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ENGLISH VOCABULARY

Week – 1 ( 2nd ) July - 2024

1. CASCADING (adj)
Meaning: flow, waterfall
Usage: Many a poet has glorified a woman's lustrous and cascading tresses.
2. CATEGORICAL (adj)
Meaning: expressed clearly and in a way that shows that you are very sure about what you are saying
Usage: The Minister gave a categorical assurance that welfare measures would be extended to people
belonging to all sections of the society.
3. CAUSTIC (adj)
Meaning: sarcastic in a hurtful way
Usage: The teammates were infuriated by their chief's caustic remarks.
4. CAVORT (verb)
Meaning: jump or dance around excitedly
Usage: The children cavorted in the sand and thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the beach.
5. CERTITUDE (noun)
Meaning: feeling of complete certainty
Usage: It cannot be predicted with certitude that the judgement will be in our favour.
6. CESSATION (noun)
Meaning: the action or an instance of stopping.
Usage: Sometimes there seems to be no cessation of the evils that have beset the world
7. CHAPERONE (verb)
Meaning: to act as an escort for someone.
Usage: The actress was always chaperoned by a tall matronly women wherever she went.
8. CHARISMATIC (adj)
Meaning: having an attractiveness or charm that can inspire admiration or enthusiasm in other people
Usage: Being a charismatic leader he had at tremendous fan following.
9. CHARY (adj)
Meaning: cautiously reluctant
Usage: Having lost a lot of money earlier, he is now extremely chary of investing in shares.
10. CHASTISE (verb)
Meaning: reprimand severely
Usage: He chastised his team for its slipshod performance.

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11. CHAUVINIST (noun)
Meaning: excessively loyal person
Usage: The chauvinist was booed by the crowd after his speech.
12. CHIDE (verb)
Meaning: scold or rebuke
Usage: He chided his servant for breaking the tea pot.
13. CHIMERICAL (adj)
Meaning: extremely fanciful
Usage: His dream of rooting out corruption seems chimerical.
14. CHINK (noun)
Meaning: a narrow opening in something especially one that lets light through..
Usage: Daylight entered the room through a chink in the curtains.
15. CHRONIC (adj)
Meaning: lasting for a long time
Usage: Diabetes is a chronic and debilitating ailment, which leaves a person weak and emaciated.
16. CHRONICLE (noun)
Meaning: a written record of events in the order in which they happened.
Usage: The chronicle of the turbulent times of the post war years makes for poignant reading.
17. CHURLISH (adj)
Meaning: rude or bad-tempered
Usage: I was rather surprised when a polished gentleman like him turned down her invitation in such a
churlish manner.
18. CIRCUMSPECT (adj)
Meaning: cautious
Usage: While driving, it is better to be circumspect than be sorry later.
19. CIRCUMVENT (verb)
Meaning: avoid
Usage: The reigning chess champion circumvented every move of his opponents.
20. CITATION (noun)
Meaning: a quotation from or reference to a book or author
Usage: The speaker made extensive citations to Ruskin Bond in his speech which showed his
admiration for the author.

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