English Vocabulary (Meaning-Usage) Reference- “The Hindu”

English Vocabulary (Meaning-Usage) Reference- “The Hindu”:

Dear Readers, list of important English Vocabulary words, and its meaning with example sentence were given here. Candidates those who are preparing for banking and all competitive exams can use this.

1). Extirpate

Meaning: Weed out, eradicate, stamp out, root out, eliminate, suppress

Definition: eradicate or destroy completely

Usage: Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.

2). Mirth

Meaning: merriment, high spirits, levity, revelry, fun, enjoyment, jollity

Definition: amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.

Usage: His six-foot frame shook with mirth

3). Sagacious

Meaning: wise, clever, intelligent, knoledegeable, sensible

Definition: having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd

Usage: They were sagacious enough to avoid any outright confrontation

4). Sabbatical 

Meaning: furlough, leave of absence, recess, ime off, break, holiday, liberty, vacation

Definition: a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher for study or travel, traditionally one year for every seven years worked

Usage: She's away on sabbatical

5). Seemly

Meaning: decorous, proper, becoming, fitting, suitable, apt

Definition: conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste; decorous

Usage: I felt it was not seemly to observe too closely.

6). Shrew

Meaning: virago, dragon, vixen, cat, fishwife, witch, hellcat, she-devil

Definition: a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.

Usage: The girls became shrews and harridans

7). Hegemony

Meaning: Leadership, dominance, dominion, suoremacy, asendancy, power, control, mastery

Definition: leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

Usage:  Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.

8). Sadistic

Meaning: callous, barbarous, bestial, vicious, brutal, cruel, savage, cold-blooded, inhuman, ruthless, heartless

Definition: deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others

Usage: She took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him.

9). Facile   

Meaning: simplistic, superficial, oversimple, schematic, black and white

Definition: ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial.

Usage: Facile generalizations.

10). Quack

Meaning: swindler, charlatan, rogue, villain, fraud, trickster

Definition: a person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.

Usage: A quack doctor.

 

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