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This document defines 20 uncommon words: 1) Affluenza - A social disease resulting from extreme materialism and excessive consumerism. 2) Alcopop - Fruit drinks fortified with alcohol that are marketed to young people. 3) Amuzing - A blend of amazing and amusing. 4) The document provides the definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences for each of the 20 words.
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20 new words
- 1. PRESENTED BY : RAMAN KUMAR ROLL No. 18 BATCH : EN G.L.A. ITM (UPTU), MATHURA
- 2. 1) AFFLUENZA Meaning : A blend of 'affluence' and 'influenza'. A social disease resulting from extreme materialism and excessive consumerism: Synonyms : abundance, fortune, luxury, opulence, plenty. Antonyms : destitute, impoverished, needy, penniless, poor. Sentence : A potential criticism of the idea of Affluenza is that it presents subjective social critique as an objective inevitable and debilitating illness.
- 3. 2) ALCOPOP Meaning : Fruit drinks fortified with alcohol, designed and marketed to appeal to young people. Synonyms : Alky, booze, canned heat, cocktail, drink, ethanol, firewater, hard stuff Antonyms : Abstainer, teetotaler Sentence : Your breath can tell a lot more about you than whether you brushed your teeth this morning or have been drinking Alco pop.
- 4. 3) AMUZING Meaning : A cross between amazing and amusing. Antonyms : anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset. Synonyms : break one up, charm, cheer, crack up, delight. Sentence : It was amuzing to hear her tell the story.
- 5. 4) MUGGLE Meaning : A person who possesses no magical powers. Synonym : Ordinary human beings Antonym : Magician Sentence : The few Muggles that do know of the existence of the wizarding world are usually parents, or close relatives, of witches and wizards.
- 6. 5) BEESTINGS Meaning : The first milk removed from a cow after it has given birth. Synonym : ale, amber fluid or nectar , Immunology Antonym : cede, lose, relinquish, retreat, surrender Sentence : children mostly like the beesting.
- 7. 6) DECEY Meaning : Something that is dangerous. Synonym : Risky, dangerous Antonym : Easy, simple Sentence : Climbing on the mountains is too much decey.
- 8. 7) COMESTIBLES Meaning : Formal. Synonym : Edibles, victuals Antonym : Venom Toxin Poison Bane Sentence : The school uniform is comestible for every student.
- 9. 8) DORMOBILE Meaning : Motor caravan, Synonym : Bakkie, Black Maria, breakdown truck, bus Antonym : Normal vehicles Sentence : He has enough money for purchasing the Dormobile.
- 10. 9) GOTH Meaning : Style of rock music with an intense, Synonym : Barbaric, barbarous, eerie, grotesque Antonym : Current, new, new-fangled Sentence : They all give the gothic performance.
- 11. 10) HACKSAW Meaning : Saw with a narrow blade Synonym : Hack saw, hacksaw, metal saw Antonym : Saw, Sentence : He have a strong hacksaw.
- 12. 11) HOGWASH Meaning : Rubbish Synonym : BS, absurdity, balderdash, baloney, bunk, debris, drivel Antonym : sense, truth Sentence : That was too hogwash in the show.
- 13. 12) INALEIABLE Meaning : That cannot be transferred to another. Synonym : Basic, entailed, inbred, inviolable, natural, nonnegotiable, nontransferable, sacrosanct, unassailable Antonym : Acquired, alienable, changeable, impermanent, transitory Sentence : The soul of human is inaleiable.
- 14. 13) DEBAR Meaning : The action of excluding or boycotting. Synonym : Prohibited, excluded. Antonym : Acceptable, Included. Sentence : The worst part of the team is being debared.
- 15. 14) GRUESOME Meaning : The terrifying thing. Synonym : horrible, disgusting, Antonym : Beautiful Sentence : The scary movie is too much Gruesome.
- 16. 15) INTESTATE Meaning : Not having made a will before death. Synonym : Descended from, bequest, bequeath, claimant Antonym : Testate Sentence : He is responsible for his intestate.
- 17. 16) OCCLUDE Meaning : Stop up or close. Synonym : Absorb and retain. Antonym : Allow, help, permit Sentence : He is occluded for the presentation in the IIT
- 18. 17) PLENUM Meaning : Full assembly of people Synonym : Group meeting, Antonym : Single discussion Sentence : The meeting of plenum was dismissed.
- 19. 18) QUANGO Meaning : Semi-public body with financial support Synonym : council, executive committee Antonym : Ungrouped Sentence : But transparency will make much more difference than yet another quango.
- 20. 19) SEMBLANCE Meaning : Appearance Synonym : Material, glossiness, likeness Antonym : Dissimilarity incongruity, unlikeness Sentence : When I hurted them, they all look in semblance.
- 21. 20) THINGUMMY Meaning : A person whose name one has forgotten, Synonym : Gimmick, thingamabob, twist, widget. Antonym : No antonym found for this word. Sentence : I saw so many thingummy during my journey.