Advanced vocab-02

1.Expeditious:-done with speed and efficiency

●This was an expeditious investigation.

●He gave an expeditious answer.

●He was expeditious in replying to my letter.
●I jumped into the pool but could not bear the gelid water
●Unlike our previous teacher whose logorrhea filled her lectures,our new teacher speaks so much more sparingly
●A story full of ghosts and strange monsters is full of eldritch elements
●In the jungle, we could hear some eldritch screams.
●The prices are going up because of paucity of the availability.

2.Nepotism:-Favoritism granted to relatives or close friends, without considering their merit.

●That political party is known for nepotism.

3.Aplomb:-coolness/self confidence/composure even under stress

●you need to handle the angry clients with aplomb.

●John passed the exam with aplomb.

4.Hunch-A gut feeling

●I have a hunch that something is wrong.

●Tom had a hunch that Mary had spent the day reading comic books

5.Gormandize:-eat food in excess

●The food was so scrumptious that we all gormandized.

●We were only waiting for you to finish gormandizing.

6.Gelid-icy/extremely cold

●She gave a gelid reply

7. Logorrhea-excessive talkativeness/verbosity/garrulity

●I took my seat on the train ,next to a lady who clearly had a bad case of logorrhea, forcing me to plug my earphones.

8.Eldritch-weird or ghostly/spooky

she burst into eldritch laughter.

9.Recoup-regain (something lost or expended).

●Rains have helped recoup water levels

●It took a while to recoup the initial costs of starting up his business.

10.paucity-the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantity 

●we had a paucity of information

●Even though this university claims to be a major university, it has merely a paucity of courses for students to take. 

synonyms:-dearth/scarceness

                                     -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-