Vocabulary Made Easy series: Guide to upskill and climb up the career ladder | Competitive Exams
Professionals always need to upskill themselves to stay ahead in the race to climb up the career ladder. A key to winning over your peers would be to enhance your vocabulary and communication skills.
Here’s a way to improve your vocabulary and communication skills. Check out the words for the day and a small quiz to push yourself to improve your word power and language skills.
Grouse (Verb)
Meaning: complain about something trivial; grumble / a medium to large game bird with a plump body and feathered legs
Example: The grouse had been hung too long and cooked too long
Gainsay (Verb)
Meaning: deny or contradict (a fact or statement)
Example: These revisionists could not of course ultimately gainsay the fact that France was defeated
Hyperbole (Noun)
Meaning: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Example: He’s using exaggeration and hyperbole to be entertaining – lots of writers do that
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Imbue (Verb)
Meaning: inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)
Example: They are qualities the current squad is imbued with, given their performances under pressure
Harangue (Noun)
Meaning: a lengthy and aggressive speech
Example: They were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by two border guards
Hew (Verb)
Meaning: chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool
Example: Master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe
Inimical (Adjective)
Meaning: tending to obstruct or harm
Example: Drinking alcohol is inimical to thinking clearly
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Jargon (Noun)
Meaning: special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand
Example: Not everyone understands the technical jargon they use
Lampoon (Verb)
Meaning: publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm
Example: The actor was lampooned by the press
Latent (Adjective)
Meaning: (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed
Example: Axillary buds or eyes in the leaf axils are latent growth buds
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Put your thinking cap on and try to answer the following questions to understand how much you have grasped.
- There is a lot of ____________ talent in the school. Which of the following words fits best in the sentence? (Latent, Lampoon)
- We need to remove the legal _____________. Which of the following words fits best in the sentence? (Jargon, Inimical)
- Can you think of some antonyms for the word Hew?
- Can you think of some synonyms for the word Harangue?
Watch out for this space for your weekly update on improving word power.
(Definitions and examples are from Oxford Languages)
