Daily Dose of Verbal Ability-23-06-2019

Vocabulary
Accountable (adj):
If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be
prepared to justify your actions to that person = responsible
In his job, he is held accountable for the maintenance of the machinery

Affable (adj):
Someone who is affable is pleasant and friendly = approachable
Mr Patil is an extremely affable and approachable man

Discrete (adj):
Discrete ideas or things are separate and distinct from each other
= separate
The universe is composed of discrete bodies and entities

Emaciated (adj):
A person or animal that is emaciated is extremely thin and weak because of illness or lack of food = weak
There were pictures of emaciated families on the cover of the newspaper

Impending (adj):
An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon = nearing, approaching
On the evening of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster

Intrepid (adj):
An intrepid person acts in a brave way = brave, fearless
The intrepid girl was praised at the school assembly

Lethargic (adj):
If you are lethargic, you do not have much energy or enthusiasm
= drowsy, dull
The hot weather was making people lethargic

Mediocre (adj):
If you describe something as mediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be
better = ordinary, com- monplace
Her College record was mediocre

Salient (adj):
The salient points or facts of a situation are the most important ones = prominent
She read the salient facts quickly

Sedate (adj):
If you describe someone or something as sedate, you mean that they are quiet and rather dignified,
though perhaps a bit dull = composed, grave
Even after the argument, they continued to walk at a sedate pace.

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One Word Substitutions
1. Something capable of being done – Feasible

2. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there – Immigrant

3. Lasting only for a moment -Momentary

4. A person who is unable to pay debts – Insolvent

5. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not
definite –Ambiguous
6. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of drama –Epilogue

7. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money –Fraud

8. Flat metal or Porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial – Plaque

9. To cut something into two pieces – Sever

10. Succession of rulers belonging to one family –Dynasty

Root Words
ROOT MEANING EXAMPLES

arch chief, first archetype original

archbishop chief bishop

be over, thoroughly bedaub smear over (daub = Stain)

befuddle confuse thoroughly

bi two bicameral composed of two houses (Congress)

biennial every two years

cata down catastrophe disaster

cataract waterfall
catapult hurl (throw
down)
circum around circumnavigate sail around (the globe)
circumspect cautions (looking around)
(Spect = look)
circumscribe place a circle around (Scribe =
write)

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