Advanced vocab 04

Advanced vocabulary

1. Succinct-Expressing something in a concise way

●He gave a succinct and to the point answer.
●You must Keep your answer as succinct as possible.

2.Parochial-Narrow minded
●One of my grandmother’s parochial views is that women should not be doing any job.
●Maria needs to be less parochial in his thinking

3.Engulf-to surround completely
●The fire engulfed the office
●A video of a car engulfed in Flames got viral.
●The pain of the death of his father engulfed him..

4.Exacerbate-make a problem worse
●The noise exacerbated my headache.
●His angry comments exacerbated their relations.
5.Engender-Produce/develop (a feeling, situation, or condition)

●The weird policies have engendered controversy.
●Many of these changes engender anxiety and fear.
-Engendered violence
-Engender spirit/confidence

6.Languid-Lacking in spirit /interest
●His Languid demeanor always annoys me.
●The cat was moving leisurely in a languid way.

7.Relentless-persistent/consistent
Something which is relentless, never ceases or gets less in intensity
●I love the relentless determination of john
●His relentless optimism keeps him going.
●He had tremendous ,relentless pressure on him.

8.Erudite-having great knowledge
●She is one of the most erudite scholars of Sanskrit language.
●Its nice to be in the company of erudite people.

9.Peculiar -unusual/uncommon/ strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way
●She always had peculiar ideas.
●I was really surprised by the her peculiar question..
Peculiar also means bringing exclusive to someone/some place/ something
This language is peculiar to this region..
Dhoni finished the match in his own peculiar way.

10.Nebulous:-cloudy/engulfed in haze
●This word originated from Latin word nebula meaning mist/haze.
●It can also be used for an something vague or unclear.
●While the teacher thought his instructions were clear, I found them to be pretty nebulous.
●When I walked through the jungle on a foggy morning, the trees had a mysterious, nebulous look. 
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