Schadenfreude [Noun] Sentence: Finance Minister Sammy Wilson can bask in the approval of business leaders today, as his draft Budget received considerably more bouquets than brickbats. There was some sense of schadenfreude […]
Word: Schadenfreude
Word: Verbiage
Too many “verbs”, too many words! And we don’t like too many unnecessary words, do we now?
Word: Abiturient
When we leave school to join a university, it indicates a new “turn” in our life. Thus, “Abiturient”!
Word: Ameliorate
You “rate” something in the hope that it becomes better, right? Or else, why go through the trouble of rating!
Word: Farrago
Read “Farrago” as “Far” + “Ago”. An incident occurred so far ago that you do not quite remember it well. You are confused as to what exactly happened.
Remember thus!
Word: Eponymous
“Eponymous” gives a name to the “Anonymous”! Remember thus!
Word: Moribund
Remember “Moribund” as “Mortal at the end”. The mortal person is at the point of death! Remember thus.
Word: Poseur
“Poseur” is someone who strikes a pose to impress others. In reality, he/she is very different from what he/she is trying to project.
Word: Conflation
“Conflation” should remind you of convergence of two flats to make a bigger flat! You just break the wall between the two flats to make a bigger house! Remember thus.
Word: Xenophile
The suffix “-phile” refers to a person having fondness for something. Remember this always. Just “-phobe” is a suffix which refers to fear for something.
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