English Vocabulary By Neerja Raheja – Set 32

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skookum

Adjective

Meaning:

Excellent, first rate; marked by excellent quality; strong, brave or impressive; marked by strength or power

Usage: He was a skookum eater most times, but yesterday he pushed his bowl away

Oniochalasia

Noun

Meaning:

Buying or shopping as a means of stress relief; purchasing of objects as a form of mental relaxation Usage: After an especially stressful day at work, some of my colleagues go to the restaurant, but I go to the mall for a little oniochalasia

Gadfly

Noun

Meaning: A person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism; a persistently annoying person; a person who annoys or criticizes others in order to provoke them into action

Usage: A political gadfly He has shifted to Bombay now and remains a journalistic gadfly He was a loud sports commentator who was a tactless gadfly during post-game interviews with the losing team

Quiz:

A gadfly is most likely to do which of the following?

Be the first person to try out a new gadget
Interrupt a town meeting with an annoying complaint
Infect a population with a dangerous virus
Be the best-dressed person at the party

Ad hoc

Adjective

Meaning: Formed or used for a special purpose; concerned with a particular end or purpose; formed or used for specific or immediate problems Usage: It was an ad hoc investigating committee Those were ad hoc solutions The mayor appointed an ad hoc committee to study the project