ENGLISH VOACB - IV

1.    Macabre(adj): horrible 
     Usage: What a macabre incident !

2.    Moribund(adj): death; come to an end completely

Usage: A moribund civilization/economy.

3.    Motility: movement

Usage: Quit India was a great motility.

4.    Machination(n): a secret and complicated plan

Usage: Political machinations.

5.    Mercenary(n): selfish; mainly concerned with making money

Usage: Society accused of mercenary

6.    Nexus(n): connection

Usage: There is an evil nexus between police & gangsters.

7.    Necromancy(n): black magic; magic of communicating with dead bodies

Usage: Practicing necromancy.

8.     Noisome(adj): unpleasant

Usage: noisome smell in the bathroom.

9.    Nostrum(n): questioning on a medicine; something questionable

Usage: A nostrum prescribed by a doctor.

10.  Nefarious(adj): very wicked

Usage: Nefarious policies/activities.

11.  Overt(adj): open to view, not secret

Usage: An overt display of jealousy.

12.  Opulence(n): wealth

Usage: Living a life in opulence.

13.  Ostensible(adj): On surface, clear

Usage: There was an ostensible anxiety on his face.

14.  Odyssey(n): a long adventurous journey

Usage: Moving for an odyssey.

15.  Opportune(adj): timely

Usage: Arrive at opportune moment.

16.  Parsimonious(adj): stingy; money minded

Usage: Parsimonious fellow.

17.  Perfidious(adj): false; deceitful

Usage: Perfidious influence on the society of the politicians nowadays.

18.  Petrify(v): to make somebody frightened completely

Usage: Seeing a Cobra, he was petrified.

19.  Preposterous(adj): absurd; ridiculous

Usage: His suggestion was quite preposterous.

20.  Puerile (adj): childish

Usage: He was behaving in a puerile manner.