Sunday, 8 March 2015

Words of the day (3/3/2015)

VOCABULARY

TRUCULENT (verb)
Definition:
unpleasant and likely to argue a lot.
Example:
I found him truculent and most unpleasant.

PERFIDIOUS (adjective)
Definition:
unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty.
Example:
She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.

SERENDIPITY (adjective)
Definition:
the fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance.
Example:
Reading should be an adventure, a personal experience full of serendipitous surprises.

PRAGMATIC (adjective)
Definition:
solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules:
Example:
In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.

DISCERNMENT (noun)
Definition:
the ability to judge people and things well.
Example:
It's clear that you are a person of discernment



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