Day 82 Vocabulary (From 3rd June Hindu Editorials)

TODAY VOCABULARY
Word & its Details

1. Abandoning (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : give up completely (a course of action, a practice, or a way of thinking).

2. Contempt (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.

3. Compact (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : closely and neatly packed together; dense

4. Incongruent (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : incongruous; incompatible.

5. Reaping (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : cut or gather (a crop or harvest).

6. Mitigate (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : make less severe, serious, or painful

7. Abdicated (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : (of a monarch) renounce one's throne.

8. Assertion (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

9.Underpins (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : support (a building or other structure) from below by laying a solid foundation below ground level or by substituting stronger for weaker materials.

10.Accumulated (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.

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1. Detention (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner.

2. Discretion (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.

3. Adherence (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : join or be joined securely to something else, typically by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.

4. Draconian (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe.

5. Rhetorical (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : of, relating to, or concerned with the art of rhetoric.

6. Incantation (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : a series of words said as a magic spell or charm.

7. Spurious (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : not being what it purports to be; false or fake

8. Molested (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : pester or harass (someone), typically in an aggressive or persistent manner

9. Brazen (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : bold and without shame.

10. Pathology (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.

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