English Vocabulary By Neerja Raheja – Set 142

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Comity

Noun
Meaning:
Friendly social atmosphere; social harmony; compatibility, harmony, peace; courtesy
and considerate behaviour towards others
Usage:
Those are group activities promoting comity The noun comity means a state of civility or courtesy between people, organizations, and nations

Deference

Noun
Meaning:
Polite submission and respect; a gesture of respect; courteous regard for people’s
feelings
Usage:
Vishwanath decided to cut his long locks in deference to his mother respect and esteem due a superior or an elder

Evanescent

Adjective
Meaning:
Tending to vanish like vapor; brief; ephemeral; fleeting; fugacious; momentary;
transient
Usage:
Physical beauty is as evanescent as a rainbow

Blithe

Adjective
Meaning:
Casual; heedless; lacking due thought or consideration; sunny- happy and glad; upbeat
Usage:
Vishwanath showed blithe disregard for the brights of others

Hamartia

Noun
Meaning:
A flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy; tragic flaw
Usage:
Greed was the hamartia that brought the downfall of the protagonist

Quiz for the day

Brawn

Noun
Meaning:
Physical strength in contrast to intelligence Brain versus brawn (Boxing glove)
Usage:
He is an actor who is more famous for his brawn than for his talent

Concur

Verb
Meaning:
To agree
Usage:
Sarah concurred with Ravi

Condescending

Meaning:
Patronizing; possessing an attitude of superiority
Usage:
Her comments were offensive and condescending to us

Counterfeit

Adjective
Meaning:
fake/ false
Usage:
The concert ticket is counterfeit

Blatant

Meaning:
Obvious; done openly and unashamedly; brazen
Usage:
The CEO blatantly lied to his employees, so he was fired

5 words from the Indian Express (24th March, 2019)

Hobble

Once India’s premier airline, Jet Airways is hobbled by debt, unpaid salaries and a
grounded fleet

Afloat

Meaning:
Not sinking
Usage:
With talks to keep Jet Airways afloat…….

Pull the rabbit out of the hat

Meaning:
To do something surprising and seemingly impossible
To produce something in a way that has no obvious explanation, as if done by magic
Usage:
The PM pulled a rabbit out of the hat by turning around Rahul Gandhi’s accusation
CHOWKIDAR CHOR HAI to his advantage with the campaign MAIN BHI CHOWKIDAR HOON

Feisty

Meaning:
Spunky; spirited; full of spunk; full of nervous energy
Usage:
But the feisty Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has no such inhibitions inhibition