Day 91 Vocabulary (From 17th June Hindu editorials)

TODAY VOCABULARY
Word & its Details

1. Dossiers (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : a collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject.
Example : License plate numbers and full dossiers of car owners will be printed in future issues to come.

2. Assertion (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
Example : Any objective scrutiny of the list of banned organisations makes a mockery of this last assertion

3. Spruce (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : neat in dress and appearance.
Example : The actor looks much too spruce for someone who is living rough.

4. Quinquennial (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : recurring every five years.
Example : The quinquennial elction system in india must be reduced to 3 years.

5. Implications (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated.
Example : the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible

6. Arbitration (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : the use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute.
Example : Management refused to allow arbitration while industrial action continued

7. Stance (Noun)

Elaborated meaning : the way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in baseball, golf, and other sports); a person's posture.
Example : she altered her stance, resting all her weight on one leg

8. Spat (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger.
Example : There still were the little daily spats between them.

9. Conventional (Adj)

Elaborated meaning : based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.
Example : I don't feel very comfortable with conventional people

10. Exploit (Verb)

Elaborated meaning : make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
Example : I feel sorry for the elderly who are exploited in this manner.

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