English Word of the Day

Pleonasm
Synonyms:
The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy
Example:
I forgot my PIN number for the ATM machine
{The word after the acronym repeats a word represented in the acronym}

 

Gibbous
Synonyms:
Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
Having a hump; humpbacked
Usage:
An image of the Gibbous Moon taken on January 2010 at 22:00hrs.
Enervate
Synonyms:
To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality
Deprive someone of vitality or energy.
Usage:
The blazing heat of that day in Mid-MAY was sufficient to enervate a Bactrian camel.

 

Euphoria:
Synonyms:
A feeling of great happiness or well-being.

Usage:
She went into a state of euphoria,when she got selected in IIT.

 

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Agnostic
Synonyms:
a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
Usage:
Gopu describes as a conservative agnostic.

 

Counterpart
Synonyms:
a person or thing that corresponds to or closely resembles another, as in form or function
Usage:
The Social activist worked together with her foreign counterpart.

 

Lozenge
Synonyms:

• A small, medicated candy intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to lubricate and soothe irritated tissues of the throat.
• A four-sided planar figure with a diamond like shape;

Usage:
Rita had mint flavored lozenges for her throat pain.
Lozenge shape is found in the mosaic

 

Flabbergasted
Synonyms:
To cause to be overcome with astonishment; astound

Usage:
When my friend told me she had lost her job, I was flabbergasted.

 

Latchstring
Synonyms:
A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside.
Usage:
A simple latchstring lock does not provide adequate security on its own.

 

Perpetrator
Meaning:
To be responsible for; commit
Usage:
One of the most wanted perpetrator,escaped from the most secured jail.