1. Pronouncement
• A formal or authoritative announcement or declaration.
Usage: That meant Musk’s pronouncements took on a new weight and received more media coverage.
2. Exposition
• A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
Usage: We would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background.
• A large public exhibition of art or trade goods.
Usage: The exposition will feature exhibits by 165 companies.
• [Music] the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur
3. Jurisprudence
• Jurisprudence or legal theory is the theoretical study of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and provide a deeper understanding of legal reasoning, legal systems, legal institutions, and the role of law in society.
Usage: The decisions by Collins and Gardner to confirm Kavanaugh are likely to echo in American jurisprudence for years.
4. Dystopian
• “Utopian” describes a society that’s conceived to be perfect. Dystopian is the exact opposite — it describes an imaginary society that is as dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible; where there is great suffering or injustice.
Usage: This may sound like something from dystopian fiction, but such targeted surveillance is a grim reality of the digital age.
• A person who imagines or foresees a state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.
Usage: A lot of things those dystopians feared did not come true.
5. Sordid
• Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
Usage: The story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.
6. Botched
• Of a task carried out badly or carelessly.
Usage: He was the only person injured, in what was seen as a botched attack.
7. Furore
• An outbreak of public anger or excitement.
Usage: The verdict raised a furore over the role of courtroom psychiatry.
8. Paltry
• A laughably small amount. Very small or meagre.
Usage: Today’s paltry pensions are the last vestige of the one-sided labor rules in the league before 1993.
9. Conspicuous consumption
• Conspicuous consumption is the spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power— the income or of the accumulated wealth of the buyer.
Usage: This is the Hamptons, after all, where conspicuous consumption is an Olympics-caliber sport.
10. Stringency
• The quality of being very strict, severe, or limiting.
• Conscientious attention to rules and details
Usage: The stringency of the safety regulations threatens to put many manufacturers out of business.
