Day 2:
1) fledging /adj/- trying to fly(just)
2) Gull/n/-
a. a type of bird
b. /verb/ to deceive : he was gulled by
shopkeeper.
c. gullible- easily believing : a gullible
person
3) thrifty /n/- economical
4) maladroit /adj/-
a. unskilled
b. /opp/- adroiit
5) dexterous/adj/-
a. very skilful at doing st.(not necessarily
of hand)
b. dexterity /n/- great skill at doing st. eg.
the politician handled the case dexterously.
6) unfledged/adj/
a. - not fully developed.
b. /fig./- lacking experience eg: unfledged
teacher.
7) poised/adj/-
a. Calm and confident eg A poised pilot.
b. Ready to move or act eg: Poised
dancer/runner.
8) Emerge/v/-
a. Rise eg: emerging career.
b. to come out of something negative eg: he
emerged from controversy.
9) Exercise /v/-
a. to remove evil sprit through magic.
b. /fig/- to remove negative eg: I am trying
to exercise unpleasant memory
10) perjure /v/-
a. to break oath eg: he was accused of
perjury.
11) abjure/v/-
a. to give up formally or under oath.
b. forswear eg: He abjure alcohol as a new year resolution.
12) denounce/v/-
a. harshly criticize eg the violent was
denounce by leaders.
b. decry/deplore
13) injure/v/-
a. to heart others eg; I never injure my
dearer.
14) descry/v/-
a. to catch distant sights eg to descry the
Himalayas.
15) bland/adj/-
a. tasteless eg: bland vegetable
b. /fig/ uninteresting or unexciting eg A
bland movie.
c. insipid /syn/
16) sip/v/-
a. to drink in small amount eg: He was sipping
sugarcan
17) scrumptious/adj/-
a. delicious eg: delicious meal
b. gusty/windy
c. delectable
18) delectable/adj/-
a. delicious
eg the meal was delectable but not hygienic.
19) appetizing /adj/-
a. appealing eg appealing flavor.
b. /opp/-unappetizing
20) potable/adj/-
a. safe to drink eg potable water
21) Edible /adj/-
a. safe to eat
b. /syn/ comestible/esculent eg: not all mushrooms
are edible.
22) Vapid/adj/
a. uninteresting or unexciting eg vapid songs
23) piquant /-
a. sharp and spicy
b. /fig/- piquant joke, extremely interesting.
24) Limpid /adj/-
a. clean or clear eg: limpid
skin/water/vocabulary
b. limpidity /n/- the state of being clear or
clean.
25) inviting /adj/-
a. very attractive eg inviting flavor
26) Engage /v/-
a. to start fight or war against eg the
soldier are engaging the enemy.
b. /opp/- disengage
27) sarcastic /adj/-
a. satirical
28) Amuse /v/-
a. to entertain eg amusing story
--àbemuse: confuse
29) muse /v/-
a. to think deeply and seriously eg he mused
over his career.
30) Amaze /v/
a. to cause great surprise.
31) Elucidate /v/-
a. to make clear or clarity eg the teacher
elucidated complex text.
32) Lucid /adj/-
a. clear eg lucid translation
33) pellucid /adj/-
a. transparently clear eg pellucid theory or
water.
34) Abstruse /adj/-
a. unclear
b. opaque
35) providential /adj/
a. lucky
36) provident/adj/
a. economical (money/time/energy/resource/ eg
He is provident user of energy.
b. /opp/- Improvident.
37) Frugal Meal/phr/
a. plain and inexpensive meal(in order to save
money)
--à Frugality /N/- the
state of being economical eg his
character is marked by frugality.
synà thrift/n/ and thrifty/adj/
38) Entrench /v/
a. to make strong eg: I want to entrench my
position in my office.
b. entrenched /adj/- entrenched position
39) Retrench /v/
a. Economize eg: Because of the economic
slowdown, the American companies started to retrench.
40) husband /v/
a. Economize eg to husband existing resources
41) Steward /n/
a. A person who looks after passenger or
property
b. /v/-to look after passenger or property
c. /fig/ -Economize eg to steward existing
resources.
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