To improve vocabulary and language skills, one must put in hard work consistently and work dedicatedly to enhance their word skills.
Hard work and success go hand in hand. To improve vocabulary and language skills, one must put in hard work consistently and work dedicatedly to enhance their word skills.
Put your thinking cap on to understand how much you have grasped. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Here’s a way to improve your vocabulary and communication skills. Check out the words for the day and a small quiz to push yourself to improve your word power and language skills.
Gadfly(Noun)
Meaning: a person who annoys or criticizes others in order to provoke them into action
Example: But as critic, scourge, and gadfly he is in the league of Socrates and Voltaire.
Gaffe(Noun)
Meaning: an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder
Example: Only then, having realised their diplomatic gaffe, did the White House alter its stance.
Gullible(Adjective)
Meaning: easily persuaded to believe something; credulous
Example: He is utterly charmless and few people are gullible enough to believe him
Gainsay(Verb)
Meaning: deny or contradict (a fact or statement)
Example: These revisionists could not of course ultimately gainsay the fact that France was defeated.
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Put your thinking cap on and try to answer the following questions to understand how much you have grasped.
Everyone who believes it is legit will find some way to ____________________ the believers. Which of the following words fits best in the sentence? (Gainsay, Gullible)
They convinced a ____________________ public that their policies were the right ones. Which of the following words fits best in the sentence? (Gullible, Gaffe)
Can you think of some antonyms for the word Gaffe?
Can you think of some synonyms for the word Gadfly?
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Watch out for this space for your weekly update on improving word power.
(Definitions and examples are from Oxford Languages)
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