daily Vocabulary from the Hindu dated 4 june 2017

Daily vocabulary from The Hindu dated 4 June 2017

1.                Carcinogen (noun): a substance that can cause cancer

Adjective: Carcinogenic

·                   The carcinogenic effects of some pesticides used on fruit.

2.                Artifice (noun): the clever use of tricks to cheat somebody.

Synonym: cunning                    

·                   Pretending to faint was merely an artifice.

·                   The artifices of the theatre.

3.                Idiosyncrasy (noun): a person’s particular way of behaving, thinking etc., especially when it is unusual; an unusual feature;

Synonym: eccentricity                             Adjective: idiosyncratic

·                   Wearing a raincoat, even on a hot day, is one of her idiosyncrasies.

·                   His teaching methods are idiosyncratic but successful.

·                   Concatenation (noun): a series of things or events that are linked together.

·                   A strange concatenation of events.

4.                Perambulation (noun): a slow walk or journey around a place, especially one made for pleasure;

Verb: perambulate

5.                Perverse (adjective): showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable;

·                   A perverse decision (=one that most people do not expect and think is wrong)

·                   She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.

·                   Do you really mean that or are you just being deliberately perverse?

Adverb: Perversely

·                   She seemed perversely proud of her criminal record.

·                   She couldn’t bear to be near her, yet, perversely, he still found himself looking out for her.

Noun: Perversity

·                   He refused to attend out of sheer perversity.

6.                Promenade (noun, verb): a public place for walking, usually a wide path beside the sea; a walk that you take for pleasure or exercise, especially by the sea, in a public park etc.

·                   They walked along the promenade.

·                   A hotel on the promenade.

7.                Imbue (verb): to fill somebody or something with strong feeling, opinions or values

Synonym: infuse

·                   Her voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness.

·                   He was imbued with a desire for social justice.

8.                Anglophone (noun): a person who speaks English, especially in countries where English is not the only language that is spoken.

·                   Canada’s native Anglophones.