Improve your Vocabulary ++++++++

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Hello Dear Friends,

This thread is in parallel ongoing thread Angrezo ki Angrezi seekho. Learn English . This thread is solely dedicated to vocabulary only. Any kind of grammatical queries could be asked in the above mentioned thread. So, let us start improving our vocabulary. What if we post few difficult words with its meaning daily and can start sharing its usage and related things. Idioms, proverb can also be used. We shall just add 2-4 words a day and try to learn its usage and implementation. The ones who already know can correct others if they are wrong. Here, I start with a few words which i find gud...

fathom (UNDERSTAND) verb [T]
1 to discover the meaning of something:
Ex: For years people have been trying to fathom (out) the mysteries of the whale's song.

2 to understand someone or why someone acts as they do:
Ex: I can't fathom her at all.

lure noun
1 [C usually singular] the quality or power that something or someone has that makes them attractive:
Ex: the lure of fame/power/money

2 [C] an artificial insect or other small animal which is put on the end of a fishing line to attract fish

lure verb [T]
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting:
Ex: She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.
Ex: He had lured his victim to a deserted house.
EX: Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts.


Others also share but not a huge list in a day. Sharing a few words daily can be remembered easily rather than mugging a big list.

ALL THE BEST :)

Regards,
Dev
 
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Please, write something here also and take little pain to pen down a few words and their usage. It may be of a great help to many of us. You can expain the recently learnt new words and their usage. Although, keep the number short.
 
Synonyms Exercise

[FONT=&quot]SYNONYMS #1 .Abhorrent, abominable, detestable, execrable, loathsome, obnoxious, repellent, repugnant, odious, heinous, disgusting ##


[/FONT][FONT=&quot]SYNONYMS #2. Abandon, renounce, maroon, leave in the lurch, forfeit, waive, ditch, abdicate, jilt, forsake, abjure, disown, repudiate ##


[/FONT][FONT=&quot]SYNONYMS #3. Libel, calumny, defamation, denigration, misrepresentation, obloquy, slander, aspersion, vilification, malign, traduce, smear, besmirch, tarnish, imputation, vituperation, defile ##


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Good Devendra, again a good thread.
But cut and paste from dictionary shall not solve the purpose of the thread. it should be progressed in an interesting way so that meaning and use of that particular word is cleared. members r the students as well as teacher here. And we can take the benefit to learn something new and extra from our worthy members. I’ll also participate otherwise u ‘ll write something for me also.

WANT EVERY BODY KNOWS
DESIRE a strong feeling that you want something
COVET to desire something strongly, specially something which belongs to someone else
CRAVING a strong or uncontrollable desire
IMPULSE a sudden strong desire to do something
KLEPTOMANIA a very strong and uncontrollable desire to steal, especially without any need or purpose, usually considered to be a type of mental illness
MALIGNANT having a strong desire to do harm
YEARN to desire very strongly, especially something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have
CURIOSITY an eager desire to know or learn about something
LASCIVIOUS expressing a strong desire for sexual activity
RAPACIOUS having or showing a strong desire to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force
CUPIDITY a great desire, especially for money or possessions
 
Good additions

pdpbeniwal said:
[FONT=&quot]SYNONYMS #1 .Abhorrent, abominable, detestable, execrable, loathsome, obnoxious, repellent, repugnant, odious, heinous, disgusting ##[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]SYNONYMS #2. Abandon, renounce, maroon, leave in the lurch, forfeit, waive, ditch, abdicate, jilt, forsake, abjure, disown, repudiate ##[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]SYNONYMS #3. Libel, calumny, defamation, denigration, misrepresentation, obloquy, slander, aspersion, vilification, malign, traduce, smear, besmirch, tarnish, imputation, vituperation, defile ##[/FONT]
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Now, I've to look around my all dictionaries...big or small :eek:....Only few words I use in my sentences, rest I've to consult the OXFORD/GEM.
 
choudharyneelam said:
Now, I've to look around my all dictionaries...big or small :eek:....Only few words I use in my sentences, rest I've to consult the OXFORD/GEM.
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These words carry a common meaning but they are not perfectly substitute for each other....All of them have a common type of sense in them.....To clarify each word in order to know explicitly where it can be used exploring dictionary is the only alternative feasible.....This sometimes helps remembering the words in this format....Once you get cleared about these words,it's very easy to retain them in this format....:):)
 
pdpbeniwal said:
These words carry a common meaning but they are not perfectly substitute for each other....All of them have a common type of sense in them.....To clarify each word in order to know explicitly where it can be used exploring dictionary is the only alternative feasible.....This sometimes helps remembering the words in this format....Once you get cleared about these words,it's very easy to retain them in this format....:):)
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Rightly said :)
 
I think i won't be able to contribute any thing in this post as i m not good in Vocabulary terms. So i will keep my eye on this thread and will learn lot from our very best JL Members. :)
And a request to the members who so ever will contribute here kindly use some good examples in terms of sentences to make ur added word more worthy.
Good Thread again DK Thanks :)
 
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nishantrathi82 said:
I think i won't be able to contribute any thing in this post as i m not good in Vocabulary terms. So i will keep my eye on this thread and will learn lot from our very best JL Members. :)
And a request to the members who so ever will contribute here kindly use some good examples in terms of sentences to make ur added word more worthy.
Good Thread again DK Thanks :)
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 It's not like people contributing here have a very excellent vocabulary(at least i don't have,can't say about others)....whatever you find worthy contribution can be typed up here......Even if you are not sure about something.....Here we can have discussion which will help in clarifying things...:):)
 
Voracious, Rapacious, Ravenous are Synonyms.

voracious /adj. (formal)
1 eating or wanting large amounts of food
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greedy: a voracious eater
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to have a voracious appetite
2 wanting a lot of new information and knowledge
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avid: a voracious reader
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a boy with a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts
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voraciously adv.: Some animals feed voraciously in summer and hibernate in winter.
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Ever since her childhood she had read voraciously. voracity / noun

rapacious / adj. (formal, disapproving) wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to
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grasping
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rapaciously adv. rapacity / noun : the rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit

ravenous / adj.
1 (of a person or an animal) extremely hungry
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starving: What’s for lunch? I’m absolutely ravenous.
2 [only before noun] (of hunger) very great: a ravenous appetite
>ravenously adv.: The boy ate gratefully and ravenously.
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Even after the meal, she was still ravenously hungry.
 
pdpbeniwal said:
rapacious / adj. (formal, disapproving) wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to
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grasping
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rapaciously adv. rapacity / noun : the rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit
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when i 1st came across with this word... it was in the following sentence "a goat is a rapacious feeder" here implies "greedy"
 
nishantrathi82 said:
I think i won't be able to contribute any thing in this post as i m not good in Vocabulary terms. So i will keep my eye on this thread and will learn lot from our very best JL Members. :)
And a request to the members who so ever will contribute here kindly use some good examples in terms of sentences to make ur added word more worthy.
Good Thread again DK Thanks :)
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pdpbeniwal said:


It's not like people contributing here have a very excellent vocabulary(at least i don't have,can't say about others)....whatever you find worthy contribution can be typed up here......Even if you are not sure about something.....Here we can have discussion which will help in clarifying things...:):)
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I agree with Beniwal ..

Nishant, as i stated in one of my posts that no one is a champ/perfect. Everyone can share. May be what you know, i may not and vice versa. Its just all about sharing. In the starting of the thread i initiated with 2 words but Neelam was alredy aware of them. So, it doent mean all know those words. That may be helpful for others.
My point here is whatever u feel is a new word to you or any doubt on usage just post it here. May be others also have similar doubt and that can be cleart by any of our worthy members.

Keep Sharing... sharing is the best way to learn fast.:rock
 
Groak : 1. Look or stare at long
2. To watch someone eat, in the hope that one will be asked to share the food

Masticate : 1. Chew; to bite and grind with the teeth

Knead : 1. Make uniform

Knavish : 1. Marked by skill in deception

Knapsack : 1. A bag carried on back with strap

kleptomania : 1. An irresistible*impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
 
pdpbeniwal said:
voracious, rapacious

so another two words added to my knowledge :)

now, for learners who stand in the same queue where I use to, to seek better vocab :D......

commensurate......in the same proportion/size/duration, etc. For eg, whenever u are asked by the interviewer...what salary you expect?.....then you can reply in many ways...out of which one reply could be like, 'The salary should be commensurative as per the job requirements/job profile.'

congregation......it is the synonym of assemble, gathering, bringing something together.....For eg, 'Students of all schools in the region congregated to attend and participate in the different competitions organised by the Sports Authority of India.'

and now if anybody find some mistake here, then please correct it immediately :)
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