English Vocabulary By Neerja Raheja – Set 64

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clemency

Meaning:

Mercy; lenience; mercy, mercifulness, leniency, lenience, mildness, indulgence, forbearance

Usage:

Despite his calls for clemency, it is not clear how he plans to keep his promise

In weal and woe

Meaning:

This expression refers to the good and bad times; the joys and sorrows; prosperity or misfortune

Usage:

We all get our share of weal and woe in life

globe-trotter

Meaning:

A person who travels widely; a person who frequently travels to different places around the world; world traveler; cosmopolitan

Usage:

Your uncle the globetrotter might be famous in your family for giving lengthy slideshows of photos from his travels

Curtain lecture:

Meaning:

A private lecture by a wife to her husband; a reproof given by a wife to her husband in private; an instance of a wife reprimanding her husband in private

Usage:

The angry wife was taking notes for a curtain lecture as she was infuriated by her husband’s delay in reaching the venue

A square peg in a round hole

Meaning:

A person who does not fit in or is not comfortable with others or in a particular situation; someone who is unsuited for a certain task, position, situation

Usage:

It took him 5 days to realize that he was a square peg in a round hole at the new corporate firm