Saturday, January 19, 2013

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.

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