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Daily Dose of Verbal Ability-22-06-2019

Vocabulary
Abashed (adj)
- If you are abashed, you feel embarrassed and ashamed
- Eg.She looked abashed, uncomfortable

Ablaze (adj):
-Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely = on fire
-The hospital was completely ablaze by the time firefighters arrived

Bizarre (adj):
-Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange = weird, fantas- tic
-Her behaviour became more and more bizarre with age

Bleak (adj):
-If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve = gloomy, cheerless
-Scientists predicted a bleak future

Chaotic (adj):
-Something that is chaotic is in a state of complete disorder and confusion = in utter disorder
-The chaotic situation seems to be settling now

Chronic (adj):
-A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time Compare acute
-The persistent infighting has led to chronic poverty in the Central Asian Countries

Compliant (adj):
-If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do = yielding
-For years she had tried to be a compliant and dutiful wife.

Concise (adj):
-Something that is concise says everything that is necessary with- out using any unnecessary words =
brief
-The essay was concise and explicit

Despicable (adj):
-If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are empha- sizing that they are extremely nasty,
cruel, or evil
-“I hate you! You are despicable,” he said

Deft (adj):
-A deft action is skillful and often quick = skillful and quick
-His father is very deft at handling critical situations

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One Word Substitutions
1. One who has become dependent on something or drugs – Addict

2. Fear of being enclosed in small closed space –Claustrophobia


3. Call upon God or any other power (like law) for help or protection –Invocation

4. Severely abusive writing in journals –Scurrilous

5. A person who opposes war or use of military force – Pacifist

6. One not concerned with right or wrong – Amoral


7. Something no longer in use – Obsolete
8. Stealthily done (something done in a quiet and secret way in order to avoid being noticed) –
Surreptitious
9. Something capable of being done –Feasible

10. A person with a long experience of any occupation – Veteran

Root Words
ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES

ab,abs from, away from abnormal away from normal


abduct lead away, kidnap
abjure renounce (jurare = swear)

ambi both ambidextrous skillfull in using both hands


ambiguous of double meaning
ambivalent having two conflicting emotions

an, a without amoral without moral values


anarchy lack of government (arch = Government)

ante before antecedent preceding event or word


antediluvian ancient, very old ( before the flood)

anti against, opposite antonym Opposite word (nym = word)


antipathy hatred (Pathos = Feeling)
antithetical exactly opposite

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