7 Words A Day For MBA,CAT,GRE Aspirants

      

June 25, 2007

Day 75

Filed under: Must Know Words.
  • Coddle: To pamper or protect attentively.

         Coddling children from a very young age weakens their self-reliance and confidence.

  • Rebuff: To reject something bluntly or rudely.

         The board rebuffed his new proposal.

  • Disputatious: Argumentative; belligerent.

         Two disputative countries.

         To become disputative over an issue.

  • Tenable: Practical; justifiable.

         To put forth a tenable a tenable business plan.

  • Trenchant: Vigorous; harsh.

         His trenchant style of writing was his strength.

  • Pander: To gratify another’s every desire.

         The parents pandered their childrens’ every whim and fancy.

  • Brio: Liveliness; vivacity.

         The drama had a lot of brio right from the beginning.

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