by Wordpandit | Jun 12, 2012 | Usage Tips |
Piteous is something which elicits a strong sense of sympathy or compassion: “One is filled with piteous emotions on seeing hungry and naked children begging at public places.” Pitiable means wretched, paltry, lamentable: “As an actor, the son could...
by Wordpandit | Jun 12, 2012 | Usage Tips |
Pidgin is a simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language: “The...
by Wordpandit | Jun 12, 2012 | Usage Tips |
Phenomenon means a fact of scientific interest that can be scientifically described, appraised, or explained: “The geography teacher explained the phenomenon of the earth’s movement around the sun with the help of aids.” Phenomena is occasionally...
by Wordpandit | Jun 12, 2012 | Usage Tips |
Petrify has the following meanings:- 1. To change into stone or a stony substance: “The angry face of the teacher frightened the students so much that they used to petrify with fear.” 2. To confound with amazement or fear: “Watching of a horror film...
by Wordpandit | Jun 12, 2012 | Usage Tips |
Combined usage for the words: To pursue a career in library management allows you the chance to peruse through books. When you peruse through something, you examine is closely. The word comes from the Latin root ‘per-’, meaning through, across, over; beyond, by means...
by Wordpandit | Jun 12, 2012 | Usage Tips |
Perspicacious has the following meanings:- 1. Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted: “The judge was perspicacious enough to find out that the witness had been tutored.” 2. Having or showing an ability to notice and to understand...
