7 Words A Day For MBA,CAT,GRE Aspirants

      

July 9, 2007

Day 78

Filed under: Must Know Words.
  • Somnambulism (n): Walking by a person who is asleep.

         Somnambulism is often laughed away, but it is a serious disorder.

  • Rhapsodise (v): Say (something) with great enthusiasm.

         He rhapsodised the matches of the cricket world cup to all his friends.

  • Synoptic (adj): Providing a general view; summary.

         A synoptic talk had to be given by a child at the end of every class.

  • Vendetta (n): Blood feud.

         The rival gangs engaged in a harsh vendetta.

  • Grandiloquent (adj): Using high-sounding language; pompous;

         She hid her inferiority complex by using grandiloquence when she spoke.

  • Vacuous (adj): Stupid; empty; lacking in ideas.

         When the girl was asked about the math problem she gave a vacuous look.

  • Decreptitude (n): State of collapse caused by illness or old age.

         His state of decrepitude gave me a shock.

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