Are you preparing for GRE, IELTS, TOEFL and other competitive exams? Candidates attempting competitive exams are expected to have knowledge of a wide range of vocabulary as it would help them maximise their verbal and communication scores.
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Here are four words for the day that candidates need to know for their competitive exam preparation. Go through the words and try using them in sentences.
Assuage (Verb)
Meaning: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
Example: There seemed to be nothing I could do to assuage his grief
2. Erudite (Adjective)
Meaning: having or showing great knowledge or learning
Example: He was one of the most erudite political thinkers of his age
3. Enigma (Noun)
Meaning: a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
Example: For understandable reasons, pulmonary circulation remains an enigma to most doctors
4. Fervid (Adjective)
Meaning: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree
Example: One issue was how to appease an ideologically fervid group of freshmen Republican legislators.
Look out for this space for your weekly vocabulary series.
( Definitions and examples are taken from Oxford languages)
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