Vocabulary-1

Vocabulary Week 1
WORD: Abate MEANING: Reduce or to put an end to things EXAMPLE: The pain in his shoulder finally abated.

WORD: Ambivalent MEANING: uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. EXAMPLE: All parents occasionally have ambivalent feelings toward their children. They love their kids but there are times they don't really like them or rather cannot stand them

WORD: vivacious MEANING: lively or gay EXAPMLE: The vivacious kids jumped around on the way to a picnic.

WORD: Vacillation MEANING: unsteady movement or indecisive EXAMPLE: I do not know what to do, I just want everything to be good and you to provide a way out for all of my heart vacillation.

WORD: ire MEANING: intense anger EXAMPLE: Why take such a negative view when there are so many other issues worthy of such ire?

Word: **Harrow** Meanining: A piece of farming equiment that is pulled over land that has been ploughed to break up the earth before planting. Example: The harrow is a large bundle of brushwood, on which someone squats to weight it down.

Words: **Diatribe** Meaning: A long and angry speech or piece of writing attacking and criticizing something Example: Prolonged political speeches attacking an opponent or opposing leader from another country or state are sometimes referred to as diatribes.

Word: **Ebullient** Meanining: Full of confidence, energy and good humour. Example: She sounded ebullient before entering the hall to take her Olevel results.

Word: **Eschew** Meaning: To deliberately avoid or keep away from something. Example: He appealed to the crowd to eschew from violence.

Word: **Falter** Meaning: To become weaker or less effective. Example: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.

Word : **Flinch** Meaning: to suddenly draw back/ recoil/ wince involuntarily-from shock, pain or surprise Example: He **flinched** as the cold water struck him.

Word : **Florid** Meaning: 1.having a red or flushed complexion 2.excessively ornate; flowery Example: 1.The tall, **florid** basketball player headed towards the showers with his teammates after the game. 2.The bride entered the ballroom to be welcomed by the **florid** decorations.

Word: **Glib** Meaning: fluent speaker, often thoughtlessly Example: He is a **glib** lier and can't be trusted at all.

Word: **Hubris** Meaning:excessive pride or self-confidence Example:He is full of **hubris** that many people dislike him.

Word: **Immaculate** Meaning:Perfect without flaw. Example: The First Lady is aways **immaculately** dressed.

Word: **Imperative** Meaning: 1: Of vital importance; crucial immediate action was //imperative// it is //imperative// that standards be maintained 2: Giving an authoritative command; peremptory the bell pealed again, a final //imperative// call

Word: **Indolence** Meaning: the quality or state of having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful Example: His indolence caused him to get horrendous results for his GCE "O" levels examination

Word: **Palliate** Meaning: to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate. Example: "This treatment can only palliate his infection," the doctor said.

Word: **Paucity** Meaning: less than is needed of something (lack) Example: On the issue of reservation in educational institutions, Gandhi said, "The paucity of institutions in the nation and not reservation was the main issue."

Word: **Pernicious** Meaning: very harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily Example: the media's pernicious influence