English Vocabulary By Neerja Raheja – Set 117 | Free PDF

Coerce-

Coerce– to make someone do something by using force or threats

Usage: It is incorrect to coerce someone into giving away their belongings

Insensate-

Insensate- lacking logic or reasoning

Usage: Nearly all the animals on this planet are insensate in nature. As they lack the ability to consider things in a logical or reasonable light insensate

 Pseudonym

 Pseudonym- a fictitious name

 Usage: Jane Austen was advised by many to use a male pseudonym

Hauteur-

Hauteur– arrogant; proud; conceit Hauteur- arrogance; bumptiousness; haughtiness; pomposity; superciliousness

Humility; modesty; unpretentiousness;

Usage: The vain Prince offended many people with his hauteur limerence the overwhelming need to be with or receive similar feelings from another person that manifests in physical trembling and pain when the other person is not around. Beyond simple infatuation or lust When Romeo first laid eyes on Juliet, he was struck with such limerence that his need for her became like a drug that could only be satisfied by returned feelings.

Vainglorious-

Vainglorious– proud of one’s own achievements Boasting about personal accomplishments

Usage: Giving a vainglorious speech, the self-important CEO went on and on about how much he had done for the company

Intransigent- inflexible

Intransigent- unbending; unwavering; stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; bull-headed; iron-willed; immovable; rigid; adamant

Usage: She remained intransigent in her opposition to the proposal

tenacious

Tenacious- not easily letting go or giving up

 Usage: The clingy child had a tenacious grip on his mother’s hand

Jejune-

Jejune- dry and uninteresting; dull Jejune (Similar words)- boring; colorless; drab; dry; dull; uninteresting; wearisome

Engaging;

Engaging; engrossing; gripping; intriguing; riveting

Usage: The jejune lectures were never liked by Shyam

Feckless

Feckless– irresponsible; generally incompetent; not fit to assume responsibility

Usage: The journalist labelled all the politicians of the party to be feckless especially after the recent

fiasco

Fiasco- failure; disaster Exhume- dig out from the ground

Usage: Our mysterious neighbour was trying to exhume something last night. This incident has made us all exceptionally suspicious of him Epoch- era; age; period; time; span A memorable event or a day

Epoch-

Epoch- a significant period in time

Usage: As a result of the scientist’s discoveries, an epoch of genetic manipulation was triggered

Sybarite-  

Sybarite- a self indulgent person; hedonist; sensualist; libertine; pleasure seeker; epicure; glutton; gastronome

Usage: Paris in the ancient Greek world was remembered as a sybarite, not as a statesman or warrior

Retroflex-  

Retroflex- curved or turned in a backwards direction

 Usage: As the plane took off, I looked out of the window to see a retroflex view of the airport behind me

Gobbledygook

Gobbledygook- wordy and generally unintelligible jargon; gibberish The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook

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