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ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ALL WITH MEANINGS

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Vocabulary for All – Words with meaning in English

 

Sr.No.

Word

Meaning

Origin of words

 

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,

 

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

 

Scottish – pawk (trick)                                                             Also visit : polityarticles4u.blogspot.com

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