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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
Remember:
Ad hoc literally means FOR THIS in Latin and in English this almost always means “for this specific purpose.” अनौपचाǐरक ͪवशेष ख़ास
Epicene
Meaning: Having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex; of indeterminate sex
Usage: Clothing fashions are becoming increasingly epicene
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