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Words Meaning Linkage Examples

1. Hysteria extreme fear, excitement, anger, etc. that There was excessive war


cannot be controlled: hysteria in 1965,
One woman, close to
hysteria, grabbed  my arm.
Tabloid hysteria about
the  murders has  increased  public  fears.
mass  hysteria

2. Apparel-n Clothing in general They were dressed in bring


apparel.
Wonderful apparels! You
must have bought them from
the new shop at York town
3. Eerily (ad) in a strange and frightening manner.
"their footsteps echoed eerily"

4. Capitulated cease to resist an opponent or an The capitulate after the


unwelcome demand; yield. strong sanctions were
"the patriots had to capitulate to the imposed
enemy forces" Or
In the aftermath of sacntions,
the country capitulated
5. Prognosis an opinion, based on medical experience,
of the likely course of a medical condition.
"it is very difficult to make an accurate
prognosis"

a forecast of the likely outcome of a


situation.
"gloomy prognoses about overpopulation"

S: forecast, prediction, projection

6. Broach (V) raise (a difficult subject) for discussion. Broached the most releveant
"he broached the subject he had been part in the exercise
avoiding all evening"
pierce (a cask) to draw out liquid.
"he watched a pot boy broach a new cask"

7. Exigency (N) an urgent need or demand. After the outbreak, there


"women worked long hours when the was an exigency of house
exigencies of the family economy hold articles.
demanded it"
S: need , demand, requirement, necessity

8. Exiguous (a) very small in size or amount. Exiguous supplies of wheat


"my exiguous musical resources" after the crises
S; meagre, inadequate, insuffient
9. Caveats (N) a warning or proviso of specific A number of caveats in this
stipulations, conditions, or limitations.
"there are a number of caveats which
concern the validity of the assessment
results"

10. –Heyday(N) the period of a person's or thing's greatest Heyday of his career is gone
success, popularity, activity, or vigour.
"the paper has lost millions of readers
since its heyday in 1964"
S: peak, prime
11. Coterminous Equal in scope, share common Correlation of things Earthquake in Australia is
boundaries, being equalent coterminous with one in
China as both have caused
equal –destruction
12. Raison detat
13. Indolent (a) Lazy, idle, slothful Idle, talne walaaa An indolent man-never
interested in pushing an
extra mile
- Your indolent
attitude will lead you
to failure
- Indolent workman
14. Imperturbable unable to be upset or excited; calm. an imperturbable
(A) "an imperturbable tranquillity"

15. Irascible(A) Quickly angered, , hot headed, grouchy "an irascible response"
16. Turpitude (n) depraved or wicked behaviour Giraawat, Financial turpitude
or character. Moral turpitude
"acts of moral turpitude"

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