regarding our meeting in Lucknow.

Answers

In place of “Ration has”, it should be Rations have.
In place of table’s color, it should be “color of table.” As we can’t use apostrophe comma with non living things.
In place of 10:30 ‘o’ clock, it should be “10:30” As we can’t use ‘o’ clock without round time.
In place of goes to sleep, it should be “goes to bed”.
In place of “immemorial times”, it should be “time immemorial”.
In place of “no place”, it should be “no room”.
In place of “wrong from right”, it should be “right from wrong”. As the order is wrong.
In place of “fault”, it should be “faults”. As it should be in plural form only.
In place of “freeship”, it should be “free studentship”. As freeship is not a correct noun.
In place of “a word”, it should be “word”. In the sense of message, it should not be preceded by an article.

Exercise-3

I could give you much time that day as I had many works to do.
A pair of spectacles have been broken by me due to carelessness.
The judge witnessed all the evidences provided to him and he was sure to find out decisions over it.
You were not supposed to ignore the order of Commander’s in Chief.
The scissors I bought that day is very sharp.
The court turned down his witness as it was not believable.
Ankit brought many fishes to prepare a delicious dish.
This temple is not made of marbles in fact it has been made of bricks and stones.
I could not go through that data as I was busy in some work.
I worked for two years on a contract of lecturership.

Answers

In place of many works, it should be much work, many pieces of work or a lot of work.
In place of pair of spectacles have, it should be pair of spectacle has.
In place of evidences, it should be evidence.
In place of Commander’s in chief, it should be commander’s in chief.
In place of is, it should be are.
In place of witness, it should be evidence.
In place of fishes, it should be fish.
In place of marbles, stones, bricks, it should be marble, stone, brick.
In place of that data, it should be those data.
In place of lecturership, it should be lectureship.