by Wordpandit | Jan 8, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Conjure up • Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic Usage: I conjured up a random number. 2. Chutzpah [Pronounciation: huht• spaa] • Extreme self-confidence or audacity (usually used approvingly). Usage: Love him or hate him, you have to...
by Wordpandit | Jan 8, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Pugnacious • Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight. Usage: His public statements became increasingly pugnacious. 2. Intransigence • Refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something. Usage: In the face of government intransigence, he resigned in...
by Wordpandit | Jan 8, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Narcissistic • Having or showing an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance. Usage: A narcissistic actress. 2. Ghettoization • The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area. The process of...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Invasive • a) Tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully. Usage: Some mangroves are invasive, but many are vital coastline protectors. • b) Tending to intrude on a person’s thoughts or privacy. Usage: He worries about Amazon’s invasive data...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Figurehead • A leader whose powers are entirely symbolic, such as a constitutional monarch. Usage: In many countries today, kings and queens are merely figureheads. 2. Star Chamber • A secretive council or other group within a government that possesses the actual...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Profligate • Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources. Usage: Profligate consumers of energy. • A licentious, dissolute person. Usage: He is a drunkard and a profligate. 2. Puppet state • Puppet government, is a state that is de jure independent...
