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2022-12-15 06:00:11 Important Words from Newspaper #EngbyMilitaryChoice @engchoice

Trudge: walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.
"I trudged up the stairs"

Banal: boring, ordinary, and not original.
“Songs with banal and repeated words”

Condemn: express complete disapproval of; censure.
"most leaders roundly condemned the attack" Open / Comment

2022-12-12 06:39:42 Important Vocabulary from Newspaper #EngbyMilitaryChoice @engchoice

Tattered
old and torn; in poor condition.
"an old woman in tattered clothes"

Stiff
not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.
"a stiff black collar"

Shirk
avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
"I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter" Open / Comment

2022-12-09 13:39:59 English Vocabulary from Newspaper

Wrest: forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp
"Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold"

Dismal: causing a mood of gloom or depression
"the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening"

Pique: feel irritated or resentful
"she was piqued by his curtness”

Raze: completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement)
"villages were razed to the ground" #EngbyMilitaryChoice @engchoice Open / Comment

2022-11-19 17:24:10 The Hindu Vocabulary with Hindi Meaning, Synonyms & Antonyms - November, 2022

Ostracize (verb) निष्कासित करना
Meaning: exclude (someone) from a society or group
Synonyms: exclude, shun
Antonyms: include, admit, accept

Putative (adj.) ख्यात
Meaning: generally considered or reputed to be
Synonyms: assumed, presumed
Antonyms: real, unlikely

Iffy (adj.) अनिश्चितता
Meaning: full of uncertainty
Synonyms: doubtful, undecided, questionable
Antonyms: sure, convinced

Moiety (noun) आधा भाग
Meaning: each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided
Synonyms: half, moiety
Antonyms: entirety, whole

Supine (adj.) कमज़ोर
Meaning: lacking the ability or will to act on one’s own
Synonyms: weak, feeble
Antonyms: powerful, puissant

Exculpate (verb) निर्दोष सिद्ध करना
Meaning: show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing
Synonyms: absolve, acquit, clear
Antonyms: accuse, arraign

Foolhardy (adj.) असावधान
Meaning: recklessly bold or rash
Synonyms: reckless, careless, incautious
Antonyms: careful, cautious

Palliate (verb) (कम करना)
Meaning: to make more bearable or less severe
Synonyms: allay, alleviate
Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate

Hectored (verb) (बदमाशी से बात करना)
Meaning: talk to (someone) in a bullying way
Synonyms: bully, intimidate
Antonyms: comforted, consoled

Indelible (adj.) (अमिट)
Meaning: (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed
Synonyms: inerasable, ineffaceable
Antonyms: eradicable, erasable

Apocryphal (adj.) (शंकायुक्त)
Meaning: of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true
Synonyms: fictitious, made-up
Antonyms: real, factual
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2022-10-03 03:47:35 send a shiver down (one's) spine @engchoice

Meaning
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone.


For example

The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver down my spine.

It sent a shiver down my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look.

Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver down my spine! Open / Comment

2022-10-01 19:41:09 Incarcerate

Definition of Incarcerate
to lock a person up as a consequence for his or her actions @engchoice

Examples of Incarcerate in a sentence
1. The police are going to incarcerate the teen who keeps committing acts of violence.

2. If Jim doesn’t stop drinking and driving, the judge will have to incarcerate him.

3. The detective promised the Smiths she would incarcerate their daughter’s killer.

4. Because the king is opposed to executions, he’ll incarcerate the traitor for life.

5. The court will incarcerate the suspect if he is found guilty by the jury. Open / Comment

2022-09-26 16:49:37 with you back against the wall

Meaning
  in a difficult situation without many options @engchoice

For example

 I wish I could help you, but my back is against the wall because I don’t get paid for two more weeks.

After failing three quizzes, my son's back is against the wall and he's got to pass all of the rest of them. Open / Comment

2022-08-19 07:45:49 scream (one's) head off

Meaning
To scream or yell very loudly and lengthily. @engchoice

For example

Suzy screamed her head off when I told her she couldn't have an ice cream cone.

The stadium was packed with fans screaming their heads off for the popular band.

Don't bother listening to the crazies who stand on street corners and scream their heads off at passersby. Open / Comment

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