Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here is the Daily Word List Set 5 prepared by our very own Wazza.
1.
Ameliorate- To make better, To improve
Eg. "The reform did much to ameliorate
living standards"
2.
Effeminate- Womanish, Feminine
Eg. "Gentle,
kind, effeminate remorse"
3.
Demented- Out of one’s mind, crazy, insane
Eg. "She was
demented
with worry"
4.
Irrefragable- Unanswerable, That cannot be
refuted
Eg. "This
part of the argument must appear to every reader as irrefragable."
5.
Palatial- Grand, Elegant, Luxurious
Eg. "Her palatial
apartment in Mayfair"
6.
Humane- Merciful, Kind
Eg. "Regulations
ensuring the humane treatment of animals"
7.
Jingoism- Chauvinism, Fanaticism
Eg. "The
popular jingoism that swept the lower–middle classes"
8.
Onus- Responsibility, Burden
Eg. "The onus
is on you to show that you have suffered loss"
9.
Vitriolic- Full of anger and hatred
Eg. "Vitriolic
attacks on the politicians"
10.
Lambent- Flickering, Glowing
Eg. "The
magical, lambent light of the north"
11.
Knell- The sound of bell
Eg. "The knell
of parting day"
12.
Mundane- Earthly,
Worldly, Ordinary
Eg. "According
to the Shinto doctrine, spirits of the dead can act upon the mundane
world"
13.
Relinquish- To let go, To
give up
Eg. "He relinquished
his managerial role to become chief executive"
14.
Galvanize- Stimulate,
Activate, Excite
Eg. "The
urgency of his voice galvanized them into action"
15.
Secede- To withdraw
Eg. "The
kingdom of Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830"
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