Students preparing for various competitive exams often miss out on preparing for the vocabulary section in these exams. For some exams, obtaining a minimum score for these sections is mandatory. In such cases, aspirants cannot afford to take a risk by not preparing for such sections if they aim to score better.
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.
Ignominy (Noun)
Meaning: public shame or disgrace
Example: Imagine the shame, the ignominy, the dire social consequences
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Incongruity (Noun)
Meaning: The state of being incongruous, incompatibility
Example: The sheer oddness of the way the place functioned, the incongruity between functioning and pretension
Inquisition (Noun)
Meaning: a period of prolonged and intensive questioning
Example: I was subjected to a lengthy inquisition into the state of my bank account
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Immutable (Noun)
Meaning: Unchanging over time or unable to be changed
Example: Their arguments involved press freedom – an immutable concept especially when it comes to protecting sources
Put your thinking cap on and try to answer the following questions to understand how much you have grasped.
- In Nature, nothing is ___________________________ and change is the rule not the exception. Which of the following words fits best in the sentence? (immutable, inquisition)
- Can you think of some antonyms for the word Incongruity?
- Can you think of some synonyms for the word Ignominy?
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(Definitions and examples are from Oxford Languages)
