1. Numb (adj): If a part of your body is numb, you are unable to feel it, usually for a short time.
E.g: I had been lying awkwardly and my leg had gone numb.
2. Indispensable (adj): It is a strong adjective for something that you couldn’t do without. If you have asthma and you’re packing for summer vacation, your inhaler is indispensable, unless you enjoy gasping on the beach.
Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without them.
E.g: This book is an indispensable resource for researchers.
3. Prattle (v): To talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important.
E.g: If you won’t stop prattling I will call mom and tell everything.
4. Squalid (adj): (of places) extremely dirty and disgusting, often because of lack of money. Squalid things appear neglected, or morally repulsive in nature, like a frat house after a semester of hard partying and zero cleanup. Squalid behavior is dirty, too, like cheating and lying about it.
E.g: Many prisons, even today, are overcrowded and squalid places.
5. Grammy (n): In the US, one of a set of prizes given each year to people involved in different areas of the music industry.
E.g: She’s won five grammys.
6. Imbecile (n): If your best friend calls you an imbecile, he’s implying that you’re stupid, and he’s probably angry with you. An imbecile is an extremely stupid.
The noun imbecile is used informally as an insult to mean “fool”. Its origins are in the Latin word imbecile, “weak or feeble”, and it was an official medical term for people with a specific (and low) I.Q in the 19th century and early 20th centuries. Patients who were classified as imbeciles were said to have no more intelligence than a seven year-old-child.
7. Corpulent (adj): It is a formal word that describes a fat person. If you are trying to be respectful when describing a fat man, you might refer to him as a corpulent gentleman.
There are certainly many other ways to describe a fat person: obese, overweight, and stout are only a few.
8. Deflate (v): If something which has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because it loses the air or gas.
E.g: Few boys made a plan to deflate my right side tyre of car.
9. Crease (n): A line on cloth or paper where it has been folded or crushed.
E.g: He ironed a crease down the front of each trouser leg.
10. Leisure (n): It is time off, spare time, sweet sweet freedom from the demands of work. It’s like playtime for grown-ups.
Leisure is a time away from commitments like work or school. In short, the time when you are not working or doing other duties.
E.g: Most people only have a limited amount of leisure time.
11. Strain (v): To separate liquid food from solid food, especially by pouring it through a utensil with small holes in it.
E.g: I usually strain the juice off the pineapple and use it in another recipe.
12. Mingle (v): To mix or combine, or be mixed or combined.
E.g: The excitement of starting a new job is always mingled with a certain apprehension.
13. Pierce (v): If something pokes your hand, you will probably look at your hand to see if it pierced the skin. To pierce means to go right through, especially with something sharp.
Pierce has several meanings, but they all involve something sharp penetrating something else, like scissors through a plastic bag or a pen through a pocket. You can also pierce confusion by saying something that makes everything clear.
14. Prick (v): To make a very small hole or holes in the surface of something, sometimes in a way which causes pain.
E.g: She pricked the balloon with a pin and it burst with a loud bang.
15. Weary (adj): Very tired, especially after working hard for a long time.
E.g: I think he is a little weary after his long journey.
Compiled By: Chaudhary Amit V.
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