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Vocabulary for All – Words with meaning in English
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Sr.No. |
Word |
Meaning |
Origin of words
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1. |
Omnipotent, adj. |
All powerful |
Latin – Omnis(all) potens (able) |
2. |
Incursion, n. |
Invasion or raid |
Latin – incurrere (to attack) |
3. |
Guileless, adj. |
Straightforward, Sincere |
English – guile (slyness) Less – without |
4. |
Panacea, n. |
Cure-all for disease or problems |
Greek – Pan (all) akos (healing) |
5. |
Empirical, adj. |
Based on experience, Experimental |
Greek - en (in) peira (trial) |
6. |
Regnant, adj. |
Predominant Having great influence |
Latin- regnare (to rule) |
7. |
Precursor, n. |
Forenunner; What ever paves the way to future events |
Latin – praecurrere (to run ahead) |
8. |
Scut work n. |
Tedious Menial or routine work |
English – slang scut |
9. |
Tussle, n. |
Vigorous scuffle, Struggle or contest |
English – tusen (to pull roughly) |
10. |
Complacent, adj. |
Self-satisfied or smug,
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Latin – Complacere (to be pleasing) |
11. |
Dotty, adj. |
Eccentric odd |
Scottish – Dottle (silly) |
12. |
Lingo, n. |
Language i.e. unfamiliar |
Latin- Lingua (tongue.) |
13. |
Crassness, n. |
Coarseness, An unfeeling quality preventing sensitive evaluations |
Latin – Crassus (thick) |
14. |
Legion, n. |
A very large number, multitude |
Roman military force |
15. |
Pawky, adj. |
Having a dry wit, Shrewd
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