Today’s Advanced Word List 2-Learn English-Improve Vocabulary.
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Today’s Advanced Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:
- farcical (adjective) – useless/senseless, ridiculous, laughable.
- wrangle (noun) – argument, dispute, disagreement.
- cornucopia (noun) – lot, large amount of something, abundance.
- psychographics (noun) – it is defined as a qualitative technique used to describe consumers on psychological characteristics (on consumers’ activities, interests, and opinions).
- manipulate (verb) – control, influence, orchestrate a person (tactfully & unfairly).
- impulse (noun) – (strong & sudden) urge/instinct, compulsion, need.
- introversion (noun) – the quality of being a self-analyzing/self-questioning person.
- extroversion (noun) – the quality of being a socially friendly person.
- neuroticism (noun) – the quality of being an oversensitive, nervous, or anxious person.
- holy grail (noun) – ambition, aspiration, hope
- trait (noun) – characteristic, feature, quality.
- ingest (verb) – absorb, assimilate, digest (information).
- covertly (adverb) – secretly, furtively, in a hidden/concealed manner.
- demagogue (noun) – rabble-rouser, political agitator, troublemaker.
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