Blog #7: 10 English words to enrich your vocabulary.
10 English words to enrich your vocabulary
1. Catch-22: a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. (Example: No job without work experience and no experience without a job)
2. Suave: Charming, confident, elegant, well mannered, polite (typically used for men) (Example: He is so suave in front of the ladies)
3. Atrocious: very bad, horrible, unpleasant, offensive, and cruel (Example: The recent rape incidents in Nepal were atrocious; Her dress sense is so atrocious)
4. Stupendous: awesome; extremely impressive (Example: Today I got a stupendous score on my test)
5. In a fix: To be in a
troublesome situation (Example: I am in a fix because I have made plans with
two different friends for this evening)
6. Flummoxed: confused, perplexed, and bewildered (Example: The boy was completely flummoxed when the teacher asked him a question)
7. Rendezvous: French
word for Meeting / Date (Example: I have a rendezvous with my friends this
Saturday)
8. Obtuse: Dumb / Unintelligent / Dim witted (Example: The man was so obtuse that he gave away his password to a fake caller)
9. Nevertheless: in spite of that (Example: He was very tired nevertheless he went on walking)
10.Ephemeral: lasting
for a very short period of time. (Example: Fashion and its trends are quite
ephemeral in nature)
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