GOBBLEDYGOOK becomes....Vocab Buddy....today

By Ranjana S

Boomer Words of the day:

§  Exorcise:

To drive out, to get rid of.

Maria has been able to exorcise all her fears.

§  Exonerated:

To free someone from blame.

He was accused in the crime, the court tried him and exonerated him of all charges.

§  Insolent:

Rude and showing lack of respect.

You have been very insolent to your friend, henceforth; be more respectful.

§  Insinuate:

To suggest something unpleasant by making an indirect remark.

Why are you asking me if I know what happened to your books? Are you trying to insinuate that I took them?

§  Grotesque:

Strange and unnatural in appearance causing fear or laughter.

As you enter the hall, you'll find a grotesque picture hanging on the wall, showing a lion with ten heads and enormous teeth sticking out like tusks.

§  Mitigate:

To make something less harmful or less bad.

There is a proposal to plant neem trees in our neighborhood. This will mitigate the effect of pollution from diesel fumes.

§  Scourge:

(1) A cause of suffering or trouble.

 The state has been gripped by the scourge of war.

(2) A whip, to whip severly, lash, flog, to punish severely chastise, afflict.

Attila's armies scourged the people of Europe.

§  Scion :

A child or descendant, especially of a prominent family.

Rahul Gandhi is the scion of the Gandhi family.

§  Posthumous:

Happening or appearing after the person involved has died.

Some of India's great leaders received posthumous awards of 'Bharat Ratna' several years after their death.

§  Postulate:

To suggest or accept that something is true, as a basis for a theory or discussion.

Copernicus first postulated that the earth moved around the sun.

§  Ressurect:

To bring something back to life or activity.

The dying art of puppet theatre has been resurrected.

§  Sinequonon:

An essential condition for something to happen.

A Knowledge of Kannada is a sine qua non for this job in Bangalore.

§  Juvenile deliquency:

The committing of crimes by very young people.

§  Juxtapose:

To place side by side or close together.

If you juxtapose these two paintings, you will see how different one is from the other.

The deal is on the threshold of seeing the light of the day after being in the limbo for several decades.