Wordsmith – D2G’s Glossary Ep 66

WORDSMITH

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1)Squabble:Noun,verb
Meaning:a noisy quarrel about something petty or trivial.झगड़ा
Sentence:Let the Times staff fight out their own professional squabbles

2)Felicitation: Noun
Meaning:congratulation बधाई.
Sentence:it is my honour to extend the felicitations of the president of France to you.

3) Rattled:Verb
Meaning:cause (someone) to feel nervous, worried, or irritated. परेशान
Sentence:I don’t want to see empty cars rattling by the Strib building

4) Feign:Verb
Meaning:pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).बहाना करना
Sentence:she feigned nervousness.

5)Gregarious:Adjective
Meaning:(of a person) fond of company; sociable.झुण्ड में रहनेवाला
Sentence:During the winter, they are gregarious , feeding in small groups.

6)Hegemony:Noun
Meaning:leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others,प्रभुत्व.
Sentence:man’s attempt to establish dominion over nature

7)Hysterical:Adjective
Meaning:deriving from or affected by uncontrolled extreme emotion.उन्माद
Sentence:He became emotional and hysterical , as he sometimes does.

8)Vernacular:Adjective,Noun
Meaning:(of language) spoken as one’s mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.मातृभाषा
Sentence:This is raw material, sung with vernacular grain in the language.

9)Fatuous:Adjective
Meaning:silly and pointless.बुद्धिहीन
Sentence:a fatuous comment

10)Gauche:Adjective
Meaning:lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.भद्दा
Sentence:Wandering downstairs, I saw a gauche teenager sat on the bench seat near the exit – just him and a camera case on a seat for three