Remember the word “Lascivious” after this!
Word: Lascivious
Word: Soliloquy
Learn the word “Soliloquy” and know how it is different from a “Monologue”
Word: Abjure
You must have heard the adage: “A burnt child dreads fire”. So, injury can change someone’s position. The “-jure” in “abjure” should remind you of the word “injure”. And when a position injures you, you change the position. You reject your previously held notion.
Word: Meretricious
Meretricious [Adjective] Sentence: “To argue that by taking the actions that he did, the president kept America safe is meretricious,” Smith writes, adding: “The fact is, the threat of terrorism that confronts […]
Word: Iconoclast
Iconoclast [Noun] Sentence: The film deals quickly with “The Americans”—in which, Jack Kerouac wrote, “Robert Frank…sucked a sad poem right out of America”—and how it established the photographer’s reputation as an outsider and […]
Word: Insipid
Suppose you go to a party. Now in that party, you are not allowed to “sip”any drink. No drinks allowed. No soda, no beer. Sorry. Just imagine how dull and lifeless that party would be! The “sip” in “Insipid” should remind you of such a party.
Word: Pecuniary
Pecuniary [Adjective] Sentence: The Coordination Committee of All District Courts’ Bar Associations has claimed that litigants will benefit massively if the pecuniary jurisdiction of the lower courts here is enhanced from Rs.20 lakh […]
Word: Abhor
Abhor [Verb] Sentence: Jimmy abhorred waking up in the morning and going to office, especially on Mondays. Meaning: To hate, To detest, To despise How to Remember? “A-Bhor” can be thought of […]
Word: Abrade
Abrade [Verb] Sentence: Majuli, the world’s largest river island, is being abraded by the mighty river Brahmaputra itself. Meaning: Erode, Wear away, Abrase How to Remember? The “rad” in “Abrade” should remind you […]
Word: Abdicate
Abdicate = Ab + Dicate. Think about a dictator now like Hitler himself. A dictator holds immense power. Say, this is the “normal” state. So, what is the ab-normal state? That would be loss of power. Giving away power. Renouncing power. Thus, remember “Abdicate”.
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