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pervicacious
Adjective
Meaning:
Stubborn, obstinate; very obstinate; headstrong
Usage:
He has become pervicacious in his old age
While the toddler threw a noisy and lengthy temper tantrum, the parents refused to
react to the pervicacious performance
frenetic
Adjective
Meaning:
Fast and energetic
Usage:
With the frenetic pace of introducing reforms, this government according to
psephologists will earn itself a second term
Frenetic shoppers thronged the market during this sales season
The monument was built slowly and carefully and not at the frenetic pace we saw
at the large factory
epochal
Adjective
Meaning:
Highly significant or important; important and significant that the events have the
power to usher in a new epoch; events which are epoch-making
Usage:
According to experts there have been epochal changes in the East
The International Monetary Fund played a crucial role in many of the epochal
events of the 1990s
Quiz:
Epochal means:
1. Pragmatic
2. Respectable
3. Significant
4. industrial
caveat
Noun
Meaning:
A warning against certain acts;
Usage:
Some caveats have to be noted before we commence the hiring season
egregious
Adjective
Meaning:
Standing out in a bad or offensive way; conspicuously and outrageously bad or
reprehensible; outstandingly bad; shocking;
Usage:
Journalists are running back and forth across town to find the most egregious
technical errors and blatant fraud