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Contumacious
Adjective
Meaning:
Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient
Usage:
Vishwanath was warned that his contumacious
conduct would not be tolerated
Quixotic
Adjective
Meaning:
Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical; utopian
Usage:
Nobody believed the tiny boy would achieve his quixotic goal of making the
football team in an area that loved cricket only
Perfunctory
Adjective
Meaning:
Carried out without real interest, feeling or effort; mechanical; lacking in interest or
enthusiasm
Usage:
When we went out yesterday, the bored hostess gave us a perfunctory hello
Reticent
Adjective
Meaning:
Closemouthed, tight-mouthed; uncommunicative; quiet and restrained
Usage:
While Vishwanath likes to discuss his person life with our relatives, I am much more
reticent
sanguine
Meaning:
Optimistic and positive especially in a difficult situation
Usage:
If you’re sanguine about a situation, that means you’re optimistic that everything’s going to work out fine
Bequest
Noun
Meaning:
Legacy; the act of giving or leaving something by will
Usage:
Bhagat Singh’s intellectual bequest should be a beacon of light to build a new India
Gallows
Noun
Meaning:
Execution by hanging; the punishment of hanging
Usage:
Bhagat Singh went to the gallows, along with two of his comrades
Comrade
Noun
Meaning:
A colleague or a fellow member of an organization
An intimate friend or a companion
Usage:
He enjoys spending time with his old army comrades
Venerate
Verb
Meaning:
Regard with great respect; revere
Usage:
Sadly, we hardly care to revisit this serious intellectual inheritance and only
venerate him as a martyr
Incisive
Adjective
Meaning:
Sharp and direct
impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation
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