English Vocabulary By Neerja Raheja – Set 43 | Free PDF Download

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Wild goose chase

Noun
Meaning:
A wild or absurd search for something non-existent or unobtainable; any senseless pursuit of an object or end; a hopeless enterprise; a fruitless search or pursuit; a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable
Usage:
Her scheme of being a Bollywood sensation is a wild-goose chase
According to Nirmala Sitharaman the opposition wishes to go on a wild goose
chase in the Rafale deal

mojo

Noun
Meaning:
A magic spell or charm; talisman;
Usage:
The grand old party of India has to regain its lost mojo by rectifying the blunders
which have led to it being crushed

salvage

Meaning:
To rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin
Usage:
Officials said that the salvage operations could not be conducted on Tuesday due
to bad weather
The ship was beyond salvage

milieu

Meaning:
The physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops; context; environment; surrounding; a person’s social environment
Usage:
People in France admire the United States, and much of what passes for antiAmericanism is limited to the intellectual milieu of Paris
As the son of a legendary pianist, Rabi grew up in a musical milieu

weltschmerz

Meaning:
Mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state; a mood of sentimental sadness; world weariness
Usage:
The singer while hearing the slow pop music evoked her Weltschmerz
“I’m not into the mood of Weltschmerz,” he says, using the German word for world weariness that describes how many are feeling these days

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