Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Confusing words - Vocabulary 9






Implicate - Show some one to be involved in a crime.
                             Eg: The villagers implicated their chief in the recent dual murders.

Imprecate - utter a curse.
                            Eg: He often imprecates others for his miserable life.

Implicit - not directly expressed but implied.


Comprehensive - including all aspects, all inclusive, complete.
                               Eg: a comprehensive victory [victory achieved with a huge margin]
                                     a comprehensive study of American history.

Comprehensible - understandable.
                                Eg: This book is not at all a comprehensible for the laymen.

Portentous - Giving a sign or warning that something bad is going to happen.
                                 Eg: 2012 is considered as portentous year for humanity by many of the astrologists.

Ponderous - dull, boring, lifeless.
                                  Eg: fell asleep during the ponderous speech.
                                        Spectators left because of their ponderous game.

seamy - sordid, disrespectful.
                                  Eg: He was involved in a seamy corruption scandal
                                        You can see the seamy side of the city.

seemly(adj) - conforming the standards of conduct and good taste,                                            behaviour
                                  Eg:  Its is not seemly to observe him closely.
                                         His seemly behaviour made him a respectable person in his area.

Ingenuous - truthful, naive, innocent and unsuspecting
                                  Eg: People like to talk to him because of his ingenuousness.

Ingenious - clever, imaginative, innovative.
                                   Eg: He is an ingenious story teller.

Indigenous - native, local, aboriginal.
                                    Eg: They are the indigenous people of Siberia.

Implacable - unable to appease, soothe.
                                     Eg: The bullet injured caused him an implacable pain.

Impeccable - faultless, flawless, perfect.
                                      Eg: His manners is impeccable.
                                            Very few persons will be as impeccable as Rachael is.

Insolent - rude, arrogant, lack of respect.
                                      Eg: He is known for his insolent behaviour.

Insolvent - bankrupt, unable to pay one's debts.
                                        Eg: The company became insolvent.

Impasse(n) - dead-lock, situation without any progress, dead end, stalemate, check mate
                                         Eg: the political impasse.
                                                My promotion is in impasse

Passe - Out of date, no longer fashionable





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