Words 11th August

Alacrity - Eagerness; enthusiasm; quickness
The new batch of students had a certain amount of alacrity.

Burgeon - grow; flourish; put forth new shoots
If due care is not taken of the kitchen garden weeds start burgeoning rapidly

Deleterious - harmful
It's certainly deleterious for us to be in a company of a person who is smoking

Euphemism - a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant
Dinesh was quick with euphemism as soon as he realized that his statement had not been received in right spirit

Hypocritical - insincere
Low grades are a result of being hypocritical in lectures

Lethargic - tired; without energy
Long span of summer vacations has made Vinod lethargic

Ogle - stare at; observe in an obvious manner
The students were asked to ogle the building carefully

Postulate - hypothesize; propose
There are many postulates in science

Robust - strong; healthy; tough
The structure to be developed had to be robust as it had to tolerate a load of more than 20,000 vehicles at a time

Tractable - obedient; dutiful; polite
Sundar is tractable boy

No Posts For 9,10 august ...

There are no posts for 9th and 10th august as Saturday and Sunday are revision days and subscribers receive old words.

words 8th august

Affable - friendly; social; easygoing

Bureaucracy - officialdom

Degradation - deprivation; poverty; debasement

Eulogy - praise

Hypochondriac - a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illness

Legion - in large numbers

Officious - domineering; intrusive; meddlesome

Posthumous - after death

Rigor - thoroughness

Totter - walk unsteadily

Words 6th August

Advocate - support
Rita failed to advocate her ideas with proper statistics

Brusque - blunt; abrupt
Sameer's brusque remark annoyed Richa

Defoliate - cause leaves to fall off
Termite attack defoliated the Mango tree

Espouse - promote; take up; support
We need to espouse the campaign against the deadly AIDS

Hone - sharpen; increase; whet
Trisha honed her skills in C over the weekend to top the monthly exam

Lax - careless; not strict
Some rules were laxed citing low attendance in the NSS camps

Obviate - avoid; make unnecessary
We shouldn't obviate our family traditions under peer pressure

Poseur - someone who puts on an act
Ramesh is a good poseur

Riddled - full of (usually full of holes)
Its really difficult to drive on riddled Indian roads.

Torpid - inactive; lazy ; stagnant
Torpid members will be disqualified

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Words 4th August

Adulation - Strong admiration; worship

Bristle - to show irritation

Decoy - lure; trap; trick

Erratic - wandering; irregular

Histrionic - theatrical; exaggerated

Laud - praise

Obstreperous - noisy and boisterous

Portend - foretell

Retraction - withdrawal; cancellation of a statement

Titter - giggle quietly

Words 3rd August

Adroit - skillful

Brevity - being brief

Decorum - dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)]

Err - make a mistake

Largess - generosity

Obsolete - no longer valid

Pontificate - speak pompously or dogmatically

Reticent - restrained; holding something back;uncommunicative

Tirade - stream of verbal abuse