English Vocabulary By Neerja Raheja – Set 162 | Free PDF Download

 Pernickety

• Adjective
• Placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy; finicky; choosy; particular
• The persnickety housewife couldn’t stand for anything to be out of place in her perfect home.

Peevish

• Adjective
• Having or showing irritable disposition
• I would rather figure things out on my own than ask that peevish librarian for help

Panacea

• Noun
• Cure, remedy, medicine
• A remedy for all ills or difficulties: Cure All
• The law will improve the lives of local farmers, but it is no panacea

Ostracize

• Verb
•  Exclude; banish; shun; snub
• Exclude from a society or a group
• The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed

Outlandish

•  Adjective
• Bizarre; peculiar; weird; strange
• She fills her books with outlandish characters
• The actress wore an outlandish dress to the awards ceremony
• STRANGE, SINGULAR, UNIQUE, PECULIAR, ECCENTRIC, ERRATIC, ODD, QUAINT, OUTLANDISH mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. STRANGE stresses

Maudlin

• Adjective
•  Drunken; inebriated; intoxicated; sentimental
• He became maudlin and started crying like a child
• It was a maudlin movie about a lovable tramp

Measly

• Adjective
• Stingy; meagre; paltry; ungenerous
• Ridiculously small or few

Mellifluous

• Adjective
•  Sweet; euphonious; dulcet
• She has a rich, mellifluous voice that gets her a lot of work in radio and TV commercials

Livid

• Adjective
•  Angry; furious; enraged; incensed; furiously angry
• The boss was livid when yet another deadline was missed

Lassitude

• Noun
• Weariness, stupor, lethargy; exhaustion
• The condition of weariness or debility; fatigue
• The patient complained of headache, nausea and lassitude

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