English Vocabulary By Neerja Raheja – Set 71

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iniquity

Meaning:
Injustice; wickedness; sinfulness; really unfair or immoral act; gross injustice
Usage:
My grandmother, who grew up in a small town where people never locked their doors, saw the big cities as dens of iniquity due to the crime rates
America, is a nation still struggling with the aftereffects of the iniquity of slavery

dither

Meaning:
To act indecisively or nervously; dilly-dally; waver; falter; to hesitate or be indecisive
Usage:
The politician began to dither and stutter when asked his stance on the issue
The children rarely finish their homework because they dither all afternoon

pallid

Meaning:
Abnormally pale; lacking colour or vitality
Usage:
The movie is a pallid version of the classic novel

tendentious

Meaning:
Biased; marked by a strong point of view, which is controversial; favoring a particular point of view; contentious
Usage:
She made some extremely tendentious remarks
It is a highly tendentious, obviously partisan and unreliable document

partisan

Meaning:
A firm adherent to a party, cause, person or faction; one exhibiting blind, prejudiced and unreasoning allegiance; partial; prejudiced
Usage:
They are political partisans who see only one side of the problem