The Great Wall of
China was made so strong that it was not vulnerable to any foreign
attacks.
Vivid (Adj) Clear
Huensang presented a very vivid picture of
Ancient India in his book.
Flat (Adj) Ineffective, With no air inside
His speech fell flat on the audience as it
lacked clarity.
The cycle was flat as it had not been used
for two days.
Gratify (V) Satisfy, Delight
The beauty of the scenery in Shimla in India gratifies
the eyes of the tourists.
Fret (V) Worry unnecessarily
You need not fret about your son; he will
arrive home soon.
Disport, Revocation,
Recondite, Rectitude, Rebuff
Disport (V) Enjoy oneself
People make tours to those places where
they can disport.
Revocation (N) Cancellation, Rejection
On revocation of his tour to the places of
historical importance, he pulled a long face.
Recondite (Adj) Profound, Having deep
meaning
A
sage always preaches something recondite.
Rectitude (N) Rightness, Correctness
Gandhijee was a person with rectitude.
Rebuff (V) Refuse
On being asked, he rebuffed saying that he
would not make any statement regarding that.
Repudiate, Audacity,
Paltry, Incarcerate, Equivocate
Repudiate (V) Refuse to recognize, Deny,
Reject
Audacity (N) Boldness, Impudent, Rude
He met the emergency with audacity, which
put his life in danger.
Paltry (Adj) Worthless, Trivial, Meagre,
Insignificant
The employees of the company agitated over
the paltry salary after which they got higher wages.
Incarcerate (V) Shut/put in prison
After Gandhiji's call on civil
disobedience, several leaders were incarcerated.
Equivocate (V) Use ambiguous words in order
to deceive or to avoid answering a question; to use double talk
May be he he did not tell an outright lie
but he certainly did equivocate.
Doctor, Disarm,
Shower, Shroud, Roof
Doctor (V) Falsify
He won the case by doctoring the papers.
Disarm (V) Take away suspicion of anger
Taking him in my favour, I disarmed him..
Shower (V) Bestow
The child became excited to see the shower
of B'day gifts.
Shroud (V) Cover
The altruist shrouded in darkness after
ridding me of the problem.
Roof (V) A dwelling or home
Both the families were living under the
same roof harmoniously.
Slash, Wage, Tangential, Commend, Erstwhile
Slash (V) Reduce suddenly and drastically
The automobile companies have slashed the
prices of luxury cars.
Wage (V) Engage in fight/ war etc.; Reward
(in Plural form)
Common people have a waged a war against
corruption in India .
The wages of sin is death.
Tangential (Adj) Not of central importance
to something or someone
It takes time to change people's mind. In
the next round of the project the C.M. said it would bring about more
tangential results.
Commend (V) Praise
The teacher commended what the students had
done.
Erstwhile (Adj) Former, Previous
The erstwhile PM of India opposed
the Government aversion to passing out the anti-corruption bill.
Spry, Vanity,
Eternal, Transient, Surfeit
Spry (Adj) Lively,Active, Full of life and
energy
His mother is spry eighty years old.
Vanity (N) False pride
His showy nature is just a vanity.
Eternal (Adj) Without an end, esisting or
continuing for ever
I had gone tired of his eternal arguments.
Transient (Adj) Lasting only for a short
time
The life of an animal is transient. It can
be destroyed in a moment.
Surfeit (V/N) An excess, To indulge in an
excess of food or drink until stuffed
The greedy goat surfeited in the kitchen.
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