Word of the day: Recent Episodes
Saksham Shrivastava
Hey folks, let us learn a new word every day. This podcast will provide a fascinating new word each day to enrich your writing and speaking skills. Enjoy :)
Conundrum is a noun, meaning, confusing and difficult problem or question.
Example: The administration is facing a familiar conundrum.
Time will doubtless provide the answer to that conundrum.
Synonyms: problem, puzzle, enigma, difficulty etc
Cursory an adjective, which means
hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
Example: Only a cursory inspection of the building's electrical wiring was done. The mayor gave a cursory glance at the report.
Synonyms: casual, half-hearted, inattentive, superficial etc
Penurious is an adjective, which means
Extremely poor, poverty-stricken
Example: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is so penurious that its annual health spending per person could not buy a copy of any newspaper.
Synonyms: destitute, necessitous
Perilous is an adjective, which means
Extremely dangerous
Example: Since the journey is perilous, be sure to bring a first-aid kit
Synonyms: Dangerous, hazardous, risky
Apotheosis (noun)
meaning: the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.
Example: They are almost falling over themselves to explain how modest the proposals are—it is the apotheosis of modesty in some ways.
Synonyms: climax, culmination, zeal, summit, pinnacle etc