Improve your Vocabulary: 10 Words for everyday use and what they mean

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August 14, 2022

Definition:

Gainsay

take exception to 

Example:

Everyone who believes it is legit will find some way to gainsay the believers. 

Definition:

Daunt

cause to lose courage 

Example:

Even the storm at its height could not daunt such furious riders.

Definition:

Crestfallen

brought low in spirit 

Example:

I was bitterly cast down, crestfallen, numbed with the blow of her refusal. 

Definition:

Farraginou

Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. 

Example:

In the following paper I shall explore and criticize various scholarly attempts to classify the genre of that most eclectic and farraginous work of Horace, the Ars poetica. 

Definition:

Ability

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done 

Example:

Freedom from that ugly feeling gave her the ability to speak of it lightly for the first time. 

Definition:

Bibulou

given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol 

Example:

a bibulous fellow

Definition:

Exculpate

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges 

Example:

The mother in her evidence tried hard to exculpate the father from any responsibility. 

Definition:

Brummagem

a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center 

Example:

Corruption of brummagem, for meaning of which see Introductory Chapter. 

Definition:

Fiasco

a sudden and violent collapse 

Example:

The recent fiasco over parking charges has demonstrated their arrogance and incompetence. 

Definition:

Pachyderm

any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus 

Example:

The words ought to have scorched him, pachyderm though he was. 

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